Chapter 3: Defeat

"Boy, what a coward, can't you attack once with the ball. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 As this year's champion favorite, Brand is extremely proud, Meng Xu's two consecutive steals on himself were regarded as a great insult by Brand, and he wanted to get back on the court, and educate this bastard at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but this kid didn't attack with the ball at all.

If Meng Xu knew what Brand was thinking at the moment, he would definitely shout wronged, not that I didn't want to attack with the ball, but that our team's guards didn't pass the ball to me, the two substitute guards were more than one wave, anyway, the score was behind, and there was no hope of catching up, they were all random shots, and the sound of iron was heard all over the court, but fortunately, Meng Xu grabbed 2 frontcourt rebounds in a row, and the score did not open further.

"Mine." With the sound of iron, Meng Xu once again judged the right landing point of the rebound in advance, and lightly jumped a frontcourt rebound.

In the face of Brand's constant taunts, Meng Xu had no choice, except for the two steals at the opening end of the defensive end, no matter how hard Meng Xu tried, he couldn't withstand Brand, and was scored two goals with his back in a row by Brand. On the offensive end, Meng Xu's teammates ignored him as if they had discussed it, and didn't pass the ball to Meng Xu at all, even if he wanted to play Brand to get back on the field, there was no way. After grabbing the frontcourt rebound this time, Meng Xu did not pass to his teammates again, but hovered around the area near the free throw line with the ball, choosing to attack by himself.

"Haha, boy, that's right, come and attack, let me teach you how to block, I'm sure you'll thank me." Brand was one meter in front of Meng Xu, his arms outstretched, and he smiled evilly. Brand's teammates all pulled away and let the two go head-to-head.

"Actually, I'd rather learn trash talk from you." Meng Xu slapped the basketball, stared at Brand, and calculated in his heart, whether it was a breakthrough or a shot, Meng Xu's shooting rate in the free throw line area in training was still good.

"What?" Brand was stunned for a moment, a little unsure of what Meng Xu meant.

Taking advantage of the moment when Brand was stunned, Meng Xu quickly shot and hit the basketball hollow. This time the shooting was very slow, and Meng Xu didn't jump high, so he would definitely eat hot pot if he was someone else's defense, but Brand was far away from Meng Xu, and he was a little distracted, so he could only watch Meng Xu hit this shot.

Looking up at the scoreboard, 61-48, the clock is still more than 6 minutes, a difference of 13 points, maybe there is still a chance, his first game can't end like this.

With the ball hit, Coach Odom called a short timeout, "Darryls? You replace Pete, and after you come on the court, you defend Brand, resist him, don't let him get close to the penalty area, and you help defend on the sidelines, wrap him, and cut him off from the outside players. Robert, you replace Irving, you're the best scorer on our team, don't hesitate when you get the chance. Meng don't fight with Brand under the basket, run more, pull out and do a pick-and-roll with Robert, I remember you hit a decent percentage near the free throw line, like you just did. "Coach Odom pulled the players to his side one by one and laid out the tactics one by one.

When the whistle blew, the two teams returned to the game, Wake Forest replaced all the substitutes except Meng Xu, while Duke University did not make substitutions, obviously the old K coach thought that the 13-point difference, Wake Forest could not turn the tables.

Brand attacked with the ball again, but this time it was Darryls who defended him? Sangella, as Duncan's main center, the team's main center, Sangeira is not covered, Brand beat Sangella, but Sangeira did not move, Meng Xu quickly stepped forward to wrap up, Brand wanted to pass the ball to the outside in a hurry, but was cut off by Meng Xu, Meng Xu got the basketball and passed directly to Robert, although the deviation was a bit big, fortunately, there was really no one in the backcourt, Robert got the basketball and scored an easy layup, and the point difference narrowed again.

Compared with the domineering leak detection on the defensive end, Meng Xu seemed a little helpless on the offensive end, under Brand's close defense, Meng Xu had some difficulty connecting the ball, and he barely pulled to the free throw line to shoot but hit the iron, Meng Xu also lamented in his heart, his poor 55-point shooting attribute.

It was Duke University's turn to attack, and after point guard Steve Wojciechhowski quickly advanced the ball through the halfcourt, he handed it directly to Brand, and let Brand single again, Brand dribbled directly into the interior, and turned his back to easily pass the defense himself? Sangella, just as Brand jumped up and was about to dunk, Meng Xu suddenly came out from the wing and gave Brand a steaming hot pot.

"Fatty, watch your back." Looking at Meng Xu's cheap smile, Brand almost couldn't control himself.

"Calm down, Elton." Looking at Brand, who wanted to rush up, Wojciechhovsky hugged Brand from behind.

"Boy, this cap is amazing." Robert rushed up and hugged Meng Xu and shouted excitedly.

The game continued, Duke sent the sideline ball, Sangeira was entangled with Brand, Meng Xu was also on the side ready to wrap at any time, the basketball went to Wojciechovsky's hands, Brand was sandwiched by two people, it was very difficult to catch the ball, Wojciechovsky could only choose to play alone, there was no good chance to walk around with the ball, seeing that the 36-second offensive time was about to end, he could only hurriedly shoot outside the 3-point line, because there was no time to adjust before the shot, he shot a 3 no, and the rebound was grabbed by Sangeira.

"Alas, my physical strength is still too poor." After less than 5 minutes of fighting, Meng Xu was already out of breath and shouting.

This attack, Meng Xu didn't even touch the ball, Robert faced a defender who was a cut shorter than himself, and easily hit a 3-pointer, Duke's backup guard defense was too poor, the speed couldn't keep up with Robert, and the height was also a lot worse, so he was directly ignored by Robert.

Robert hit a 3-pointer, the old Coach K directly called a timeout, in less than 4 minutes, Wake Forest played a small climax of 13 to 4, the difference has narrowed to 8 points, 5 minutes 8 points gap, not too safe, Coach K directly replaced all the main forces, this game is the last game of the league, although it does not affect the final ranking, if it is reversed, but it is very demoralizing, and it will even affect the next knockout round, Duke University must go all out to win this game.

After the pause, the situation on the court reversed instantly, Duke University's strength was obviously higher than Wake Forest, the scene was once again the same one-sided as the first half, Duke's scoring guard Trajan Langton hit two 3-pointers in a row, and the difference was opened again, and Robert was directly frozen by Jeff Capel on the opposite side, Jeff Capel moved well, and his height did not suffer, and Robert was only 3 of 11 shots defended by Jeff Capel in the first half.

"Well, it looks like we're going to have to contact next year's new players early." Looking at the performance of the team on the field, Coach Odom, who had just ignited a glimmer of hope in his heart, fell into a depression again.

"Coach, it's over." Tim Duncan said helplessly.

"yes, Wake Forest doesn't have a chance, their offense is too poor." Popovich turned his head and said, "Tim, I hope you can convince that No. 5 to participate in this year's draft." ”

"Coach, are you sure he has what it takes to get into the NBA? His anticipation and defensive attitude were really good, but he was too thin and his offense was too poor, and he was completely blocked by Brand and Capel. Duncan looked at his coach in surprise.

"He's really skinny and he's very poor offensively, but it doesn't matter, we've got you, David, Johnson, we're not short of scorers, we're missing an outside defender, and from this half-quarter, the No. 5 is more than capable of it. What I admire most about him is his defensive attitude, Wake Forest is 15 points behind, but he's still working hard defensively, fighting for every ball, and that's the kind of player we need at Spurs. Popovich said, staring at Duncan. And most importantly, with the talent he's showing right now, after two years in the NCAA, he's perfectly in the lottery in the future, and it's no surprise that we won't be in the top 20 for the next few years.

"Well, I see, I'll go find him after the game." What Popovich meant, Duncan fully understands that with Meng Xu's current strength, if he participates in the draft this year, it will not necessarily be the second round that the team wants, and the Spurs can easily sign him this year.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the first professional match, rewarding 100 experience points, 100 points, and a 10-hour special training card." With the whistle at the end of the game, electronic sounds echoed in Meng Xu's ears.

In this game, the host scored 6 points, 1 assist, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 block, and earned a total of 54 experience points and 54 points. If the host's performance is rated as E, they will be rewarded with an additional 5 points of 5 XP. ”

"Congratulations to the host for reaching level 3, gaining 10 attribute points and 2 skill points."

"Well, it's not without gain." Meng Xu shook his head, walked to the locker room like a defeated rooster, and was full of pride when he came on the field, wanting to turn the tide and save the team, but he didn't expect to be beaten back to the prototype in a few minutes, maybe every player's first game is like this, Meng Xu had to comfort himself.