Legendary star

Chapter 80 I Love to Eat Watermelon

On the court at this time, the surrounding reporters were unceremoniously squandering their film, and at the same time, they were already thinking about tomorrow's press release, and there were even scattered applause from the audience in Madison Square Garden. Obviously Meng Xu's dunk has added a lot of fans for himself.The fans of the New York Knicks have always been the most special group in the entire NBA. Not only will they boo if the home team does not perform well, they will never be stingy with their applause and cheers for those visiting team players who perform well.

On the court, after landing, Meng Xu waved his fists and screamed towards the sky with a ferocious face. The dunk just now made Meng Xu feel so useless that he was constantly under the black hands of Sprewell and Larry Johnson in the third quarter. All the air burst out.

Looking at Meng Xu who was showing off his power in front of him, the first thing Larry Johnson thought of when he woke up was to rush up and beat him up, but he was caught by Ewing behind him. Ewing, who is 38 years old this year, has reached the end of his career. The only hope now is to win a championship before retiring, just like David Robinson.In recent seasons, the Knicks’ playoff journey was either ruined by fights or injuries. After experiencing the run-in and black eights after the big trade last season, the Knicks played smoothly this season and won the championship. It is not impossible to win the championship, and Ewing obviously does not want his last hope to be destroyed in a fight again.

Alan Houston, who witnessed the whole process of the dunk behind Meng Xu, also looked at Meng Xu who was still confronting Larry Johnson with some lingering fear.

Larry Johnson, who thought he had suffered a great humiliation, cursed and wanted to break away from Ewing's arm. Sprewell on the side also rushed over and hugged him tightly, shouting "calm down"

Seeing the referee put the whistle in his mouth, Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines decisively called a timeout. Larry Johnson had already committed a technical foul and should be expelled on impulse.

"Meng, I thought you were going to fly out of the court just now." When he was off the court, Avery Johnson put his arm around Meng Xu's shoulder and described the scene just now exaggeratedly.

"Avery, your passing was so comfortable just now." Complimenting each other is also an art of getting along with each other, which was instilled in Meng Xu by Anna before Meng Xu entered the league.

"Larry, you have to calm down and don't be impulsive. Now we are leading the score. Once you are sent off, we can't control the big man on the opposite side." Larry Johnson's fiery temper has always been a ticking time bomb for the Knicks, but Larry Johnson's strong fighting spirit and strong ability are also indispensable to the current Knicks. Since he took office, Jeff Van Gundy has tried hard to persuade the Knicks players who fight better than play, hoping that they can restrain their temper , but the effect has not been too great.

Tim Duncan is so strong that Ewing and Larry Johnson can barely draw with him. If Larry Johnson is sent off again on impulse, then the game will be over for the Knicks.This game is not only a battle of revenge for the Knicks, but also related to the final ranking of the playoffs. The regular season of this season has passed halfway. In the game against the current No. 3 Pacers in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks lost all three games , in order to gain home court advantage over the Pacers in the playoffs, it is necessary to overwhelm the Pacers in the regular season rankings. After losing to the Lakers yesterday, the Pacers are only half a game ahead of the Knicks. If today If they can beat the Spurs, the Knicks will overtake the Pacers and become number one in the Eastern Conference.And in the third quarter, relying on this tough iron blood or dirty defense, the Knicks finally overtook the score, and Jeff Van Gundy did not want this hard-won situation to go to waste.

Larry Johnson, who had calmed down at this moment, also nodded, and then looked at Meng Xu's back in the distance with a look of resentment.

"Meng, although your slam dunk is very beautiful, but you have to remember, this is not the arena of the slam dunk contest. Larry and Ewing belong to Tim, and your opponent is Alan Houston. I don't want you to be like that in the next game. Just rushed into the paint to dunk like that, otherwise you will leave me, understand?" For Meng Xu's ability and game attitude, Popovich has always been very satisfied, the only dissatisfaction with Meng Xu is his pushy In Popovich's eyes, all players should be like Duncan, diligent, steady in playing, unsmiling, and those players who like to show off and please fans have always been disgusted by Popovich.Just now, Meng Xu dunked Larry Johnson, which was very successful from a sensory point of view. It is also liked by NBA fans and even David Stern. However, this way of playing not only consumes more energy, but also undoubtedly increases the chance of injury. .

"Coach, I understand." From Popovich's words, Meng Xu clearly felt dissatisfied. Although Popovich didn't turn on the hair dryer to spray himself madly, Meng Xu would not think that Popovich Forget about it, after the game, I will definitely receive inhuman hospitality again in the training session.

Looking at the Knicks bench in the distance, Popovich also frowned. Meng Xu might not know who the New York Knicks are, so how could Popovich not know?Meng Xu first provoked Jeff Van Gundy in the first half, and now he dunked Larry Johnson. Once these guys get aggressive, Meng Xu's situation will not be very good, and if he gets injured, the loss outweighs the gain.

"Meng, you did a great job. Just kicking them hard like this, the coach is also worried that you will get hurt, so don't have any psychological burden." When he was on the court, Tim Duncan put his arms around Meng Xu and said a few words of comfort. At this moment, Meng Xu's face looked a little better.

After the game restarted, the Knicks' defensive scale became even bigger. Sprewell did everything they could to drag and hold Meng Xu. Due to the decline in physical strength, Meng Xu's advantage in speed could not be used. Sprewell's defense itself was very good. In the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, Meng Xu only got one shot and hit the iron.And the game on the court has also become a black-and-white game. Duncan is a pillar of the inside, whether it is Ewing or Larry Johnson. Success, in the constant fouls and strikes, the end of the third quarter of the game.

第三节结束之后，尼克斯以70比66领先了马刺4分，两队在第三节也是打出了16比11超低比分。在前面三节的比赛中
, Meng Xu made 13 of 6 shots and 3 of 11 three-pointers. He scored 4 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.

　Thank you for my love of watermelon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)