The offense scored four goals and caused Dale Davis to leave the court with six fouls, and the situation on the court was turned around in an instant.

With 2 minutes left in the game, Meng Xu cut off Mark Jackson's pass to Jalen Rose and scored a fast-break dunk, and the Spurs led the Pacers by 11 points at 93-82, which basically declared the end of the game.

"Boy, you're doing well, are you interested in playing in Indianapolis, Larry is really interested in taking you under his command." After the game, Reggie Miller found Meng Xu, and after praising him twice, Miller said, "Greg, it seems that Meng's weight gain plan will continue." "On the field, Spurs' assistant coach Mike? Budenholzer stood behind Popovich.

"Yes, Meng's strength is still too poor." Looking at Meng Xu on the bench, Popovich shook his head. After the Spurs selected Meng Xu this season, they formulated a weight gain plan for Meng Xu, but they were afraid that excessive weight gain would affect Meng Xu's movement speed and reaction ability, so Meng Xu's weight only increased by 10 kilograms, but he was 2 meters tall and weighed less than 90 kilograms, which was obviously still a little thin.

Before the 3rd quarter was played, Meng Xu was transferred to the bench because of 4 fouls, under the key care of Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Jalen Rose, 3 people took turns to impact Meng Xu, the style of the 3 people is different, Chris Mullin is more technical, Jalen Rose is more powerful, Reggie Miller is both, and at the same time, in the face of different types of players, Meng Xu is also a little tangled. Especially Jalen Rose, who constantly used the advantage of physical strength to beat Meng Xu.

After Meng Xu was substituted, the Pacers' tactics were also more resolute, crazy to wrap Tim Duncan, and empty the Spurs' outside group, and the Pacers gradually overtook the score.

This is often the case in basketball games, a person who has a bad hand will soon infect a group of people, and several outside lines of the Spurs are also getting more and more iron in the game, and the more they miss, the more pressure they have, and finally in the fourth quarter of the official timeout, the Pacers led the Spurs by 6 points at 75-69.

After the timeout, Tim Duncan and David Robinson sat on the bench to gather energy for the final showdown, while Meng Xu returned to the court, and Popovich once again sacrificed a pure small lineup.

While the Spurs replaced the main players, the Pacers also rotated, leaving only two main players on the court, Jalen Rose and Rick Schmitz.

Meng Xu, who had his back to Jalen Rose, received a pass from Antonio Daniels outside the 3-point line, held the ball in one hand, and under the push of Jalen Rose, Meng Xu, who was trying to stand in a position, glanced at his teammates around him, and quickly thought about the next offensive options in his mind. After the game with the Celtics, Meng Xu, who was suspected of deliberately brushing points, was sprayed by Popovich, and he had no chance to hold the ball in the next few games.

"None of them have any seats." Looking at his teammates who were still running for positions, Meng Xu finally chose to come by himself. In Olajuwon's words, I'm shooting better than them, I'm having better chances than them, why should I pass the ball to them.

Meng Xu bowed his body and pushed Jalen Rose back, just when Jalen Rose wanted to take a step forward against Meng Xu, Meng Xu took a step forward, turned around directly and forcibly jumped.

"Larry, this little guy's shooting stance is really similar to yours." Seeing Meng Xu turn around and shoot from beyond the 3-point line, the assistant coach of the Pacers said next to Larry Bird.

"Yes, the moment I saw that video, I was a little skeptical that it was me." Looking at Meng Xu's back and the familiar shooting posture, Larry Bird once again reminded him of his younger self.

Meng Xu's shooting this time did not change much in his posture compared with the past, but he jumped a little higher than in the previous game. After Meng Xu jumped and shot, Jalen Rose also hurriedly jumped and blocked, and in the case of insufficient preparation, he could only watch Meng Xu hit a 3-point shot.

"Very good 3-point ability, after Meng returned to the court in the fourth quarter, he hit two 3-pointers in a row to help the Spurs equalize the score, and Larry Bird also called a timeout to adjust the lineup on the court." Taking this game as an example, the Spurs' 3-point shot was 4 of 12, of which Meng Xu contributed 6 shots and hit 3 shots, while the rest of the outside shots were an astonishing 1 of 6 shots.

"Not only is Meng very good defensively, but his 3 points are also among the best in the league. It is said that Meng will participate in this year's 3-point competition, have you heard? ”

"Well, I've heard the news too, Meng's 3-point ability is really outstanding, and it can be said that he is not inferior to Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, and I'm very optimistic about him." After a few words, Michaels revealed a true color of Meng Chui at this time.

"Larry, are we going to use the tactics of the third quarter?" The assistant coach of the Pacers advised Larry Bird next to him.

"No need." Larry Bird waved his hand. The Pacers' defensive strategy in the third quarter was still very effective, the only deficiency was that this kind of defense was too much physical exertion, and Jalen Rose pressed Meng Xu for half a quarter, and he was already physically exhausted. And Larry Bird is very clear that Duncan did not do his best in the previous game, and it is difficult to say whether Rick Schmitz and Dale Davis can prevent Duncan when Duncan uses all his strength.

Originally, Larry Bird didn't think about going head-to-head with the Spurs in this game, Bird's original intention was to experiment with various tactics in the game and find ways to deal with the Spurs, and the results were quite satisfactory, and the Pacers did limit the Spurs in the third quarter.

And after this game, the Pacers have a game against the New York Knicks tomorrow, and that game is not to be lost, not only because of the relationship between the two teams, but also because of the playoff standings.

Sure enough, after the game restarted, Tim Duncan began to take over the game, whether it was facing Rick Schmitz or Dale Davis, or the two of them, compared with the previous game when he met the bag and passed, Tim Duncan played very resolutely, whether it was a back-to-back single, or a strong burst with the ball, Duncan maintained a very high efficiency, and sent an invitation to Meng Xu 5 times in a row.

"Oh, I haven't thought of changing teams yet." Meng Xu directly rejected Reggie Miller, and then turned around and left, leaving only Reggie Miller, who looked embarrassed, to stay in place.