You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 353 Protective Color

Put Wallace on Duncan and Ratliff on defense.

This is the strategy of the 04 Pistons against O'Neal, but there are two Wallaces in that Pistons team.Rasheed Wallace is the help defense and Ben Wallace is the top defense. (It’s true, if you don’t believe me, watch the video)

As for the current Pistons, Big Ben is just a seedling version, and Ratliff can come in handy when assisting in defense, provided that Big Ben lasts until then.

He has to guard Duncan to the point where he needs to come to a dangerous area that may be blocked by the assist defense before he can score.

This is basically impossible.

Frauses' strategy failed again.

Duncan penetrated the inside line of the Pistons, 32 to 21, leading by 11 points in a single quarter, and made an unexpected start.

With 11 points behind, Frauses did not disrupt the rotation order. Those who should rest rested as usual, and those who should be rotated were rotated sequentially, but tonight, he made a change.

Joe Dumars replaced Bobby Jackson into the rotation lineup, with Don Reid, Houston, Pollard and Williams, the main three-rotation lineup, against the Celtics with four main players.

Pitino can't wait to let Duncan play 48 minutes, but this is only a fantasy, he can't do it.

Without Duncan, there is no pillar of the support system at both ends of the offense and defense, and can only be fought by a bunch of stragglers from the outside.

Walker looked like he scored a lot of points, but he was actually a completely cancerous style of play. It was difficult to get the ball out of his hands unless it was blocked to death.

Seeing his style of play, Frauses sometimes wanted to call a timeout to reduce the defensive intensity, and let him play alone.

This is why Duncan is so clueless, but the Celtics can't squeeze into the top four.

"There's a traitor among them."

Walker struck the iron cheerfully, and Duncan could see it in his eyes, stayed on his face, and was broken in his heart. It was the advantage he had fought so hard, and he was beaten back little by little.

Dumars is the cavalry tonight, this meritorious veteran who has almost become a fringe member of the team, replaced the original rotation, went into battle, single-handedly scored 7 points, helped the team narrow the point difference to 6 points, and finally It turned out that Pitino couldn't bear it first and sent Gundam out.

It's been less than 4 minutes.

Score: 31 to 38.

"As a rookie coach, Adam Frauses did not change the rotation in the face of such a big disadvantage in the first quarter, and still let the players of the second team play. It is really rare. He is very calm." Nate praised.

This is also the point that Frouseth is praised the most.

Dare to employ people, calm down.

It is also the biggest difference between him and Collins. He will lose and be beaten badly, but few fans and media scold him.

Because he maximized the advantage of the Pistons.

He used the Pistons' personnel reserves as much as possible, and he was always able to kill opponents wave after wave.

These advantages that should have appeared under Collins were delayed for a year until he took office.

But Frauses is not afraid. His team is playing a tactical system that is completely unfamiliar to him. He is like an apprentice from scratch. Even now, he can't ask many questions. Tinkering, if the rotation is not done well, he will not have the face to sit in the handsome position.

Even so, he often feels uneasy that he has brought too little change to the Pistons.

They are still playing the same style of game as before, but this season's state is relatively stable, unlike last season's roller coaster-like ups and downs due to internal conflicts.

After Duncan played, the Celtics also became stable.

The inside line has an axis, and the outside line is broken by someone and someone wipes their ass. Everyone can rest assured to fight and defend blindly. It is hard for Duncan to run around alone.

Fatigue is a little tired, but the effect of Duncan after playing is indeed immediate.

Dumars's scoring stopped, he couldn't break into the inside, Billups defended his shot tightly, the sudden shot failed, and he could only choose to pass the ball.

The Pistons' offensive efficiency began to decline, and Duncan seized the opportunity to counterattack with assists and teammates.

Frauses was not in a hurry, and it was expected whether the point difference would narrow or widen. He never thought of beating his opponent to death in the half court.

For the running and bombing team, the gap within 15 points is not a big gap.

"As long as you don't lose by more than 20 points, it doesn't matter."

Mo Mengchen had a bigger heart than Frauses. He comforted his teammates off the field and kept them confident.

Duncan led the team to keep opening the score.

Six minutes passed, and the Celtics' advantage finally reached 6 points.

52 is better than 36
Only 6 minutes have passed, and these 6 minutes are divided into the first 3 minutes without Duncan and the last 3 minutes with Duncan.

Without Duncan, the Celtics were chased to 7 points, and with Duncan they were stretched to 16 points.

If there is a plus-minus value in this era, Duncan's current plus-minus value should go straight beyond plus-30.

It's amazing.

Frouseth finally asked for a substitution. His patience was admirable. When other coaches saw the team being beaten like this, they were already shocked and replaced the main players. However, he sat quietly and waited for the time to change. .

"It's a little risky." Foster said worriedly, "If you can't catch up, Boston will be the winner."

Dane Stanton smiled lightly: "We averaged 121 points per game. I'm afraid the difference of 16 points is not considered by Adam. Don't worry."

Mo Mengchen took the initiative to serve.

It's an odd variation, and it's generally an inside serve.

Mo Mengchen served to Hill, and then Walker's defense came up, and the audience pressed hard. Pitino shocked the NCAA's ace killer.

At the NBA level, unless you have the athletic ability of the American Dream Team, any full-court press is just looking intense.

Not to mention a player like Walker who calls him a defender is an insult to the word defense. Hill passed him with only one change of direction.

He couldn't guard against people, and he had to chase after him when he turned around. Sadly, he was destined not to catch up with Hill.

In order to make up for his absence, others have to give up their defenders to help defend.

So Mo Mengchen was empty.

Hill sent Mo Mengchen back.

"Look at the plane!"

Mo Mengchen made a bewildering remark and made a three-pointer.

Duncan got stuck and firmly blocked Wallace, but it turned out to be an outrageous three-pointer. What's even more outrageous is that Hill happened to be standing on the spot, picked up the ball, and made a backhand.

38 is better than 52
"Is that a missed shot or an assist?"

Neil asked.

"It's hard to judge this kind of fancy pass. I guess it's an assist." Toyes commented, "It looks like a very deliberate three-non-stick."

In the end, it was officially determined that the shot was missed, and Hill got 2 points on the offensive rebound.

It's not without reason that old-schoolers slam the Pistons as a brush team.

The Celtics serial pick-and-roll, such a complicated pick-and-roll can only be designed by college coaches who live in the era of 30-second offense.

It is estimated that in order to adapt to the 24 seconds in the NBA, some steps were deliberately deleted. This deleted version of the pick-and-roll tactic looks extremely complicated. Fortunately, the person who executed this tactic was Duncan. You can tell by the relaxed look on Pitino’s face Duncan did not let him down and executed the task perfectly.

It's a pity that Billups was stunned by the dazzling pick-and-roll. He didn't play the ball in the first time, wasting a great opportunity and wanted to dump the blame on Duncan.

As soon as Duncan got the ball, Devil Mountain posted it.

He was stunned, terrified, and with a wave of Hill's hand, he knocked out the ball in his hand and swung it forward.

"What pass is this?"

Mo Mengchen cursed, forcibly accelerated, and barely saved the ball, which was cheap for Louis M. Lore. He accelerated forward, caught the ball and dunked.

40 is better than 52
"Boston is going to feel nervous. Their opponents are scoring fast. In the past 40 seconds, Detroit has completed two counterattacks!"

It was a complicated transfer of the ball. They passed back and forth about seven or eight times, but in the end Billups had to make a defensive strong shot.

Mo Mengchen raised his hands to interfere, and Billups' blunt face made him believe that this shot must be a shot, but Wallace and others were not in a good position.

Gotta go in and help.

Talent seemed so important, Wallace just didn't push Duncan out of the paint completely, causing the latter to pick melons on his head.

Duncan raised the ball over his head, saw Billups open, and made another pass.

"Snapped!"

Mo Mengchen cut off Duncan's pass, and Billups was so angry that he stepped forward to fight back.

Unexpectedly, Mo Mengchen swung it away with a fake move, dribbled the ball behind his back and pulled it sideways, accelerating past him.

Billups hated the full-court press tactic. The limited physical strength was wasted on this damn tactic, and it didn't have much effect.

Mo Mengchen passed him like passing through the air, rushed to the frontcourt, missed the three-point line, and pulled up a three-pointer.

Chasing three-pointers is already Mo Mengchen's trademark, if he doesn't do it one day, people will be surprised.

"boom!"

He didn't go in, but the rebound miraculously bounced back into Mo Mengchen's hands, and he didn't show the slightest surprise, and shot again.

"Boom!"

The whole process was so sudden that no one expected that Mo Mengchen made three three-pointers in a row and only hit one goal, all of which were open.

Is this still the Dor.Mo who makes people dread with a single three-pointer?
"It seems that the extension of the three-point line has a really great impact on Dor.Mo. In the previous two seasons, his three-point shooting percentage exceeded 50%. So far this season, his three-point shooting percentage is "only" 44%, the most accurate three-pointer at the top of the arc before became the most inaccurate point." Neal said.

"It's so weird!"

weird?This word is very accurate and in place.

"This damn clever ghost!" Hill always felt that every time Mo Mengchen hit the iron, it was just a disguise.

He himself knew that this was impossible, but he just had this idea.

These balls that seemed like they shouldn't miss but ended up missing are all the protective colors he put on himself.

For an ulterior purpose. .

(End of this chapter)