You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 755 The final battle of the regular season
In the first game in April, the Pistons lost to the young and unlimited Pacers.

It was their 22th loss of the season.

Currently, their record is 50 wins and 22 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.

The 76ers in the East lead them by 3 games, and the Knicks in second place are only 1 game behind.

In the remaining 10 games, no one can afford to lose, and everyone must strive to win.

It looks like this, but inside the Pistons, they still don't regard victory as the first priority. Even if they have to risk falling to the second No.3, they have to use the rest of the regular season to hone their tactics.

The more Princeton played, the more their style changed.

One of the most special changes is in the handling of the ball.

Even without Princeton, they handle the ball a lot faster than before.

There are advantages and disadvantages in doing so. The advantage is that it speeds up the pace of the game, which is a good thing for the running and bombing team; the disadvantage is that the ball is handled too quickly, and the number of mistakes will inevitably increase.

No matter what you do, there is risk. This is the risk of style change.

Moreover, after two months, Westphal and Mo Mengchen gradually discovered that some players could not beat Princeton at all.

Ben Wallace and Houston know nothing about Princeton

Substitutes such as Magloire and Lauderdale couldn't feel it at all.

On the other hand, Ricky Davis can become one of Princeton's ball-holding points after giving up a lot of ball-holding points.

The biggest feature of the Pistons’ Princeton is that it requires more points to hold the ball. Although the inside line is the axis, it is not the only axis. Mo Mengchen and Hill are the main command posts. They have enough ability to control the entire front. Rashid And Miller are very suitable for the operation of tactics, as long as they are not allowed to assume the responsibility of the first axis of the operation system.

Simply put, only Mo Mengchen, Hill, Ginobili, Davis, Rasheed and Miller can play Princeton in the Pistons.

The so-called all-around Louis M. Lore counts as half, because he is omnipotent, he can adapt to any system, but a mediocre all-around fighter will become omnipotent on the NBA platform, so he can only be counted as half, Whether he can beat Prince depends on the state.

After two months of training, the Pistons have reached the threshold of Princeton, but they can't use it as the main tactic yet.

In the second game in April, the Pistons played against the old Jazz at home.

How many years have passed, and the top cards of this team are still Malone and Stockton. Jordan, Barkley, Olajuwon and others of the same generation either retreated behind the scenes or left the arena, but they are still the core players of the Jazz.

38岁的马龙仍然场均得到23分9篮板4.5助攻，命中率49.8%。

There is no problem calling him the number one power forward in regular season history.

Perhaps the Pistons thought that the Jazz could be bullied because they were old, so they actually practiced Princeton for half a game. Watching them move the ball fancy and play with their opponents as if they were mentally retarded, the opponent was furious.

The Jazz team tried their best to fight, and the Pistons suffered an unexpected defeat in Auburn Hills.

In the end, the Pistons lost by 5 points.

"Our failure lies in our carelessness towards the game." Mo Mengchen said in an interview.

That same night, both the Knicks and the Sixers had victories.

The gap between the Pistons and No.2 and No.3 has widened a bit.

In the past three seasons, they have not only been the champions of the Eastern Conference, but also the champions of the regular season, and their record has always ranked first in the league.

The hearts of the fans have been raised by them, and now they have suddenly become like this, the fans are caught off guard, and the media that have been suppressed by them once again start writing again.

The Red Wings began to preach that the Pistons had passed their prime.

There is no hope for the championship, the bleak future of the playoffs, the fact that a team that can only last for a few years is not enough to become a symbol of the city, and so on.

The outside world sang badly, and the Pistons continued to play.

The next game is still difficult for the Pistons. They have to go away to play against the Trail Blazers, the third in the West.

In the 2000-2001 season, Weber was the strongest No. 4 in history.

Needless to say, the grievances between the Pistons and the Trail Blazers. The regular season is entering the final stage, and no one wants to lose. For a better ranking, both teams will go all out.

A Webb in the playoffs automatically becomes a softie, but not in the regular season.

Tonight, Weber killed all directions, and responded to Mo Mengchen's trash talk with the toughest performance in his career.The Pistons, who suffered a losing streak, did not want to continue to lose. They did not practice Princeton for a whole night, and they fought a bloody battle with their opponents at the playoff level.

As a result, Webber scored 32+20 and the Pistons won away.

Hill scored 40 points and Mo Mengchen scored the fourth double 20 in his career.

The Pistons defeated the Trail Blazers, and on this night, the Knicks lost to the second-to-last Eagles in the Eastern Conference.

It was a defeat that made Detroiters laugh.

The Knicks lost and the Pistons narrowed their gap to one game. This is indeed a happy thing, but why did these guys lose to the Hawks?

The Eagles are the belly of the East, a bad team with no hope at all.

Although the Eagles really want to make achievements this season, because they signed the first round of this season with the Pistons, no one can be cheaper than others, but unfortunately their strength is not good, and they can only be ranked second to last in the Eastern Conference and third to last in the league. .

Thanks to tonight's victory, the gap between them and the league's bottom four has actually narrowed.

Whether it was the intentional loss of the game by the New Yorkers, or a pure accident, there was a lively discussion among media professionals.

The media agreed that the Knicks deliberately lost to the Hawks in order not to let them draw too good a lottery.

Who can't be cheap if it's cheap? Pistons!
Doing so can actually only disgust the Pistons a little bit. With Mo Mengchen, no matter what the first-round pick of the Eagles is, he will eventually turn it into the most valuable player.

It's just not very comfortable for the fans. While they pay attention to the Pistons' record, they also pay attention to the recent situation of the Eagles.

Pistons fans root for Hawks opponents every night, and non-Pistons fans root for the Hawks.

No one wants to see the two-time champion Pistons with a top-three pick in the draft a few months later. That picture is terrible.

The Eagles didn't expect them to get the attention of the whole world at this time. Unfortunately, weak strength means weak strength, and I hope they can't be eaten.

In the next game, they will still be the same, and they should lose.

Even if others hate the Pistons, they will not deliberately lose like the Knicks.

Weak teams want better draft picks and have to lose more, they don't want to win; strong teams want better rankings have to win these soft persimmons that are offered.

There are not many teams like the Knicks who are willing to take risks and have dedication for the disgusting Pistons.

The card position battle of the strong teams is even more exciting, and the competition for the top three in the Eastern Conference has entered a fierce battle.

The Pistons are only one game away from the Knicks, and the 1ers have been upset after that. The gap with the Knicks has narrowed to one game, and the gap with the Pistons is only two games.

The three-way people chased each other and refused to give in to each other, and the suspense was maintained until the end.

When the Sixers played their final regular-season game -- and won -- they secured the No. 76 seed in the Eastern Conference.

The 76ers' final record was 59 wins and 23 losses.

This is not only the first record in the Eastern Conference, but also the first record in the league, winning 1 game more than the Lakers in the West.

The battle between the Pistons and the Knicks for the second and third places became fierce. In the penultimate game of the regular season, the Knicks narrowly lost to the Kings, while the Pistons defeated the underdog Grizzlies, making their own record the same as the Knicks.

Although the record is the same, the Knicks are still ranked above the Pistons because of the outcome.

In the last game of the regular season, the Knicks played against the Jazz, while the Pistons played against the rival Lakers.

As long as the Knicks can win the game, they can ensure the second ranking.

For the Pistons, to win No. 2, winning the Lakers is the basic condition, while losing the Knicks is a necessary condition.

With the No.1 dust settled, for them, the second-third battle is not so attractive, it is just a home field advantage in the playoffs, just try your best.

The last game of the regular season against the Lakers is more like an arrangement of fate.

The Pistons and the Lakers have had a long 82 regular season games, and the half-year journey has not been easy. Now that they have reached the final step, they have to play one more game to make it to the playoffs.

Wednesday, August 2001, 4
Okumotoyama

"Some people say that this is a preview of the finals."

Before the game even started, Bill Walton was losing character.

Mo Mengchen and Hill stood at the logo, OK was in front of them.

The four of them found a partner to shake hands tacitly.

Mo Mengchen shook hands with Kobe, and Hill shook hands with O'Neill.

After shaking hands, Mo Mengchen and O'Neill just took a photo.

Shark said coldly: "I want to defeat you in the finals!"

"Don't be ridiculous, who can you defeat in the finals?" Mo Mengchen turned and went back to warm up.

OK stands still and watches them for a few seconds.

Kobe was the first to leave. He and O'Neal had no communication, and the relationship between the two had already become stalemate.

At first it was because of the ball, and then it was the boss battle.

With their current relationship, they can still ensure that the Lakers rank first in the West, which is a manifestation of strength in itself. If they can be united, the Lakers can definitely end the regular season with the best record in the league.

Players on both sides shot and warmed up step by step.

Mo Mengchen stood on the sidelines but quietly observed Kobe. He has been paying attention to the Lakers' dynamics. OK's relationship has become incompatible, and the only thing that can ease this relationship is the championship.

Unless they win the championship, otherwise, the day of OK's disintegration can be expected.

(End of this chapter)