"You are playing with fire, no, you are simply dying, God is sorry for you if I don't accept you." On May 14, 2001, the fifth game of the Spurs and Mavericks series was played at the Alamo Stadium, the home of the Spurs, and before the game, it was thought that it was likely to be the last game of the series, but when the game really started, the Mavericks who originally thought they would give up resistance were now bursting, and after the end of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks led the Spurs by as many as 11 points on the road with 32-21, and a team scored 32 points in one quarter, which is rare for the Spurs. And it has never been encountered in this year's playoffs, even in the last game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Mavericks only scored 28 points in the first quarter. After the pause, Meng Xu, who had just sat on the bench, heard Anna say in her ear.

"What do you mean?" Meng Xu, who was in the fog who was said by Anna, also asked rhetorically.

"You released Garnett in the last round, and now it's likely that Nowitzki will be released again, the Mavericks are not the Timberwolves, if you are really reversed by the Mavericks, it will be self-inflicted."

"I'll go, I won't be so lucky, the supergiants of this era, every transformation will be encountered by me?" As soon as he heard Anna say this, Meng Xu also sighed, from Kobe Bryant to Garnett, and now Nowitzki, I really don't know if I am lucky or unlucky. And Meng Xu now finally knows, why Nowitzki is so abnormal in this game, in the first quarter of the game, Nowitzki in the game and Duncan one-on-one, 5 of 8 shots, 4 of 6 free throws, not only scored 14 points in a single quarter, but also made Duncan two fouls, and Duncan's foul off the court was also the biggest reason why the Spurs fell behind in the first quarter.

"So, you're dying, you can be swept away, but you have to save face, now it's okay, at the beginning of this series, Nowitzki's strength was only 92, after the last game, it directly became 94, and now it's on the verge of breaking through, if it's not good, this game will sacrifice you."

"Sacrifice, then he must have that pair of teeth." Even if Nowitzki breaks through in this game, there is nothing to be afraid of, no matter how strong the Mavericks are, they can be stronger than the Lakers, and it is useless to save a "pretending moment" now, the big deal will be used on you first, after hearing Anna's words, Meng Xu also pouted, and said in his heart nonchalantly.

"Erwin, in this game, the Mavericks' offense is indeed much better, especially Nowitzki, and in the previous game, he played more resolutely." During the pause in the first quarter, Michaels began to comment on the performance of the Mavericks in this game, and it was clear that the Mavericks' performance so far in this game was unexpected.

"The Mavericks should have played like this a long time ago, and if Donald had arranged it like this in the previous games, the outcome of this series would have been really unpredictable." The performance of the Mavericks in this game is undoubtedly very appetizing to Magic Johnson.

"What's the situation, another person to defend me?" After the start of the second half of the game, when Meng Xu stood at the top of the arc with the ball, Meng Xu found that his defense had changed from Finley to Juwan Howard, in the first quarter of the game, although Nowitzki was superb, but Finley was under the care of Meng Xu, but Finley was like an iron god possessed, 4 shots in a single quarter, 0 shots, and 2 mistakes, and on the defensive end, Finley also had no way to take Meng Xu, so after the start of the game in the second quarter, the old Nelson directly used Juwan Howard to match Meng Xu.

Zhu Wan Howard is 2.06 meters tall, although he suffered a lot when defending Duncan, but he had a slight advantage in the face of Meng Xu, so seeing Zhu Wan Howard with his arms stretched out in front of him, Meng Xu could only choose to move sideways first and then look for Duncan, but when Meng Xu moved, something immediately happened that made Meng Xu embarrassed, Meng Xu's footsteps just moved a step laterally, and Zhu Wan Howard gave up Meng Xu, rushed directly towards Duncan, who was competing for a position with Nowitzki, and was about to wrap Duncan as soon as possible, and Nash, who was closest to Meng Xu, was also a symbolic supplement.

"Is this going to empty me?" Seeing that there was no one in front of him, and Nash was still two meters away from him, running slowly towards him, Meng Xu was embarrassed. The tragic situation of the Timberwolves letting me shoot in the last round is vivid, and now dare anyone play like this? You must know that although Meng Xu will not take the initiative to score in most cases, Meng Xu's scoring ability, especially the scoring explosiveness, is very strong. Is this despising my shooting ability? Or do you want to test whether the knife in my hand is fast? Thinking of this, Meng Xu directly pulled out and jumped on the spot, his hand rose and fell, and he hit a 3-point hit.

"Is Donald going to gamble again? It seems that in this game, Donald still wants to restrict Duncan first, but is it too hasty to let go of Meng Xu's arrangement? Seeing the Mavericks' defensive strategy after the timeout, Michaels also smiled, old Nelson really lived up to the name of a madman and a gambler, and dared to let Meng Xu shoot, what a crazy decision.

"Maybe Donald can't help it." In the previous games, whether it was Nash or Finley's defense of Meng Xu, or even the bag between the two, it ended in failure, and in these games, Meng Xu's offensive desire was not very high, so the old Nelson chose to focus on taking care of Duncan, and letting go of Meng Xu is also an arrangement that looks very crazy and actually makes sense. And no matter how strong Meng Xu's scoring explosion is, it is impossible for him to hold out for the whole game, and as an outside player, no matter how your shooting rate is against the sky, it still can't be compared with a super inside line like Duncan, with a super inside line like Duncan, as long as the Maverick dares to let him go, Duncan can at least cut 50 points on the Maverick, but Meng Xu is not necessarily.

"Boy, get your show off to a good start." After watching the shot, he immediately pounced on Finley's No. 5 player of the Spurs, and the old Nelson now has some special thoughts in his heart, for Meng Xu, the old Nelson is still very familiar, Meng Xu's style of play is a player that every coach needs and likes, but the old Nelson always feels that Meng Xu can't let go of the Spurs all the time, and the old Nelson This game is to let Meng Xu go a little bit, let him play a little high, just like against the Lakers, what he did to Kobe.

"Beautiful shot." In the next offense, Meng Xu faced Nash's airy defense, Meng Xu still chose to shoot at the top of the arc with 3 points, but when Michaels's beauty just shouted, Meng Xu's basketball shot was iron.

"Donald, you've really found my weakness, but even so, you have no chance of turning the tables now." Although the score was still behind, Popovich was not the slightest bit agitated. It's just that Popovich is a little worried about the strategy of old Nelson putting Meng Xu in this game, Popovich is most worried that Meng Xu will become a player like Kobe, so he has been trying to suppress his desire to attack, so he did not hesitate to send away the team's meritorious guard Avery Johnson, and pressed Meng Xu to the position of organizing guard, but now he has not dared to open the floodgates, but someone secretly pried it there, and this person is still the old Nelson that he has always respected very much.

"Some things can't be suppressed, and it's much better to experience it early than later." Perhaps sensing that Popovich was spying on him, Nelson Sr. also glanced towards where Popovich was. Popovich is the descendant of his disciple Larry Brown, and he can be regarded as one of his own disciples, although he has two championships in his hand at a young age, but the seemingly high-spirited Popovich, in the eyes of old Nelson, is still somewhat lacking, and what he lacks cannot be made up for without experiencing one or several major setbacks.

And in the next period of time, the Mavericks' style of play is also extremely simple and rough, after a few passes, the basketball was handed over to Nowitzki, in this game Nowitzki's hand felt surprisingly good, the first few games to prevent Nowitzki from Duncan, this game has been a little difficult, and Nowitzki is now very smart not to fight hard with Duncan under the basket, but a variety of step-back step-back jumpers, a big man with a height of 2.13 meters, when he used the trick of step-back jumpers, The difficulty of defending can be imagined. On the Spurs' side, Meng Xu is also playing high now, anyway, the Mavericks' defense against Meng Xu is basically none, so Meng Xu has also become the Spurs' first offensive point during this time.

Xiang Meng Xu and Nowitzki's anser-ball, you score a goal, I score a goal, the coach may not like it, but this kind of duel is the most popular among fans, whether it is the Spurs home fans, or the fans in front of the TV, after seeing this kind of duel, they must be very happy.

"Can you still enter?" When Meng Xu hit a 3-pointer again, the old Nelson, who was calm just now, is already a little shaky now, and the old Nelson thought that even if Meng Xu's hand feels good, you shoot more than 10 times outside, and hit 5 times It is already a bad hand, and the luck is off the charts, but what makes the old Nelson's heart accelerate is that Meng Xu hit 4 of the first 6 shots. Therefore, after Meng Xu hit this goal, Old Nelson also immediately called a timeout.