Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Different Meng Xu
"Greg, Meng's style of play takes up too much of the ball. "Fun" www.biquge.info "After Tim Duncan successfully played several times in a row after the opening, the New York Knicks began to package Tim Duncan, and the ball on the Spurs' side was also transferred to Meng Xu's side, but Meng Xu's performance after receiving the ball made the Spurs' assistant coach Mike and Budenholzer a little dissatisfied.
Since Popovich took over the Spurs, the Spurs have been transformed into a team that has always relied heavily on the team, and the superstar style of playing that used to only look at David Robinson, although it still appears occasionally, but that kind of tactic can only appear on Tim Duncan now, not on Meng Xu in front of him.
After using the magic potion, Meng Xu's passing ability has reached 99, which brings a better vision and more choices for passing opportunities, and the corresponding Meng Xu's requirements for his teammates' running ability are also rising, in order to send better passes and assists, Meng Xu is also cautious about the opportunity to pass, but dragged down by the ability to control the ball and break through, Meng Xu is more in place while choosing the passing opportunity, he is more waiting for his teammates to run out of the vacant position, rather than taking the initiative to create opportunities for his teammates. Although Meng Xu successfully delivered 3 assists in a row, it still caused the dissatisfaction of assistant coach Mike Budenholzer.
"Meng is too demanding of his teammates' movements, and if Meng can have the league's mid-to-high breakthrough ability, combined with his excellent passing ability and vision now, then he can be the tactical core of a team." After hearing the assistant coach's words, Popovich nodded and said that Meng Xu has a certain passing ability, but in this game, Meng Xu's passing ability after holding the ball can no longer be described as excellent, but the more this is the case, the more Popovich feels regretful, fortunately, Meng Xu is still young, he still has enough time to transform him, and his future is enough to look forward to.
"Yes, but for now, the weakness of breakthrough and ball control ability makes Meng's request completely a drag on the team" The gap in knowledge and insight makes Mike Budenholzer completely unable to see some of the deeper things that Popovich can see, but being able to become an assistant coach to Popovich is not incompetent, after listening to Popovich's words, Mike and Budenholzer instantly understood the meaning of Popovich's words.
As one of the Spurs' "outside three" Mario, Eli, this game is also very aggrieved, the first quarter played for nearly 5 minutes, he only got a chance to shoot, although his three-point shooting rate this season is not high, but it is not so empty that he is not available, Meng this guy does not pass the ball to himself, but when he thinks of the coach's tactical arrangements before the game, Mario Eli can only look at Meng Xu and shake his head helplessly.
After Dribbling over half the court, Jaren Jackson skillfully handed the basketball to Meng Xu again, and he also ran towards the right side of the court near the bottom line, if Mario Elli played very awkwardly in this game, then Jaren Jackson is undoubtedly the most comfortable one, as long as he runs a good opportunity for several consecutive attacks, Meng Xu will pass the ball to his hands as soon as possible, unless Tim Duncan's chances are better than his own, even so Jaren Jackson has no complaints, Who made Duncan the boss, and the closer Duncan is to the basket, the success rate is obviously higher.
At this moment, Meng Xu kept slapping the basketball, observing the running position of his teammates on the court, for the Alan Houston in front of him, Meng Xu didn't care about it now, compared with his offense, Alan Houston's defense was obviously much worse, and after these rounds of testing, Meng Xu found that in order to save more physical strength for offense, as long as he didn't take the initiative to attack, Alan Houston basically wouldn't defend himself, let alone close defense in the regular state. And Meng Xu's thoughts at the moment are similar to Alan Houston, in the first three quarters, let his teammates attack, paddling if he can, as long as he doesn't relax on the defensive end, and by the way, he is giving a few assists, even the head coach can't say anything, and the fourth quarter is the time for him to show his talents.
As for his changes on the field, Meng Xu is also very clear, after the passing attribute reaches 99, he not only gains stronger passing ability, but also has a better vision, and can find many passing opportunities that he couldn't see before.
"Beautiful aerial relay, Tim Duncan and Meng really have a tacit understanding, and Meng's pass is really surprising." Duncan just squeezed Ewing on the inside, stretched out his arm to ask Meng Xu for the ball, Meng Xu jumped up directly on the outside and passed the basketball over, Duncan pressed Ewing in the air to dunk the basketball into the frame, after the goal, Duncan also stretched out his thumb to Meng Xu, and retreated with a smile, compared with Avery Johnson, Meng Xu's passing is also more of his own appetite, Meng Xu's height is much taller than Johnson, and the ball is more comfortable, Johnson's pass is mainly low flat ball, Meng Xu also passed the ball to himself in this game more of a high ball, he didn't have to bend down when he received the ball, and he didn't need to dribble, and he could directly attack the basket after receiving the ball.
"Nice pass." On the sidelines of the court, Popovich, who has always been strict, also reached out and applauded involuntarily after seeing this aerial relay.
Soon the official timeout for the first quarter came, and the Spurs led the Knicks by four points at 17-13, and both sides switched to the bench after the timeout.
"Meng, I want you to play more actively, to move, although it will increase your probability of mistakes, I want you to learn to take the initiative to create opportunities for your teammates, instead of waiting there to see your teammates have opportunities, understand?" Just after arranging the tactics of the substitute players, after the game started, Popovich sat next to Meng Xu with the tactical board.
"Coach, you know my breakthrough ability, it's hard to 。。。。。。" Listening to Popovich's requirements for himself, Meng Xu had a big head, dribbled and broke through, and then created opportunities for his teammates? Isn't this an obvious steal for the other party!
"Meng, you are a young man, you have to study more, don't be afraid of hardship, look at Tim, don't you think your training volume needs to increase a little bit?" Popovich said, put down the tactical board, and pinched the thumb and index finger of his right hand together and gestured in front of Meng Xu's eyes.
"I will, Coach." Meng Xu nodded and smiled a little awkwardly. It turned out that I said for a long time that I had a bad training attitude and asked me to practice more, and it was not the same for me to go back in advance to practice in the system space. However, Meng Xu could only say these words in his heart.