You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 551 Fierce and Ruthless
At this point in the second quarter, the Blazers' Webber and Sabonis were sitting off the court.

For the Pistons, Mo Mengchen and Hill also took a rest.

In the first quarter of the first game of this year's finals, the two sides scored a high score of 37 to 33, and the Pistons temporarily took the lead.

Such a high score will make people criticize the defense of both sides for not being tenacious enough, but it also allows those blind players who pay attention to the NBA to Mo Mengchen to better understand the sport.

For the uninitiated, the offense is indeed an effective way to like the game, and this year's opening game of the Finals also reached the fourth highest ratings ever.

You know, in this league, attention has declined, the level of competition has degraded, and the overall level of players has dropped seriously. The departure of Jordan, the spokesperson of this sport, has brought an immeasurable blow to the NBA. The ratings of the NBA in many regions have dropped. Reduced, advertising endorsements are also greatly reduced.

Before the finals started, some people thought that the ratings of this year's finals would hit a record low, but it turned out to be unexpectedly hot.

The ratings of the game are still rising, because it is indeed very entertaining.

After the absolute core of the two teams came off the court to rest, the ball was handed over to their respective perimeters. The two fast gunners, Sprewell and Jim Jackson, continued to charge forward, trying to catch up with the point difference.

For the Pistons, although Ricky Davis and Joe Dumars are not as good as Sprewell and Jackson, they will not stand and get beaten. There are back and forth attacks on both sides, and the game is still very good.

Vinier Johnson satirized the media for the Nth time tonight: "It is said that the Pistons play dirty, but now the ratings of this game have reached the fourth highest in history. I believe that as the game progresses, the ratings will continue. In addition, there are still several games to be played in the series, we have reason to believe that the attention of this year's finals will not be less than last year's."

Kenny Smith then taunted: "If there are still people who think that the Pistons' games are dirty, then I think these people are not suitable for watching basketball. They should watch volleyball. The kind of sports without physical confrontation is the most suitable for them."

These remarks will definitely be provoked by those who are interested, and there will be volleyball teams who will take the opportunity to gain popularity, no doubt.

Ernie Johnson realized Smith's slip of the tongue, and quickly made amends: "Kenny, you are wrong, volleyball is also a very confrontational event, although they don't need to rely on physical confrontation, but they keep jumping in front of a big net. Ball, accidental injury is a high probability event."

"My mistake, I apologize to all volleyball practitioners!" Smith also discovered this problem, and quickly changed his words, "It seems that these people can only watch chess and card games in this life. Physical confrontation, graceful, healthy, not rough."

The three commentators chatted in their respective positions, and then Jackson hit a three-pointer from the right to tie the score.

40 is better than 40
Jim Jackson, this guy who only has offense but no defense, because Sprewell changed to the No. 1 position, he got the chance to start.

The Blazers' lineup is so luxurious that this scorer who has been able to output 20+ points per game steadily in the past few years can only play as a substitute under normal circumstances.

Tonight was a good day for him. When Mo Mengchen and Hill were off the court, he alone played the team's firepower output and made great contributions to the Trail Blazers tying the score.

At this time, 5 minutes had passed in the second quarter.

The head coaches of both sides changed again.

Damon Stoudemire replaced Sprewell, who had played 17 minutes in a row, and Sabonis replaced the long-haired brute Brian Grant.

For the Pistons, Mo Mengchen replaced Dumars and Hill replaced Houston.

"This wave of substitutions is a bit conservative, but Rashid can actually be replaced." This is Johnson's personal opinion.

The insiders on the Pistons field are Jerome Williams and Ben Wallace, and there is no absolute height.

The height of the Blazers' inside combination is exaggerated.

Kevin Cato and Sabonis.

Cato is familiar to most Chinese fans. Yao Huang was the official center of the Rockets before he went to the Rockets. He is a traditional insider who can do dirty work and work hard. When Yao Huang first entered the league, he helped Yao Huang a lot. He can be regarded as one of the early Ming king's personal guards.

It's a pity that since Cato, Yao Huang's best substitute is God knows how old Mutombo is.

The younger Cato has a better effect next to Sabonis. He has a height of 211 cm, which is 5 cm taller than Williams.

The Blazers briefly replaced the frozen starting guard, Stoudemire.

Sprewell played for too long in a row, letting him rest was the right move, and letting Stoudemire come up was to delay Mo Mengchen as much as possible.

Stoudemire is fully committed to the game, and if he wants to have more playing time in the Finals, the next few minutes are his best chance to prove himself.

Mo Mengchen dribbled the ball with his right hand, and signaled the two sides to pull away with his left hand.

This is Kenny Anderson's famous technique, but now he uses it as his own trump card. It is extremely powerful, because the moment he pulls the ball back, there will be a quick and powerful attack. Deceptive ball-collecting fakes.

Stoudemire, who is not good at defense, saw this action, his head could not turn around, jumping up and blocking the ball was his only reaction.

"Oh no!"

As soon as Stoudemire jumped up, he knew that everything was over. Sure enough, after he took off, Mo Mengchen slapped the ball down like lightning, took a step forward, passed him completely, and broke into the penalty area to pick Kevin Cato. Soft persimmon, against him in the air, the whistle blew, the left hand hooked the ball, and hit the board to score.

"Good shot, Dr. Mo!"

Seeing Mo Mengchen's performance as soon as he came on stage, Adrian and Ephraim were so excited that even Medela, who was eating popcorn next to her, screamed on a whim.

"That's why you were dropped, brainless dwarf."

Mo Mengchen stood on the free throw line and said meanly.

"Oh, say whatever you want." Stoudemire knew very well that he couldn't spray Mo Mengchen, so he replied cheekily.

Mo Mengchen made an extra penalty.

43 is better than 40
It was his 10th point of the night.

Less than halftime, already scored 10 points, but Mike Dunleavy did not doubt whether his strategy was correct at all.

Except for the shot against Stoudemire just now, Mo Mengchen's scoring was all through complicated moves, which shows that Sprewell has restricted him to a certain extent.

In order to relieve his pressure, the Pistons even cut off an arm and concentrated the ball on Hill.

This is a great consumption for both Mo Mengchen and Hill. Normally, both of them have an average possession of the ball. You hold the ball to organize for a while, and I hold the ball to organize for a while. Tonight is different.

This is what Sprewell does to Mo Mengchen.

Dunleavy believes that will help them win the game in the end.

At a low position at a 45-degree angle on the right, Sabonis received the ball and attacked.

It is very torturous for Wallace to play against someone like this. Sabonis is not the kind of traditional insider who relies on his height and size to fight hard. His rich skills and rare golf quotient in history make him special.

Holding the ball with a big hand, raising the ball high, suddenly, Jim Jackson turned and cut into the basket. No one knows how Sabonis found his teammates. With his eyes, he threw the ball to Jackson under the basket without any delay.

Jackson made a rebound at the basket.

42 is better than 43
"interesting."

Mo Mengchen quickly picked up the ball on the ground, but the insiders on both sides didn't react, he had already passed the ball long.

"The pace is too fast!"

Just as Kenny Smith yelled, Hill had counterattacked and dunked.

45 is better than 42
"Three seconds! Detroit hit a ball back in three seconds!"

"Sabonis didn't even have time to run out of the Pistons' three-point line, and the opponent's counterattack was already done!"

"This fast break can't even keep up with the live broadcast!"

"No way, ugly basketball is like this, so fast that the cameraman is in a dilemma."

Vinier Johnson is already having a good time, and no matter what he says, he must talk about ugliness. This can also show how deeply they hate the media's practice of "judging others without watching the ball".

Such a ghostly rhythm is not good for Sabonis. His movement is too slow. Every time I watch him run, I feel like there are dozens of catties hanging on his thighs. The heaviness of the steps makes the body move forward The slowness visible to the naked eye is like a hard-working snail.

"Big Ben, leave it to me!"

cried Williams.

Wallace was taken aback, Williams couldn't help but barked fiercely, and took the initiative to wrap around Sabonis.

His fighting spirit, his passion on the court, his aggression, his murderous aura of wanting to bite his opponent to death before giving up, are in some ways very similar to Mo Mengchen.

This kind of ruthlessness in playing every game as if it is the last game of his life is the reason why he has won everyone's respect.

Now, in order to protect Wallace, he takes the initiative to face Sabonis, which is a kind of self-sacrifice like hitting a pebble against a rock.

In less than ten seconds, Williams received his second foul on Sabonis.

Then, the Blazers served again, and Sabonis caused Williams' defensive foul while attacking, and went directly to the free throw line.

Sabonis started to pant after only playing for a minute and a half. The intensity given to him by the Pistons was very high.

Before he made the free throw, Mo Mengchen had a small meeting on the outside and specifically told Williams: "Pay attention to the number of fouls, we need you to play at least 10 minutes on the court."

"Dad, it depends on the referee." Williams said helplessly.

With a body like his, it is impossible to rely on skills to run against a guy like Sabonis, only by being fierce and ruthless.

Be fierce and ruthless, making it look like a fight, and the frequency of fouls will naturally increase.

Mo Mengchen could understand, but simply hoped that he would last longer.

Sabonis missed the second free throw, and Williams fiercely slapped the rebound to Mo Mengchen on the outside. This is very risky, because it may be snatched by the opponent if you are not careful.

Mo Mengchen reacted ahead of time, grabbed the ball, and before Stoudemire fouled him, the ball had already been thrown forward.

Hill again.

It was another counterattack, this time it took only four seconds, and Devil Mountain dunked again.

"This time, Sabonis finally ran out of the Pistons' three-point line, but their opponent has already completed a counterattack!"

(End of this chapter)