"The coach just defended this time, and I was out of position." After the pause, Meng Xu returned to the bench and took the initiative to admit his mistake to Popovich, because Meng Xu knew that as a low-pick rookie, in a strong team like the Spurs, he would not get much playing time, let alone perform badly on the court, if you make one or two mistakes, the coach can forgive you, if there are three or four more times, then you must be greeted by endless cold benches.

"Meng, it's not your fault, your defense against Iverson is perfect, it's up to you to defend him in the next game, try to block his breakthrough to the basket, and force him to the sideline and the baseline, where Tim and David can effectively support you." Popovich looked at Meng Xu, without the slightest sense of blame, but also praised Meng Xu's defense of Iverson in public, you must know that Popovich is a well-known hair dryer, in this Spurs team, except for David Robinson and Tim Duncan, the rest of the players and assistant coaches have been sprayed by Popovich.

"Hmm." Meng Xu nodded, and in the face of Popovich's encouragement and appreciation, Meng Xu also felt a burst of warmth in his heart.

"David, Tim, in the next game, you sit on the left and right wings of the basket, ready to block Iverson's breakthrough route at any time, as long as you can block Iverson, or reduce his scoring efficiency, then we will definitely win this game."

"Avery, for the next game, you go to defend Eric Snow on the opposite side, and as for Billy Owens, Mario defends. On the offensive end, nothing has changed, and as before, Thiem is still the starting point of the attack. After Popovich took the tactics board and explained the next tactics to several players on the field one by one, the game resumed.

"Audience friends, I'm the commentator Michaels, okay, the timeout is over, and the game continues." The whistle blew, and the game began in the second half of the second quarter, looking at the opposing players on the court, Michaels also shouted in surprise: "After the pause, Popovich made changes again, hey, how to defend Iverson became No. 5 Meng Xu." ”

For Popovich, using Meng Xu to defend Iverson is not only a gamble, but also a helpless move, several Spurs guards have taken turns in the previous game, none of the 5 guards can limit Iverson, and even it is difficult to keep up with Iverson's speed, Iverson is often an acceleration, followed by a change of direction to break through in the change of direction, the players who defend him will be thrown away or even shaken to the ground, and then whether it is shooting, or continue to break through, even the shooting percentage depends entirely on their mood, Look at your own feel. And just before the pause, Meng Xu's help defense made Popovich see hope, Meng Xu's prediction is simply first-class, and his speed can barely keep up with Iverson, even the final loss is Iverson through 3 changes of direction before throwing him away, if Tim just came out half a second earlier to help Meng Xu defend, then this is a perfect defense.

After the start of the game, Duncan attacked with the ball again, and when he saw the 76ers' two interior lines wrapping himself again, Duncan did not choose to play strongly like before, but a half-turn, and after making a posture of playing with his back to his back, he passed the basketball to David Robinson at the other end of the basket. The current league is no longer the era of the four centers, except for O'Neal who is at the peak of the four centers, the remaining three have all begun to decline, David Robinson's state has actually begun to decline last season, with the increase of age, and the continuous accumulation of injuries, since the 9697 season after the season reimbursement, David Robinson's athleticism has declined very seriously, and David Robinson's playing time and shots have also plummeted in recent seasons, The most intuitive is the sharp decline in data, and the offensive means and offensive methods are not as good as before, which is also the main reason why Larry Brown dares to ignore David Robinson to cover Duncan, David Robinson has rarely dunked since last season, after this dunk, David Robinson yelled at the 76ers bench, and this dunk is also a response to Larry Brown's daring to ignore himself.

In the face of David Robinson's angry dunk, Larry Brown didn't care at all, taking advantage of the moment when David Robinson couldn't get back on guard, the 76ers quickly served and launched a fast attack, Iverson received a pass from behind his teammates when he was about to go down to the middle circle, just after receiving the ball, before he had time to adjust, Meng Xu caught up, Iverson casually glanced at Meng Xu on his side, made a feint to break forward, and wanted to move sideways, but found that Meng Xu's footsteps were unmoved after moving a little bit, It seemed that he had seen through his feints, and he couldn't think about it, Iverson had to continue to accelerate forward to break through, and then followed by a retreat step, and then followed by a change of direction, trying to break through horizontally again, but found that Meng Xu had already blocked the space for his horizontal breakthrough.

Iverson's feints and continuous changes of direction had already made Meng Xu dizzy, if it weren't for the support of the additional 50% chance of seeing through the feints of the sixth sense, and the clinging effect of the vines that were wrapped around death, Meng Xu would have been lying on the ground now.

Looking at Meng Xu, who blocked his breakthrough route in advance, Iverson was also frightened, such a difficult defensive player, Iverson's career was really the first encounter, at this moment Iverson kept lowering his body's center of gravity, and continued to break forward, taking advantage of the moment when he was ahead of Meng Xu by half a position, and then changed direction, and broke through from under Meng Xu's arm to the basket, just when Iverson wanted to go to the basket, a big hand fell from the sky, The emaciated Iverson was shot out of the line by David Robinson with the ball.

The entire Alamo Stadium erupted in an instant, countless spectators cheered loudly, waving everything they could wield, and the players on the Spurs bench also waved their towels like ghosts. In this round just now, it was too morale-boosting, and the Spurs not only overtook the score, but also reversed the decline on the field.

"Oh, it's so violent, it's so bloody, Robinson's block is like a fly swatting, and Iverson is flying the whole thing, and I feel like I'm seeing the admiral of my youth again." Michaels, the commentator on the field, exclaimed.

Meng Xu ran to the bottom line and stretched out his hand to pull up Iverson, but also crossed his waist with both hands, gasping for breath, for Iverson, Meng Xu was shocked by his super fast speed and strange change of direction, only one thing left was appreciation, a little man of only 1.83 meters, just like a fighter, for the victory of the team, with his thin body, constantly impacting the Spurs inside line full of masters, this courage, this perseverance, is also worthy of Meng Xu's admiration.

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