Chapter 237: Kobe, You're Finished
After the start of the second half of the game, because the Lakers had a big lead, the Lakers sent a full bench lineup, and the Spurs continued to send David Robinson and Meng Xu in order to recover the score. At the same time www.biquge.info after Duncan left the game, the Spurs completely changed their style of play, and the combination of internal and external tactics with Duncan as the core became a breakthrough tactic with Meng Xu as the core.
"Isaiah Ryder broke through with the ball, Meng Xu's defense was excellent, Ryder had no chance to break through at all, Ryder chose to pass, Meng Xu broke the ball directly, the Spurs launched a fast attack, Meng Xu and Derrick Anderson's aerial relay, beautiful, very beautiful cooperation."
"Meng Xu broke through the Isiah Ryder defense, a beautiful no-look pass, Malik Rose hit a shot, and the Spurs continued to narrow the score."
"Meng Xu and David Robinson's blocking, David Robinson cut into the basket, Meng Xu's back pass, after David Robinson received the ball, his hands were violently dunked, beautiful, very beautiful, Meng Xu's pass is really more and more about Erwin's style."
With the Spurs' bench lineup with Meng Xu as the core playing vigorously, Michaels, who was almost depressed for most of the half, is now getting more and more emotional.
Listening to Michaels' roar louder than louder, Magic Johnson is now also a black line, who just said that no matter how beautiful the pass is, it is useless? In a blink of an eye, I began to praise Meng Xu's passing, and said that Meng Xu's style is becoming more and more towards me. If this was in the past, when Michaels said that Meng Xu played more and more like himself, Magic Johnson would definitely be happy, but when this guy said that the pass was useless, Magic Johnson would only feel that this guy was disgusting himself.
Just when the Spurs played a wave of 8-2 at the beginning of the third quarter, narrowing the difference between the two teams to less than 10 points, Phil Jackson immediately called a timeout and replaced all the main forces except O'Neal, after Kobe Bryant played, the Lakers still failed to stop the Spurs from continuing to chase points, and when the official timeout, 70-66, the difference between the two teams has been narrowed to 4 points, and Meng Xu in this 5 minutes, not only scored 7 points, but also sent 4 assists.
Although Ginobili's serpentine breakthrough is very unsightly, especially compared with Hardaway's passing action, it is so ugly that it is indescribable, but the practicality is still not to be said, as long as the serpentine breakthrough is used, and then the basketball is thrown out casually, the assist is loud, Meng Xu has been thinking now, if he gives himself a team, with a few players with excellent shooting, will he have 15+ assists per game? It seems to be a real possibility.
"Meng, after the timeout, you just have a little rest and wait until the fourth quarter is playing." As soon as he got off the court, Meng Xu heard Popovich's order to let himself rest, and Meng Xu had played nearly 23 minutes in this game, making a total of 8 of 16 shots, including 5 of 11 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws, and got 24 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds.
"Haha, I was unloaded and killed the donkey again." When Meng Xu put on his coat with a depressed face, Anna's voice sounded in his ears.
Frowning, Meng Xu sat directly on the chair, ignoring Anna's taunts, but stared, watching Steve Cole in the distance holding the tactics board and arranging the tactics of the later game, while Popovich and Mike Budenhall were whispering together, not knowing what they were talking about.
This is already Meng Xu I don't know how many times when the score is close to 30 points, he was replaced by Popovich in advance, although this situation is the norm in this Spurs, even Duncan rarely gets 30 points, but this situation has always happened to him recently, and it will make people feel uncomfortable, especially when Meng Xu is bent on making big news.
When Meng Xu and O'Neal were sitting on the court, the game between the Spurs and the Lakers was getting more and more stalemate, it can be seen that Kobe's fighting spirit and offensive desire are unprecedented, in the second half of the 3rd quarter, it was basically Kobe Bryant VS Spurs team, after losing Meng Xu's defense, the Spurs' outside line could no longer limit Kobe's breakthrough, and Kobe Bryant after the pause, two consecutive shots missed, and began to directly impact the basket, and even several times Kobe Bryant went directly to the basket to find Duncan. And without O'Neal's bonds, Duncan also began to score continuously, and finally at the end of the third quarter, 84-82, the difference between the two teams was only 2 points, and the Lakers led the Spurs by up to 18 in the first half, which was gradually moved back by the Spurs.
When only two minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, the Spurs and Lakers replaced all the substitutes and started the decisive battle early, relying on Derrick Anderson's five consecutive points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs had equalized, but when the Spurs changed to the main lineup, Meng Xu still sat on the bench and continued to watch his teammates fight on the court.
The Spurs, who were already on the rise, began to exert their strength after the timeout, wanting to take advantage of the high morale in these few minutes, quickly overtake and open the score, and finally lay the victory. In the first 3 quarters of the game, the Spurs can be said to have been in an absolutely passive state, Duncan has been stuck in the quagmire of O'Neal and Grant and can't extricate himself, while Mario Elie and Sean Elliott have never been able to find their hands, in this case, even the Spurs' bench lineup is very low, but now after the team equalized, both on and off the court players are now in a state of extreme excitement, 18 points behind the slight momentum has been moved back, what else is impossible? Perhaps the only people who can still keep calm now are Duncan and Meng Xu.
Just when the Spurs were ready to do a big job, O'Neal, who had been silent for almost a game, suddenly exerted his strength, this big fat man directly took over the game, under David Robinson's top defense, Duncan's bag, O'Neal played 2+1 in a row, after this summer's hard work, O'Neal's free throws have been greatly improved, so O'Neal's 2 free throws hit 2, and in less than 1 minute, he scored 6 points in a row, helping the Lakers open the score again.
Watching O'Neal and the Lakers continue to expand their advantage on the court, Meng Xu is also very anxious now, constantly looking up at the scoreboard and timer, and at the same time looking at Popovich on the sidelines, waiting for the head coach to call him to play.
"Meng, warm up, get ready to play." When the whistle of the official timeout blew, Popovich turned his head directly and shouted at Meng Xu.
Meng Xu, who returned to the game after a pause, was still organizing the team, but slightly speeding up the pace of the game, and constantly communicating with Anna, although the team was already 5 points behind, but Meng Xu's big move was still 1 minute away from cooling down.
When O'Neal broke out in front of him for a short time, Kobe Bryant was obviously not willing to be lonely, for fear of falling behind, when the team took the lead, Kobe Bryant took over the ball again, just when Kobe Bryant hit two consecutive shots, the whole Stapleston went crazy, because just after Kobe hit this ball, the DJ on the scene excitedly shouted that Kobe Bryant's score in this game exceeded 40 points again, and has now reached 41 points, after scoring 46 points in yesterday's game against the Rockets, Kobe Bryant completed a back-to-back 40+, and this game is far from over, maybe Kobe Bryant will score 50+ again in this game.
When Meng Xu assisted Mario Elie to score on the offensive end, Kobe Bryant hit back a shot again on the offensive end, hitting 3 consecutive shots, Kobe Bryant had scored 43 points in this game.
"This kid has reached a tipping point, and he is about to complete the final step." Looking at Kobe Bryant, who had entered a state of madness, Anna said in Meng Xu's ear.
"What's the use of talking about that now?" Meng Xu muttered and glanced at the scoreboard again, it is estimated that there are still 30 seconds left, as long as he survives these 30 seconds, even if Kobe Bryant completes the breakthrough, it is useless, as long as he pretends to be forced to turn on at the moment, I am the god on the field, no matter who it is, it will be a stepping stone under my feet, and it will be the soul of my knife, just like the Knicks at Miller's moment.
"Is this kid crazy?" When Meng Xu hit a mid-range shot to increase his score to 26 points, Kobe Bryant held the ball directly from the backcourt, quickly dribbled through the middle circle, and under the bag of Meng Xu and Mario Elie, without the slightest hesitation, he jumped up directly, and when Kobe hit 4 consecutive shots, Meng Xu's ears rang two prompts in a row, one was the prompt sound of pretending to be refreshed at the moment, and the other was that Kobe's strength value reached 95, officially becoming a superstar.
At 96-90, the Lakers still led the Spurs by six points, and at this time there were 4 minutes and 22 seconds left before the end of the game.
"Kobe, are you done?" When Meng Xu passed the half court with the ball, looking at Kobe Bryant, whose temperament had changed, Meng Xu said with a smile.
"No, that's just the beginning, I can hit at least 6 shots in a row and 。。。。。。" Bryant paused slightly, grinned, and said, "I'm going to score 50 points on your head." ”
"No, it's over, Kobe, it's all over, you're done." After Meng Xu finished speaking, he jumped and shot directly at the top of the arc outside the 3-point line, and hit a 3-point shot, Meng Xu scored the 29th point of the game.