You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1069 I really want to win you again

The two lines were drawn apart, and Hardaway broke through the middle.

Mo Mengchen's defense always blocked his attack direction, and he never slackened for a moment.

Since the third quarter, they have been constantly matching and singled out.

"33-year-old Dor.Mo and 35-year-old 'Penny' Hardaway, their duel is moving."

In the third quarter, Mo Mengchen and Penny He scored 14 points each, and the difference between the two sides was still 8 points.

3 minutes before the start of the fourth quarter.

Both the Pistons and the Knicks replaced the core to rest, and Ginobili fired from the outside, forcing the Knicks to replace Penny in advance.

Seeing Penny on the field, Mo Mengchen, who was used to sitting on the sidelines and watching his teammates consume the opponent's main force, stood up and challenged Frauses.

At this time, whether Mo Mengchen is replaced or not has no effect on the situation.

Frauses knew why Mo Mengchen insisted on playing, so he nodded and agreed to his request.

At this time, it was time for the Pistons to attack.

Anthony held the ball and stood in the low post. It was his activeness that made the Knicks spend a lot of manpower on double-teaming, and Ginobili on the outside went on a killing spree.

In the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Anthony only scored 2 points, but passed the ball and sent 3 assists.

These 3 assists helped the Pistons extend their lead to 14 points.

At this time, the score was 88 to 74. No wonder the Knicks couldn't sit still. If Penny continued to sit on the sidelines, he would probably watch a game that was not scored be won by his opponent in one fell swoop.

With this ball, Anthony turned around and shot. He wanted to hit the board, but he didn't control his strength well. The ball hit the basket and flew out of bounds.

The ball happened to be dead, so Mo Mengchen was replaced.

Penny is sweating profusely. Today, he is no longer the popular niche boy who was popular all over the United States. The short cut no longer exists. For convenience, he shaved his head like Jordan.

Not everyone can control the bald head well like Jordan, Hardaway can't, Mo Mengchen is used to the appearance of his head with hair.

Hardaway arrived at the frontcourt with the ball, and leaned his back against Mo Mengchen's body from outside the three-point line. With his skills, he took the initiative to push the man away, turned around and dribbled the ball to the free throw line. Coming up, the others didn't come over to help defend, and just shot a jumper.

76 is better than 88
"No matter how long it's been, I can always score on you." Looking at Mo Mengchen, Hardaway said confidently.

Like the first round of the 1996 playoffs.

That was all ten years ago.

Mo Mengchen turned around and waved to Curry to let him serve.

Curry naturally wanted to pass the ball, Mo Mengchen took his ball, turned around and dribbled it to the frontcourt, Hardaway defended.

The Pistons made Mo Mengchen and Hardaway one-on-one, and the Knicks also made Hardaway and Mo Mengchen one-on-one.

In this battle related to the fate of the Knicks, such a defensive arrangement is very sloppy, but it also just caters to the expectations of the outside world.

"Dor. Mo vs. Penny!"

"How many more times can we see this scene?"

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball to the left. This is not a triangle attack. The general triangle attack starts by distinguishing the strong and weak sides and throwing the ball to the low-post players.

In order to single out Mo Mengchen, the others took the initiative to pull away.Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball in, suddenly turned around with his back to the basket, and beat Penny forcefully with his 100 kg body.

In order to keep his body light and reduce the burden on his lower limbs, Penny's weight has dropped to 92 kilograms. Now he can't bear Mo Mengchen's back attack at all.

Mo Mengchen's aggressive back slap attracted Camby, but unfortunately, the shot blocker came a step late.

Mo Mengchen didn't wait for him to threaten his attack, arched outside the paint area, wiped his feet back, moved his body flexibly, followed a jump, and jumped into the air lightly. Hardaway's body had been lost in the previous few impacts. power of resistance.Seeing Mo Mengchen jumping up in front of his face, Hardaway didn't have the strength to jump up to block the shot, so he had to stand where he was and raised his hand bluffing.

Who can defend against such a defense?

90 is better than 76
"Dor.Mo's personal score has reached 30 points!"

"For what it's worth, Penny also scored 25 points!"

"Maybe this round of the series will end tonight, but the duel between the two of them will be sung forever by the fans."

After throwing in, Mo Mengchen said to Penny: "I'll wait for you to call."

Pence listened to him, turned back from his teammate and said, "Looks like I have no choice."

"Don't let him down," Camby said.

"That's natural." Hardaway took Camby's serve, "If it's only about offense, I will never lose to him."

Hardaway also allowed his teammates to pull away, but he couldn't rely on his physical fitness to attack, and he could only find a breakthrough with a constantly changing rhythm. His offensive stability was not as good as Mo Mengchen.

The two confronted each other head-on, and since Hardaway couldn't break the hole, he had no choice but to attack from behind like Mo Mengchen. Before the shot, his shoulders shook from side to side. The latter saw it as a fake move and directly threw forward to defend against his shot.

Mo Mengchen guessed Pence's attacking choice correctly.

Almost at this moment, Penny raised the arc of his shot to avoid being blocked, but also made the hope of scoring dim.

The ball flew high to the basket, bounced hard, and then, Brand's long arm grabbed the rebound, forced it, and was blocked by Curry.

Mo Mengchen picked up the floor ball and passed it long into Penny's eyes.

Anthony caught the ball in the frontcourt and dunked.

92 is better than 76
"No matter how you want to fight, I will accompany you." Mo Mengchen said.

Hardaway snorted, and his teammates took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to him.

Penny, whose physical strength has declined severely, has found it difficult to score single-handedly.

One-on-one can show his spirit, but doing so will push the team into the abyss, and the Knicks will lose hope of winning from then on.

Personal gains and losses are insignificant compared with the honor and disgrace of the team.

Hardaway called for a pick-and-roll, ending the solo fight, and Brand's pick-and-roll was in place, helping him hang Mo Mengchen.Penny started quickly, used the pick-and-roll to get rid of the defense, and accelerated to the basket. Curry's follow-up speed was faster than he thought. Wire.

"The fans at the scene may be disappointed by Pence's choice, but he made the right decision."

Then, Hardaway made two free throws.

78 is better than 92
Mo Mengchen gave up bringing the ball to the frontcourt, and came to the front with empty hands, standing on the weak side.

Ginobili came over with the ball, the strong and weak sides separated, he and Mo Mengchen stood on the weak side.Seeing that Mo Mengchen was about to take a position, Argentine Yaodao immediately passed the ball.

Even if Penny called the pick-and-roll to end their duel, he didn't intend to end it.

Mo Mengchen judged the situation calmly. Penny's pressure was all on his left foot, which was to prevent him from turning around and attacking the bottom line.In this way, the defense on the upper line becomes weak.Mo Mengchen thought so far, his head faltered towards the bottom line first, and then he turned and broke through towards the upper line.

Hardaway couldn't react, and the defense was instantly overwhelmed.Brand did react, but his reaction was too slow. When he came to block the shot, Mo Mengchen rose like a rocket, suppressed him cruelly, and smashed the ball into the basket with a backhand.

"The referee was as frightened as we were!"

"This should have been a 2+1 breakthrough!"

Mo Mengchen yanked at the basket until Brand backed away, before he landed on the ground and turned around to retreat.

Hadaway looked at Mo Mengchen from afar.

He won against Mo Mengchen for the first time ten years ago, but he didn't expect that it would be the last time.

In ten years, countless things have changed, he has become old, and Mo Mengchen is still in his prime, no one knows how he maintains himself.

Back then, the Pistons lacked talent, but they played five games with the Magic, who can be called a luxury division.

Today, the Knicks, who can be called a concentration camp for the old, weak, sick, and disabled, have difficulty dragging the game to Game [-], and the tiebreaker is even more extravagant.

"I'm really not as good as him."

Hardaway already had the answer in his mind.

This is a universally accepted answer, but Hardaway has always felt that if he has as many helpers as Mo Mengchen, he can also achieve great things.

It's just that now, the same situation is almost the same as ten years ago, but the roles have been reversed, but the Knicks only won one game against the Pistons.

The mentally unbalanced Penny made a three-pointer and missed.

Pistons fight back.

96 is better than 78
Halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference increased instead of decreasing, and it has been stretched to 18 points.

The Knicks were about to request a timeout, but Penny dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and pulled out another three-pointer.

This time he made it and pulled the team back from the brink.

81 is better than 96
A chasing three-pointer cannot rewrite this result.

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, no longer singles, and passed to Anthony in the low post.

The Knicks' double-team forced him to pass the ball out. Ginobili missed a three-pointer. Curry took the ball and Mo Mengchen got it.

The game time is getting shorter and shorter. Mo Mengchen is fully fired. He dribbles on the three-point line at the top of the arc. S requested a timeout.

"Is there any suspense in the game?"

There was no suspense in the game, but the Knicks refused to admit defeat.

The timeout ended and Penny was still on the field.

For a game that could not be won at all, Hardaway used up the last drop of oil.

2 minutes before the end, Hardaway chased Mo Mengchen and sprained his ankle, and withdrew from the battle in a tragic way.

He lay on the ground, unwilling and annoyed, two emotions poured into his body, and he slapped the floor hard.

He is very clear that after tonight, if he wants to play against the Pistons in the playoffs, he will have to wait until next year.

By then, he will be 36 years old, how much energy will he have?

"See you next year."

Hardaway looked up, and what he saw was neither his teammates nor the team doctor, but Mo Mengchen who had completely defeated them.

He rarely lends a helping hand to a dying enemy, rather than rubbing salt in the wound.

Penny grabbed Mo Mengchen's hand and stood up.

Mo Mengchen helped Pence off the field, applause erupted at the scene, and [-] spectators cheered for Pence's exit, and for the game that would end in victory.

"I really want to win you again." Penny finally said unwillingly.

(End of this chapter)