basketball never sleeps

Chapter 29 Back to the original starting point
Sura's body was fairly strong, and Da Ben kept his hand at the end, and he stood up tremblingly after lying on the ground for more than ten seconds.

The referee did not say anything after confirming that Sura could continue the game, but just blew the whistle to signal the game to restart.

Big Ben's block is very clean, and Sura's behavior is purely self-defeating, so there is nothing to sympathize with.

Although Coach Stokes felt that Sura's brain was a little bit wrong, it was not easy to replace him directly. The most important thing for the Eagles to lose in this game was to score.

At least Sura still has a bit of a desire to score. That bastard Dior scored him 20 points in 2 minutes in the first half, and the pastors of the church are not so Buddha-like.

Fortunately, Larry Brown also knows the ways of the world. After the team scored a large lead, he replaced the substitutes one by one and started to play tacitly.

比赛结束后，活塞少有的7人得分上双，莫闻在下半场得到15分，全场比赛一共拿到20分6篮板5助攻3抢断的全能数据。

However, considering that the Eagles have been brutally killed recently, if the game against the Eagles does not play explosive data, basically no one will care.

Just last week, Dayao was still in front of the Eagles, scoring a super stat of 41+16. This is also the highest score of Dayao's career in his previous life, and the domestic sports circles have been excited about it for a long time.

After this game, the Pistons ended the game in February and ended their good time in the Eastern Conference.

After entering March, what is waiting for the Pistons is a wave of five consecutive Western Conference players.

Clippers, Jazz, Nuggets, Supersonics, and finally the Lakers.

Fortunately for the first four teams, either the ones that cannot make it to the playoffs are the marginal teams in the playoffs, and the probability of overturning is not high.

Only the Lakers, and only the Lakers, are qualified to be the main goal of their trip to the Western Conference. This is the last time the two teams will meet before the playoffs or the possible Finals.

The first match between the Pistons and the Lakers this season was at the beginning of the season. The Lakers relied on four healthy superstars to make Larry Brown compete with his brains and failed to prevent the Lakers' offense.

It is already very difficult for Big Ben to defend O'Neal, and Malone can only be handed over to other insiders. The veteran Campbell has rich experience, but he is physically crushed by Malone who is older than him, and Okur's body can barely defend Malone, but The experience is much worse than Malone.

In the end, it was only by relying on the outside players to devote their energy to help the defense that they stopped the crazy scoring of the two inside superstars of the Lakers.

But the released Lakers are not vegetarians. Payton and Kobe averaged 50 points per game last season. It’s fine if they don’t double-team them. receive punishment.

Fortunately, the three-pointers of the four superstars of the Lakers are very average, and the offensive range is either mid-range or under the basket. Otherwise, if one of these four players has a more reliable three-pointer, the Pistons will be slaughtered in that game.

In the end, the Pistons 92:106 the Lakers, and there was nothing to fight back in the whole game.

Now that Rasheed is added, Larry Brown naturally wants to see how the complete Pistons can compete with the Big Four.

Although many people rely on the performance of the regular season to evaluate the Spurs in the West, the Timberwolves and the Kings are also very strong.

But both the Pacers and the Pistons have always believed that if there are no major injuries, the only possible way to break out of the West is the Lakers.

The playoffs test a team's stability and offensive ability more than the regular season, and it has always been a stage for superstars and big-hearted players.

Superstar players with 4 finals experience, none of them could have imagined how the Lakers would lose.

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The starting point and ending point of the Pistons' five-game streak in this round is Los Angeles. Compared with the Lakers who are driving at full speed on the way to the championship, the Los Angeles Clippers are a bastard with nothing to do.

The owner of the Clippers, Sterling, is a very pure businessman. After buying the Clippers, he fought a fine and moved to Los Angeles to earn ticket money.Don't talk about the team's achievements, the team's development and those messy things.He just wants to make money!
Sterling rejected all non-essential investments. In order to save costs, the total salary of the Clippers has always been on the edge of the poor line (the difference between the team's total annual salary and the poor line will be used as a fine for the team players). Naturally, it is impossible for the team to achieve any results.

For most players in the Pistons, playing against such a weak team is naturally easy and comfortable, but Mo Wen is not easy, because his opponent is "Corvo"-Corey Maggette.

Maggette, like Big Ben, is a fitness expert in the league. He is nicknamed "Los Angeles Devil Muscle Man" by the ball for his muscular body.

But if you are confused by his muscles and think that he is a muscular man who can only be reckless like Ben, you are wrong. This guy likes to rush into the inside and rely on his strong upper body strength to create damage to the defender in the confrontation-draw fouls .

In addition to meeting him twice in the dungeon, Mo Wen's deepest impression on this guy is that in his previous life, the Clippers' "Cruco" once scored 24 free throws in a single game against the Lakers.Abruptly used "1 point rain" to lead the team to win Kobe who scored 50 points and 9 rebounds.

The Clippers did not surrender because of the record of the strong Pistons, especially Maggette, who showed a strong desire to attack when facing Mo Wen.

The head coach of the Clippers, Dunleavy, had studied the game videos of the Pistons before. He observed the characteristics of Mo Wen-good skills but poor talent. For the Clippers with a tank man like Maggette, Mo Wen is a good breakthrough.

Maggette also felt that this game would be his cool game at the beginning. Playing against an Asian who doesn't seem to have much muscle, isn't it easy to crush?
But in the game, he realized that this Asian was much more difficult than he had imagined. Maggette had the upper hand in physical confrontation, but Mo Wen didn't give him a chance to confront him head-on.

In the absence of physical contact, Mo Wen's accurate judgment of his attack selection was scary, but in the case of physical contact, Mo Wen made various small moves for him while retreating, making it difficult for him to concentrate on attacking.

Several times Maggette wanted to put aside his technique and directly use his physical advantages to crush him head-on, but the efficiency of breaking through sideways and hitting him from the back was not high.The two Wallaces inside the Pistons are not vegetarians either, not to mention their defense, but those two faces that don't look like good people already make people panic when they pounce on them.

And his most proud foul-making ability seemed to have failed in front of Mo Wen.

In the dungeon, Mo Wen had the experience of fighting Maggette. He knew that this guy likes to look for the whistle when he lays up, so he was quite conservative when defending the basket. He either blocked his eyes or blocked him in advance. Basket path, avoiding the exchange of sweat on the arms of the two as much as possible.

This defensive strategy makes Maggette, who is used to playing under the whistle, uncomfortable.

Maggette's number of successful shots in this game has increased a lot, but the hit rate has not been seen. He only hit 20 goals in 7 shots.

He only got 5 free throws, and 3 of them were made by the Pistons' inside players. Compared with his 8.5 free throws per game this season, he is far below the standard.

这场比赛莫闻把体力主要放在了防守端，但数据并没有多差，出场32分钟9投4中，三分1中1，罚球3中2，拿到11分4篮板4助攻1抢断。

Brand, the Clippers' inside core, was pushed by Ben and could only shoot from the outside. His efficiency was not guaranteed. After the third quarter, the Pistons had a 16-point lead, and they started in the fourth quarter.

Mo Wen has averaged 15.6 points, 5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2 steals in the three games since his start. From the data point of view, it has even surpassed Prince's previous performance in the start.

Just when the coaching staff was relieved because of Mo Wen's "barely qualified" performance, Hamilton suffered his third injury of the season at the Jazz's home court in Salt Lake City after the third day. During a breakthrough in the third quarter, his face hit the defensive player's shoulder, and then - the bridge of the nose was contused.

His first two injuries were also related to the bridge of the nose.

Hamilton wore his iconic mask after the bridge of his nose was injured the first two times. It is not known whether it was the quality of the mask or the force of the collision that caused him to be injured again this time.

The good news is that the injury is not serious, and he can recover after about four or five days of rest. The bad news is that the Pistons have no one on the outside.

Mo Wen, who had just been warmed up as the starter at position 3, was going to be the starter at position 2, and he felt that he was really out of luck with his round draft contract.

Hamilton's accidental injury caused the Pistons to lose the game against the Jazz helplessly, but the Pistons did not give up in the next two games.

The Nuggets and the Supersonics are not strong teams, and they have the confidence to fight even if the lineup is unstable.

In contrast, the Nuggets in the next game also feel that they are full of advantages. From the record point of view, the Pistons are only 7 games ahead of the Nuggets. After playing more than 60 games, the gap of 7 wins Not too big.

Coupled with the fact that the Pistons lost two more starters and both offense and defense were downshifted, isn't the Nuggets' victory secure?
"Melon" even uttered wild words in front of the media-they will win this game.

However, the cheers at the Pepsi Center in Denver only lasted one quarter. After the two teams tied in the first quarter, the Pistons, who were left behind, beat the Nuggets 35:16 in the second quarter.

After Mo Wen switched back to the 3rd position to replace the veteran Hamm to defend Anthony, the confident Anthony made 11 crazy shots in the second quarter, hit 2 goals and successfully killed the Nuggets.

Of course, the lead of the Pistons is not only due to Anthony. After getting used to the rough offensive tactics of the Nuggets, the Pistons have increased their overall strength in the second quarter, with 4 blocks, 4 steals and 7 offensive rebounds in a single quarter. The Nuggets players were stunned.Billups' substitute Mike James, who is only 1 meters, even capped the Nuggets' power forward Nene (Hilario).

On the offensive end, Mo Wen also encountered a rare player that he could bully with strength. The Nuggets defending him guard Wash Leonard is a pitcher-type player who weighs only 90 kilograms, 10 kilograms lighter than him. The power is also weaker than him.

This is simply the perfect backdrop.

Mo Wen demonstrated the back hitting, breakthrough, and even inside footsteps that he had learned in the copy space on this unlucky guy over and over again.

Seeing Mo Wen swaying Leonard and Nene (Hilario) away from Leonard and Nene (Hilario) with his dreamy footsteps under the basket, the two insiders "Wallace" on the field were surprised. Mouth.

No, you are an outside player, how can you practice our inside stunts better than our inside?Do you know that you will embarrass us if you do this!

After the ball passed, the Nuggets coach Buderick reacted, quickly put Leonard off, and replaced Rodney White with better physical talent to defend Mo Wen.

As for why Anthony was not allowed to defend Mo Wen, Anthony shouldered the arduous task of defending Hamm, who averaged 2 points per game. Naturally, a little garbage like Mo Wen can only be handed over to his teammates.

After the halftime break, Anthony, who only scored 6 points in the first half, wanted to continue playing to save the team. The head coach of the Nuggets didn't stop him, but just pointed to the scoreboard on the big screen above his head, telling him to take it easy. Lead the team in another way.

Looking at his "explosion" record of 16 of 2 shots, Anthony followed the coach's persuasion, but Anthony, who mainly played the pass in the third quarter, decided to rest after playing halfway.

There was no way, the basket was going to be smashed by his teammates, and the Nuggets scored 7 points in 7 minutes. Anthony couldn't believe that the team in front of him was just a fucking Pistons.

Until the end of the game, Anthony, who was sitting on the bench, was still holding Milicic bitterly.

If it wasn't for this guy, he should be the one to join such a strong team.

Anthony's goal in the draft was the Pistons. After being selected by the Nuggets, Anthony complained that it would be nice if the Pistons selected him.

After the game, Mo Wen, who scored a career-high 24 points, took the water from Hamilton on the bench.

Drink it in one sip and feel refreshed.

"At first, I thought you were going to grab the job of the 'Little Prince', but now it seems that you are going to grab my job too?" Hamilton joked.

"That's not necessarily true. If something goes wrong with Chauncey (Billups), maybe I can still grab his job." The corners of Mo Wen's mouth twitched slightly, showing the true nature of the Dragon King.

"Bastard, I'm right next to you and you still want to plot to usurp the throne? Believe it or not, I'll abolish you first." Billups kicked over with a laughing curse.

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A day later, the Supersonics game was easily won by the Pistons.

Ray Allen is worthy of the title of gentleman Ray. The Pistons gave up two starters, and he gave himself up.

Ray Allen, who fought with the Lakers until the last minute the day before yesterday, felt his thigh strained after the game.

It's not that he was so injured that he couldn't play, but with no hope of making the playoffs, Ray Allen simply rested and recuperated.

Originally, Mo Wen was still a little nervous. Ray Allen's strongest position outside of the "big four shooting guards" is not something he can handle now, but he didn't expect the problem to go away.

活塞轻轻松松84：65从西雅图带走了胜利，莫闻也只上场了28分钟，轻松混了个14分3板2助攻的数据。

Finally, the Pistons' trip to the West has returned to the original starting point.

(End of this chapter)