57-53, when the Spurs entered the third quarter with a 4-point lead, Popovich made adjustments to the lineup on the court again, this time the five players sent by Popovich were, center Tim Duncan, big forward Sean Etelio, small forward Mario Ely, and the two guards were Meng Xu and Avery Johnson, and several players on the court, except for Duncan, were all players with certain three-point ability, and these players found their shooting touch in the second quarter except for Meng Xu.

Because of the Spurs' wave of three-pointers in the second half of the second quarter, Phil Jackson will definitely make targeted arrangements for the Spurs' three-pointers, so Popovich also instructed Meng Xu in the locker room to go directly to the Lakers' interior at the beginning of the third quarter, preferably to score a few points in a row, or to create their kills, so that the Lakers shrink to the interior again.

At the same time as Popovich changed the formation, Phil Jackson also made another change, in order to strengthen the team's defense, Phil Jackson once again sent AC Green and O'Neal to partner, AC Green's offense and understanding of the triangle offense is far less than Robert Hawley, but AC Green's defense is much better than Robert Hawley. At the same time, Ron Haber was also replaced by Fisher, who was younger and more physically strong, and Ron Haber now not only can't guard against Avery Johnson, but even Mario Elie can't prevent it, and Ron Haber has been given several times by Avery Johnson and Mario Elie in the second quarter.

After the start of the game in the third quarter, O'Neal looked at Meng Xu who was not far from him near the middle circle, and frowned thoughtfully, if Meng Xu broke through and came directly to himself, O'Neal would respect him as a man, but after this guy broke through, he either went to Robert Holly to cheat on the foul, or disrupted the Lakers' defensive formation and then passed the ball to the outside, at the last moment of the second quarter of the game, in the face of Meng Xu's breakthrough, O'Neal couldn't help but pull out, and was immediately given a violent dunk by Duncan behind him. If it was just a simple breakthrough, O'Neal believed that no player could break through his defense, but after this breakthrough, the ghostly split was a headache for O'Neal.

After the game restarted, after Avery dribbled through the middle circle, he still handed the ball to Meng Xu on the right side as before, and then ran towards the free throw line, after Meng Xu received the ball, he looked at Kobe Bryant who was one step away and was also a little hesitant, in the face of Kobe's defensive method, Meng Xu could jump directly on the spot, but Meng Xu did not shoot, after missing three shots in the first quarter, Meng Xu did not shoot another three-point shot in the entire second quarter, and in several consecutive games, Meng Xu's outside shooting felt very bad. Phil Jackson obviously found this problem, and it can also be seen from Kobe's defense that the Lakers are now preferring to let Meng Xu's shot to prevent him from breaking through.

"Beautiful breakthrough, Meng Xu got rid of Kobe Bryant again, and Fox who made up the defense was also given by Meng Xu, Meng's breakthrough speed and change of direction were too fast."

"This time Meng didn't pass the ball, but continued to rush to the inside, is he looking for O'Neal?" When Michaels was still exclaiming for Meng Xu's breakthrough, Meng Xu had already rushed to the edge of the paint area, and this time it was O'Neill who stood in front of Meng Xu, not the previous Hawley.

In the previous game, as long as Meng Xu broke through to the inside line, the first person he looked for was Robert Hawley, who was not much taller than Meng Xu. And Hawley's defense, whether it is occupying or blocking ability, even if it is physical talent, is too different from O'Neal, and Holly is head-to-head, Meng Xu does not have the slightest psychological pressure at all.

Only this time, after Hawley left the game, Meng Xu did not go to AC Green, who replaced him, but rushed directly at O'Neal.

"It's so arrogant, Meng actually wants to go to O'Neill's trouble, who is O'Neill? O'Neal is the best center in the league right now. When he saw Meng Xu's offensive options after getting rid of Fox, Kenny Smith also took a breath of cold air, not to mention Meng Xu, even if it was his former teammate, when Dameng Olajuwon was still at his peak, he could only outwit O'Neal in the face of his opponent.

Next to Kenny Smith, that is, the number one Meng Chui Michaels, saw that Meng Xu wanted to challenge O'Neal, and now he was dumbfounded.

"Very well, boy, you're finally here, and I really admire your courage." Seeing Meng Xu rushing towards him, O'Neill was also excited, this time he must teach him a good lesson, so that this rookie knows what a wrong choice it is to provoke himself.

"This kid." Seeing Meng Xu on the field, Popovich was also a little speechless, letting you rush to the inside, and didn't let you go directly to O'Neal, is AC Green next to him very good.

When Meng Xu accelerated to a distance of more than one step away from O'Neill, Meng Xu used the last change of direction, and seeing Meng Xu change direction again, O'Neill, who was already ready to block Meng Xu, quickly turned around in the direction of Meng Xu's change.

"Boy, you don't have a chance." When O'Neal completed the turn, Meng Xu no longer had the slightest offensive space, because O'Neal's right foot was only half a step away from the bottom line, if Meng Xu changed direction and continued to rush to the basket, then it was likely to be a mistake.

"This big fat man is really hard to deal with." After seeing O'Neal's excellent position and prediction, Meng Xu also smiled, because Meng Xu's breakthrough never thought of going to the basket or shooting from the beginning, Meng Xu's plan has always been to divert O'Neal's attention, and then find a way to pass the ball to Duncan behind O'Neal.

"Oh no, fooled." When he saw the smile on the corner of Meng Xu's mouth, O'Neill remembered that after he turned around, Duncan behind him was completely unguarded.

At the moment when O'Neal turned around just now, Duncan, who was still fighting for the position with O'Neal, quickly gave up the entanglement with O'Neal and entered the paint area in advance, when Duncan silently read from 1 to 2 in his heart, Meng Xu's pass really arrived, without the slightest hesitation, Duncan directly dunked hard.

"Big guy, your defense is pretty good." This may sound like a compliment, but to O'Neill it is a great irony.

After halftime, Meng Xu saw his statistics, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, if you work hard, it is very likely to win your first triple-double, and the performance evaluation of the triple-double after the game is B-level, and the B-level evaluation reward can get 100 points and experience, so for this extra points and experience, Meng Xu also gave birth to the idea of brushing data for the first time.