You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 877 Closing
There are only 25 games left in the regular season, Curry will miss at least 20 games, and Brad Miller is back in the starting lineup again.

After the slump as the starter at the beginning of the season, and after more than half of the season's experience, Miller has already gotten used to Princeton's role positioning, and once again entered the starting lineup, he is more handy than before, playing masterpieces one after another.

The deficiencies on the defensive end were less obvious during the regular season, especially when the offense was running smoothly, and Miller looked like a smaller version of Sabonis.

On March 3, the Pistons played away against the Cavaliers.

Old teammates reunited, Miller returned to the starting lineup, and it was a friendly game.

Miller played 34 minutes and handed in a perfect answer sheet. With 14 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, the quasi-triple-double data helped the team beat the Cavaliers by 16 points.

Cavaliers coach John Lucas said after the game: "The strength of the Pistons lies in the unity of all members. When you see Dor. Mo hand the ball to Brad and get into the crowd, and others take this opportunity to run, you know How good they are, I can't imagine them being defeated, in my heart, they are the strongest team this season."

"It's great to see them play like this," former Pistons player Ricky Davis said. "I wish them the best of luck in the future. I just hope I don't meet them in the playoffs, haha."

Miller made it a pity because he didn't get a triple-double. In the next game against the Bulls, Miller made up for this regret.

In order for him to adapt to the starting lineup as soon as possible--in fact, he has fully adapted--Westphal let Miller play 37 minutes in one breath, giving him enough time to achieve a triple-double.

The weak Bulls have no power to fight against the Pistons. If they want to win the game, they can only rely on brutal confrontation to reduce the opponent's shooting rate.

But the entire Pistons team has the attributes of pitbulls. Although you are a weak team, I will abuse you for 20-30 points at most out of morality. If you resist, it will be hard to say.

It was in this situation that in the Pistons' last game against the Bulls this season, they beat their opponents by 44 points, adding another amount to the blood debt of both sides.

Miller scored 15 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. Many of his assists were ground-hitting passes to Hill.

Hill scored 12 points on dunks tonight on his passing alone, plus a few sporadic heads-ups and shots, scoring a game-high 35 points without breaking a sweat.

Mo Mengchen, who clocked in in the three quarters, scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists without leaving a trace, and the momentum of the Pistons in the closing stage was completely brought up.

On March 3, the Pistons' winning streak was ended by the Bucks.

Croatian sniper Peja led Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson to fire again and again, and the Pistons regrettably ended their winning streak.

This defeat also allowed the Pistons to put aside their burdens and play lightly. The next day, they went to the away game in Orlando to play the Magic.

Kwame Brown, the No. 14 pick of the Magic, was blessed by the dust in this life. He did not fall into Jordan's clutches and was vigorously cultivated by the team. Star embryo, but his problems are very obvious.

He strengthened his defensive ability.While his speed and shooting are impressive, he doesn't have NBA-level interior confrontation.Compared with those NBA players, he is still a big boy who has not yet developed.

"He needs to improve in all aspects," said the Magic's on-site commentator. "He needs muscle, he needs to improve his movement and press. But don't say that he is not a good player. From his dribbling and movement. Look, he's going to develop into a really scary player. But as a big man, if he's not strong enough, he's going to end up getting nowhere."

The physical defect is one aspect, and the more serious shortcoming lies in the size of his palm.

Brown has wonderful skills, which are not common among other high school players. His skills have been polished to a mature level in high school. However, in the NBA, where the intensity of confrontation is doubled, Brown, who has slightly short palms, has a big problem.

If you only look at defense, positioning, and screens, he is doing well. If you want to use his hands, he is finished.

shot, failed;
Catch the ball, he's the famous butterman;
Passing the ball is as immature and casual as a high school student;
As for the various offenses that need to be used, in high school he relied on his talent to open his hands, but in the NBA, he lost the ability to turn clouds and rain.

Miller performed superb handwork in front of Brown. He usually taught Curry to be a man by handwork in the team. Tonight, he used the same method to make Brown feel inferior.

14 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Since Miller was promoted to the starting lineup, the number of assists in a single game has not dropped 5 times.

"If he's been the starting center since the start of the season, is there any chance of breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record for assists per game for a center?"

Reasonable people know that this is impossible. Although Miller has performed well recently, he struggled at the beginning of the season, and now he is just adapting to his role in the Princeton system.

After the game, Brown, who was blasted by Miller, was very humble: "I have a lot to learn. I know, I'm just a high school student. I don't know what they think of me, but since I'm here, I must Just keep going and face every game like everyone else."

Mo Mengchen slightly changed his opinion of him.

Today's Brown has escaped from Jordan's claws, and his growth environment has become a stable Orlando. There is nothing to criticize here except the brain-dead management, which is very suitable for rookies to grow up.

If you look at Brown's development speed, maybe his upper limit is a quasi-All-Star or All-Star player. Although it is not as explosive as the template selected by the scouts before the draft, it is much better than being abused and doubting his life under Jordan.

Therefore, there is a reason why Jordan's later boss career was always blinded by shit during the draft. It was not repaying the debt of the player period, but repaying the debt of Kwame Brown.

You say you come back as soon as you come back, what's the matter with dragging a promising high school student behind?

After passing the Magic, the Pistons continued their regular season journey.

In the last 8 games in March, the Pistons scored 7 wins and 1 loss.

Time to enter the final month of the regular season.

The current record of the Pistons is 54 wins and 19 losses, ranking first in the league and leading the second Spurs by 4 wins.

They have already secured a place in the playoffs, and as long as their state does not decline like a landslide, they can basically stabilize their No. [-] ranking.

In the first game in April, the Pistons ran into the Atlanta Hawks who were full of resentment towards them.

They spent a bad season last season in vain, but in the end the draft pick belonged to the Pistons. They used the Hawks' third pick to select Eddie Curry, and the Hawks repeated the process of last season this season.

Facing the Pistons, the Eagles have a winning heart, but unfortunately they are not strong enough to play at all.

The way they struggled to resist aroused the murderousness of their opponents. The Pistons went on a killing spree in Atlanta. Mo Mengchen performed bravely, making shots from inside and outside.

Because the Eagles did not give up resistance, the Pistons kept playing the main lineup, and Westphal let Mo Mengchen stay on the court to score points.

In the fourth quarter, Mo Mengchen got rid of the defense, faced the eagle's inside block, and shot a three-pointer.

"Hit the board!"

"Dor.Mo's personal 65th score!"

"This is the highest-scoring game in Dor.Mo's career, and the Hawks' home court has completely turned their backs!"

This shot made the audience shout MVP, and the Eagles on the court were only embarrassed. This was the highest score in a single game of Mo Mengchen's career.

There are 5 minutes left in the game. If the Hawks do not surrender, Mo Mengchen may go all out and become the second active player to score 70 points in a single game after David Robinson.

Although the Eagles would rather die than surrender, they are even less willing to see their opponents reach the milestone of 70 points. Therefore, they quickly replaced all the main players, and Mo Mengchen's final statistics also stayed at 65 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

On this night, he achieved both "a new career high" and "scored 60 points in a single game for the first time in his career".

The achievement of setting a new career high is a cumulative achievement and can be completed multiple times. This achievement can be completed each time the score is refreshed. The more times you complete, the greater the reward.

These two achievements brought Mo Mengchen 20 attribute points in total.

In addition to his previous achievements in playing games, undergoing surgery, earning extra money in restaurants, and achieving various achievements during the regular season, after one season, he has accumulated 58 attribute points.

He will save these attribute points for a unified distribution before the start of the playoffs.

As the season continued, the Pistons won consecutive victories, and their schedule became easier and easier. The strong teams were finished at the front, and the teams behind were either bad teams or ordinary teams with no hope of playoffs.

In the last two regular season games, Eddie Curry of the Pistons has been suspended for several games after recovering from his injury. Therefore, he caught the last train of the regular season and returned from the suspension.

Then it was discovered that Curry had cut off his dreadlocks, had a crew cut and was noticeably thicker than before.

Considering he just came back, Westphal let him play the sixth man.

After his debut, Curry kept asking for the ball to find a feel. He asked for the ball to attack like a hungry monster, and his performance desire was astonishingly high.

In 26 minutes, Curry scored 18 points and 8 rebounds. He was still adept at abusing food and helped the team win its 62nd victory.

The last game of the regular season was against the Nuggets at home in the West. Curry returned to the starting lineup. He maintained the fighting spirit of the previous game, and the spirit of sacrificing his life seemed to be the last game of his life.

It's a pity that the hand feeling is not very good, but everyone can see his fighting spirit.

The Nuggets, who are determined to lose, only hope that the Pistons will give them a good time. They don't want to win. The suspense of this game only lasted for three quarters before it came to an end.

In the end, the Pistons defeated the Nuggets by 22 points at home, ending the regular season with a big victory.

In the regular season of the 2001-2002 season, the Detroit Pistons had a record of 63 wins and 19 losses, ranking first in the league.

(End of this chapter)