Legendary star

Chapter 33 Christmas Battle (2)

"Tim Duncan singled AC Green and made a mid-range shot. The Spurs evened the score again."

"Shaquille O'Neal ran into David Robinson again, the basket was empty, and the old Admiral was no match for Shaq at all."

At the beginning of the game between the two teams, O'Neal continued to play singles on the Lakers side. The Spurs seemed to play more smoothly, but after continuous passing, the basketball will finally reach Duncan's hands. Shaquille O'Neal The continuous answer-ball with Tim Duncan also made the audience cheer wildly. Although basketball is a team sport, the duel between two superstars is the most attractive.

In the first few minutes of the first quarter, Meng Xu also played very easily. In the hand-to-hand combat between the two teams inside, the rest of the outside players basically could only watch from the sidelines. Forward Meng Xu has also encountered them more or less. For the current Meng Xu, the most feared encounters are Grant Hill, Vince Carter, and Tracy McGrady. He is stronger than himself in strength, better in jumping than himself, and more accurate in shooting than himself. Glenn Rice is just the type that Meng Xu is least afraid of. Susceptible to the Death Coil skill.

In this game, Glenn Rice played very aggrieved. Although he was also a jumper when he was young, as he got older, with the impact of injuries and the team's tactical needs, he came to After the Lakers, Glenn Rice has basically transformed into a pure shooter. Although his athletic ability has begun to decline, it is the first time in this game that he can't get rid of the defender no matter how he moves. meet.

This superstar duel between the two sides only lasted 3 minutes and ended. In these 3 minutes, David Robinson fouled twice and AC Green fouled twice. The Lakers are fine. AC Green was originally on the court to consume Tim Duncan. , But the Spurs are different. The team's inside line is not too abundant. For the next game, Popovich had to call a timeout to replace David Robinson.

After the timeout ended, the Lakers started to play the triangle offense. The Spurs pushed Tim Duncan to the center position and replaced Samaki Walker, a power forward with a good mid-range shot and a certain 3-point ability. Started to play a big and four small tactics combining internal and external.

O'Neal consumed a lot of physical energy in the first few minutes of the game. As the defender changed from David Robinson to Tim Duncan, O'Neal was not as relaxed as the game started, and his shooting percentage also plummeted. Although Duncan Gasama Ki-Walker defended O'Neal, but O'Neal also couldn't defend Duncan. As the game progressed, the offense of the two teams slowly began to shift from the inside to the outside.

"Good opportunity." Under Meng Xu's close defense, Glenn Rice couldn't find a good offensive opportunity in the first few minutes, but this time, when Meng Xu wanted to help defend Kobe, Glenn Rice Len Rice quickly got rid of Meng Xu, and there was an open opportunity.

Ron Harper passed the ball to Bryant after driving the ball through half court, Bryant passed it to O'Neal, O'Neal passed the ball out after Duncan had no chance to single, Ron Harper After receiving the ball, out of the corner of his eye, he saw an opportunity for Glenn Rice running in the opposite direction, and passed the ball to Glenn Rice without hesitation.

After Glenn Rice received the ball, he was about to turn around and shoot, but found that Meng Xu had already stuck up, and even blocked the space for his own turn.At this time, if Jordan or Kobe were to catch the ball, they would definitely make a forced turn and then jump back, but Glenn Rice does not have this ability now, maybe he once had it, but now he is old.

After holding the ball, Glenn Rice turned his back to Meng Xu, dribbled the ball and slammed into Meng Xu behind him fiercely with his body, just as Glenn Rice tried to use brute force to push back Meng Xu's attack. In an instant, he found that there was no support behind him, and he staggered suddenly.

After discovering Glenn Rice's plan, Meng Xu also stepped back half a step towards Glenn Rice's side at the moment Glenn Rice exerted his strength. Almost at the same time, Meng Xu came from Glenn Rice, who lost his balance, snatched the basketball away and ran towards the Lakers' half court.

The moment Glenn Rice lost the ball, Kobe quickly retreated to the backcourt, trying to delay Meng Xu's fast break.Of the five Lakers players currently on the field, Kobe is the youngest and also the hardest on the defensive end.

But can Kobe catch up?The answer is definitely no.Meng Xu's speed attribute has reached 100 points, and three-quarters of the sprint runs are within 3 seconds. As long as Meng Xu starts to accelerate, very few in the entire league can catch up with him.

At the point where Kobe chased past the middle circle, Meng Xu was already one and a half steps away from the free throw line, and flew straight up. To be precise, it should be called a jump, but Meng Xu's bounce and stagnation in the air cannot be called flying.

This dunk, Meng Xu directly resorted to the dunk in the air that he had practiced for a long time. This dunk was specially prepared by Meng Xu for this Christmas game. Although Meng Xu doesn't like to show off, but such a big stage, so lively No one is willing to be an unknown supporting role in such a scene.It's just that Meng Xu's dunk this time is really not aesthetically pleasing. He can't bounce and stay in the air. The dunk is completely done by relying on his super long wingspan. The coordination of his body is also very poor, and he looks very stiff in the air. .

Even with no one interfering, Meng Xu managed to complete the dunk with a little reluctance. After falling from the basket, Meng Xu brandished his fists for the first time and let out a roar. This feeling is simply indescribable.

"Meng, you are amazing, but your dunk is really ugly." Avery Johnson held Meng Xu in his arms, and while celebrating, he also laughed at Meng Xu's dunk. The face of the old man on the other side turned green, haha"

The old man that Avery Johnson was talking about was the Lakers coach Phil Jackson. Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the bench at the moment, was indeed very angry, but it was not Meng Xu's dunk that made him angry, but Glenn Rice's presence on the field. As the team's top three, Glenn Rice is useless in this game, and Phil Jackson has always looked at Glenn Rice not pleasing to the eye.

Soon Phil Jackson called a timeout, replaced AC Green with Robert Horry, and replaced Glenn Rice with Rick Fox.

(End of this chapter)