Less than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, the Spurs relied on Meng Xu's two consecutive 3-pointers to overtake the score, and at this time, Phil Jackson called a timeout and made adjustments to the Lakers.

The next game will be the time for the two teams to come off the bench, in order to ensure that in the final moments of the game, the main players can still have enough physical strength, it is completely necessary to let the substitutes play for a few minutes, whether it is Phil Jackson or Popovich, it is impossible for the main players to not rest for a moment in the fourth quarter, unless the difference on the court has been so large that it must be adjusted.

After the timeout, the two teams made changes to most of their main players, allowing them to rest on the bench for a moment to prepare for the final showdown.

After the game restarted, Glenn Rice, who had rested for most of the half, was also re-onto the court, bringing Derrick Fisher and other substitutes to face the Spurs' substitutes.

On the Spurs' side, Popovich left Meng Xu on the court when he made a substitution, ready to experiment with a new style of play. Originally, in the previous game, Popovich would let David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Avery Johnson take turns to lead the bench players, but this game has been played so far, David Robinson has committed 5 fouls, Duncan has played more than 35 minutes, and Avery Johnson, as a 35-year-old veteran, has played more than 30 minutes in this game.

As far as the game was played, the entire Staples Arena was gradually entering a state of excitement, cheering and shouting for the home team players like crazy. After O'Neal and Robinson Duncan came off the court, the height of the players on the field also dropped suddenly, and both sides also gave up their positions at the same time, and the pace of the game became faster and faster.

"Nice mid-pitch. After most of the half, Glenn Rice still showed great touch. After Glen Rice hit the shot, he glanced at the Lakers' bench, or Phil Jackson to be precise, as if to express Phil's displeasure with pressing himself to the bench.

Spurs' backup point guard Antonio Daniels, after advancing to the half court with the ball, quickly passed the ball to Meng Xu on the right side of the center circle according to the coach's instructions, and Popovich on the bench walked to the sidelines, stared at Meng Xu, and kept rubbing his right finger back and forth. The Spurs' current outside core, Avery Johnson can't play for a few years, and with David Robinson, who has entered the late stage of his career, the Spurs' core trio will soon fall apart, so finding a capable assistant for Duncan and cultivating a new outside core has become an urgent matter for the Spurs.

Meng Xu, who was originally positioned as the team's outside defender, showed excellent outside shooting ability, and Popovich had the idea of replacing Avery Johnson's tactical position with Meng Xu. And Popovich also wants to know what kind of destructive power Meng Xu can show after having the unlimited right to fire. Therefore, Popovich also instructed the team's backup point guard to hand over the ball to Meng Xu, who used Meng Xu as the initiation point of the tactic.

At this moment, after Meng Xu held the ball, he was a little hesitant, for his ball control ability and breakthrough ability, Meng Xu knew better than anyone that he was not proficient in anything except long-range shooting on the offensive end.

Protecting the ball in place, scanning the running positions of his teammates around him, Meng Xu was embarrassed to find that he didn't know who to pass the ball to, after observing for a few seconds, Meng Xu made a breakthrough posture, took a step to the left, watched Glenn Rice who was defending himself out of position, and then retracted his footsteps, jumped on the spot, and directly made a 3-point shot at the place where he received the ball just now.

Seeing Meng Xu's choice, Popovich also smiled, in fact, the chances of Marrick Rose and Jeromy Corsi on the court just now were very good, and Meng Xu still chose to go it alone.

"Greg, Meng's desire to shoot is very strong." Assistant Coach Mike? Budenholzer stood behind Popovich, watching Meng Xu hold the ball, his eyes were completely devoid of teammates, and he was frantically attacking the basket on the outside, and he was also slightly disappointed. The selflessness shown by Meng Xu in the previous game once made Mike? Budenholzer is the type of player like Grant Hill and Anfernee Hardaway, but now it seems that he has Dominique Wilkins at heart.

For Mike? Budenholzer's words, Popovich quickly heard and ignored Mike? Budenholzer, Popovich continued to observe the situation on the field.

After Meng Xu attacked with the ball, he also relaxed his defense against Glenn Rice, and the queen bee who was frozen by Meng Xu in the first half of the first quarter did not become unable to shoot because he sat on the bench for a long time, but quickly found his touch and hit two consecutive mid-range shots.

"Glenn Rice's mid-range shot helped the Lakers equalize again, Glenn Rice scored four points in a row after coming on the court, and the queen bee we are familiar with seems to be back."

"Rookie, don't be too arrogant." After Glenn Rice hit the basket, he also made an exaggerated celebration gesture to Meng Xu, and threw down a trash talk by the way. Meng Xu's imitation of the Magic's dunk in this game, and the somewhat underbeat celebration afterwards also made Glenn Rice a little angry, and in addition to being pressed on the bench by Phil Jackson in this game, it also made Glenn Rice resentful, and his vision towards Meng Xu was also very unkind.

Looking at Glenn Rice, who looked excited, Meng Xu frowned, this guy is really too arrogant, didn't he just throw in two mid-range shots, as for this.

When Meng Xu held the ball again and advanced outside the 3-point line, facing Glen Rice's defense and rushing up to try to contain his Rick Fox, Meng Xu did not hesitate to shoot directly.

"The rookie's shot was so decisive and it was a sea change from the hesitation in the first half, and we don't know what Popovich said to him at halftime, but the change was unbelievable." Looking at Meng Xu's decisive continuous shots on the court, the magician was also a little surprised.

90-87, the Spurs overtook the score again.

At this time, Glenn Rice, who was defending Meng Xu, was also a little helpless, and the continuous being *** by Meng Xu made Glenn Rice even a little discouraged, and the rookie on the opposite side didn't take himself in his eyes at all, and even completely ignored himself.