The basketball was thrown to the ground and rolled slowly. The referee whistled for the last time tonight, which was the final whistle.

Mo Mengchen stood up with a towel on his shoulder, walked to the sidelines, raised his hand, and killed Lauderdale excitedly clapped him with high-highlights during garbage time.

If he wasn't so excited, Mo Mengchen would be puzzled.

In six minutes of garbage time, Lauderdale scored 10 points and 5 rebounds.

We must recognize the wisdom of the ancients, with 360 professions and 10 professions, and Lauderdale is definitely a superstar in the field of garbage time.

111 to 84, only looking at the first half, no one can believe that the Pacers will eventually lose such a miserable defeat.

Compared with their average score, the Pistons' score can only be considered below average, but the audience who watched the game will not think it is an average game.

“This is the best game we have played this season.”

After the game, Pistons head coach Westfall said proudly in the face of the media.

Five players in the team scored in double digits, and were led by the Pacers in half by 16 points. Rashid was expelled, but reversed the score difference of 16 points in the third quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it was directly divided into garbage time, garbage dog bloody field, Barkley's debut season... Statistics cannot reflect the story of this game.

For the Pistons, this was a special game, and Houston established its starting position. No matter how unwilling Davis was, he could no longer shake the starting lineup of the CET king.

Teams that have won two consecutive championships will always have some mental problems. If these problems cannot be solved internally, they will be released externally.

Just like between countries, once there are too many conflicts within the national team, they will always find a reason to start a war and divert domestic conflicts.

This principle works as much as it is on the court, and a wonderful game can awaken the players' awareness.

Jerome Williams was in the bloody field, and he broke his head for this and got a rebound, but it aroused the bloodiness of the whole team.

"Jerome's blood has turned us all into pure men." Momonchen gave Williams the highest evaluation, "He is the best player tonight."

Although Williams only played 19 minutes and had a mediocre 4 points and 5 rebounds, this did not affect the media's focus on him.

Mo Mengchen took the lead in praising Williams, and the others naturally had to praise him. Suddenly, Williams became the focus.

This is also one of Mo Mengchen's strategies. Looking back on past history, the great Celtics in the 1960s were inseparable from the planning of the management and the struggle of the players. However, to maintain such competitiveness for a long time within ten years, we must not only have a good management, but also adjust the mentality of the players.

What is the Cardinal's approach? Abandoning his iron-fisted military command, speaking the same style, he invented the concept of the sixth person, praising and boasting about role players outside the starter. In the glorious history of the Celtics, there are many legends of small characters emerging from the rise. Looking through old newspapers, you can often see the Cardinal pushing these small characters into the spotlight, praising their performances, and praising their contributions in an extraordinary way.

He used this method to let the players understand that the glory they achieved is not only the glory of the team, nor is it only the glory of Bill Russell, but also their glory.

The contributions they made to the team were seen and kept in mind by others. For role players, the most lacking is a sense of belonging and honor, and the Cardinal satisfied them.

Let them always be in the spotlight, but what people call the hero behind the scenes.

If we can make a name for ourselves, who would like to stand behind the hero and make contributions that only we and our teammates know? Everyone hopes to become famous.

This is why Mo Mengchen praised Williams very much. He made great contributions tonight, but he needed to increase the influence of this merit so that the rest of the team would come to them as much as they worked hard like Williams, spotlight, value, cheer, and even the worthy "I was praised by my father".

Tonight, there was only one person unhappy.

Two days later, Ricky Davis's agent reiterated: "Ricky can start on any team."

It was also on that night that the Pistons played against the Bucks at home.

Since Westfal has been sure that starting will not be adjusted, they will give Alan Houston some privileges during the game.

Some people think this is a coincidence, but there are not so many coincidences in the world.

Davis's agent just put pressure on public opinion, and Houston immediately scored a career-high 45 points in the game that night.

Against the Bucks with Ray Allen, Cassel and Glen Robinson, the Pistons bloomed inside and outside. Rashid finally controlled his temper tonight and repeatedly sent amazing high-level support balls. The first beneficiary was the Centre-Ball King.

With a hot touch, he received strong support from his teammates and could start the attack after halftime.

The three-pointer in the backcourt before the end of the half is a microcosm of the entire game.

In this game tonight, Houston scored 45 points and 5 rebounds. Mo Mengchen and Hill played in the same triple-double for the third time in their career, and they almost created the first time in history that the three players in the same team scored a triple-double.

Rashid scored 16 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. With six minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Pistons had already led by 41 points.

For dignity, the Bucks replaced all the main players.

Rashid's triple-double dream was ruined, and the game entered garbage time.

In the end, the Pistons slaughtered the Bucks 143 to 108, and the terrifying smell of blood filled Auburn Mountain. They finally entered the rhythm of the game in the past two years.

Some people are still unhappy, of course that person is Ricky Davis.

He scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists tonight. As the sixth man, there is really nothing to choose from in this data. Unfortunately, he is determined to start, but Houston scored a 455 game.

"Our starting lineup has always been very fixed, and no matter what, it will not be affected by the outside world."

Someone put the question in front of Westfal and hoped that he would answer it positively, but he gave a positive answer.

Houston's performance gave him the confidence to say so.

Davis's agent has stopped, and it is indeed not a good time to seize the position, but Detroit has never been a solid piece of iron.

Dear Detroit Blue Flag finally saw the opportunity.

Such a good opportunity, they cannot miss it. An article titled "The open and secret struggle of the quasi-dynasty, and the superstar of the Pistons encountered internal exclusion?"

The reporter who wrote this article definitely watched the game, and also knew the competition between Davis and Houston, and also had some understanding of Davis's agent's speech.

There is no evidence in the entire article, and it is entirely speculation. In order to suppress the new star, the Pistons deliberately compressed his playing time and allowed him to play with the substitute, and greatly improved his competitor, that is, Houston, who just played the best game in his career.

People who don’t know about Pistons are easily confused. This article immediately caused a response in public opinion. Media related to Pistons immediately posted a message to fight back, and all walks of life began to jump out to perform.

The Pistons' game continued, and the next game proved that public opinion had no effect on them.

The team that challenged the Warriors away, and the team that was extremely brilliant twenty years later is now just a bully.

The Pistons are never ruthless against fish belly. In the fight tonight, they lost the sound of the Oracle Arena.

"This murderous aura in Detroit is like a group of murderers who have just been released, killing corpses in the Bay Area."

133 to 98

With a 35-point victory, Houston and Hill scored 74 points together, and Mo Mengchen scored another triple-double.

Before Thanksgiving begins, the Pistons have three games to play.

They blocked the public opinion from the outside world and refused to answer any questions related to the starting lineup. Houston continued to feel hot. In the next three games, they all had output of more than 30 points.

The Pistons welcome Thanksgiving with eight consecutive victories.

In these five games, Mo Mengchen scored a triple-double in four games, but the game with the most points was only 22 points, and the rest of the games were all floating around 16 points.

Mo Mengchen didn't care about the data. Some people needed to score, some people had to sacrifice. He reduced his moves, and Houston seized the opportunity.

No one noticed that Mo Mengchen's average score was quietly declining.

In the previous games against the Pacers, he averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists per game; in the last five games, he averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists per game.

His total score per game has fallen by 20. If Houston continues to perform like this, his offensive output will inevitably be further reduced.

Mo Mengchen has no reason to destroy the current match of ball rights. There is only so much time in a game and so much power to shoot. Everyone needs to sacrifice.

On November 22, the last practice before Thanksgiving Day.

Hill and Momonchen make a bet.

The content of the bet is that Mo Mengchen can be shaken down at will. If Hill wins, Mo Mengchen will hold a big Thanksgiving party at home and invite the whole team to participate; if Mo Mengchen wins, just like last year, he can choose someone from the team to be a coolie at home.

Momonchen chose Davis as his opponent.

Davis is the best outside defender in the team outside Hill. Choosing him is a reflection of Mo Mengchen's confidence in his own strength.

Then, something terrifying happened.

It only took about ten seconds. Mo Mengchen first made a strong thrust with his right hand and shook Davis away; he pulled back and waited for Davis to return to the position, changed to a strong thrust with his left hand, shook Davis to the ground, rushed into the penalty area and dunked.

The perfect combination of coordination, speed and explosive power.

Everyone remembered his feat of kneeling down on his opponent three times last season, but now his shaking skills seem to be upgraded. Not only can he kneel down on his opponent, but he can also shake his opponent away from two positions, and even shake people like a believer worshiping God...

The shock of the crowd lasted only half a minute, and Mo Mengchen chose the coolies for Thanksgiving.

"Because I shook Ricky twice, I'm going to pick two."

In the end, the "winners" were Houston and Miller.
Chapter completed!