"Steve, you need to be quicker, or you won't be able to get rid of me." After blocking Nash's breakthrough route in a row, looking at the embarrassed look on Nash's face, Meng Xu provoked Nash with two more words. With the change of identity and the continuous rise of strength, Meng Xu rarely splatters trash talk with opposing players in the game now, because even if Meng Xu doesn't say anything, he will suppress the opposing players in terms of momentum, and even many rookies who have just entered the league dare not face Meng Xu.

Meng Xu actually doesn't have any prejudices against Nash, and there is no injustice between the two sides, but what makes Meng Xu puzzled is that every time Nash sees Meng Xu, he looks bitter and hateful, and he is also very desperate on the field, as if the two of them have some deep hatred.

"Bastard, I'm going to kick your ass hard in this game!" Looking at Meng Xu's mocking face, Nash was really a little angry at the moment, although Nash's personality has always been very humble and he is a well-known good gentleman, but every time he meets Meng Xu, Nash will have the idea of competing with Meng Xu.

"Steve, calm down!" Seeing that Nash was about to stop and fight Meng Xu alone, old Nelson, who was sitting on the bench, immediately jumped up, rushed to the sidelines, and shouted loudly at Nash who was about to dribble to get rid of Meng Xu. Nash's offensive ability is not weak, but in Nelson's view, Nash alone Meng Xu is definitely the worst offensive choice, and the reason why Nelson Sr. handed over the responsibility of organizing the team to Nash is because Old Nair values Nash's ability to organize and sort out the team, and the current Mavericks have Nowitzki, Antoine Walker, Michael Finley and several scoring strongmen, and they don't need Nash to score at all.

"Steve, that old man shouted, and you passed the ball? I thought you were going to have a heads-up with me! Originally, seeing that Nash gave up his plan to break through, stopped in place and prepared to fight himself, Meng Xu was ready to praise Nash, but just after Old Nelson shouted, Nash quickly passed the basketball in his hand, and Meng Xu was also a little disappointed.

"I almost fell in love with this kid." Ignoring Meng Xu's sarcasm, Nash began to run without the ball in the opposite direction after completing the pass, and at the same time secretly reminded himself in his heart. Before the start of this game, head coach Nelson Sr. repeatedly told Nash to be calm and not to be the slightest anxious, if he wants to beat the Pacers, the Mavericks need to play more reasonably on the court and minimize mistakes, and under Meng Xu's provocation, Nash almost left the head coach's words behind, and after the old Nelson shouted just now, Nash quickly recovered from being angered by Meng Xu.

"Tyshawn, fast attack!" Here, the Mavericks just hit a mid-range shot by Nowitzki through continuous passes, and Meng Xu, who was near the free throw line, signaled Prince on the other side of the court to hit the Mavericks' fast break.

"This is the Pacers? Am I right? Looking at this picture on the court, the Mavericks' assistant coach Harris, while looking at the surprise, he rubbed his eyes, for fear that he was wrong.

"We should have thought of it a long time ago." Harris's side, Nelson Sr. frowned, after seeing the starting lineup of the Pacers, Nelson Sr. had a bad premonition, after all, in the Larry Bird era, the Pacers would often play small-ball tactics, and the Pacers, nicknamed the Indiana track and field team, also staged a run-and-bomb battle with the Nets in the playoffs, but since Mutombo joined, the Pacers have never played small-ball tactics again, and the team with the twin towers is not uncomfortable playing small-ball. In addition to the fact that the current head coach of the Pacers is Rick Carlisle, the old Nelson did not consider this aspect, but the old Nelson now finds that he really underestimates the little brother of Larry Bird.

"Don, do we need to change our tactics? Send Sean on the court to strengthen the defense and offense on the inside? As the game progressed, the Mavericks were already clearly in a disadvantageous situation, and watching Nelson Sr. pacing back and forth on the sidelines with some anxiety, assistant coach Harris began to give advice to Nelson Sr.

Because he knew that the Mavericks were definitely not the opponent of the Pacers, in today's game, the old Nelson asked Nowitzki to play the No. 5 position and sent a small lineup to play small-ball tactics, but the strange thing is that Rick Carlisle also sent a small lineup to play against the Mavericks. Generally speaking, there are two ways to restrain small-ball tactics, the more common is to control the rhythm and slow down to play positional battles, which is the more common method used by the Spurs and Lakers, who have a strong interior line and can also stabilize the rhythm of the court, and the other is to use fast to fight fast, use small-ball tactics to deal with small-ball tactics, and see who can't hold it first, this kind of scene is more common between the Mavericks and the Kings. The tactics used by the Pacers are obviously the latter one, and now judging from the situation on the court, these players of the Pacers are obviously faster than the Mavericks in terms of fast offense and defensive speed, and if they continue like this, the first to cross must be the Mavericks.

"Okay, replace Danny with Sean." After a quick thought in his mind, Nelson Sr. accepted Harris's suggestion to remove small forward Danny Fortson and replace him with main center Sean Bradley to steady the rhythm.

"The Mavericks called a timeout, are you going to make an early substitution?" Just three minutes into the game, the Mavericks called a timeout, although it is not clear what the Mavericks called this timeout, but Michaels still made his own inferences based on the situation on the court.

"The Mavericks do need a change, and even though it's only been three minutes into the game, they're clearly on the back foot right now." Compared with Michaels, Magic Johnson has a better understanding of the situation on the court, although the score between the two sides is now 7-9, and the visiting Mavericks are temporarily behind by two points, but the situation on the court has begun to develop in a direction that is not favorable to the Mavericks, and this is still in the rhythm of the game that the Mavericks are familiar with. Suppressed by the opponent in the rhythm that he is good at, if the Mavericks do not react a little, but let it develop, then the Mavericks basically have no chance to win, of course, this will certainly not be the style of the old Nelson, how can the "mad scientist" who has always been known for his tactical change, how can he tolerate the opponent to suppress himself tactically, so Magic Johnson is now very much looking forward to the Mavericks' changes after the timeout, and see what method the old Nelson uses to deal with the Pacers' small-ball tactics.

"Everyone's worked hard!" After all the starters were off the field, Rick Carlisle and assistant coach Lester Connell personally handed them towels and encouraged them one by one. Rick Carlisle knows that the Pacers can play small ball, which is why he dares to change the formation and attack the old Nelson in this game, but after all, since the run-and-gun battle with the Nets in the 01-02 season, the Pacers have basically never played small ball again, so before the game started, Rick Carlisle was somewhat apprehensive, but their performance in the first three minutes also made Rick Carlisle completely settled.

"My level 7 bombardment tactics weren't given for nothing." After understanding Rick Carlisle's careful thoughts, Meng Xu smiled and said in his heart, with the continuous accumulation of points, Meng Xu not only pointed the breakthrough tactics to level 7, but also the bombardment tactics that matched him to 83% also reached level 7, in order to deal with the needs of the untimed, anyway, the points accumulated now, the S-level skills can't be exchanged, and the A-level and B-level Meng Xu can't look down on it, so it's useless to put it there.