"Corey, Richard, wrap him, wrap that kid, don't let him catch the ball, don't let him shoot!" In the game between the Pacers and the Nets, the second quarter had just begun, and the head coach of the Nets, Byron Scott, couldn't sit still, rushed to the sidelines and kept yelling at the court, and stomped his feet a few times from time to time, not to mention how funny it looked.

Originally, before the start of this game, Byron Scott also planned to take advantage of the Pacers' poor state to end the Pacers' winning streak at home, and by the way, narrow the gap with the Pistons who are third in the East, after all, fourth in the East means meeting the Pacers before the division finals, and the Nets, who have lost to the Pacers in the playoffs for two consecutive years, really do not have the strength and confidence to beat the Pacers in the series, so the Nets have to find a way to avoid the Pacers in the playoffs, And now there is only a two-win gap between the Pistons, who are third in the East, and the Nets, as for the Heat, who are second in the East, if the Heat themselves do not collapse, the Nets will have no chance to overtake.

But after the start of the game, Byron Scott found that the situation on the court was completely different from what he imagined, since the beginning of this season, Meng Xu, who had barely turned on the scoring mode, gave up the usual style of play this season from the first minute after the start of this game, but began to score non-stop, three-pointers, mid-range shots, back-to-back singles, and break through the basket, Meng Xu is like showing his comprehensive scoring skills to the fans of the New Jersey Nets. Constantly attacking the Nets' basket in various ways, and the Nets fans also choked Byron Scott Scott, and the fans who were still booing Meng Xu at the beginning of the game, after Meng Xu scored again and again, they actually defected, and the current Continental Airlines Arena not only could not hear the voice of Meng Xu, but after Meng Xu scored, there would be bursts of applause and cheers.

And what worries Byron Scott the most is not the defection of the fans at the scene, but Meng Xu's almost crazy state in this game, and that kind of dedication to scoring, Meng Xu played all 12 minutes in the first quarter, 10 of 18 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, and scored 30 points in a single quarter. Originally, according to the rotation habits of the Pacers in this season, Meng Xu would not play at the beginning of the second quarter, but in the second quarter of this game, Meng Xu took a group of bench players on the court, not only that, but Meng Xu also shot all 3 at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, increasing his personal score to 37 points, and now it is only the second quarter, Meng Xu's scoring momentum makes Byron Scott on the sidelines unable to pretend to be calm, even if the Nets lose to the Pacers at home, It is unlikely that the management will blame Byron Scott, after all, the Pacers are so strong that the Heat have lost to the Pacers in two games in a row, but if Meng Xu brushes a single-game scoring record at the Continental Airlines Arena, it will not be something that the management is to blame.

After Meng Xu scored 82 points at Madison Square Garden last season, not only was Knicks head coach Don Cheney fired, but even many of the Knicks' core players were sold cheaply after the end of the season. Byron Scott doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the Knicks with his team. After losing to the Pacers for two consecutive seasons and losing to the Eastern Conference Finals, Byron Scott's situation with the Nets is not very good, whether it is the team's management or several core teams in the team, they are very dissatisfied with Byron Scott. If Meng Xu is allowed to brush a 60+ or 70|+ in a single game here today, Byron Scott can be sure that he will not be able to get out of the season until the end of the season.

Although the score on the court is only 45 to 33, the 12-point gap is not a big gap for a game with more than 30 minutes left, as long as the Nets can work hard, it is still possible to reverse the game, but for Byron Scott, he doesn't care much about the outcome of this game, the only thing he cares about now is how to limit Meng Xu's single-game score to less than 50 points, the Nets' home Continental Airlines Arena is a new arena, The current highest single-game score in this arena is Jason Kidd's single-game 41 points created last season, but Byron Scott does not expect to limit Meng Xu's single-game score to less than 41 points, after all, now that the second quarter has just begun, Meng Xu has already scored 37 points, and 50 points is Byron Scott's bottom line, so Byron Scott on the sidelines is now on the sidelines, yelling at the Nets players on the court, signaling them to wrap Meng Xu, as for the others? Byron Scott can't take care of them now.

In fact, the Nets players at this time were very dissatisfied with Meng Xu's crazy scoring of not giving face at all, if they really let Meng Xu be marked a shame by Meng Xu on their home court like Madison, and let them go to meet people, so after receiving instructions from head coach Byron Scott, they were not polite, as long as Meng Xu held the ball, three people immediately surrounded him, even if Meng Xu had no ball in his hand and ran there empty, Richard Jefferson and Corey Kidders were also inseparable to follow Meng Xu, The idea tried to prevent Meng Xu from catching the ball.

In this case, the game between the Pacers and the Nets has become chaotic from the beginning of the second quarter, and several Nets players on the court have ignored the crazy package of Meng Xu, and on the Pacers' side, Meng Xu has been completely stripped from the team system under the crazy package of the Nets, but in today's game, the Pacers are responsible for controlling and organizing the ball Kenny Anderson, so even if Meng Xu has been isolated from the team system, the Pacers are under the organization of Kenny Anderson, The offensive end was still in a state of order, and the difference between the two sides was getting wider and wider, and it looked like the game would basically lose suspense after the first half.

"Erwin, I'm not mistaken, did the Nets use Jordan's rule on Meng Xu?" Looking at the situation on the field, Michaels in the commentary seat was already dumbfounded, for fear that he had seen the wrong Michaels, and confirmed it with Magic Johnson next to him.

"It is indeed Jordan's rule, Meng Xu's current strength is no longer far from Michael at his peak, and he is even much better than Michael in rebounding and three-pointers, but the Nets in front of him are much worse than the Pistons of the year." In fact, at this time, the Magic Johnson was already a little dumbfounded, in order to block Meng Xu's non-stop scoring on his home court, the Nets could give up the defense of other players of the Pacers, you must know that the current Pacers, Meng Xu's teammates, are much stronger than Jordan's teammates back then, even if they block Meng Xu and prevent Meng Xu's scoring, they can't rely on Jordan's law to defeat Jordan's Bulls like the Pistons back then.