basketball never sleeps

Chapter 31 Emotional damage
The Zen master felt an indescribable strangeness when he saw Mo Wen who was advancing and retreating freely on the field.

He has been in the NBA for decades, from champion players to champion coaches, he has seen too many rookie talents-Larry Bird and Magician are close to demon players, Isiah and Iverson are fancy Olajuwon and Duncan's mature style of play.

But there has never been a rookie who possesses three precious qualities at the same time like Mo Wen.

He didn't know how many times he saw it in the second quarter. Mo Wen only used a few smooth fake moves and skillful passing skills to shake Devin George clean; he didn't know how many times he saw it. Mo Wen participated in it The zone defense blocked the passing route of the player with the ball with a tricky position.

For a moment, he felt that Mo Wen was even a bit like a big Peyton—the body was mediocre, but both the brain and the hand were very mature.

"Jimmy, help me collect the information and game video of that Asian, the more detailed the better." Master Zen told the teaching assistant beside him.

He has a great interest in this kid who has been hidden by the Pistons for half a season and has only recently become famous.

The Lakers players who are still resting on the sidelines are also discussing.

"What, this kid is the Pistons' rookie this year?" Payton asked with wide-eyed surprise.

Luke Walton nodded, and said with a little embarrassment, "The last rookie of the year."

As a rookie at the top of the second round, Walton is also of average physical fitness, relying on golf intelligence to play, but under the background of Mo Wen, he feels like a full-fledged parallel importer.

"Why, I didn't expect the guy who stole him twice in the first half to be just a rookie?" Malone, who was also resting beside him, joked.

"Huh? You still have the nerve to say me, didn't you get a rebound by this kid in the first quarter?" Payton had never talked to anyone, and he picked up his own as he spoke. shirt, pointing to the scratch marks on his back.

"Did you see this? It's not that I didn't catch the ball well. Look at this kid's black hands. It's not much cleaner than your old buddy in Salt Lake City."

Although Malone's "golden partner" Stockton in the Jazz is famous for his horrible assists, but his contemporaries have little respect for this star who has been praised by the media, because everyone who has played against him knows that How dirty this guy plays.

In the "dirty ratio" list selected among NBA players, Stockton's ranking is even higher than Malone.

Stockton's lack of confrontation ability, in order to cover up the flaws, he is full of a lot of small moves on both ends of the offense and defense-stepping on the feet to pull people, flying knees and backs, and hitting people if they can't hit the ball.But the referee gave the jerk star a whistle, and didn't blow it when he saw it.

If Malone is a rickety dump truck, then Stockton is a water truck on the way to work in the early morning, which is not small and extremely insulting.

"John (Stockton)... Well, John also started to use some 'privileges' after he became famous, but the Chinese is just a rookie, and it is really uneducated to mess around so recklessly."

After thinking about it, Ma Long couldn't find a way to defend his friend. Everyone used to be opponents who didn't know who they were, so they could only surround Wei and save Zhao and changed the topic to Mo Wen on the field.

Just now Ma Long was also harassed by Mo Wen's small actions when he was assisting in defense. He stepped on his feet, bumped his shoulders, and even got secretly elbowed during a rebound.But he forgot that he had pushed Mo Wen with his elbow in the first quarter, but he didn't remember, he just felt that this young man was a little crazy and didn't talk about martial arts.

"Be careful. This kid doesn't look like a coward who is easy to bully. Don't let yourself be involved at your age." Peyton heard the meaning of Malone's words and reminded him not to do it too much. too much.

"Don't worry, I know what I know." Ma Long said indifferently.

On the court, Mo Wen was quite embarrassed by Kobe's pursuit.

Kobe has the same talent on the defensive end as he does on the offensive end, which is different from Bowen, who entered the best defensive team with his black feet.Kobe, like Artest, is a truly perfect perimeter defensive player who combines talent, technology and experience.

The physical impact and the blending of sweat made the Los Angeles fans excited.

"It's over kid, your show time is over!" Kobe grinned and said to Mo Wen in a fierce tone.

"Really? I don't believe it." Mo Wen took a step away protecting the ball, lowered his body and did not give up.

The two balls he shot just now were blocked by Kobe, but he still showed a tough look at the moment.

After making a pick-and-roll gesture with Okur on the field, Mo Wen went straight to Okur's direction.

Not surprisingly, Mo Wen was intercepted by Kobe before he could break into the inside line.

Just when Kobe wanted to taunt Mo Wen again, Mo Wen actually threw the ball over with an outrageous hook gesture.

Whoops - BOOM!

When Kobe put down his interfering hand and looked back, Okur, who had cut into the inside just now, had already swung twice from the basket and landed.

"Did you know that RIP is much better than you in terms of attack selection and coordination with teammates." Mo Wen, who received an assist, put down a taunt and turned away.

"you·······"

"Don't refute, this brat seems to be right." O'Neill, who was replaced just now, grinned and echoed.

"Shut up, fat man, your basket was dunked by someone else and you still have the face to mock me?" Kobe gritted his teeth and threw a dead squint at O'Fang, and ran to the frontcourt sullenly.

The Lakers were attacking, and Kobe wanted the ball back, but Fisher was a little hesitant. Just now, the Zen master had been exhorting him to pass the ball more to O'Neal.

O'Neal has just recovered from his injury, and his playing time is strictly controlled. If O'Neill is allowed to play only to watch Kobe run back and forth with the ball, and only do the work of rebounding and second offense, it will undoubtedly be a waste of O'Neal's physical strength.

However, O'Neal was not in a good state for 2 for 1 in the two rounds just now, and finally passed it to Kobe.

After getting the ball, Kobe put on an expression of wanting to tear Mo Wen apart, and began to mutter in his mouth. Kobe also has a strong desire to win in verbal confrontations.

But Mo Wen, who had developed a pair of "selectively deaf" ears in the dungeon, just looked at Kobe beeping there with indifference.

Seeing that Kobe would not attack for a while, he stepped back and crossed his waist.

I just watched you beep quietly.

Kobe, who put the ruthless words in half, looked at Mo Wen's akimbo defensive posture and rushed to Tianling Gai in a fit of anger.

This is the real "e→motion→al dama→ge!" (mental attack)

Standing outside the three-point line and being emptied Kobe hesitated for a while and didn't shoot a three-pointer directly. He didn't feel good when he made 7 of 2 shots before. Instead, he chose a more secure breakthrough. Like the NBA logo, those who draw an arc will break through to the inside.

Mo Wen squeezed Kobe to confront, and then continued to interfere with Kobe at the basket with Rashid who came to help defend.

Facing the double-teaming of two people at the basket, Kobe didn't choose to pass the ball, but just threw the ball up with a handsome puller.

The ball bounced twice on the rim and still fell into the frame.

Kobe, who scored the goal, was very excited. He just wanted to yell at Mo Wen, but he didn't expect Mo Wen to attack first.

"Look at Shaq, Kobe is much more reliable in the low post than you."

Kobe was choked directly, why couldn't he be happy after being admitted by his opponent?
"Fu*k, shut up, brat, I'll smash your rim in a while." Shaq, who had been running for nothing, spit and cursed, and this time it was his turn to stare at Kobe.

O'Neill doesn't care about Mo Wen's obvious confrontation. Anyway, the conflict between him and Kobe has been made public, but the inexplicable lying on the gun made him very uncomfortable. His efficiency in this game was played under the Pistons' double inside defense. It's not high, it's just full of fire.

When he came off the bench, he thought he could score a few points easily, but he only received the ball twice in 3 minutes.

Mo Wen then played two more rounds with Kobe on the outside, but he didn't find a chance to make a shot. They all assisted his teammates. Kobe's aggressiveness on the defensive end is very strong, especially when defending against him. Player with the ball enters.

In a few games in the 08 Olympics, Kobe often prevented the opposing team's point guard from getting into the three-point line.

Fortunately, O'Neal, who was provoked by Mo Wen just now, began to ask for the ball emotionally on the offensive end.After all, O'Neal was still the boss of the Lakers in this period, and the Zen master outside the court also began to intervene, so Fisher could only obediently pass the ball.

Before Kobe could snatch the ball back from O'Neal, the second quarter came to an end.

Thanks to Mo Wen's performance in the second quarter, the Pistons recovered some points. The Lakers 49:48 Pistons at halftime.The difference between the two teams is now just one point.

莫闻上半场12投8中（第一节2投1中），得分全场最高——16分，还有2篮板1助攻3抢断的刺眼数据。

"Brilliant, that Chinese kid ruled the bench time!"

Barkley said happily in the studio.

"It's 16 points, hahahaha, Kenny, do you want me to loosen your belt?"

"I think you'd better make sure you're not wearing underwear today, the Lakers won't give this kid an easy chance to score, just like in the first quarter, he's likely to lose a point in the next quarter. "Kenny Smith's ass is soft, but his mouth is still hard.

But the next situation seems to be really going according to Kenny Smith's script.

From the third quarter onwards, the defensive strength of the two teams, who were back in the starting lineup, returned to the first quarter.

Mo Wen continued to rest in the first half of the third quarter, and never got a chance to play after playing in the second half.

All four of the Lakers' stars have been in the All-Defensive Team. As long as they have a correct attitude, they can do well on their own.

Under the deliberate targeting of the Lakers, Mo Wen couldn't continue to play the effect of the second quarter on Devin George, and Larry Brown didn't allow the players to play on their own as the situation became more and more deadlocked.

However, the Pistons also played their own advantages by relying on a younger lineup.

Rashid, who is less than 30 years old, has not degraded his athletic ability, and Hamilton, who is better rested, also has more physical strength. Coupled with Billups' "bold and conservative" organizational passing, the Pistons continue to mobilize with high pick-and-rolls The physical strength of the Lakers' inside and outside stars on the defensive end.

The Lakers' two inside stars were able to keep up at first, but by the end of the third quarter, they felt faintly unable to hold on.

In the fourth quarter, the two teams did not make any substitutions, and they still had a full starting lineup. At the critical moment, the two academic coaches both resorted to the same move, "Fuck the main force".

It's not that Jackson didn't want to let Malone and O'Neal take a break, but the situation didn't allow it. The Pistons' inside defense was too good. With the Lakers without a reliable outside shooter, no matter how weak the inside deterrence was, the offense couldn't be launched.

Both Kobe and Payton's shooting percentages on the perimeter are ugly. Hamilton knows how to defend will make Kobe uncomfortable, and Billups still used Payton as a model when he first entered the league.

When Mo Wen used an old Baijing "swinging his arms" in the interior to make Malone a defensive foul, Kenny Smith was desperate, but an accident happened.

The team was at a disadvantage. Ma Long was already very upset, but he was slapped by Mo Wenyin. Unconvinced, he deliberately elbowed Mo Wen when he passed by.

Mo Wen, who was almost elbowed, grabbed Da Ben, who was aware of it, and calmly scored a free throw.

Then, when everyone was relaxed, he jumped up with the ball in both hands, aimed at Malone's bald head and smashed it down.

(End of this chapter)