You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1065
In the last regular season game of the season, the Pistons challenged the Knicks away.

For the Pistons and Knicks, nothing will change in this game.

After winning the Knicks, the Pistons can't overtake the Timberwolves to reach the top of the league. If they lose the Knicks, they will not be overtaken by the Pacers who are second in the East.

The same is true for the Knicks, they are now ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, and they will stay in this position no matter they win or lose.

Therefore, the two sides did not play aggressively, and it was a bit of a formality. Winning or losing depends on performance.

The Pistons are the more consistent team.

Although Penny Hardaway wanted to win, he was no longer young after all. He scored 38 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists more than Mo Mengchen, but the Knicks lost to the Pistons by 8 points.

So far, the Pistons' regular season record is fixed at 66 wins and 16 losses.

The matchup chart for the playoffs then appeared.

The Pistons rank second in the league and have home court advantage against teams other than the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves ranked first in the league with a record of 67 wins. The third-year LeBron James averaged 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and he is also the biggest favorite for the MVP this season.

For the Pistons, Mo Mengchen surprisingly averaged 32 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

His role in the Pistons is increasingly biased towards the attacker rather than the organizer. He is the first point guard in history to average 32+7+5 per game.

If you just look at his stats this season, he is a No. [-] in the No. [-] position.

Under his leadership, the Pistons also dispelled the haze brought about by Rashid's departure and Hill's season reimbursement.

"In the case of losing two All-Star starters, Dor. Mo led the team to 66 wins, and the scoring average is only behind Kobe."

"He proved himself that without Grant Hill, he can still lead the team to greatness."

"In front of the Pistons, there is only one obstacle left. What Dor.Mo needs to prove is that without Grant Hill and without Rasheed Wallace, he can still defend the championship and lead the Pistons to tie the Celtics. Eight consecutive championships!"

Mo Mengchen originally had a chance to win the second scoring title, but unfortunately, he met Kobe who averaged 35 points per game.

Being on the same team with Garnett not only didn't make Kobe's stats drop, but made his stats better.

Not only did he average 35+5+4 per game like in his previous life, the presence of Garnett made opponents afraid to send too many people to flank him.

Kobe not only played a historical single-season data, but even the advanced data is very beautiful.

For the Pistons, they are about to usher in their first opponent in the first round of the playoffs-the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls, who lacked starlight, were supported by Yao Huang.

Yao Huang did not become a historical low-post killer like his previous life. He maintained a relatively normal weight, retained the "extremely fast speed in the 220 cm class" that was praised in the past, and retained the CBA average of 5 blocks per game. The power of protecting the basket has become a core center who can stably send 20+8+2.

His evolution was enough to make New York heartbroken. They traded the No. [-] pick with the Bulls in exchange for an Elton Brand who could only add to the cake, and missed a core center who could bring the team into the playoffs.

This is the second time the Bulls have met the Pistons in the playoffs in the past four years.

The first time they met, the Pistons gave the Bulls a clean 4-0, and in that round of the series, the better Yao Huang's personal performance was, the worse the team's loss would be. idea.

Meeting again after a few years, Yao Huang is more mature than before, but the Bulls are still the eighth in the Eastern Conference, and the Pistons are still the first in the Eastern Conference.

There is a grade gap between the two teams.

On April 4, the series between the Pistons and the Bulls officially started.

In the first game of the playoffs, Yao Huang felt like he was defeated by two fists and four hands. The Pistons have too many players who can play, and any one person can bring him a lot of consumption. Knocked out, basically lost the power to fight back.

Yao Huang always had the upper hand against Curry at the beginning, but when he hit the back, he was exhausted and was beaten back.

Mo Mengchen saw this point most clearly.

Most of the first half can be regarded as Yao Huang's strong period, but at the beginning of the second half, as long as the Pistons speed up the pace, Yao Huang will be powerless to parry.

When Yao Huang exhausted his energy, Curry began to fight back.

In the third quarter, Mo Mengchen called for a pick-and-roll, and Curry ran outside the three-point line.

Yao Huang couldn't defend against pick-and-rolls in the first place, and with Mo Mengchen's breakthrough threat here, he could only let Curry's three-pointer go.

Therefore, Mo Mengchen passed the ball, and Curry's three-pointer felt as easy as shooting a warm-up, with no pressure at all.

It was Curry's first shot of the second half.

The following game was a set of on-the-spot teaching on how to subdue Yao Huang with a pick-and-roll.

Back then, the Pistons used the pick-and-roll to beat O'Neal to lose his temper, and now they use it to deal with Yao Huang, and the effect is the same.

Even if Yao Huang didn't lose speed due to gaining weight, for a giant of this height, pick-and-roll defense is the lifeblood, and they will never be able to solve it. Solve it yourself.

After the game, the Bulls lost 22 points.

库里得到23分12篮板4助攻，对位的姚眀则是26分10篮板3盖帽。

As for Mo Mengchen, he basically didn't contribute much. According to the commentator at the scene, "I even doubt that Dor.Mo didn't sweat."

18 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists, typical point guard data, playing not as aggressive as the regular season.

"If they can perform like this every night, I can retire with peace of mind." At the post-match press conference, Mo Mengchen praised all his teammates.

The Pistons didn't give the Bulls much chance tonight.

Yao Huang was not too convinced. He, who had always given people the impression of being a good man, said to the media that night: "My defense was a mess tonight. I can play better."

What does Yao Huang, who plays better, look like?no one knows.

The answer came in the next game.

In the second game of the series between the Pistons and the Bulls, Yao Huang followed the instructions of the coaching staff and boldly let Curry shoot a three-pointer, vowing to pinch Mo Mengchen to the death.

Because the Bulls gave Curry too much shooting space, Curry made a record-breaking 8 three-pointers in a single game, and he hit 3 of them. This shooting rate is not enough to clear Mo Mengchen.

Let him shoot and be shot by him. This is the mental preparation that the Bulls have already made.

The question is how many shots can he make?If he can only shoot 8 of 3, the Bulls will let him go in order to prevent the death of Mo Mengchen, who averaged 30 points per game.

It's because Curry's three-point shooting is unstable, and because the Bulls are giving him more and more space, he is also a bit obsessed. He only knows how to shoot three-pointers, but he doesn't know how to hit the ball.

The Bulls achieved their goal, they bit the game, and after the third quarter, 71 to 71, the two sides drew.

Yao Huang selectively emptied Curry on the defensive end and stuck to the penalty area. Mo Mengchen could only shoot from the outside, and his shooting percentage was not high. The game entered the decisive moment of the fourth quarter.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Mo Mengchen stopped calling Curry to pick and roll, because this guy wanted to shoot a three-pointer when he got the ball.

The Pistons changed their strategy, instead of chasing Yao Huang in the pick-and-roll, relying on the personal ability of the outside line and Gerrard's screen to pull out.

This is the moment to compete for the star's ability.

The Bulls only have Yao Huang, who is physically unable to sustain the whole game, while the Pistons have Mo Mengchen and Anthony.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Mo Mengchen and Anthony, you have a ball, I have a ball, the point difference was pulled to 7 points, and the Bulls called a timeout.

After the timeout, Frauses directly replaced Curry, who was obsessed with three-pointers, with Magloire, and the core of the offense shifted to the outside.

The exhausted Yao Huang failed in singles against Magloire, and the Pistons couldn't hold back their counterattack.

It was a classic Pistons victory.

If a routine is effective, they will play it repeatedly, playing different ways, and playing all night.

Even if the opponent has a solution, they will continue to fight until it is confirmed that the routine is no longer effective, and they will change according to the flexibility of the lineup and the weakness of the opponent.

The change in the fourth quarter is a typical piston change.

A large number of personnel reserves made their lineup very flexible. The Bulls were caught off guard by a sudden change of the offensive core, and Yao Huang, who was physically exhausted, could only find ways to get back on the offensive end.

The result is already doomed and cannot be changed.

2 is better than 0
The Pistons keep two home games, and next, they will go to Chicago.

The outside world basically believes that they will sweep the Bulls. These two games have completely reflected the strength gap between the two sides.

The Bulls have no hope of winning, and even the Chicagoans have this idea.

In the third game, they played bloody.

Still fighting the Pistons, Yao Huang used a large number of low-post balls to attack the Pistons' penalty area, and Curry was fouled four times in the half.

"Who said Eddie Curry is the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference?"

"Yao is the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference!"

Yao Huang can blow up Curry, but he can't rewrite the final result.

In the fourth quarter again, the Bulls collapsed again.

The Pistons' offense was like a violent torrent, crushing the unyielding Chicagoans.

Yao Huang, who scored 30 points and 9 rebounds, said after the game: "We still have hope."

Then came the last game of the season for the Bulls.

When the Pistons opened the point difference to double digits at halftime, the Bulls didn't give up until the last second, scored 1 points in the last 2 minutes, kept timeouts, kept fouling, and kept narrowing the score in the fastest way. Poor, even, there is no hope!

No one knows why they did it.

"I think this is the respectability of the Bulls. If any other team is behind 0 to 3 and is still behind by 1 points in the last minute, would they do that?"

The ending of the story, of course, there is no dramatic reversal, the Pistons eliminated the rival Bulls in the most unreasonable way.

This is the story that happened in a series that will be forgotten many years later. Sometimes even if you know the ending, you can't give up!Going forward against the wind and rain is a proof of courage, and death in battle is also honorable.

(End of this chapter)