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"In this series, Meng has too many shots from the outside, right?" On May 24, after the first game against the Trail Blazers and just one day of rest, Game 2 of the series kicked off again. After breaking the record for half-court 3-pointers in the playoffs in the last game, Meng Xu seemed to want to break this record again in this game, making 6 3-pointers in the first quarter alone, but only hitting two of them.

"Yes, Meng showed his very good breakthrough ability in the series with the Lakers, but for some reason, until now, Meng Xu has not made a breakthrough in the game with the Trail Blazers."

"Maybe this is Popovich's tactical arrangement, after the last game, some experts claimed that the Spurs actually played a triangle offensive strategy in the game against the Trail Blazers." After Michaels' words, Magic Johnson was also a little puzzled, in the series between the Spurs and the Lakers, Meng Xu's breakthrough caused great difficulties to the Lakers, and the breakthrough tactics with Meng Xu as the core also played a great role, but Popovich put this simple and practical tactic not to use, and had to imitate Phil Jackson's triangle offense, although the players on the Spurs court imitated the same, but the Magic knew very well that the Spurs' tactics on the court were really a bit nondescript. Because whether it is the Bulls or the Lakers, there is a very capable finisher, and now there are several players on the Spurs court, who is the finisher? With Duncan's ability, he is fully qualified for the role of a planner in the triangle attack, but it is not enough to have a strategy, who will finish the game?

In this game, Mike Dunwilly changed the defensive tactics against the Spurs in the last game, using Arvidas Sabonis and Jermaine O'Neal to defend Tim Duncan in turn, and never wrapped Duncan, while guarding several of the Spurs' outside shots, especially defending their outside shots.

"Meng's shooting was too casual." Seeing Meng Xu facing this Scottie Pippen's defense, after taking a direct horizontal step to jump on the spot and shooting, Popovich on the sidelines also shook his head, just now, on the left side of Meng Xu, Mario Elie had already run out of the vacant position, and compared with Meng Xu, who was tightly entangled by Scottie Pippen, Mario Elie's chances were obviously better.

"Greg, haven't you always taught me to take a long-term view? I think that although Meng's style of play is becoming more and more selfish from these two games, it is still manageable, and in the long run, it is not a bad thing. For some reason, Mike Budenholzer has always felt that Popovich was too spoiled by Meng Xu. The goal just now, if it were Shaun Elliott or Mario Eli, with Popovich's character, would have been scolded. And Meng Xu made a move this time, and Popovich just shook his head to express his dissatisfaction.

"Mike, what do you mean?" Hearing his assistant say such things, Popovich was also a little confused, Popovich has always wanted to shape Meng Xu into Scottie Pippen and Grant Hill, the kind of selfless style of playing, although Meng Xu's current 3-point ability is also very much needed by the Spurs, and his shooting percentage has always been good, so Popovich is only a little worried, once Meng Xu likes the feeling of crazy scoring, he will gradually drift away from the road he planned for him. So from the second half of the season, no matter how crucial the game is, as soon as Meng Xu's score is close to 30 points, Popovich will replace him and let him calm down.

"The Spurs only need one core." After Mike Budenholzer said this, he kept staring into Popovich's eyes, Popovich's future plan for Meng Xu, Mike Budenholzer does not know, but now one thing is certain is that Meng Xu's tactical position in Popovich's heart must be above Sean Elliott or even Avery Johnson.

"yes, one core is enough." After hearing his assistant's words, Popovich also felt that he was suddenly enlightened at the moment, Duncan is still young, his peak is at least 10 years left, and it is indeed too early to start training a spare tire to replace him. Duncan is a player with his own offensive and defensive system, and only by building a team around Duncan can he play his greatest role, but now there is another player with his own offensive system in the Spurs' lineup, and Popovich subconsciously wants to integrate the two of them together, but Popovich also knows that it is impossible for two players with their own systems to achieve seamless connection, and only one of them can make sacrifices to achieve this purpose. And Popovich wants to copy the Bulls' triangle offense in the Spurs, in fact, he is trying to integrate Duncan and Meng Xu's method, but now it seems that under the framework of the triangle offense, neither Meng Xu nor Duncan can play their true abilities. In the last game, although Meng Xu got the highest personal score in the playoffs, in Popovich's opinion, Meng Xu's performance was actually extremely bad, not only did the defensive end become worse than before, but also the ability to connect teammates was almost gone. Although Duncan had a career-high 14 assists, Popovich could also see that Duncan was clearly struggling that game.

The series with the Lakers is a good example, when the Spurs implement the breakthrough tactic with Meng Xu as the core, Duncan's deterrence will be greatly reduced, and in this tactic, Duncan's role is not as good as that of Sean Elliott, Duncan, who has been staying under the basket, will bring difficulties to Meng Xu's breakthrough, and David Robinson will return next season, will the Spurs' interior line still have room for Meng Xu to break through? Even if it breaks through, who will the basketball be given to? Similarly, when the Spurs return to the tactics with Duncan as the core, there is no need for Meng Xu to break through at all, and in the combination of internal and external tactics, the role of a 3-point shooter is far greater than that of a breakthrough player. And what Meng Xu is doing on the field now is actually a sacrifice, a sacrifice made in order to better fulfill Duncan.

"Well, if only he were the one in the first half of the season." Although he said so, Popovich didn't want Meng Xu to become the Meng Xu who could only defend and couldn't even shoot. In fact, to put it bluntly, Popovich's current troubles are the troubles of happiness. Originally, it was expected that Meng Xu's role should be similar to that of Bruce Bowen of the Heat, with excellent outside defense and a certain amount of outside shooting ability, but as time goes by, Meng Xu's growth rate is getting faster and faster, and Popovich's standards for Meng Xu have become Pippen and Hill.

"Maybe we can try to get him to learn Reggie Miller's style of play." With Duncan's Spurs, there is no need for Pippen at all, and the star who can really achieve 1+1>2 with Duncan is Reggie Miller's style, with excellent running ability, accurate shooting, and no need for the ball, well, in fact, this kind of player is what any team needs.

"Try it." Although Popovich wanted to take a bite, he was telling himself in his heart that it was actually very unfair to Meng Xu to do this, Meng Xu is still young, he is at the beginning of his career, and he is the most shaped time, what kind of playing style he shapes at this time, then what kind of style he will form in the future. But if Meng Xu is shaped into a playing style like Reggie Miller, then Meng Xu, who has lost his own system, will really lose the opportunity to become a supergiant in the future.

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Because Mike Dunwilly implemented the tactics of not including Duncan, Duncan performed very well in this game, with 42 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game, but because the Spurs' outside line was under the high-intensity defense of the Trail Blazers, the collective lost its touch, Sean Elliott shot 3 of 11, Mario Elie shot 2 of 7, and Avery Johnson shot 3 of 9, and was once again blown up by the Trail Blazers in addition to the bench lineup, and finally in this game, the Spurs lost to the Trail Blazers 87-93 away. Meng Xu shot 6-of-12, 4-of-9 from 3-point range, and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, contributing 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 assist.

After winning this game, the Trail Blazers moved the big score to 1-1, but the next two games will be played on the home court of the Spurs, and if they can't win one of the two away games, then the Trail Blazers' path to promotion is really dangerous. Reading, a better reading experience.