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Chapter 340 Mediocrity and Greatness

After seven protracted battles, amidst the smoke, the champion of the Eastern Conference was born.

They are the defending champion Detroit Pistons.

Shaq O'Neal was exhausted in the game, and the basketball world finally realized that this shark, which used to be rampant, is now at the age of leaving the ruling seat.

This is the second time that Detroit has defeated O'Neal's team. With the iron blood of the East and the glory of the last century, and the pride of the Motown, they once again stood on the stage of the finals.

In the final, they will face the Timberwolves.In the regular season this season, the Timberwolves and the Pistons played against each other twice, and the Pistons completed a double play and had a psychological advantage.

The outside world believed that the Timberwolves would lose themselves in the Pistons' iron barrel formation. Bai Jidong's response was: "We will wait and see."

时间：2005年6月9日晚上21:00。

Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The first game is about to start, and the Timberwolves' players are concentrated in the player channel.Everyone was excited, and Olowokandi kept jumping up and down, heating up his body like a boxer.

Bai Jidong clapped his hands and gathered everyone around him.

I don't know when, the person in charge of mobilization before the game changed from Garnett to Bai Jidong.

Garnett's reason is: White Wolf's eloquence is better.

"I was not convinced until now that we have something extraordinary!"

Bai Jidong said: "Being mediocre was not because we were mediocre, but we chose mediocrity. We grabbed a mediocre rebound, shot a mediocre three-pointer, and played mediocre games. Everything we did was mediocre. The thing, in fact, is not that they are mediocre, but that we made a decision."

Bai Jidong looked into everyone's eyes, "If we fall here, no one will feel sorry for us, and maybe some people will gloat and think, "Hmph, we're just reaping the consequences. "This is the mentality of those mediocre people who are always on the opposite side of greatness, complaining about themselves, and longing for pity and sympathy from others, but they don't want to come out of the opposite side, and they just let disasters keep coming."

"Greatness doesn't belong to everyone." Bai Jidong's eyes swept over everyone's face, "It doesn't belong to those soft and fragile cowards, it belongs to those who have goals and dreams and work hard for them."

"Yes!"

Bai Jidong suppressed the teammate who was about to explode with gestures: "We will fight to the end with the Detroiters. They are very strong, but we will win. We will stand on the highest podium. Crowned king in the sound."

"I hope your goals can be as clear and vivid as mine!"

Bai Jidong said: "Don't follow me, because I run fast, don't walk in front of me, because I might bump into you, brothers, please stand by my side and move forward together, it's time! You disgusting fellows, you wolves of Apolis!"

Emotions had been agitated to the extreme, and everyone just wanted to enter the arena to fight the Pistons, and the wolves rushed into the center of the target.

Bai Jidong was shooting a basketball, and ESPN's forward reporter Al Michael came to interview him on his own initiative.

"White Wolf, can I take a moment of your time?"

"Yes." Bai Jidong said.

"What do you think about the perception that you're going to be overwhelmed by the physicality of Detroit?" Michael asked.

Bai Jidong smiled and said: "The West focuses on technology, while the East focuses on confrontation. I don't know when this saying started. What I want to say is that the confrontation in the West is not bad either."

"So you don't think confrontation is a problem?" Michael asked.

Bai Jidong said: "We don't know everything about Detroit. We played against each other twice in the regular season. Their physical confrontation is really strong, similar to that of San Antonio. If we can beat San Antonio, we can beat Detroit."

"Welcome to Sports Night. This is the outpost of the NBA Finals. I am Marv Albert. I, Bill Walton and Reeve Monch will bring you the commentary of the Finals." In order to prepare In the finals, ESPN also dispatched two gold medal commentators and the respected guest Wharton in one breath.

Monchi first asked, "Bill, from your perspective, what are the advantages of Detroit over Minnesota?"

Walton said: "The first is the thickness of the lineup. Detroit's second lineup is obviously stronger than Minnesota. The second is the intensity of confrontation. I am not worried about the confrontation between the White Wolf and KG, but can the confrontation of other people keep up? This is a question mark. , Detroit is a perfect team, inside and out, five excellent parts put together with more energy than a masterful part."

Ben Wallace came out to jump the ball, and the person who jumped against him was Olowokandi.

In terms of height, Olowokandi has an overwhelming advantage.

If there is any variable, it is Olowokandi's grasp of the timing of the jump and the speed of Big Ben's bounce.

Other than that, there's absolutely no reason why Olowokandi would lose to Big Ben on the jump ball.

Bai Jidong saw his farewell opponent, the up-and-coming star Tyshawn Prince.

The starting five of the Pistons all left a deep impression on Bai Jidong.

Prince is one of them. With a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 06 meters, he has a first-class awareness of single defense, assist defense, supplementary defense, and teamwork. This year's selection to the best defensive second team is proof.

It was under his defense that Bai Jidong didn't feel good against the Pistons in the regular season.

In the first two games against the Pistons, Bai Jidong's shooting percentage was only in the early 41% range.

Therefore, Prince has the nickname of White Wolf Terminator.

This nickname naturally spread into Bai Weidong's ears.

At first, Bai Jidong didn't care, but now
"Do you think you are the White Wolf Terminator?"

"I am," Prince said.

"Snapped!"

Hardaway caught the ball from Olowokandi, "Hold on, guys!"

After Bai Jidong's mobilization before the game, all members of the Timberwolves are in a state of blood.

Hardaway pushed forward and showed no fear on Chauncey Billups.

Bai Weidong walked a few steps, Olowokandi saw Bai Weidong's hand gesture, and ran forward to cover.

Bai Jidong followed his pick-and-roll to get rid of Prince and ran to an open position.

Hardaway took a look and threw the ball high.

Bai Weidong retreated beyond the three-point line, and the ball just fell into his hands.

Prince quickly caught up, and Bai Jidong shot before he got close.

Looking back at the ball in the air, Bai Jidong screamed, "Shua!"

The ball went into the basket.

"White Wolf Terminator, are you ready?" Bai Jidong asked with a smile.

Hamilton serves to Billups.Billups dribbled forward and elbowed Hardaway when he passed the logo.

This elbow was aboveboard, and the referee ignored it.

It was a signal that the referee allowed this level of pettiness.

Hardaway, who came from the 90s, naturally also made these moves. Since the referee allowed it, he was even less polite, and pushed Billups backhand.

Billups almost fell, took a few steps back, stabilized his center of gravity, collected the ball and passed it to Big Ben.

Big Ben took the ball and helped Prince, who was throwing towards him, block Bai Jidong, and then passed the ball to him.

Prince missed two points in the open.

"You look very nervous." Hardaway teased Billups.

Billups was taciturn, with his arms outstretched, about to put pressure on Hardaway.

Garnett's pick-and-roll came just in time to help Hardaway block Billups.

Hardaway immediately dribbled through with his shoulders down, and as soon as he reached the paint, the Pistons' defense had rotated to him.

There is no way out, and Billups is double-teaming behind him, so he must make a move.

"Shua!" Hardaway made a throw and made a hit.

The Timberwolves started off against the Pistons 5-0.

Pistons coach Larry Brown sat calmly, knowing that the game had only just begun.

The Pistons' offense and defense are going into a rhythm, and once that rhythm hits, the game is going to be ugly, slow, and ugly.

And that's the opportunity for the Pistons, who are good at playing in that suffocating atmosphere.

With the growth of age and the decline of physical fitness, Hardaway's defense is less aggressive, but he put pressure on Billups at the beginning of tonight.

Once in the frontcourt, Billups' advantages and Hardaway's disadvantages came out.

Hardaway had lost his speed, Billups accelerated and made some small moves.

Hardaway couldn't bear it, lost his position, and was broken by him.

Billups raised his hand high, trying to layup.

Garnett took off his ball cap like a black lightning bolt.

Hardaway, who followed, received the ball and quickly passed it to Bai Jidong who had already run to the logo.

Bai Jidong caught the ball and drew the attention of the defense, and gave it to Toni Kukoc.

Kukoc stabilized, made a three-pointer and made a hit.

"The Timberwolves started fiercely, and an 8-0 offensive drove the fans into a frenzy!"

"It's not good to go on like this. Detroit needs to find its own touch quickly."

"Detroit is a defensive team. To play offense, you must first play a good defense."

"It makes sense, let's see what they do this round."

"If you can't score again, Coach Brown should call a timeout."

Rasheed Wallace came out to get the ball and Garnett matched him.

Roaring Tianzun against the Wolf King, this is also a set of counterpoints full of topics.

Rasheed leaned against Garnett with his back and pushed in hard. Garnett stepped back to gain buffer space.Rasheed turned around, faced the basket, took off, shot with a straight arm, and scored.

Roaring Tianzun broke the scoring drought of the Detroit Pistons!

　Among the N championships in Bai Jidong's career, the Pistons are worthy of a close-up. I will write about three games, and I like this Pistons very much.I want to write about the tension and suffocation that this Pistons created for the opponent back then.Let's talk about a few simple statistics. The top five Pistons overturned the Lakers' F4 season in 04. They averaged less than 85 points per game. There were more than 10 games in a single season to prevent the opponent from scoring less than 70 points. Ratings killer, David Stern's lifelong enemy.

　　If you feel that the Pistons are not strong after I write the finals, it is really a matter of my level. Don’t think that this Pistons is not strong
　　
　
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