"The two sides have entered a scoring drought again!" When the game entered the fourth quarter, Meng Xu took advantage of his physical strength to lead the Pacers' rotation lineup and hit the Pistons by surprise, and in just 3 minutes, the Pacers beat the Pistons a 12-5 small **, not only smoothing out the lead established by the Pistons in the third quarter, but also overtaking the Pistons. After that, the two sides fell into the same situation as in the third quarter of the game, and every time the score became extremely difficult, and after the official timeout, both sides fell into a scoring drought at the same time, and the two teams thumped iron, making the crowd tremble.

"Now it's less than 3 minutes before the end of the game, the score between the two sides is 65-67, the Pacers still have a two-point lead, and now the ball is still in the hands of the Pacers, so it can be said that the situation on the court is still very favorable to the Pacers." After Sterkhouse's 3-point hit, Jermaine O'Neal, who grabbed the defensive rebound, directly handed the ball to Meng Xu, and at this critical moment, it has become a common practice for the Pacers to advance with the ball by Meng Xu. However, at this time, the Pistons' defensive strategy against Meng Xu has also changed, Artest, who has obviously lost his physical strength, no longer presses and harasses Meng Xu unlimitedly, but keeps an eye on Meng Xu, while slowly retreating to the backcourt, and now the rhythm of the game on the court has become very slow, and the Pacers and Pistons have to play for 20 seconds almost every round, so now the players on the court, whether they are the Pacers or the Pistons, look unhurried.

"You won't have any more chances for this attack!" Almost after Meng Xu dribbled through the center circle, Artest posted it again, although at this time Artest no longer had any spare strength, and his legs were already as heavy as lead, but Artest still did his best to complete this defense.

"You must guard against him, you must guard against him!" Rick Carlisle on the sidelines, two hands tightly squeezed together, has been clucking, as the game time is getting less and less, the situation on the court will be more and more unfavorable for the Pistons who are on the trailing side, but as long as the point difference can always be controlled within 3 points, then the Pistons still have a chance, and once the point difference is widened to more than 5 points, the Pistons' hope of winning is very slim, so whether they can prevent the Pacers' offense this time is very important. At this point in the game, Rick Carlisle, as the head coach, could no longer provide any help to the players on the field, so Carlisle could only stand on the sidelines and cheer silently for the players on the field.

Artest, who was in charge of the main defense, had been blocking in front of Meng Xu, and at the same time, Starhouse on the right side of the court also gave up his defense against Hamilton and came towards Meng Xu, but Starhouse obviously hesitated when he chose to cover Meng Xu, and the assistant coach on the sidelines was already shouting out in a hurry, and Starhouse slowly began to move in the direction of Meng Xu. At this moment, after Meng Xu pretended to start to the right, he directly moved a step to the left side of the court, taking advantage of the gap when Artest was shaken away, he took two steps out and reached the periphery of the 3-point line. And Starhouse, who was originally going to wrap Meng Xu, gave up the original bag plan at the moment when Meng Xu got rid of Artest horizontally, and rushed directly towards the 3-point line.

"Jerry!" Seeing Meng Xu shoot very easily in front of the defender Stackhouse, and also caused Stackhouse's defensive foul, Rick Carlisle on the sidelines immediately called a timeout after a lament. After Meng Xu's 3-point hit, the difference between the two sides was widened to 5 points, with Meng Xu's free throw shooting rate of more than 90, the free throw shot, eighty percent of the free throws can also be hit, looking at Artest, who was a little resentful when he got off the court, and Starker House, who was hanging his head, Rick Carlisle was a big head, what was really bad, 2 minutes and 33 seconds, a gap of 6 points, the Pistons had reached the edge of the cliff.

Starhouse is not bad in physical fitness, it can be said that he has good talent and strength, as long as he is willing to work hard, he can definitely become a top outside defender, but Stackhouse doesn't like to defend very much, and he always leaks and makes mistakes at critical moments, which is why Carlisle is not optimistic about him, last season's offseason, Carlisle wanted to trade him, but for various reasons did not reach a deal, originally after experiencing the series with the Magic, Carlisle felt that Stackhouse still had the potential to change, But Stackhouse's performance in the defense just now made Rick Carlisle once again dispel expectations of him.

Looking at the teammates around him, he already obviously blamed himself, especially Artest, who was even more eager to eat himself, as for the boss of the team, Ben Wallace also yelled at Stackhouse when he got off the field, in this case, Stackhouse is also very aggrieved now, it's not that I don't want to go to the bag, it's really that I can't run, as for the foul, I can't blame me, it's really that kid is too chicken thief, obviously he can already shoot, but after seeing me rushing over, but stopped in the air, and waited until he made physical contact with me before making a move, which is really a foul deception. And then head coach Rick Carlisle's angry yelling at Stackhouse made Stockhouse even more aggrieved.

After the adjustment and deployment of the pause, after the game restarted, Billups used a key 3-point to narrow the gap to 3 points again, and after seeing Billups shoot, Rick Carlisle was also relieved, fortunately, the Pistons still have a big heart like Billups, if it was the Pistons last season, now the eight achievements have collapsed. After Billups shot, Rick Carlisle also expected Billups to step up and save the team like in the last game, and in the seven-break battle with the Magic, Billups scored 37 points in the game, and in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, Billups shot 3 of 4, 1 of 1 3-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 9 of the Pistons' last 11 points, helping the Pistons successfully eliminate the Magic.

And in the subsequent game, when Meng Xu missed a 3-point shot, Billups and Riverdek Robinson used a mid-range shot to narrow the difference between the two sides to 1 point after blocking and dismantling, Rick Carlisle Rick on the sidelines became crazy, unbuttoned his suit, and kept waving his arms towards the court.

"Larry, shall we tweak it?" Seeing that the difference was narrowed to 1 point remaining, Lester Connell could no longer sit still, and immediately asked Larry Bird, who was next to him, if he wanted to call a timeout.

'Leicester, keep your composure, we don't have any problems with our squad and tactics, so we don't need to make any changes at all. Compared with Lester Connell, Larry Bird is still very calm, as if the Pacers are still leading the Pistons by more than ten points, because Larry Bird also knows that at this time, any adjustment can have little effect, and the most important thing is to see the performance of the players on both sides.

"No matter how hard you try, you won't want to get rid of my defense!" Artest, who already had problems with his physical strength, still did not give up any opportunity, and when Meng Xu was dribbling, he chattered and harassed Meng Xu in Meng Xu's ear.

"Boy, can't you save a little energy? Do you know how the villains in the movies die? Listening to Artest's trash talk that has no technical content at all, Meng Xu can't even raise his interest in spraying now.

"How did you die?" After hearing Meng Xu's words, Artest subconsciously said it, but the moment he spoke, Artest realized that he had fallen for Meng Xu.

"Of course it's like you, you're dying of talking." Taking advantage of Artest's distraction, Meng Xu first squeezed Artest away with force, followed by a change of direction, after getting rid of Starkerhouse, Meng Xu killed the Pistons' basket along the edge of the paint area.

"Riverdecker block him, block him!" After Meng Xu got rid of Artest and Stackhouse in a row, and the Pacers' two interior lines, Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, had taken the initiative to leave the basket to make room for Meng Xu to break through, the assistant coach of the Pistons immediately yelled at the courtside and motioned to Riverdek Robinson, who was closest to Meng Xu, to block Meng Xu's breakthrough.

Although after the opening, the Pistons were strictly guarding against Meng Xu's breakthrough after the ball, but when Meng Xu rushed towards the Pistons' basket this time, the Pistons' defensive focus was on defending Meng Xu's layup after the breakthrough. Meng Xu's style of play, the whole league is very clear, as long as it comes to the critical moment, he will definitely hold on to the basketball and not let go, and passing is always the second choice, so in this offense, everyone on and off the Nets thinks that Meng Xu will come by himself, instead of choosing to pass.

"Balls, where's the balls?" Just when Meng Xu shook off Riverdek Robinson with a change of direction, he had already returned to the basket and occupied a position, staring closely at Meng Xu's Ben Wallace, only to find that Meng Xu disappeared after a dribble.

"Meng Xu shook off Riverdecker Robinson and rushed into the paint, and now that Ben Wallace is left alone in front of him, will Meng Xu choose to go to the basket in front of Wallace? Meng Xu passed, beautiful unseen pass, Hamilton, unguarded Hamilton 3-point shot. ”

"Passed the ball? Actually passed the ball? Rick Carlisle on the sidelines was stunned when he saw the scene on the court, you must know that he has studied all the games of the Pacers in detail in the past two seasons, in the last 3 minutes of the game, when the score is scorched, or when the Pacers are behind, the only tactic of the Pacers is to let Meng Xu hold the ball and play alone, and after holding the ball, Meng Xu either shoots 3 points outside the 3-point line, or rushes into the inside line to make a foul, it seems that in this time period, his passing skills are blocked, but now, Meng Xu unexpectedly chose to pass the ball rarely.

"This game is over, no one will hack me at a critical moment, right?" Looking at the surrounding spectators who were celebrating, and the group of reporters with unkind faces under the Pistons basket, Meng Xu's heart immediately chuckled, if it weren't for his bad feeling, no 3 points, and no mid-range shots, Meng Xu would not choose to pass the ball at this time.

"Jamal, I'll defend him." Meng Xu, who was slowly retreating, saw Jamal Tinsley, who was already waiting in the center circle and was ready to step forward to defend Billups, Meng Xu gently patted his arm and motioned for Jamal Tinsley to switch guards with him, and he would defend Billups by himself. Jamal Tinsley is only 1.83 meters tall, and his body is not strong enough, so when Jamal Tinsley defends, he uses the most close harassment and uses his speed advantage to interfere with the opponent's rhythm, but when he encounters an old ruffian whose physical fitness is much stronger than him and has more experience in the game, Jamal Tinsley will be very passive on the defensive end, constantly needing teammates to fill in and defend, and Billups is just such an old ruffian, Therefore, in order to avoid passivity in the situation at the critical moment due to Jamal Tinsley's loss of position and lack of defense, Meng Xu also decided that he would personally defend Billups in the last few minutes.

"It's finally here." Billups, who was slapping the basketball and slowly advancing towards the front court, instantly rose a flame in his heart when he saw Meng Xu in front of him, when Meng Xu was still on the Spurs, Billups had many fights with him, especially the season when Meng Xu was a guest point guard, the seven meetings between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, every time Billups was abused by Meng Xu, but this did not hit Billups's confidence, but made Billups work harder and harder, more and more diligent, in order to one day, he could return all this, Although Billups also had a few fights with Meng Xu after joining the Pistons, because Billups was not the tactical core of the Pistons at that time, and Meng Xu did not play point guard, the two had almost no chance to match, and now the opportunity has finally come.

"I'm going to beat you!" When Meng Xu was less than two meters away from Billups, Billups quickly increased his speed, but Billups found that Meng Xu only inadvertently moved sideways to block his best breakthrough route, and at the same time, Meng Xu's outstretched long arm also blocked Billups's passing route to Artest on the other side of the court.

"There's still a chance!" Seeing that the distance from Meng Xu was getting closer and closer, Billups suddenly found that there was still some vacancy on the left side of Meng Xu's body, so Billups used his last bit of strength, gritted his teeth and increased his speed again, and at the same time began to change direction towards the left side of Meng Xu's body, wanting to get rid of Meng Xu's defense from the flaw exposed by Meng Xu, but just when Billups's action was close to completion, Billups found that Meng Xu, who turned around, smiled at himself, At this moment, Billups understood, This gap was deliberately exposed to himself by Meng Xu, in order to attract himself to break through or pass from here.

"It's over!" Feeling a sore sensation coming from the arm of the dribble, Billups's mood instantly sank to the bottom, and Billups knew that he was robbed by Meng Xu.

"Meng Xu steals Billups at a critical moment, and the Pistons are finished!" After watching Meng Xu steal Billups, and then quickly launched a fast attack, using a one-handed split dunk to widen the difference between the two sides to 6 points again, Michaels on the commentary bench shook his head, 1 minute and 18 seconds, the Pistons trailed the Pacers by 6 points, and they were basically out of luck.