Chapter Seventy-Nine: Baptism

"You filthy fellow. "After the start of the second half, the Knicks' first offense, Larry Johnson missed, Meng Xu rushed in to grab the rebound, if it wasn't for the quick reaction, he was almost knocked to the ground by Larry Johnson's elbow, although he avoided Larry Johnson's black elbow, but the out-of-position Meng Xu still failed to grab the rebound, and after the rebound was grabbed by Ewing, he hit the shot.www.biquge.info

"Rookie, I told you, this is Madison, not a place where you can be presumptuous." In the process of fighting for rebounds this time, Larry Johnson originally had the idea of giving Meng Xu an elbow even if he couldn't grab the rebound.

Basically all the players who come to Maddison will be more or less hacked by these players in New York, making them have some scruples. was originally intimidated by the name of the New York gang, even a champion like Brand didn't dare to be too publicistic when he came to Madison, but Meng Xu completely ignored them, and even provoked Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy in the second quarter, which made Larry Johnson a little unbearable, who is Larry Johnson? This is a well-known villain in the league, a well-known "boxer" who beat Mourning in the playoffs.

"Larry, don't go too far." Watching Larry Johnson show his strong arms to Meng Xu, Tim Duncan on the side couldn't stand it, as the boss of the team and Meng Xu's senior, since Meng Xu entered the Spurs, Duncan has always been very protective of Meng Xu.

Seeing Duncan yelling at him, Larry Johnson was not to be outdone and rushed to Duncan, clinging to Duncan and widening his eyes. As the opponent who broke up in the finals last season, Larry Johnson was still a little scared of Duncan in his heart, but the scene in front of him did not allow him to succumb.

Just as the two sides were facing off, a whistle sounded on the field, and the referee on duty blew a technical foul on Larry Johnson.

Although Larry Johnson was unconvinced to find the referee's theory, it was useless. Seeing this kind of scene, Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines also shook his head helplessly, as the MVP of last season's finals, the favorite of this season's regular season MVP, and the top 3 supergiants in the current league, Tim Duncan will definitely be taken care of by the league. In this kind of scene just now, if you change players, the referee must play 50 boards each, but Larry Johnson faced Tim Duncan, and in addition to the league's deliberate suppression of the New York Gangsters, although it was at the home of the Knicks, the referee still unceremoniously blew Larry Johnson for a technical foul.

After scoring this goal, the Spurs began to attack, facing Ewing and Larry Johnson, who defended themselves, Tim Duncan directly reached out to ask for the ball, Duncan directly hit Ewing who defended himself after receiving the ball, and Larry Johnson was a one-handed dunk, Duncan, who did not seem to be strong, showed great destructive power in this attack, Larry Johnson was directly knocked out of the bottom line, and Duncan yelled at Larry Johnson who was sitting on the ground after dunking.

"Meng, you have to be tougher than them when dealing with this kind of person, the more you retreat, the weaker you are, the more unscrupulous they will be." Duncan hugged Meng Xu, who came up to celebrate with him, and said in Meng Xu's ear. In the first game of last season's finals against New York, Duncan played a little uncomfortable, and after the game, David Robinson also said the same thing to Duncan, so from the second game, Duncan became more and more tough, and after the baptism of the Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Johnson, who has always regarded himself as a villain, retreated in the face of the tough Duncan, and Duncan's performance is getting better and better, not only leading the team to win the championship, but also crowned the MVP of the Finals.

"I see." Meng Xu nodded and ran to defend Alan Houston.

From the third quarter, both teams have been moving more and more offensively and defensively, and unlike the hidden small actions in the first half, black elbows and foot pads, these obviously hurtful actions are also increasing.

"Greg, do you want to replace Meng from the game?" Looking at Meng Xu, who was once again brought down by Sprewell in the attack, assistant coach Mike Budenholzer said with some concern.

Popovich on the side was also a little hesitant, but watching Meng Xu get up from the ground and rub his shoulders casually, Popovich shook his head and rejected Mike Budenholzer's suggestion.

"Meng is going to have to go through this baptism sooner or later, and it's better to show it in the regular season than in the playoffs." As an outside player, especially a rookie, many people will be uncomfortable in the face of this kind of rough defense, afraid of injury and timidity, or even completely out of game, and Popovich naturally does not want Meng Xu to have this situation in the crucial playoffs.

"Avery." After successfully defending an attack by the Knicks, Meng Xu called Avery Johnson, the two hugged each other and chattered, and after glancing at the head coach on the sidelines, Johnson nodded at Meng Xu.

In this offense, Meng Xu did not move back and forth outside the 3-point line as usual, but after making a no-ball cover with Mario Elie, after throwing off the defending Sprewell, Meng Xu accelerated directly into the interior line, and jumped directly against Larry Johnson on the right side of the free throw line.

"Oh my God, this kid jumps really high." Seeing Meng Xu jumping high and his chin already above the basket, not only Larry Johnson, but almost the entire audience was in shock.

At the moment when Meng Xu jumped, Avery Johnson, who was still on the outside, directly hoisted the basketball into the inside, and Larry Johnson, who had already begun to fall, also shouted in his heart that it was not good after seeing Meng Xu catching the ball with both hands in the air.

With a super high bounce height, coupled with a super long arm span, after Meng Xu received the ball in the air, he held up Larry Johnson, who was already in a falling state, and directly dunked the basketball into the basket. After the dunk, Meng Xu hung the basket with both hands, and Larry Johnson, who had already landed, was also ridden by Meng Xu under the crotch.

"It's over." After landing on the ground, Larry Johnson was in the dust, and he had already been ridden. If it is barely acceptable to be blocked by Duncan just now, after all, Duncan is currently the strongest power forward in the league, but being dunked by this rookie is completely unacceptable.

After Meng Xu rode Larry Johnson, the whole of Madison fell into an exclamation.

"Without a doubt, this is the best dunk of the new century, not one of them."