Chapter 45 This is not a punishment
"The bad boys are back, we won the Lakers' home court!"
"Hey, listen Arnold, the Pistons are going to bring Detroit back with the championship, how about a bet, once the Pistons win, you're going to send me a picture, well, you're going to put on a Pistons jersey and drink our Michigan-made Furnas drink at your table and munch on a cheese pie."
Michigan's female governor Granholm shouted over the air with then-California Governor John Schwarzenegger on a radio show.
"Bet? Of course, no problem, because the winner in the end will definitely be Los Angeles, and Los Angeles will win. "Schwarzenegger is also full of confidence in the Lakers" Let's change the bet, if you win, I'll send Brad Pitt to your governor's office, how about it? ”
"Are you serious?" There was a hint of excitement in Holm's voice.
"Of course — it's a joke." Schwarzenegger smiled.
"If the Lakers win the championship, I'll give you a delicious Californian meal with Californian wine, asparagus, strawberries and burgers made by In-N-Out, but you're also going to eat in a Lakers jersey, how about you?"
"No problem." Granholm agreed.
It's not uncommon for mayors and governors to stand up for their city's playoff teams, just as some foreign commanders like to show up for their national teams, all for the votes.
In the finals G2, Schwarzenegger also brought his family to watch.
Hollywood's Walk of Fame is less than 20 kilometers from the Staples Center, and there are many celebrities who come to join in the fun.
The old Nicholson, a 10,000-year-old die-hard fan, Stallone with his daughter, Xiao Lizi, Sister Ka, Dr. Dre, two doggs, Brad Pitt, and Nicole Kidman with his daughter, ······, surrounded by celebrities or celebrities around the sidelines, if there is a white bandana, Hollywood may have to close down tomorrow.
In the warm-up stage of the players, Mo Wen paid attention to it, there are really a lot of Chinese stars on the sidelines, there was only one Brother Long yesterday, and today a few people who have tested the waters of Hollywood are present, Fa Ge, Gong Huang, scumbag Li, International Chapter.
Mo Wen greeted them politely, but the warm-up environment before the game was not suitable for interaction, and he wondered if he would ask for their autographs after the game, and give gifts to the cousins and cousins at home?
Under the governor's supervision, the disgraced and courageous Lakers played a satisfying first half... Defend.
O'Neal and Bryant also maintained their solid offensive play with 13 and 15 points, respectively, but the rest of the Lakers have not picked up.
Malone is still the Marlon on the court, and Payton is still the Payton on the court.
Luke Wharton, who didn't play much in the last game, became the wonder man of the Lakers' home game, he played averagely, his shooting was average, his skills were average, but he had a high ball quotient and first-class passing skills, and he handed out a terrifying five assists in 13 minutes on the court.
It's a pity that the big sharks were able to receive the ball today, but they didn't have the terrifying offensive efficiency of the last game.
The Lakers were able to take the lead largely because the defense also pulled down the offensive efficiency of the Pistons players.
Billups was inefficient in the first half with Payton's ferocious defense and a strengthened version of the home whistle, shooting 2-of-7 and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.
Big Ben is 2 of 8, Rashid is 0 of 4, and the Lakers' interior line with the right attitude is better than the double Wallace in defense.
Hamilton picked up efficiency after Korby dedicated some of his efforts to defend Billups, scoring a team-high 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting, but it was just a drop in the bucket.
And Mo Wen didn't get a chance to play in the first half.
Kobe Bryant's offensive efficiency today is not low, 5 of 8 in the first half, Larry Brown did not dare to let Prince off the court to rest temporarily as he did the day before yesterday, and used Hamilton to top the single defense Kobe.
The regular season and the previous records of the two pairs show that Kobe Bryant is very efficient in playing Hamilton alone, so Prince is mostly on the court to defend Kobe.
If Mo Wen is asked to replace Hamilton and face Kobe's defense, it will make Larry Brown even more uneasy; The first-year rookie is against the superstar in the training match, and arranging a rookie to play against a top outside defender like Kobe Bryant in the finals, this old man feels that he has to stay away, he is afraid that if he gets too close, blood will splash on him.
Mo Wen also felt that this old man had made a rare decision, and today's first half was really not suitable for him to play.
He was even in the mood to chat with the little girl next to him.
"You didn't get a chance to play, and the team is still behind, why do I think you're still a little happy?"
Mo Wen shrugged.
"It doesn't make sense for me to play in the first half, I can't defend against Kobe, and it's not good to face Kobe's defense, we have a story in China called Tian Ji horse racing, have you heard of it?"
The girl blinked and shook her head.
"Tian Ji horse racing is ······"
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Mo Wen chatted very happily with this girl, this is the benefit of playing in a big city, and the proportion of beautiful women on the sidelines is at least ten times that of Detroit.
"Hey, piston lad, stay away from my daughter."
A white-faced, black-haired, and sturdy man occupied Mo Wen's face, pulled the girl to the empty seat next to him, and then sat down in the girl's position just now.
"Hey, Mr. Governor, you can't do that, ugly country is a country of free speech."
Mo Wen spread it out and said in a joking tone.
"You're right, but this is the Lakers' home court, and I have the right to suspect that you, as a Pistons, are harassing Lakers fans."
Schwarzenegger rubbed his chin and looked at the young man.
The body is decorated, the facial features are delicate, and he is neither humble nor arrogant in his speech, without the sense of uneasiness and estrangement that he usually comes into contact with yellow people.
However, if you want to attack his daughter, it is impossible, his daughter is only 16 years old.
What's more, Mo Wen is still wearing the jersey of the Pistons.
"OK, OK, Governor T800, I'm willing to be quiet if you don't mind giving me a few autographs after the game."
Mo Wen definitely couldn't get Schwarzenegger to sign now, which made the camera see if it was an act of surrendering to the enemy, so he could only trade after the game.
That girl, Mo Wen knocked on the side when he was chatting with her just now, and she was still in high school, so this is not a punishment.
Kobe's lawsuit is not over yet, and if he is a minor in an ugly country, it will definitely be more complicated than the case of Nag and Dong Ge.
After all, not everyone can be as lucky as Ma Long, so that a 12-year-old girl can get pregnant and give birth to a daughter and still escape the punishment of the law, and in the end, he didn't even pay child support.
Sister paper, there will be no shortage, he talked about two in college, one is a beautiful woman from China to study abroad, and the other is a local Yanma, but when I heard that they all wanted to stay in the ugly country, Mo Wen could only pull D ruthlessly and cut off contact.
Run this kind of thing, as long as he dares to mention it, his 80-year-old grandfather will dare to cross the ocean with a clay gun to give him a surprise.
Of course, it's okay to be a vegetarian all the time, and the Bosh bastard has recently found another one, and asked if he could bring it to his house.
Although there are not many holidays left in the summer because of the National Olympics, falling in love in an ugly country will not be as inky as in China.
Mo Wen's eyes swept the sidelines, whether to come to Los Angeles for a vacation or to Miami for a vacation.
Just when Mo Wen was still distracted, halftime came.
The Pistons trailed by 8 points, but Larry Brown couldn't find a spray point, just repeated the emphasis on the defensive focus in the locker room, and finally pulled the yin and yang weirdness of Mo Wen's chat with his sister on the sidelines just now.
Mo Wen yawned and didn't say anything more to the old thing.
He's not worried about the game, and it's already clear after this game and a half between the Lakers and the Pistons.
The Lakers relied on OK to play, and the aging Payton and the injured Malone could give too little support to OK on the offensive end, and Fisher was blown up by Billups and couldn't play the role of opening up space.
Unless Stern himself goes down, the Lakers can't win one game at the Pistons' home court.
Even if you can't win the game today, at most it's just one more game like in history.
After the start of the second half, the Lakers began to follow the old path of the last game.
Even if he had an advantage, the Zen master did not dare to let the starters rest, and as a result, the Lakers players' physical strength decreased, and the efficiency of both offensive and defensive ends decreased.
Although the Pistons players are also tired, their physical strength has less impact on them than the Lakers, who have an average age of 30+.
Mo Wen still played in the third quarter, but this time he was not replaced by Hamilton or Prince, but Billups.
Mo Wen's ability to hold the ball is no secret in the Pistons coaching staff, and when training on the team, Mo Wen is better at controlling the ball than point guard bench Mike James.
Mike James's style of play is very similar to the later Suns' sixth man "Brazilian Lightning" Barbossa, with fast speed and good breakthrough ability, but his organizational ability is average, and his defensive ability is ordinary.
But the opposite Lakers, Fisher and Payton are not speed and breakthrough point guards, with their speed and defensive ability, they can be defended, and may even do better, but on the offensive end and organization, they will be worse than Billups, but they are definitely better than Mike James.
"The Pistons can make a substitution, and Xiao Mo is changed to the No. 1 position, with his offensive and defensive ability, he is almost really suitable to be a substitute for Billups."
"I was thinking about whether I had to wait until the fourth quarter, or the end of the third quarter, before Xiao Mo could play, but now I look at it, a famous coach is still a famous coach."
Zhang Weiping bragged to the reporter next to him on the sidelines.
In fact, this substitution is not what the coaching staff meant, it was Billups who took the initiative to put it forward, his hands are cold today, and he has not been able to open the offense.
In addition, Peyton and Fisher are a little black against him today, Peyton almost didn't trip him just now, and he is really not the opponent of Peyton who has played for more than ten years when he plays small actions.
Mo Wen's strength, they have a number of bullfights in the team every day, beating Peyton Fisher and the like, not holding a handle.
"Help me kick those two bastards hard, and the offense during this time will be handed over to you, and behave well."
Billups pats Mo Wen's chest and gives you a "you know" look.
nodded, Mo Wen said that I will do something, you can rest assured.
After coming on the court, Mo Wen gave his teammates a business as usual gesture.
Peyton, who was opposite him, swallowed his saliva, and looked at Mo Wen and felt that it was not good.
But Mo Wen was not in a hurry to avenge Billups, and played a block with Rashid on the side, and after pulling out a half-step gap, he made a Buddha worship.
Payton, who was nervous, subconsciously jumped up to pounce, but Mo Wen did not hesitate, and immediately pulled the ball and rushed inside.
O'Neal returned to defense, and Mo Wen, who rushed to the basket, did not shoot after the ball was combined, but gave the ball to Big Ben next to him.
Mo Wen, who was separated from the ball, was not idle, pretending to be unable to stop the car and crashed into O'Neal's body.
O'Neal was hit by the 100-kilogram Mo Wen and couldn't move for the first time, and Big Ben dunked sideways to complete the score.
Feeling calculated, O'Neill didn't have time to attack, and Mo Wen dodged back to defense.
On the offensive end, Payton originally wanted to return the color, but he was a little worried about Mo Wen's elbow, Mo Wen was very uncomfortable with the elbow in the last game, and he was not much better, as he got older, his recovery ability became worse, and he can still feel the faint pain in those places.
The ball was still passed to Kobe by Payton, and Kobe, who was playing alone on the weak side, glanced at Mo Wen, and wanted to pinch the softness and hardness of this persimmon, so he played a block with Payton to clean up.
Mo Wen naturally switched defenses, relying on experience and skill, he entangled Kobe Bryant for a second, and Prince's defense followed.
Under the wrap-up between the two, Kobe wanted to hoist the ball to Payton, who cut inside, but Mo Wen found the right time to stab the ball directly into the sky. Before the ball could fully settle, Prince jumped up and tried to get the ball to the Lakers' halfcourt, but his palm was deflected.
The basketball flew diagonally towards the audience.
Mo Wen started to run forward when Billups jumped, trying to save the ball before it went out of bounds, but a fierce figure behind him also squeezed over.
Both of them lost their balance under the impact, and the afterglow of Mo Wen's eyes swept to a familiar figure, and he hurriedly grabbed the back of a chair before completely losing his balance, maintaining his balance, and did not completely fall on the body of the figure.
"Whew, do you mind if I try your popcorn?"
The girl was a little blind, and nodded subconsciously.
Click-
The crispy texture has a sweet and greasy taste, and the needle does not poke.
"Boy, you broke our agreement."
Schwarzenegger next to him complained with some dissatisfaction.
"Huh? Don't you realize, Mr. Governor, that I am protecting Miss Catherine, you owe me more now, 10 signatures, not a single one is missing. ”
Mo Wen pointed to Kobe Bryant, who fell next to him, and the female fan under him was not so lucky.
Luckily, it's just Kobe Bryant·····