"Tyshawn, are you alright?" Meng Xu, who was warming up on the court, found that Prince, who was next to him, was holding a basketball in his hand and staring at the basket, it had been a long time, and he hadn't thrown it, and he looked obviously a little distracted. In today's game, Prince, who started the game, has a very difficult task, in the case that Meng Xu changed to a playmaker and James Posey could not play due to injury, the task of defending Kobe Bryant was all handed over to Prince. Although Meng Xu also knew that in today's game, Kobe Bryant would not have such a hot hand in the last game, but Prince could not know. And as long as Kobe Bryant plays normally, it's not so easy to defend.

"I'm fine." Prince looked back at Meng Xu and said with a smile, if you want to say that you are not nervous, you must be lying, as a rookie who is at the bottom of the first round, joining a championship team like the Pacers, Prince naturally cannot get a lot of opportunities to play like other rookies, and even become the core of the team. Therefore, Prince, who has been a substitute for a season, suddenly got the opportunity to start today, and he also started in the finals, how can Prince not be excited. And after a few minutes of playing with Kobe Bryant in the last game, Prince also probably has some understanding of Kobe's strength, in the fourth quarter, in the face of Kobe, whose physical decline has been very serious, Prince feels very difficult, if it weren't for James Posey's desperate bag, Kobe Bryant would not be as simple as 6 shots and 2 in the fourth quarter, and in today's game, Prince will defend Kobe Bryant all the way without any bag, and the head coach will give himself such a difficult and difficult task, It is impossible for Prince not to be nervous.

"Relax." Although Prince said that it was okay, but Meng Xu could obviously see the cramped expression on his face, after comforting Prince, Meng Xu walked towards Jermaine O'Neal, who was practicing free throws, today's game, Larry Bird has made some special arrangements, and he still needs to communicate with Jermaine O'Neal.

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"In today's game, the Pacers' starting lineup has undergone some changes, Meng Xu once again appeared in the position of the organizing guard, the scoring guard is still Richard Hamilton, in the first 3 games, Richard Hamilton can contribute 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists per game, is the Pacers' second scorer second only to Meng Xu, small forward position, this year's No. 22 rookie TySean Prince ushered in the first start of his career, And the Pacers' two interior lines are still Debaken Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal. ”

"Richard was really good in the first few games of the Finals, and I think the recent debate about whether the Pacers traded Stoudemire for Hamilton or not is now over." After Michaels introduced the Pacers' starting lineup, Magic Johnson added a sentence right after.

In this season's draft, the Suns sent the No. 9 pick Nn Hilario and the team's boss Steve Marbury, got the Pacers' No. 4 rookie Stoudemire and the Wizards' two role players, as well as the Pacers' draft pick this season, this deal caused a lot of controversy as soon as it was revealed, because no matter how you look at this deal, it was the Pacers and the Wizards who robbed the Suns, because of this deal, the Suns' management was criticized countless times, but as this season progressed, The Pacers became the subject of ridicule, especially after Stoudemire became the rookie of the season, and Larry Bird was ridiculed by the New York Times for trading one diamond for two stones.

Although there is still a lot of controversy about Stoudemire winning the best rookie of the season, there is no problem in saying that he is one of the best rookies this year, and Stoudemire's performance this season has also made people see his potential, this one can really grow into a player at the level of "big four", on the other hand, the Pacers sent Stoudemire a draft pick, and exchanged Hamilton and NN Hilario, Hamilton after coming to the Pacers, The average points per game has dropped from 20 points per game under the Wizards to less than 15 points, and Hamilton is now basically at his peak, and there is not much room for improvement. As for this year's No. 9 rookie NN-Hilario, he averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds per game, although he only played 10 minutes, but it can be seen from his performance on the court that NN-Hilario's talent is too different from Stoudemire, so the Pacers' "robbery" trade in the draft has become a failure in the mouths of many basketball bricks after Stoudemire became the best rookie this season. And now, Hamilton has proved that he is not a stone, but a dazzling diamond with his outstanding performance in the Grand Final.

"On the Lakers side, the starting lineup has not changed much from the previous game, it is still the dual point guard lineup of Gary Payton and Janeiro Pugo, small forward Kobe Bryant, big forward Karl Malone, center Shaq O'Neal, it seems that Phil Jackson is still very satisfied with this starting lineup."

"On the Lakers side, there is really no need to adjust, after all, the depth of their lineup is there, and the first two games have also proved the success of this lineup, as for the Pacers, after experiencing a big loss in the last game, they do need to make some changes, but the series has reached this point, and the tactics and adjustments can play a very small role, and it depends more on the game status and on-court performance of the players on both sides."

"Jermaine O'Neal's jump ball is so consistent, and the Lakers have only won once or twice in the game against the Pacers, right?" Obviously, in today's game, the Pacers once again got the ball on the first offense, four consecutive finals, Jermaine O'Neal won Shaq O'Neal when he jumped the ball, if the two matchups in the regular season are also counted, the Lakers and the Pacers have faced each other 6 times this season, and none of them won when they jumped the ball.

On the Lakers side, for O'Neal's jump ball failure, it was obvious that they had been prepared for a long time, and at the moment of the jump ball, Malone took the lead in moving towards the basket, and the other players of the Lakers also quickly retreated to the backcourt when Jermaine O'Neal moved the basketball to the Pacers' halfcourt.

"Although the Lakers' starting lineup has not changed, the Lakers' defensive strategy has changed significantly in this game, especially Gary Payton, who has been close to Meng Xu at the beginning of the game." At the beginning of the game, Jeff Van Gundy found out that the Lakers had changed on the defensive end of this game, Payton defended Meng Xu in the opposite position, and Kobe, who defended Meng Xu in the last game, went to defend Hamilton in this game, and it seems that Hamilton's excellent play in two consecutive games has also aroused Phil Jackson's alarm.

'Gary looked really good today.' Just when Magic Johnson was about to speak, ready to criticize Phil Jackson's strategy of arranging Payton to defend Meng Xu, he found that today's Payton, and Payton in the previous games, have changed significantly in momentum, and Payton's game state is also significantly better, especially in terms of movement speed, compared with the previous games, it is simply a level stronger, Meng Xu tried several times in a row, but failed to get rid of Payton's close defense.

"Boy, you won't get rid of me so easily in this game, we will definitely win this game today!" After Meng Xu dribbled through the center circle, he found that Payton's defense was getting tougher and tougher, and his defensive movements were also extremely aggressive.

"Meng Xu's physical center of gravity is still too high, if Payton can maintain such defensive intensity all the time, then in this game, Meng Xu will definitely make a lot of mistakes." Just in the first round, Jeff Van Gundy saw the problem, although Meng Xu's ball control is very good, and he can dribble with his fingertips, but Meng Xu's height is more than two meters, a player with a height of more than two meters, even if his ball control ability is excellent, he can't change the fact that the center of gravity of the body is too high, so as long as Payton can show the end and strength of defending Jordan in the finals, Meng Xu dribbling for a long time in front of Payton is definitely very dangerous, I'm afraid that Payton's defensive intensity won't last a few minutes.

"The Lakers are starting to wrap Meng Xu." Just when Meng Xu was leaning on Payton and dribbling continuously, Jane Nairo Pargo, who was supposed to defend Prince, quickly rushed towards Meng Xu after seeing Phil Jackson's gesture, and hit Meng Xu with Payton left and right.

Originally, Phil Jackson did not arrange a bag for Meng Xu before the game, but after Phil Jackson learned that the Pacers started Prince instead of James Posey, he immediately instructed Janeiro Pargo to give up the defense of Prince and cooperate with Payton to cover Meng Xu. Although James Posey averaged only a little more than 10 points per game in the regular season, his 3-point shooting rate was as high as 42%, especially the open shot, the shooting rate was very high, and Prince, as a rookie, did not show any outstanding scoring ability in the regular season, which is why Phil Jackson dared to let go of Prince, but did not dare to let go of James Posey.

"Boy, I'm going to steal you this time!" After watching Meng Xu lean on himself with his body, blocking Janero Pargo with one hand, and dribbling at a lower and lower height, Payton was already able to anticipate the upcoming scene, under the double attack of himself and Janeelo Pargo, Meng Xu wanted to rely on excellent physical fitness, it was almost impossible to force a breakthrough, if Meng Xu still wanted to insist on dribbling like in front of him, then within 3 seconds, he could find an opportunity to steal him.

"Nice pick-and-roll fit!" Just when Meng Xu was under the bag of Payton and Janero Pago, it was becoming more and more difficult to dribble, Jermaine O'Neal, who arrived after hearing the news, immediately blocked the other side of Joneine Pago's body, and Meng Xu used Jermaine O'Neal's body as the axis, quickly turned around and left Payton and Janeelo Pargo behind. After getting rid of Payton and Janero Pargo through the pick-and-roll coordination, Meng Xu's eyes were already empty.

"Ma Long's fill is very timely, but it is a pity that it is still a little slow by half a beat." After getting rid of Payton and Janero-Pargo's defense, Meng Xu directly accelerated to the right side of the arc top, and before Malone arrived, he pulled out a three-point shot. I have to say that when Ma Long is defending and blocking, his defensive awareness and sense of smell are superb, but his current movement speed is far less than his peak.

"Huh?" With Meng Xu's basketball hollow hit, Phil Jackson on the sidelines couldn't help frowning, Meng Xu hit the first three-pointer after the opening, and it looked like this game was a lot more difficult than expected.

Although in the last game, the Lakers defeated the Pacers, but Phil Jackson knew that the strength between the Lakers and the Pacers was not as big as the score showed, and the strength of the two teams was completely between them, and even the Pacers were a little stronger than the Lakers, so if the Lakers wanted to defeat the Pacers in this game, they should limit Meng Xu to the maximum extent under the condition of ensuring their own super-level performance, but now it seems that it is not so easy to limit Meng Xu, Janeiro Pargo's height is too short, And the footwork is also a little slow, as long as the Pacers continue to block with Jermaine O'Neal and Meng Xu, Payton and Janeiro Pargo will have little effect on Meng Xu's bag. Ma Long's defensive awareness is excellent, but he can't keep up with his pace, so he will struggle when defending Meng Xu. And Janero Prego is too short to defend Jermaine O'Neal after blocking and dismantling, and Jermaine O'Neal will definitely be blown up.

After Meng Xu hit the shot, Karl Malone, who was a step late in making up for the defense, glanced at Meng Xu, then bit his lip and left, in the defense just now, Ma Long, who was following Jermaine O'Neal, after seeing Jermaine O'Neal's blocking intentions, immediately went to Meng Xu to make up for the possible position after Meng Xu completed the blocking, but Ma Long, who couldn't keep up with his footsteps, was still half a beat slower.