You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 465 Old Fox

The whistle blows and the second half begins.

Darrell Armstrong didn't dare to show off his skills too much in front of Mo Mengchen. After the first half of the contest, he knew that his speed and self-righteous little skills were a joke in front of this person.

If you show off too much, you may incur backlash.

And Chuck Daly had already clarified his strategy for the second half during the intermission: "Give the ball to Penny, and the rest of you better stand in your shooting hotspot and let him create opportunities for you!"

The meaning of this sentence couldn't be more obvious, and everyone else rolled away and waited for Hardaway to attack.

This round, Hardaway flashed from the weak side, rushed out to get the ball, and faced Alan Houston.

Although the defender is replaced by the CIC king, the strategy against Hardaway remains the same, and the Pistons will desperately prevent him from scoring.

At this time, Hardaway was like the Zebei Rongzhi who turned half of his face sideways, accompanied by flames, and wanted to pay Rukawa Kaede back three times. The tall Houston was very nervous.

The basketball fell to the ground,

boom!
With just a sound, Hardaway swung the ball to the left with his left hand, which seemed to be a breakthrough from the left, and this was just a wide-range change of direction from left to right. Even if Houston saw through his movement, he couldn't Deal with this change of direction, because the speed is too fast and the range is too large.

From this ball, we can see why Daly wants Hardaway to reduce his possession of the ball.

His way of playing is gorgeous and beautiful, but it is extremely detrimental to the body. Daly hopes that he will use the good steel to the blade, and use every touch of the ball for offense instead of wasting his energy in dribbling the ball across the half. on this kind of thing.

Houston's body was tilted from side to side, and it was hard to see the pole. Rashid settled down and completely blocked Penny's breakthrough route in one step-this was not a problem for him. Negative angle throws score.

He ran back confidently, facing the camera, and made a "shh!" to the 22000 spectators present

How could the irascible fans, mainly blue-collar workers, tolerate this white-faced scholar dominating in front of them?
"Fuck this bastard!"

"Damn, what are you doing to eat, prevent him from dying!"

"Is he better than Jordan? Why can't he stick to him?"

Rasheed and Huston wanted to tell the audience what you can do.

Mo Mengchen and Hill ignored the reaction of Penny's ball and let Wallace serve. Then, one of them dribbled the ball, and the other made gestures in the frontcourt.

This set the tone for the offense in this round.

Hill wanted to lead the offense, but Mo Mengchen didn't care. He stood at the three-point line and used shooting threats to help Hill create space.

Devil Mountain is very comfortable, holding the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, and Van Horn didn't dare to make a three-pointer, so he was naturally passed by one step.

It is difficult to score such a breakthrough. Grant's help defense is not blocked. Hill sees the defense approaching, like a desperate person throwing the ball to the basket. This ball is not even a shot, as if time is running out. After the angle was locked, Grant shot helplessly, but Grant dared to swear in anyone's name that Devil Mountain was never forced to this level by him.

Sure enough, when the ball left his hand, Hill turned around Grant's body, jumped up, caught the popped basketball in the air, flipped it up, and made up the ball directly in the air.

62 is better than 50
Hill landed confidently and turned back to defend.

Although the two Jordan successors did not face each other directly, they were provocative from a distance in this round. There was no trash talk, at most it was just a meeting of eyes, and two wonderful goals, thus provoking a duel.

The Pistons' defensive strategy against Hardaway puzzled the Magic. They did everything they could to defend Penny, even if they exposed everyone else, they would lock Penny.

In this round, Penny no longer scored in a difficult way. He found an open Grant pass.

It may be that Rasheed gave Grant too comfortable space, and the Cobra missed the ball.

Hardaway took the rebound and passed it.

The second shot, stumbled and hit.

52 is better than 62
"Statement in advance, I don't care whether to score." Hardaway thought that the Pistons wanted to suppress his desire to score, so they made this extreme strategy.

Daly also speculated in this way, otherwise, with their abilities, it would be impossible to do so.

However, when his opponent heard this, they looked at each other and nodded at each other, as if the plan had succeeded.

One penny is two big, what's the situation?
"Mom, do you think Dr. Mo can limit Penny's score to 30 points?" Lorenta asked.

At this time, Van Horn was bold and let Hill three points.

Hill's hard training during the offseason is to let every opponent who dares to make such a move know: You dare to let me dare to shoot.

Swish!
A crisp three-pointer, 65 to 52.

Then, the entire Pistons team surrounded and suppressed Hardaway. This posture is comparable to the brigade of police hunting and killing Rambo in "First Blood".

They desperately prevented Hardaway from scoring, but in the end let the latter easily assist his teammates to score.

With 20 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, the third quarter has just begun, and Hardaway has already scored a double-double.

According to this momentum, it is only a matter of time before a large double-double or even a large triple-double.

"Hoohoo."

Just now Hardaway turned around in the Pistons' defense and found that it was unprofitable.

They still chased and intercepted him with the strength of the whole team, but opportunities for teammates no longer appeared so easily. It seemed that they had learned how to defend.

Having to deal with this intensity of defense for multiple rounds in a row, Hardaway's physical energy is exhausted.

Mo Mengchen stood aside. For him, all of this was expected.

It was his idea to do what he promised Lorenta, so he made this decision to suppress Hardaway's defensive strategy.

It looks like an adventure, but it actually hides a mystery.

The Pistons are not a bad defensive team. Although Hardaway is strong, he doesn't need the whole team of the Pistons to encircle and suppress.

In essence, this is still a strategy to consume Hardaway.

It's just that on the bright side, the Magic is more profitable, because Hardaway seems to be able to create multiple opportunities for his teammates as soon as he breaks through.

However, it is impossible to accurately calculate the strength he expended and the confrontation he experienced every time he broke through.

Even if Daly is standing on the sidelines, it is difficult for him to make an accurate judgment.

In this round, the Pistons consumed Hardaway for 20 seconds. He failed to pass the ball and finally scored a three-pointer.

"boom!"

The ball was too strong and bounced up and out of bounds.

"It was so hard, he couldn't shoot it anymore."

On the Magic side, assistant coach Rivers said anxiously.

We only played 4 minutes in the third quarter, why did the feeling become like this?Daly squinted and looked Hardaway up and down.

Then turn to look at the piston.

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball through the half court, controlled the ball with his left hand, and raised his right hand.

Hill ran to him for the ball, and then, Houston stepped up to pick and roll.

Daly's pupils shrank sharply.

This.
Hardaway against Hill!

Is this good news?No, absolutely not.

Obviously, the Pistons' offensive arrow is Hill, while the Magic's offensive arrow is Hardaway.

Putting Hardaway against Hill means that he not only bears the most pressure on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

When he was on offense, the Pistons consumed him.

When defending, Hill single-handedly consumed him with the ball.

That's what the piston is for.

"Cunning vixen!" Daly stared at Westphal on the opposite side.

Westphal stood calmly on the sidelines. Mo Mengchen's strategy for Pence was directed by Mo Mengchen. He didn't understand it in the first half. After the intermission, Mo Mengchen expressed his thoughts.

This is actually a dangerous plan, and a little carelessness may allow Penny to revitalize the overall situation.

This bet is that the Pistons can limit Hardaway.

And they did.

This is reasonable and unexpected.

Pistons starting five: Mo Mengchen, Hill, Houston, Big Ben and Roaring Tianzun. Even Mo Mengchen, who is the worst defender, is now an above-average defender. The era is a first-class defensive team.

If such a team blocks Hardaway desperately but still can't defend him, it can only show that Hardaway's offensive end has reached the top in history.

Apparently, pennies haven't evolved to this degree yet.

When the storm came, Hill's change of direction was predicted by Penny, so he simply gave up these fancy techniques and changed to a strong back attack, crushing his opponent who is also Jordan's successor, causing a foul.

Penny was knocked to the ground.

Hill held out his hand to Penny.

The two successors, whose personalities were very different from Jordan's, held hands.

Hill pulled him up to the free throw line, and Mo Mengchen had a small meeting and said: "It's not enough, continue to consume him. At the end of the third quarter, I want him to be tired enough to cramp!"

Magic is essentially Penny's one-man team. Nick Anderson and Van Horn are both icing on the cake. If Penny is locked up, the team is over.

Then, Hill made two free throws.

67 is better than 52
In a blink of an eye, the gap has reached 15 points.

Seeing that Penny was determined to go his own way and was still thinking about playing hard with the ball, Daly hurriedly called a timeout.

Before the timeout, Penny scored again from a throw over Rasheed's head.

Game interrupted.

Penny was breathing heavily, his level of exertion compared to the other nine on the field, as if they weren't playing the same game.

With a smiling face like a fox, Westphal suddenly said to Mo Mengchen, Hill, and Houston: "I want you to come down and rest for 3 minutes."

"why?"

Westphal made three ups and three downs.

Then, he sent Joe Dumars, Ricky Davis, Louis M. Lore, and joined hands with Big Ben and Roaring God to launch a 3-minute full-court press against the Magic.

(End of this chapter)