Chapter 595: Warriors
"Meng Xu got the wrong script today, right?" Watching Meng Xu break through to the basket again, after attracting the Mavericks' pinch, he passed the basketball to the outside, and James Posey, who received Meng Xu's pass, missed three points, and after passing the ball, Meng Xu, who was still under the basket, pressed Sean Bradley to grab a frontcourt rebound, Michaels on the commentary bench was almost a little speechless, the Pacers and the Mavericks are now playing extremely fiercely, you have a ball, I have a goal alternately leading, but Meng Xu, as the core of the Pacers and the top scorer, has no consciousness to stand up and score, but obsessed with frontcourt rebounds and can't extricate himself, before the half of the game is over, he has already grabbed almost 10 frontcourt rebounds, if it weren't for Meng Xu's skin and face are really very recognizable, Michaels would even wonder if Jermaine O'Neal or Mutombo was wearing the wrong jersey.
"This kid, is he trying to 。。。。。。。?" Unlike Michaels, who is still confused, Magic Johnson has now seen some clues, but Magic Johnson did not say it, but sighed in a low voice, the pressure on the Mavericks on the Pacers is still too small, if it were the Lakers in the first two finals, this kid would definitely not and would not dare to do this, this is the finals, and it is such a crucial game, that is, Meng Xu, and the guy who snatched the league's first human rod from his own hands back then, Dare to be so unscrupulous in the finals.
"Today's game was a bit incredible!" With the whistle, the first half of the game was all over, 49-48, relying on Dirk Nowitzki's final whistle jumper, the Mavericks overtook the Pacers again at the end of the first half, ending the first half with a one-point lead.
"Yes, the Mavericks are playing on par with the Pacers on the road, especially Dirk Nowitzki's performance today, Tyshawn Prince, James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points in the first half under the rotation of the Pacers' three defensive giants!"
Today's game, it can be said that in the whole series, the two sides played an inextricable game in the real sense, although the current score of the two sides is 3 to 2, but most people can see that the Mavericks are obviously inferior to the Pacers in terms of overall strength and control of the situation, if it were not for the alliance's dark box operation, the Mavericks would have been swept out of the game, the first three games of the series, the Pacers were pressing the Mavericks almost from beginning to end, and the next two games, subject to the foul crisis, The Pacers also failed to play their true strength, basically falling behind at the beginning of the game, and until the end of the game, they were unable to chase the difference to within 5 points. But today's game is different from the previous five games, especially in the second quarter of the two sides, the Pacers and Mavericks alternately lead, and the point difference has always been kept within 3 points, no one can completely control the situation on the court, and the two sides are always in an evenly matched position.
On the Mavericks' side, Dirk Nowitzki's hands are hot today, and all kinds of difficult step-back jumpers can be hit, no matter who the defender in front of him is, as long as he receives the basketball, then the defender can only look at the ball and sigh.
As for the Pacers' side, although Meng Xu has broken through a lot more, most of Meng Xu's breakthroughs ended in points, and the data of 12 points and 6 assists at the end of the first half can only be regarded as decent for Meng Xu, but Meng Xu grabbed 14 rebounds in the first half today, of which only the frontcourt rebounds reached an astonishing 9, and the 9 frontcourt rebounds in the half game are also the highest record of the NBA in the finals since entering modern times. Meng Xu set a new record.
"Meng, after the start of the second half, the Mavericks will definitely relax their defense against you, so it's time for you to step up your individual offense." Before everyone walked into the locker room, Rick Carlisle grabbed Meng Xu, took the tactical board, and arranged the tactics for the second half to him, since the era of Larry Bird, Meng Xu has always had a very high degree of freedom in the Pacers' tactical system, basically how to play comfortably, how to play how he wants, and after Rick Carlisle took office, although the team's tactics were adjusted to a certain extent, in order to get the support of Meng Xu, he quickly gained a foothold in the Pacers, Rick Carlisle's attitude towards Meng Xu is basically bad with Larry Bird, unless the team really comes to the point where it can't be changed, Rick Carlisle generally won't interfere too much with Meng Xu's style of play on the field.
"yes, I see." After nodding to Rick Carlisle, Meng Xu sat down in front of his locker, originally Meng Xu planned to grab a wave of rebounds in the first three quarters, and by the way, he was sending a few assists and picking up a few wallets, but now that the head coach has made demands on himself, then Meng Xu had to make a slight adjustment to his plan, while wiping the sweat on his head that had not yet dried, Meng Xu glanced in the direction of Jermaine O'Neal's locker, and then whispered: "Dude, I'm sorry, The manager won't let me brush the frontcourt board, so I'll have to grab your backcourt board. “
'Ahh Jermaine O'Neal, who was wiping his sweat, suddenly sneezed, and then looked at Meng Xu very vigilantly, after seeing that Meng Xu was also looking at himself, Jermaine O'Neal felt **tight, why did Meng Xu look at me with such eyes? Is there some intention? Looks like I need to be careful!
After a short break and a hot dance with the hot cheerleaders, the second half of the game resumed, and unlike the previous game, the Pacers and Mavericks fielded their main lineups at the start of the second half.
After the start of the game, the Mavericks, who took the lead in attacking, first completed a pick-and-roll cooperation by Steve Nash and Antoine Jamison, who got rid of Meng Xu through the pick-and-roll, and passed the basketball to Dirk Nowitzki on the left side of the court when he broke through halfway.
Although Tyshawn Prince began to defend Dirk Nowitzki around the front after the start of the second half, Nowitzki still used his physical advantage to receive a pass from Steve Nash after half-turning the chair of Tyshawn Prince, perhaps because the halftime break affected the feel, Dirk Nowitzki's step-back jumper did not hit, but after hitting the front of the basket, it bounced out.
At halftime, Meng Xu, who was ready to "protect" a few more backcourt rebounds, quickly ran towards the basket after seeing Dirk Nowitzki shoot, ready to "protect" the backcourt rebound as soon as Nowitzki missed.
However, when judging the point of the rebound, Meng Xu had a slight deviation and failed to grab the backcourt rebound in time, but Shaun Bradley, who had been dangling under the basket for a long time, picked up the leak.
"Finally made me wait for this opportunity!" Sean Bradley, who grabbed the frontcourt rebound, grabbed the basketball and took a step, it was a powerful one-handed split, although it was just a simple split, but this dunk had a different meaning for Shaun Bradley, because this was Sean Bradley's first frontcourt rebound in this game, and it was also a dunk lost by Sean Bradley in the entire series, and this time after grabbing the rebound in the front court, the split dunk also made Sean Bradley breathe a bad breath.
"Sean, well done!" After coming off the basket, teammates who were closer to Shaun Bradley high-fived Shaun Bradley in celebration, and the hot-headed Shaun Bradley then made a decision that made him chagrin for life.
"Ah。。。。。。h Sean Bradley, who was celebrating with his teammates, waved his fist when he passed by Meng Xu when he retreated, and then roared at Meng Xu a few times, which can be regarded as a demonstration or a provocation.
"Interesting." Meng Xu, who was about to pick up James Posey's bottom ball, saw Shaun Bradley who was yelling at him with a hideous face, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a smile, these days, it is really rare for players to dare to provoke Meng Xu, I have to say that Sean Bradley is really a warrior! And Meng Xu admires warriors the most.