"Meng, I think our tactics should be changed a little." After Meng Xu got off the field, Rick Carlisle first handed Meng Xu a towel, and then discussed tactics and strategies with Meng Xu in the last few minutes.

As an old man who has been in the assistant coach and head coach position for more than 10 years, Rick Carlisle knows very well that when the core of a team is playing well on the field, the head coach suddenly stands up and calls a halt and asks him to change the consequences of playing, so although Rick Carlisle already has his own plans in his heart, Rick Carlisle still decided to ask Meng Xu's opinion first, and then make arrangements, if there is a gap or contradiction between the two, then everything will be irreparable. And Rick Carlisle also knows that Meng Xu is not the kind of player who is so stubborn that he can't listen to his opinions, he knows how to choose between wins and statistics.

"Okay." After hesitating for a moment, Meng Xu still nodded, after all, he was still a player, and it was impossible to see every small change on the court.

"In the next game, in order to stop you from scoring, the Mavericks will definitely continue to contain you, so you need to give the ball to James or Jermaine when you encounter a bag, and let them share the pressure on you, only then can we win more easily." After Meng Xu nodded, Rick Carlisle also put down the stone in his heart and said the strategy he had already considered.

"Well, I see." After agreeing to Rick Carlisle, Meng Xu felt a little regretful in his heart, and he didn't know if he could meet Nowitzki in the finals in the future.

It's the same as the Pacers' side, on the Mavericks' side, after Nowitzki left the court, head coach Nelson Sr. gave him a "special service" and explained tactics to him in front of him from head to point, but Nelson Sr. didn't have as many concerns as Rick Carlisle.

It looked like Nelson Sr. and Rick Carlisle were in a similar set-up, and when Nowitzki received another pass from Nash and was caught by Jermaine O'Neal and James Posey, Nowitzki didn't hesitate to pass the basketball to Antoine Walker, who also "lived up to expectations" with a shot.

"Rubbish!" Mark Cuban, who was in the central box of the Bankers' Life Arena, scolded fiercely after seeing Antoine Walker shoot the iron, and then took another puff of cigar, it can be seen that Mark Cuban is very dissatisfied at the moment, as for whether he is dissatisfied with Antoine Walker's shooting and iron, or dissatisfied with the old Nelson's change of tactics, only he knows.

Back on the court, after Antoine Walker missed the shot, Jermaine O'Neal, who grabbed the backcourt rebound, directly handed the ball to Meng Xu outside the three-point line, but Meng Xu did not launch a fast break, but slowly slapped the basketball, after the official timeout, Rick Carlisle replaced Tyshawn Prince with Mutombo, while strengthening the defense of Nowitzki, he also strengthened the protection of the backcourt rebound, and the consequence of this change is that the Pacers' offensive and defensive conversion speed has been greatly reduced, From now on, the Pacers' tactics will begin to shift towards positional warfare.

When Meng Xu advanced with the ball to a meter outside the three-point line, Michael Finley took the lead in sticking up, and Antoine Walker was also no more than two meters away from Meng Xu, waiting for Meng Xu's next move, and it looked like he might rush over to cover Meng Xu at any time.

Just when Meng Xu called Jermaine O'Neal to cover and was about to do a blocking and dismantling cooperation with Jermaine O'Neal, he found that Antoine Jamison also followed, and Michael Finley, after discovering Meng Xu's blocking intentions, also began to move towards Meng Xu's possible route after completing the blocking and dismantling, preparing to wrap Meng Xu after the blocking. Therefore, even if Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal can successfully complete the blocking, but with Antoine Jamison in front and Michael Finley in the back, Meng Xu is not easy to break through, so Meng Xu simply handed the ball directly to James Posey, who had been pulled up from the other side of the court, and he cut straight to the basket after bypassing Antoine Jamison.

After Meng Xu handed over the ball, the Mavericks' defensive strategy also changed rapidly, Antoine Walker and Michael Finley, who were originally responsible for containing Meng Xu, one stayed in place to defend Jermaine O'Neal, and the other changed his route in time and ran towards James Posey.

James Posey does not have Meng Xu's special status, nor does he have as much tactical authority as Meng Xu, so James Posey will not have the slightest discount on the tactics arranged by the head coach, after taking over the ball, James Posey tried it, and after failing to get rid of Michael Finley's defense, he immediately passed the basketball to Jermaine O'Neal near the free throw line according to the tactics arranged by the coach.

The Mavericks' current two interior lines, Antoine Jamison and Antoine Walker, are no different from white for Jermaine O'Neal, and this is the main reason for Rick Carlisle's adjustment.

In this defense, Antoine Walker's performance was relatively competent, at least he did not let Jermaine O'Neal directly pass him to attack the basket, but forced Jermaine O'Neal to use his height advantage to shoot from mid-range near the free throw line.

"Not good." As soon as the basketball shot, Jermaine O'Neal had a bad premonition, but Antoine Walker had already stuck Jermaine O'Neal very early, so that Jermaine O'Neal had no way to fight for this offensive rebound.

"Left? Right? Looking at the basketball that was still spinning on the basket, Mutombo, who had occupied the best position, did not jump rashly, but kept an eye on the basketball while gathering momentum, as soon as the basketball slid out of the basket, Mutombo would immediately jump and take the frontcourt rebound.

But what you make Mutombo vomit blood is that just when Mutombo was about to jump, he found that a person rushed from behind him, not only pressed himself to jump, but also snatched the frontcourt rebound directly from his head, Mutombo turned around and looked, it turned out to be Meng Xu, Meng Xu just grabbed the rebound from Jermaine O'Neal's backcourt, Mutombo was smiling happily on the bench, but he didn't expect that a few minutes later, he would become the one who was robbed.

"Reggie!" Because when grabbing the frontcourt rebound, there was a Mutombo in the middle, so Meng Xu did not have time and space to carry out a second attack after grabbing the frontcourt rebound, and after Meng Xu landed, a group of Maverick players had already appeared around, Meng Xu did not hold it up, but threw the basketball behind him, when Meng Xu rushed over to grab the rebound just now, Reggie Miller was just moving there, so Meng Xu was very bold to pass the ball there, if Regemiler did not change the route halfway, The next step is definitely a top 10 ball level combination, otherwise it will be a very ridiculous mistake.

And Reggie Miller really did not disappoint Meng Xu, after receiving Meng Xu's pass, he made a very decisive three-point shot.

Meng Xu grabbed the rebound in the front court, didn't look at the pass behind the head, and Reggie Miller made a three-point shot after receiving the ball, beautiful! It was a golden three-pointer, and after Reggie Miller's three-point shot, the Pacers had stretched the margin to seven points! ”

"Reggie! Reggie ...... "After Reggie Miller's three-point shot, the crowd at the Bankers Living Arena all stood up and chanted Reggie Miller's name in unison, because they knew that this was probably the last game of Reggie Miller's career, and maybe from now on, they would never have the opportunity to cheer on this guy who has been with them for 17 seasons."