Chapter 63: Let Me Teach You to Steal
"Meng's shooting is so solid, very similar to Larry. Dirk's defensive options were also very problematic, and he gave Meng too much space. Seeing the scene on the court, Kenny Smith said as he looked at his partner, Magic Johnson.
"Letting a big man like Dirk defend against Meng is not a good choice in itself, if you force it too close, it is very likely to be broken through, and if you put it far, Meng can easily make a move." The magician also disagreed with Kenny Smith's accusation of Nowitzki and expressed his opinion.
"Well, Erwin has a point, I heard that Larry has designated this little guy as his successor?" Kenny Smith smiled at the magician's words and lifted them off.
"There are too many Michael successors and Larry Bird successors in this league right now, and I want a few successors as well." Listening to it, there was some envy and jealousy in the magician's words.
"Hahaha." Kenny Smith smiled when he heard that.
On the defensive end, with Nowitzki's height and weight, Meng Xu is also a little unable to defend, and the card position can't compete for him at all, as long as Nowitzki stands in a good position, Meng Xu can't push it. And this kind of game can't go around the front, Meng Xu can only stick behind Nowitzki, sense his strength, retreat, and then stick on it, so repeatedly, although he can't prevent him, but he can also disgust him.
This time the attack Nowitzki did not go to the inside line to grab the position as usual, but began to accelerate from the middle circle, and there was no intention to stop at all, until he rushed to two steps below the free throw line, Nowitzki jumped up directly, and Meng Xula on the side couldn't pull it.
Seeing a black shadow in the sky, Nowitzki, who was flying in the air, received the pass steadily, and through Brand, who had already jumped, he dunked the basketball into the basket fiercely, and after landing, Nowitzki clenched his fists and stared at Meng Xu for 3 seconds.
"Meng, watch your defense." Brand, who was blocked by Nowitzki and made the background board, also looked displeased, and shouted viciously at Meng Xu.
Meng Xu also shook his head a little helplessly, not to mention Meng Xu, in the previous game, even Brand couldn't prevent him, Brand is 2.01 meters tall, but his arm span is really amazing 225, plus 115 kilograms of weight, which makes him not only very advantageous in defense but also in rebounding, but in the face of Nowitzki's tall and long arm and excellent shooting power forward, Brand is also a little difficult.
"Boy, your steals are too low-level, let me teach you well." Back to the offensive end, after receiving Andre Miller's pass, facing Williams who tried to steal himself, Meng Xu was also a little surprised, it has always been me who steals others, this kid still wants to break ground on Tai Sui's head.
"Big man, come if you have a kind." Williams pursed his lips with a look of disdain.
"Damn, I seem to have become a villain, obviously I'm the protagonist." Hearing Williams' words, Meng Xu was a little embarrassed.
Stabilized the basketball in his hand, this time it became Paul Pierce who defended himself, made a forward breakthrough posture, and after deceiving Pierce, Meng Xu quickly retracted his body and jumped and shot directly. In this season's confrontation with the Celtics, Meng Xu has found an effective way to deal with players of Paul Pierce's type, that is, not to make physical contact with him, and directly ** him. It sounds very reasonable, but in fact, Meng Xu's 3 points on the outside are relatively stable now, and there are basically no other scoring methods.
"Brad, I'm going to defend this kid." After the 3-point hit again, when retreating, Meng Xu took the initiative to find Andre Miller and wanted to defend Williams, after Andre Miller nodded, he ran to muttered a few words to James Posey, and the position on the court of the team for a year also changed, James Posey defended Nowitzki, Szzczebiak defended Paul Pierce, and Andre Miller defended Mobley.
"Big man, see how I play with you." Seeing that Meng Xu became defending himself, Williams was relaxed, Andre Miller was too difficult in the previous game, he simply treated this game as a playoffs again, and the two were about the same height and weight, Andre Miller's defensive awareness was excellent, so seeing that Meng Xu had become defending himself, Williams was very satisfied with Meng Xu's behavior of delivering food while his mind was relaxed.
"Boy, you'll have to take it later." For Meng Xu, it is very difficult to defend those big men like Nowitzki, and the one in front of him, whether he has a body or no body, strength or strength, and speed or speed, it must be relatively easy to defend, of course, Williams's speed is not good, of course, compared with players like Allen Iverson.
Williams dribbled the ball near the center circle, and the rest of his teammates all pulled away, wanting to let Williams single, while Meng Xu opened his arms, bowed slightly, and stared at Williams's body at a distance one step in front of Williams, and did not want to miss a tiny detail.
Williams wanted to shake Meng Xu away from two feints in a row, but Meng Xu didn't eat his feints at all, stayed in place and stuck motionless, after trying a few times in a row, Williams was also a little frightened at this time, the big man on the opposite side predicted that it was really good, he could always seal his breakthrough route in advance, and his feints had no effect on him in the slightest, thinking of this, Williams was also a little flustered.
"It's not good for you to provoke anyone, it's so young and naïve to provoke him." On the bench to see Williams' dilemma under Meng Xu's defense, Michael? Dixon could only mourn for him in his heart, and at the same time shook his head, definitely recalling his tragic end when he was defended by Meng Xu.
Seeing that 15 seconds had passed since the offensive time, Williams still couldn't get rid of Meng Xu, and Mobley, who was near the 3-point line on the right, had to be brought up to pick up Williams.
"Good opportunity." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mobley running over to pick up him on the other side of the court, Williams did not summon Mobley to cover, because summoning teammates to cover at the star game is a very faceless thing for Williams, and at this moment Williams is still thinking about how to pass a riotous pass, only in this way can he play a role in humiliating Meng Xu and save the very embarrassing status quo of being defended by him.
After making up his mind, Williams dribbled to the left side, and after seeing Meng Xu's footsteps move, he threw the basketball directly behind him with his left hand, wanting to pass a fancy back pass.
"Sample." After seeing Williams' passing intentions, Meng Xu made a step feint, almost at the moment of Williams's pass, Meng Xu retracted his footsteps, almost didn't jump, and directly grabbed the basketball passed by Williams to Mobley, after a successful steal, Meng Xu accelerated and rushed towards the basket, at the next distance of the free throw line, he used all his strength, grabbed the basketball with his left hand and jumped high, handed the basketball to his right hand in the air, and then grabbed the basketball for a 180-degree half-circle. When his body was about to fall from the air, he smashed the basketball into the basket.