I just want to lie down and win

Chapter 99 The West is powerful, the benefits of being expensive (4000, please subscribe)

"I haven't seen you for a while, have you become stronger again?"

"Brother Yao, don't treat me with admiration for three days! I'm no longer who I used to be!"

On January 1, the Houston Mosaic team visited the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit.

Just now, Yao Ming singled Huo Song in the low post. Huo Song resisted for a while, and then took the initiative to give up half of his body to prepare for the jump to block the shot.

Seeing this, Yao Ming was not in a hurry to make a move, so he feinted for a while, but Huo Song didn't hesitate.

When the 24-second attack time came to the last 2 seconds, Yao Ming had to take a shot. Although Huo Song failed to block Yao Ming's shot, Yao Ming missed the basket this time, and Huo Song defended well.

Huo Song grabbed the offensive rebound and quickly passed the ball to Prince on the outside.

Before following up the frontcourt, Huo Song said to Yao Ming behind him: "Brother Yao, I will beat you next time."

"Okay." Yao Mingjiong agreed with a smile.

Taking advantage of Yao Ming's failure to come back, the Pistons played [-]-on-[-]. Huo Song first set a screen for Billups at the top arc. Billups pretended to shoot a three-pointer, but in fact made a false shot and made a sudden attack to the basket.

Huo Song followed up the penalty area, Billups passed the ball back without looking at anyone, Huo Song took off and dunked the ball directly.

"Huo Song's cooperation with other starting players is becoming more and more tacit!"

"Yes, other rookies are still learning how to adapt to the NBA at this time, and Huo Song has become the focus on and off the court."

"That's right, when it comes to Huo Song, we have to emphasize Huo Song's athletic ability. He has incredible talent! This is the key to his success and his ability to do more things on the field."

Huo Song dunked the ball in, and the Pistons quickly returned to defense.

As soon as the on-site commentator finished praising Huo Song's performance, Mobley, the old cat at Mosaic, shot a three-pointer.

However, under the interference of Billups, Mobley, who had a general touch, did not make this three-pointer.

Prince grabbed the rebound and immediately went on a fast break. Although the players on both sides were running back and forth, it was obvious that the Pistons were more at ease.

Huo Song didn't participate in the attack in this defensive counterattack. It was just Hamilton following up and cooperating. Together with Prince, they made a 2-on-1 layup.

Huo Song originally wanted to single out Yao Ming, but he couldn't find a chance.

It is impossible for Huo Song to waste the team's chance to easily play and convert points because he wants to single-handedly play Yao Ming.

Since there is indeed a problem with Mosaic, head coach Van Gundy Jr. saw the current situation and had to call a timeout.

Yao Ming's speed can't keep up, which is really a headache.

Having played a game before, Van Gundy Jr. already has some experience on how to play against the Pistons.

In order to avoid losing too many points by the Pistons, we can only remove Yao Ming first, and then find a suitable time to put Yao Ming up and bring the substitute lineup to chase after points.

However, Van Gundy tends to be too involved in watching the game, and it is easy to forget his previous staffing.

Until the end of the first quarter, Van Gundy Jr. did not let Yao Ming play again.The Pistons have played a mosaic wave of 24 to 16.

Mosaic's defense is good, but the point difference has been stretched to nearly 10 points. The most urgent thing for Mosaic is for someone to stand up and chase points.

Mobley really wanted to be such a character who stood up and turned the tide, but it was a pity that all 5 shots in the first quarter were ironed.

This makes people have to wonder what happened in Detroit last night.

The game quickly entered the second quarter. When Van Gundy saw Huo Song on the field, he didn't plan to send Yao Ming, and planned to stagger Yao Ming's usage time with Huo Song.

Ever since, Huo Song has been suffering from no chance to show Yao Ming, so he can only do his best to vent his anger on Kevin Cato.

今天霍嵩的状态可以说是一般，第一节4投2中，罚球2中2，第二节7投4中，罚球4投2中。

Although 16 points have been scored in the first half, the shooting percentage is less than 55%, which is worse than before.

Huo Song would be proud of scoring such stats against Yao Ming, but in fact the main matchup was Cato, a low-level center forward.

However, no matter how bad Huo Song's performance is, a scoring performance of 16 points in the half is enough for Mosaic to eat a pot.

After the first half, Mosaic did not have a player who could score 16 points in the half.

Perhaps because of the sudden away game, Mosaic's team is in average condition and has not played the style that a strong team in the Western Conference playoffs should have.

In two quarters and 24 minutes, Mosaic only scored 38 points, not even 40 points.

If you insist, the offense in the second quarter is better than the first quarter. After all, only 16 points were scored in the first quarter, which is pretty bad.

However, after the intermission and entering the third quarter, Mosaic showed his original shape again.

Perhaps during the halftime break, Van Gundy Jr. finally realized that Yao Ming had been on the bench for more than a quarter, so he also gave Yao Ming playing time and a chance to perform in the third quarter.

But the team fell behind by 16 points, and it was unrealistic to rely on Yao Ming to chase points.

Not to mention that with Yao Ming on the court, it really slowed down the speed of returning to defense to a certain extent.

The Pistons continued to play tirelessly on the defensive counterattack.

As long as Mosaic's offense is relatively rough, no matter whether the ball is scored or not, the Pistons will definitely let Mosaic make another wave of return runs in the next round.

For the players who worked hard last night, running back and forth is the easiest thing to do to their morale.

After halfway through the third quarter and the point difference widened to 20 points, Mosaic was all outside players.

No one fed Yao Ming the ball, so Yao Ming had no choice but to get stuck in the basket and shoot the rebound.

Seeing this, Van Gundy was very angry, and it didn't take long for Yao Ming, who was useless on the offensive end and not helpful on the defensive end, to withdraw.

However, the Pistons continued to score points without talking about Wude. After three quarters, the difference between the two teams has been opened to 29 points.

Huo Song clocked in three quarters as usual, playing relatively easily.

Hamilton was eager to win, enlisting the support of Larry Brown during the break.

"Richard don't care what other people think, I need you to keep a good offense."

Larry Brown was still human.

The Pistons are playing better and better. The team not only needs Huo Song to kill the Quartet in the interior, but also needs to attack from the outside, and needs other players to flourish.

In terms of physical strength, Hamilton is the goat of long-distance running in the NBA, and Larry Brown is not worried that Hamilton will suffer injuries due to excessive use.

Therefore, it is also a good thing to train with the game, keep Hamilton in a good offensive state, and come back with an All-Star by the way.

In fact, Billups also wants to be as unspeakable as Hamilton.

But holding the ball requires a lot of energy.

It is possible to play in the fourth quarter, but there is no need to insist on playing in order to brush up data.

Everyone knows that there is only one basketball on the playing field. Billups felt that there was no need to compete with Hamilton for this, so he didn't play with him.

Of course, Hamilton only spent half a quarter, and after scoring 23 points, Larry Brown withdrew Hamilton.

The reverse of 23 points is 32 points. Huo Song was a little confused, wondering if Larry Brown was reminding Hamilton to accept it as soon as he was good, and stop here.

"Richard and Huo Song, come with me to participate in the post-match interview!" After the game, Larry Brown called by name.

The Pistons have played a lot of good shots recently and played a lot of very dominant games.

It was originally planned to have a party at Larry Brown's house this weekend, and Larry Brown invited the players to have a good meal.

And then there are three days of rest, and everyone is happy to relax.

"Then let's go first!"

Being under the strict supervision of Larry Brown is a very painful thing. Now that he is finally off work and finally on vacation, the Pistons players who used to be united also rushed out of the locker room one by one.

Huo Song was a little dumbfounded: "Good guy, I thought I'd leave work early, but I didn't expect to be picked up by the leader and work overtime."

Coming to the familiar media interview area, Huo Song sat down on the stool, and then took a more relaxed posture.

"Huo Song, you won the final victory in the Chinese derby between you and Yao Ming, and you did it twice.

Do you think that now you have surpassed Yao Ming?
Do you have an idea to beat Yao Ming again in the All-Star Game? "

Some reporters tried to stir up conflicts and detonate a topic.

Huo Song was not fooled: "No, I am still a rookie, what I want to do is to learn.

I can tell you clearly that what I have achieved now is not because I am really that good.

It's because I have a great group of teammates around me. "

"There is such a person who doesn't like to show off.

I don't like to shout loudly, and I don't like to talk loudly in front of the media.

Not to chatter, belittle others.

He doesn't need to perform deliberately, he just needs to do his job well.

Because action is his best language.

But playing with him, his teammates can enjoy it very much, and they can better do what they are good at.

He is Ben Wallace!The best defensive player and rebounding leader in the past two seasons, and last year's starting All-Star center in the Eastern Conference! "

Huo Song wasn't just bragging about Daben, it could be said that these words came from the bottom of his heart.

The longer you play the game, the more you realize the benefits of having a master defense around you, especially a player who is good at helping defense in the paint.

It is not unreasonable for Big Ben and Garnett to win a championship in the hands of O'Neal and Kobe respectively.

"With Big Ben standing in front of me, I just have to do what I'm good at.

I'm the No. [-] overall pick. In any other year, I'd be talented enough to be No. [-].

Every game, I can rely on talent to score 20 points and 10 rebounds at the basket.

But I will not have more physical strength to do more things.

It is impossible for me to pull out to the outside to pick and roll for teammates, and to pass the ball hand-off to teammates.

It's impossible for me to follow up quickly in transition, and it's impossible for me to get so many opportunities to catch the outside ball and hit the basket for dunks.

I couldn't have guarded most of the defenders and strikers who were rushing into the box.

It is even more impossible to fight hand-to-hand with powerful inside players. "

"The Pistons are a complete team, a strong team.

Coach Larry Brown helped us arrange to be in the right position, and try our best to do what everyone likes to do, can do, and is good at doing.

When Yao Ming played against us, he didn't play well enough because he didn't have so many teammates who were suitable for him and didn't help him find a comfortable position.

He not only needs to attack, but also needs to participate in more defense.

I have teammates to help me take the pressure off the game, and I just have to be myself. "

Big Ben wasn't there, but Larry Brown was.

Larry Brown on the side heard Huo Song mentioning him, and "set off" his merits of knowing people and being good at tasks through little Van Gundy. Larry Brown also followed Huo Song with interest.

"I must make you a small cake this weekend! I'll do it myself." Larry Brown thought to himself, with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

……

After a happy weekend, the Pistons ushered in a new opponent.

But this time the opponent is stronger - the Dallas Mavericks.

Looking at the record alone, the Mavericks are not better than Mosaic, but the Mavericks' lineup is expensive!

One of the most expensive lineups in the league!

Just above 1000 million, the players with the second maximum salary contract after rookies include Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley, Antawn Walker, and Antawn Jamison.

The combined salary of the four people for the season was close to 5000 million, and there was also a high-powered Steve Nash with a basic salary of 600 million.

You must know that the Pistons' total salary for the season was only 5300 million!
And the Mavericks have a large number of middle-class strongmen on the bench, and they have raised the Mavericks' salary space to a level close to 8000 million.

The only team that was more expensive than the Mavericks in the season was the Donkicks, and the Blazers, who took the rain man Kemp and Dale Davis' two super junk contracts.

The Mavericks spent 1500 million more than the Lakers, which is a real high salary that piles up their combat power.

No team has the luxury of letting another team's big man be the sixth man on its own team, but the Mavericks can.

What's interesting is that this year, the Mavericks won the notorious Dallas double ugly-Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels by relying on the last pick in the first round and the white female ticket of the undrafted draft.

Two ugly comparisons with explosive physical fitness and the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the ground.

Because they are all older players, they can play with a little polishing. In a championship team like the Mavericks, it can be said that it is not easy to average 10+7 per game.

Even if this kind of player is selected in the top ten or so, it is not considered buried.

But the Mavericks missed two at once.

It can be said that the Mavericks' lineup requires veterans and veterans, as well as talent and talent. Although the salary space is exploding, they are all giants who can play.

However, the old Nelson's coaching style is basically impossible to win more championships.

No matter how good a team is, it can only win in the regular season.

In this day and age, Nelson Sr. has cast five small lineups.

Nowitzki is not small, but the Mavericks center is Antoine Walker.

Walker was an All-Star last year, but this year he is fat.

Tonton looks like a center forward, but he is only 2 meters tall.

Huo Song played Walker with his back in the low post. Don't play it too easily, just like playing singles with Big Ben every day.

However, the Mavericks had unlimited fast breaks and kept rushing to shoot three-pointers. Once someone found the touch, there would be a series of three-point rains, which made the Pistons very uncomfortable.

Walker made a three-pointer from the outside, and Huo Song was able to pull it out.

But the ball was passed to Nowitzki in the bottom corner, and Nowitzki was excellent in sudden shots. Big Ben defended Nowitzki alone, and his height alone was overwhelmed.

Not to mention that Nowitzki pretended to shoot and swayed, and Ben had to jump up to block the block. As a result, the fast Nowitzki directly broke through the basket and dunked.

The two teams each have a breakthrough inside, and it can only be said that they are barely evenly divided.

However, the Mavericks played fast breaks, and the Pistons also actively defended and counterattacked.

In fact, both teams can't afford to start, but the Mavericks have a strong bench.

In the past, the Pistons' bench lineup was not bad, but compared with the Mavericks, it was directly blown up.

There is an Antawn Jamison on the Mavericks bench, who was also a master in the Golden State Warriors last year.

In addition, Finley occasionally leads the team for a period of time, and with the dynamic, offensive and defensive Dallas double ugly, the Pistons' second lineup really can't stand it.

Although the game was still very anxious until the fourth quarter, Huo Song went undercover in the fourth quarter because of lack of energy.

Larry Brown wanted Huo Song to continue for 2 minutes and complete the last quarter.

结果霍嵩第四节3投1中，罚球8罚3中，7次球权只拿到5分，确实有点拖球队后腿了。

However, Huo Song scored 26 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Regardless of the results of the game, just looking at the personal data, it is still very gorgeous.

If it is a fan of Huo Song, then I am afraid to blame the other CBA players of the Pistons for not being strong enough.

Only Huo Song knew that his physical fitness still needs to be improved.

It is said that although losing to the Mavericks is not expected, it is not unacceptable.

After all, the lineup is expensive, and being expensive has its advantages.

Why is it so moving and memorable that the civilian Pistons won the Lakers F4 in the finals?
The truth is here!

It's not simply that the weak beat the strong, but that the players are sincere and consistent, and they cooperate with each other. It is really possible to win the game by relying on the strength of the team.

And that's the beauty of competitive games.

(End of this chapter)