"This kid is really tough." After being infected by the "anser-ball" between Duncan and Garnett, Meng Xu was also a little unwilling to jump out lonely, but Meng Xu did not choose who to attack with, because there is no player in the Timberwolves' outside line who can attack him. So Meng Xu chose to be on the defensive end, pressing the Timberwolves' playmaker Terrell Brandon, and by the way, helping to defend Anthony Peeler. After being forced by Meng Xu, Trill Brandon, a former All-Star veteran, found that it was now extremely difficult to even play the ball. Meng Xu was like an octopus, clutching himself tightly.

At the same time, Trill Brandon is under Meng Xu's close pressing, not to mention passing, even getting rid of Meng Xu has become very difficult, this guy not only has excellent single defense, height and long arms, but what makes Trill Brandon even more surprised is that Meng Xu is nearly 20 cm taller than himself, and his movement speed is even faster than himself. Originally, Trill Brandon wanted to use his experience to deceive Meng Xu with some feints, but the guy on the other side didn't eat his feints at all, if it weren't for seeing Meng Xu's slightly immature face, Trill Brandon would have thought that it was an old fritter defending him.

This time, when Trill Brandon once again turned sideways to Meng Xu and tried very hard to protect the basketball in his hand, and was about to call his teammates to cover, Meng Xu behind him suddenly made a small movement and secretly exerted force, and the All-Star guard was directly stumbled by Meng Xu, and the basketball in his hand was also out of his hand.

After seeing Trill Brandon being directly cut off by Meng Xu, and then playing a fast break, Philip Saunders on the sidelines now has a very ugly face, originally Garnett broke out and Duncan was inseparable, Philip Saunders once saw the team's hope of victory, but when Meng Xu suddenly exerted his strength and pressed Trill Brandon, the core of the Timberwolves, and Trill Brandon was never able to break Meng Xu's pressure, the Timberwolves' hope of winning instantly became very slim.

"Meng Xu broke the ball again." When the game continued, after Trill Brandon was cut off by Meng Xu 3 times in a single quarter, Philip Sanders immediately called a timeout, and the Timberwolves, who had just improved a little, immediately fell into chaos on the offensive end after Trill Brandon was choked by Meng Xu.

After the timeout, Philip Saunders looked at Chauncy Billups sitting at the end of the bench and decided to send Chauncy Billups and Trill Brandon to the dual point guard lineup, Philip Saunders also knew in his heart that Chauncy Billups, the 97-year-old scout, was a player with great potential, but the Timberwolves now have Trill Brandon as an All-Star guard, and in the few games that Philip Saunders has arranged for Chauncey Billups to start this season, Chauncy Billups did not fit well into the Timberwolves' offensive and defensive system, in the eyes of Philip Saunders, Chauncy Billups was too sticky, even if Garnett did not have a good opportunity, Billups would not pass the ball to him, which is terrible, and the player who dared to refuse to pass the ball to the team boss must be greeted by the bench or traded. Therefore, at the end of this season, Billups basically has no chance to play, and Billups is still very famous as a "parallel trader", and few teams are willing to take this plate, even if it is those teams who are willing to accept Billups, the conditions are quite harsh, similar to robbing while the fire is hot. But when the team faced a difficult situation, Philip Saunders immediately thought of Billups.

"Hi Chauncey, how many points are this game going to put on your head?" The game restarted, and when he saw that it was Billups who was opposite him this time, Meng Xu was immediately happy, and in the first matchup between the Spurs and the Timberwolves this season, Meng Xu scored 19 points in the first half of Billups' head, and that game also led to Billups, who had just started two games, to return to the bench.

Billups glanced at Meng Xu in front of him, his mouth moved, and finally gave up talking to Meng Xu, the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves was indeed a piece of Billups's heart, originally before that, everything was developing in a good direction, he had already played the main force in the Timberwolves, or it wouldn't be long before he could get rid of the hat of parallel goods, but in that crucial game, Billups was blown up by Meng Xu, who played a guest point guard, and since then, as long as any media discharges a so-called " List of parallel players", they will be on the list. It was also from that time on, no matter whether he could play or not, Billups would train harder, and at the same time, whenever he had time, he would watch Meng Xu's game video, hoping that one day when he met Meng Xu, he would be able to be ashamed.

When Billups came on the court, the Timberwolves' offense was indeed a lot better, after all, Meng Xu was able to lock up Trill Brandon, but he couldn't manage Trill Brandon and Billups, and in Meng Xu's opinion, Billups's sense of rhythm is much better than that of Billups, this is a player who can adjust the pace of the game according to the situation on the court. It's constantly speeding up the pace of the game.

"Meng, slow down that kid on the other side." When the Spurs' offense ended, Meng Xu, who was retreating towards the backcourt, shouted at Meng Xu as he passed by the sidelines, pointing at Billups who was dribbling.

Because in the final stage of the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves sent two point guards, Trill Brandon and Billups, and at the same time, in order to save physical strength, Meng Xu also gave up the full-court pressing of Trill Brandon, because in this case, it is meaningless to press Trill Brandon, who has already handed over the ball to Billups.

And when Meng Xu began to press Billups closely, Billups, who was afraid of mistakes, also gave the basketball to Trill Brandon very decisively, and after that, the Timberwolves' ball was transferred from Billups to Trill Brandon again, although Trill Brandon's personal ability is much better than Billups, but Trill Brandon does not have the ability and talent to control the rhythm of the court like Billups, after Terrier Brandon took over the ball, The Timberwolves are also once again stuck in the defensive quagmire of the Spurs. In the end, when the first quarter was over, 23-16, the Spurs led the Timberwolves by 7 points, and if it weren't for Garnett's 4-of-7 shooting in the second half of the first quarter and scoring 8 points, the Timberwolves would have been even worse now.

In the first quarter of the game, although the Spurs' offense failed to play, especially Meng Xu, Mario Eli and Sean Elliott, the three outside players, only scored a total of 4 points in the first quarter of the game, but when the Spurs players came off the court, Popovich still gave them his praise, because in Popovich's view, the Spurs' performance in the first quarter of the game was completely in line with their own strategies and requirements, and the Spurs also completely played their own tactics and arrangements. Even their performance was a bit unexpected in Popovich's opinion, and compared to this morning's training session, their form has improved a lot, especially Duncan, who is not far from his best form.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, in order to recover the score behind in the first quarter, Philip Saunders continued to send all the main lineup, and the Spurs only had one main force on Meng Xu.

"Chaunse, it's time for my show, so please keep your eyes open and watch it carefully." Meng Xu, who held the ball below the center circle, directly began to dribble and accelerate after teasing Billups, and after several consecutive changes of direction, Meng Xu completed the offense with a pull-up layup under the defense of Timberwolves center Dean Garrett. Since making a big joke in the All-Star Game, Meng Xu has been practicing his layup, although compared with before, it can be described as a huge improvement, but Meng Xu is still a little dissatisfied with his layup. Because compared with his own upgrade, the agitation of the large change of direction and fingertip dribbling, Meng Xu's current ugly layup posture is really a bit mismatched, and there is a very important reason that Meng Xu's current layup shooting rate is really not very good, in training, even if there is no defense, Meng Xu often misses the layup, let alone in the fierce confrontation game.

With Meng Xu's breakthrough ability, it was too easy to break through Billups' defense, so when Meng Xu got rid of Billups in a row and broke through to the Timberwolves' interior twice, Garnett began to relax his defense against Samaki Walker and shrank towards the inside. Although Meng Xu's 3 points are also very good, because Meng Xu's hand in the first quarter is really not good, the Timberwolves' defense of Meng Xu is now also beginning to lean towards defensive breakthroughs.