Chapter 159: A Season's Wait
"Erwin, the game isn't over yet, Pippen hit the shot, but the Spurs still have 2.4 seconds left." Looking at Magic Johnson, who was applauding Pippen, Michaels glanced at the timer and reminded him.
"Oh, yes, the Spurs need to call a timeout now. However, with the current state of the Spurs, it is difficult to beat the Trail Blazers in this game. Somewhat awkwardly seated, Magic Johnson began to change the subject. 2.4 seconds, 1 point behind, although many wonderful lores are born in this way, but behind these lore, how many are lore misses, even Jordan with the most lore, there are nearly 6 percent of the lore balls are lost, and other players, the lore ball hit rate can exceed 35% is already a big heart, but there seems to be one person who is an exception? The more critical the critical moment, the higher the hit rate, the magician shook his head, although this little guy is good enough, but in any way it can't compare to his old friend. Although Meng Xu has been handpicked by Larry Bird as his successor, Meng Xu is at least as far away from Larry Bird as San Antonio to Los Angeles.
"Boy, this ball is for you." After Pippen hit the ball, Popovich immediately called a timeout, and when Meng Xu walked off the court to the bench and passed by Pippen, Pippen, who was smiling, said to Meng Xu. In Pippen's heart, he still admires Meng Xu very much, because Pippen seems to see himself when he was young from this kid's body, full of vigor and never give up.
"Scott, it's not over yet." was shot by Pippen in front of him, Meng Xu was a little embarrassed, but after a short period of distraction, when the whistle sounded, Meng Xu was pleasantly surprised to find that the game was not over, as long as there was still time, he still had a chance to get back on the field, shaking his finger at Pippen, Meng Xu walked to the bench.
"Erwin, in your opinion, after this Spurs timeout, who will Popovich arrange for this last shot?" Looking at Popovich, who was surrounded by a group of Spurs players with a tactical board, Michaels and his partner began to discuss the Spurs' final shot.
"If I were the manager, I'd pick Tim, but it doesn't seem like there's enough time, and if you have five seconds or so, it's no problem to get the ball to Duncan." As a key gentleman in the history of the NBA, who can be ranked in the top 5 in terms of lore ability and number of lore, when Magic Johnson said this personal choice, it was completely unexpected by Michaels. But it seems that the magician's answer is equivalent to saying nothing.
"Why not Meng? Although Meng is still a rookie, he has already scored four times this season, and he is a natural killer. With a look of surprise on his face, Michaels asked rhetorically. This season, Meng Xu's shooting rate in the fourth quarter is much higher than that of the first three quarters of the game, and the more critical the moment, the higher his shooting rate will be, so far this season Meng Xu's 4 shots have all hit.
"It is precisely because of this that the Trail Blazers will definitely stare at Meng in the next offense, so for the sake of insurance, after Meng attracts the defensive attention of the Trail Blazers, another player should be selected to execute this last shot, although the hand of this game is not good, but whether it is Mario Elli or Sean Elliott, can be called a key gentleman." As the wave with the highest ball quotient in the league, Johnson once tried to coach the Lakers for a while, but after only playing more than 10 games, Johnson resigned, the reason is that Johnson thinks that he prefers to be the general manager and owner than being a head coach, but the Lakers have always been the Lakers' godfather Jerry West, so Magic Johnson has not been able to become the general manager of the Lakers as he wished.
"Erwin also makes sense, aren't you going to try to coach a team? Haven't you repeatedly expressed on TV how much envy your old friend Larry Bird? His team now leads the Knicks 2-1 and is likely to reach the Finals this season. ”
"Yes, I'm very envious of what he's achieved and I'm even looking forward to the day when I can lead a different team to the Finals, but obviously LA doesn't need me right now." The Magic said a little playfully, but it was difficult to hide the helplessness in his heart, if the Magic wanted to coach a team, then it could undoubtedly only be the Los Angeles Lakers, but the current Lakers obviously have no place for Magic.
"Well, the players from both teams are back on the pitch." Michaels also obviously saw the helplessness and loss in the magician's heart, and when he heard the whistle at the end of the timeout, he immediately changed the topic.
After the pause, the Spurs made substitution adjustments and replaced Avery Johnson with Marik Cross, Avery Johnson's shooting has always been a shortcoming, so at this moment, he can't be expected to play any amazing games, so now the Spurs have several players on the court are, Tim Duncan, Sean Elliott, Mario Elie, Meng Xu and Mari Cross. Marik Cross is in charge of serving the sideline, Duncan is standing near the paint area, and the rest of Meng Xu, Mario Eli and Sean Elliott are all near the 3-point line, and Meng Xu is the furthest away from Mari Cross, standing directly on the right side of the arc top.
On the Trail Blazers' side, only Rashid Wallace was left on the inside, and the rest of the people Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith, Stercy Ogmon, and Greg Anthony were all a group of very good swing guards, even Rasheed Wallace, who was a big forward with very good moving speed.
Marik Cross stood on the sidelines with his basketball held high, watching his teammates who were still pulling each other on the court, ready to start running. Sure enough, similar to the magician's expectation, due to the superiority of the number on the field, the Trailblazers directly implemented an unmanned trap on Meng Xu, Pippen and Steve Smith left and right, like two door gods, sandwiched Meng Xu in the middle.
When the whistle blew for the game, all the players on the court began to move, and Duncan, who was still near the paint area, directly mentioned the top of the arc, wanting to help Meng Xu get rid of the entanglement of Pippen and Steve Smith, while Mario Elli and Sean Elliott, one ran towards the bottom corner, and the other ran directly to the weak side, while raising his hands high and making catch-and-shoot movements.
With Duncan's help, he directly pushed away Steve Smith, Meng Xu ran a big step towards the center circle, and Marikrose's pass was very accurate to Meng Xu's hand.
When Meng Xu received the ball, he didn't make any adjustments, just a little to the left of the top of the arc, more than a meter away from the three-point line, he directly half-turned around and jumped out, in order to avoid Pippen's block, this time Meng Xu did not use Larry Bird's kind of shot very low, but tried to jump to the highest place to shoot, and at the same time his body also had a large back.
When Meng Xu shot at Pippen, almost all the fans in the stadium, including the benches of the two teams, and even the press seats, and the eyes of everyone in the commentary seat were attracted by the basketball thrown by Meng Xu.
Larry Bird's big heart skill, the additional state of I want to kill you, level 7 will directly increase the lore hit rate by 61%, that is to say, no matter how iron Meng Xu is, even if the first 10 shots are missed, as long as this state is activated, Meng Xu has at least a 61% chance of hitting this ball. So at this moment, after Meng Xu receives the ball, he must first avoid not being blocked, and then just throw the basketball in the direction of the basket.
When the basketball drew a very high arc with the eyes of the whole court, and with a hollow brush, Meng Xu once again shot a killer shot.
The Spurs players on the field pounced and pressed Meng Xu under him, and when the entire Alamo Stadium chanted Meng Xu's name, at this moment, Meng Xu was the center of the entire Alamo Stadium, and at this moment, Meng Xu had been waiting for a season.