You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 740 The Creator

This is the last game before the All-Stars.

The opponent of the Pistons is the Seattle SuperSonics.

After entering February, the Pistons have not lost a game. Currently they have 37 wins and 11 losses, continuing to maintain the league's first ranking.

The Lakers in the West seem to have begun to fall behind. They have lost consecutively, and their current record is 31 wins and 17 losses. The Trail Blazers and Kings behind them are chasing fiercely.

In the match between the Pistons and the Supersonics, the only topic that will attract the attention of others is what kind of sparks Mo Mengchen and Payton can spark. As for other things, not many people really care.

The Sonics have now withdrawn from the ranks of the Western Conference, and even have little hope of entering the playoffs.

Although there is only one super team in the West, the Lakers, other teams with playoff strength have a certain depth.On the Supersonic side, they only have an old and decrepit Payton and Vin Baker who doesn't like games and loves alcohol.

The 39-year-old Ewing can still start in this team, which shows how talented their lineup is.

The old orangutan walked to the middle circle, ready to jump the ball with Rashid.

Mo Mengchen was standing on the side, and Rashid was able to jump to the ball without accident.

As a result, Rashid lost to the old orangutan.

Although Ewing is old, his grasp of the jump ball is still top-notch.

"I'm going to fuck you up tonight!" Peyton's perpetually invigorating opening line.

Any guy who can't get enough of the game should play a game with this guy.

"If saliva works, I've already been dealt with by you many times." Mo Mengchen was not afraid of Peyton, as long as he saw the other side's white and gold front teeth, he could bring back some pleasant memories.

The old orangutan used the pick-and-roll and wandered to the left. Payton couldn't break through Mo Mengchen's defense and had to pass the ball.

Ewing used the bunny jump shot. I wonder how many balls fans can see him throw like this?

2 is better than 0
One of the oldest players in the league is off to a great start for the Sonics.

Payton was still drooling all over the sky with his mouth open, but his trash talk was nothing more than nutritious trash to Mo Mengchen's ears.

Rasheed's pick-and-roll blocked Payton, and Mo Mengchen's ball was handed over to Roaring Tianzun.

They have been practicing Princeton's high post for a while, and now they can do this simple set without any tactical gestures.

Rashid waited for Mo Mengchen to run behind him, and hit the ground directly.

Mo Mengchen took the ball and started, one step, Payton's defense kept up, but unfortunately the speed was not fast enough, the only thing he could affect other people's shooting rate was trash talking.

That's why Mo Mengchen called his trash talk trash—because it didn't work at all.

Mo Mengchen picked the basket and scored.

2 is better than 2
"Spray another drop of saliva into my ear," Mo Mengchen lowered his voice and walked past Peyton, "I promise to break your other front tooth."

Hearing this threat, Payton smiled instead of anger: "Didn't you say that basketball shouldn't be like this?"

Assholes always have their own set of asshole logic.

Dor.Mo turned back and said, "That's right, if your stinky mouth was only responsible for excreting instead of spouting saliva, basketball wouldn't become so ugly."

Mo Mengchen and Payton confronted each other on the spot. This is the home court of the Supersonics. Seeing Dor.Mo bullying people to their door, the fans of course had to give their full support to Payton.

Immediately after their quarrel, the scene was full of boos.

This group of fans is undoubtedly the best sixth man of the Sonics. They unanimously shouted Mo Mengchen's famous saying: "Basketball shouldn't be like this!"

"Basketball isn't supposed to be like this!"

Their trash talk had little effect on this victory, and there was a clear gap between the strength of the Supersonics and the Pistons.

After 4 minutes of playing, the Pistons have taken a 5-point lead.

Then, their tactics lost their effect, and Payton had to let his teammates open the space, and he was going to be singled out.

Mo Mengchen lowered his focus and carefully looked for Peyton's flaws.

Payton has never been a good player with a strong attack with the ball. Now he is no longer at his peak, and his speed and explosive power have dropped a lot compared to before.

Seeing Peyton attacking, Mo Mengchen's teammates worried about him for a while, but soon they found that it was unnecessary.

"Left?" Mo Mengchen blocked it first, "Right?"

"It's about to shoot, right?"

Mo Mengchen's trash talk came along with his defensive moves, Payton's pressure was increasing, and his every step seemed to be noticed.

Payton reluctantly gave up his original style of play, put away the ball, and threw a hopeless three-pointer in the face of high-intensity defense.

Payton's three-pointer is almost impossible to hit, and Mo Mengchen, who is on the fast break, is almost impossible to stop.

Hill took off the defensive rebound and threw the ball in the air in the blink of an eye.

Mo Mengchen made a fast break layup.

17 is better than 10
The Pistons led by 7 points.Stopped the supersonic.

Then Westphal replaced Mo Mengchen and Wallace with Manu Ginobili and Miller.

This kind of substitution is confusing, because neither Miller nor Ginobili should be replaced at this time.

After entering February, the Pistons' substitutions became haphazard.

"It's like a layman operating indiscriminately." The commentator on the scene said brilliantly.

Only the inside of the piston knows what it's for.

Two-thirds of the regular season schedule has gone on, and the Pistons need to make the new tactics have a certain degree of immediate combat effectiveness before the playoffs.

Mo Mengchen sat silently on the sidelines and observed Miller.

The success or failure of Princeton, in fact, largely depends on Miller.

Although Rashid has a hand in support, his support is only one item in his arsenal, one of his many skills.

He can't meet the requirements of the Princeton system for the ability to support insiders, and he can only be a transit point.As for Miller, judging from his previous life, he is very suitable for Princeton, and after Divac gets old, he has indeed played the role of a high-ranking axis.

There is a big difference between sitting on the court and watching Miller play, and standing on the court.

It is also better to distinguish the difference between Miller and Divac.

Divac's passing is faintly agitated, one-handed back pass, pass without looking at people, pass behind the head, one-handed pass like a master point guard, high and low handoffs, high outside pass inside, Low pass from inside to outside.

The high and low positions can be used as the axis, and there are many tricks.

As for Miller, his routine is relatively fixed, that is, he stands at the free throw line and hits the inside line of the pass plug, or makes a sudden dribble and makes two splits.

This doesn't limit his performance, it just makes the game slightly less enjoyable.

But now there is another problem.

It's a pity that Miller's progress is not as fast as in his previous life.

In his previous life, Miller made one step a year and was very solid. In the third year, his average playing time has risen to 25 minutes per game. Now, in the Pistons, his average playing time per game is 16 minutes.

His prime is far from over.

Unlike his previous life, he was influenced by Adelman at the best age. He has the potential to become a high-level axis, but unfortunately, he is still on the way of learning.

It is unrealistic to expect him to be the leader this season.

This point was fully demonstrated in the game.

To run Princeton, the Pistons need more variety than that.

On the other hand, Hill is still not used to this new system.

He's always been the ball-handler, the guy who dominated the game, and suddenly he's going to be off the ball, empty-handed, in charge of running and weak-side assaults, and he's not used to it.

It's not that he can't play off the ball, but he can't play off the ball for a long time.

It's as if you can't find a way to let James play off the ball because of his fierce finishing ability when cutting to the basket without the ball. That's not making full use of his skills, it's a waste of his talent.

Hill is the same, he is the No. 25 small forward in active service, and he has averaged 10+7+[-] players per game for three consecutive seasons. Let such an all-around fighter play off the ball?
Stop it.

Mo Mengchen realized that their tactics needed major changes. The traditional Princeton, the Princeton the world is familiar with, is not suitable for the Pistons.

They don't have peak supporting talents like Webber and Divac, but they have all-around fighters like Hill.Including Mo Mengchen himself, he is also very versatile.

Versatility means being able to adapt to any system, but you can't let a versatile fighter create with nothing.

If you gave Edison only oxygen, he couldn't make anything but carbon dioxide.

Mo Mengchen's thoughts drifted away, the first quarter was over.

Unexpectedly, the Sonics even drew with the Pistons in the first quarter.

"The Pistons are just okay tonight," Bill Walton joked viciously.

The Pistons are known to be a food abuser. When facing a weak team, if they don’t win by 20 points, they are considered average. Walton said that, he completely regarded the Supersonics as a weak team. The Pistons did not have an advantage in the first quarter, so it is called The "normal condition".

Hill played the entire first quarter.

When the team switched to Princeton, his performance was mediocre.

Westphal replaced Devil Hills, Houston, and Rasheed.Put on Mo Mengchen, Davis and Lewis.

At this time, the Sonics had another guard on their side.

His name was Emmanuel Davis.

Undrafted in 96, a combo guard with a height of 193 cm, and Payton's first substitute, it's a pity that he is just a mediocre person.

Mo Mengchen took the ball in his hand and called Miller to pick and roll up.

Miller thought that Mo Mengchen was going to cancel the Princeton tactic, but what he didn't expect was that after the pick-and-roll, the opponent passed the ball.

Then he raised his hand excitedly, strongly gesturing for Miller to pass the ball.

Miller reacted quickly and immediately passed the ball back.

In a blink of an eye, the Supersonic's defense collapsed. The moment Mo Mengchen got the ball, he attracted the help defense, hit the ground to Lewis, and Durian Boy scored a slam dunk.

"Our best creators aren't Brad, or Rasheed, but Mo and Grant," Westphal murmured. "Creators have to have the ball in their hands."

When Charlie McCann heard these words, there was another voice in his heart.

If the ball is in the hands of the perimeter, is it still Princeton?

However, at the same time, another question appeared in his mind.

Who stipulated that Princeton must let insiders dominate?

(End of this chapter)