new lord of the rings

Chapter 33
The Warriors arrive in Detroit.

A gust of cold air invaded after getting off the plane, Green shuddered and cursed: "This damn temperature!"

The Warriors have already felt the rejection of them from the Eastern World.

Zhang Xin was the last one to get out of the plane door. Standing on the escalator and looking at the city of Detroit, he could clearly see the bustling and dilapidated scene.

It used to be the automobile capital of the world, gathering famous automobile manufacturers such as Ford and other automobile pioneers William C. Durant, John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge brothers, Walter Chrysler, etc. At that time, Detroit was filled with the roar of machines, the noise of people, and the traffic of horses and horses. It was a prosperous industrial age.

However, since the 1960s, Detroit has experienced a painful decline:

The No.1967 Street Riot in 12;
Because of the abolition of racially discriminatory buses, white people fled in large numbers;

African Americans in the South continued to immigrate, and the percentage of black residents rose rapidly;
Retailers and small business owners are leaving, and city taxes are falling.

In 10 years, a large number of buildings and houses in the southeast of the city were abandoned;
In the 1970s, the oil crisis hit the US auto industry hard;
The rise of Japanese and other small foreign automakers;

In the 1980s, the U.S. economy was sluggish;
Defeated again and again, once the prosperity has come to an end, the carved railings and jade brickwork are still there, but the beauty has changed.

The strength of the team has nothing to do with the prosperity and ruin of a city:

As prosperous as New York, the Knicks are still like mud that cannot be lifted;

Dilapidated like the Pistons, they won the championship in the 89-90 and 03-04 seasons of economic decline. The name of the Pistons Bad Boys has been passed down to this day.

It's just that this season's Pistons have fallen to the point where they are going to compete with the Bucks and 76ers for the No. [-] pick.

At the hotel where the Warriors stayed, there were a lot of fans holding signs and waiting quietly. When they saw the team's bus passing by, they began to shout:
"Zhang Xin, please come to Detroit next year, Detroit needs you!"

"Zhang Xin, you are Detroit's savior, Detroit needs you to save!"

……

Everyone in the Warriors looked at each other in blank dismay, and burst into loud laughter for a while, and the car was filled with happy air.

Zhang Xin rubbed his face in embarrassment.

Earlier this season, the Pistons traded for Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith, and joined Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond for a team that looked like it could make the playoffs on paper. , the fans rejoiced, but after half a season, the team's record did not improve, and instead they were going to the lottery zone. The fans were disappointed and hoped that the team could recruit a superstar to save the team.

But the Pistons are the same as the Jazz. No big-name free agents will sign with the Pistons. All the great figures in the history of the Pistons:

From Lanier, to Assassin, to Hill, all the way along the way, they are all cultivated by their own draft;
Billups, Hamilton, and Rashid are all exchanged, and they are not superstars;

On the contrary, any player, once popular in the Pistons, is likely to leave, such as Alan Houston, such as Hill, such as Big Ben.

No matter how much they make room for salary, they will not be able to wait for superstars to come.

Being a Pistons fan is also quite bitter.Zhang Xin shook his head.

Palace of Auburn Hills.

The audience was not too many, and the staff in the museum knew that the audience today was more than double the usual number.

Not all of these viewers came to see the Pistons:

There is hope that Zhang Xin will play for the Pistons;
Those who want to see the fifth team of the Warriors who are very popular recently;

Some simply want to see Taylor Swift's favorite husband;
There are die-hard fans of Zhang Xin;
There are Curry's true fans.

Their respective purposes are different, and the content of the shouting is naturally varied and different. It sounds noisy and babbling, but it brings a bit more enthusiastic atmosphere to the arena.

Although the Pistons have a bad record, no team is willing to bully them, because they have a few daunting muscular men: Josh Smith, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond Germany.

When playing a game, a few muscular guys filled the inside line, crowded the inside line to the brim, the inside was full of muscles when attacking, and the inside was full of muscles when defending, plus the defensive tradition of the Pistons... can't be messed with. rise.

During the warm-up, Andre Drummond came over to say hello, and greeted Curry, Iguodala, Green, and Thompson one by one. When he saw Zhang Xin, Andre Drummond Yiliang, shook hands with Zhang Xin, and said that I have heard of your name many times recently, Mr. Zhang, and I have admired it for a long time. When I saw you today, you are really handsome, etc. Your big black face is quite sincere. .

Zhang Xin was naturally not someone who would be rude, so he exchanged pleasantries with Andre Drummond with a smile.

Game start.

The Pistons starting five are: Andre Drummond, Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith, and Greg Monroe and Rodney Stuckey.

The Warriors starting lineup is: Stephen Curry, Zhang Xin, Klay Thompson, Dreaming Green and Bogut.

Today is a test for the Warriors, because they have to build a defensive line inside to deal with the impact of the big Pistons. Zhuang Shen, Josh Smith and Monroe are all good rebounders. will be exposed.

At the start of the game, the Pistons got the ball for the first time.

Jennings steadily dribbled the ball across the frontcourt. From the perspective of being famous, Zhang Xin and Jennings are similar. Jennings scored 55 points in a single game as a rookie, breaking all kinds of records. Historical records, including the youngest Mr. 50+, the rookie who scored the most points in a single quarter (29 points), and the fewest games with 50+ points-the 55-point battle is only the seventh game of Jennings' career!
But because of his height and poor shot selection, he soon encountered a bottleneck. He was even regarded as a cancer in the Bucks last season.This made Jennings realize that he had to transform. After arriving at the Pistons, Jennings began to pass the ball. So far, he has averaged 15.4 points and 6.6 assists per game, which is considered a successful transformation.

Now Jennings is much more stable. He dribbled the ball halfway and then made tactical gestures to the inside. Received a pass from Jennings at the right elbow, Zhuang Shen dribbled the ball to the middle, Josh Smith went down to the bottom of the basket, Zhang Xin switched to defend Zhuang Shen, Bogut quickly chased and defended, Zhuang Shen hit the ball to Josh Smith, Josh Smith took off, the ball hit Bogut's raised arm in the air with both hands, the referee whistled, and Josh Smith folded and put the ball into the basket.

"Two points scored, and there will be an additional penalty!" Ke Fan explained.Wang Meng: What a stupid way to describe it.

The Warriors have the ball, Curry quickly dribbles to the frontcourt, Zhang Xin and Thompson are still running, Bogut goes up to the high pick-and-roll, the space is wide open, Zhuang Shen dare not go too far, facing a guard like Curry, maybe one step Just pass you clean, Curry bypassed the screen and directly pulled up a three-pointer!

The Pistons team is a bit out of touch with the development of the trend. The inside is strong, and the outside... The shooting is not very good. Jennings's career shooting percentage has never exceeded 39%. In today's league, according to the magic ball theory, three-pointers are more than two-pointers One point, most of them increase the number of three-point shots. On the contrary, the Pistons have developed the inside so powerfully.

Such a team, and the Warriors are teams of two eras, so this scene appears:

The Warriors play fast, run outside the three-point line and fire long-range shots in turn, and run away after shooting;

The piston is grinding, the inside line is passed inside, the bearded man is embroidered on the inside line, won't he enter?Grab, don't enter again, grab again!

Since Zhang Xin entered the league, he has never seen a team that is so obsessed with rebounding. Zhang Xin fights with a few muscular guys in the interior to grab rebounds. After half a quarter, he feels a little hard. Although his physical talent is good , but I can't stand being so ravaged.

With the help of Zhuangshen's pick and roll, Jennings bypassed Thompson and attacked Bogut. A crotch dribble shook Bogut's center and put Bogut in place. Jennings pulled up the mid-range shot, bang!Hitting the iron, the basketball bounced high, Zhang Xin quickly caught Josh Smith, and the two became entangled;
On the other side, Chasing Dream Green and Monroe were also fighting for rebounding positions, and their arms were all twisted;

Curry quickly ran in from the outside and received the rebound in the space provided by Zhang Xin and Glinka.

To protect every backcourt, the Warriors have to entangle with the Pistons inside. Fortunately, Bogut, Green, and Zhang Xin are all excellent rim protectors. Zhang Xin usually grabs less rebounds. It’s not that he doesn’t have this condition , with his talent and awareness, as long as he wants to rob, he must be above the standard, but as a master tactician, he knows that sometimes a core can do too little is not good, and doing too much is also not good. , such as Westbrook, such as LeBron James, you only need to do what you are best at, others are naturally better at doing it, when you do other people's work, you will find , their enthusiasm, creativity, and cohesion of the entire team will slowly decline.

In the 2018 season, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers again. LeBron James achieved jaw-dropping personal data in five games, but the team was defeated 1:4. Kobe Bryant gave James advice: It’s not that the more you do, the better. It's about finding what you are best at and sharing the rest with your teammates. This is the reason for winning the championship.

After reflection, James announced that he would change himself after joining the Lakers. As for the result, Zhang Xin has been back for 14 years and it is unknown.

However, Zhang Xin believes that the choices made by the two top stars are justified. Everyone in the team makes their own efforts and is recognized by others. Only then can they show their enthusiasm. This is a team.

But not today. Facing the wolf-like Pistons, if Zhang Xin doesn't help, he may not even be able to guarantee backcourt rebounds in the end.So, Ke Fan and Wang Meng saw Zhang Xin who had turned into a rebounding maniac:

Rodney Stuckey received the ball from Josh Smith inside and missed a jumper with one step inside the three-point line. Zhang Xin stuck Josh Smith hard and took off the rebound on Zhuang Shen's head;
Zhuang Shen hit Bogut with his back, and was interfered by Bogut and hit the back frame. The ball bounced high. Josh Smith really planned to take off and grab the rebound. Zhang Xin jumped directly from behind and pressed Josh Smith to grab the rebound;
Jennings circles the screen and hits a left-handed jumper to the basket. Monroe and Josh Smith take off together, and Zhang Xin in the back jumps high and picks the ball between the two big men!
"It's a blast! Zhang Xin grabbed the sixth personal rebound in this quarter! It's still on the heads of Monroe and Zhuang Shen. It's a blast." Wang Meng was shocked and dumbfounded.

"Mr. Wang, I think Zhang Xin may break his personal record again today."

"It's very possible. You see, facing so many rebounding idiots from the Pistons, Zhang Xin must stand up and resist. Otherwise, the Warriors' backcourt will definitely be blown up. This is a last resort." Wang Meng marveled.

"I didn't expect Zhang Xin's rebounding ability to be so powerful. I didn't see it before."

"Maybe Zhang Xin was not needed to do these things before. When facing a strong enemy, he had to go into battle shirtless, which forced out such a powerful Zhang Xin." Ke Fan guessed, but this just happened to be the truth.

(End of this chapter)