basketball never sleeps

Chapter 46 This wave is going in both directions!

After the episode of saving the ball, the game continued.

The Lakers served from the sideline, and Kobe who received the ball still wanted to trouble Mo Wen, so he repeated the same trick. After another pick-and-roll with Payton, Mo Wen switched to Kobe again.

Prince originally wanted to continue to double-team, but Mo Wen gestured to him, indicating that he could defend alone.

Mo Wen only needs to guard the outside line. O’Neal feels average today, and his free throws have returned to the average level. The two inside lines of the Pistons did not guard against O’Neal as they did in G1. The liberated Daben can completely protect Mo Wen. back door.

Larry Brown, who was sitting on the sidelines, watched this scene and stood up, frowning and pursing his lips. He was really afraid that Mo Wen would be easily "swallowed alive" by Kobe.

Kobe held the ball for three threats, stretched his feet to test it, and shook the basketball at the same time. Seeing that there was no feedback from Mowen, and he stopped grinding, his body leaned forward and the sudden acceleration was completed at the same time.

Mo Wen pulled Kobe with his hands, while retreating in small steps.

Although his strength is not his strong point, but thanks to his large frame and broad shoulders, his weight is even one kilogram heavier than that of chatting, and it is not particularly disadvantageous to fight against this piece.

The sluggish Kobe didn't intend to face the confrontation and hit the basket. Instead, he turned around and used his shoulders to hold Mo Wen. Force - turn over and kick - back jumper.

Mo Wen is no stranger to this tactic. Whether it's watching the video collection countless times in his previous life, or the actual combat experience of chatting with Qiao Gangzhu for more than a dozen games in the dungeon, he has a lot of experience in this tactic.

A white arm was parallel to Kobe's neck, and it was sealed to Kobe's face in time when Kobe raised his hand and jumped up.

There is a scientific basis for eye-closing defense: according to the principle of vision, when you stare at a certain target in the distance, if your dominant eye is blocked, the position of that target in your mind will also be slightly deviated. shift.

boom--

The basketball hit the front of the basket, was caught by Rashid, and passed to Mo Wen who was running forward.

Mo Wen shook his head. Compared with Joe, who is so accurate in the middle distance, Kobe's leanback is really almost meaningless now. After Kobe loses weight and reduces the low position in a few years, his leanback will be the most difficult. When defending.

Not reconciled, Kobe went straight to Mo Wen, grabbed Mo Wen and wanted to reach out to steal the ball. Mo Wen steadily protected the basketball, and used his elbow to fight against Kobe's arm.

Mo Wen raised his eyebrows, if you do this, then I won't be polite.

Without waiting for Kobe to fight back, Mo Wen used a sideways card to get into the main position, stopped outside the three-point line, found the right time and threw the ball to the basket, and fell to the ground following the thrust from Kobe behind him.

beep-

The referee made a gesture of pushing forward with both hands and made a gesture of three-foul by pushing, three free throws.

Kobe hugged his head, spread his hands on his chest, and spread them out again. Can't you see that the silver coin is making a foul?

But the referee shook his head at Kobe. Subjectively, this was an obvious foul, but objectively, it was an obvious foul. If this kind of whistle is not blown, Detroit fans will definitely complain later.

Although the president hinted that this whistle should be slightly biased towards the Lakers, but just hinting that it was the same as the home whistle was not enough for him to black out this "strike".

He could see clearly the confrontation between Mo Wen and Kobe just now. Kobe wanted to steal the ball too much to give him a chance. This Chinese player is very smart.

Hamilton ran over to pull Mo Wen up, turned around and taunted Kobe.

"Don't be such a bitch like Kobe, why can't you accept your own stupidity and blame others for being too cunning?"

creak- creak-

Kobe's back molars were about to be crushed, and his fists were hard and black.

"Fu*k, yes, don't you, I remember you, you wait for me!"

Prince, who was high-fiving Mo Wen next to him, felt Kobe's eyes of death, and he looked at Hamilton with a bit of helplessness in his eyes.

What is wrong with the buddy, you can just say it, there is no need to borrow a knife to kill someone.

After Mo Wen made three free throws, Kobe approached Mo Wen aggressively.

He is not the one who suffers in vain.

But it's not always possible to play pick-and-roll and switch defenses, especially when everyone has already expected it.

What's more, Kobe's figure is there, his success rate of pick-and-roll with the ball is actually not high, and he is easy to accidentally injure his teammates.

If he was full of anger and couldn't vent to the right master, Prince would be miserable.

Kobe, who fired frequently at mid-range, was surprisingly efficient.

After attracting the help defense, Kobe did not act recklessly. His jumping and smashing pass also brought a great threat to the Pistons' defensive front.

But under Kobe's seemingly swift offensive, the scores of the two teams were not widened, but the Pistons were eroded by a little bit of shrinkage.

"What do you think of that kid?"

In the screening room of the Heat team, Pat Riley, with his head turned upright, turned his head to test his disciples.

"You mean the Chinese? He is not bad. He has already shown a lot of advantages in just a few minutes. He has a high IQ, plays very steadily, and has a good ability to hold and release the ball. His shooting may be good. You have to observe; the defense is at the same level as Eddie's, the defense awareness is also good, and the confrontation ability is good, but speed and jumping are not his strong points."

Stan Van Gundy found quite a few images in his mind without much trouble.

"Have you seen his scouting report?"

Pat Riley took out a folder from the desktop. It was not thick, only a dozen pages, and it recorded in detail Mo Wen's performance and analysis of every game after entering the NBA.

"I've only seen the 'fool' version." Stan Van Gundy shrugged, looking at the report in Pat Riley's hand.

"As a coach, don't just focus on the players in your own team, but also pay attention to discovering players that suit your tactical system."

Pat Riley handed the folder to Stan Van Gundy and said earnestly.

Stan Van Gundy was still flipping through the scouting report, but Pat Riley was lost in thought.

——The Heat now have two good swingmen, Eddie Jones and Caron Butler. Unfortunately, neither of them has that outstanding physical fitness, and they are all shooting players. It's not bad, but their performance after entering the playoffs is a bit unsatisfactory.

Eddie Jones, a veteran who has signed a tens of millions of contracts, can't keep up with half of his worth in the playoffs. Butler's shooting is unstable, and the defensive end is not sensitive enough. He still needs a few years of training in terms of experience and mentality.

The primary goal of the Heat's summer draft reinforcement must be the inside line. They lost to the Pacers this year because the inside line was exploded.

In terms of trade reinforcement, his goal is Mo Wen.

Riley has been looking at Mo Wen's information for the past two days, and sometimes he often has an illusion when he looks at Mo Wen's playing - this guy is Larry Bird who is 8 cm shorter.

Even if Mo Wen can't become the next Bird, his current strength is enough to become Wade's "Pippen". Although the Pistons will definitely not let him go easily, this is a business alliance and there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

After signing Mo Wen, they also have enough space to match Mo Wen.

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The game on the court is still going on, and Billups has almost rested off the court, but he is not in a hurry to play.

The Pistons under Mo Wen's combing are not much worse than the Pistons he commanded when he came on the court.

Before the end of the third quarter, Rashid scored a long two-pointer to tie the scores of the two teams, and then Kobe's three-pointer at the buzzer hit the iron, and the two teams returned to the same starting line.

"You did a good job. I feel that if I give you a little more play, you can really take my position away."

After a passionate confrontation with Mo Wen, Billups patted Mo Wen's butt and said with a smile.

"Don't try to be lazy Chauncey, you are a multi-millionaire, and you have the nerve to let me, a poor man with a basic salary, go to hell with Kobe?"

Mo Wen took the water glass handed over by Milicic, and sat down on the rest seat.

"Don't pretend to be good when you get cheap, do you usually think that I can't see it with your little thoughts?"

Billups laughed and cursed and punched Mo Wen. Before he could say anything more, he was greeted by Hamilton and surrounded by Larry Brown's seat.

"Are you still a rookie? A player with a basic salary?"

Schwarzenegger, who heard the exchange between the two just now, turned his head and asked Mo Wen for some reason.

"uh-huh!"

Mo Wen nodded.

"I remember that players with a basic salary are generally free. Are you interested in coming to California to play? Several teams in our California are also good."

"The Lakers, Warriors, Kings, even the most ineffective Clippers are much better than your Pistons."

Schwarzenegger raised his eyebrows, his tone was much more kind than before.

Although he doesn't know much about basketball, this doesn't prevent him from seeing Mo Wen's excellence—this guy feels like a Lakers star.

For the Lakers at home, Mo Wen is very unique. He is the only player on the visiting team who can be cheered by the fans.

Schwarzenegger could see clearly that most of the fans cheering for Mo Wen were Asian.

California is a state with a large number of immigrants. The Asian population accounts for 10% of the state, and counting Indians and mixed races, yellow-skinned people can account for 15% of the total population of California!

Jackie Chan, who has a good relationship with Schwarzenegger, is very popular in California. If Mo Wen can come to California...
Mo Wen probably understood Schwarzenegger's intentions as soon as he rolled his eyes. From the perspective of interests, it is easy to figure out what they are thinking. Isn't it just votes? But he didn't say anything, just replied jokingly: ;

"If I become a player of the California team, Mr. Governor, will you promise me to make friends with Catherine... After all, I don't have any friends in California, so you can't let me come to someone I don't know well place."

Before Schwarzenegger's face turned ugly, Mo Wen hurriedly finished speaking, which prevented the T800 from turning on in place.

"If you really want to come, you can call me if you have any difficulties, and I can help you. Forget Catherine, she is still young, only 16 years old, 16 years old!"

Schwarzenegger took out a business card and handed it to Mo Wen, his eyes still full of wariness.

"How can you say that about Dad, I'm not young, I already have a driver's license!"

Hearing what Schwarzenegger said, Catherine complained dissatisfiedly at the side, and her little head sneaked past her father to look at Mo Wen.

She is still dizzy from Mo Wen's wall-dong just now, that is, the air conditioner in the Lakers Arena is turned on too high, so her blushing is not so obvious.

Schwarzenegger blocked Catherine's sight with his broad arms, straightened her little head, and spoke seriously.

"I won't let you drive outside the city once you have a driver's license. You still need to practice, grow, and learn a lot. Now, your driving skills can only be driven in our community, understand?"

The girl pouted, and turned her head to the side in disbelief.

Schwarzenegger sighed secretly in his heart. Obviously, his young cabbage, who had entered puberty, already had the idea of ​​running out of the vegetable garden.He regretted bringing his eldest daughter out today. If he brought his 14-year-old second daughter, he could just handcuff Mo Wen if he showed any thoughts.

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In the fourth quarter, the Lakers, who had no way out, fought their backs and continued to start all in. The fight was perseverance.

The energetic Billups continued to respond to the Lakers after the rest. Until the last 5 minutes, the Lakers only led the Pistons by 2 points.

But an exciting scene happened for the Lakers fans. In the last 4 minutes, Kobe suddenly broke out and made 2 of 2 three-pointers. Fisher also hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

The Pistons were intercepted once by Kobe in the middle. They missed the remaining two shots and scored 1 point. Larry Brown didn't even slow down to call a timeout. The point difference between the two teams widened to 11 points.

The reason for Kobe's outburst is not hard to find. Prince is tired. He followed Kobe today without taking a minute off the court. He has been on the court for 1 minutes now, and he can't keep up with Kobe now.

Larry Brown's face was ugly, and to some extent, this was also his mistake.

But now is not the time to blame, Larry Brown can only transfer Mo Wen up.

"Let's also play a three-pointer. Anyway, it's enough to overturn it. Why don't we take a gamble?"

Before playing, Mo Wen whispered with his arms around the necks of Hamilton and Billups.

Billups and Hamilton looked at each other hesitantly and nodded. Mo Wen likes to study tactics and often discusses tactics with them. Mo Wen often brings out some tactics of the later small ball era when discussing, and calls Several people practice in private.

As for why not practice on the bright side, Larry Brown will go crazy seeing the tactics designed for three-pointers!
In the offensive round of the fourth quarter, Billups made a gesture that was rarely used in training games. Rashid stared and pointed at Billups, meaning to ask him if he really wanted to play this Tactics, while Billups nodded in affirmative.

This round, Rasheed did not sink to the bottom as usual, but came to the top of the arc. After Billups passed the ball to him, he began to look for Big Ben's screen.

At the same time, Mo Wen and Hamilton on the other side made a cross-run. Mo Wen, who was originally in the corner, mentioned a high position 45° outside the three-point line. Hamilton, who ran from the high position to the bottom corner, made a counter-run. Wen's cover, it is necessary to run back to the top of the arc to catch the ball.

Kobe, who was chasing after him, and Malone, who ran out with Rasheed, tensed up, and they were about to go up to defend against Hamilton.

Rashid's outstretched ball was not picked up by Hamilton, and Rashid, who felt Malone's cover, turned around and was about to break through along the flank.

Seeing that Ma Long couldn't make up for it, Devon George, who was defending Mo Wen, could only put down Mo Wen and rush over. At this time, Rashid did not run towards the inside, but slammed into Devin George. As for the ball, it was It flew to the hand of Mo Wen, who was sitting next to him.

Devin George was delayed by Rasheed's off-ball impact and couldn't turn around to make up defense. He could only watch Mo Wen take off and shoot easily.

Swah——

The coaches on both sides were confused, Master Zen didn’t understand why Mo Wen was empty, and Larry Brown didn’t understand why Rasheed just passed the ball to Mo Wen who was beyond the three-point line, and Malone let you go Well, the inside line is smooth, why don't you rush in and secure two points and pass it to Mo Wen on the outside line instead!
The point difference narrowed by 3 points, but the Lakers did not panic. Malone, a guy who has played for 20 years, thought about it a little bit and understood why. Back to the Lakers offense, after Kobe broke through and attracted Daben's defense, he found the right opportunity to pass The ball was given to O'Neal, O'Neal made a hook, and the rebound was grabbed by Big Ben.

Billups made a repeat gesture, and Rasheed came to the high position again.

This time Malone learned to be smart and stuck to Rashid, and Rashid, who felt the confrontation behind him, really passed the ball to Hamilton when Hamilton ran over this time.

Kobe, who was chasing him, was blocked by Malone and Rashid. Hamilton took off easily under the cover and completed the shot without any defense.

Swah——

Kobe almost cursed when he was blocked, Malone, if you don't help switch defenses, why do you help block people with Rasheed?

The Zen master off the court seemed to understand the tactics, and signaled the Lakers players to pay attention to changing defenses and subsequent double-teams when defending again.

The point difference was recovered to 5 points, and the Lakers players panicked a little.

In the offensive round of the Lakers, Malone held the ball in a high position, and Rashid responded with a back hit in the middle distance.

But back to the offensive round, the Pistons put on the tactical position just now.

Both Kobe and Malone were a little angry. They played a tactic three times in a row, which was somewhat disrespectful.

Larry Brown also stood on the sidelines.

It is still a familiar running position, but this time Malone and Kobe switched defenses and chased defenses very quickly and timely.

It seemed that the tactics were about to fail, but Billups, who had no sense of presence just now, took the cover of Big Ben and slipped out of a neutral position from the baseline. O'Neal at the basket could only go forward to help defend. Billups thought To avoid O'Neill, run towards the bottom corner on Mo Wen's side.

Devin George had no choice but to make up for it again, but just two steps away, the ball was passed to Mo Wen by Rashid.

"Prevent them from three points!"

"Dash in and shoot again!"

The coaches on both sides shouted at the same time.

Mo Wen just smiled slightly, and got up to jump shot without any interference.

Swah——

Almost at the same time, the coaches of both sides called a timeout together. This wave is going in both directions!

　5K, no change on the 6th, early morning on the 7th

　　
　
(End of this chapter)