Chapter 457: Just give it a try

"Is Don Cheney ready to play the whole game between Alan Houston and Latrier?" After the start of the second half of the game, Larry Bird changed the bench lineup as always, while the opposite Knicks were completely opposite, Don Cheney not only did not change the bench lineup, but also continued to keep Alan Houston and Sprewell and other main players on the court, looking at the posture, it is to take advantage of the time when the Pacers changed the bench lineup, use the main lineup to smooth out the difference between the two sides, and even complete the overtake, which can also be seen that the depth of the Knicks' current lineup is really very poor, It's time to use the main lineup against the Pacers' bench lineup. And the head coach of the Knicks, Don Cheney, obviously lacks a way to deal with it now, so he can only smash Alan Houston and Sprewell and put the two of them on the court to gamble.

"No matter what, we can't lose this game, we can't lose!" Looking at the players sweating on the field, Don Cheney, who was standing on the sidelines, clasped his hands to his chest and said secretly in his heart. Originally, when Don Cheney accepted Isaiah Thomas's invitation to take over the Knicks, he was full of ambition, and being able to take charge of a giant like the Knicks was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for every head coach, but Don Cheney, who wanted to do a big job, found that everything was not so easy after coming to the Knicks. Especially the owner of the Knicks, James Dolan, the rich second generation has no plan for the construction of the team at all, everything is decided by his own likes and dislikes, perhaps in his eyes, the Knicks are just a big toy. Although Dowland Jr. does not have any hard and fast indicators for the team's record this season, the rich second generation also set several basic requirements for Don Cheney, the first is that the team should completely abandon the ugly style of play of the Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy eras, and play offensive basketball that can attract spectators and sell tickets. The second is that you can't afford to lose to the Pacers and the Heat, especially at Madison Square Garden, so if you win today's game, Don Cheney's position will be secure, and next season is the time for him to make a big difference.

It's just that the current situation on the court makes Don Cheney unable to feel at ease, although the Knicks have sent all the main forces, but they can't even suppress the Pacers' bench lineup on the court, the Knicks' two interior lines, in the face of NN Hilario and Lorenzen White two benches, were beaten miserably by the other side, and at the same time the Pacers have several outside players on the court, although they are slightly inferior in the confrontation with Alan Houston and Sprewell, but the Knicks' backcourt double guns, Even James Posey and Tyshawn Prince can't figure it out, and it's enough to make Don Cheney worry about it. And the more the situation on the field is like this, the more Don Cheney has a feeling that his fate is in the hands of someone else, and Don Cheney hates this feeling very much.

Once the Knicks' main lineup can't overtake the score during this time, then when the Pacers' main team returns to the court, the situation on the court will really be irreparable, you must know that several of the Knicks' main players have been on the court for nearly 30 minutes in a row, and several of the Pacers' main players have not even played 20 minutes, especially Meng Xu, half of the entire first half of the court was rested on the sidelines, if it enters the fourth quarter according to the current situation, The Knicks don't have any physical advantage.

"Ratrier, I think you're almost out of running, why don't you go down and rest and have someone else defend me." When the third quarter of the game played 4 minutes, the Knicks once again narrowed the difference between the two sides to 2 points, Larry Bird called a timeout and replaced all the main lineup, while the Knicks still maintained the previous lineup without the slightest adjustment.

"MD, why is this leg so unlucky." Although Sprewell also wanted to refute Meng Xu, but when he thought of Meng Xu's greetings one after another because of his own provocation in the first half, Sprewell was in a big position. And in today's game, Sprewell can obviously feel that his physical strength is already in a problem now, if he plays a game for 40 minutes in the past, there will be no major problems with his physical strength, and it is not a problem to play the whole game, even in the high-intensity playoffs, Sprewell's physical strength is enough to maintain a state for 35 minutes, but today, Sprewell has only played for less than 30 minutes, and he can already feel that his physical strength is in trouble, Especially in the confrontation with Meng Xu now, Sprewell can clearly feel that his physical strength is passing quickly, and this feeling can only be felt by Sprewell in back-to-back games.

"Jamal, pass the ball quickly, I'm empty, I'm empty, now there's no one to defend me, pass the ball quickly." After Meng Xu squeezed away Sprewell, he took two big strides and rushed to the outside of the 3-point line on the right side, and Meng Xu's back happened to be the Knicks' bench, so Meng Xu yelled at Jamal Tinsley, who was dribbling at the top of the arc, while doing various actions very exaggeratedly.

"Hahahaha。。。。。。" Seeing Meng Xu's exaggerated performance in front of the Knicks bench, on the commentary bench not far away, Magic Johnson had already laughed back and forth, as for the object of Meng Xu's imitation, Larry Bird on the Pacers bench, he had already covered his face with his hands at the moment, and he couldn't bear to look at the picture on the court, Larry Bird now knows how funny what he did back then.

"FACK, BASTARD." Shanton Anderson, who happened to be sitting behind Meng Xu, immediately stood up from the bench after seeing Meng Xu's exaggerated performance, ready to rush into the field to "discuss theory" with Meng Xu, but Shanton Anderson just rushed to the sidelines, and was hugged by the assistant coach.

"Ratrel, I think you better go down and rest, you're in the same state as a 50-year-old man." AFTER MENG XU STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND TO ASK FOR THE BALL, JAMAL TINSLEY IMMEDIATELY HANDED THE BASKETBALL TO MENG XU AFTER MOVING A STEP LATERALLY, ALTHOUGH SPREWELL HAD BEEN DEFENDED IN TIME, BUT MENG XU STILL DID NOT HESITATE AT ALL, AND JUMPED UP DIRECTLY AGAINST SPREWELL, VERY SIMPLY AND DECISIVELY YANSHE SPREWELL, AFTER LANDING, LOOKING AT THE PANTING SPREWELL, MENG XU ONCE AGAIN SENT A "CONCERN" SMILE TO SPREWELL.

Meng Xu's first shot after coming on the court made Don Cheney on the sidelines tremble, but Meng Xu's subsequent two consecutive strikes made Don Cheney calm down a lot. Meng Xu shot 12 of 17 in the first half, and scored 36 points in 12 minutes on the court, with outrageous efficiency, so Don Cheney was also very afraid that Meng Xu's fiery state would continue into the second half, but the feeling of this thing is really not something that can be controlled if you want to control it, especially after a long break, even Jordan needs time to adjust, not to mention Meng Xu, so after Meng Xu only hit one of his 3-pointers and 3 shots, Don Cheney, who had been holding back for most of the game, finally had a relaxed expression on his face.

Of course, Don Cheney doesn't dare to put all the chips on Meng Xu's bad hand now, counting on a super scorer who shot 12 out of 17 in the first half, and suddenly had no feel in the second half, 10 shots and 0 hits, or 10 shots and a few hits, I'm afraid it's not a dream, so taking advantage of Meng Xu's continuous iron, Don Cheney on the sidelines also began to yell at the court, instructing the players on the field to take advantage of this time to strengthen their offense and overtake the score as soon as possible.

"Hey, Ratril, it's 42 to 2 now, you're going to work hard, I'm going to score 50 points soon." After missing two consecutive shots, Meng Xu's fourth shot finally hit, because just now after his continuous iron, Sprewell made sarcastic remarks again, so when Meng Xu hit this ball, he also unceremoniously gestured to Sprewell next to him.

"Bastard, it's 42 to 15, it's 42 to 15, I've got 15 points, bastard." After hearing Meng Xu's sarcasm, Sprewell immediately became calm, and rushed directly to Meng Xu, shouting loudly, this posture, people who don't know, still think that Sprewell is going to rush up and fight with Meng Xu.

"Ratril, only 2 of the 15 points you scored were scored in front of me, and my 42 points, but all of them were cut off on your head, so, in my opinion, this is 42 to 2, do you think what I said makes sense." After Sprewell rushed over, Meng Xu also followed, both of them held their heads high, like fighting cocks, wanting to overwhelm each other in momentum, as for the move, whether it was Meng Xu or Sprewell, neither of them had such intentions at present.

"Bastard, you say it again!" Just when Sprewell was already angry, the teammates of the two rushed over, while protecting their teammates, while accusing each other and abusing each other, soon the referee's whistle sounded, Meng Xu and Sprewell received a technical foul, after the referee each hit 50 boards, a conflict that was about to break out was extinguished in an instant.

"48 points in the third quarter, although Meng Xu's state declined a little in the third quarter, but he still shot 3 of 7 and 3 of 4 free throws, scored 12 points, and increased his personal total score to 48 points, if nothing else, in today's game, Meng will definitely score 50+ again." When the third quarter of the game ended, Michaels, who got the technical statistics, shouted out Meng Xu's data, 48 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists when the players on both sides left the court. When Michaels shouted out Meng Xu's data, Madison instantly broke out into a burst of violent applause and cheers, and soon, those unwilling Knicks diehard fans also sent a fierce boo for Meng Xu, and for a while the entire Madison was annihilated by boos, applause, and cheers.

As the Knicks' boss Xiao Dolan, after seeing this scene, he is naturally extremely distressed, as the home of the Knicks, these viewers of Madison don't even have basic consciousness, Madison often has a scene of rebellion in the game, if it weren't for the money in the face, Xiao Dolan really wanted to add them to Madison's blacklist, so that they would not be able to enter for the rest of their lives. Xiao Daolan, who was already very unhappy, saw Meng Xu, who was smiling when he ended, and immediately became angry, and shouted directly at Meng Xu, who was not far from him: "Even if you can score 50 points, you can't win the game." ”

"That's it, big brush." After Dolan turned on the taunt, Spike Lee on the side also followed.

"50 points are useless, then take 60 points, 60 points are not good, then 70 points." After hearing Xiao Daolan's voice, Meng Xu stopped in place and stared at Xiao Daolan and Spike Lee with a slight smile: "Victory must belong to us." ”

"Idiot, you still want to score 70 points in Madison, do your sweet dreams." After hearing Meng Xu's words, Spike Lee was stunned for a moment, and then a series of river crab words sprayed towards Meng Xu.

"Whether it's a dream or not, you have to try to find out." Meng Xu gave a "charming" smile at Spike Lee and Dowland, and then turned and walked to the Pacers' bench, leaving only a curse behind him.