You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

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Chapter 5 The surprise soldier who declared victory?
The Pistons swept the 3ers 0-76, and there was no suspense in this round of the series from the beginning.

Moreover, in Game 3 in Philadelphia, the Pistons set a goal during the game for fun: to limit Iverson's scoring to less than 25 points.

As a result, Iverson made 27 of 6 shots that night and scored only 23 points.

The 76ers at home were also defeated by the Pistons by 30 points and were sent out of the playoffs.

As early as today, there was also a game in the West that divided the results.

The Blazers also swept the Rockets 3-0 and advanced to the semifinals.

All the Pistons need to do now is to rest, and their opponents in the semifinals will be decided between the Magic and the Heat.

After the first three games, the Magic played unreasonably with Penny and led the series 2-1. In the fourth game in Miami, the person who shouldn't have exploded broke out.

Keith Van Horn played a masterpiece of his career. He fired all the firepower on the offensive end and helped Penny share the defensive pressure. The Heat still lost after fighting hard to the end.

The Magic beat the Heat and advanced to the semifinals.

After three years, the Pistons and Magic met again in the playoffs.

"This farewell is of extraordinary significance to both teams."

1999/5/18

The first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals will be held tonight.

Palace of Auburn Hills

Mo Mengchen and his teammates came to the scene one hour in advance to warm up and get a feel for the field.

They have been resting for a while, and urgently need to find the muscle memory of running and jumping on the court. After an hour, everyone is sweating through the warm-up.

The audience entered the arena one by one, and after that, the Magic also arrived.

As far as the lineup is concerned, the Magic is actually not much different from the 76ers, both of which are one-man teams.

It's just that Penny is stronger than the current Iverson, and the team's lineup structure is better than that of the 76ers, but this is still Hardaway's one-man team.

Except for Hardaway, no one in the entire team can be selected for the All-Star and the best team.

Compared with the Pistons, the gap is infinitely greater.

The Magic want to play against each other, and tonight's game is the key.

Tonight is the first game of the series, which is equivalent to an encounter. The two sides have not seen each other for a long time, and they meet again. Although they are old opponents, they must have come prepared. Who can make the most of the various accidents of the encounter? factors, whoever wins.

Because the Pistons are stronger, they have a higher fault tolerance rate. Except for some problems, the Magic is basically finished.

Their confidence comes from pennies.

And, they were one of five teams that beat the Pistons during the regular season.

This evening, Westphal made a wonderful little adjustment.

Prester Lauderdale started the jumper.

His starting point is only one: jump ball.

With a height of 224 centimeters and a wingspan of 235 centimeters, anyone with such conditions would have the physical condition of a giant spirit and a natural jumper.

This tactic appeared in the Eastern Conference finals last season, and Westphal adopted it immediately after discovering it.

Lauderdale will play a few rounds after the jump ball, and once the ball is dead, Ben Wallace will immediately replace it.

Seeing Lauderdale start, the fans at the scene were happy.

Lauderdale's presence was like calling the game over, and he was a garbage-time player.

"Maybe, Coach Westphal wants to tell his opponent in this way that the Pistons have won this game."

Vinier Johnson's game reading was perfect, and Westphal didn't even think of starting Lauderdale as a metaphor.

With the exception of Lauderdale, the Pistons' starting lineup has not changed.

For the Magic, the starters are Darrell Armstrong, Penny, Nick Anderson, Van Horn, and Horace Grant.

Lauderdale vs. Grant, 224 and 208 jump balls.

The referee threw the ball high into the air and Lauderdale patted it to Mo Mengchen.

Armstrong immediately stuck up to defend, relying on a relatively low center of gravity to attack Mo Mengchen nearby, because they all know that the Pistons have the habit of rushing to attack at the beginning.

The running and bombing team is to play fast, bring up the rhythm, and strive to let the opponent fall into its own rhythm.

The attack that seals off the opening is critical.

From this point of view, they did a good job.

Mo Mengchen's body was lightly leaning on Armstrong's body, but he didn't move forward. His sudden stop was puzzling. In a blink of an eye, his left hand threw the ball into the air.

Lauderdale, who moved forward slowly, raised his hands, received the ball, looked up, the basket was in front of him, and scored an unreasonable dunk.

2 is better than 0
"Who would have guessed that it would be the opening goal for Detroit?"

Lauderdale retreated slowly.

Judging from the perspective of 20 years later, this kind of movement speed is going to be beaten to death by counterattacks. There is no way to expect him to defend those defenders who walk fast, and it is impossible to expect him to come out to defend pick-and-rolls. There is also a certain air defense area, but it is also limited.

An insider like Lauderdale has a strong background of the times. He moves slowly, but in this era, he is not too slow and acceptable.

Magic is good at capturing this.

Can't Lauderdale defend?Then let Grant come out to pick and roll.

Van Horn was originally at position 3 and was at position 4, with a long range, and so was Grant. Seeing this scene, Lauderdale stepped out.

This is the price the Pistons must accept.

Van Horn got the ball in the low post, leaned on Rasheed, and scored a beautiful backhand with a small hook.

2 is better than 2
"Give it to me!" Rasheed yelled.

Mo Mengchen speeded up and deliberately brought up the rhythm. This feeling was uncomfortable. Armstrong knew that they wanted to speed up, but it was difficult to stop them.

Mo Mengchen threw the ball to Rashid at the top of the arc.

Van Horn's fight against Rasheed can only rely on skill, and the tonnage of the two is not of the same order.

The reverse is different, Rasheed can use a variety of positions to force Van Horn.

Rasheed used the simplest weight to crush and lean in. Grant wanted to help defend but couldn't help defend. Although Lauderdale has no offensive ability, he can't stand up to his height. If he double-teams, Rasheed will Lauderdale can grab a rebound with just a random shot without passing the ball. Isn't that a backhand and a stop dunk?
It was falling into such a vicious circle that allowed Grant to watch Rasheed blow up Van Horn's defense.

4 is better than 2
Van Horn, who felt his face was damaged, tried his best to fight back in the subsequent offense, and he deliberately pulled out to shoot.

Rasheed was not afraid of him pulling out, and followed him out.

Van Horn received the ball, and Lauderdale hit Grant hard. He believed that the shot was missed, and his body was a natural barrier.

Lauderdale stuck Grant to death, Van Horn missed a shot, Mo Mengchen retracted and received a rebound, and responded in less than a second.

Hill ran ahead, received a long pass, lifted the basketball with his long arms, and gently tapped into the basket.

6 is better than 2
"Dapu is actually a bit of a surprise soldier?" Jerome Williams looked at it and just wanted to bark a few times to distract himself from his uneasiness.

The inside line of the Pistons is already crowded enough. If another person suddenly emerges, wouldn't he be driven to watch the rhythm of the water dispenser?
"It's not that exaggerated."

Also unable to play, Barkley is more at ease than anyone else.

The 2 minutes Lauderdale played did bring a lot of surprises, but the opponents will react sooner or later. The negative impact of his many flaws on the team is far greater than the positive impact.

High double pick and roll.

Lauderdale didn't know whether to come out or not.

Seeing that he didn't come out, Armstrong's choice was much easier. He fed the ball to Grant, and the latter jumped up to make a mid-range shot, punishing Lauderdale who deliberately didn't go out of the hole.

4 is better than 6
After less than 3 minutes of the game, Lauderdale's problem was basically seen through.

"Ben, get ready." Westphal called Wallace decisively.

At 45 degrees to the right, Mo Mengchen raised a finger and called for a tactic: cut inside the blind spot.

With this tactic officially put into use, every insider of the Pistons knows how to run.

Different situations have different running methods.

Now Mo Mengchen called Rashid to step forward to pick and roll, which is another tactical operation routine.Rasheed first used his body to help Mo Mengchen trap Armstrong.

Needless to say, Mo Mengchen's breakthrough threat, once attacked by him, the entire defense line will be torn apart.

In order to prevent this from happening, Chuck Daly made repeated orders: "Once Dor.Mo called the pick-and-roll and broke through the outside line, I want you to definitely, definitely, and decisively foul him on the spot! Remember, compared with his breakthrough, Your foul counts don't matter!"

Van Horn didn't have time to foul Mo Mengchen.

Mo Mengchen looked at the sky and glanced to the right. The ball was thrown from his crotch and passed through Van Horn's crotch. Horn looked behind him in horror. Rasheed cut in from a dead corner that no one could see, caught the ball just in time, squeezed into the paint with a jump, and then jumped up with all his strength. The old Horace Grant couldn't jump up. All he can do is stand around the basket and draw an offensive foul if he gets the chance;
Rasheed, however, rode ferociously over his head, slamming his right arm forward violently, dunking the basketball hard into the rim.

"Your defense sucks like Cleveland underwear!" Rasheed yelled.

The buckle also caused a foul by Grant, and Lauderdale was replaced by Wallace.

Mo Mengchen, who caused this tragedy, stood idly on the outside line.

For him, it was just a normal pass and it was Rashid who dunked well.

Rasheed gets the ball at the free throw line, takes it, makes it.

9 is better than 4
Penny picked up the ball, stuck in the receiver position at the 1, and said to Armstrong, "Darrell, I'll get the ball."

Armstrong didn't have any opinions, and giving the ball to Penny was the right decision no matter how you look at it.

In the first round against the Heat, they relied on Penny to eliminate the Heat, and it is only natural that they choose to continue to believe in him now.

(End of this chapter)