"Meng, do you want to rest for a while in the second half?"

At the end of the first half of the game, the whole Pacers team returned to the locker room, looking at Meng Xu who was sweating profusely, Rick Carlisle asked with a concerned face, Meng Xu did not rest for a minute in the entire first half, especially in the second quarter Meng Xu was even more on the offensive end, with 13 shots in a single quarter, which was about the same as the number of shots in a single game in the previous two games, so after returning to the locker room, the first thing Rick Carlisle did was to ask Meng Xu's physical condition, At the same time, because the main team of the Pacers did not rest much throughout the first half, Rick Carlisle wanted to send a rotation lineup in the first half of the third quarter to give the main lineup a little more rest.

"Rick - I'm okay, I want to keep playing in the third quarter." Putting down the towel in his hand, Meng Xu smiled at Rick Carlisle, today's game is the most anxious and fierce game in the whole series, from the second quarter of the game, the Pacers and the Wizards have alternately taken the lead, and no one can maintain the lead for more than a minute, it can be expected that Arenas will definitely not rest, but will continue to play in the third quarter, so Meng Xu naturally doesn't want to sit on the sidelines to watch Arenas perform, of course, he can't trust his teammates, The main reason is that Meng Xu's physical recovery speed is relatively perverted, and the nearly 20-minute break in the midfield is enough for Meng Xu to recover most of his physical strength.

"Well, in the third quarter, you're going to lead the rotation lineup, but you go to the No. 2 position, and the rest of the players are on the court, Darko, Jeff, James, Chris." After communicating with Meng Xu, Rick Carlisle took out the tactical board from behind his back, pointed to Darko Milicic, Jeff Foster, James Posey and Chris Dujon one by one, and laid out the things and essentials that they need to pay attention to after the next appearance.

"Are these two guys iron men? There was no rest for a minute in the first half, and the third quarter was going to continue to play! At the end of the break, when the players from both sides came on the court one after another, Michaels looked at Meng Xu and Arenas, who were at the front of the team, and couldn't understand the tactical arrangement of the Pacers and Wizards.

Most NBA players have the physical fitness to play the whole game, but the disadvantages of playing too long are also obvious, lax attention at critical moments, deformed body movements, and decreased shooting rate, these problems are faced as long as players who play more than 40 minutes, so the first thing a qualified head coach needs to do is to control the playing time of the main players, and strive to maintain their physical functions at an optimal level, of course, if it really comes to the time when the rotation players can not be trusted, these main players also need to play the whole game, but in today's game, whether it is the Pacers or the Wizards, they have not yet reached the point where they have to play the whole court with their own players, so Michaels will be a little difficult to understand the arrangement of the two head coaches.

"It looks like this match is going to completely turn into a showdown between Gilbert and Meng Xu." For the Wizards and Pacers, the result of the first half of the game is acceptable, so their best option now is to let the main players who have played the entire first half rest for a while, send a bench lineup to play a dozen, but they did not do this, the Pacers Meng Xu is still on the court, and on the Wizards' side, Arenas and Antoine Jamison are also on the court, seeing this lineup, Magic Johnson has a hunch that Meng Xu and Arenas are ready to split the winner in the third quarter.

For the reporters on the sidelines, today's game has long been beyond the scope of an ordinary playoffs, Meng Xu and Arenas in the second quarter of the scoring battle, is the focus of their attention, for them, the outcome of this game is no longer what they care about, they are now concerned and looking forward to only one thing, that is, Meng Xu and Arenas The scoring battle will continue.

Arenas and Meng Xu, one is the top three players in the scoring list for two consecutive years, and the other is the three-time NBA scoring champion, if the two of them soar to score, it will definitely be a wonderful matchup, just like the game between the Wizards and the Lakers in the regular season this season, Arenas 60 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Kobe Bryant 45 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, that earth-shattering matchup has been the focus of all public opinion for a long time, Therefore, these reporters on the scene are very much looking forward to today's game, and they can also stage a vigorous scoring battle like the Wizards and the Lakers.

As the team that failed to open the jump shot, the Wizards had the right to tee off in the second half, when Arenas received the baseline ball from center Andre Blatch, he just turned and took two steps forward, and before he reached the center circle, Arenas found that there was an extra Pacer player in front of him, Arenas looked up and saw that Meng Xu was standing in front of him with open arms.

The whole court was pressing, and Arenas, who was still dribbling, looked at Meng Xu in front of him, and was obviously stunned for a moment, but then a smile appeared on the corner of Arenas's mouth.

Meng Xu's intention is obvious, that is, he hopes to separate Arenas from the Wizards' system by pressing Arenas all over the court, cutting the connection between him and his teammates, and making this game completely become a solo battle for Arenas, but at this moment, Arenas is sneering at Meng Xu's thoughts and plans, originally the Wizards' tactical arrangement in today's game was to let Arenas hold the ball and play alone, plus Arenas is now feeling hot, so for Meng Xu's move, Arenas didn't care, either.

"This guy is still listening." Seeing that his move not only failed to force Arenas to pass the ball, but instead aroused Arenas' determination to play alone, Meng Xu knew that Arenas was ready to follow the path of Kobe and Iverson.

Meng Xu's close defense has a strong oppression and aggressiveness, and ordinary players can easily collapse in the face of Meng Xu's close pressing, but today's Arenas is not an ordinary player, but Meng Xu is subject to a height of more than 2 meters, and when defending Arenas, he encountered some troubles, and the high center of gravity of the body led to Meng Xu's only sticking to Arenas when he was sticking to Arenas, and Arenas was not the kind of defender with average physical fitness, and he was definitely the top physical fitness in the No. 1 position, although it is not enough to fight Meng Xu hard, but it also ensures that Arenas will not be easily crushed by Meng Xu with strength.

Therefore, at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Meng Xu and Arenas were entangled in the backcourt, Meng Xu couldn't block Arenas, and Arenas couldn't get rid of Meng Xu completely, but under the cover of Antoine Jamison, Arenas still managed to pass the center circle with the ball before the 8-second violation.

"Sure enough, he is worthy of being a four-time best defensive player, this guy's defense is too strong, if he had changed to another player, I am afraid that he would have cut off the ball directly." Looking at Arenas who was struggling to dribble on the court, and then at these players sitting on the bench, Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan shook his head a little helplessly, not that he didn't want to build a team-type team, but these guys really couldn't be trusted, except to pin all his hopes on Arenas, Eddie Jordan really couldn't think of anything else.

"Pretty." Just when Eddie Jordan, who looked worried, was still looking down in thought, the Wizards players on the bench behind him jumped up from their seats one by one, and looked up to see Arenas, who had completed the offense, opening his arms to meet the cheers and applause of the audience.

In this offense just now, after protecting the basketball to the top of the arc with great difficulty, Arenas put on an intention to turn his back and break through, but after completing the back turn, Arenas took a step back and made a jump shot almost two meters away from the three-point line.

However, looking at these crazy bench players and spectators around him, Eddie Jordan felt a sense of crisis, although Arenas's goal was scored, but it was not a good thing for the Wizards and Arenas to score in such a difficult way.