Meng Xu and Arenas, one is the scoring champion of this season, and the other is the fifth super scorer on the scoring list this season, so before the start of the series between the Pacers and the Wizards, many bricks said bluntly that Meng Xu and Arenas will be the key to this series, and this series is likely to have a wonderful scoring battle.

This season's Pacers are still the team with the best record in the entire league, but compared with previous seasons, the Pacers' defensive efficiency has declined significantly, and the average points per game have dropped from the top three in the league in previous seasons to the sixth in the league, and the main reason for all this is caused by Sarunas Jascovisius as the Pacers' starting group guard, when Meng Xu played the No. 1 position, all the No. 1 positions in the league were blown up by Meng Xu at both offensive and defensive ends, Even Jamal Tinsley, who had two seasons before, was above the league average for defensive prowess.

"Salunas is out of place again!" When Arenas shook Salunas Jascovisius again, Lester Connell, the assistant coach of the Pacers on the sidelines, also shook his head helplessly, although Salunas Jascovisius has worked hard enough on the defensive end, but it is a big step behind Arenas's physical fitness, and his own relatively average defensive ability, so that Salunas Jascovitius still has no way to take Arenas, some gaps can not be made up by hard work, and the Wizards, today's game, is also obviously targeting Salunas Jascovisius, constantly letting Arenas go to single Salunas Jascovisius.

Just when Lester Conor shook his head and sighed, Rick Carlisle's heart was also doing a difficult ideological struggle, the arrival of Salunas Jascovisius brought a lot of changes to the Pacers' offense, greatly liberated Meng Xu, so that Meng Xu could focus more on scoring, and Salunas Jascovitius's three-point shooting ability is also very strong, in the first season of joining the Pacers, Sarunas Jascovitius hit a total of 106 three-pointers, The three-point shooting rate reached 42.5%, and at the same time, Sarunas Jascovisius's breakthrough, ball control, passing, and overall vision ability can all be top-notch, and it is precisely because Sarunas Jascovisius has so many advantages that Rick Carlisle can ignore his shortcomings in defense and put him in the starting lineup, allowing him to replace Meng Xu to play the No. 1 position, but in the playoffs with higher defensive requirements, the lack of defensive ability has obviously dragged Salunas · Jasco Waisius, too, dragged down the Pacers.

In the offense just now, when Salunas Jascovitius was shaken away by Arenas, Meng Xu, who was closest to Arenas, gave up his defensive object to make up for Arenas, but after Meng Xu's defense was in place, Arenas passed the basketball to Antoine Jamison, who was supposed to be Meng Xu's defense, although Salunas Jascovitius immediately changed to Antoine Jamison after Meng Xu made up for Arenas, but the difference in height and weight, It made Antoine Jamison very easy to eat Sarunas Jascovisius and then hit the shot.

"Meng, I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Salunas Jascovitius, who has been out of position in defending Arenas many times in this game, also obviously blamed himself after the end of this round of defense, and more than half of the points conceded by the Pacers from the beginning of this game to the present are directly related to Salunas Jascovitius.

"Don't take it personally, basketball is a game where you score more points, as long as we score more points than them." After comforting Sarunas Jascovisius softly, Meng Xu ran towards the front court without care, Meng Xu is very aware of Sarunas Jascovisius's ability and the changes he has brought to the Pacers, so for Sarunas Jascovisius has worked hard, but there is nothing to be done, Meng Xu will not be strong, no matter how many points Sarunas Jascovisius concedes on the defensive end, as long as he can help the team score more points on the offensive end, Then everything is not a problem.

Since the era of Larry Bird, the Pacers have attached great importance to the team's defense, and it is from the beginning of Larry Bird's leadership of the Pacers that the Pacers' defense has always been at the forefront of the entire league, because the coaches of the "Cardinals" believe in winning championships on defense, and Rick Carlisle, as Larry Bird's younger brother and "proud disciple", at the beginning of coaching, and Larry Bird's coaching style is also very similar, but after last season's Finals, After a series of duels with tactician Don Nelson, Rick Carlisle's mind was shaken, because the Pacers were able to defeat the Mavericks, not by an invulnerable defense, but by a more powerful offense than the Mavericks, so this season, Rick Carlisle has been adjusting the Pacers' tactics and strategies intentionally or unintentionally, but the results of the adjustment are still a little unsatisfactory.

Returning to the offensive end, after advancing through the middle circle with the ball and using Meng Xu's cover to get rid of Arenas, Salunas Jascovisius passed the basketball back to Meng Xu, because in Salunas Jascovizius's view, his single Antoine Jamison did not have a high success rate of Meng Xu's single Arenas, so Salunas Jascovitius passed the basketball to Meng Xu without the slightest hesitation, and he took Antoine Jamison and ran towards the other side of the court.

Just like Arenas singled Salunas Jascovisius, Meng Xu's single Arenas is also very simple, in the case of height, arm span, strength, and speed, which are all stronger than Arenas, Meng Xu is simply playing as much as he wants in the face of Arenas's defense, but this time, Meng Xu did not use his height and arm span advantage to forcibly pull out his hand under Arenas's defense, but used a feint to shake Arenas away, and rushed directly towards the Wizards' basket.

When Meng Xu got rid of Arenas and made a move to impact the Wizards' basket, Brandon Haywood and Antoine Jamison, who were not far from the paint area, immediately began to shrink towards the basket according to the head coach's deployment before the game.

Breaking through the ball has always been Meng Xu's best way to initiate offense, and benefiting from the bonus of the king of sudden points, and the additional bonus of the sudden point tactics, Meng Xu's split after continuous breakthroughs, the probability of converting into an assist is very large, and this attack, Meng Xu has no intention of making his own shot since he got rid of Arenas, and it is Meng Xu's original intention to find a way to divide the ball to Sarunas Jascovitius after breaking through you.

After successfully attracting the shrinking defense of Brandon Haywood and Antoine Jamison, Meng Xu made another change of direction to the left side of the court, and then passed the basketball in his hand in the direction behind him.

After Antoine Jamison ran to wrap Meng Xu, he stopped and waited for Sarunas Jascovisius outside the left three-point line, although he was also a little surprised at the moment of receiving Meng Xu's pass, but Sarunas Jascovisius did not hesitate, but relied on the muscle memory formed by years of playing, and gently stood on tiptoe to shoot three-pointers.

After this ball was hit, Salunas Jascovisius felt a lot more at ease, because he can still contribute to the team, and he can also use his ability to help the team and help the teammate he trusts and admires the most.