You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 537

In Game 20 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics lost again by [-] points.

There is something new about Rick Pitino's formation tonight, at least not completely unchanged.

On this night, they didn't have a point guard on the lineup.

The person who handles the ball is Antoine Walker, the second scorer who can contribute 20+5+4 per game, and officially becomes the ball holder of the Celtics tonight.

The Celtics' starting five have both height and strength and outstanding athleticism.

This is the only advantage. Such a future lineup that is particularly in line with Riley's outline of future basketball can only play a short-term role in the game. After the Pistons reacted and pressed them in the frontcourt, Walker's dribble The problem started.

After all, he is not a real No. 1 position. Although he can dribble, he is not the kind of dribble that can take the ball across the half court steadily.

His dribbling is for the offense, which is completely different from the seemingly simple but difficult duty of dribbling the ball across the half court.

Rick Pitino watched as the Pistons beat the Celtics his way.

Damn the frontcourt press!
For the first time in more than a decade of coaching, Rick Pitino hated the frontcourt press so much.

Due to the excessive pressing intensity, the Celtics lost sight of one another and made repeated mistakes.

In less than 1 minute, the point difference was expanded to double digits, and Pitino could only exchange Dana Barros.

Then, Duncan began to realize that he shouldered the historical mission of dominating the 9899 season. He overwhelmed the inside and made Rashid foul four times in less than three quarters.

Westphal put on other players to play against him, and Duncan never refused to come. Seeing one of them exploded, he had the momentum of single-handedly defeating the Pacers' black and white monsters in the semifinals.

It's just that relying on one person to persist in the game will not last long.

Duncan's offense is not as continuous as O'Neal's in the frontcourt. The touch is not soft, and the problem of stiff shooting is fully reflected in the last 2 minutes of the third quarter.

Rashid was off the field, and the last thing Jerome Williams, a stunned young man, was afraid of was fouling.

As long as Duncan is close to the basket, he will foul hard.

The game was repeatedly interrupted, Duncan's offense was also limited by an epic level, and the Pistons scored consecutively through the reactivated Eagle offense and the V-shaped position in the frontcourt.

Mo Mengchen, Hill, and Houston fired from outside.

Their opponents didn't expect the Pistons' touch to come so suddenly.

In the fourth quarter, Westphal made a strange move and replaced Barkley, who kept his weight at 127 kilograms, and gave him the ball consecutively, allowing him to attack Duncan by force.

This death-like arrangement turned out to be the key to ending the game.

Due to his overweight, Barkley, whose state has deteriorated rapidly since entering the playoffs, has rarely been reused, except for garbage time.

This is the first time that he was ordered to step into the critical fourth quarter like tonight.

As a result, he handed over 3 points in 11 minutes, including outside pick-and-rolls, three-pointers, and an amazing 3+1 on Duncan.

When he hit a three-pointer, Adrian opened his hands and shouted: "As expected of Charles! Charles is awesome!"

Barkley responded enthusiastically to Adrian's screams: "Adrian, believe in your own potential as I do!"

The suspense of this game has disappeared.

In the end, like a replica of the previous game, the Pistons beat the Celtics by 20 points.

Hill scored a triple-double with ease, Mo Mengchen got a quasi-triple-double with one assist short, and Houston scored a team-high 28 points by relying on shooting.

Barkley is amazing as a surprise player, and his performance will be talked about.

Through a magical performance in the fourth quarter, he was brought to the press conference by Westphal.

Mo Mengchen described Barkley's performance in the fourth quarter in this way: "I, AH, and Grant are all redundant. Our only role on the court is to pass the ball to Charles. There are several times because Charles did not pass the ball in time. glared at me."

The atmosphere of the press conference was extremely relaxed.

The Pistons thus took a 2-0 lead.

The second game of the Western Conference Finals was over as early as yesterday. It is amazing that the Jazz stole a victory from the Blazers' home court.

Ma Long, who has always been known for being weak at critical moments, scored 13 points in the final quarter yesterday, which is undoubtedly the key factor in winning the game.

Sloan called Malone's performance legendary.

Stockton sees this as Malone's way of leading them.

Malone's statement was as direct as a muscle in his body: "I just want to win."

The Trail Blazers who faced Waterloo at home had an ugly expression from top to bottom as if there was a funeral at home.

Weber stated through the media: "Failure is unacceptable. We only hope that the third game will come soon. We can't wait to go to Salt Lake City."

The situation in the East is still clear, but the West has become confusing because the Jazz stole a victory away.

The Pistons, which were due to fly to Boston in the morning, changed their departure time to the afternoon because of flight delays.

This morning, after several months of painstaking training, Mo Mengchen finally made a steak that Barkley was full of praise for, and he thought it surpassed the steak king.

"It's so delicious!" Barkley blushed, "Is this a reward for my wonderful performance in yesterday's game?"

Mo Mengchen said: "You can think so."

"What kind of sauce is this? It's a foul. Add this sauce and replace the meat with Kobe beef. You can definitely make that boss down!" Barkley said sincerely.

Mo Mengchen smiled lightly: "Speaking of Kobe beef, do you know why the boss doesn't use Kobe beef when making smoked steak?"

"cost?"

"No, because his secret recipe is not suitable for Kobe steak." Mo Mengchen said, "This is where he is not perfect, and it is also the reason why he will eventually lose to me."

Mo Mengchen said: "His recipe for grilling smoked steak is truly a masterpiece, enough to make any carnivore in the world fall in love, but his recipe conflicts with the best ingredients, which shows that he The steaks are not the best in the world.”

Barkley wasn't listening to him at all.

Adrian watched eagerly.

Mo Mengchen was talking to himself for a long time, and found that Barkley didn't pay attention to him at all, so he couldn't help but patted the table angrily: "Why are you so busy eating?"

Buckley ate his mouth full of oil: "I enjoy the steak so forgetfully, it just shows that your cooking is really delicious."

Seems to make sense?

Mo Mengchen turned his gaze to Adrian. He still had a task this morning, which was to supervise Adrian's breakfast.

Adrian recently resisted Ephraim's breakfast in the name of losing weight.

Ephraim could understand his desire to lose weight, but he still had to eat breakfast. A hunger strike to lose weight is the most stupid way to lose weight in the world.

But Mo Mengchen knew that this kid didn't want to lose weight at all, but simply didn't want to eat the breakfast made by Ephraim, so he felt sorry for his sister.

"Doctor Mo, I want to lose weight." Adrian looked at Mo Mengchen pitifully.

He obviously didn't know that Mo Mengchen often operated on children of his size. When the scalpel was cut across the body, the internal structure was always the same.

Mo Mengchen smiled and said: "It's fine to deceive Ephraim with such words, don't use it to deceive me, just eat it obediently."

Seeing that there was no reason to talk to Mo Mengchen, Adrian began to pour out bitter water: "How do you eat this kind of thing?!"

"Whether you can eat it or not, you have to eat it, and then answer my question."

"what is the problem?"

"I've been researching steak lately, why?"

"To defeat Steak King's boss?"

"Yes, what happens after I defeat him?"

Adrian turned worry into joy: "My favorite Doctor Mo is coming back?"

So am I not your favorite Dr. Mo during this time?

Mo Mengchen said with a smile: "So, you'd better eat your breakfast obediently, otherwise even if I defeat the boss of the steak king, you still won't be able to eat the breakfast I made."

Hearing this, Adrian stood up and gave Mo Mengchen a gesture of "please witness".

Then he opened his tiger's mouth, wiped out the breakfast that Ephraim made for him, and put a clean plate on Mo Mengchen's face: "Please check, Doctor Mo."

Looking at Adrian, who turned his face like a book, Mo Mengchen felt melancholy. This is just a 13-year-old boy. Why is he as thick-skinned as Barkley?

With melancholy, Mo Mengchen gathered the tools needed to make steak and handed them to Madeira, asking her to transport them to Boston.

In the afternoon, the Pistons arrived in Boston.

The media and fans here gave them a grand non-welcome ceremony.

The two feuding teams met at the top of the Eastern Conference. There have been many frictions in the two games that have been completed. Boston fans, who are best at off-court struggles, welcome the visiting team in a variety of ways.

Satirical cartoons, PS spoof posters, insidious jingles, and long queues of fans booed wildly.

After going to so many away games, Boston fans are the best at playing.

Then, Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals kicked off.

The battlefield shifted to Salt Lake City, and the Blazers didn't give the Jazz at home a chance throughout the whole process, and simply won the game neatly.

Webber and Sabonis combined for 18 assists, four fewer than the Jazz's total.

Ma Long, who was like a god in the away game, returned home, surrendered 14 points and 8 rebounds in front of the fans who loved him, and made 12 of 1 shots in the second half.

The Blazers regained home-court advantage, and basketball fans around the world turned their attention to the East.

Tonight's game will determine whether the Pistons have a chance to sweep the series in three consecutive rounds.

If they win this game, they will lead by a big score of 3 to 0. If they lose this game, the two sides will have to fight again.

That night, Kenny Anderson, who was accidentally injured by a teammate and caused a broken nose, played in a mask.

His death-defying attitude boosted the team's morale.

Before the game started, the spectators who sat in the North Shore Garden disturbed the warming-up Pistons with uniform slogans.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the Pistons entered the field. Since then, the sound did not disappear until the live DJ introduced his own players, and when it was the turn to introduce the Pistons players, the sound sounded again.

(End of this chapter)