"Bruce Bowen's defense is very tenacious, but his body still suffers a little when facing Meng Xu!" Looking at Bruce Bowen, who was knocked away by Meng Xu again and again, pasted on it again and again, and then knocked away by Meng Xu again and again, Sean Elliott in the commentary seat, his brows were furrowed at the moment, and he was about to kill a fly. Bowen's attention on the defensive end is very concentrated, and he rarely eats feints, what he is best at is tough close defense, and like kraft candy, he can't pull it out if he gets it, and there are a lot of small actions, so many outside players with average ball-holding ability will be miserable by Bowen's defense. But Bowen's flaws are also obvious, that is, his physical fitness is average, more than two meters tall, and his weight of only 200 pounds is also a little thin, so when defending tall and strong players, and players with good back skills, Bowen will suffer very much. And Meng Xu is precisely a player with a strong body and excellent back skills, so in this game, Bowen was obviously a little difficult to defend Meng Xu.

"Taking advantage of the pause, Popovich made a substitution, replacing Bruce Bowen with No. 20 Ginobili." At the official timeout in the first quarter, Popovich made changes to the Spurs' lineup, first replacing David Robinson with Danny Feery, then replacing Bowen with Ginobili and Steve Smith for Stephen Jackson.

"I'm already looking forward to the next showdown between Manu and Meng Xu!" Looking at Ginobili, who walked onto the court and was already entangled with Meng Xu, Sean Elliott said with anticipation. Meng Xu and Ginobili were rookies in the same year, one was the last in the first round and the other was the last in the second round, but Ginobili never entered the NBA after being selected by the Spurs, and was not recruited by Popovich to the Spurs until he shined at this year's World Championships in Indiana and led Argentina to defeat the Dream Team. Ginobili, who first entered the league, although he did not play many times because of injuries, often played a game to adapt, and then rested for several games, but Ginobili still brought a lot of shock to the NBA, because his way of playing is too similar to Meng Xu, the kind of elusive breakthrough method, the unbelievable variety of crotch and back passes, and the step-back jumper are very similar to Meng Xu, but because Ginobili looks a little worse than Meng Xu in all aspects, Ginobili is also called"Meng Xu who is one size smaller".

"Manu, welcome to the NBA!" Looking at Ginobili who had already made a defensive posture behind him, with one hand on his waist and the other hand dragging his jersey, the corners of Meng Xu's mouth immediately flashed with a smile, as long as he met those legendary players who had met in the system space in the field, especially those who had taught Meng Xu's skills, Meng Xu would be extremely excited, today's game with the Spurs, Meng Xu is most looking forward to the showdown with Ginobili.

But seeing the long-haired Ginobili in front of him, Meng Xu also seemed to remember something, the Ginobili he met in the system was a bald man, could it really be like what Anna said, those who are often touched by Duncan will become bald? Thinking that this long-haired, handsome white guy in front of him would one day be touched by Duncan as a bald and sloppy uncle, Meng Xu looked at Ginobili with a trace of sympathy in his eyes.

However, Ginobili is unusually calm at the moment, Bowen's defensive ability, Ginobili is very clear, in the Spurs' daily training sessions, Ginobili will be embarrassed by Bowen's defense almost every time, but in today's game, Bowen has always been at a disadvantage when defending Meng Xu, and he can't restrain Meng Xu with all his might, so Ginobili is also extra careful now, staring intently at Meng Xu's every body movement, and at the same time thinking quickly in his mind, What kind of defense can make Meng Xu uncomfortable and reduce his offensive efficiency to the greatest extent.

Before the start of this game, Ginobili heard some things about Meng Xu from David Robinson, and Meng Xu's small habits in the game, Meng Xu likes to fight trash with the opposing players in the game, but there are not many small actions in the game, perhaps with Meng Xu's status and ability, he disdains to use small actions on the opposing players, but this does not mean that Meng Xu will not use small actions, according to David Robinson, Meng Xu is one of all the players he has seen, One of the most talented guys in learning small movements, and under the continuous training of himself and Avery Johnson, Sean Elliott, these old guys, Meng Xu has already reached the ultimate level in how to avoid small action injuries and counter small actions, David Robinson also gave Ginobili two examples, one is Sprewell of the New York Knicks, Sprewell, nicknamed "Crazy Man", wanted to black Meng Xu when Meng Xu went to the basket, but was beaten by Meng Xu with an elbow and a concussion, He was in a coma on the spot and lay in the hospital for half a month before coming out. There is also the unlucky ghost of the South Korean team, David Robinson can't even name him, when Meng Xu was shooting, he stepped on the instep of his foot with a strong kick, causing a fracture of the arch of the foot, and almost ruined his career, this is not what Meng Xu is powerful, Meng Xu's most powerful thing is that in these two conflicts, Meng Xu seems to have appeared as a victim, in Ma Long's words, I didn't use any force at all, it was they who took the initiative to hit my elbow with their heads.

"What's the situation? This is? Just after Meng Xu received the ball, leaning sideways on Ginobili, ready to play Ginobili with his back, but heard the referee not far from him blow the whistle in his mouth, after two consecutive whistles, the referee opened one hand in front of him, and the other hand clenched his fist to Meng Xu, after seeing the referee's gesture towards himself, Meng Xu was immediately a little confused, offensive foul? I go, what did I just do? This was blown for an offensive foul, and after subconsciously looking back, Meng Xu found that Ginobili, who was still holding himself behind his back just now, was lying on the ground at the moment, looking at himself innocently.

"Manu, you can do it." Meng Xu, who reacted, directly threw away the basketball in his hand and began to retreat towards the Pacers' halfcourt, and now Meng Xu reacted, why in the system space, Anna smiled and said that Ginobili was the "Argentine actor". Originally, Meng Xu was very much looking forward to the duel with Ginobili, but he didn't expect the first confrontation between the two to end with Meng Xu's offensive foul.

The current Spurs, and the Spurs when Meng Xu was there, have obvious differences in tactics, the more aging David Robinson can no longer afford the twin tower tactics, and after Meng Xu, the Spurs have never found an outside core that can score and organize, so the current Spurs are implementing a combination of internal and external tactics with Duncan as the core on the offensive end, which can maximize Duncan's lethality.

Tony Parker carried the ball through half court and, after an unsuccessful attempt, immediately handed the ball to Duncan near the paint field and asked him to single Jermaine O'Neal.

Because at the beginning of this game, Duncan played as much as he wanted, whether he was facing Jermaine O'Neal or Mutombo, so a few minutes after the game, Larry Bird adjusted the Pacers' defensive strategy, as long as Duncan received the ball, he was wrapped up with Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, as for the inclusion of Duncan, David Robinson was emptyed, with David Robinson's current physical condition, even if he was empty, his empty shooting was not as big as Duncan's damage to the Pacers. Perhaps Popovich also saw this, and in the second half of the first quarter, he replaced David Robinson with Danny Fee, a big man who shot well on 3 points, and pushed Duncan directly to the center position, and simply let Duncan take four shooters to play a combination of inside and outside tactics.

"Yes, that's the kind of breakthrough!" Duncan, who was trapped, immediately distributed the basketball to Danny Fee, who was not far from him, and Danny Ferry passed the basketball to Ginobili outside the 3-point line, but Ginobili did not choose to continue to pass the ball, but after shaking it in place for a while, he rushed directly to the basket, and after seeing Ginobili trying to use continuous changes of direction to get rid of Meng Xu's defense, Sean Elliott on the sidelines immediately became excited, using Meng Xu's best breakthrough method to break through Meng Xu's defense, just think about it, enough to get excited.

"This guy is really tough." Because Meng Xu had already fought Ginobili in the system, and Meng Xu also had this breakthrough skill, Ginobili was unable to get rid of Meng Xu's defense after two consecutive changes of direction. And Ginobili, who was blocked by Meng Xu, was also shocked at the moment, Meng Xu's feeling when he defended himself just now gave Ginobili a feeling that the two had already fought countless times, and his own breakthrough in Europe and the international arena was prevented by Meng Xu lightly.

"There's no way you're going to stop me." Although the continuous change of direction was blocked by Meng Xu, Ginobili did not give up, but relied on Meng Xu to continue to look for opportunities. And Meng Xu didn't take it lightly because he blocked Ginobili's two changes of direction, because Meng Xu knew that this skill could change direction 3 times in a row, while Ginobili had only changed direction twice just now.

"How so?" Just after Ginobili, who was attached to Meng Xu, took a horizontal step, Meng Xu found that his sixth sense skill was ineffective against Ginobili. This skill that can predict the opponent's next action 0.7 seconds in advance, after Ginobili took this step, there was no reaction at all, with Meng Xu's understanding of this skill, there is only one possibility now, that is, Ginobili takes this step at the same time, there are at least two or even three actions to choose from, and it is not a feint, there are really so many options, so the sixth sense skill can appear in front of the situation.

In the end, Meng Xu still made a choice, that is, to block Ginobili's breakthrough, because Meng Xu knew very well that it was very difficult to stop and shoot in the process of such a large change of direction, but to Meng Xu's surprise, Ginobili really stopped in the process of changing direction, and it stopped with the help of Meng Xu's body, due to Meng Xu's excellent judgment of Ginobili's change of direction, Meng Xu occupied an excellent defensive position in advance, and Ginobili, who was blocked by Meng Xu, leaned on Meng Xu's body, Halfway through the change of direction, he pulled his body back again, and at this moment, Meng Xu even felt that he heard the sound coming from Ginobili's ankle.

"Incredible, incredible, incredible!" Seeing Ginobili pull up his body in front of Meng Xu, complete the emergency stop and then retreat, the magic Johnson on the sidelines said three incredible things in a row, Ginobili's series of actions just now is really too anti-human, just listening to the loud noise made when Ginobili's shoes rub against the floor, I know what a perverted burden Ginobili's ankle has to bear with this action just now.

Although he did not get rid of Meng Xu's defense, Ginobili still used this series of actions to win the opportunity for himself to shoot, and after completing the retreat, while Meng Xu had not yet defended, Ginobili jumped up directly.

When Ginobili jumped, Meng Xu, who was more than a meter away, immediately took a step forward, jumped up and stretched his arms, wanting to block Ginobili's shot. But Meng Xu, who started obviously late, when the height of his palm just reached Ginobili's elbow, Ginobili had already completed the shot, but looking at Ginobili who was still in the air in a shooting posture, Meng Xu suddenly had a bad premonition, and after seeing the corners of Ginobili's slightly upturned mouth, Meng Xu understood that this guy must still want to make his own foul, but everything seems to be too late.

"Meng Xu was completely defeated this round?" With the whistle sounding, Ginobili in the air fell out hard, and the basketball in his hand flew in the direction of the basket before he fell from the air, just at the moment when Ginobili and Meng Xu landed successively, the referee made a gesture of Meng Xu's foul, following the offensive foul made by Ginobili just now, in this defense, Meng Xu not only did not prevent Ginobili's shot, but also was fouled by Ginobili.

"Manu, I think you should go to Hollywood to develop, not here, which will delay your good future as an actor." After Ginobili walked to the free throw line, Meng Xu, who was standing on the edge of the paint area, said dissatisfiedly to Ginobili, in the attack just now, Ginobili fell heavily on the floor, and I don't know how much effort Meng Xu used when he blocked Ginobili. The real situation is that after Meng Xu noticed that Ginobili was going to make his own foul, he made corresponding adjustments, and Meng Xu's palm probably just touched the hair on Ginobili's arm, and Ginobili fell out like an electric shock.

After hearing Meng Xu's sarcasm, Ginobili was obviously a little embarrassed, but Ginobili didn't say anything, didn't pay attention to Meng Xu at all, but continued to execute his free throws as if nothing had happened. But Duncan, who was standing diagonally opposite Meng Xu, stared at Meng Xu with his eyes and mouth, and looked at Meng Xu with a gloating face, and Meng Xu seemed to feel something, raised his eyebrows, and looked in the direction where Duncan was, and Duncan's face instantly lost any expression, staring at Meng Xu with cold eyes, as if to say, what do you think I do?