Chapter 519
"LeBron, don't be discouraged, you are still young, the future belongs to your generation, what you have to do now is to grow up as soon as possible, don't wait until I am already retired before you come to challenge me." 106-83, the Pacers won the Cavaliers by more than 20 points, and when the whistle blew at the end of the game, Meng Xu, who was sitting on the bench, walked towards LeBron James, who was sitting under the basket, and Meng Xu walked to James's side and sat down, and patted him on the shoulder while comforting him.
After the loss to the Pacers, James was visibly frustrated, as the Cavaliers are now on a seven-game losing streak and haven't won a game since the feud between James and Ricky Davis began to come to the fore. And in today's game, James was also beaten solidly by Meng Xu, who was changed to a small forward, with 3 of 13 shots, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 turnovers, this is the data that James handed over in the first duel with Meng Xu, and Meng Xu was 15 of 26 shots from the field, scoring a season-high 45 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 steals.
Because of systematic reasons, Meng Xu can clearly know who will be his biggest opponent in the next few years, looking at the entire league, what can pose a threat to the Pacers in the next few years, that is, Duncan's Spurs, and O'Neal's Heat, and maybe the Pistons, but among these teams, none of them can resist their own outside players, the last game with the Heat is a good example, Meng Xu is completely crushing when facing several outside lines of the Heat, and this lack of opponents in the game, Undoubtedly very boring. In the current league, Kobe and Maddie can barely have a back and forth with themselves, in addition to the two of them, LeBron James has this potential, so no matter what aspect is considered, Meng Xu very much hopes that James can grow up early.
"Don't worry, I will definitely beat you!" James's idol in junior high school was Jordan, but since the second year of high school, he has unknowingly become Meng Xu, because he often trains with Meng Xu, James is also imitating Meng Xu's style of play intentionally or unintentionally, when James participated in the draft, the template formulated by the media for James was Meng Xu, and even the enhanced version of Meng Xu came out, and after James entered the league, he showed outstanding talent and a very similar style of play to Meng Xu, which also made James naturally named "Meng Xu's successor" Although James is not exclusive to this title, in James's heart, what he thinks about is how to beat Meng Xu and how to surpass him, but today's game between the Cavaliers and the Pacers also made James deeply aware of the gap between himself and Meng Xu.
"Well, that's fine, I'll wait for you."
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"Meng, congratulations, congratulations on your 16-game winning streak, and now that you're the only team in the entire league to maintain a winning streak, will you continue this streak?" After the Pacers defeated the Heat, the Pacers and the Mavericks became the only two remaining teams that still maintained a winning record, but just before the end of the game between the Pacers and the Cavaliers, in another key battle that started half an hour earlier, the Mavericks lost to the Timberwolves in back-to-back away games, and the 15-game winning streak was ended. Just after Meng Xu, who was attending the post-match press conference, sat down, the reporters on the scene began to ask questions, and Paul Silas, as the host, was directly ignored by these reporters, after all, as the head coach of a fish belly team and a loser, Paul Silas simply did not have what they needed.
"Of course we want to win all the time, but basketball is round after all, anything can happen on the court, so what we can do is to face every game with all our strength as usual, and try to win every game." After winning the Cavaliers, the Pacers have won 16 in a row, and there are not a few games left from the longest winning streak in the history of the Pacers, so all the players in the Pacers team are now holding back their energy, wanting to refresh this record, or even to impact the Bucks' 20-game winning streak, but if you want to think about it, the goal is the goal, and it is still necessary to save character in a low-key manner.
And for Meng Xu, there is one of the biggest benefits of breaking this record, that is, the regular season MVP, after being crowned the regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons, Meng Xu's hope of continuing to win this season is very slim, even if the Pacers win 60 wins again and win the league's first record again, Meng Xu will not have any advantage in the selection of regular season MVP. Unless the Pacers can go further on last season's record of 62 wins, get more than 65 wins, or even 70 wins, Meng Xu will not be able to continue to win the regular season MVP, of course, if the Pacers continue to win the league's first record, Meng Xu can lead the Pacers to break the Bucks' 20-game winning streak, and the hope of winning the regular season MVP will be greatly increased. Then this season's regular season MVP is basically in Meng Xu's bag.
However, for the reporters on the scene, Meng Xu's answer obviously could not satisfy them, they very much hoped that Meng Xu could shout loudly, we are running for 20 consecutive wins, 30 consecutive wins, as long as Meng Xu dares to say so, tomorrow's sales will definitely rise.
"Meng, the Pacers are in very good shape right now, only four games away from a 20-game winning streak, do you think you can break the 20-game winning streak?" With the discipline of this group of guys, they will definitely not give up just like that, and the second reporter who asked the question still refused to give up and was entangled in this issue.
"For all players who enter the NBA, a championship is the highest honor, but in addition to championships, there are also honors that every player wants to be able to obtain or participate in, and 33 consecutive wins and 20 consecutive wins are one of them, so we will spare no effort to work towards the goal!"
Although Meng Xu's answer is not so straightforward, but for this reporter who is good at chasing the wind and shadows, and even distorting the facts, as long as Meng Xu has this meaning between the lines, it is enough, and even some reporters have even thought of tomorrow's title, a little bit of discipline, may write that the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers, pointing to 20 consecutive wins! and so on, as for those who don't have any discipline at all, they will definitely write a title like Meng Xu's bold statement to break the 33-game winning streak.
After the game with the Cavaliers, the Pacers all the games in November were over, in 11 games in November, the Pacers won all of them, relying on the excellent record of the Pacers, and Meng Xu averaged 31 points, 11.3 rebounds, 13 assists per game triple-double data, Meng Xu won the seventh career Player of the Month of the month.
After the game against the Cavaliers, the Pacers returned to Indianapolis, and after a two-day break, the Pacers will start a new journey, and the games in December have been very intensive, and this year is no exception, except for two home games at the beginning of the month and two at the end of the month, the Pacers' remaining 10 games in December are all on the road, and what is even more terrifying is that there are only six back-to-back games. However, there is also good news, that is, the Pacers can finally have a comfortable Christmas this year, perhaps because the league takes into account aesthetic fatigue, this year's Christmas war finally did not have the Pacers and Lakers, and instead of the three games, namely the Rockets vs. the Heat, the Mavericks vs. the Kings, and the Cavaliers vs. the Magic. The Rockets and the Heat, the Mavericks and the Kings are both wonderful matchups with strong dialogues, the "Yao Shark Showdown" between Yao Ming and O'Neal, and the second-largest forward battle between Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber are undoubtedly very eye-catching, but in comparison, the game between the Magic and the Cavaliers is a little shabby, and the Magic, who was fifth in the East last season, has directly become the bottom of the league this season, and the current record is only 1-15, which can be said to be miserable. The Cavaliers who selected the champion to sign also obviously lived up to the high expectations of the league, after the start of 4-5, it was directly a wave of 7 consecutive defeats, and the current record of 4-12 is only the second-to-last in the East ahead of the Magic, although there are still some days before the Christmas War, but there is no doubt that this upcoming "rookie peck" will definitely become a failure of this season's Christmas War, but the schedule of the regular season has already been formulated, even if the league's top management is very unhappy, there is no way to make changes now.
"Sister Hui, why are you buying so many things?" As soon as he got off the plane, Meng Xu, who ran straight home, was shocked by the large and small boxes in the center of the living room the moment he opened the door.
"Isn't Christmas coming, just when I'm free these days, I'll buy the things I need in advance, and I won't have time to save time, by the way, we still have a Christmas tree left, and this task will be handed over." He Hui, who saw Meng Xu coming back, also stopped, and stroked his hair while walking towards Meng Xu.
"Sister Hui, are you going to invite a lot of people to our house for Christmas?" Looking at those large and small boxes, Meng Xu was thinking, this year's Christmas, He Hui should be ready to invite many people to spend it together.
"What are so many people asking for, just the two of us. I finally had the opportunity to spend Christmas at home, and I found a lot of people to come, which was a lot of trouble. ”
"Good!" I don't know why, when he heard He Hui say that it was just the two of us, Meng Xu suddenly felt a lot more comfortable. In fact, if you think about it carefully, Meng Xu has been in the United States for so many years, but he hasn't had a few Christmases, especially after entering the NBA, he played three years of Christmas in four seasons, although Meng Xu is not very interested in this holiday, but it is also one of the most important holidays in the United States, and it is also very good to stay at home and enjoy a few relaxing holidays in the intensive schedule.