You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 427

When: Saturday, May 1998, 5.

Location: Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Background: They're great, we're not.

Tonight, many people came to the scene.

Team owners, shareholders, sponsors, famous players in team history... Their presence makes tonight's game even more solemn.

Mo Mengchen sat in the locker room, and in front of him was the Pistons' locker room motto: You can't do too much work in life, unless only work makes you feel good.

He wears his jersey seriously.

"You've been looking at this sentence for half an hour. Is there anything strange?" Hill asked him.

Mo Mengchen stood up, and No. 9 behind him swayed slightly.

"I swear, one day I will change this damn sentence!" Mo Mengchen said in a deep voice.

Hill wants to say it's not easy. This adage has existed since the Pistons moved the arena to Auburn Hills. It has been with the team to this day.

Simple, unpretentious.

"Many greats, many legends, and in the end there is one superhero who can save the world."

In the player tunnel, Hill stood in the middle of the crowd and shouted: "Guys, we only have ourselves."

"The only ones who can decide the final result tonight are ourselves!"

Everyone put their hands on him excitedly.

Hill yelled, "123!"

"DET!!!"

They ran into the venue, greeted by the cheers of twenty thousand people.

The Bulls standing opposite are in red robes, and they are ready.

Jordan took off his uniform and warmed up on the court.

On his way to achieve dominance, the Pistons were the biggest opponent in front of him, and in the last year of his career, this opponent who had fallen into darkness rose again, preventing him from climbing to the top of the mountain like a tiger blocking the way.

He's going to prove it all tonight.

The grievances that started at the end of the 80s continued to the end of the 90s, one period started and one period ended.

They're all going up, but tonight, someone's bound to fall from the top.

"This scene reminds me of eight years ago."

Venier Johnson, the Pistons' team history star and now TNT's Detroit resident commentator, said in remembrance.

Kenny Smith, who also dedicated the last year of his career to the Pistons, is also an employee of TNT. He is not a resident commentator, but he explained many games as a guest commentator for the Pistons' home games.

Hearing Johnson say this, he asked curiously: "Oh? What is it?"

Johnson said: "Eight years ago, we met the Bulls for the third time in the playoffs. The young Bulls had unlimited possibilities. Michael Jordan at that time may be the strongest Michael Jordan in history."

No, the strongest Michael Jordan in history was active in the 80s.

Although he was successful in the 90s, it wasn't the strongest Jordan.

Smith refuted him in his heart, put on an appearance and listened carefully.

"Many people remember that period of history. We also played against the Bulls until the seventh game. In the end, experience defeated immaturity, and old men defeated young people."

Johnson looked back at the field. Now, the roles on both sides had been reversed.

Bulls are old men, Pistons are young men.

Will fate repeat itself?

Smith does not believe in fatalism, nor in the existence of gods.

"Regardless of the outcome, we are all witnesses to history, let us remember what will happen tonight."

In the previous six games, the Bulls had won the opening jump ball.

Tonight, something changed for Adam Frauses.

The Pistons' starting center is not Ratliff, nor Pollard, but 224 cm Prester Lauderdale.

He has only one task tonight, to help the team jump to the ball.

"The Pistons started [-]-foot-[-] Prester Lauderdale for the first time in the Eastern Conference finals, not garbage time, not a stalemate, but the opening start, to be able to play in such an important game It is also a big affirmation for him to start the game."

Lauderdale is a native of Chicago, standing across from his hometown team.

This feeling is dreamy.

Standing in front of him is the 218 cm Longley. This is the first time Mo Mengchen feels that they can jump to the ball. Lauderdale gave him a lot of confidence.

The referee threw the ball up.

In an instant, Lauderdale jumped up. Although he was bulky and had no speed at all, he was tall and long enough, and so was Longley on the opposite side.

He could bully Ratliff with his height and wingspan before, but now he can't.

Lauderdale gave Mo Mengchen the racket -- the Pistons' first possession in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The place was boiling.

Dapu!

Dapu!

The audience at the scene called Lauderdale's nickname.

Then, Ratliff was already standing on the sidelines, and when the dead ball came, Lauderdale would be replaced.

He has successfully completed his task, the only thing to do now is to perform as much as possible before the dead ball arrives.

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball from outside the three-point line on the left. Before the tactics started, Lauderdale took the initiative to rely on Langley, wanting to play singles.

The audience was boiling. It is rare for Lauderdale to be so proactive.

Lauderdale is the team's happy treasure. Although he doesn't have much chance to play, if the game hits garbage time, it will be interesting to watch him rack up stats.

The Internet is filled with highlights of Lauderdale's garbage-time slashing and picking.

With his brave performance in garbage time, Lauderdale averaged 6 minutes per game this season, scoring 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block.

Mo Mengchen passed the ball to him.

Barkley saw that Lauderdale and Longley were standing outside the paint area, and the penalty area suddenly became charmingly empty.

The fat man flew in.

Lauderdale's post-up was very clumsy. He wanted to make a shot to end the attack. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly saw that Barkley had slipped in. This was a very good opportunity.

The two made an incredible internal pass.

Lauderdale assisted Barkley for a layup.

2 is better than 0
"Plest's performance ignited the passion of the audience!"

"He's like live doping!"

This is definitely one of the few eye-catching adjustments made by Frauses in the playoffs. In the seventh game, he wanted to start the game, so he needed to get the ball, so he made this change temporarily. The advantages of the above, the effect of enlivening the atmosphere of the scene is also very good.

He is not the kind of crazy Rodman who will make all kinds of movements. His game style is very traditional, even a bit rigid, like the inside line in the 70s and [-]s, and he is extremely clumsy and slow. Putting it on the court will slow down the team. overall rhythm.

But temperament is innate.

Some people are born cute, even if he has a "grass mud horse face", fans still think he is cute.

"Is Dapu so popular?" Barkley didn't expect it.

Houston rolled his eyes. The fans had never shown such affection for him: "God knows."

Jordan took the ball from the outside and let Langley come out for a pick-and-roll.

Lauderdale can temporarily calm opponents, but his flaws will not change.

Slow speed and unresponsiveness are all shortcomings that cannot be changed.

Longley came out for the pick-and-roll, and Lauderdale didn't know who to defend, because the Australian could shoot, and Jordan's offense after calling the pick-and-roll was even stronger.

In this case, he has no choice. Although Longley can shoot, he can only defend Jordan.

Jordan used his speed to pass him, but not completely, exploited his weakness of slow movement, and left a wound in the heart of the Chicago Giants.

"Beep!"

Lauderdale can only foul.

It's a pity that fouls are not enough to prevent the true God of Chicago from scoring in front of him.

Jordan made a layup.

"The Pistons request a substitution!"

Ratliff returns to the field.

Before the opening, Frauses had clearly informed Lauderdale of his intentions, and it was not surprising that he was replaced.

Lauderdale didn't lose anything. He played 40 seconds, helped the team win the opening possession, and added an assist. This was enough, and he left his mark on the Eastern Conference Finals.

After the game, every teammate praised him.

Jordan scored an extra penalty.

3 is better than 2
"Mo!"

"Mo!"

"Mo!"

The audience in the front row shouted Mo Mengchen's name loudly, they wanted Mo Mengchen to play alone.

Because in the last game in Chicago, Mo Mengchen defeated the Bulls in singles.

Mo Mengchen will not satisfy this group of people, and now is not a good time for singles.

Making eye contact with Barkley, Fliggy ran to the free throw line to get the ball.

Mo Mengchen went straight into the center, as if preparing to run, Harper just followed up, but Mo Mengchen turned around, speeded up, and ran out of the corner three-point line.

Harper's old legs couldn't exert his strength, and he had no choice but to see Mo Mengchen running out of the open space.

"Shh!"

5 is better than 3
As soon as the game started, Mo Mengchen missed a three-pointer.

"It's a big problem for the Bulls."

"Mo seemed to want to destroy them on the outside from the start."

The Bulls also played very hard, starting from Jordan, fighting for every rebound was crazy.

Pippen relied on his height to make strong shots.

Hill's height is not a decoration, and the interference is in place.

The rebound flew out, Jordan had already entered first, and took the rebound from behind Barkley.

After landing, the trapeze instinctively connected to the jump, jumped to the basket, and scored under many interferences.

After scoring five points in the opening game, Jordan turned around and returned to defense, and the momentum of the Bulls also followed suit.

Houston's defense against Jordan was problematic, and he can't be blamed for that.

Jordan has too many offensive moves, he can't defend against this one, but he can't defend against that one. No matter what Houston does, even if he evolves into the best perimeter defender in the league, it will be difficult to prevent the flying man to death.

Mo Mengchen has only one request: "Don't let him go to the rebound."

Then, to encourage Houston, he went out of his way to find him a pass on offense.

There was the ball at the beginning, Houston threw the ball excitedly, his fingers slipped, almost perfect touch, but the ball went out of the basket.

Rodman rushed down the rebound and was about to pass the ball back. Barkley slammed his hand vigorously and made a direct foul, interrupting the game.

(End of this chapter)