"Meng, you're a little different today, aren't you? Are you scared? Hahaha. Kobe Bryant, who threw a difficult step-back jumper, provoked Meng Xu with a proud face when he passed by Meng Xu's side, the first quarter of the game was not over, Kobe Bryant had already scored 11 points, and Meng Xu only scored 5 points now, so after the provocation, Kobe Bryant also said again: "11 to 5, 11 to 5!" “

The biggest attraction of this game between the Pacers and the Lakers is not the strong dialogue between the first in the West and the second in the East, but the battle for the scoring title between Meng Xu and Kobe, as the two players who have won all the scoring titles in the past 6 seasons, as the top two players in the scoring rankings this season, the direct dialogue between Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant has also been predicted by many bricks to be a wonderful scoring battle, and even some media are very exaggerated that the matchup between Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant, It will also be a battle of kings.

But the process of the game is completely different from the predictions of these bricks, Kobe Bryant is the same as they predicted, showing a strong desire to score at the beginning of the game, the Lakers four offenses at the beginning of the first quarter, all of which were completed by Kobe, played 8 minutes in the first quarter, Kobe Bryant's shots reached 10 times, but Meng Xu was a big disappointment, except for two shots when he was empty, most of the rest of the time, Meng Xu was passing the ball for his teammates, Use your own running position to help your teammates tear up space.

Although Kobe Bryant and Meng Xu have a good relationship in private, but Kobe Bryant has never been convinced by Meng Xu, there was no way before, his teammates were not strong, every time he played with the Pacers, the Lakers mostly ended in failure, but now it is different, after two seasons of operation, the Lakers already have the strength to challenge the Pacers, and Kobe Bryant also very much hopes to be able to teach Meng Xu in today's game, as a rehearsal for the finals, in Kobe's mind, he has only one opponent now, That is Meng Xu's pacers, in addition, whether it is the Big Three of the Green Army or the Big Three of the Suns, Kobe Bryant doesn't take them seriously. But Meng Xu was very faceless, even if Kobe and Fisher took the initiative to change positions, defended Meng Xu one-on-one, and kept provoking Meng Xu with trash talk, Meng Xu still didn't make a move.

"11 to 5? It's 16 to 18, no, it's going to be 16 to 21. When Kobe Bryant used the individual scores of both sides to sarcastically mock Meng Xu, Meng Xu unceremoniously used the current scores of the two teams to hit back Kobe, Kobe's continuous scoring looks very uplifting, but Kobe Bryant is not very efficient under the defense of Tyshawn Prince, and the Pacers' side is to repeatedly misplace Fisher, whether it is Tyshawn Prince or James Posey, they can use their height and weight advantage to eat Fisher, so in the scores of both sides, The Pacers have always had the upper hand.

"This bastard." Kobe Bryant, who was still proud just now, instantly pulled down his face after hearing Meng Xu's response, Kobe Bryant wanted to win Meng Xu very much, and even sometimes dreamed about it at night, so after listening to Meng Xu's words, Kobe instantly heard Meng Xu's words.

"Reggie, do you think this attack, Meng will attack by himself? We saw that Kobe Bryant had been pestering him by his side, and he still had words in his mouth, as if he was saying something to Meng Xu. After Kobe Bryant hit a difficult step-back jumper, Kenny Smith in the commentary bench was also a little uncontrollable, hoping to see Meng Xu hit back at Kobe Bryant in his own way.

"Kenny, I'm sure you, Meng will still choose to pass the ball this offense, have you forgotten the New York Times stats and analysis?" Before Reggie Miller could speak, Charles Barkley took the lead in jumping out, about the New York Times statistics sheet that Barkley said, in fact, it was Meng Xu who took out a special black Meng Xu after he crazy got a triple-double this season, and in that statistics sheet, the New York Times took a painstaking count of Meng Xu's scoring distribution in the whole game, especially before and after getting a triple-double, after some misty statistics, the New York Times finally came to a conclusion, That is, Meng Xu rarely shoots when rebounds and assists are not double-doubled, and once Meng Xu's rebounds and assists are double-doubled, then Meng Xu will hold on to the basketball and not let go until he scores more than 30 points.

Just when Barkley looked at the deflated Reggie Miller and laughed, Meng Xu, who arrived in the front court with the ball, did not hand the basketball directly to Tyshawn Prince to let him go to the wrong single Fisher as in the previous game, but leaned sideways on Kobe, and after two consecutive tops, he quickly turned around in front of Kobe Bryant and stepped back to make a three-point shot.

"16 to 21." After the shot, Meng Xu smiled at Kobe and said something that made Kobe angry: "Kobe, as long as I want to score, no one can stop me, including you." “

"Meng Xu hit a three-point shot under Kobe's defense, and the Lakers couldn't stop the Pacers' offense at all." After Meng Xu's three-point shot, Reggie Miller on the commentary bench was also very excited, and after shouting two words loudly, he shifted his gaze to Barkley, looking at the current expression of Barkley, who was still talking wildly just now, Reggie Miller was more relieved.

"Well, Meng Xu hit a three-point shot, and the difference between the two sides was widened to 5 points, and Phil Jackson directly called a timeout." Barkley, who was slapped in the face by Meng Xu seconds, had to change the topic with an embarrassed face, and pointed the finger at Kobe Bryant: "Kobe Bryant has too many individual singles, which is very disadvantageous for the Lakers, because their triangle offense can't get effective rotation at all, and it is impossible to beat the Pacers by relying on individual singles." “

After Meng Xu's three-point shot, Phil Jackson on the sidelines immediately called a timeout, perhaps in Phil Jackson's view, Meng Xu's three-point shot is a sign that he is about to break out, and this kind of sign is definitely to be resolutely stifled, of course, there is an important point, that is, as Barkley said, Kobe Bryant has too many singles with the ball, you must know that in the Lakers' current triangle offensive tactics, Pau Gasol is the central axis and response point, but in the first quarter of the game, the number of times Gasol received the ball was only a handful.

The effect of Phil Jackson's timeout is very obvious, after the pause, Kobe Bryant's number of singles with the ball was greatly reduced, Kobe Bryant, who made 10 shots in the first 8 minutes, only made two shots in the remaining four minutes of the first quarter, but the Lakers did not score because of Kobe's reduced number of shots, but at the end of the first quarter, the difference narrowed to only 2 points.