You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1037 Prosperity and Decline

Chapter [-] Prosperity and Decline
After Thanksgiving, the Pistons had no time to enjoy Black Friday and faced the challenge of the New Jersey Nets.

The Nets at this stage are different from their previous lives. There is no Kidd or Carter, and they have not reached the Finals for two consecutive years.

bad, unsuccessful;

deal, no bargaining chip;

Signed, not attractive.

Such a team is doomed to have bad luck against the Pistons, who were defeated by the Timberwolves before Thanksgiving.

In a 20-point defeat, the Pistons easily cut off the Nets.

In the last game in November, the Pistons vs. Spurs, last season's opponents in the Finals, this time they will meet each other.

Entering the peak period, the general Arenas pierced the Pistons' defense alone, and Gasol also exploded the Pistons' inside line.But for the Pistons, Mo Mengchen and Anthony scored 40 points in the same game.Among them, Mo Mengchen had a large triple-double of 40 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Spurs lost by 1 point.

This victory consolidated the Pistons' ranking and also consolidated the Timberwolves' ranking.

The Timberwolves have won [-] consecutive victories at the beginning of the season, and after defeating the Pistons, it is generally believed that they can end November's game with a complete victory.

As a result, after the Pistons played two away games in Los Angeles, they easily won one against the Clippers. The winning streak reached [-] games, and the second game was against the Lakers.

OK goodbye, that is the enemy, Kobe made 44 crazy shots against the Timberwolves with red eyes, scored 61 points, and led the Lakers to give the mighty Timberwolves their first defeat of the season at home.

Kobe's performance, Garnett said roughly after the game: "This guy is so fucking fierce, I want to give him 100 million likes, watching him play, I just need to stand on the sidelines and shout. !"

Lakers coach Hamblen even took advantage of this victory to add fuel to Kobe's performance: "We only have one tactic tonight, and that is to give the ball to Kobe, and the others get out of the way!"

In fact, the Lakers only have two tactics.

Give the ball to Kobe, the others step aside;
Give the ball to Garnett and the others step aside.

Tonight is just to simplify the two tactics into one tactics, even if the ball is passed to Garnett, he will pass the ball to Kobe.

The 61-point performance helped the Lakers achieve an exciting victory, and also drove the morale of the Timberwolves into a trough.

After that, the Timberwolves suffered a three-game losing streak and were about to be kicked off the top spot by the Pistons. The game between the Pistons and the Spurs made this accident happen.

Before the Pistons and Spurs, the three teams had the same record. As long as whoever loses one more game, whoever loses will fall behind.

The Pistons defeated the Spurs, and that night, the Timberwolves also ended their losing streak. Although they had the same record as the Pistons, the latter once again secured the number one position in the league by virtue of the relationship between victory and defeat.

This can also be regarded as the main form of this season.

The Pistons, Timberwolves, and Spurs are three pillars, and they are the biggest favorites for the championship.

Others, like the Lakers, 76ers, and Pacers are considered the second echelon.

Further down is the Kings, Knicks, Bulls and so on. There are superstars in charge, but the third echelon with insufficient overall strength.

In the first game of the new year for the Pistons, the opponent is the upstart Utah Jazz in the West.

The Utah Shuangsha retired one after another, and the Jazz rebuilt after three consecutive years of poor performance, and got three potential stocks, Paul, Bogut and Devon Harris.

This season, Paul has shown the strength of a first-line guard, leading the Jazz back to the forest of the Western Conference.

"CP3 led the team to create a youth storm!"

In the battle against the Jazz, youth storm was the most frequently used word.

Paul is very young, while Mo Mengchen is 32 years old. The former is hailed as the leader of the league in the next era, while the latter has been sitting on the throne for seven years.

This game also has a sense of inheritance.

It's just that, after Paul made a noise, he was suppressed by Mo Mengchen.

"I hate young men with hands and feet!"

Mo Mengchen said while sticking out his huge buttocks to push Paul up and down. It's really rare for an old-timer like him to force himself on a young man without respecting his identity.

Paul was not even in the mood to talk about Dor.Mo's character, because Mo Mengchen had set many traps for his characteristics.

Although the young Paul has an imaginative future, he is too young now and has many flaws. Mo Mengchen counted him one after another. He made six turnovers within 5 minutes of the second quarter. Pistons' strong period.

In the 7th minute, Sloan could no longer watch Paul being psychologically shadowed by Mo Mengchen.

A timeout is called and black linebacker Milt Peracio is replaced.

保罗打了16分钟，数据是8分4篮板5助攻以及耀眼的7次失误。

You must know that Paul has always been known for his stability. He rarely makes mistakes and does not make uncalm decisions. His overall view and ability to control the field have surprised many coaches.

"He is the most outstanding pure point guard after Dor.Mo." Paul scored 24 points and 10 assists against the Spurs for the first time in his rookie season, and Popovich praised him so much.

Thinking about Dor.Mo's status in the arena, Popovich's ability to say these words shows how much expectations he carries.

Tonight, the treatment he received was inhuman.

"You have to face him with a straight chest." Sloan did not watch the game, and rarely walked up to Paul and said.

Paul's body and mind have been hurt, but if he can't even bear this pain, how can he carry the city of Utah?

After Paul left the field, his successor Peracio was also brutally targeted.

Mo Mengchen's single defense has already suffocated him, plus there are ubiquitous traps and double-teams that may come at any time.

Tonight is a good day for Gerald Wallace.

Since the positive "interaction" with Mo Mengchen that day, he has never shown any obvious resistance or disgust. Even if he still can't stand up to his opponent, it is still normal for people to pick melons on their heads, and he doesn't complain.

He accepted it silently, finally ushered in the opportunity to perform tonight.

On the defensive end, he lurks like a beast in the woods, and once he appears, he always sends out steals or blocks.

After three quarters, his statistics were astonishing 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocks.

The data of 5+5+5+5 is just a stone's throw away. With his help, the Jazz guard represented by Paul seems to be having a nightmare, and it is difficult to get out. Even if he wakes up, it will be accompanied by a terrible shadow.

Paul's youthful storm lasted only one section.

The remaining three quarters are a hurricane baptism for the Pistons.

At the end, 115 to 88, the Pistons beat the Jazz by 27 points away.

生涯首次对阵保罗，莫蒙尘下手不软，砍下35分7篮板11助攻，保罗则是14分6篮板8助攻以及9次失误的另类准三双。

At the first meeting, Mo Mengchen left very unpleasant memories for Paul.

In fact, Paul was also one of the successors that Mo Mengchen was looking for for the team. The Pistons proposed a trade plan to the Jazz during the offseason.

Trade Paul with Manu Ginobili and Prince.

If this deal goes through, the future structure of the Pistons is clear: Curry, Anthony, Paul.

It was only later that he was stopped by Mo Mengchen. A finished guard like Paul needs a lot of playing time to improve quickly. He will play as a substitute for at least three years in the Pistons. Will the three-year dormancy cause him other problems?
Therefore, trading was halted.

Tonight's battle was just Mo Mengchen's regret for the team's loss of Paul. As for Paul's psychological shadow, it was completely accidental. He didn't do it on purpose. Believe it or not.

"I like Utah's youth storm very much, but we are not old." Mo Mengchen maintained basic politeness and demeanor. Paul couldn't believe that this was the player on the court who humiliated him with trash talk and engaged in massive physical confrontation. He completely blows up the demons.

As the future president of the players' union, Paul has the emotional intelligence to talk nonsense when he sees others. Maybe it was Mo Mengchen who hurt him too much. In an interview, he talked about the feeling of playing against Mo Mengchen. Said deeply: "I got to know Dor.Mo again today."

Only those who have dealt with Mo Mengchen know what this sentence means.

The rookies who have entered the league in recent years, almost everyone has crazily adored Mo Mengchen, but as long as they have played against the Pistons, as long as they have had direct interaction with Mo Mengchen, how much they loved him before, and how much they hate him after the game.

Mo Mengchen has never cared about his image in the eyes of newcomers.

The journey continues, and the Pistons go to the next away game.

Portland

Every traverser will bring changes to the time and space he is in, and the traversers who cannot create the butterfly effect are useless.

The Blazers are a team that is completely different from the previous life due to the appearance of the traversers.

The pioneers in the previous life, the management was eager for quick success and the boss was rich and powerful. The combination of these two characteristics made a fast-coming team with stupid people, rich money and bad temper.

They spent a lot of money to introduce a lot of quasi-All-Stars or star veterans who have passed their peak and are still capable, forming a middle-aged and elderly team.

What these people have in common is that they are capable, have high salaries, and are not pleasing to the eye. No one is better than me.The coach is dead to me, how much is it worth to win?

In this world, the main backbone of the Portland prison is not in the team. Due to the existence of Webber, Sprewell, Stephen Jackson and others, the Blazers were the first group in the Western Conference until last season, and the championship is powerful. contender.

But against the odds, Webber's biggest opponent is his knees.

Webber was knocked down by injuries, Sprewell was old, Jackson was restless, coupled with the loss of combat effectiveness of the veteran introduced with a lot of money, the Blazers fell into the abyss.

This season, they still have the strength to fight, but it will be hard to say next season.

What's scary is that if the Blazers are reduced to a belly next season, they won't be able to rebuild by doing badly, because their first-round pick was traded to the Pistons many years ago.

Therefore, the Detroit Pistons came to Portland. This game has the meaning of a teacher checking homework.

The Pistons have to see if this team can do it, and if they can place high hopes on this big brother of "a lottery pick next year".

(End of this chapter)