You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 622 The Fall of Mount Auburn

"Hopefully the fourth quarter can be as smooth as it is."

This is the voice of the Zen master at the end of the third quarter.

OK's performance tonight is unsolvable. The Pistons have nothing to do with them throughout the whole process. Kobe scored 32 points in three quarters, and O'Neal scored 22 points and 19 rebounds. As long as they continue to play in the fourth quarter, double 20 is stable.

What makes Zen Master even more satisfied is that the defensive strategy of double-teaming the inside and blocking passing routes that the Pistons have been practicing since the beginning of the season has not worked for the Lakers.

After three quarters, there was only one pass error. It was still because of O'Neal's impulsiveness. Kobe didn't see Mo Mengchen, and the pass was cut off.

Zen Master has never taken the Pistons' double-teaming tactics seriously. Double-teaming O'Neal is almost the standard for all teams, and those who don't double-team O'Neal are idiots.

O'Neal has the most terrifying low-post destructive power in history. As long as he plays against the Lakers, double-teaming O'Neal is basically the defensive strategy of the entire game, and there is no room for sloppy.

How to break double-teams and how to pass the ball after being double-teamed is the daily training of the Lakers, and the triangle offense is also born for this.

The so-called triangle offense looks complicated, but it is actually simple.

Especially in the eyes of smart people, this is a simple tactic.

When Rodman first arrived in the Bulls, he was asked if he could integrate into the triangle offense. Hua Da Chong raised his eyebrows in disdain: "Triangle offense? Isn't it just giving the ball to Michael for single-handed play?"

The Bulls' triangle offense is centered around Pippen and Jordan.

Pippen is the organization point, where the offense starts, and Jordan is the end point, similar to O'Neal's position in the Lakers.

And switch to the Lakers, because they do not have a versatile frontcourt commander like Pippen, therefore, the triangle offense must be adjusted.

O'Neal is not only the axis of the triangle offense, but also the most offensive end point. Kobe provided peripheral firepower, opened up the attack for O'Neal, and took over those offenses that no one could fight and could only be thrown by him.

OK during the three consecutive championships, O'Neal's average assists per game has been maintained at more than 3, the Lakers like most is to open the space, the shooter dribbles the ball to the bottom corner to feed O'Neal.

Because the space is widened, if you want to double-team, you can only empty the shooter in the bottom corner. This is equivalent to placing two bottles of poison in front of the opponent.

However, due to the location of the triangle offensive position - three players in the main offensive position, forming a triangle for each other, and supporting each other; Running from the top of the arc to double-team O'Neal in the low post is a more difficult challenge for O'Neal.

What makes Zen Master suspicious is that the Pistons are particularly rigid tonight.

They asked Mo Mengchen to double-team, and Hill changed to be an interceptor, which was a bit upside down.

Hill's physical talent is stronger, and the pressure of double-teaming is far greater than that of Mo Mengchen; Mo Mengchen's speed is faster. In the past five years, he has also proved that he is a better stealer than Hill, with an average number of steals per game. He has always been ranked in the top five in the league and the highest in the team. He is the best interceptor for the Pistons.

Let Hill steal the ball, wasting his threatening double-teaming ability; letting Mo Mengchen double-team, making his steals useless, and, with his double-teaming power, if O'Neal wants to be deep enough , It is completely possible to ignore his double-teams and attack strongly. There were several attacks tonight like this. Mo Mengchen's double-teams arrived, but O'Neal ignored him, picked up the ball and went to death.

"Whatever they try to do, it's useless."

Zen master looked at the score.

79 is better than 67
The Pistons are already 12 points behind, and the Lakers will never give them a chance.

"Phil, I feel weird," Harper said.

The Zen master asked back, "What's wrong?"

"A tactic that didn't work, and they repeated it all night," Harper said.

"It's really strange." The Zen master said speciously, "but the world is full of strange things."

Harper didn't say anything more, it wasn't the first time they had played against Mo Mengchen. Although they both won in the end during the Bull period, they also suffered a lot.

The Zen master pretended to be confused while pretending to be ignorant, with a mysterious look.

Whether in the Bulls or the Lakers, he always loves to play unpredictable.He likes to keep his distance as a coach.Sending some books to let the players ponder for themselves, refusing to reveal their true thoughts, and not pausing for a long time during the game, the rate is so frequent: it just makes the players feel that they can't figure it out.

Excited to the end, O'Neal continued to attack with his back.

Now it is the fourth quarter, they have a 12-point lead, and the Pistons have two insiders who have been beaten to six fouls.

They are Ben Wallace and Jerome Williams.

O'Neill continued his low-post attack that ruled everything, as if no one could escape from such an attack. He pushed hard, and the Miller dress behind him was knocked into the air, and he kept retreating.

The referee blows the whistle and O'Neal makes an offensive foul.

"Shameful bastard, just act!" O'Neill sneered.

Faced with O'Neal's taunts, Miller did not reply, he picked up the ball, came to the sidelines, and sent the ball.

Mo Mengchen took the ball and looked at the score. If they don't make any changes, it will be very difficult to win this game. Although this is a doomed result, it would be too fake if they don't make a desperate struggle.

This is Auburn Hills.

Mo Mengchen was a little troubled, how to lose the game gracefully?
He was worrying, when Hill, full of responsibility, ran out from the corner to ask for the ball.

Yo, isn't there a ready-made actor here?
Mo Mengchen passed the ball as if he saw a savior.

Now facing Hill is Kobe, who blew up the Pistons tonight.

Tonight's battle is destined to become a masterpiece of Kobe's career.It can be said that the situation of this game has been set since his explosion in the first quarter.

Kobe's fierce offensive made the Pistons unbearable, and the game also entered the rhythm of the Lakers, and it has been until now.

Hill glanced at Kobe, he will let this young man know what No.1 in the league is.

This season is the best year for Kobe's defensive end in his career, because this year he is not yet a superstar on the same level as O'Neal. What stands out among the star-studded Lakers is his defense, not his average 21 offensive points.

In addition, this season's O'Neal can be called hardworking, and his offense has not been fully tapped, so he has to devote most of his energy to the defensive end.

Therefore, throughout the season, he contributed the league's second-highest defensive data, and now facing Hill, he is fully alert.

Mom doesn't get angry, do you think he is a sick mother?

Under Mo Mengchen's watchful eyes, Hill took a step forward with all his strength - too fast, Kobe didn't even react - just a flash in front of his eyes, Kobe's eyes widened, Duke's top student had disappeared in front of him, Devil Mountain shot the ball straight into the Lakers In the penalty area, a two-handed dunk made the lifeless Auburn Hills Palace a little more noisy.

Next, it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Mo Mengchen double-teamed and forced O'Neal to pass the ball. Hill tried his best to catch up with the ball and destroyed the pass out of bounds.

This is a relatively rare scene tonight.

He really did his best.

Looking at Hill who was going all out, Westphal couldn't help but sigh that Mo Mengchen knew this person well.

The end of that conversation.

"Does Grant know about it?"

Now that he decided he wanted to put on a good show, Westphal needed to make sure the actors were ready.

"Have you seen "The Godfather"?" Mo Mengchen asked suddenly.

"How can you not read a classic?" Westphal laughed.

Mo Mengchen said lightly: "Then you must remember that horse head."

"In order to capture the most realistic reactions of the actors, Francis Coppola used real horse heads without informing the actors," Mo Mengchen said.

Mo Mengchen's meaning was simple and clear.

"We need a good actor." Mo Mengchen said, "If Grant knew about this in advance, he must not be able to perform this scene well."

Hill's desperation in the fourth quarter made the Pistons' final defeat a little more heroic, and some people may express doubts after the game.

Because at the entire critical moment, Mo Mengchen missed all three shots. Other than that, there was only double-teaming back and forth.

His double-teaming effect is very poor. The ball passed by O'Neal is either converted into an assist or destroyed out of bounds. Because the pass is too close, it is difficult for Hill to grab the ball.

Sometimes, O'Neal doesn't pay attention to his double-team at all, and the defense against the two is still strong.

With the last 3 minutes remaining in the game, the Pistons trailed by 15 points. Westphal was content to replace the starter and declared the game into garbage time.

The fans at the scene were very sad. They not only watched a bad game, because the opponent in this game was the Lakers. If they lost this game, the Pistons would drop from the top of the league to the second in the league.

This focus battle attracted worldwide attention, but was directly won by the Lakers in a dominating manner.

"I think what is chilling is not the failure, but the lack of hope from the beginning to the end." Vinier Johnson said helplessly.

There is a reason for him to say that. The Lakers suppressed the Pistons all over the court.Those who sit on the sidelines see no hope of winning.

Kenny Smith went on to say: "The Pistons' defense has a big problem. Even if they want to double-team, why does it have to be double-teamed by Dor.Mo?"

In the end, the Pistons lost to the Lakers by 16 points at home, swallowing their fifth defeat of the season.

Hill played 40 minutes and scored 37 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists. Unfortunately, his performance could not bring a victory.

OK's outbreak put the game into the advantage of the Lakers from the second quarter, and from then on, the Pistons had no chance to overtake the score.

"It's a heart-wrenching loss."

"We have a lot of problems to solve, and the only good thing is that the time has come to expose them," Hill said in an interview.

As for O'Neal, who blasted the Pistons' inside line into shards, his tail has already gone into outer space.

"Please pass this on to LA fans for me, under the leadership of Superman Shaq, Auburn Hills has fallen, and we will bring more victories!"

(End of this chapter)