As the opening whistle sounded, Tim Duncan beat Vitaly Portapenco to help the Spurs get the first wave of the ball, and after the basketball that was moved to the backcourt was grabbed by Antonio Daniels, he quickly dribbled through the center circle and passed the basketball directly to Meng Xu on the right side of the 3-point line.

With the success of the triangle strategy in the NBA, the point forward has also become a popular concept, in the current league, in addition to the aging Scott Pippen, the one who can be called a point forward is Grant Hill, although he has been able to play All-Star level statistics, but the Detroit Pistons' record has been tepid. With Grant Hill's delay in leading the Pistons to a championship, the once-fiery concept of a point forward has gradually cooled down while Hill continues to be questioned.

A team with good defenders doesn't need a point forward very much, and there are too many good point guards compared to players like Grant Hill and Scott Pippen.

In today's pre-game training, Meng Xu's excellent passing touch surprised Popovich, but also wanted to try whether Meng Xu could be shaped into a point forward, after making up his mind to train Meng Xu into the team's future outside core, Popovich is also willing to give Meng Xu more opportunities, today's game is an attempt.

After Meng Xu held the ball, Anthony Walker quickly caught up, after observing the video of Meng Xu's recent games, Anthony Walker also had a detailed understanding of Meng Xu's offensive means, this is a player with a single offensive means, and the only threat still comes from long shots. Because of Meng Xu's excellent 3 points, Celtics head coach Rick Pitino also specially formulated defensive tactics for Meng Xu before the game.

As Anthony Walker, who is opposite Meng Xu in this game, his basic defensive strategy is to let go of the burst or not to shoot, for a player who has not made a successful breakthrough in almost 40 games, it doesn't matter if he breaks through.

Because Anthony Walker is taller than Meng Xu and weighs a lap larger than Meng Xu, so when facing Anthony Walker's defense, Meng Xu is also a little difficult, but fortunately, Meng Xu still has some advantages, Anthony Walker, who is 3 cm taller than Meng Xu naked, has an arm span that is significantly shorter than Meng Xu, according to Meng Xu's visual inspection, Anthony Walker's arm span should be around 210.

Defense has always been Anthony Walker's weakness, not that his physical talent is not good, but that he does not have the defensive awareness that he should have, as a master of eye defense, in the face of Meng Xu in this game, Anthony Walker is also doing his best to defend Meng Xu.

Meng Xu held the ball and moved laterally to the left, Anthony Walker followed behind him unhurriedly, after Jalen Jackson and Meng Xu made a block, Anthony Walker was blocked behind Meng Xu, after the opportunity to vacate appeared, Meng Xu, who originally wanted to shoot directly, saw that Duncan was already stuck in the position under the basket, Meng Xu also gave up his plan to shoot, and directly stepped down, dribbled to the free throw line, and directly stuffed the ball to the basket. Celtics center Vitaly Portapenco was tackled to the ground by Duncan.

"This pass is awesome." Duncan, who was expressionless, ran to the free throw line and rubbed Meng Xu's head after playing 2+1, and praised him for a while.

"Tim, your dunk is too domineering." Suddenly remembered Anna's warning, and Meng Xu also tried to get rid of Duncan's clutches.

"Vitaly Portapenko is so weak that he should have pushed Duncan hard and didn't let him get close to the box. And it's incredible that Pitino didn't arrange for Duncan to be trapped. At the beginning of the game, the Celtics fell into passivity, and Bob Cousy was also very dissatisfied with the situation on the court, and by the way, he also blamed Rick Pitino.

"Duncan is the favorite for this season's regular season MVP and one of the best interior players in the league, and Rick Pitino is obviously a bit overrated by Vitaly Portapenko, who is probably a player similar to O'Neal in his eyes." Tom Heinsohn on the side echoed Bob Cousy's words and began to taunt Rick Pitino on live TV.

A few years ago, a group of Celtics' veterans and celebrities quarreled over the future direction of the team, which eventually turned into an infighting, and the final outcome of the matter ended with Larry Bird leaving, but it was much more than that, after Larry Bird left, Bob Cousy and others were full of joy that they would definitely be able to control the team now.

Who knew that the Cardinal appointed Rick Pitino as the head coach of the Celtics, and at the same time served as the team's general manager, executive president and team president. A few words of mockery of Rick Pitino on the national live broadcast are nothing more than trivial.

When it was the Celtics' turn to attack, Kenny Anderson dribbled over half the court and handed the basketball to the team's boss Anthony Walker. After the team selected another Larry Bird successor, Paul Pierce, last year, Anthony Walker switched to power forward, and in order to increase the aggression in the low post, his weight soared from 102 kg to 112 kg******.

"Oh, nice offensive options, that kid from the Spurs is out of position." Bob Cousy also expressed his appreciation for Walker's offensive selection.

It's just disappointing that after Meng Xu lost his position, Anthony Walker didn't choose to break through, but directly turned his back and shot, with a bang, the ball hit the iron, and watched the rebound being grabbed by Duncan. Bob Cousy, who was still praising Walker just now, also had a black line on his face.

"Boy, count yourself in luck this time." Although he didn't score this goal, Anthony Walker was still very satisfied with this attack, and after the shooting, he said viciously to Meng Xu behind him by the way.

"Big fat man, I heard that you like to shoot 3 points, and there is a kind of competition with me who scored more 3 points in this game." Looking at Anthony Walker, Meng Xu deliberately showed a disdainful expression, wanting to provoke him.

Before the start of the game, Popovich deliberately explained to Meng Xu some ways to deal with Anthony Walker, Walker, a player, belongs to the kind of player whose ball IQ is not very high, and he is very prone to brain fever. There are various offensive means, but he likes to shoot 3 points, and the shooting rate is still very low, hovering around 30% all year round, not to mention the defense, the movement speed is slow, and the defensive attitude is poor, which is why Popovich is so relieved to let Meng Xu control the ball.

Hearing Meng Xu look down on himself like this, coupled with Meng Xu's small expression, Anthony Walker's brain almost got hot. When I thought of the head coach's advice to me before the game, I wanted to respond to Meng Xu's sentence "Boy, come, who is afraid of whom." "I was swallowed raw by Anthony Walker.

Anthony Walker has played under Rick Pitino since he was in college, and after Rick Pitino came to the Celtics, he raised Anthony Walker to be the boss of the team, so Anthony Walker has always maintained enough respect and awe for Rick Pitino. Maybe others can't dissuade the hot-brained Anthony Walker, but Rick Pitino can.