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Chapter 199 Fat meat does not equal combat power
Secretly waving, coach Carlisle on the bench signaled the team to step up their efforts.

His action also made Ma Hong breathe a sigh of relief, and he stepped up his confrontation, which meant that he would be restricted to the restricted area. If intentional basketball fouls were ruled out, they would usually be in the restricted area, because physical contact here is most likely to cause edge kicks.

Following Carlisle's order, the game was already extremely intense, and it was about to become tragic. Before the official timeout of the second quarter, Oakley's magic elbow brought down Damon Jones and Clifford Robinson successively.

Fortunately, Mahon was prepared this time, and since they were within the three-point line, there was a lot more room for maneuvering. Guessing that they would attack their own weaknesses, Mahon made two fouls, sent Williams off the field, and Mahon also scored 9 points with free throws.

As long as the Pistons blocked Mahon, the audience was booing wildly. The leading score could even be said to have been thrown by Mahon one by one.

In the locker room, the team doctor immediately treated Ma Hong's arm injury as soon as he stepped off the court. It is surprising that there are no problems in such a fierce game.

The team doctor was very professional, and he was very careful in diagnosing the wound without any apology. Ma Hong immediately ruled out his suspicion. After that, coach Wright and his teammates also looked very anxious, and they didn't feel guilty when they revealed the secret. Uh, all of them are not?
So who leaked the secret?

Mahon is a bit square.

The team doctor checked, and sure enough, the joints were swollen again, and even the fixed bandages were worn out. Cartwright, Artest, and Oakley all urged Mahon to take a break. The team doctor even prepared the bandages for compulsory measures. His binding skills are very good.

The teammates patted their chests and promised that they would defend this game. Ma Hong was very moved, but only Ma Hong, he still firmly changed his jersey and was ready to play.

The Pistons are not an opponent that can be defeated with backbone, the team still needs itself.

The brutal fight continued. Both the Bulls and the Pistons had players falling down all the time, but the reason why the audience was so excited was that in such a fierce battlefield, some people fainted, some fell down, and some were carried away on stretchers, but no one protested to the referee, no one chattered, they just used their shoulders and elbows to tell their opponents that they were tough, not dirty, but tough enough.

The Pistons continued to attack Mahon with their main artillery. In the middle of the third quarter, Mahon scored 15 points with free throws. As for his layup, don't even think about it. As long as Mahon enters the paint, the Pistons will almost have no brains.

The current style of play is almost a slow suicide for the Pistons, because every time Mahon hits a free throw, it almost indicates that they will be established. The third quarter was 7 minutes, and the score was 13 points. This is the record and situation that Stackhouse barely maintained after scoring 16 consecutive points.

While hurting others, it is actually hurting oneself. When the opponent is afraid, the perpetrator has pleasure, but when the victim is like Mahon, he is knocked down again and again, stands up again and again, and then carries the ball, continues to score, and continues to fight.

That would be scary.

Now let alone the ordinary players of the Pistons, even Stackhouse is scared.

The Pistons' defense loosened. Mahon made a layup inside the Pistons for the first time. Ben was still working hard, but Oakley was enough to make a one-for-one exchange with him.

With a difference of 15 points, Ma Hong breathed a sigh of relief. This should be enough.

In the TNT studio, Kenny Smith can be said to be elated today: "Old pig, you said who was easy to get hurt before, did you see that fat meat does not equal combat power, Ma Hong told you today with his man's blood, his toughness, his talent!"

I... What the fuck.

Barkley really has nothing to say. He is almost becoming the second Duncan now. Mahon's game is outrageous. If he is thrown like this, let alone an outside player, even an insider with a weaker body will not be safe.

Because Ma Hong is relying on his weak style of play, leading the Bulls to win, let Ma Hong continue to play like this, maybe Ma Hong can really date his rumored girlfriend in the finals this year, uh, do you want to suggest that the Lakers lend their room of honor to this young couple? I heard that something indescribable happened between Zen Master and Jenny there.

Just thinking about it is a wonderful experience.

Everyone was shocked by Mahon's performance, and they did not hesitate to praise, only Duncan frowned slightly, Carlisle did too much.

Targeted fouls, in fact, many teams in the playoffs did it, such as the Nets before, such as Popovich all the time, but generally they will not be so explicit, unless... there is a reason for the incident.

But no matter what, as a coach, even a boss-level coach who uses such tactics will definitely be criticized.

On the outside, Ma Hong encountered Stackhouse, whose mentality had already exploded, and caused the All-Star senior to foul. Ma Hong also took this opportunity to push his personal score to 18 points, which was Ma Hong's season scoring high.

Even Barkley can't say anything about this. If Ma Hong can play 20+10 in this game, there is no doubt that he is already a top player in the league. No matter how out of the norm his style of play is, victory is the only truth in the game.

Pistons pause!

When Mahon made his third, making all 16 free throws, Carlisle called a timeout, his first non-substitution timeout of the game.

Pausing means giving Mahon time to rest. Carlisle came here to stop Mahon, so of course he wouldn't shout.

But now that he shouted, even Carlisle himself doubted his own conclusion.

Pistons bench, Carlisle: "First of all, let me apologize to everyone. Mahon is one of the few players I don't understand. I thought he was injured, but now it is obvious that I was wrong. That's why this game has been brought to this situation. It's all my fault. You are all very good. Although we are going to lose, it is my fault. "

Carlisle has a lot of backbone, he is right when he is right, and he is wrong when he is wrong. He is responsible for the loss of this game alone.

If the Pistons win in the end, maybe he will just be reprimanded or dismissed with a word, but if they lose to the Bulls by a big margin this time or get swept away, the team is likely to fire him directly next year.

Everyone in the Pistons was silent. To take risks in the playoffs, in fact, you have to bear such consequences. Winning is an honor, but if you lose, you may be criticized for boasting, and even worse on paper. But the Bulls are not an easy opponent to deal with. Carlisle's analysis is very clear.

With the Bulls led by Ma Hong, the Pistons can't win. If they don't deal with Ma Hong, they will continue to operate efficiently, and the winning rate is slim...

(End of this chapter)