You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 508 The Old Gunner

After defeating the Rockets by a big score, the Pistons set off for Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz.

Their record has reached 38 wins and 4 losses, and they have an eight-game winning streak. As long as they maintain their form, they have a chance to become the first 40-win team this season.

Possibly the only one.

The momentum of the Pistons is unmatched, just like it was at the beginning of the season.

But there are always people in the world who will play against you.

"Looking at the Detroit Pistons now, I think about last season."

"Last season, they were also unbeatable in the regular season, but they suffered a hard fight in the semifinals and lost to the Bulls in the finals."

"Once the critical moment is reached, only Dor.Mo can stand up and score. They don't have the heart to compete for the championship."

"Of course, I am optimistic that they will end the regular season with the best record, but I am not optimistic that they will go further in the playoffs."

The game against the Jazz is a hurdle for the Pistons for the pessimists.

Before the season started, the Jazz crowd thought the year was theirs because the Bulls fell apart.

The Jazz, who had the best chance of winning the championship in history, retained 12 of the 98 players who participated in the 10 Finals.The swingman Morris went to the East, and Anthony Kyle, who made a great contribution in Game 98 of the [-] Finals, went to the Rockets.

In addition to the classic five, center Foster, power forward Kiefer, point guard Eisley, Vaughn, and swingman Anderson chose to stay.The ashes-level old Jazz Tour Bailey (the ace power forward of the Jazz in the 80s) returned to the Jazz. He returned to the NBA from Italy with a last-ditch effort to win a championship. He is now 38 years old and surpassed Passed Stockton and became the longest player in the Jazz.There are also 3 utility players, and these 14 people form the Jazz's season lineup.Although the age is aging, but with high fighting spirit and skilled overall coordination, the Jazz is considered to be the biggest favorite to win the championship.

Compared with the Pistons, the Jazz are the other extreme.

So far this season, the Pistons have averaged 128 points per game and 114 points per game.

Ranked first in the league in points per game and second in the league in points allowed per game.

What about Jazz?They averaged 93 points per game and 83 points per game.

Here is the highlight of tonight, the Jazz and the Pistons, who can drag who into their own rhythm of the game?
If you want to know who the rhythm of this game is facing, just look at the scores of both sides.

If more points are scored, the pace of the game will naturally fall into the hands of the Pistons; if fewer points are scored, the game will be controlled by the Jazz.

In this high-profile game tonight, Ostertag made a jumper and Karl Malone missed a high jumper to start the game.

Rashid wants to play psychological warfare with Malone.

You missed the shot?Rubbish!I can hit it.

In the same position, Malone also gave him an open space. Rasheed made a jumper with a straight arm. The ball curved beautifully in the air and rolled into the basket beautifully, which was moving.

2 is better than 0
"Karl, why have you become a bank too?" Rasheed yelled.

This is Rashid's favorite trash talk, and if the opponent's defense is poor, he will yell mockingly: "He's a bank! He's a bank!"

Stockton passed the ball to Byron Russell just after halftime.Russell gave Malone again.Malone looked at the position of his teammates first when playing back, and suddenly found that Hornacek ran out of the open space after receiving the screen, and immediately passed the ball.

The old gunman Hornacek scored a 45-degree three-pointer from the right.

Abby, the daughter on the sidelines, jumped up excitedly.

This made Houston surprised for a while: "I can't imagine that this old guy's daughter is so naturally beautiful?"

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball with one hand, and Stockton ensured that one hand was attached to his body. It seemed to be an unconscious movement. In fact, as long as he entered a dead corner, the hand attached to the person could make unexpected small movements.

That's one of the most annoying things about Stockton. He has more hands than hair.

However, if the target is Mo Mengchen, Stockton needs to think twice about making small moves.

Mo Mengchen had a bad reputation, and if he had a grudge, he would avenge it on the spot. If he made a small move against him, Stockton had to weigh whether he could withstand this guy's counterattack.

While Stockton was hesitating, Mo Mengchen swayed his hands to create a space, and from the high position on the right, he pulled up a jumper and hit it.

4 is better than 2
"Nice jump shot." Stockton praised, passing the ball to Hornacek who pulled it out.

Standing in the low position opposite Hornacek was Malone, with whom Rasheed had been entangled for a long time.

This is where the Jazz rely the most.

35-year-old Malone.

Mo Mengchen believes that this is also the reason why they always collapse at critical moments. Whether it is due to poor physical strength or born with a shrinking egg, Malone just can't harden at critical moments, and the Jazz has to rely on him.

Malone received the ball and Rashid defended alone.

Rasheed is not only younger than Malone, but also taller than him, which is an advantage defensively.

Malone took the ball, turned around and took a step back, his body was fixed in place like a nail, holding the ball on his chest with both hands, shaking several times.

Rasheed didn't know what he wanted to do, and the two of them froze in place, unable to move.

Mo Mengchen was thinking of swimming over, when Malone suddenly picked up the ball, which even Rasheed didn't expect, and scored from the spot.

"If you want to guard against me, you are 8000 years too early." Ma Long dropped the trash talk and ran away.

"No matter what the hell I am, I am better than you, the exit king!" Rasheed growled.

Mo Mengchen walked over viciously: "You want to eat T again, don't you?"

Rashid immediately became quiet and served the ball honestly.

Because Rashid frequently eats T, if he triggers the penalty clause again, he will be suspended for five games. Therefore, after discussing with Westphal, Mo Mengchen decided to implement a set of management measures for him.

The specific method is that Mo Mengchen disciplines on the court, Westphal restrains him off the court, and replaces people when necessary. He would rather suffer a little loss inside than let this guy find T.

"I haven't eaten T yet"

Rashid stuffed his hands in his trouser pockets, his voice was very low, and he ran forward in a desperate manner without any confidence.

"Have you made a big deal out of it?" Hill asked.

"Take care of yourself!"

Mo Mengchen advanced with the ball and called for a scalpel tactic.

The Jazz obviously studied this tactic. Houston couldn't run for a while, and Hill was substituted. The first three-pointer tonight was made by Devil Mountain.

With a yell, Ben Wallace snatched the offensive rebound from Ostertag and slammed it hard into the basket.

6 is better than 5
The Jazz continue to beat Malone on this.

The offense in this round has a little more variation than last round.

The ball holder is on the left and Malone is on the right. To pass the ball to Malone, it takes three passes, which not only wastes time but also increases the risk of being intercepted.The Jazz's approach is to cover the inside line through the inside line and help Malone run to the left waist. This not only shortens the time, but also ensures the safety of the pass, and makes Malone misplaced against Ben Wallace. A rare and simple tactic.

Malone and Big Ben, the two most muscular men in NBA history.

"careful!"

Stockton's reminder was fast enough, and Malone threw the ball in an instant, but Mo Mengchen's reaction was terrible.

When Stockton sounded the reminder, he knew that the sneak attack was doomed to fail, so he predicted Malone's reaction in advance and jumped up first.

As a result, Malone, like a robot controlled by him, just threw the ball into his arms.

"What a precise prediction!"

Mo Mengchen cut off Malone's pass, took a dribble, fixed his eyes on Hill in front of him, and threw the ball with both hands.

Hill in the frontcourt caught the ball and dribbled it, jumped up from the side, flew to the basket with his slender body, and dunked with both hands.

8 is better than 5
Sloan's face twitched, which he didn't want to see.

"Can't let them fight back!" Sloan yelled.

The Pistons scored 32 points per game through counterattacks, a full 14 points more than the second-ranked Lakers.

As long as they can limit their counterattacks, they have to put more energy into positional warfare.

As we all know, the efficiency of positional warfare cannot be as high as counterattack.

In that way, the hit rate will drop, the score will decrease, and the running and bombing team will not be able to run. Isn't that disabled?
This is called rhythm.

That's why Sloan was so angry when he saw the Pistons counterattack successfully: "Pass the ball well! Attack patiently! Speed ​​up the defense! Don't let them counterattack!"

Sloan's face was extremely ugly, and his voice was the loudest at the scene.

"Let that guy be careful, that is by no means the only sneak attack I made tonight." Mo Mengchen said to Stockton.

Stockton's expression is like poker, and it's hard to see obvious emotional changes on it.

I don't know what problem Houston's defense encountered, Hornacek ran out of position again, Stockton passed the ball in place, and the old gunner output another shell.

8 is better than 8
"Daddy is the best!"

Abby jumped excitedly.

"What kind of defense is that!" Mo Mengchen asked.

Houston had no excuses, and Hornacek made a couple of normal screen runs, throwing him away twice in a row.

"I'm sure that wasn't the last time Alan Houston was out of position tonight."

Stockton returned the same trash talk to Mo Mengchen.

"Take care of yourself first, old man!"

Mo Mengchen turned his face when he said that he would turn his face, and quickly started his right foot, stepping into Stockton's defensive position.

Stockton wanted to block him, but it was impossible. Mo Mengchen's charge was not only fast, powerful, and powerful, but giving a dark elbow when necessary was also the most basic breakthrough etiquette.

Stockton didn't expect the young man's drive to be so strong.

His defense was instantly pierced.

When one person enters, all directions are chaotic.

Houston took advantage of the chaos to run out of opportunities, and Mo Mengchen passed the ball.

Tonight's mid-range shot king didn't seem to bring the shooting bag to the scene. Such a good opportunity missed again. The Jazz got the rebound and was about to counterattack. Mo Mengchen put his arms around Brian Russell and stopped him with a foul .

(End of this chapter)