You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1051 Why Pass?
When the new year came, the Pistons had an upset and lost to the underdog Bucks by 2 points.

Bucks head player Peja hit a career-high 45 points.

Some people think this is an unacceptable defeat, and some people think that the Pistons need to lose a game at this time.

"Losing, sometimes, is not necessarily a bad thing," Frouses said.

Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, no one can say clearly. The only thing that is clear is that the Pistons achieved a record of 14 wins and 1 loss in the following month.

In the first month of 2006, Mo Mengchen averaged 35 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and was undisputedly elected the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

Some people think that Carmelo Anthony can also be selected as the best player of the month.

Although his score was not as eye-catching as Mo Mengchen, he was versatile enough.

In 24 games in January, Anthony averaged 8 points, 10 rebounds and [-] assists.

Especially with 10 assists, Anthony seems to have found the joy of passing the ball, and the more he passes, the smoother he is.

With a record of 14 wins and 1 loss in a single month, the Pistons also took advantage of the situation to surpass the Timberwolves and top the league's combat power list.

In early February, the league announced this year's East and West All-Star rosters.

Mo Mengchen, Anthony and Curry were selected at the same time.

Mo Mengchen was once again voted champion, this is the seventh consecutive year that he was elected as the vote champion of the All-Star Weekend.

In addition to the three Pistons being selected, there are many other All-Stars and players associated with the Pistons.

Rasheed, Ben Wallace, Ricky Davis, Michael Reed, Rashad Lewis and Zach Randolph.

These six are now the core players of their teams and will also represent the team in the All-Star Weekend.

Unknowingly, Pistons players have spread all over the league.

It's just that those media that are hostile to the Pistons like to tout these players who have grown into All-Stars in other teams.

"The Pistons always send good players out."

This is the consistent tone of the media.

Even if Anthony has been selected to the All-Star and Curry has been selected to the All-Star for two consecutive years, they still cannot shut their mouths.

The Pistons still have eight games to play before the All-Star break.

In the first game in February, the Pistons will start a three-game trip in the West.

Among them, the two away games in Los Angeles are the highlight.

A game against the Clippers, one of the feats of the Pistons Dynasty, the Clippers led by Michael Reid.

This season, Reed has officially entered his peak period, averaging 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Although he is not the kind of superstar who can bring the team to the playoffs by himself, he is also an All-Star player above the standard.

Up to now, he is also recognized as the strongest among the 2000-level players.

What is surprising is not how strong Reed is, what is surprising is that the Pistons used a second-round pick to select the strongest player from the disaster-prone draft that year.

The scouts of the Pistons have been a myth, and some teams even spend a lot of money to poach scouts from the Pistons.

Most scouts know that the Pistons' horrible draft has little to do with them. The core members of the scouting team know the truth of the matter very well, but they cannot tell the truth to other teams.

Because if other teams find that the Pistons' draft has nothing to do with them, they will no longer be Xiangmomo.

Therefore, although the scouting team was very angry about Mo Mengchen's leapfrog command, there was nothing they could do. The matter was so important that they had to swallow their anger.

In tonight's battle, Reed was not relentless.

Against Manu Ginobili, Reid's shooting skills were incisively and vividly played, scoring 38 points, but the Clippers were inevitably defeated.

Although the Clippers have an all-around four position like Odom and a strong player like Wilcox, Reed himself is the kind of super shooter who needs someone to feed him the ball, let him play with the ball, he The efficiency of the game is much lower than that of playing without the ball.

After being traded to the Clippers that year, Reid struggled for a while, because in the Pistons he only needed to run to catch the ball and shoot, but in the Clippers he had to bear more.

Over the past few years, he has developed the ability to hold the ball with one hand and adjusted his shooting posture to make his shooting more suitable for the rhythm of collecting the ball and shooting after dribbling.

Several years of adjustments have finally blossomed this year, but there is a huge gap between the strength of the Clippers and the Pistons.

Inevitably, the Clippers were sunk and the Pistons won their first away game.

After the game, Reed hugged Mo Mengchen tightly: "Father, congratulations."

Mo Mengchen completely understood Reed's mood.

Reid played for the Pistons for three years. In the first year, he was sent directly to the Development League because he wanted nothing. In the second year, he made rapid progress and became the team's sixth man.

When it comes to Reed, everyone will tell this story: "In the first year, Michael couldn't even shoot a jumper. In the second year, he was already the best shooter in the Pistons except for Dor.Mo."

Reid's two years as the sixth man were also the pinnacle of the Pistons dynasty.

In those two years, the Pistons won 69 wins and the best record in history with 77 wins.

Redd started his career in an environment full of winners, and then he was sent to the Clippers, which has only made the playoffs twice in decades.

The distress in my heart can be imagined.

Mo Mengchen knows that he is definitely willing to return to the Pistons to play the sixth man, but the matter is irreversible. If he was reluctant to let him go and force him to stay and play the sixth man, sooner or later, he will also be with the Pistons because of his role positioning. The team fell out.

He is enough to start any team, and sending him away at that time is a good choice for both parties.

After the game with the Clippers, the Pistons immediately returned to the hotel to recuperate.

Two days later, they will face the Lakers at the same venue.

This is the last time they met in the regular season this season. The last time they met in the opening game, the Pistons had the last laugh. This time, the Lakers must have come with the purpose of destroying them.

The Lakers' problems are more obvious than the Clippers.

It can be said that the Clippers have no helpers for Reid, and the Lakers have a coaching problem. The talent of the KK combination can play all over the league, but they also need a suitable tactical system. Only relying on them to play at will, the Lakers also stumbled this season.

Three months into the game, the Lakers have a record of 30 wins and 16 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

For a team with Kobe and Garnett, such a record is an insult to them.

The coaching change has already sounded, and there is news that Zen Master may return to the Lakers, but the conflict between him and Kobe is well known.

Back then, Zen master seemed to have the same attitude towards both sides in the OK hegemony, but actually he was obviously biased towards O'Neill.

When the Kobe Eagle County incident happened, Zen Master's prejudice against him deepened. When OK broke up and Lao Yan separated, Zen Master also left and lived a life of seclusion again.

If Zen Master wants to return to the Lakers, the conflict between him and Kobe must be resolved.

There was a lot of discussion from the outside world, and it was in this atmosphere that the Pistons and the Lakers launched a rematch in the regular season.

"As soon as the game started tonight, Kobe looked like he was going to bury the Pistons!"

Kobe turned into a poisonous snake that kept spraying venom, walking alone.

Garnett, another Lakers superstar, acquiesced in this behavior.

The strong period of the Lakers is usually the first half, and the KK combination will take turns to go crazy at this time, using their talents and personal abilities to control the game.

But tonight, it was Kobe who went crazy in the first half, and Garnett played very restrained, or he put more energy on defense.

Garnett reminded Mo Mengchen of the first year of the Celtics' Big Three in the previous life.

Garnett sacrificed the ball and rebounds that year. Compared with the Timberwolves, his statistics have deteriorated greatly, but his defensive dominance is unparalleled in the world. He was also elected as the DPOY of that year without any suspense.

Garnett, at his peak at this time, actually had the consciousness of the Big Three period, willing to be a green leaf for Kobe and defend with all his strength.

His switch, help, athleticism and energy, his high-post sweep and low-post control, his rush to the three-point line to delay the Pistons' pick-and-roll, his lightning-fast return to the basket to protect the rebound, and his dead-ball shooting Never mind, if a Pistons player tries to shoot while the ball is dead, he'll block it.

He is like a beast with boundless energy.

Jonathan Bender should learn from Garnett.

Also stay away from the basket, and also expand the defensive range to the half court, Garnett can dominate the defensive rebound while doing a good job of defense.

Curry, who has never lost in rebounds so far this season, was harshly educated by Garnett.

On the offensive end, Kobe was a god, scoring 55 points in three and a half quarters.

The KK combination has reached this point, and the game is still not over.

The Pistons' perimeter bite the game, and Mo Mengchen, Anthony and Ginobili all performed well.

The suspense of the game dragged on to the last minute.

At the decisive moment, Kobe single-handedly broke the Pistons' zone defense and shot coldly to help the Lakers lead by 3 points.

Mo Mengchen originally wanted Anthony to fight.

Young people need to accumulate experience. It doesn't matter whether they win or lose a regular season. What is important is that they need to use such games to boost their confidence.

For some reason, Anthony dribbled the ball for a while before passing the ball back to Mo Mengchen.

"At the critical moment, we still have to watch Dor.Mo!"

Mo Mengchen, who was not ready to take the blame, shot at an uncomfortable rhythm.

The ball misses, Garnett grabs the rebound, and Kobe makes a fast break.

In the transition between offense and defense, Kobe counterattacked like lightning and scored a slam dunk in the frontcourt.

The Staples Center fell for Kobe, they roared and screamed, and finally, they defeated the Pistons again!
Even if it's just a regular season!

"Through this game, we can see that the future of the Pistons does not fall on Carmelo Anthony!"

"Eddie Curry is immature too!"

"At the critical moment, they only have Dor.Mo in their eyes!"

Even the opponent can see it, let alone Mo Mengchen?He glared at Anthony hard, asking for an explanation: "Why the pass?"

(End of this chapter)