Chapter 1078: Problems exposed
The Timberwolves' starting lineups are: Payton, Hamilton, James, Percy and O'Neal.
After Mo Mengchen came back, the Pistons' starting lineup remained the same.
Jumping the ball at the beginning, O'Neal relied on his experience to win the team the opening ball of the last game of the season.
Payton didn't know the depth of Mo Mengchen. He was already 38 years old and was no longer Mo Mengchen's opponent. In his opinion, if Mo Mengchen had the intention, he could easily blow up his defense.
Mo Mengchen in a healthy state is indeed the case, but not now.
In order to successfully attack, Payton still called O'Neal's pick-and-roll, and he successfully rushed into the basket. Gerald remembered Mo Mengchen's instructions and hid outside the paint area. When the Timberwolves' outside line approached the penalty area, he flew out immediately and gave the glove a big hat.
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Anthony knew that Mo Mengchen would not get too many points tonight. He could inspire his teammates by standing on the court. This is his value.
Therefore, he must bear more than before.
Anthony ran over to catch the ball, and then rushed to the Timberwolves' defense.
James didn't expect him to play like this, and he was extremely surprised. He didn't keep up with him. Anthony ran into the basket and made a throw-in shot.
2 to 0
This time James dribbled through half the game himself, and he saw that the person waiting for him was Anthony.
He was a little puzzled, why was it not Mo Mengchen? He thought so not because he was arrogant, but because of the battle of Tianwang Mountain, where he was repaired miserably.
That game was enough to make people feel shadowed.
Mo Mengchen, who faced him, not only limited his personal score to 15 points, but also scored 53 points, plus a three-pointer that killed the game.
With Mo Mengchen's nature, he should continue to ask the coach for the matchup. Why don't he come to the matchup tonight?
Could it be because of Payton?
James also knows the grudge between Mo Mengchen and Payton, but is he a person who focuses on grudges and does not know the general situation?
James believes that there are other reasons, and he doesn't think much about it now. Although Anthony's defense is good, it is difficult to block his breakthrough.
James dribbled the ball and attacked the basket, and tried to end it with a dunk, but was fouled by the opponent.
James made one free throw, lost two free throws, and the rebound was bounced very high. Curry and O'Neal at the basket both wanted this rebound.
The two of them tried to force each other, but they couldn't jump up and failed to grab the rebound.
Instead, Mo Mengchen, who was on the outside, sneaked in in a walk and put away the defensive rebound. The ball was entirely determined by prediction. It had no speed, no bounce, but just predicted the position in advance and waited for James to take action to set off directly.
Mo Mengchen did not push and counterattack, which made his opponent even more strange.
If he grabs a defensive rebound, he usually launches a fast break at his own speed, but it turns out tonight.
"What's wrong." Timberwolves' head coach Casey whispered.
After falling into the positional battle, Ginobili made a layup in Europe and was interfered by O'Neal. As soon as the Timberwolves' counterattack arrived in the frontcourt, Anthony took a shot and hit James' ball to the ground.
The referee determined that it was the Timberwolves' ball rights.
Mo Mengchen felt a tingling soles of his feet and he was not focused enough when he served on the bottom line.
Hamilton's observation was meticulous. He found that Mo Mengchen was not focused enough and passed the ball to O'Neal nearby.
He made a move to the left, but in fact he was right. O'Neal's body was natural cover. Ginobili was removed on the spot. Mo Mengchen should have followed up and replaced the defense, but every time he moved, the pain from his right foot made him want to scream. He failed to block the gap and let the Maskman catch the ball at the bottom corner.
5 to 2
Hamilton saw the problem, and James also found clues.
"It looks like dor.mo is not in his best condition?" Casey asked with a smile.
Not only is it not in the best condition, it is simply sleepwalking!
On the right side, Anthony stuck James with his back, his body was as stable as a mountain, and the Chosen Son could not do anything to him.
At this time, the only thing Mo Mengchen could do was throw the ball out.
The moment Anthony got the ball, he noticed that James was pressing his lumbar spine sideways. This was undoubtedly a stupid defensive move. No master on his back would let go of this flaw. So, he was like a gray rabbit, and his whole body was removed from his hands, turned around and activated. James' center of gravity was shaken, and he could only rely on his body to risk his thrust.
He was lucky that the referee did not blow the whistle, but that was all he could do. This action could not stop Anthony from pouring into the penalty area like a stream. O'Neal ran over and wanted to block it.
Anthony grabbed the ball and raised it high, pressing the shark's arm like a god, and dunked it angrily.
4 to 5
"Cameron Anthony is showing off his power tonight!"
On the Lakers' side, James deliberately passed the ball to Payton and asked him to attack Mo Mengchen.
They have to see what went wrong with Mo Mengchen.
"It seems that your physical condition is not very good!" Payton smiled sinisterly, "Let me love you, a bastard!"
Mo Mengchen knew it was irresistible. He only hoped that Gerald behind him had prepared all the battle, otherwise he would really have to find a way to stop Payton.
This is a trap, a simple trap.
Payton couldn't see that it was not because of his intelligence problems, but because he simply trusted James' judgment and chose to dribble and break through, and he easily passed the defense of the outside line.
"Dor.mo was so simple that it was broken through?"
"This is the dor.mo who was selected as the first defensive lineup of the year!"
"It's useless to be selected as the No. 1 defensive lineup in history!" Payton roared, "I want to kill you bastards!"
Gloves' ambitions surged into the sky and earth and hit the basket. He saw Curry being blocked by O'Neal, and no one could stop him in the Pistons' penalty area.
When he made a layup, Jedra, who was not like an inside player, flew out of the basket compared to the big and small sharks. He was not big and had an extremely amazing speed. He shot the ball before the rebound.
In less than three minutes, Gerald had sent out two big hats.
Mo Mengchen still stood at the position of the basketball bounced out, took the ball away, and passed Ginobili to counterattack.
6 to 5
After this goal, James was not sure what was wrong with Mo Mengchen.
He seemed to be inconvenient to move, but his defense just now was obviously a trap. Can you make a count by tempting Payton to put it in?
Mo Mengchen dribbled with the left hand and raised his right hand.
It seemed like the one who handed over and cooperated with Anthony just now? Payton had some judgment in his heart and saw Anthony running towards him.
He and James' eyes met, and through their eyes, they determined the combat plan and waited for Anthony to catch the ball.
Anthony started and ran past Mo Mengchen. He should have received the ball from Mo Mengchen's position.
Chapter completed!