After Nowitzki's departure, the situation on the court quickly began to develop in a direction that was not in the direction of the Mavericks, and after losing Nowitzki's pick-and-roll, Nash's breakthrough threat was greatly reduced. After Nowitzki went off the court, Antoine Walker, who played as a power forward, not only couldn't play a subtle blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Nash, but even missed the open shots repeatedly, as for Michael Finley, the other core of the Mavericks, it was simply difficult to move an inch under the defense of Tyshawn Prince, let alone stand up to help the team after Nowitzki went off.

Just two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Pacers managed to equalize the score, and the elder Nelson, who had been standing on the sidelines since the beginning of the fourth quarter, called a timeout very decisively, ready to readjust the personnel and tactical arrangements on the court.

"The Mavericks have gradually lost control of the situation, and after the timeout, Nowitzki will definitely return to the court, but due to the limitation of the number of fouls, it is difficult to say whether Nowitzki can help the Mavericks turn the situation on the court after he comes on the court." Taking advantage of the timeout, in the gap between the two sides' tactical arrangement, Magic Johnson also began to predict the situation after the timeout, Nowitzki's role in the Mavericks is self-evident, Nowitzki and Nash's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, as well as relying on the small range of the two people's blocking and pick-and-roll, is the key to the Mavericks being able to wrestle with the Pacers on the court, if Nowitzki is limited in the number of fouls and cannot play in the fourth quarter, or is afraid of fouls, then in today's game, the Mavericks basically have no hope.

"Erwin, you mean, after Nowitzki comes on the court, Meng Xu will definitely continue to make his fouls?" After Magic Johnson said this, Michaels could also guess a rough idea.

"Yes, yes, Nowitzki's fouls are now the Mavericks' lifeline, and you can see the situation after Nowitzki's departure, without Nowitzki's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, Nash's threat on the court, and his ability to master the game situation have directly dropped a notch, and Finley and Walker can't take over Nowitzki's role on the court, so Don will definitely send Nowitzki to make a final fight after the timeout, and Meng Xu will naturally not let the Mavericks' strategy succeed, and will definitely continue to rush inside, Foul by Bonowitzki. After saying his speculation in one breath, Magic Johnson shook his head, at most two minutes, Nowitzki will definitely have five fouls, and with more than half of the fourth quarter left, Nowitzki will definitely continue to go back to the bench, even if the old Nelson withstands pressure to let Nowitzki continue to stay on the court, according to Meng Xu's ability to make fouls, as long as Meng Xu firmly goes inside to make Nowitzki's fouls, Nowitzki will definitely not hold on to the last moment.

While Magic Johnson and Michaels were still discussing, the 100-second timeout ended quickly, and as Magic Johnson said, Nowitzki replayed after the timeout, and after Nowitzki came out, the Mavericks took the lead again through Nowitzki and Nash's pick-and-roll.

Switching offense and defense, when Meng Xu dribbled the ball in the backcourt and slowly advanced to the frontcourt, Nelson Sr., Rick Carlisle, Magic Johnson, Michaels, and most of the eyes on the court focused on the basketball that Meng Xu kept slapping.

"I'm just desperate, this time I won't let you go in the past!" As soon as Meng Xu passed through the middle circle, Michael Finley rushed up, looking at the guy in front of him who regarded his defense as nothing and repeatedly made himself ugly, Michael Finley's eyes were extremely firm, and he must block him this time, because he knew that once Meng Xu got rid of himself and killed Nowitzki, then the game was really over, although Finley was robbed of the position of the boss and the core of the team by Nowitzki, but one thing will not change, that is, Finley's determination to dedicate and sacrifice for this team.

It's just that when Finley said this sentence with a firm face, Meng Xu in front of Finley had no expression at all, but after watching Meng Xu shoot the ball faster and faster, and at the same time, the center of gravity of his body was constantly lowering, Finley knew that this guy would soon use a breakthrough to get rid of himself.

Sure enough, after the continuous feints and shaking, Finley directly lost his defensive judgment and was shaken by Meng Xu's signature stride and a large change of direction, but what made the audience in an uproar was that just when Meng Xu was about to shake off Finley, Finley grabbed Meng Xu's jersey and fouled Meng Xu directly.

"Bastard, do you want to kill?" Seeing Meng Xu, who was dragged to the ground by Finley, James Posey, who was not far from Meng Xu, rushed directly in front of Finley, and waved his fist while cursing at Finley, fortunately Reggie Miller, who rushed over with Posey, pulled Posey from behind, otherwise Finley would really have been hit by Posey's old punches.

Finley, who knew that he was at a loss, raised his hands high, and took the initiative to signal to the referee who ran over that he had fouled, and in the abuse and boos of the audience, Finley was blown a defensive foul by the referee on duty, but the Pacers players were obviously not satisfied with such a penalty, and Jermaine O'Neal chased the referee and kept pressing, in their opinion, Finley's foul on Meng Xu just now was enough to be a malicious foul.

After moving his limbs a little, after making sure that there was basically no major problem, Meng Xu, who got up from the ground, quickly stopped Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey, it is definitely very unwise to clash with each other at this time, and it will be even more unhelpful if he is whistled for a technical foul. Although Meng Xu was also very angry about Finley's foul, in Meng Xu's opinion, only defeating them was the best response to them. Regardless of whether Finn used fouls to block himself, whether it was arranged by Nelson Sr., but this proves one thing, that is, the Mavericks are now weak-minded, even afraid, they are afraid that they are killing Nowitzki, and even do not hesitate to use malicious fouls to block themselves, and the more this is the case, the more determined they must be to make Nowitzki fouls on the inside, isn't it a malicious foul, do you think this can scare me?

After Jermaine O'Neal sent the sideline ball and the game restarted, the old Nelson on the sidelines was already nervously clenching his fists, as Meng Xu expected, he was really worried about Meng Xu now going to continue to break through the inside line to make Nowitzki's foul, so the old Nelson also very much hoped that Finley's foul just now could deter Meng Xu and make him afraid of being fouled and injured, only in this way can the game continue, otherwise once Nowitzki is off the court, then the Mavericks will be completely finished.

Jermaine O'Neal ran directly to the free throw line after sending the sideline ball, and James Posey, who received the basketball, also passed the basketball to Meng Xu as soon as Meng Xu entered the three-point line.

Looking at Meng Xu, who rushed towards him without hesitation, Nowitzki was really a little weak at this moment, but Nowitzki still pounced towards Meng Xu.

Just when Meng Xu was about to collide with Nowitzki, Meng Xu, who jumped up close to Nowitzki, began to fold in the air and pull the rod, although Nowitzki was extremely careful in this defense, but after Meng Xu continued to fold and pull the rod, the slightly clumsy Nowitzki still inevitably slapped Meng Xu.

"Five fouls, Nowitzki five fouls!" Although Meng Xu's shot did not hit this time, when the referee blew the whistle for Nowitzki's defensive foul, the atmosphere in the Bankers' Living Arena was instantly ignited, because they knew that the Pacers were getting closer and closer to victory.

|“ Steve, it's time for the two of us to face off! Walking to the free throw line and gently patting the basketball in his hand, Meng Xu said softly to Nash, who was not far from him. Nash's current state is a demon, and the strength evaluation is not 99 but also 98, Meng Xu doesn't believe that Nash can't do anything except pass, now Nowitzki is gone, Finley and Walker are useless, isn't it time for Nash to step up and take over the game and fight against himself?