21. Can't laugh or cry
At 7:40 p.m. East Coast time on January 18, the Pistons ushered in their first back-to-back game of the season, challenging the New Jersey Nets away.
For this game, the Pistons and Brown are very serious, because the current Eastern Conference season standings, the New Jersey Nets just pressed the Pistons to get the second place, the two teams are currently only one win away, if they can win this time, the Pistons can tie with the Nets for second.
However, no one is optimistic about the Pistons, first of all, this team has to play back-to-back, and the continuous games have drained the players' physical strength, while the Nets are firmly sitting on the doorstep, taking advantage of the right time and place. Second, in the five positions, the Pistons only have the advantage of center, and the premise is that Huaben is the center instead of Campbell.
In previous games, the Pistons' offensive firepower was distributed on the perimeter, but today against the Nets, their perimeter advantage is gone. The Nets are a big player on the outside, including Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Gittels. There is also Martin on the inside line, although Martin is a scumbag compared to Warben.
Hua Ben didn't take the Nets to heart at all before the game, he played a quarter in the last game, and now it is the time when he is full of energy, and he feels that he can kill even in the face of a tiger.
Walking into the stadium, like other away games, the ancestors of Huaben and his party received cordial greetings from the fans, especially when Huaben played, as the boss of the team, he encountered the loudest greetings, and he couldn't help but think about whether to bring headsets to play away in the future.
Before the game, Kidd brought Jefferson over to the docks, and when he saw a legendary superstar again, Wabbon was very happy and took the initiative to communicate: "Jason, are you ready to fail?" Damn, it's said you've won eight in a row? We're sorry, but your winning streak ended today. ”
Kidd and Jefferson looked at Warben like idiots, and the former asked the team doctor for a thermometer and asked with concern, "Ben, are you dizzy?" Just because you still want to beat us? Shit, you don't look at who the fuck is second in the East! Also, you were wrong, we are on a nine-game winning streak, not eight, and we're about to get our ninth win. ”
Hua Ben shook his finger disdainfully, and replied to Kidd arrogantly: "You drip, you can't work." ”
At the beginning of the game, Wahben was quite happy, and Mirisic got an assist from Billups to shoot a three-pointer at the beginning. Oh, and it needs to be said here that in the face of the Nets' league-winning terrifying backcourt, Brown's response was to attack the interior, so Mirisic got the chance to start.
In the first few games, Huaben has not faced opponents of equal strength, especially in the playmaking lineback, Billups has been eating opponents. But not today, Kidd used his stronger body and more experience to eat Billups to death, and if it weren't for Mirisic's playmaking skills, the Pistons would have had to fight each other at the beginning of the game.
The Pistons played hard in the first quarter, which was a tactic deployed by Brown, and he needed the team to get to the tempo of the court as soon as possible. As expected, at the end of the first quarter, the Pistons led by 7 points at 26-19, and by the middle of the second quarter, the Pistons led by 13 points, and the game seemed to be decided.
In the face of the team's big score behind, the Nets' new head coach Frank was anxious, this is his eighth game in charge of Shuaiyin, and it is also the biggest difference between the Nets and the Nets since he took office.
"Watch your guys, damn it, Richard, pay attention to the help defense, don't let No. 3 easily enter the box!"
"Kenyon, fight harder! Resist No. 3 like a man! Look at that rookie, stick to him, don't let him get the ball! ”
"Jason, slow down and freeze Chauncey!"
Seeing Frank jumping up and down there, Hua Ben couldn't do it, and asked Kidd, "I said man, is this little white face your team's mascot?" To be honest, he's really jumpy, I used to buy an electric rabbit for my nephew, and it didn't have the power. ”
Kidd can't give Waben anger, the score behind has something to do with him, he is playing according to the previous rhythm, but the problem is, somehow, Big Ben's speed has suddenly increased, this guy can now freeze Jefferson, who is good at speed, and the Nets' backcourt was messed up by Waben for a while.
By the time Kidd came to his senses, Huaben's face changed.
First, Kidd stole Billups' pass and scored a fast break, and then Hamilton missed a long shot, Martin grabbed a rebound and assisted Jefferson to break fast again, and the latter made a foul on Mirisic who returned to the defense when he made a layup, and successfully played 2+1. Thirty seconds later, Martin elbowed Oku, who came off the bench, and Waeben was furious, and when he grabbed the rebound, he gave the opponent an elbow in retaliation, but unfortunately, his elbow was seen by the referees, so he received a technical foul. Jefferson hit a free throw, and Kidd assisted Gittles on a three-point shot, scoring nine points in a row and beating the Pistons a 9-0 mini-**.
And this is not the end, the rest of the second quarter The Pistons overall feel poor, on the contrary, the Nets played a feeling, a 14:0 small ** in one breath, successfully overtook the score, the second quarter ended, the home team ended the half with a lead of 54:52, until this time Huaben did not react.
At halftime, Hua planned to exchange his long-range shooting skills to teach the New Jerseys a lesson, but he found that the whole team was out of breath except for him, especially Mirisic, who couldn't stand up when he sat down when he returned to the locker room.
Seeing this, Hua Ben understood the truth that the general trend has gone, although the last game was won in the end, but it was the Pistons players who held their breath and tried their best to get it, Mirisic and Oku, the two rookies, most of their physical strength was consumed in the game against the Nuggets.
Brown had already foreseen this situation, so he asked the team to storm in the first quarter, hoping to get the rhythm of the game directly, so that maybe he could turn the defeat into a victory, but Kidd was a better guard than Billups, and even when the team was behind, he didn't let go of the rhythm.
In the second quarter, the Pistons shot just 24% from the field, so it's no wonder that the team didn't fall behind. Entering the second half, the Pistons almost became a one-man performance stage for Hua Ben, except for him, everyone else on the inside line is strong in the middle, and the outside line has the power to fight, but the opponent is stronger than them.
It is impossible for one person to beat a team, and Hua Ben understood this truth, so he gave up the preparation of exchanging skills. He doesn't want to go on a winning streak, and he's scoring enough points anyway, and he recently heard the news that the Pistons are preparing a big move to make a trade before the All-Star break.
The news reminded Wabbon of Rasheed Wallace, who, in his memory, was traded from the Trail Blazers to the Pistons between the All-Star breaks.
The rest of the time, Huaben began to show his dunk talent to the fullest, one-arm dunk, rocket dunk, small windmill dunk, Statue of Liberty dunk, tomahawk dunk, Billups got the ball and threw it inside, Huaben hit Martin again and again and smashed the basketball into the hoop.
Frank doesn't care about this, if you like to dunk, dunk, anyway, Lao Tzu's team is ahead, anyway, dunks are two points like mid-range shots.
The game was aborted, and the Pistons lost to the Nets 82-89, losing to McTown by 7 points, which was Huaben's first loss in the NBA, and ironically, he scored the highest score in the NBA: 32 points, which is also the highest score in the court.
In addition, Huaben also got the most rebounds in the game, 18, including 8 frontcourt rebounds. Mirisic played 35 minutes and finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for two consecutive double-doubles. Elsewhere, Billups scored 13 points and Hamilton scored just nine points from a turnover.
For the Nets, Richard Jefferson chipped in 27 points and 10 rebounds, while Kidd played 43 minutes with 16 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to help the Nets recover from a 13-point deficit in the second quarter. Head coach Frank, who took over two weeks ago, now has a winning streak of eight games, with Martin scoring six points and eight rebounds and Kittels chipped in 17 points.
At the end of the game, the intelligent center regretfully told Hua Ben that because of the failure of this game, the effective points were half of the points he obtained, that is, 70 points, which was a little more than winning the last game.
Although the team lost, the fans at the scene finally gave Huaben a lot of surprises, and when he was about to enter the players' tunnel, a young man jumped down to block him. Hua thought that this kid was ready to provoke, and he had a headache, but the young man knelt down all of a sudden: "Ben, you will be a free man next season, come to our Charlotte, you know, our Charlotte is going to have its own team!" ”
Huaben was confused by this scene, why did he suddenly kneel? He quickly picked up the young man and jokingly said, "Don't do this, man, I don't have any New Year's money." ”
There were dozens of people in the fan stands - they should be a team, and these people magically took out a large banner that read: God of War Ben, welcome to Charlotte, we are willing to give you everything!
Hua Ben was a little dizzy, these fans are so crazy that they grabbed people to grab New Jersey? He knew that Charlotte would be allowed to enter the NBA next season and be the thirtieth team, but he had no interest in going to that city at all, the Bobcats were a standard fish belly, and Lao Tzu was the man who wanted to build a dynasty.
Seeing the chaotic scene, the Nets security guard came up to stop the fans, and the young man with short brown hair stubbornly pulled the fixed seat and refused to be dragged away by the security guard: "Ben, come to Charlotte!" We also want to taste the championship, Ben, please, you must come! ”
Hua Ben was at a loss for a while, he can only be regarded as a defensive star in the league at present, how can he have such appeal? You know, now the NBA is popular with Maddy, Carter, Kobe, Iverson, Arenas, Hill and other super outside players, and not many people should pay attention to players like themselves who can only defend and not attack, right?
Does this kid know that I have a 'perfect life system'? Such a ridiculous thought appeared in Huaben's heart.
"Ben, come to New Jersey next season." A dry voice sounded behind Hua itself.
Oh, God! Does everyone know that I have a 'perfect life system'?!