basketball never sleeps

Chapter 174 Where is my champagne?
"Coach Brown, what's the matter with your forehead?" Looking at the freshly baked white leather bag Qingtian, the reporter who was trying to hold back his laughter even forgot to ask about the Pistons' defeat.

"It's nothing, it's just a prank by two troublemakers."

Under the table, Larry Brown restrained his trembling hands and helped his glasses lifted by the swollen bag.

Larry Brown almost didn't bite off his dental calculus amid the frantic shutters of the reporters.

He has considered making things a big deal, and let the alliance severely punish these two bastards.

However, Mo Wen's scale is very good, a big brain collapse, although it is not small to him, and the insult is also great, but you say that breaking the sky is also a brain collapse.

If you complain about being wronged because of a brain collapse, you will only be ridiculed in the United States, a country that admires the strong.

Therefore, no matter how much it hurts, in order to maintain his personality as a tough teaching assistant, he can only grit his teeth and show a nonchalant attitude.

It's like he's coping with the doubts after losing a game.

"The Heat are strong but not invincible. If you know the ball, you can see the weakness of the Heat. If there is no accident in the first quarter, the Pistons should be the real winner."

Larry Brown made a tune, and the Pistons players also showed their iron teeth in front of the camera.

The Heat were not to be outdone, and Oban bluntly accused the Pistons of being dirty in front of the camera.

"They know they can't win the game with their strength, so they can only use these dirty methods to influence us."

"They found that they couldn't stop me, so they let Ben disturb my mood. They found that they couldn't solve Mo Wen, so they tried to find a role player to find Moduizi. Believe me, if it wasn't for that idiot who accidentally knocked himself out, Mo They will definitely not let him go, and they will succeed."

"I finally know why Ben puts on a ridiculous afro when I'm playing. He's 100% afraid of my revenge."

Ao Pang talked a lot like a cannonball.

But the big Ben on the other side completed the lore with just one sentence——

"My free throws are better than his."

The teams of the two sides are afraid of fines, but the media in the two places are not so polite.

If the quarrel was still based on reality at the beginning, it would turn into all kinds of empty hunting after the quarrel.

"Demystifying the Miami Whistle Team, the myth created by 40 free throws in a game! "

"Evil Criminals Meet Evil Criminals Again, Discussing the Past and Present of the Bad Boys Legion!" "

"NBA has no memory, who is the real villain!" "

The game is bloody fart, really depends on the reports of these media.

5 month 24 day.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the East Finals G2 kicked off as scheduled.

Mo Wen, who was declared "seriously injured" by the Heat, still insisted on starting the game, which caused unprecedented cheers from the fans on the sidelines
Many fans even shed tears on the spot.

Because in the Heat's publicity, Mo Wen was suffering from more than a dozen injuries, and he couldn't even attend the press conference after the last game. If it were an ordinary player, he might need an emergency truce for treatment.

Even the media in Detroit were excited for a long time after hearing the news, but they didn't open the champagne on the spot after being corrected by a certain Detroit insider.

Ao Pang and Wade, who were really injured (need to be protected), didn't mention a word, and Mo Wen, who ended up feigning injury, was actually made into a fake show that went along with the flow.

Mo Wen once wondered if there was a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" on Pat Riley's bookshelf, otherwise how could it be so slippery.

In fact, the Heat didn't make any false claims, because Mo Wen had quite a few bruises on his body, plus some bloodstains that were pulled out directly. It can be counted to a dozen or so, but in the end they were all skin injuries.

Of course, if these injuries are placed on Xiao Xianrou who feels like "dead" with a scratched finger, it is indeed a terrible injury, but for an NBA player, this level is actually the same as eating and drinking usually.

To be honest, Mo Wen doesn't like this kind of hype that is divorced from the facts, but the NBA needs heroes, even if they are man-made.

The team needs it, the league needs it, Nike needs it.

From another perspective, the country also needs it.

And Mo Wen, no need. (Understand the applause!)
Back on the pitch.

When scrambling for the ball, Billups poked Mo Wen next to him with his elbow.

"Tut tsk tsk, how is your body, a disabled and strong Heat hero?"

"Alive." Mo Wen rolled his eyes angrily.

"You are still alive, but the old brothers have been hurt by the two of you, and you will be disgusted after just a few games. So—"

"so?"

"So do you want to settle the hush money and mental damage?" Billups rubbed his fingers, but his eyes were on the beautiful woman on the sidelines.

"Heh, if you want to play, just say it, we can arrange it for you tonight, but if you say it earlier, you can play for two more days, after all, you will have to pay for the air ticket when you come to Miami later. "Mo Wen followed his gaze and glanced over.

Ordinary, just dressed a little cooler.

However, compared to the fans on the sidelines in Detroit, it is indeed of high quality.

"Huh. Huh? Do you bastard think we will be swept away by you?" Billups heard the meaning of Mo Wen's words clearly, and it was a hidden little elbow.

"Then what?" Mo Wen shrugged.

"Stop looking down on people, you bastard, believe it or not, we will type all your shit tonight!"

"You really have changed. I don't remember you still having the habit of daydreaming."

"Fake Squid, Bitchi!"

Either ESPN said that tonight's game would be extremely hot. Before the game even started, Mo Wen and Billups had elbows together.

The love and killing between the two did not last long, and the game started at the whistle.

The lineups on both sides have not changed from the first game, they are still the same team.

After the two teams paid a few fouls in the first quarter and figured out the referee's tolerance limit, they threw away the shackles, and "Jie" broke the seal.

The scene didn't look as hot and intense as the first quarter of G1, but the whole game showed that the confrontation intensity was actually higher than the first game.

No unexpected conflicts; no less expected confrontations.

There is one thing to say, this game should be the first game of this series.

In the first quarter, the two teams scored a constipation-level score of 18:19.

It reminds people of the fear of being dominated by the Pistons and Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals last year.

It can only be said that Larry Brown, who has a full-level defensive number, knows how to make the game more ugly.

In the first half of the first quarter, when the Big Three were all in the lineup, the Heat relied on the offensive deterrence of the Big Three and scored 7 points in the first 14 minutes, and the efficiency was impressive.

Compared with the Pistons, which only scored 8 points at the same time, it is even more efficient.

But after O'Fat left the field in 8 minutes and Wade stepped off in 10 minutes, the Heat's offense seemed to have entered the middle of winter and the twelfth lunar month.

In 5 minutes, the team scored only a mid-range shot from Mo Wen and a three-pointer and two goals from Dazhi, who was smoking in the bottom corner.

Larry Brown, who was overwhelmed by Mo Wen, searched around for players but couldn't find another player who was willing to do the dirty work for him.

It's not a player like Caron Butler who urgently needs playing time to perform in a contract year. No one wants to work for a coach who is about to leave.

What the NBA pays attention to is the emperor and the courtier. It doesn't mean that a certain player's status has improved when Larry Brown was in office, and another coach will still pay attention to him.

Therefore, apart from poking things out and putting pressure on public opinion, Larry Brown can only speak in the way of basketball.

In the past two days, the coaching staff of the Pistons spent most of their time studying how to limit Mo Wen except for the review.

When the Big Three were all there, they hadn't figured it out yet, but when Wade or O'Neal was off the court, it was not difficult to restrict Mo Wen.

After all, last year's OK was defended by the Pistons very uncomfortable.

Although Mo Wen's big-core play with the ball and catch-and-shoot play are difficult to defend, these two types happen to have samples in the Pistons.

Moreover, Mo Wen played a lot of training games with the Pistons last year, and in the training games at that time, Mo Wen's style of play was actually not very different from what it is now.

Larry Brown created a "customized" version of man-to-man defensive tactics for Mo Wen.

The so-called man-to-man defense is one of the original defensive tactics, and its characteristic is that it can effectively reduce the shooting percentage of the offensive team's mid-range and long-range shots.Coupled with the ability of the Pistons to protect the frame and assist defense, it is definitely a perfect defensive closed loop.

Larry Brown mixed some habits into it.

Mo Wen also tried to mobilize his teammates, and then use their deterrence to repay himself, but several teammates also behaved quite anxiously under the man-to-man defense.

In the second quarter, O'Pang and Wade returned, and Mo Wen played for another 3 minutes before taking a break, and the Pistons' lineup also shrank accordingly.

Wade's average efficiency was 5-of-2 and he drew a foul, but he didn't quench his thirst.

Ao Pang, who is fairly well-trained, played a good performance. He made 4 of 3 shots at the beginning, and he was about to rise.

Opanga practiced free throws, but this impromptu behavior did not bring much change to him.

Compared with the heat that heats up, cools down, and red for a while, the overall performance of the piston is quite stable.

Their jump shots may not be elegant or coquettish enough, but from the data level alone, excluding Big Ben, they can get a squinting eye or a dimpled head by adding two people at random.

Therefore, rounding up, the Pistons are also a team with 2 superstars.

Going back to the game, an incredible event happened at the end of the second quarter.

With 7 seconds left in the offensive round, Wade's fast break was blocked by double-teaming. In desperation, Wade could only join the ball to protect the ball and wait for his teammates to respond.

There were 3 seconds left when Rasul received the ball, but he made all 3 three-pointers today, so he didn't have that much confidence.

He didn't dare to cast anymore, so he could only choose the next lucky pot.

Just then a huge figure appeared next to him, and he passed the ball to that figure.

In this way, 1.2 seconds, outside the three-point line, O'Neal received the pass.

If it's a regular 24-second offense, if O'Pang receives this kind of pass from the outside, he will definitely be scolded.

But the whistle sounded immediately, and Ao Pang didn't have time to think, so he could only throw the ball to the basket according to his instinct.

Bang·······························

Ao Pang didn't hold out any hope at all.

The last time he made a three-pointer was when he was still in the Magic in 96. In the regular season game against the Bucks, it was also the last attack in the first half. Hardaway was originally arranged to shoot that goal, but Hardaway Wei was watched by the two as he couldn't catch the ball at all.

Forced to hold the ball, he caught the ball in two steps outside the three-point line, and then he didn't have time to think about it, and hit the ball with an unintentional shot.

That goal is also the only three-pointer he has scored in his career so far.

Today, this shot was not only the only three-pointer he scored in his playoff career, but also the only three-pointer he made in the playoffs!

That's right, before this goal, O'Pang had never shot a three-pointer in the playoffs...
Ao Pang didn't look at it, glanced at his teammates, read the scoreboard again, clapped his hands, laughed, and said, "Hey, it's over, I won!"

The audience on the sidelines thought they were dazzled, and only when they saw the flashback of this scene on the big screen above did they finally believe that Ao Pang hit the three-pointer.

"OMG what did I see!"

"Did it really happen, Shaq hit a [-]-pointer at the buzzer?"

"This is O'Neal's own miracle, and it is also a miracle in the history of basketball!"

The end of the studio is still screaming, and the live commentary has been closed.

Ao Pang, who is very entertaining, directly opened his hands, and embraced the cheers of the fans in a circle.

"There is no better three-pointer than this, so, I will never shoot another three-pointer in my life."

In the locker room, Ao Pang was chattering.

"In the future, I will be a person who has made 100% three-pointers in the playoffs of my career. Mo, how can I say, is this a state that you will never be able to achieve in your entire life?"

"Hehe, just be happy."

In the second half, the anxious score intensified the impatience of the players of the two teams.

During the confrontation, the moves were so great that even a black-handed master like Mo Wen could not help but be overwhelmed twice and knocked to the ground, let alone the others.

[Touch, climb and roll] In today's competition, it is no longer a pronoun, but a verb describing details.

The ball became a desired object because you couldn't legally throw your elbow without the ball in your hand.

The Pacers' defense is strong, but the Pacers are at least decent, but the Pistons have tasted the taste of the championship, and they understand the necessity of unscrupulous means.

Of course, no matter how strong the defense is, it is relative.

And for players, now is the time to distinguish between genius and brush.

Whether it is Mo Wen, Wade or O'Neal can still maintain a shooting percentage above the standard line, as for the other players of the Heat... it can only be said that they are all worthy of their basic salary.

At the end of the quarter, the three of the Heat played together for another 4 minutes. After the point difference was widened by 8 points, they began to rest alternately.

This kind of behavior is somewhat rampant and disrespectful.

But the problem is that the Pistons don't have any stable means of chasing points. The three-point tactics used were discussed and drilled by Mo Wen and Billups when he was in the Pistons.

Mo Wen didn't even know what the Pistons coaching staff had done this year.

The main lineup is from last year, the defensive tactics are from last year, and the offensive tactics are from last year.

If they have a year-end report, the PPT is estimated to use last year's report and change it to a new year.

There is a price to be paid for this slack.

Mo Wen had seen the tactics the Pistons were going to play several times in advance, but just a little arrangement destroyed their intention of forcing three-pointers.

competition is over
Heat 100: 94 Pistons
The Heat won the game again with a 6-point advantage.

奥尼尔的状态找回不少，投篮17投10中，三分1中1，罚球9中4，砍下25分9篮板2助攻2盖帽。

Wade's playing time today is not short, facing the inside line of the Wallace brothers is becoming more and more handy, playing 31 minutes, 22 of 10 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, 8 of 7 free throws, 27 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists 1 steal.

Mo Wen, who has been in C since the injury of Fat Shark and Big Gills, took a little breather today, and was targeted, so his statistics dropped a little. He only made 16 of 7 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. , scored 20 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.

Except for three people, no one from the Heat scored in double figures. Haslem scored 8 points, Rasul 7 points, Damon Jones 6 points, Mourning and Big Zhi each scored 3 points.

The Heat's role players have relatively ugly shooting percentages, but nearly [-]% of the Heat's shots are concentrated on the Big Three.

The Big Three also have unique skills that cannot be defended with one hand. Even if they are restricted and uncomfortable, they can still have a low hit rate or true hit rate.

After returning to the locker room, O'Neal was quite excited.

This is a real 2:0.

The league's top defensive team is Shockwave (CJB).

The first defensive team, they just defended and broke [-] points in two consecutive games?

Based on their current strength, rushing out of the East is like stepping out of the house, and it is only a matter of time before they win the championship.

So, in front of the camera, Ao Pang called out the newspaper headlines of the next day.

"Where's my champagne?"

　I tried to speed up the rhythm and found that it was a lot smoother, although it may still be watery...
　　A few hundred words were added to the previous chapter to complete the story. Although it still feels like a mess, at least it doesn't smell so bad. Those who have subscribed can check it out.Recently, instead of setting up flags blindly, let’s stabilize the quality first.

　　
　
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