"There are some players, you know he's going to shoot, you know what he's going to do next, but you just can't stop him, and Meng is such a player, it's a shame we lost today, but I'm still proud of my players, they did a great job today."

"Why wasn't foul tactics used against the Pacers? God, 27 seconds, a one-point difference, as long as a manager in his right mind will not risk a foul. ”

After the game between the Pacers and the Timberwolves, as the head coach of the losing side, Philip Sanders became the focus of the post-game press conference, although Meng Xu's three-point quasi-kill is the key to the Pacers' victory over the Timberwolves, but Philip Saunders' on-the-spot command in the final stage was still criticized by many media reporters on the scene, after all, they have been waiting for the day when the Pacers lose for too long. But the result of the game was a big disappointment for them, and in this case, they had to take all their anger out on Philip Saunders.

Knowing that Meng Xu would execute the last shot, why don't you arrange the defense against him in advance, if you can't do it alone, just two people! Since you can't prevent it, why don't you foul him and let him shoot a quasi-killer three-point shot after spending more than 20 seconds there? Foul! Don't you even know how to foul? The first few reporters to ask questions almost all revolved around this question, which made Philip Saunders very faceless.

Although these reporters have been dwelling on this issue, Philip Sanders does not see any problems with his tactical arrangement, with 27 seconds left in the game, even if the Pacers delay for 20 seconds to shoot, the Timberwolves have enough time to complete the last shot, as long as they can prevent the Pacers' attack, then the Timberwolves have a hope of winning. Taking a step back, even if the Timberwolves failed to prevent the Pacers' offense, as long as the Pacers didn't score three points, the Timberwolves still had enough time to complete the last shot and equalize the score, so for a coach like Philip Saunders who is conservative at critical moments, it is definitely an unwise choice to send the Pacers players to the free throw line in advance when there is enough time. It's just that what made Philip Saunders a little dumbfounded was that in the previous game, Meng Xu was basically rushing to the basket, and the last shot turned out to be three points! And he also shot, which made Philip Saunders a little embarrassed, but even so, Philip Saunders still didn't think that there was anything wrong with his arrangement at the last moment, not that we didn't give it well, but that the opponent had Gundam.

"Meng, can you tell us why you reprimanded Jermaine O'Neal during the game?" After Philip Saunders couldn't find the fierce material he wanted, these reporters on the scene pointed the finger at Meng Xu, hoping that he could carry forward his style so that he could write a different report on the basketball board tomorrow, and Meng Xu's reprimand of Jermaine O'Neal in the first quarter was undoubtedly a good breakthrough, after the entire reporter asked questions, the rest of the reporters on the scene were also like bloodthirsty sharks, staring at Meng Xu with dead eyes.

"I reprimanded Jermaine? What are you kidding, don't always think about making a big news, you will be legally responsible for slander. After vetoing his reprimand for Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu directly kept silent on this topic.

And this group of reporters in the audience, at the moment, their hearts are like 10,000 alpacas galloping by, so many eyes on the scene have seen whether it is good or not, Jermaine O'Neill is like a schoolboy, standing there with his head drooping, being trained by you like something, you actually opened your eyes and said nonsense, saying that you did not reprimand him! What's the festival! Where is the integrity?

As the focus of the NBA round on December 18, the battle between the Pacers and the Timberwolves is not only a game that fans of the Pacers and Timberwolves are concerned about, because the Pacers have not lost a game since the start of the new season, and they are still breaking this record after breaking the Bucks' 20-game winning streak, so now the entire NBA and even the North American sports world are also paying attention to this game.

In this case, when the Pacers defeated the Timberwolves and continued to refresh their winning streak, for a while, almost all the American media reported on the game the next day.

"A fierce and exciting battle of focus, Meng Xu contributed a quasi-lore, the Pacers defeated the Timberwolves away, and the winning streak will continue!"

"38 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, Meng Xu's twelfth single-game triple-double this season!"

"With 44 points, 16 rebounds, and eight assists, Garnett played his toughest game of the season as the Timberwolves lost to the Pacers at home."

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After the game with the Timberwolves, the Pacers set off for Phoenix, and now the Suns, after sending off Marbury, began to rebuild the team around the two young players of Sean Marion and Amare Stoudemire, and Sean Marion and Amare Stoudemire have also performed very well this season, both of them are currently able to contribute an average of 20+9 data per game, it can be said that this pair is a very talented and powerful combination, but the current Suns are the same as most teams in reconstruction, is experiencing the throes of reconstruction, in the absence of a Dinghai Shen needle, the Sun's group of young players, often crazy anyone can win, coerced up anyone can lose, the current top three Mavericks in the West, the Timberwolves, the Spurs have suffered losses here in the Suns, but the Suns' current record is only 9-17, and now it seems that for the Suns, the playoffs are already a luxury.

On December 20th, the Suns sat on the court to face the Pacers, and in today's game, the crazy nature of the Suns was undoubtedly revealed again, Sean Marion and Amare Stoudemire took turns to impact the Pacers' interior, and Anfernee Hardaway also chose to come back in this game, until the end of the third quarter, the Suns were ahead of the Pacers, but just when everyone thought that the Pacers were going to capsize in the gutter and were ended by the Suns, Meng Xu scored 14 points in a row in less than four minutes in the fourth quarter, reversing the game in one fell swoop.

After the game against the Suns, the Pacers' Western road trip was over, and on December 22 and December 23, the Pacers increased their winning streak to 28 games after back-to-back victories over the Hornets and Bulls.

"I can finally have a safe Christmas!" Since the Pacers did not participate in the Christmas game this year, after the game with the Bulls, the Pacers disbanded the whole team and went home for Christmas, and Meng Xu also returned to his residence as soon as he returned to Indianapolis, because someone was waiting for Meng Xu there.