You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 731 The Great Discovery

The next day, the Pistons official: "Jerome Williams will be absent for 7-9 weeks due to a fracture in his right hand."

On the same day, Williams posted a photo of his hospital examination on his personal Twitter. In the photo, he was cheerful and not bothered by the injury.

Tens of thousands of fans came to his Twitter to express their wishes.

"In the next two months, we will lose our hardest bones, but we will continue to fight with his tough style."

Westphal expressed his opinion that Williams is about to truce. To the outside world, the Pistons just lost an inside rotation who averaged 20 minutes per game; to the Pistons, the value of Williams is not just Just 20 minutes off the bench every night.

There is probably only one Pistons player who will be excited, and that person is Rashard Lewis, who topped the NBA's top ten shots on Christmas Eve because of the buzzer-beating three-pointer in the Christmas game.

The existence of Williams made his playing time only a little over 10 minutes. Now the opponent is injured and absent. From the perspective of his teammates, he regrets what happened to the opponent, but when he thinks of himself, the absence of the opponent gives him more to prove himself. Chance.

Unknowingly, the three players in the Pistons from the 98 draft are now in their third year of career, and more than half of their four-year rookie contracts have passed, and everyone is facing the hurdle of contract renewal.

After the Christmas War, the Pistons first played against the Jazz at home, which was a 16-point victory, and then went to an away game to challenge the Warriors.

The last team a big team wants to meet is the Pistons, because they never show mercy to the weak.

This night, the Pistons all played, 8 scored in double figures, scored 144 points in the away game, and bloodbathed the Warriors by 40 points.

At the end of the game, fans in the Bay Area booed the sky.

Because the members of the Pistons' third team did not stop in garbage time, they continued to expand the score.

98 Sanjie played well tonight.

里基·戴维斯砍下12分5篮板7助攻、布拉德·米勒拿下10分4篮板3助攻、专职进攻的刘易斯在威廉姆斯受伤后场均上场时间上升到24分钟，今晚对勇士更是轰下了生涯最高的24分。

"They're like killing machines."

The head coach of the Warriors is the famous Celtics Dave Cowens. After such a fiasco, his expression was very ugly.

After the red giant transformed into a coach, he failed to continue to use his talent as a player.

After that, the Pistons returned home, and only one game left in 2000 was against the Knicks.

In this brutal Eastern Conference, the Knicks are currently only in third place, behind the 76ers and the Pistons.

The two teams have played against each other twice before, and each has its own outcome. In the last battle at the turn of the century, they both wanted to welcome the New Year with victory.

Just before that, the Pistons started the contract extension project.

Joe Dumars has a heavy workload. In theory, some people in the team can renew their contracts.

Alan Houston.Ben Wallace, Barkley, and 98.

Unfortunately, the Pistons still couldn't meet the maximum salary extension proposed by Wallace's agent. The two sides were deadlocked and the negotiations broke down.

Houston also did not have the willingness to start contract renewal negotiations, and Dumars returned without success.

As for Barkley, as a veteran, he can't contribute much on the court, and personally, he doesn't have the will to continue playing.This season will be his last.

Therefore, he rejected the two-year 2 million veteran basic salary extension offered by Dumars, and announced on the night of December 200: "This will be my last season."

Many media, fans and teammates expressed their reluctance through various channels.

Barkley didn't change his mind because of this, he knew it was time to leave.

As for the three heroes of 98, Miller and Lewis happily signed a five-year 5 million contract extension, while Davis refused to renew the contract in advance.

The refusal to renew his contract early is an obvious signal. Dumars regards this signal as Davis not considering himself as the team's future plan.

As the most anticipated player of the 98 Sanjie, Dumars must make a final fight.

The response he eventually got was to decline the extension but not to apply for a trade.

Davis wants to finish the season and see how it goes.

As soon as the above news came out, the outside world immediately had a storm.

Although the Pistons kept Lewis and Miller, if the contract extensions of others cannot be knocked down, they will lose two starters and a best sixth-man titan until next summer.

Wallace’s role in the Pistons is needless to say. Houston played for the Pistons for eight years, which can be regarded as a meritorious service to the team. If he leaves the Motor City, it will not only have a serious blow to the team’s system, but also affect The enthusiasm of the fans.

The management headed by Dumars has a lot of headaches, and the Pistons are actively preparing for the last game in 2000.

"Mo, do you have time?"

Suddenly, Lore came over and asked.

Mo Mengchen's training has ended and he is resting now. Hearing what he said, he asked directly: "What's the matter?"

"I have been watching the video of the Christmas War recently, and I have a small discovery." Lore said.

If someone else said that he had discovered something, Mo Mengchen would probably not care, but it would be different for Luo Er.

He remembers the playoffs of the 9596 season, that is, his rookie season with Lore, and the first round against the Magic. It was Lore who discovered that Penny was struggling with pick-and-roll performance.

While his minutes on the court were limited, he didn't waste a second off the court.

Therefore, he got up cautiously and followed him to the video hall.

Lore picked up the high-definition video and put it on a DVD. The clear picture quality is by no means comparable to the AV picture quality that was later circulated on YouTube.

Speaking of which, would anyone really believe that the NBA games that people in the 80s watched were the shitty picture quality that was later circulated on the Internet?
Lore may be a good spotter, but he's not a very good video editor, he didn't edit the video at all, it's the full game video.

To let Mo Mengchen see his discovery, he has to use the fast-forward function to quickly advance the game screen.

But it can't be too fast. If it is too fast, the picture he wants to show may be skipped unknowingly.

Lore eventually made a mistake, accidentally fast-forwarding the game to the second quarter, and Mo Mengchen relived the scene of Ricky Davis on the court for a while.

"Do you think I scolded Ricky enough a few days ago?" Mo Mengchen asked.

"I'm not Douglas, you have to understand." (The statistician of the Pistons, who also serves as a video analyst) Lore complained, rewinding directly.

He studied the game for several days, and he knew exactly what time period he wanted to show Mo Mengchen. Therefore, when he became familiar with the operation of the remote control, he came directly to that screen.

This was shortly after the start of the first quarter.

The Lakers attack and the Pistons defend.

The picture became normal, and Mo Mengchen's attention became concentrated.

Only in this round, Mo Mengchen didn't see the way for a while, he just saw Fisher pass the ball to O'Neal, and the rest of the Lakers didn't respond, which made the shark's back hit very uncomfortable.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Lol asked.

"A successful defense." Mo Mengchen said.

"No, not just success, we made the Lakers play very depressed." Lowe really knows this game, and he quickly fast-forwards to another successful defensive possession.

It is still a successful defense, but the Lakers' offense is very smooth, unlike the one just now that seems to be stuck halfway through the stool.

Then, Lore went back quickly, repeating the game scene just now.

Mo Mengchen concentrated on observing. Gradually, the Lakers' tactical position was clearly presented in his mind. After all, he was a party involved in the game, and the game had only been over for a few days, so he remembered many details clearly.

Finally, he saw something.

The triangle offensive deployment line of the Lakers' strong side seems to be cut off?
"Stand back a little more."

Luo Er smiled and quickly turned back the screen, he knew that Mo Mengchen saw the problem.

"You're right, this round." Mo Mengchen couldn't help laughing, "It's really depressing."

Lore asked, "Do you think it was accidental?"

"It is indeed accidental," Mo Mengchen paused, "just like anesthesia was originally used for entertainment performances, the invention of Viagra originated from a medical accident, and the appearance of penicillin is even more bizarre like a fantasy novel. Many great discoveries, by chance."

Lore asked in surprise: "Do you think this is a great discovery?"

"Don't get me wrong," Mo Mengchen immediately poured cold water on the old man, "I'm just making an analogy."

Luoer believed that this discovery was useful, otherwise Mo Mengchen would have been complaining about wasting his time now.

Mo Mengchen didn't say anything more about Luo Er's discovery, but only spoke after Luo Er took out the video.

"The picture quality of this video is good, where did you get it?"

"Douglas has a bunch."

Hearing this, Mo Mengchen turned around and walked out of the video room.

What does Lore's discovery mean?Is the triangle strategy over?Not that exaggerated.

A simple analogy, even superstars have weaknesses. Before 2012, James was considered to have failed at critical moments; before 1992, Jordan was considered to have the historical record of the three-point contest as his long-range shooting level; so what?James blasted 6+45+15 bloodbath in the Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 that determined his career height. Jordan hit 6 three-pointers in the half, shaking his shoulders helplessly and saying, "I can't control myself."

Superstars have weaknesses, but if you don't use them well, it will lead to the above tragedy.

It can also be said to be more vivid.As NBA teams study defense more carefully, some teams will start to defend according to the player's shooting hot zone and cold zone.

If you cast correctly on the left, then I will drive you to the right.

Do you like flirting in the high position on the right?Then I have to set you to the high position on the left to say hello.

That's the value of Lore's discovery.

It won't be a fatal flaw in the triangle offense, just a discovery for the triangle offense.

This discovery let Mo Mengchen know that as long as the triangle on the strong side is disassembled and the passer stands in a specific position, they can cut off the deployment line.

If the Lakers are the ultimate enemy, then this discovery is great.

It's just that it will take time for them to apply this discovery to the game and formulate corresponding defensive tactics.

Fortunately, now that the regular season is only two months away, they have plenty of time to do it.

(End of this chapter)