Chapter 435: Finally Back
"Very beautiful back turn, Meng Xu got rid of Karl Malone's defense again, Meng Xu's back turn speed was too fast, when Ma Long was still adjusting his body defensive posture, Meng Xu had already accelerated to the basket." In the first quarter of the game between the Lakers and the Pacers, the Lakers did not have the slightest tactics at all, and for most of the whole quarter, O'Neal was playing this point, whether it was Mutombo's single defense, or Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal's bag, there was no way to limit O'Neal, O'Neal appeared on the big screen again and again with the picture of Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal forcing a layup. And the Pacers' side is similar, basically Meng Xu's ball-holding singles, and it is always the same move, with the ball in his back to the single, but Meng Xu makes different offensive choices when facing different defenders, if the defense is Brian Shaw, or Kobe, Meng Xu will use his advantage in strength to force them, step by step close to the paint area, and then use his signature back to turn around and hit a board jumper to end the offense. And if the defense of Meng Xu is replaced by Ma Long, Meng Xu will turn his back to pass Ma Long after a series of feints, either to the left or to the right, Meng Xu's back turn is so fast, as long as Ma Long is deceived by Meng Xu's feints, then Ma Long will not be able to pull his body back at all, he can only watch Meng Xu pass himself.
"Yes, after Michael, I've never seen an outside player who has been able to practice his back skills to such an extent, especially his back turn, which has achieved the ultimate of an outside player." Magic Johnson has played against Jordan many times, Jordan's methods, Magic is very clear, originally Magic Johnson believes that as an outside player, Jordan's back skills are already the pinnacle in basketball history, and it is the ultimate that an outside player can do, and no one can surpass or match him. But after watching the first quarter of the game between the Lakers and the Pacers today, Magic Johnson was a little surprised to find that sure enough, a mountain is still higher than a mountain, Meng Xu's back body skills have reached a level similar to Jordan, and in terms of the use of physical talent, Meng Xu is even stronger than Jordan, not only that, Meng Xu's back body technology, obviously there is room for improvement, and now Meng Xu, when he is playing in the back single, is completely relying on his own physical talent, using his superior speed and strength to crush the opponentIf Meng Xu can polish the technical details, as long as he can reach Jordan's 9 percent, then with his physical talent, Meng Xu will be able to surpass Jordan's outside player back skills.
"Domineering, it's really too domineering, although the offensive methods of O'Neal and Meng Xu seem to be different, or even unrelated, but in the final analysis, they are both using their physical talents that are higher than others to crush their opponents, whether it is O'Neal vs. Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, or Meng Xu vs. Brian Shaw, or even Meng Xu vs. Kobe, they all use their physical talents to the extreme, O'Neal is the ultimate in strength and explosiveness, and Meng Xu is the ultimate in strength, speed and agility." After hearing Magic Johnson's words, Michaels seemed to think of something, watching that the first quarter of the game was over, but he still stayed on the court staring at the opponent, staring at each other's O'Neal and Meng Xu.
"Domineering, domineering 。。。。。。" Magic Johnson also looked at the court, kept muttering to himself, originally Magic Johnson thought that Meng Xu had found two different paths on his basketball path, but Magic Johnson found out today that Meng Xu had found a third road, the same path as O'Neal. The players who can enter the NBA, there are no mediocre people, but most of the players will not be able to touch this door for the rest of their lives, and only a few of the geniuses can touch this door with their own talent and luck, and a large part of these players cannot cross the shackles and control this gate. In Magic Johnson's cognition, he has seen 3 different paths, and those who can control one of them are all superstars in the league, as for mastering two different paths at the same time, as far as Magic Johnson knows, in the entire history of the NBA, there are only a handful, and being able to master these three different paths is something that Magic Johnson has not done, and in the 55-year history of the NBA, there is only one person who has successfully mastered these three roads, that is, Jordan, who is known as the god of basketball. If Meng Xu can break through the obstacles in front of him, then Meng Xu will become the second player after Jordan to control three different basketball paths.
"What kind of Big Four, it's just like this, it's commonplace, it's no different from the Lakers team that lost to us last season, and it's even worse." When the players on both sides came down from the field, Jermaine O'Neal was unusually excited, although he was one-on-one, he would still be crushed by the big fat man, but after having Mutombo's help, Jermaine O'Neal found that when he was sandwiching the big fat man, it was obviously much easier than last season. In addition, at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers actually led the Lakers by 3 points at 26-23, so when they left the game, Jermaine O'Neal, who was excited, also whistled shoulder-to-shoulder with Mutombo.
Not only Jermaine O'Neal, but the rest of the Pacers' other players, after the end of the first quarter of the game, are also unusually crazy, the strength of the Lakers is obvious to all, before the game started, there was a lot of media hype that the Lakers will beat the Pacers by a few points, and this game will also be a one-sided abuse. O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, Payton, each of them, as long as they appear on the court, will cause huge pressure on the opponent, not to mention that the four of them appear on the court together, but after the end of the first quarter of the game, the Pacers not only took the lead in the score, but even slightly suppressed the Lakers in the situation, the Lakers' four superstars are fighting each other, and there are very few connections between each other, and the other two giants of the Lakers, Malone and Payton basically have no chance on the court, Just how to distribute the ball between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant made Payton's head swell, and Malone was even worse, only making two shots in the entire first quarter, completely reduced to a blue-collar worker.
"Well, that's not enough." Looking at the players who came off the court one after another, Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked dignified, the current Lakers, not to mention the triangle offense, even the basic cooperation is very few, so how to coordinate the relationship between them has become Phil Jackson's top priority at the moment, thinking of this, Phil Jackson also scratched his head rarely. Phil Jackson is the leader in the nanny coach, controlling the mentality of the players and motivating the fighting spirit of the players, which is what Phil Jackson is best at, as for what new tactics to use, kneading a bunch of superstars together, it is really not Phil Jackson's forte, it is really a summer, Phil Jackson is worried about this problem, but until now, Phil Jackson still has no clue.
"Damn." O'Neal, who was the last to get off the court, took the towel handed over by the assistant coach, and sat on the bench, in this game, O'Neal was going to defeat the Pacers, and was ready to add to the Pacers' championship ring presentation ceremony, but now, it was obvious that he was even more panicked.