Chapter 262: Habitual convulsions
"Chauncey, there's no way he's going to find his touch so quickly, so you have to guard against his breakthrough and don't let him inflict any more damage on Dean." Taking advantage of Meng Xu's free throws, Philip Saunders called Chauncey Billups to his side to teach him face-to-face, Billups' defense was average, when facing Meng Xu, who was more than 10 centimeters taller than himself, when Meng Xu chose to shoot, Billups's defense had no effect on Meng Xu.
"Was Billups' defense against Meng Xu arranged by Philip Saunders?" When Meng Xu stood between the middle circle and the top of the arc with the ball again, when Billups directly let Meng Xu take a step at this time, Michaels also shook his head with a puzzled face, daring to let Meng Xu take a step and let Meng Xu shoot, whether it is Billups or Philip Saunders's defensive strategy, it is quite bold.
"Chaunse, are you trying to make me score? You really don't respect me. Seeing that the Timberwolves suddenly changed their defensive methods, Meng Xu not only didn't have any worries at this time, but licked his lips excitedly. I'm also a two-time 3-point king in the league.,Your way of defending doesn't respect me at all.,Not to mention the three-person bag.,Why don't you have a two-person bag.。 It's good now, send a player who is average in defense and is more than 10 centimeters shorter than me to defend me, so that's fine, but what do you mean by putting me a meter away? Are you mocking me? Do you think my 3-point shot can't kill you?
After Meng Xu finished speaking, he looked at Billups, who was stepping on the 3-point line and one step away from him, and after shaking his head at Billups, Meng Xu jumped directly in place. Originally, Meng Xu still wanted to take the bench lineup to brush a few assists in the second quarter, but now it seems that what are the assists, if you dare to let me shoot, I will shoot for you, until you start to respect me.
"Is this kid going to have another convulsion?" Seeing that Meng Xu shot directly one meter outside the 3-point line, Magic Johnson on the commentary bench also said a little jokingly. Meng Xu is a great team player, organising the team, defending, creating opportunities for his teammates, he can do almost anything. But in addition, Meng Xu will also burst out with a strong desire to attack at some specific moments and in some specific games, and once Meng Xu breaks out, it is bound to be a landslide, the kind of attitude that is empty-eyed, looking at teammates and opponents as nothing, even Magic Johnson is dumbfounded, and for Meng Xu's state, Magic calls it convulsions, and Meng Xu has had convulsions several times this season, I don't know if it's a coincidence, Meng Xu's first convulsions this season are also just the game with the Timberwolves.
At this time, not only the commentator of the game, Magic Johnson, but even Popovich on the sidelines frowned after seeing Meng Xu's offensive choice. However, when Meng Xu threw out the 3-point hit, Popovich's brows also relaxed a little, although he has not given Meng Xu unlimited firing rights, but Meng Xu is now the Spurs' second scoring point after all, as long as Meng Xu can find the touch, then the Spurs' winning chance will be greater.
"I don't believe it, you can still hit the next ball." Looking at Meng Xu, who was still making Jordan's classic helpless posture towards himself after the shot, Philip Saunders is also angry now, but now Philip Saunders is still very calm, isn't it just a 3-pointer, if he gives up the tactics he arranged before because of a goal, then what prestige and face does he have as a head coach, but soon Philip Saunders will not be able to keep his composure.
"Beautiful 3 points, this kid really started to convulsions again, I have to say that the Timberwolves chose the most wrong way to defend, and they left too much room for Meng Xu to shoot." When Meng Xu made 4 consecutive shots and hit 3 3-pointers, Michaels on the commentary bench was now so excited that he couldn't help himself, what do fans like to watch Meng Xu the most? Defend? No. Team? No, according to the statistics of the ABC TV network, in all live Spurs games, as long as Meng Xu starts to have a convulsion, then the ratings of this game are guaranteed, especially the game where Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant both had convulsions this season, until the end of the season, no game can exceed the ratings of that game, and now, in the second quarter of this game, under the "special" defensive method of the Timberwolves, Meng Xu began to enter a state of convulsions again, and Meng Xu has now scored 14 points in a row.
"Philip Sanders is paying for his mistakes, and maybe the Timberwolves don't have much chance in this game." Looking at the Philip Saunders in the distance who hurriedly called a timeout after Meng Xu hit the third 3-pointer, Magic Johnson is also feeling sorry for the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves team still has a lot of potential, there is a superstar like Garnett, and it is also around a group of excellent role players, although it is not enough to win the championship at present, but it is no problem to become a strong team in the West, but it is a stingy boss and such a poor head coach.
"Meng, after the timeout, the Timberwolves will definitely wrap you up, so the next thing you have to choose is to trust your teammates, understand?" After Philip Sanders called a timeout, Popovich pulled Meng Xu to his side and made a separate arrangement, obviously Popovich does not plan to change to the main lineup now, because after Meng Xu scored 14 points in a row on the court just now, the Spurs' current lead has been extended to 13 points. And when Meng Xu started to have convulsions, who was the person he was most afraid of? Obviously it's Popovich, every time he sees Meng Xu's empty eyes, Popovich is terrified, no matter what the result is, Meng Xu's style of play will definitely hurt the team.
"Understood." Although he said so, Meng Xu didn't think so in his heart, the Timberwolves didn't take themselves too seriously, and it was not good to teach them a lesson, how did they know that basketball was round.
Soon after the game restarted, Philip Saunders replaced Chauncey Billups with Lafonso Ellis, and Lafonso Ellis began to defend Meng Xu, if the Timberwolves still want to win this game, then they can't let Meng Xu shoot like this, not to mention Meng Xu's 3-point shot 3 in 4, that is, 2 in 4, the Timberwolves can't stand it, unlike Billups, the 30-year-old Lafonso Ellis is also a defensive giant, and the important thing is that Lafonso Ellis is a little taller than Meng Xu, In this way, Lafonso Ellis has a slight advantage over Billups when defending Meng Xu's shots.
"I'll go, you still won't wrap me up?" Although the defender of Meng Xu was replaced by Lafonso Ellis, the Timberwolves still did not wrap Meng Xu. This time in the face of Lafonso-Ellis's defense, Meng Xu's choice was also very simple, directly a lateral acceleration, and then changed direction to easily get rid of Lafonso-Ellis, but when Meng Xu rushed to the free throw line, he was already near the paint area, and Garnett, who had been waiting for a long time, did not hesitate at all, and pounced directly towards Meng Xu, and Lafonso Ellis, who was thrown off by Meng Xu just now, also caught up again at this time.
At this time, in the face of Garnett and Lafonso Ellis's front and back attacks, Meng Xu still did not choose to pass, but continued to change direction to the left, and at the same time continued to lower the center of gravity of his body, at the moment Garnett was attracted over, Meng Xu continued to change direction behind Garnett, and at the same time picked his fingertips, the basketball passed through the gap between Garnett and Lafonso Ellis, and Meng Xu wiped Garnett, the basketball just appeared in front of Meng Xu, and Meng Xu used his fingertips to lightly touch the basketball again, At the same time as the basketball rebounded into the air, Meng Xu also quickly got up, took a step forward, and after receiving the basketball that had rebounded into the air, he jumped lightly and threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket.
When Meng Xu's layup hit, the entire Alamo Stadium also erupted in a tsunami-like cheer, I have to say that Meng Xu's super-large change of direction combined with the breakthrough of fingertip dribbling is very ornamental and beautiful. It's just a little regrettable that Meng Xu tried countless times in training, and after the last change of direction was completed, Meng Xu didn't have enough physical strength to support himself to complete a dunk again, otherwise this offensive method would be more perfect.
"Beautiful, beautiful, it's so beautiful, it's hard to imagine anyone other than Meng Xu who can use this kind of breakthrough on the court." When Meng Xu hit a layup, Michaels on the commentary bench stood up directly and said 3 beautiful in a row.
"Yes, Meng's breakthrough method is a kind of innovation, which is really incredible." Although I have seen Meng Xu's breakthrough in the All-Star Game, but in today's game, when Meng Xu used this breakthrough again, Magic Johnson still felt very shocked, but what made Magic a little worried was that Meng Xu's ankle was a little twisted every time he changed direction, a basketball player, his ankle is undoubtedly very important, but it is very fragile, and Meng Xu's breakthrough method is undoubtedly the most harmful ankle.