Chapter 814: The Young Guard

"Stephen, good job."

At 8 o'clock in the evening of May 6, 2013, in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Spurs and the Warriors, after the starters of both sides began to warm up, Meng Xu, who was holding a basketball in his hand, walked near the center circle, called Stephen Curry, who was on the court, and praised his excellent performance in the first round.

"Thank you, Boss." In the face of Meng Xu, Stephen Curry is obviously a little cramped, although in the game with the Clippers, Curry's performance is fully worthy of the title of Mr. Big Heart, but as a signed star under Odin, Curry has always been a little unable to let go when he meets Meng Xu.

At the beginning of Stephen Curry's entry into the league, he was motivated by the old Neeson's phrase "I can't get Curry, let Curry get me." But due to his thin body and poor confrontation ability, many professionals predict that it will be difficult for Curry to adapt to high-intensity NBA games, and Curry is indeed a major injury at the beginning of entering the league, and he even played only a dozen games last season to be reimbursed, but when Nike and Adidas were not optimistic about Curry, Odin signed Curry to his banner, not only gave Curry a premium sneaker contract of almost $6 million a year, also launched signature sneakers for Curry, and Meng Xu, as the president of Odin, has also conducted intensive training and various guidance for Curry in the offseason in recent summers, so in Curry's heart, Meng Xu is as important as the guide on his basketball path, his father Dale Curry, and the old Nelson who brought him into the NBA.

"Behave well." Looking at Steve Curry, who was obviously a little restrained, Meng Xu patted him on the shoulder, stood near the center circle, and threw the basketball in his hand directly towards the basket on the Warriors' side, and when the basketball thrown by Meng Xu hit with a hollow hit, the Warriors players who were warming up on the court were all stunned, and even Stephen Curry, who was standing with Meng Xu, looked at Meng Xu with a surprised face.

"Remember what I said to you." Just a casual shot, he hit a super long-distance three-point Meng Xu, and after shrugging his shoulders at Curry, he slowly retreated towards the Spurs' half.

"This guy is really insidious!" Warriors head coach Mark Jackson, who was watching the warm-up of the players on both sides on the sidelines, changed his face directly after seeing Meng Xu's ultra-long-distance three-point shot, because in Mark Jackson's view, this is Meng Xu demonstrating to the Warriors players on the court, and he wants to use this three-point shot to put psychological pressure on the Warriors players who have entered the second round of the playoffs for the first time.

Since Nelson Sr. took charge of the Warriors, the Warriors are one of the teams that attach the most importance to three-point shooting in the entire league, in recent seasons, the Warriors' average three-point shots and shots per game have all ranked in the top five in the league, and the Warriors' current two leading stars, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, are super shooters with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, especially Stephen Curry's three-point shooting rate this season is even more than 45%, Curry's three-point shooting is not only accurate, but also has a large shooting range, Two meters beyond the three-point line is Curry's shooting range, so the three-point shot has always been the Warriors' winning weapon, in the series with the Nuggets, the Warriors can hit an average of 10 three-pointers per game, so Meng Xu's seemingly inadvertent ultra-long-distance three-pointer, in Mark Jackson's view, is Meng Xu's behavior of putting pressure on Curry.

"Is Meng Xu putting pressure on the Warriors and Stephen?"

After Meng Xu shot this ultra-long-distance three-pointer, not only the Warriors players on the court, but even Kenny Smith, who commented on Xi Shan on the sidelines, is now a little skeptical, there are many players who can shoot near the center circle, Curry of the Warriors and Meng Xu of the Spurs have this ability, but when they are warming up, they still throw the basketball into the opponent's basket, and Meng Xu's motive for doing this is somewhat debatable.

"I think Meng Xu should be just a simple whim, and he has no other intentions." After hearing Kenny Smith questioning Meng Xu's motives for this move, Reggie Miller immediately came out to play a round for Meng Xu, in Reggie Miller's opinion, with the strength of the Spurs, where can you use any psychological warfare with the Warriors, directly go up with a wave of A, and you can solve the Warriors in five games at most.

"I think today's game is very interesting, Meng Xu and Curry are both players with super three-point ability, especially their ultra-long-distance three-point is close to being incomprehensible, so I really look forward to seeing Meng Xu and Curry compete for three points." In the frantic cheers of the fans at the scene, Barkley, who was sitting between Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller, looked at Meng Xu and Curry on the court, and said with an expectant expression.

Just when the three commentators in the commentary seat were still discussing the trend of the game, the game on the field had already begun.

Today's representative of the Warriors is the 05 champion pick Andrew Bogut, as a champion pick, Andrew Bogut's performance after entering the NBA can only be said to be mediocre, far sorry for his draft pick, and the Spurs are still jumping on Tim Duncan's side, although Andrew Bogut and Duncan are about the same in height and weight, and they are younger than Duncan, but Andrew Bogut lost to Duncan without suspense when he jumped the ball.

After the Spurs got the first wave of possession, the Spurs players on the court began to advance rapidly, looking for loopholes for the Warriors on the defensive end, and the current Spurs are no longer the Spurs that only rely on the slow pace and iron-blooded defense of positional battles, so after the Spurs on the field are running, the Warriors who have been preparing for a long time have also begun to retreat at a very fast speed, and the Spurs' fast break is now very threatening.

The Warriors' starting lineup today is playmaking guard Stephen Curry, scoring guard Klay Thompson, small forward Harrison Barnes, power forward Draymond Green, center Andrew Bogut, this is a typical small-ball tactical lineup, and it is also a very young lineup, the oldest Andrew Bogut is only 28 years old this year, and the other four starters, Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green are both rookies who only entered the NBA this season, and Klay Thompson is a sophomore this year, The most experienced Stephen Curry has only been in the NBA for four seasons, so when Mark Jackson led such a team to the division semifinals, all kinds of praise followed, and this young Warriors were also dubbed the "Young Guard".

After Tony Parker advanced to the front court with the ball, he handed the basketball directly to Meng Xu, who was already waiting outside the three-point line on the left side, and after Meng Xu received the ball, Harrison Barnes, who was arranged by Mark Jackson to defend Meng Xu, took the initiative to post it, but Harrison Barnes, who had just stuck Meng Xu, couldn't help but feel fear and thoughts in his heart after seeing Meng Xu's extremely fierce eyes.

Harrison Barnes's physical condition is very good, lateral movement, strength, and athleticism are above the level, but his defensive prediction does not seem to be very good, after receiving the ball, Meng Xu, after leaning on Barnes sideways, just made a fake action of turning back, Barnes was out of position, and Meng Xu, who easily completed the turn, directly hoisted the ball to Duncan, who was facing him and had occupied a position near the paint area.

After receiving Meng Xu's pass, Duncan, with his back, feints, turned around, and Andrew Bogut, who was defending him, was clicked away, and Duncan, who turned around, used his signature stunt very calmly, hitting a board jumper, and after the shot, Duncan also waved his arm at Andrew Bogut, who was defending himself, as if in response to Bogut's provocation to him when he was stuck just now.

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