You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 864 Mastering Everything

The 76ers, who intended to sweep the Pistons in the regular season, suffered a major blow.

The Pistons' zone defense and pinching the ball-handler tactics caught them off guard. They made mistakes in four consecutive rounds, and the point difference was stretched to 14 points. Duncan's previous efforts were in vain.

After halftime, the away Pistons led the 64ers 50 to 76.

Larry Brown was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the second quarter, which can be seen through the halftime interview.

His face was extremely ugly, like a terminally ill patient, his voice was hoarse and moderate, which showed that he was not a patient, but just angry with what had just happened.

"We made a lot of unnecessary mistakes!"

"I don't understand why my players make so many low-level passing mistakes. Those mistakes seem to be only possible in low-level leagues!"

"We need to make good use of the halftime time to communicate!" Brown said sullenly. "We will solve this problem!"

Brown is notoriously hot-tempered. He said that he would "communicate" with his players. What is certain is that he will not have a friendly chat. Players who make mistakes will be reprimanded by him, especially Iverson With Snow, they were at a loss when facing the Pistons' double-team tactics.

It's understandable that Snow couldn't handle double-teaming, but Iverson couldn't handle it either?

Brown underestimated the problems caused by his stature disadvantage. He has become accustomed to Iverson's performance as a giant with a small figure, but Iverson at this time is no longer the Iverson in his heyday.

Every petite offensive guard has a short peak period, his physical fitness declines, and his offensive firepower will decline accordingly.

The arrival of Duncan made Iverson not as the No. 2 position with severe physical wear and tear in his best years in his previous life.

The existence of the Pistons and Mo Mengchen's pressure on the No. 1 position forced Brown to let Iverson play the No. 1 position. It was a blessing in disguise and a butterfly effect.

However, avoiding the consumption of the 2nd position did not avoid the injuries that came to the door.

Iverson suffered from serious injuries. In addition, he was angry with Brown and played with injuries repeatedly in order to show his toughness and courage. As a result, he usually did not perform very well and aggravated the injuries.

During the 15-minute halftime break, it was reported in the 76ers' locker room that Brown had an "in-depth interaction" with Iverson.

There are staff rumors that the chairs in the 76ers' locker room were broken.

The news quickly spread to the interpretation booth.

"They should now find a way to crack the Pistons' zone defense and flanking tactics." Meyers expressed dissatisfaction with this dispute that may or may not exist. "No matter what happens, this time should not be picked to quarrel."

Carlesimo stood firmly on Brown's side: "The current players are really getting more and more rampant. The authority of coaches is facing challenges all the time. Players don't know how to respect authority and are always self-centered. Go on, and the atmosphere will become more and more corrupt."

As he spoke for Brown, Carlesimo couldn't help thinking of the mark Sprewell had left on his neck.

There was a lot of discussion in the commentary, but it was hard to say whether this really happened.

The halftime break is over soon.

Mo Mengchen and his teammates returned to the field.

In the second half, the Pistons sent the opening starter.

For the 76ers, Iverson did not start, not even on the bench.

This scene made people believe in the rumors just now.

"If this goes on, the situation will get worse and worse." Meyers has been the 76ers' home commentator for many years.

Generally, the commentator of the resident commentary will become a fan of the city where he lives, and it is applicable to any field.

Carlesimo said the news he just received: "AI is now in the infirmary because of a gluteal attack, maybe the situation is not as bad as we thought."

"Gluteal?" Meyers was taken aback. "If that's the case, could it be that the AI ​​knocked down the bench in the locker room when the hip injury occurred, which caused a misunderstanding?"

Meyers got that close to the truth.

"It's possible, but we may never know what the truth is."

At the beginning of the second half, Mo Mengchen came to the low position.

It's ridiculous to say that last offseason he devoted himself to strengthening the low-post offense in order to gain a pivotal position in the Princeton system. As a result, Princeton, which was dominated by insiders at the beginning of the season, did not develop smoothly. Wide open, transforming the Princeton of the Pistons into a Princeton with outside passing and cutting, flanks slipping through the back door, and inside assisting.

Under the Pistons' unique Princeton system, Mo Mengchen is the chief offensive player, chief shooter, and one of the pick-up options when the outside ball transition station and when there is nothing to do.

Benefiting from the change of role, Mo Mengchen's scoring average has greatly improved. Last season, he only averaged 17 points per game. This season's scoring average has skyrocketed to 32 points, and the season is not over yet. His scoring average is very likely Continue to improve, if you stay healthy, it is not impossible to finally win the scoring champion.

At the same time, from the commander of the running and bombing system to the outside ball transition station of the Princeton system, Mo Mengchen’s time to control the ball has been greatly reduced, and he has become a defender who mainly supports off the ball. The average assists per game has dropped significantly. With 7 rebounds and 7 assists, it is basically certain that his record of averaging double figures in assists per game for four consecutive seasons will be interrupted.

Mo Mengchen is not obsessed with assists, he quickly integrated into the new system and adapted to the new role.

And now, he came to the low post, ready to back up the 76ers' backup point guard Speedy Claxton.

The reason why he chooses to hit his opponent with his back is because the position is right, the second is that he cannot bear the mania in his heart, and the third is that his opponent is only 180 centimeters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. I am really sorry for the hard training during the offseason.

Hill dropped the ball to Mo Mengchen.

"Don't let him hit the back!" Brown yelled.

Mo Mengchen held the ball with both hands, and his opponents didn't think he was a master of back hitting.

Mo Mengchen is an all-rounder, but he is not good at posting. This is the consensus of the league. Generally, for a high guard like him, posting is almost a compulsory course.

But Mo Mengchen is different from other tall guards. When he debuted, he focused on shooting + organization. Later, he strengthened his defense and offense with the ball. Year after year, he became an all-round superstar. Will not hit back.At least until this season, it was accepted.

Mo Mengchen believed that the 76ers would not allow Clarkston to be blown up by him, so the double team would definitely come. Before launching the attack, he had already calculated that the opponent would firmly press down on his waist.

Seeing that the double-team was about to get close, Mo Mengchen suddenly let go of his strength and turned to face the basket to attack. The back-and-back pace that he had practiced hard in the offseason came in handy at this time. Clarkston's center of gravity was collapsed by his back-turning, including The clip was not in place, and the defense of the two was all empty.

"Shua!" Lan scored over Mo Mengchen.

66 is better than 50
Without Iverson, the 76ers' offense is basically filled by Duncan and Coleman.

Claxton was afraid of the double-teaming of the Pistons and did not dare to confront Mo Mengchen. Instead of calling tactics, he passed the ball first.

From this point of view, the purpose of the Pistons has been achieved.

The core of the tactic of double-teaming the ball holder is not double-teaming, forcing the opponent to make mistakes, but forcing the opponent's engine to fail to function.

It's as if Director Lu knew that double-teaming Curry would be shot to death by Durant, but he still wanted to do it.

Because although Durant's heads-up can kill, once Curry makes a shot, it will be a blink of an eye to take away the game. There is no guard like Curry in the 76ers, and the Pistons' double-teaming of them is mainly based on destructive tactics.

The ball-handler was unable to initiate tactics, and the 76ers' offense was left with only the stars singled out.

Harprin, who got the ball, had to keep passing to get the ball to Duncan.

Rasheed's approach to Duncan and Hill's interference made it impossible for the 76ers to send the ball to the safest person, and the offense could only be initiated by Coleman.

Coleman hit Miller in a misplaced position. The No. [-] pick who wasted his talent was very experienced against the slow and mediocre Dabai Ruan. The ball goes to Duncan.

Shi Buddha held the ball, leaned against Rashid with his body, and swung the ball with one hand.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded, Rashid made a defensive foul, and Shifo scored a dunk.

"Rashid, be careful, you have committed the third crime." Mo Mengchen reminded.

"What does that matter?" Rasheed casually said the truth, "He alone can't kill us."

Duncan seized the free throw, 53 to 66.

Duncan's free throws have always been at a moderate level, and his shooting percentage is only in the early 60s. When the Celtics and Pistons played in the Eastern Conference Finals, one of the key moments of the game was because they did not grasp the key free throws and led to the loss.

Duncan's free throw tonight was very good, and he made all the free throws that should be made.

It's just that, as Rashid said, such a performance cannot win.

Mo Mengchen continued to fall, he was addicted.

"Is it so interesting to play a small guard with a low back?" Hill passed the ball strangely.

Indeed, this is really very interesting.

Mo Mengchen gave up the extra steps, pushed Clarkston away with his back, turned around and took a step back, pulled up, threw off the defense with the speed of the bullet, and shot from outside the paint.

68 is better than 53
"When did Dor.Mo's back attack become so good?"

"The few times just now, it doesn't look like you can't hit your back at all!"

Hill has experienced similar shocks many times. Whenever he saw Mo Mengchen dunk, he would ask, "This guy really suffered three ACL tears in his knee?"

Only when Mo Mengchen hung on the basket carefully after dunking the basket, did he believe that the opponent really had such an experience, otherwise, with Mo Mengchen's personality, he would definitely not hang on the basket for so long for the sake of watching the game.

(End of this chapter)