"Alright, Michael, it's time to wrap up." After the Pacers' main lineup returned to the court, the Wizards' counterattack was quickly contained, although Reggie Miller still couldn't prevent Jordan, but when Meng Xu continued to choke Hamilton, James Posey and Jermaine O'Neal teamed up to block the Wizards' two interior lines, the Wizards' offensive rotation was basically at a standstill, and the Wizards, who finally found a little feeling, soon fell into the situation of letting Jordan fight alone again.

After Meng Xu finished speaking, he got rid of Jordan's defense again, rushed directly to the Wizards' basket, and hit a layup. From the second half of the third quarter, the Wizards' defensive tactics changed again, in Reggie Miller, James Posey, Jamal Tinsley, always maintained a high shooting percentage, the Wizards had to give up the shrinkage under the basket, and expanded the defensive range beyond the 3-point line, but as soon as the Wizards defended, Meng Xu began to rush the Wizards' basket again.

"Am I really old?" In this game, the Wizards did not contain Meng Xu from beginning to end, and it was always Jordan and Hamilton who defended Meng Xu alone. Jordan, who tried his best at the moment and still couldn't prevent Meng Xu, was with his hands on his hips at this time, panting and looking at Meng Xu who walked towards him after completing the layup. Due to the decline in physical strength, he only missed two shots, and the score of the two teams was stretched to 18 points again. You must know that in the past, even if Jordan played the whole game, he rarely had physical exhaustion, but in this game, after less than 30 minutes, Jordan felt a little overwhelmed, which is really unforgiving. And Meng Xu's sentence was over, which made Jordan even more unhappy, in the past, it was his own share to say that it was over to others, where was it the turn of others to say about himself.

"Heroes are in the twilight." Although he and Jordan ridiculed each other on the court, Meng Xu did not have the slightest disrespect for Jordan in his heart. And this is also the only thought that Meng Xu has when he sees the current Jordan, Jordan's performance in the entire first half is very good, but after entering the second half, with the gradual exhaustion of physical strength, Jordan's shooting rate began to gradually decline. If you only look at the data, Jordan's current performance is still at a very high level, but Meng Xu can clearly feel that the current Jordan has lost control of the game, or in other words, in this game, Jordan has never been able to incorporate the game into his own rhythm, and the current Jordan is no longer the Jordan who can do whatever he wants on the court and rule everything.

"I really didn't expect this game to be like this." Looking at the score of the two teams, Michaels, who has rebelled and changed, is now also a period of loss, originally expected to be a close match, Mars hit the earth showdown, but the 3rd quarter of the game has not ended, the winner has been divided, and this result also deeply hit Michaels.

Jordan's performance was impeccable, and although he missed his shooting percentage in the third quarter due to his declining physical strength, he still maintained a high scoring efficiency overall. And if it weren't for the lack of teammates, Jordan wouldn't have attacked, organized, and defended, in contrast, Meng Xu was much easier, Jordan, the most threatening Jordan on the offensive end of the Wizards, didn't need him to defend, and at the same time, when he couldn't score, his teammates could all stand up and score.

"Michael's teammates are so bad." For the situation on the court, Magic Johnson undoubtedly sees very clearly, under the Wizards' existing tactical framework, Jordan is unable to play his greatest role, or relying on Jordan's remaining system cannot bring the Wizards' guys. For Jordan's comeback, Magic Johnson himself is not very optimistic, and he personally called him and repeatedly persuaded him not to come back, even if he wants to come back, don't choose a fish belly like the Wizards, but Jordan is too tough.

Originally, Jordan's comeback was just a little unwilling to be lonely and wanted to add a little challenge, and at the same time, Jordan also wanted to prove that after leaving Phil Jackson and Pippen, he could do the same, so Jordan chose the fish belly wizard to prove himself, but many unexpected things happened then, so Jordan's comeback is not just a personal will. After the outbreak of 911, Jordan's comeback was given more political meaning and historical responsibility, and his comeback was no longer just basketball itself.

"Maybe this season will be a lot better than expected." At the end of the third quarter, looking at the disciples who walked off the court, Larry Bird now has higher requirements for the Pacers' record this season. This season's Pacers, compared with last season, have replaced more than half of the new faces, especially the main lineup, except for Reggie Miller and Jermaine O'Neal, several others have all been replaced, and the team's tactical system has also been pushed down and rebuilt, so for this season's record, the Pacers' top management has no requirements, on the premise of ensuring that they can enter the playoffs, as long as the team is enough to complete the run-in, rebuild the tactical system, and from next season, it is the time for the Pacers to show their talents. But through this game, Larry Bird realized that his requirements were too low, compared to last season, the Pacers' offense has improved dramatically, but the defense has not weakened in the slightest.

Although the Wizards have only been fishing, and it is only one game, I am afraid it is not convincing, but Meng Xu's outstanding performance in this game and his strong ability to drive his teammates have also made Larry Bird have more expectations and greater confidence for this season.

And when the main lineups of both teams played just three minutes in the fourth quarter, the game went into garbage time, and in the end, the Pacers won 106-89 at home to win the Wizards and get off to a good start to the season.

Jordan scored a high score of 38 points in the first game after his comeback, but he couldn't bring a victory to the Wizards, and the game that attracted unspectacular attention ended in a sigh of regret.

In this game, Meng Xu contributed 31 points, 14 assists, 12 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 blocks in less than 30 minutes of playing time, and won 30+ triple-doubles in the first game of the new season. And in this game, the Pacers' starting lineup all scored double-doubles, with Jermaine O'Neal 15 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks, Reggie Miller 15 points, James Posey 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Jamal Tinsley 13 points and 5 assists.

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