Chapter 32: The Christmas War (2)

"Tim Duncan singled AC Green and hit a mid-range shot, and the Spurs equalized again."

"Shaq O'Neal has crashed into David Robinson again, the basket is empty, and the aging admiral is no match for Shaq at all."

At the beginning of the game between the two teams, the Lakers side also continued to play singles on the inside by O'Neal, and the Spurs seemed to play more smoothly, but after continuous passing, the basketball finally came to Duncan's hands, Shaq O'Neal and Tim Duncan's continuous answer-ball also made the audience cheer wildly, although basketball is a team sport, but the duel between the two superstars is the most attractive.

In the first few minutes of the first quarter, Meng Xu played very easily, the hand-to-hand combat between the two teams, the rest of the outside players can basically only watch from the wall, after dozens of games, various types of small forwards in the league Meng Xu have also been encountered more or less, for the current Meng Xu, the most afraid of encountering is Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, this kind of physical talent crushes his own players, the strength is stronger than himself, the bounce is better than himself, and the shooting is more accurate than himself, And Glenn Rice is precisely the type that Meng Xu is least afraid of, with average physical talent, poor breakthrough, and all rely on shooting to eat, this kind of player is the most susceptible to the skill of death winding.

Glen Rice played very aggrieved in this game, although he was also a jumper when he was young, but with the increase in age, coupled with the impact of injuries, and the tactical needs of the team, Glen Rice has basically transformed into a pure shooter after coming to the Lakers, although his athleticism has begun to decline, but to this game, no matter how he runs, he can't get rid of the defender's situation is the first time he has encountered it.

This superstar duel between the two sides also lasted only 3 minutes before it ended, in these 3 minutes, David Robinson committed 2 fouls, AC Green fouled twice, the Lakers have nothing, AC Green was originally on the court to consume Tim Duncan, but the Spurs are different, the team's interior line is not too abundant, for the next game, Popovich had to call a timeout to replace David Robinson.

After the timeout, the Lakers began to play a triangle offense, and the Spurs pushed Tim Duncan to the center position, replaced with Samaki Walker, a power forward with a good mid-range shot and a certain 3-point shooting ability, and began to play a combination of inside and outside four small tactics.

O'Neal consumed a lot of physical strength in the first few minutes of the game, as the defender changed from David Robinson to Tim Duncan, O'Neal was not as easy as at the beginning of the game, and the shooting percentage also plummeted, although Duncan and Gasamaki Walker both defended O'Neal, but O'Neal also couldn't prevent Duncan, as the game deepened, the offense of the two teams slowly began to shift from the inside to the outside.

"Good opportunity." Under Meng Xu's close defense, Glenn Rice couldn't find a good offensive opportunity in the first few minutes, but this offense, taking advantage of Meng Xu's desire to help defend Kobe, Glenn Rice quickly got rid of Meng Xu and had an empty opportunity.

Ron Harper passed the ball to Kobe Bryant after advancing through the half court with the ball, and Kobe passed it to O'Neal, O'Neal passed the ball out again after a single Duncan did not succeed, and Ron Harper After receiving the ball, the corner of his eye saw that Glenn Rice had an opportunity to run in the opposite direction of him, and passed the ball to Glenn Rice without hesitation.

After Glenn Rice received the ball, he just wanted to turn around and shoot, but found that Meng Xu had already posted it, and even the space for his turn was blocked. At this time, if Jordan or Kobe Bryant received the ball, he must have directly forced a turn and then stepped back to make a jumper, but Glen Rice does not have this ability now, maybe he once had, but now he is older.

After Glen Rice held the ball, he turned his back to Meng Xu, and slammed his body into Meng Xu behind him while dribbling the ball.

After discovering Glen Rice's attempt, Meng Xu also took half a step back to Glenn Rice's side at the moment when Glen Rice exerted his strength, and almost at the same time, Meng Xu snatched the basketball from the unbalanced Glen Rice and rushed towards the Lakers' halfcourt.

At the moment when Glen Rice lost the ball, Kobe Bryant also quickly retreated to the backcourt, wanting to delay the time of Meng Xu's fast attack. The Lakers now have five players on the court, who are the youngest and the hardest working on the defensive end.

But can Kobe Bryant catch up? The answer is definitely no. Meng Xu's speed attribute has reached 100 points, and three-quarters of the sprint runs are within 3 seconds, as long as Meng Xu starts to accelerate, the entire league can catch up with very few of them.

Just when Kobe Bryant chased after the middle circle, Meng Xu was already one and a half steps away from the free throw line, and flew directly, to be precise, it should be called jumping, and Meng Xu's bounce and stagnation in the air could not be called flying.

This dunk Meng Xu directly sacrificed the air hand-changing dunk that he had practiced for a long time, this dunk was specially prepared by Meng Xu for this Christmas war, although Meng Xu does not like to be in the limelight, but such a big stage, such a lively scene, no one is willing to be an obscure supporting role. It's just that Meng Xu's dunk this time is really not aesthetically appealing, the bounce is not good, and the dunk is not good in the air, it is completely completed by relying on the super long arm span, and the coordination of the body is also very poor, and it looks very stiff in the air.

Even if no one interfered, Meng Xu completed the dunk a little reluctantly, and after falling from the basket, Meng Xu also waved his fist for the first time and let out a roar, this feeling was indescribable.

"Meng, you're amazing, but your dunk is so ugly." Avery Johnson hugged Meng Xu and celebrated, while not forgetting to laugh at Meng Xu's dunk was not beautiful: "You see you have turned the old man's face on the other side green, haha"

The old man in Avery Johnson's mouth is the head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, who is sitting on the bench at the moment, is indeed very angry, but it is not Meng Xu's dunk this time, but Glen Rice's performance on the court, as the team's 3 leaders, Glen Rice's game is simply useless, and Phil Jackson has always looked at Glen Rice not very well.

Soon Phil Jackson called a timeout, replacing AC Green with Robert Horry and Glenn Rice with Rick Fox.