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Chapter 303 Luck Goddess: Ah, I'm cracked!
"I don't know what's wrong, I just can't exert my strength today, and I can't make any shots."

Wang Zelin spread his hands, looking as if he was so shocked that he doubted his life.

"This……"

Coach Terry suddenly felt guilty.

He almost forgot that the young man in front of him was not yet twenty, and it was normal for young people to have ups and downs.

But because of Wang Zelin's outstanding performance last season, he subconsciously ignored his age.

"Okay, Wang, when you get a chance, you can decide whether to attack or not based on how you feel. However, the main job is to defend the penalty area, understand?"

Knowing that Wang Zelin is not in good condition now, Coach Terry made some adjustments to this game and no longer asked him to attack and defend.

"Understood, coach."

Wang Zelin nodded.

Alas, he couldn't say it, but it was actually because he had too much fun with his new comrades in the morning.

"Damien! LaMarcus!" Coach Terry roared, and said, "Next, I need you to deliberately put that damn basketball in the basket. We must not lose this game!"

"receive."

"clear."

Lillard and Aldridge stood up and shouted in unison.

Of course, Wang Zelin is the most popular, potential and most popular player in the Blazers, but this is not because the other players are hopeless idiots.

Being able to stand out from countless basketball players around the world and enter the top league NBA where only a few hundred players play, they are all basketball geniuses who are one in a million.

Those who can enter the All-Star like Aldridge are geniuses among geniuses.

Geniuses have their own arrogance!
As a last resort, they can admit players who are more talented than themselves, but this does not mean that they will give up their motivation.

Intersection pause ends.

Lillard and Aldridge are gearing up, ready to teach the Detroiters a lesson.

Due to falling behind, the Blazers only replaced the two main players, Matthews and Batum, and Wang Zelin joined hands with Lillard and Aldridge to reappear.

At this time, the team's backup shooting guard was Connett Lee, and the backup small forward was Will Barton.

For the Pistons.

The two main players, Andre Drummond and Josh Smith, are still on the field, and the three substitutes are Will Bynum, Rodney Stuckey and Kersinger.

Josh Smith, who can play three or four, has reached the fourth position. With a height of 2 meters, he may not suffer a disadvantage in playing the fourth position.

Now, Andre Drummond plays the five and Josh Smith plays the four.There is no doubt that this is an adjustment to strengthen the interior defense.

With Josh Smith in charge of defense, Andre Drummond doesn't have to take care of Greg Monroe's defensive loopholes as he did in the first quarter. Now he only needs to stay in the three-second zone and play his strongest role in protecting the frame.

The Pistons go first.

Backup point guard Wilburnham gave the ball to Josh Smith, cut back to the weak side, and stretched the Blazers' defense.

At the same time, backup shooting guard Rodney Stuckey sank to the left bottom corner, which also opened up the Blazers' defense, allowing Josh Smith to get a singles opportunity.

This arrangement made him very excited.

When he was in the Eagles, Josh Smith, known as an all-around fighter, played more of a role on the defensive end, which made him not satisfied with the position of the ball assigned to him by the coaching staff.

This is how the conflict between him and the Eagles came about.

Time will prove that the Eagles are correct in this arrangement.

The 2 meter Josh Smith is really talented. He has a pair of spring legs, can shoot, hit, block shots, and even pass the ball very well; the ball control and perimeter defense have also reached the standards of perimeter players.

Can continue to advance and provide precise guidance;
Can't prevent the pick-and-roll, but can protect the basket;
There is a score in the low position, and the take-off is a buckle;
These 13 books have the opportunity to become the explosive, extravagant, and enhanced version of the original Drummond Green...

however.

He was fascinated by archery.

He began to have a fanatical hobby for ultra-long two-pointers and three-pointers. He called himself a "beautiful mid-range shooter".

Last season, he made 201 three-pointers from the outside, in exchange for 61 three-pointers, and his shooting percentage was only 30.3%, which became the fuse that the Eagles management could no longer tolerate him.

Wang Zelin remembers very clearly that this season, Josh Smith will shoot 256 three-pointers, but only score 70, and his movement rate is only 26.4%.

Among the players who made more than 200 three-pointers in a single season, only Fat Toutuo Anthony Walker made 285 of 73 shots and a disastrous 25.6% shooting rate.

Who is this gentleman!

One of the league's famous homeless men, the No. 96 pick in the first round of the 6 Golden Generation, played for 6 NBA teams in his career.But he was lucky. He won the NBA championship with the Heat in 06 and was selected as an NBA All-Star three times.

On April 12, 4, Fat Toutuo officially announced his retirement.

But one of his famous sayings is still handed down to this day:

"Why do I shoot so many threes? Because there are no fours man!"

TMD!

Who would believe it was said by a player who entered the league in the 90s.

Even in the later era of small ball, I am afraid that few people will be as obsessed with the outside line as Anthony Walker, who is always super far...

From the first attack of the Pistons in the second quarter, Aldridge probably didn't expect that the guy in front of him who averaged 17+ points per game last season... would be so easy to defend.

The method is also very simple and clear, as long as you put him two steps away, this 13 will definitely choose an outside shot, but he still can't make it.

It was the turn of the Pistons to attack again.

When Will Bynum dribbled the ball just over halftime, Josh Smith immediately made a detour from a 45-degree angle on the left and ran back to the top of the arc, actively reaching out to signal.

It seems to be saying: Give me the ball, and I will take you home!

Prior to this, Josh Smith had made 4 of 0 outside shots, which directly gave the Blazers 4 more opportunities to counterattack quickly, causing the Pistons to now fall behind by 5 points.

At 27:22, 3 minutes passed, and the Pistons scored no points.

Wil Batum turned his head aggrievedly and looked at the head coach Michael Curry on the sidelines.

Michael Curry is also making a difficult decision in his heart at this time: the team management has overwhelmed the crowd this year and included Josh Smith in the account, in order to strengthen the team's flank defense and allow the team to return to the playoffs as soon as possible.

If you don't make it to the playoffs, how can you sell tickets?
If you can't sell tickets, everyone is waiting to eat dirt!
So, in his prime, Smith is without a doubt the strongest player on the Pistons right now...

The strongest ~ often represents a privilege!

"Forget it, let's take a look again, if you still can't get in..."

Michael Curry remembered some of the team's management requirements, and could only tolerate Josh Smith's continued nonsense.

Of course, tolerance has a limit.

If what Josh Smith does affects the team's winning plan, do whatever you want.

At present, the team is only 5 points behind, which is not too tight. Once Josh Smith can make this three-pointer, it will be 2...

"Duang~"

Another strike came, and hearing boos from the surrounding audience, it seemed to hit Michael Curry in the face, and his face turned blue instantly, remembering that he wanted to call the next timeout on the spot.

"Ah~"

The raised hand was lowered again.

Because, now is not their turn!
Under the basket, Wang Zelin spotted the rebound and stretched out his hand to grab it. He got the fifth rebound in a single quarter.

At this pace, after two more rounds, he will be able to rebound in double figures.

Thinking of this, Wang Zelin couldn't help crying as he watched Pistons No. 5 player's back getting farther and farther away: "Brother Xun is indeed right, there are still many good people in this world!"

"Wang, can you give me the ball?"

Aside, Lillard said sourly.

Josh Smith's top-notch behavior was seen by the Trail Blazers players. For Wang Zelin, a rebounder, everyone felt envious and jealous.

When will I have such an opportunity, I can get flying without working hard on the data!
so comfy!

At the halftime of the Pistons, Josh Smith had an unfinished look: "It's so cool, a genius should play like this. It's a waste of my talent in the Eagles."

When he came to the frontcourt, seeing Will Bynum take a step, he called Wang Zelin's pick and roll with the ball.

Wang Zelin provided a high-quality screen for a layup. Lillard took two steps to the left and immediately pulled out.

"Shh!"

He shot this ball full of depression, but fortunately, the ball was scored.

At 30:22, the Blazers led by 8 points at home.

In the next second, Pistons coach Michael Curry couldn't sit still and called a timeout on the spot.

"Smith, look what you've done?"

Josh Smith returned to the bench, and before he could sit down, he was greeted with questions from the head coach.

"I..." Josh Smith glanced at the direction of the scoreboard with a guilty conscience, knowing that everything was caused by himself, and he didn't say anything in an instant.

"Just because you shot three-pointers like crazy, and because of your one-man honey operation, everyone's previous efforts were in vain. Are you worthy of us? You f***"

Seeing that Josh Smith didn't have the slightest intention of apologizing, Andre Drummond, who had done a few minutes of running back and forth on the field for nothing, was angry at the time, and he immediately yelled at him in a violent temper.

"enough!!!"

Josh Smith is also a master with a temper. He thinks that even if he made a slight mistake earlier, this cannot be a reason for him to be offended by a rookie.

After deciding to join the Pistons, he positioned himself as the boss of the team. How could he climb over himself for a second-year rookie.

Josh Smith roared again and again, drawing the attention of the audience in the front row, and some reporters hurriedly picked up their cameras and recorded everything that happened.

"Let me tell you, I came to Detroit to lead you to win, not to be scolded, otherwise, who would want to come to this shitty place?"

Josh Smith looked around, and he felt that it was time for him to establish the authority of the team leader, otherwise there would be some crooked melons who would not know what to do next time to provoke him.

"asshole!"

"Who do you think you are?"

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

These words completely irritated all three generations of Pistons old, middle-aged and young players.

This time it wasn't just Andre Drummond who was furious.

Rodney Stuckey, who had made Allen Iverson a substitute, was trained by the Pistons management as the core of the team, and later changed to the team's sixth man due to lack of strength, was angry.

Billups, who had just played four games back in Detroit, was also furious.

"What, what's the matter!" Josh Smith was still stern at first, but when he thought of the food, useless, and old in front of him, his confidence immediately became stronger.

"Huh! You two rookies and trash, and you, this old bastard, do you think you are very good? Do you think you can lead Detroit to the championship? Fight me, Josh Smith, do you have the strength? Don't look at who is in control of the Pistons now..."

Josh Smith smiled disdainfully, and ridiculed words emerged endlessly.

"Before you came, I was the champion! Now I dare say that I am not qualified..."

For example, Puth blew his hair instantly, got up and angered Josh Smith.

Michael Curry also frowned a little, he couldn't understand why a good team suddenly had such a big difference.

But he knew that the situation in front of him could no longer be considered by him, and if he didn't speak again, the scene might start directly: "Stop it!"

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Mike Brown continued: "Listen, the Detroit Pistons are a team and have never been anyone's team. What I want to see is your team's goals after cooperation, not individual heroism."

His words made Josh Smith, Andre Drummond and the other four speechless.

But there was nothing to say, and the four of them didn't change their minds because of Coach Jia's words.

The seeds of disagreement have been planted, and what is waiting for it is to blossom and bear fruit.

Imperial TV live broadcast seat.

Yang Jian and Ma Jian looked at each other.

What is this!
Why did the scene suddenly become like this?

Didn't the Pistons still play well in the first quarter?

Isn't it just 8 points behind?

Why are you all arguing all of a sudden?

Looking at this scene, Josh Smith is ready to [-]v[-]!
Yang Jian and Ma Jian looked at each other again. It wasn't the weird atmosphere during the live broadcast, so they chose to continue eating melons.

The same is true for the fans at the scene and the Blazers players on the other side, eating melons in silence, only missing peanut soda.

A quarrel wasted two long timeouts for the Pistons.

However, seeing the scene calm down, Michael Curry can finally let go of a huge rock in his heart: If the quarrel continues, long pauses will not be enough.

Now, he only hopes that the players can actively cooperate and pull back the score earlier.

Until now, even he can tell that No. 36 of the Trail Blazers is in a bad state today. It's rare that the goddess of luck is on the side of the Pistons. This is a great opportunity, and if you don't seize it, you will be punished by God.

within the venue.

Michael Curry watched the performance of the players and became more and more angry. He felt a fire burning wildly in his body.

After the timeout ended, Michael Curry put on the full lineup in order to play the effect of the first quarter.

As a result, the players had other ideas, and they all played according to their own ideas after receiving it.

Billups took the lead in mobilizing players in the other three positions, faintly separating Josh Smith from the team system, causing the latter to completely lose touch with the ball.

You are the first year of the first year, and I will be the fifteenth.

After being rejected by his teammates, Josh Smith's attitude on the defensive end became obviously negative. On the offensive end, he grabbed rebounds and dribbled the ball from the backcourt. During this period, he also gave the Trail Blazers 2 steals.

High EQ: The Pistons suddenly played a lot more decisively!

Low EQ: What the hell are the TMD Pistons playing!

As long as there is a chance to make a move, even if you see your teammates in a better position, no matter who is holding the ball, you will not hesitate to choose yourself.

The result is that after the second quarter, the statistics of individual players are very good.

Josh Smith scored 3 points and 4 rebounds. Compared with the first quarter, Billups also took a lot more shots. He scored two three-pointers and scored 8 points in the half.

But at halftime, the Pistons fell behind by 14 points.

can not understand!

I really don't understand!
Terry Stotts, who returned to the locker room at halftime, yelled "I don't understand" in his heart. The Pistons' playing style is too weird.

In the first quarter, everyone played team battles, and everyone had a clear division of labor; in the second quarter, Josh Smith took the lead in a wave of three, and then Billups followed suit, making decisive shots and playing like stars one by one.

Are the Pistons using Andre Drummond as their prime Howard ambassador?

Or do they think that the ability to compete for stars will outperform the Trail Blazers?

No matter which idea it is, Terry Stotts wants to greet the Pistons coaching staff weakly: "Do you have that strength?"

"Could it be because of the quarrel during the timeout? The game style of the Pistons has changed drastically..."

Just like him, several teaching assistants were also stunned.

David van der Poel suggested: "How about we switch to double-team defense in the second half?"

Terry Stotts nodded first, then quickly shook his head and said, "No, it's better to maintain the defensive strategy in the first half and let them take turns playing singles."

The Pistons only lost a few games against strong teams in the new season, and they can win against weak teams, which shows that they have indeed become much stronger than last season.

But compared to the Trail Blazers, their so-called strength is actually limited.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Zelin's decline was not clear before the game, causing the opponent to be caught off guard, the Blazers would never fall behind by 3 points in the first quarter.

Since the opponent wants to compete for stars, let's fight, Terry Stotts is not afraid at all!
On the Pistons side, if Billups doesn't explode, there will only be a star like Josh Smith.

On the other hand, for the Trail Blazers, Aldridge is a real All-Star player and an absolute league star.

Wang Zelin's state declined today and he couldn't play offensively, but he still did a good job on the defensive end, which can be regarded as 0.5.

That is, the Trail Blazers have 1.5 stars, and the team atmosphere is obviously better than the Pistons.

1.5 to 1, so what are you afraid of!

Just maintain the current defensive state and let them face off.

However, it should not be said, when Aldridge releases a lot of ball power and concentrates all his energy on the offense, the firepower is really leveraged!
首节6投4中得到8分，第二节再接再厉，11投9中，罚球2中2得到20分，半场轰下28分。

If it weren't for Josh Smith, the leader of the second quarter, who made the pace of the game faster and faster by himself, the fans would never have seen Aldridge in full swing.

In this game, Aldridge defeated many people and refreshed many people's views on him.

At least, Tristos is like this.

He was really blown away by Aldridge's firepower tonight.

During the intermission, Terry Stotts boasted: "LaMarcus, you still played like this in the second half! Today the team has all the ball rights to you, and you can do whatever you want."

"Ok!"

Aldridge replied excitedly.

So far in his career, Aldridge's highest score in a single game is still at 2011 points on February 2, 8 when the Blazers played against the Bulls.

No one does not want to be able to get a good data!

So does Aldridge.

But as Wang Zelin performed better and the ball became more concentrated, Aldridge thought he would never have a 50-point night in his life.

But he didn't envy or blame Wang Zelin, because he knew that as a team leader, Wang Zelin did better than him, and leading the team to the Western Conference finals last year is the best proof.

However, it was rare for the goddess of luck to stand on his side once, giving him a great opportunity, if he didn't grasp it well, he would be punished by God.

　Good night!Everyone!

　　See you tomorrow! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)