Chapter 464: Maddie and Meng Xu (2)
"There is a sentence that will be paid back sooner or later, when Meng Xu used the dunk method often used by Camp to dunk the ball on Camp's head, I don't know if Camp will recall himself back then!" Johnson, the magician in the commentary seat, obviously revealed some regret in the words that Meng Xu said after he detained Kemp. As the most physical player in the 90s, Camp often staged a variety of flat frame dunks, separate dunks, gliding front dunks, pull rod back dunks, and even had a shocking two-handed dunk at the free throw line, as a big man with a height of 2.08 meters, Kemp can also pull the rod like Jordan, fly like Carter, and glide like Drexler. Kemp often staged a dunk after hitting a defensive player in the game, maybe it is really a reincarnation in the world, in the defense just now, Kemp was dunked by Meng Xu with the dunk method he often used before.
"Alas, the years are really a pig-killing knife!" Looking at Sean Kemp, who was forced and aggrieved after being detained by Meng Xu, Mutombo on the side could only shake his head, and sighed helplessly, the Rain City monster that was once nicknamed ReignMan has now fallen to this point.
Mutombo and Sean Kemp are players of the same era, and the two have a good relationship in private, recalling that time, how high-spirited Mutombo and Sean Kemp were when they first entered the league, Mutombo is known as the fifth center after Olajuwon, David Robinson, Ewing and O'Neal, and Kemp is known as the best new generation of power forwards. Strong muscles, outstanding explosiveness, perverted jumping, guard-like movement speed, and strong ability to help defend and fill positions, from Olajuwon, to David Robinson, to Ewing, to Malone, in that era Sean Kemp was a nightmare for every interior player, but Sean Kemp's depravity speed was also shocking, after the suspension season when Jordan retired, Sean Kemp, who was in the prime age of 29, went from a dancer on the basket to a fat man who did nothing, After several wanderings, Kemp, who is only 34 years old this year, is already on the verge of retirement.
Maddie is very depressed and very anxious now, especially when she sees Sean Kemp, whom she respects very much, the appearance of the six gods without a master after being detained by Meng Xu, Maddie's heart is a burst of mania, and she must be deducted, which is Maddie's only thought at this moment.
Maddie's competitiveness is far less intense than that of his friend Kobe, but this does not mean that as the boss of the Magic, Maddie will sit back and watch his teammates being blocked and be indifferent, especially just now, when Meng Xu said when he passed by Maddie: "Tracy, the game is over, the game has officially begun!" It made Maddie angry directly.
After glaring at Meng Xu fiercely, and a word starting with F came out of his mouth, Maddie ran to the basket to comfort Sean Kemp.
"The Magic sent out the baseline ball, Tracy's advance was very fast, the Pacers' defense was not in place, this is an opportunity for the Magic!"
Just when the fans were still cheering for Meng Xu to dunk Kemp, the Magic had already quickly sent out the baseline ball, this time the Magic was no longer the organizing guard Jacqui Vaughn, but replaced by Maddie, after receiving the baseline ball from Kemp below the free throw line, Maddie took a big step to get rid of Jamal Tinsley, who tried to interfere with him, and after encountering Meng Xu's block near the center circle, Maddie immediately passed the basketball to Gordon Girisek on his side, After getting rid of Meng Xu through such a combination, Gordon Girisek passed the basketball back to Maddie, although Hamilton has accelerated towards the basket and retreated, but for Maddie, Hamilton is absolutely unable to stop himself, he can now choose to pass after attracting the Pacers' defense, or he can rush directly to the basket and use a violent dunk to breathe a sigh for Camp who was blocked by Meng Xu just now.
didn't have time to think, and there was no hesitation, after receiving the ball, Maddie rushed directly to the Pacers' basket, but when Maddie rushed into the paint area, Hamilton, who had already retreated to the basket in advance, immediately appeared on Maddie's key route to the basket, and occupied the best defensive position there in advance, directly blocking Maddie's road to the basket, unless Maddie can fly up and dunk Hamilton like Meng Xu just did with Camp, or ride Hamilton, otherwise Maddie must choose other offensive methods, and more importantly, once Maddie makes a change halfway through and is delayed by Hamilton as a result, then Meng Xu, who is chasing behind Maddie, is likely to take advantage of this opportunity to catch up with Maddie.
"Do you think that's going to stop me?" Seeing that Hamilton was about to collide with him, Maddie took a step directly to the left and threw the basketball in his hand into the air at the same time.
"Oh no, I'm going to make a mistake!" When the basketball thrown by Maddie did not go to the basket, but directly hit the rebound, Magic head coach Doug Rivers, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly chuckled in his heart, and in Doug Rivers' opinion, Maddy's shot similar to a basket did not even touch the basket.
Just when many viewers at the scene also thought that Maddie's offense was over like this, Hamilton's Maddie, who took a step to the left to dodge, immediately jumped up in place, the time was just right, Maddie jumped into the air, and the basketball that was thrown to the rebound by Maddie just rebounded, and Maddie, who was flying in the air, grabbed the basketball is a flying dunk.
"Throw yourself and deduct yourself?"
"Very nice self-throwing and self-buckling!"
When Maddie fell from the sky and roared at Meng Xu behind him, the Banker's Life Arena, which was extremely excited just now, immediately fell silent, followed by boos in the sky.
Although Maddie's self-throwing and self-dunking is slightly inferior to the self-throwing and self-dunking in the 02 All-Star Game, it is undeniable that Maddie's dunk is still a very spectacular and peerless good shot.
"Meng, next, I'm going to play really!" When passing by Meng Xu, Maddie was not to be outdone.
"These two guys are playing this game like a playoff game! However, it is incredible to be able to maintain such offensive efficiency under such a high-intensity defense. No wonder Larry keeps saying that Meng Xu and Maddie are the two strongest small forwards in this era! When the first quarter of the game ended, looking at Meng Xu and Maddie, who were leaving the game, Michaels couldn't calm down for a long time. Meng Xu is now the first person in the league and one of the three players with the strongest comprehensive strength in the entire league, and although Maddie is now known as the "four scoring guards" with Kobe, Iverson, Carter, but whether they are honors, achievements, or even personal strength, they are still half a level apart from Meng Xu, but in today's game, Maddy's performance is not inferior to Meng Xu.
26-26, the Pacers and Magic were evenly matched in the first quarter, and the star of the two teams, Meng Xu shot 5 of 9 in the first quarter, 1 of 2 3-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 13 points and handed out 4 assists, while Maddy was 6 of 11 shots, 2 of 5 3-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, and scored 15 points in a single quarter.
"It looks like this game is going to be more intense than I thought." With the technical stats of the first quarter in hand, Magic Johnson glanced at his partner Michaels. In fact, before this game, Magic Johnson and Michaels were not optimistic about the Magic, after all, there is still a gap in strength between the two sides, and the Pacers have just won 9 consecutive wins, morale is high, and the state is good, probably the best result for the Magic is that the Pacers won the victory, and Maddie won the data, but judging from the situation in the first quarter, the Magic is not without a chance.
And at this time, Maddie, who was sitting on the bench gasping for breath, was also extremely surprised by Meng Xu's current strength, after experiencing the madness of last month, Maddie Ming could already feel the changes that had occurred in his body, the power that had been binding him, was swept away after the game with the Bulls, and it was from that game that Maddie had a feeling that no one could stop him. But today, Maddie found that after he became stronger, Meng Xu was also stronger, compared with the first two encounters this season, the current Meng Xu is more difficult to defend, with his current defensive ability, in the case of trying his best, there is no way to take Meng Xu, although Meng Xu seems to be unable to prevent himself, but Maddie can clearly feel that Meng Xu is deliberately suppressing his own state, saving his physical strength for the next game, and he has now exhausted all his energy, in this case, He could only explode with Meng Xu, and this result was obviously beyond Maddie's expectations.
With Meng Xu retaining his strength, he failed to suppress him at both offensive and defensive ends, which was definitely a very failure for Maddie. In the two games before the Magic game against the Pacers, Maddy had reservations, and even reduced his playing time to 28 minutes, for what? For today's game! As a talented and ambitious player, Maddie is also unwilling to be lonely, does not want to live in the shadow of his cousin, nor does he want to be the fourth guard after Kobe Iverson Carter, and he does not want to do nothing for a lifetime, he also wants to stand at the forefront of the NBA, become the only focus on the court, become the object of worship of countless people, defeat Meng Xu, defeat the Pacers, and win the scoring title this season, which is just the first step for Maddy to achieve this goal.
But after the first quarter of the game, Maddie found that he was not strong enough, and if he wanted to completely defeat Meng Xu and achieve these goals in his heart, he still needed to become stronger, just when Maddie was hesitant, the whistle at the beginning of the second quarter of the game had already sounded, looking at these substitute players who appeared one after another, Maddie couldn't help frowning.
Although these substitute players of the Magic, under the perfect performance of the main players and the encouragement of the head coach, are full of fighting spirit after playing, but their individual ability is obviously insufficient, only 3 minutes on the court, the Magic has the momentum of collapse, 7-2, after the bench lineups of both sides came on, the Pacers played a small climax of 7-2 for the Magic, and the black-faced Doug Rivers had to call a timeout in advance, so that the main lineup that had just rested for a few minutes appeared in advance.
After the Magic changed the main lineup in advance, Larry Bird also made corresponding adjustments, replacing Lorenzen White with Jermaine O'Neal, and Tyshawn Prince replaced Nn Hilario, putting James Posey at the power forward position, and it seems that Larry Bird is ready to use a small lineup to deal with the Magic's small lineup.
After the game restarted, the Magic quickly recovered the decline, and even under the leadership of Maddy, the Magic had begun to suppress the Pacers, Real Wood Posey and Tyshawn Prince took turns, but the defensive effect on Maddy was average, fortunately, after the official timeout in the second quarter, Larry Bird replaced Tyshawn Prince with Meng Xu, and after Meng Xu returned to the court, the two sides quickly restored the balance of power.
Now almost all discerning people can see that Maddie's physical exertion is obviously greater than Meng Xu, after James Posey came on the court, the Pacers began to use James Posey to defend Maddie, and Meng Xu was to mark the weaker Drew Gooden, and at the same time to make up for the Pacers' outside defense, in this case, Meng Xu can save a lot of physical strength while concentrating on offense, and Maddie not only has to do his best on the offensive end, but also do his best to defend Meng Xu on the defensive end. Maddie's playing time is longer than Meng Xu's, and the corresponding physical exertion is greater.
So this game, which looks like the two sides are still evenly matched, is actually very bad for the Magic, once Maddy's physical strength is exhausted, or the offensive efficiency fluctuates, then the situation on the court will immediately take a sharp turn, after Hill was seriously injured again and the season was reimbursed, and Mike Miller was sent away, Rookie Gordon Girisek who was traded from the Grizzlies averaged 14 points per game, becoming the No. 2 scorer on the Magic team, but Gordon Girisek's performance in today's game was not satisfactory, Hamilton only made 4 shots and hit just 1 goal, and was completely unable to provide effective support to Maddie. As for the Magic's No. 3 scorer Drew Gooden, not to mention Jermaine O'Neal, even James Posey can knead him at will, so the current Magic, although it is inseparable from the Pacers, actually relies on Maddy's play to give the Magic a breath of relief, so once Maddie has a problem here, the Magic is likely to collapse in a short period of time.