You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 394
A piece of bad news for Hill, after playing Game3 against the Pacers, his three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs dropped to single digits.

This is a worse stat than 15% in the regular season. Although 15% is already bad, but worse than 15% will make their opponents indulge Hill's three-pointers more recklessly.

"If you want to solve this problem, there are only two ways, make the ball or give up the shot."

During the summary meeting at noon, Frauses talked about this issue in detail.

Don't vote with a big space of more than three meters?This is a big blow to Hill, and he is also considering the feasibility of this matter.

If he really wants to do this, he needs to make up his mind.

Ignore the interference on the scene, block the opponent's trash talk, and the mentality cannot be affected, otherwise he will still go up and make a fatal three-pointer.

The same situation appeared in the intra-team match that day.

Hill represents the black team, and Mo Mengchen is the white team.

At the start of the game, Mo Mengchen asked Tang Reed to keep a three-meter distance like the Pacers.

"Shoot, Grant!" Mo Mengchen shouted.

The pressure of the test match is definitely not as good as that of the official game. Hill can shoot, pass, and do other things, and no one will say anything.

His question is what to do in the official game?When it comes to the real game, the Pacers will be far more open than they are now, and their ridicule and incitement to him will far exceed the pretentious trash talk of their teammates.

Hill passed the ball.

Passing or not passing the ball now may not affect the game the day after tomorrow, but Hill does not want what happened last night to continue, and he will not shoot if he cannot make a shot.

Or not shooting from beyond the three-point line.

Change starts now.

As Hill changed his style of play, the rhythm of the game also changed. The black team couldn't find the offensive touch and was defeated by the white team in the subsequent match.

Hill looked at Mo Mengchen, wondering if he was doing the right thing.

Mo Mengchen was frightened by his kindergarten kid waiting for the teacher to reward him with red flowers.

"Put down your expression." Mo Mengchen said solemnly, "I have nothing to say about your performance just now, as long as you know it yourself."

Hill wouldn't have wanted his comment if he had known: "Do you think this would work?"

"If you feel like you can respond to the Pacers' provocations and the crowd's trash talk with the same level of demeanor, that's the way to go."

"can you?"

Mo Mengchen asked.

Hill is not sure. He is easily stimulated by opponents. When the whole court is forcing him to shoot, he wants to prove that he can make the ball, because it is difficult to get such a wide open in the official game.

The timing and strength of the space the Pacers gave him are critical, just grasping the time when his physical strength is declining, his concentration is lacking, and he is eager to help the team score.

"What if I get lost again?" Hill asked seriously.

Mo Mengchen said: "I will pass the ball to you, as long as you are present."

Hill was disappointed, he thought Mo Mengchen would do something else and end up passing the ball to him?Let him figure it out by himself?
"This isn't the daddy I know," Hill said. "The daddy I know doesn't make mistakes."

Mo Mengchen couldn't help laughing, the laughter made Hill's heart shudder, as if he had witnessed the most disgusting scene in the world.

"You mean to say that it is wrong to believe you?" Mo Mengchen asked.

Hill retorted: "I didn't say that."

"Only when I think you are hopeless, I will give up on you. Although you have many problems, it is far from hopeless. If you have problems, I will continue to pass the ball to you. I wait for you to solve the problem and lead us to victory, do you find this contradictory?"

Mo Mengchen said: "The problem lies with you, passing the ball to you is not a problem."

Hill was speechless.

Game4
The Pacers' starting lineup arranged for Austin Closhill to match Hill, with Chris Mullin and occasionally Jaylen Rose in the transition.

All three are tall, flexible enough, and not bad at strength.Although no one can match Hill in terms of height, agility, and strength alone, but he is as strong as Xiang Yu, and he can't stand the harassment of Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbo.

What does it take to guard a relentless all-around small forward?The answer is simple, a diverse striker group.

Clothier, Mullin, and Rose are not Hill's opponents one-on-one. They also have their own advantages and disadvantages in terms of physical fitness, but Bird used it properly, and he boldly let Clothier start tonight.

The 206 cm Clothier makes Hill feel uncomfortable in the low post. He constantly adopts the simple routine of turning around and facing the basket to attack. The Pacers' inside line is also easy to target.

Mo Mengchen is very familiar with this strategy. Ten or 20 years later, other teams in the league also defend James in this way.

After the three-point line was extended to the distance before it was shortened, Hill's unstable three-pointer was completely scrapped, and his offensive style was greatly affected. However, he has comprehensive skills, relying on his talent to run like a tiger, and can handle most of them with his speed and strength. With the support of Mo Mengchen and Houston, the two top shooters, they were unstoppable during the regular season.

Now Hill is like James who has completely lost his long-range shooting ability. After many battles, Bird, who is good at calculation, finally found a way to completely strangle him.

The defense against Hill can be seen from the first possession of the Pistons.

Hill has the ball, and the rest of the Pacers distance themselves, ready to go back and fill the paint.

Both Mo Mengchen and Houston were placed two meters apart, which was already an insult to their marksmanship.

"A gamble!"

The narrator saw Bird's strategy.

This is indeed a big gamble. Bird's move is not only to make Hill do nothing in the penalty area, but also to completely liberate the Pistons' outside shooters.

This season, the Pistons averaged 121 points per game. Mo Mengchen and Alan Houston ranked the top two in the league in field goal percentage and three-pointers. The entire first half was put two meters away.

Simply put, the Pacers' strategy is to press Hill to death desperately, and the shooter is willing to gamble and admit defeat if he can shoot us to death.

The process was very thrilling. Mo Mengchen and Houston were not vegetarians. Their three-pointers made Hill cry, and they almost shot the Pacers to death in the first quarter.

Hill caused the Pacers to siege in the low post, and the outside line was empty one after another. With his vision, it is no problem to pass the ball out.

Therefore, the Pistons scored eight three-pointers in the first quarter.

These eight three-pointers almost crushed the Pacers. Bird, an adventurous gambler but not an idiot who doesn't know the danger, began to make further additions to the restricted area filling plan.

In an era where no zone defenses are allowed, filling the paint requires extra care.

The inside was overcrowded, and Bird began to make a fuss about Hill's passing line, so the first turnover appeared.

One has two, Hill's passing has become unsafe, and there are so many people inside, it is difficult for him to open up space, and the Pacers launched a counterattack.

Compared with the previous three games, the Pacers' offense had more small air cuts and quick counterattacks after successfully besieging their opponents. At the end of the first half, they were evenly matched with the fiery Pistons.

"The Pistons made twelve three-pointers in the half, but only led by four."

"They played their own rhythm completely, but they seemed to be following the opponent's feeling all the time."

The deeper the series, the more obvious the gap between the two head coaches of the Pistons and the Pacers.

As a rookie coach, Frauses should have more experience than Bird. He has a year of assistant coaching experience in the NBA, and even before coming to the NBA, he already has many years of college assistant experience. Germany has more experience.

It's a pity that some people are born geniuses and can succeed in whatever they do.

As players, they are the benchmark, and as coaches, they are also one of the best.

Mo Mengchen knows that Bird will be the general manager in the future, and he will also win the title of the best general manager of the year, becoming an unprecedented MVP, best coach, best general manager and other honors, and a proper winner in life , is indeed his idol.

It's so T_MD excellent!
In the second half, the three-pointer sense began to betray the Pistons-twelve three-pointers in the first half, and only four three-pointers in the second half.

Three of the four three-pointers came from Mo Mengchen.

As a result, the inside line was unable to score and the outside line was inaccurate. The Pacers seized the opportunity and played a beautiful counterattack. A wave of 21-7 offensive occurred at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The team trailed by 15 points with only 6 minutes left in the game. Hill scored a triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists tonight, but they are about to lose again.

After tonight, the big score was equalized.

Next, they will return to the home court for the battle of Tianwangshan.

This is the first time the Pistons have played Tianwangshan since entering the Hill era. No one knows whether they can withstand this pressure, and no one knows what Bird's poker face, which has never changed from beginning to end, is hiding. conspiracy.

This game was like the head coaches of the two sides facing each other off the court. Bird crushed Frauses, from the preparation before the game, to the targeting during the game, and the response after the game.

Flesses got one thing right all game: calling a timeout.

The Pacers' shrinking tactics made the Pistons very embarrassed. Hill has nothing to blame tonight. He gave up outside shots and concentrated his shots within the free throw line. He was very efficient and passed a lot of good shots. Before, he almost crushed the Pacers with the pass.

After Bird responded, Frauses did not change anything. This was his failure in coaching. He was blown away by Bird.

As for Mo Mengchen, who made eight three-pointers and scored a game-high 29 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, his views on the game were consistent with the commentator's post-match summary.

"The players are fully prepared, the coach is not."

"Adam Frauses is not as good as Larry Bird."

Mo Mengchen's views are not so extreme, but Frauses' adaptability is indeed worrying, and many coaches have such problems.

Fraser is no exception.

Some coaches will deal with this problem during their coaching career, and some will stay with it for a lifetime.

Guys like Byrd who are at the peak of their debut are rare in history, so let's not mention it for now.

(End of this chapter)