Chapter 284: Evenly matched

"Shaq, don't worry, the winner of this game will definitely be us, that kid won't be arrogant for long." When the game ended in the 3rd quarter, although under O'Neal's strength, the Lakers overtook the score again, but O'Neal was still unhappy when he came off the court, in this game, O'Neal broke Duncan and David Robinson's twin tower combination for the first time in his career, and after beating Duncan, O'Neal regarded Meng Xu as his only enemy, but this kid never dared to confront him head-on. What made O'Neill even more angry was that in the second half of the 3rd quarter, this kid sneaked up behind him once, and this kind of stealing behavior made O'Neill angry, but no matter how provocative he was, Meng Xu just didn't come to the inside line to have a hand-to-hand fight with himself, and the angry O'Neill scolded Meng Xu for being an egg when he left the game.

"Boy, I'll have to return it sooner or later." O'Neal, who was already sitting on the bench, still gritted his teeth and stared at Meng Xu in the distance, if he remembered correctly, this hateful boy had already covered himself no less than 5 times in the previous matchups between the Spurs and the Lakers, and if he didn't return it, this would be a stain that he couldn't erase for the rest of his life.

"Meng, how are you feeling now?" On the bench of the Spurs, assistant coach D'Antoni is now like a staff member, rubbing his arms and legs for Meng Xu, in the first 3 quarters of the game, Meng Xu did not rest for a minute, in the case that David Robin only played less than 10 minutes, Duncan played less than 20 minutes, the Spurs can fight with the Lakers until now, it is completely the credit of Meng Xu.

"Meng, rest for a few minutes first, and the rest of the game will be up to you." I have to say that when Meng Xu became the tactical core, the Spurs' offensive power directly went up more than one level, if it was in the past, the Spurs let a team score 95 points in the 3rd quarter, then the Spurs' system must have collapsed, and in this case, there is only one way to lose. But today the Spurs not only did not collapse, but also bit the score very tenaciously, allowing the Lakers to score 95 points at the same time, the Spurs themselves scored 93 points. Not only that, the style of play with Meng Xu as the core also activated the two veterans of Sean Elliott and Mario Eli, and the last outbreak of these two veterans was also in the series with the Lakers last season, in that round of the series, due to David Robinson's injury, Popovich had to establish Meng Xu as the outside core of the Spurs in advance, and after that, Mario Eli and Sean Elliott, who were on the verge of retirement, both played an average of 15+ points per game in that round of the series, and in today's game, Mario Elli scored 20+ points again after a year's absence, while Sean Elliott also scored 19 points.

So now, Popovich pinned all his hopes on Meng Xu, but the only thing that worried Popovich was Meng Xu's physical strength, Meng Xu in the first 3 quarters of the game, in the offensive and defensive two periods, the physical running, and various large changes of direction to impact the Lakers' basket, also made Popovich very worried about whether Meng Xu's physical strength could last through the normal game.

"Coach, don't worry, I don't have any problems now." Meng Xu is also secretly glad in his heart now, fortunately, he learned a skill to restore his physical strength in advance, otherwise he would definitely be on the verge of physical exhaustion now.

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"Both teams in the first 3 quarters of the game, the performance is very good, in this game the Lakers have always occupied the advantage of the inside, and the Spurs' outside line has also comprehensively suppressed the Lakers' outside line, but the two sides have never been able to pull away from the score, especially in the first half of the first quarter, when the Lakers established an 11-point advantage, so far they are only 2 points ahead of the Spurs, and there is a possibility of being overtaken at any time."

"The key to this game is now on O'Neal and Meng Xu, in the case of Duncan being plagued by fouls and Kobe Bryant unable to break free from Meng Xu's shackles, the duel between O'Neal and Meng Xu is undoubtedly the key to this game." For Magic Johnson, it doesn't matter who the Spurs and the Lakers knock out whom, because on one side is their home team, on the other hand, they are their favorite players, so in the case of no choice, what Magic Johnson wants to see is this kind of showdown between superstars.

"It's true, although Meng Xu is already a member of a group of defenses, but I have to say that whether it is Meng Xu's offense or Meng Xu's defense, they are all underestimated." As the league's number one Meng Chui, at this time do not blow a wave of Meng Xu, but when, in the first 3 quarters of the game, Meng Xu contributed 32 points, 16 assists, 15 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 blocks of data, it is foreseeable that in this game, Meng Xu is another large 3-double + 5 * 5 data, and even a 20 + 20 + 20 is possible, to win this kind of data, even to be blown to the sky, it is not too much, not to mention the last game, Meng Xu just got the quasi-quadruple-double data.

Just when Michaels was touting Meng Xu as much as he could, the game between the two teams in the fourth quarter also began, and after the game restarted, Meng Xu did not play, but stayed off the court to rest. But soon, Popovich had to call a timeout and replace Meng Xu again, David Robinson graduated with 6 fouls after the opening two minutes, and Reeve Lafrentz, who replaced David Robinson, was also knocked down by O'Neal in a very short time, and Duncan, who had 4 fouls, also had to go to the center position again, if you only look at the number of fouls on the Spurs' inside, I thought that the Spurs were cutting the shark again, and the difference between the two teams is now 6 points again.

After Meng Xu returned to the court, he was also thinking about his offensive options this time, his two major weapons for assists, Mario Elie and Sean Elliott, are now sitting on the bench, and now a few outside lines on the court, Meng Xu really can't believe them, especially Derek Anderson, this guy's 3-point shooting rate this season is also more than 40%, but this game just can't take him, he passed 5 before and after, and hit a goal, but the more so, The Lakers' defense of him is lax, and you can't pass it to him, and it's not okay if you don't pass it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Meng Xu finally decided to come by himself, since the teammates are not feeling good now and can't score points, then you can step aside first and watch me clean them up.

After dribbling at the top of the arc for more than 5 seconds, Meng Xu finally started, and after moving two steps to the right, Duncan's blocking was in place, and after Kobe was blocked by Duncan, Meng Xu neither cut straight to the basket nor passed, but made a 3-point shot directly on the spot. Although Meng Xu's strength has reached 99 after using the magic potion, the big fat man on the opposite side is also in a state of enchantment, so Meng Xu is not hot-headed enough to directly challenge O'Neal, even if it is the peak Jordan, when facing the big dream Ola Juwang, can't he take advantage, Meng Xu doesn't want to be hot-headed, and then rush in to break the bloodstream.

"Duncan and Meng Xu's blocking, beautiful, beautiful 3 points, the difference between the two teams has been narrowed by 3 points again." As the game progressed, Michaels's mood became higher and higher, and when Meng Xu hit a 3-point shot, Michaels was a little hoarse.

"O'Neal singled Duncan, turned his back, and had a beautiful hook, and O'Neal made another single success." may be competing with Meng Xu, Meng Xu just hit a shot, O'Neal immediately returned, and the Lakers have always maintained this fragile advantage.

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"Meng Xu got rid of Kobe Bryant and broke through with the ball, O'Neal gave up Duncan and pulled out at Meng Xu." After hitting two 3-pointers in a row, and then hitting the third 3-point iron, Meng Xu immediately changed the way of attacking, the Spurs are still 4 points behind the Lakers, so the most important thing now is to maintain the success rate of the offense, and this time the offense Meng Xu chose to break through, but after seeing O'Neal desperately rushing towards him, Meng Xu immediately gave up the plan to go alone, not that Meng Xu was bold, but that after O'Neal left the basket, Duncan is now completely undefended.

"Shaq is so reckless, Duncan is empty." After seeing O'Neal's defensive choice, Magic Johnson also shook his head, perhaps because he was given a risk by Meng Xu in the third quarter, since Meng Xu came on the court in the fourth quarter, O'Neal has been provoking Meng Xu, but Magic Johnson knows very well that with Meng Xu's character of never suffering, he will never rashly challenge O'Neal, and it is also a critical moment in this kind of game, although Meng Xu has convulsions from time to time, but it is undeniable that Meng Xu is very sober in most of the moments.

Just when O'Neill was less than two meters away from Meng Xu, Meng Xu directly pulled up the center of gravity of his body, and then without looking, he threw the basketball in his hand in the direction of the basket, and after passing the basketball out, Meng Xu took a step back to prevent O'Neill from being unable to restrain his feet and crashing into himself.

"Ah。。。。。。h Just when the basketball passed by Meng Xu flew to the top of the basket, Duncan, who was already waiting there, directly smashed the basketball into the basket, after completing this aerial relay, Duncan was also very rare, waving his arms, yelling at the sidelines, venting the anger in his heart, Duncan was too aggrieved in this game.