Chapter 684: Meng Xu and O'Neill
"Come on." After slapping the basketball a few times near the center circle, Meng Xu began to accelerate and rushed towards Antoine Walker, who was already waiting near the top of the arc to defend him, and wanted to go to the basket to face O'Neal, first of all, he had to get past Antoine Walker's defense.
Antoine Walker obviously didn't expect Meng Xu to start accelerating in the middle circle, so after seeing Meng Xu start to speed up, Antoine Walker instinctively caught up, wanting to block Meng Xu's breakthrough, but when Antoine Walker was still nearly a meter away from Meng Xu, Meng Xu left him behind with a back turn and breakthrough, and when Antoine Walker turned his head and wanted to chase it, Meng Xu had already stepped on the three-point line with one foot.
"So fast!" Looking at Meng Xu's back, there was only one thought left in Antoine Walker's mind, this guy was too fast.
"Udunis is filling in quickly!" After Antoine Walker was eliminated by Meng Xu, there was no one in the wide area between Meng Xu and the basket, so Heat assistant coach Eric Spoelstra, who was standing on the sidelines, immediately yelled at Udonis Haslem not far from the free throw line, signaling him to immediately fill in the position to buy time for O'Neal, who had already followed Jermaine O'Neal out of the low post.
"Very good back turn and breakthrough, Meng Xu easily shook off the supplementary defense of Udonis Haslem."
Two consecutive back-to-back breakthroughs Meng Xu got rid of Antoine Walker and Udonis Haslem one after another, and directly hit the Heat's restricted area, but at the same time as Meng Xu stepped into the paint area, Shaq O'Neal, who originally followed Jermaine O'Neal to leave the low post, had already returned to the defense, and at the same time, Antoine Walker, who was the first to break through with Meng Xu's back, also chased up.
"Can you pass the ball?" Magic Johnson on the sideline commentary bench also sweated for Meng Xu at the moment, O'Neal has returned to the defense in place, in the case of O'Neal's preparation, it takes great courage and perseverance to face the basket that challenges O'Neal's guard, and even gets injured if he doesn't do it well, so although Magic Johnson is very much looking forward to Meng Xu and O'Neal's 1V1, Magic Johnson still has some hope that Meng Xu can divide the ball, after all, the Heat's defense line has now collapsed.
"Come on, boy." At this moment, the audience in the audience was staring intently at Meng Xu, who had already completed the jump in the paint area, and O'Neal, as the defender, naturally focused all his attention on Meng Xu, after Meng Xu jumped, O'Neal, who had already occupied an excellent defensive position not far from the basket, also stretched out his big hand and jumped up with Meng Xu, as for the option of risking being dunked to make Meng Xu's offensive foul, O'Neal never considered, What O'Neill wants is to defeat and crush this kid with dignity.
"It's going to crash." Seeing that he was about to collide with Meng Xu's O'Neal in the air, Rick Carlisle's nervous fists on the sidelines were clenched and gurgling, with O'Neal's size, if Meng Xu couldn't dodge O'Neal's block in the air, it would definitely not be as simple as a block, at this moment, Rick Carlisle regretted a little, regretting letting Meng Xu go to the inside to make O'Neal's kill.
"I'm going to crush you, crush all those who stand in my way." O'Neill, who was already flying in the air, looked at Meng Xu's face that was getting clearer and clearer, and couldn't help but roar in his heart, this day, O'Neill had waited too long.
"What?" Just when O'Neill waved his palm fiercely, ready to slap Meng Xu to the floor like a fly, O'Neill found that he had missed the shot, and Meng Xu, who was about to collide with him, suddenly folded his body in the air and avoided his own cover.
O'Neill, who missed a blow, wanted to turn around in the air and try again, but O'Neill found that his body no longer allowed himself to do such an unconventional action, fortunately, O'Neill saw his side, Antoine Walker had already stretched out his arm and pounced towards Meng Xu, hoping that Antoine could successfully interfere with his attack, and then, O'Neal, who was full of unwillingness, felt that his feet had stepped on the solid floor.
After landing on the ground, O'Neal didn't have time to look back to see if Antoine Walker's block was successful, when he heard deafening cheers from the surrounding audience, most of the audience in O'Neill's field of vision stood up from their seats excitedly, and they didn't have to think about it to know that this time they had made Meng Xu's background board.
In the cheers of the audience, Meng Xu, who got up from the ground, rushed up O'Neal roared angrily, while waving his arms fiercely, just now this attack, Meng Xu not only scored effectively, but also caused Antoine Walker's defensive foul, although it failed to kill O'Neal, but it can make Antoine Walker accumulate four fouls, which is barely achieved the goal.
"Boy, I didn't expect you to be able to improve, but it doesn't have any effect in front of me." Meng Xu dodged the layups of two defenders in the air just now, which greatly boosted the morale of the Pacers, and also made O'Neal's fighting spirit stronger, O'Neal knew very well that his chances were running out, so O'Neal wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when he could still make a final fight to get back what should have belonged to him.
After Meng Xu's free throw, the Heat's playmaker Jason Williams began to dribble forward, and O'Neal did not go straight to the low post like in the first half, but waited below the free throw line near the paint area.
Jason Williams, who reached the top of the arc, did not attack on his own, but handed the basketball to Dwyane Wade on the left side of the court, Dwyane Wade caused a very big damage to the Pacers in the third quarter, so after Dwyane Wade received the ball, he was immediately caught by Tyshawn Prince and Tony Allen.
Dwyane Wade, who was caught in the bag, quickly passed the basketball back to Jason Williams, and Jason Williams, who had already had an open opportunity, still did not attack on his own, but hoisted the basketball to Shaq O'Neal near the paint area, and finally waited for the opportunity Shaq O'Neal, pouting his ass and pushing Jermaine O'Neal to the basket.
Once upon a time, when O'Neal was playing with his back to the single, he only needed to lean back, and then he would turn around directly, step out and hang on to the basket in two steps, but now O'Neal is no longer the nimble fat man he was back then, so in recent seasons, when O'Neal was playing with his back to the single, he used hooks and shots more to solve the battle.
So in this defense, although Jermaine O'Neal sticks very tightly, Jermaine O'Neal's defensive attention is still on the moment when Shaq O'Neal turns, which is also some of the defensive experience that Jermaine O'Neal has accumulated after defending O'Neal countless times.
But this time, Jermaine O'Neal miscalculated, after Shaq O'Neal turned around, he didn't make a move, but turned his back directly to give Jermaine O'Neal, and by the time Jermaine O'Neal came to his senses, the big fat man was already hanging on the basket.