Chapter 460: Madison's New Record

"Alan Houston still didn't give up, he shook off Hamilton's defense, a very standard mid-range shot, beautiful, a textbook mid-range pullup jumper." In the last minute and a half of the game, although the Knicks were already 15 points behind the Pacers, Alan Houston was still unwilling to give up, Alan Houston dragged his tired body and constantly impacted the Pacers' defense.

For Michaels and Magic Johnson, in today's game, they are obviously biased towards Meng Xu and the Pacers, but the performance of the Knicks today also impressed them, especially the Knicks' star Alan Houston, although Alan Houston's performance today cannot be compared with Meng Xu, but Alan Houston has now achieved the limit of his own ability, judging from the current performance, Alan Houston is not as weak and unbearable as the outside world criticizes, He's a responsible player and a good leader. If it weren't for Meng Xu's performance today, maybe Alan Houston could really bring a victory to the Knicks.

"This is Alan Houston's second 50+ this month!" Looking at the technical statistics table in his hand, Magic Johnson said silently, after shooting this shot, Alan Houston's score in this game rose to 51 points, following the 53 points in the game with the Lakers before the All-Star break, Alan Houston also completed the feat of 50+ twice in a single month. Alan Houston played the best season of his career this season, averaging 23 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists per game, but how can the Knicks get worse and worse, and as the boss of the team, Alan Houston naturally has to be questioned and blamed by the outside world.

"This guy is crazier than I am, and it looks like I'm going to have to push harder! Otherwise, he will be overtaken by this guy at any time. Maddy, who had just finished the home game with the Cavaliers, the first thing he did after walking into the locker room was to turn on the TV and watch the Knicks' home game against the Pacers, which was being broadcast live across the United States. And today, the moment Maddie turned on the TV, he was directly stunned, originally Maddie thought that he was crazy enough to score 45 points today, but after seeing Meng Xu's real-time data under the TV, Maddie was directly stunned in place, 78 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, beast, it's just a beast.

"Won't there be a problem with the TV? Or is it a failure in the broadcast? "Drew Gooden, who has come out of the shower, after seeing a scene on the TV, his first thought is that there must be something wrong with the display of the TV, or it is a mistake when the ABC TV network adds subtitles, 78 points, absolutely impossible!

78 points, this is 78 points, this is something that Jordan, the god of basketball, has never done, how can it be true? David Robinson's 71 points in a single game are considered the pinnacle of single-game scoring in the modern NBA, let alone 78 points!

"I wonder if Meng's score in this game can exceed 80 points?" When Michaels' voice came out of the TV, for a while, the entire Magic locker room was full of faces, still unable to believe that a scene on the TV was real, and when Jermaine O'Neal sent the baseline ball, the entire Magic locker room was silent, and everyone's eyes were already focused on the game going on on the TV.

And Meng Xu on the court, it is impossible to know what happened off the court now, after trotting to the front court, after crashing into Alan Houston and Sprewell one after another, Jamal Tinsley did not hesitate at all, and directly passed the basketball towards Meng Xu, after Alan Houston and Sprewell lost position one after another, Meng Xu faced Kurt Thomas again, this time defending, the Knicks have basically given up the defense against the other players of the Pacers, and focused all their attention on Meng Xu.

Since the number of fouls in a single quarter of the Knicks has already exceeded four, Kurt Thomas, who defended Meng Xu, did not dare to rashly foul Meng Xu, after all, the only goal of the Knicks at present is to prevent Meng Xu from continuing to score and prevent him from completing the 80+ miracle in Madison, so when Kurt Thomas was defending Meng Xu this time, he was also tightly attached to Meng Xu, stretching his arms on one side, trying to use his height and arm span to cover Meng Xu, and on the other hand, he used his knees against Meng Xu's calves, trying to stop Meng Xu from exerting his strength. Kurt Thomas thinks that he can't defend Meng Xu one-on-one, so everything Kurt Thomas is doing now is to delay Meng Xu's attack, and then buy time for his teammates' packs, as long as his teammates' bags are in place, his task will be completed.

It's just that Kurt Thomas is a little embarrassed, Meng Xu directly treats him as air, after dribbling against him, followed by Meng Xu's signature step-back dry pull-out jumper, in the face of Meng Xu's high bounce height and high arc shooting, Kurt Thomas basically has no way, he can use his height and arm span to cover Meng Xu, but when Meng Xu completes the jump, Kurt Thomas is really powerless, Kurt Thomas's bounce itself is average, Now he is encountering Meng Xu, the league's top jumper, even if Kurt Thomas barely jumps with Meng Xu, he can't interfere with Meng Xu's shooting, and he can't even reach Meng Xu's elbow.

After trying to interfere with the jump, Kurt Thomas turned back in the air in some despair, looking in the direction where the basketball flew out, and in a trance, Kurt Thomas also heard two whistles. When the basketball thrown out by Meng Xu flew into the net again, Don Cheney, who barely mustered up his spirits and stood on the sidelines, immediately felt dizzy, took two steps back, and sat on the Knicks bench.

"81 points! 81 points! In Michaels' frantic shouting, the Pacers players on the court flocked directly to Meng Xu's side, and on the Pacers bench on the sidelines, including head coach Larry Bird and assistant coach Lester Connell, all the members of the Pacers were waving towels and rushing to the sidelines and shouting wildly at the court. Immediately after that, Madison Square Garden resounded with loud cheers, crazy cheers, applause, MVP sounds, wave after wave, even Dowland Jr. and Spike Lee also stood on the sidelines, with distorted expressions and distorted expressions to give Meng Xu a disobedient applause. 80+ in a single game, which is the highest single-game score in the NBA since entering the modern era, its influence, and the sensation it caused even exceeded Chamberlain's 100 points that year, you can imagine what the entire North American sports world will look like tomorrow.

After the carnival, the referee on duty signaled to Meng Xu, in the attack just now, Kurt Thomas fouled, Meng Xu not only 3 points are effective, but also have to add a free throw, in a wave of MVP cheers in unison, Meng Xu walked to the free throw line, and finally fixed his single-game score at 82 points.

"34 points in the fourth quarter, 82 points in the game, this is the greatest scoring performance in NBA history!" After Meng Xu hit the free throw, Larry Bird called a timeout and replaced Meng Xu with James Posey, 112-95, the Knicks have gone, 17 points difference, and the remaining time of the last 1 minute and 13 seconds, there is no suspense in today's game, perhaps from Meng Xu's appearance in the second half of the fourth quarter, this game has lost suspense.

114-97, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the entire Madison Square Garden, whether it was the Pacers players on the court or the Pacers players on the bench, instantly rushed to the court and surrounded Meng Xu.

"Congratulations to the Pacers, congratulations on their win in this game. At the same time, let us also congratulate Meng Xu, congratulations on becoming the second player in NBA history to win 80+ in a single game, and his performance today will be recorded in the history of the NBA! "Looking at the Pacers players celebrating wildly, Magic Johnson who has taken off his headset, there is still an incredible feeling.

"There has always been a saying in the NBA, if you don't conquer Madison, you won't conquer the NBA, Madison Square Garden has always been the holy place of the NBA, and today, Meng Xu conquered here and added some special meaning here! For a long time to come, Meng Xu's name will be closely linked to Madison Square Garden! After Michaels finished speaking, he also took off the headset on his head and walked towards the center of the court with the magician, at this moment, they also wanted to congratulate Meng Xu in person.

"Looks like I still can't relax." When the broadcast ended, Maddie reluctantly took her eyes off the TV, and after thinking about the current situation on the scoring list, Maddie showed a bright smile, the stronger the opponent, the more it can inspire Maddie's fighting spirit. Originally, after scoring 45 points in this game, Maddie was already two points ahead of Meng Xu in the scoring list, 29 games, a gap of 2 points, Maddie originally thought that Meng Xu would no longer pose any threat to himself, but after only one game, Meng Xu increased his average score by 0.9 points per game.