Chapter 657: Two Tough Donkeys
"Meng Xu and Duncan have been 'anser-ball' twice in a row, and when it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Duncan reached out for the ball again, and it looks like the duel between Duncan and Meng Xu will continue!" Meng Xu and Tim Duncan 'anser-ball' twice in a row, the long-awaited battle of gods and Buddhas is finally coming, especially the Spurs' next attack, Tim Duncan once again reached out to Tony Parker to ask for the ball, which made the already very excited Magic Johnson's emotions become more and more high.
In the face of Meng Xu's challenge, Tim Duncan gave the most direct response, after receiving the ball, Tim Duncan went straight to the basket, and this time Tim Duncan faced the defense of Jermaine O'Neal and NN Hilario, and Meng Xu's choice in the last round, when the Pacers also began to pack Tim Duncan, Tim Duncan also very rarely did not hand over the basketball to teammates with better chances, but faced the defense of Jermaine O'Neal and Nn Hilario, and the overlord made a hard bow.
After a slight adjustment of his pace, Tim Duncan forced a jump sideways against Jermaine O'Neal under the bag of Jermaine O'Neal and Nn Hilario, and hit a hook shot about 4 meters from the basket.
After scoring this goal, Tim Duncan did not stay in place too much, but after glancing at Meng Xu, he quickly retreated to the backcourt.
"I've really done my best." Looking at Duncan's back gradually moving away, and Meng Xu staring at him, Jermaine O'Neal whispered weakly, it's really not that I don't work hard defensively, you must believe me!
"Tony, you go straight to the frontcourt." After explaining Tony Allen's sentence, Meng Xu signaled to NN-Hilario, who served the bottom line ball on the bottom line, to hand over the ball directly to himself, as the offensive and defensive core and boss of the Pacers, Meng Xu has such a privilege at all times, so after Meng Xu spoke, Tony Allen ran directly to the frontcourt, and NN Hilario also passed the basketball in his hand to Meng Xu after getting the referee's signal.
"Haha, is Meng going to come by himself?"
From the coach's point of view, Meng Xu's approach of competing with Duncan is definitely not what they want to see, so whether it is Rick Carlisle sitting on the bench or Popovich standing on the sidelines, after seeing Meng Xu directly holding the ball and advancing, they all frowned, and the Magic Johnson and others on the commentary bench, as well as these spectators on the scene, are completely different mentality, the more Meng Xu and Duncan compete, the more they like it, because no matter when and where, one-on-one heads-up between two superstars, It's the most exciting thing, and as for team basketball or something, it's not that appealing at all.
Meng Xu, who received the pass from NN-Hilario, began to gradually accelerate in the backfield, and Mike Finley, who originally wanted to delay Meng Xu's advancement, was thrown behind by Meng Xu in one step, and when Meng Xu passed the ball through the middle circle, Mike Finley had already been thrown away by Meng Xu several positions. Taking advantage of the fact that the Spurs had not all retreated in place, especially when Tim Duncan had just retreated near the three-point line, Meng Xu decisively rushed towards the Spurs' basket.
"Rasu, go to the basket!" Popovich on the sidelines seemed to have smelled danger, and while Meng Xu was still speeding up, he yelled loudly at Rasu Nesterovich, who was still near the free throw line, signaling him to go to the basket.
Looking at Meng Xu, who had just passed the middle circle, and the head coach who was yelling on the sidelines, Rasu Nesterovic retreated to the basket with a confused face, but only a second later, Rasu Nesterovic regretted that he was too slow to retreat.
The distance from the center circle to the free throw line was more than 7 meters, almost in the blink of an eye, and Meng Xu, who was slapping the basketball, appeared next to Rasu Nestrovich, who was in a hurry to retreat along the edge of the paint area while opening his arms to try to interfere with Meng Xu's vision.
Tim Duncan, who had retreated to the other side of the court, directly gave up Jermaine O'Neal, who was opposite him, and accelerated towards the basket, Tim Duncan knew very well that Rasu Nestrovic was not Meng Xu's opponent anyway, so he must be in place before Meng Xu.
However, Duncan was still a little late, just at the moment when Duncan's crotch entered the paint area, Meng Xu on the other side had already jumped up against Rasu Nesterovic's block, a simple railing, Meng Xu in the air dodged Rasu Nestrovich's block, and threw the basketball in his hand into the basket, the time was just right, Duncan made up for the defense in place, and the basketball fell into the net.
After landing on the ground, Meng Xu stretched out his thumb to Tim Duncan amid the cheers of his teammates, and the meaning of provocation was obvious.
Duncan, who was expressionless, did not react, but ran directly to the frontcourt.
"Tony, ball!" Near the free throw line to the right, Duncan, who had Nn Hilario stuck behind him, reached out for the ball to Tony Parker, who had just advanced to the top of the arc.
"Uh." Turning his head to look at Popovich standing on the sidelines, Tony Parker only felt that what he was holding in his hand was no longer a basketball, but a hot potato, because just now, when Tony Parker advanced with the ball, Popovich on the sidelines made a downward gesture towards him, signaling him to press the rhythm of the game, although Popovich did not say it explicitly, but Tony Parker also knew that the head coach wanted to stop Duncan and Meng Xu's single-handedness, after all, the Spurs are still behind. But when Tim Duncan reached out to ask for the ball, Tony Parker didn't dare to refuse, after all, Duncan is the boss of this team, on one side is the head coach, on the other hand is the boss of the team, and there is no good fruit to eat if he offends anyone, so after Duncan reached out to ask for the ball, Tony Parker did not react for a long time, and he didn't dare to pass, he really didn't dare to pass!
When Duncan shouted at Tony Parker for the second time, in the end, Tony Parker was forced by Duncan's obscenity and handed over the basketball in his hand to Duncan, and after passing the ball, he also glanced at Popovich, who was standing on the sidelines with a blue face.
"Another donkey." Looking at Duncan after receiving the ball, he once again ignored Rasu Nesterovic, who was already vacant, and under the defense of Jermaine O'Neill and NN Hilario, he made a strong hook hand, Popovich was really unhappy to the extreme, completely ignoring his tactical arrangement, and Meng Xu to fight with him, Popovich really wanted to call a timeout now, replace him and let him calm down.