Chapter 230: The Landing Battle of Auburn Hills
With the sudden outbreak of another wave of ink regret in March, the Knicks' current record is more stable, not only the team record, but even the current data of Ink regret is the same, his current average points per game has steadily suppressed the second-ranked Maddie by as many as two points, not that Maddie doesn't want to fight, it's really that his teammates can't take it, Maddie just won the scoring title last season, and it's the kind of robbery, it's when he is complacent, but the management is controlled by aliens, Maddie has already been relieved, And the management is happy to do it, and the team is simply messed up.
However, for the Knicks, they will face an even more demanding game at the end of March, which is a trip to the Pistons on the road at the end of March. did not choose Mirisic as in the original history, but "robbed" the Knicks and retrieved Rasheed Wallace, who should have belonged to them, and Larry Brown also seemed to have suddenly opened his mind, although it was still old-fashioned, it was far from being as hysterical as in the past, hysterical to the point of madness, but closer to the state of taking Iverson to the Lakers, and considering more about the state and psychology of the players.
This game will be crucial for both the Pistons and the Knicks, and it will be the last time the two teams will meet before the playoffs, that is, the last test, and without the Nets making any particularly significant changes, it seems that the Eastern Conference championship this season has been faintly decided between these two teams.
Detroit is no stranger to the Knicks' players, and they even play here seven or eight times a year, and if there is any away road in the East that is not feared by the Knicks, it must be Auburn Hills Palace.
The soul of a team is related to their leaders, but it is also related to the characteristics of their cities, New York and Detroit are a very stark contrast, Detroit represents industry and pure blue-collar workers, while New York represents the high-wage class, and the two cities are fundamentally unpleasant to each other in their bones. The two teams were originally staggered at their peak, but with the recovery of the Pistons in recent years, they have begun to have more intersections, that is, more reasons for hatred.
Although it is not a playoff game, Detroit seems ready to start playing this game as a playoff drill. From the moment they got off the bus, the Knicks were harassed in all directions, first with a broken hotel door and then with no training ground.
However, these small means did not make the Knicks feel anything, mainly because people who came to New York to play always had a strange self-confidence, put on the jersey of the Big Apple, and people became aristocratic.
After solving the dinner problem in the hotel's restaurant, Mo Xi returned to the room alone, and when the playoffs were approaching, Mo Xi also began to restrain his thoughts, for him, the best way to concentrate was to be quiet, just like the nickname given by the media to Mo Xi'an's frozen volcano, when Mo Xi was very quiet, it was when he was ready to erupt.
The Knicks came to Auburn Hills again, as always, angry boos mixed with a little roar overwhelmingly on the Knicks' faces, several veteran players have become commonplace to this, but Anthony and a few elementary school students are still a little pale, under the teasing of Muhammad, it can be regarded as stable.
When the two sides warmed up, Mo Xi clearly felt the gaze from behind, and the two Wallaces can be said to know him the most in the East, one is his teammate, and the other is the only person left in the East who can effectively defend him.
The Pistons have one and only one tradition, to beat their opponents at all costs, no matter who they are, no matter what means they use, just to win. Although the current Pistons are no longer as unscrupulous as they used to be, they are as tough as ever. The full-fledged Pistons have their own style, with Ben Wallace in charge, using defense to slow down the tempo, Prince for outside blocking, Billups for offense, Hamilton for tearing up the defense, plus a textbook for back-to-back singles and Oku on the bench who is seen as Ranbill's heir.
The Pistons are strong, that's the consensus of all Detroiters now, and even the two Wallaces are now full of confidence in the face of Moxi.
Rashid Wallace took the initiative to hug Mo Xi, and Rashid Wallace off the field did not match the fierce performance on the field at all, he was an authentic literary young man, in this regard, he was similar to Mo Xi eBay, and the personal relationship between the two was also very deep.
"Be careful, be careful, Mo, we're strong now, the Detroitites are coming."
In the face of this kind of pre-game ruthless talk, Mo Xi also developed his own way of coping, and he simply responded jokingly: "What? Autobot transformation? ”
Wallace knew that the best way to deal with sullen people was to ignore him, and Wallace decisively returned to his own half, and then began to frantically elbow the other Wallace, and the two Wallaces muttered something together.
The two sides lined up and the game officially began, with the Knicks starting with Moxie, Ratliff, Sprewell, Houston and Jason Williams, and the Pistons with their five-man lineup, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Prince, Hamilton and Billups.
Both height and arm span are completely more successful than the easy jump ball of Mo Xi, who crushed Ben Wallace, because of the arrival of Rashid Wallace, the Pistons' jump ball is not necessarily Ben Wallace, anyway, two Wallaces take turns, but these two Wallaces are really not talented in jumping balls.
The Knicks didn't attack quickly after getting the ball, because it was the last meeting of the regular season this season, and the Knicks were looking at this game more from a scrutinizing perspective, as the Knicks' hypothetical opponent of winning the Eastern Conference championship, the Knicks took this game quite seriously, and winning was not only the only goal of this game, they also wanted to see the Pistons expose more things.
The Knicks began to fall into position, and the first shot was not organized by Jason Williams, but was given the ball to Moxi.
Mo Xi's ability to respond is very strong, the highest number of assists per game has also reached 10, Mo Xi is now averaging 2.1 assists per game, this season is much less than last season, but there are also 3.4 times, but Mo Xi only has the ability to respond, far from meeting the standard of organizing offense, this first time, the Knicks' idea is just to use Mo Xi to ask for directions.
With the ball in the high post and leaning on Ben Wallace with his back, it was still very difficult for him to push Ben Wallace after losing weight, and he gently pushed it back, asking for some space to come out, and then a sigma step turned into a frame. Ben Wallace's defensive ability is too strong, and Mo Xi doesn't dare to take too many risks, a cross step, trying to break through to the inside.
However, the Pistons' defensive system was too fast, and Mo Xi was limited by Ben Wallace's offensive line, so he could only play on the left side, and it was on this side that Rasheed Wallace suddenly appeared, and two Wallaces covered Mo Xi.
Mo Xi turned around and tried to break through the bag, but Ben Wallace's feet moved sideways, and Mo Xi was still in the range of the two men. Mo Xi had to split the ball and give it to the outside Sprewell.
But the official Prince who defended Sprewell, Prince has improved too fast, and now he is the best defensive small forward in the entire league, the best outside single defender, after Payton and others are old, it can be said that there is no one.
Sprewell wanted to play Prince alone at first, but after a stalemate, Sprewell found that he couldn't help the other party at all, and even almost lost the ball a few times.
This point is really unsatisfactory, Houston himself is also a running shooter, and in the face of Hamilton, the best running mid-range pitcher now, he can be said to be completely locked in, unable to run, unable to shoot.
Houston was very decisive after receiving the ball, and directly divided Jason Williams without stopping the ball, Jason and Mo Xi blocked and dismantled, and the Pistons decisively gave up Mo Xi, and the two clamped Jason, Ben Wallace and Billups The upper body strength is much stronger than that of Jason Williams, and under a physical contact, they almost lost the ball, and hurriedly passed the ball to Mo Xi by rolling the ball.
Mo Xi picked up the ball and forced a shot in front of Rashid Wallace, who had already arrived to make up for the defense, but the bullet box missed.
The Knicks look grim, the Pistons' defense has been put in place, and with this kind of defense, the Pistons are enough to compete for the championship.