You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 778 Pursue Excitement, Carry Through to the End

On June 2001, 6, this was the second tiebreaker for the Pistons in the post-Bad Boys era.

The Pistons won Game 6 in a shocking way. They played impeccably, but some people are still dissatisfied with their performance, and it is boldly asserted that they will lose miserably in Game [-].

The reason is simple: they have never won a life-and-death battle.

What is a battle of life and death?The game of winning or going home to fish is called a life and death battle.

In the past two years, the Pistons have dominated the league. Because of their strength, no team can drag them into the tiebreaker. Before they won the championship, they experienced two life-and-death battles.

Game1996 in the first round in 5 and Game1998 in the Eastern Conference Finals in 7.

The answer given by history is that they lost these two rounds of the series.

Therefore, people who use this logic to deduce that the Pistons will lose think that they will lose to the 76ers.

"The Pistons have never won a game like this. They have a slim chance of winning tonight. This is the home of the 76ers. They know the field and there is a group of fans who are willing to cheer for them."

The media that wrote this article is from Detroit. This media has close ties to the Red Wings and is called "Detroit Good Night News".

As soon as this theory came out, the major media rushed to quote it, some spoke for the Pistons, and some agreed with it, but the Pistons did not make any response.

They continued the completely closed training, and did not accept interviews when they arrived at the away game. They left the scene arrogantly and coldly, went to the hotel they booked, and then started training.

Until tonight, game night.

In the player channel, Hill usually gave lectures to the big guys, but tonight, everyone surrounded Mo Mengchen.

Dor.Mo glanced at his teammates, "The media said we won't play a tiebreaker."

"Fucking fart!" yelled Jerome Williams.

Dor.Mo laughed jokingly, not sure if he approved of the trash dog's words, or what, "They also said that we will be defeated tonight."

Houston said fiercely: "After the fight, we will know who will be defeated!"

"You played very badly in the past five games, so to be honest, I kind of agree with the words of the media, although they have always been unreliable." Dor.Mo stretched out his hand, and his teammates folded their hands one by one. We have fought side by side for so long, and I don't want to end here, so I still have hope for you, and we only have one sentence for the words of this group of media."

"Rashid, what's the answer?" Dor.Mo asked.

Roaring Tianzun roared at the top of his throat: "Attack is the answer!"

"Attack must be the answer!" Mo Mengchen roared, "123!"

"DET!!!"

The Pistons enter the Wells Fargo Center for the sixth time this season and will be their last, regardless of the outcome.

The core players of the two sides should have greeted each other before the start of the game, but tonight, Mo Mengchen didn't want to shake hands, so Hill had to take Houston forward to show his goodwill.

"Why doesn't that guy come?" Iverson asked.

Hill said shyly, "He's in a bad mood."

Houston was less kind than Devil's Hill: "I'm enough!"

Iverson sneered and said, "I hope you will have a good fishing season!"

"Thank you." Hill responded politely, and then took away Houston, who wanted to bicker with Iverson.

The starting players of both sides enter the field and the game is about to begin.

Duncan won the jump ball for the 76ers this time, making it impossible for the Pistons to grasp the opening rhythm.

In the first round tonight, Iverson dribbled the ball along the sidewalk, trying to advance by his personal ability.

His calculation was very good, but he didn't expect Mo Mengchen's defense to be so rough. It seemed that he didn't exist as a sideline referee at all. With this defensive strength, the referee would always keep an eye on him.

At present, Mo Mengchen has no extra moves, but his movements are strong, and the referee will not blow his body hair on this popular spicy chicken, but as long as the game continues, his movements will definitely appear disorderly, and the referee will show his power at that time .

Iverson missed shots at this level of defensive intensity.

Mo Mengchen returned to the paint area and took the ball from Rashid, and the 76ers' defense was in place.

This is the most familiar defense for the Pistons, a confrontation full of pressure. Except for the ball holder, other people's off-ball movements are very difficult, and no matter what they do, they will be responded with higher intensity.

This is a natural advantage of sitting at home. The super high defensive intensity gives the home team more opportunities to oppress the opponent.

"It's a scalpel again!"

This tactic has clearly been cracked by the 76ers, but the Pistons did not give up, and played this routine again in a way familiar to their opponents.

The same routine, but the difference is the human heart.

Houston became the bait, tricking the opponent's attention, but backhanded the ball to Hill in the distance.

In the corner, Hill tries his first pitch of the night.

3 is better than 0
The smooth offense makes it hard to believe that this is the Pistons that was once defended by the 76ers until they could only play star players.

"The defense failed, why?"

"Wait a minute!" Brown stood up, staring at the court with wide eyes-the audience is pressing?
That was his first reaction, but he soon realized it wasn't a real full-court press, with two guys up front, one in the middle and two back.

This is a defensive tactic that has been proven to be unsuitable for the NBA. Rick Pitino's 212 frontcourt is pressing, and the players who stay in the frontcourt for the Pistons are Mo Mengchen and Hill.

"The Crazy Pistons showed horrific aggression from the start!"

"They want to win!" exclaimed Maurice Cheeks in amazement. "It's written all over their faces!"

A superstar as strong as Iverson, under the tacit understanding of Mo Mengchen and the Hill twins, was also forced to the corner of the sideline and could not move forward.

Two swingers two meters in length obstructed his sight, and he could only judge the direction of his teammates by sound.

"Damn it!" Iverson passed the ball angrily.

The wailing of the fans let him know that the ball was passed to the opponent.

Houston intercepted Iverson's pass and counterattacked to score.

5 is better than 0
"Continue." Mo Mengchen said.

"It turns out defense is the answer," Hill laughed.

However, Houston ran back after counterattacking and yelled again: "Offense is the answer!"

Then, Mo Mengchen and Hill defended the 212 frontcourt to press again.

Iverson suffered a loss due to an accident and inexperience at the beginning, but this time he was honest, and when he saw the Pistons going to double-team, he immediately sent the ball out.

This is the problem with 212's full-court pressing. Once the ball is distributed, those who come to double-team must go back immediately, and the defensive intensity cannot be reduced for a second.

No matter how good your physical strength is, you can't stand the consumption of this intensity.

Frauses was stunned by this opening. He was obviously a core member of the coaching staff, so why didn't he know they were going to play like this?

Westphal said: "Mo still likes to make decisions without authorization."

Frauses' expression changed: "What do you mean?"

Westphal said: "I don't know anything about it."

"However, this is indeed a solution." This is not the first time Mo Mengchen has surprised Westphal. We have worked together for three years, and the old man is used to it.

Why did Mo Mengchen do this to the 76ers?The reason is simple, they have fewer players, while the Pistons have more players.

Since entering the playoffs, the 76ers have changed from the original eight-man rotation to seven-man rotation. After the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Brown played an exaggerated six-man rotation.

Iverson, Duncan, Raja Bell, and Ratliff all averaged a terrifying 44 minutes or more per game.

This kind of play can ensure that the quality of offense and defense on the court is high at all times, but on the other hand, once the Pistons take the initiative to increase the intensity and hardness of the game and continue the whole game, the 76ers must not be able to stand it.

Even if forced to this point by the 76ers, the Pistons have always maintained at least nine rotations.

This is the difference.

In this round, Duncan scored from the low post and Ratliff made a mid-range shot.

2 is better than 5
"Run!" Mo Mengchen roared, picked up the ball on the ground and rushed out of bounds for a long throw.

"Did the fuck take gunpowder?"

It was terrible, the 76ers' offense had just finished, and in less than two seconds, the Pistons' ball had arrived in the frontcourt.

Hill scored a three-pointer for Houston, and he rushed to the basket to grab an offensive rebound alone.

Houston, which has played five consecutive games, finally opened tonight. This three-pointer against the 76ers' unstable foothold actually hit the board.

8 is better than 2
Houston turned around and punched: "This is the answer!"

Since Houston and Hill are in the frontcourt, Mo Mengchen failed to come to the front in order to serve. Therefore, the 212 of this round was matched by Hill and Houston.

Houston was not as fast as Mo Mengchen, and he didn't have enough confrontation, and he couldn't cooperate with Hill. He was almost forced to break the defense by Iverson. He took the initiative to pull him down.

This almost caused a conflict between the two sides.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, the outside lines of both teams began to sweat. In this way, the consumption of the outside lines was far greater than that of the inside lines.

"But consumption is relative."

Westphal turned his head to look at Ginobili and Davis, and said, "You guys will defend like this later."

To maintain this intensity of defense, the rotation must be frequent, and if the strength is not good, replace the player to ensure that the opponent can be given the greatest defense at all times.

Although Westphal likes to win by surprise, this method is really not his style.

The loophole of the 212's frontcourt press is that the athletic ability at the NBA level is beyond the scope of the college league. Unless it is the top star, it is difficult to defend against the defensive quality of Rick Pitino's championship team.

The existing outside players of the Pistons, except for Lore, have good defensive quality. They can indeed try it, but it is too risky. After all, they only play this kind of defense casually during training, and have never really put it on the battlefield. .

"Paul, isn't this too risky?" Frouseth didn't expect that Westphal would follow Momong's dust madness.

The old man folded his arms around his chest, with an angry look on his face: "Since you want to pursue excitement, then follow through to the end."

Hope next time the guy will give me an advance call.

Westphal thought distressedly.

(End of this chapter)