Chapter 490: Yao Ming's Fate
The game was still played at the Pistons' home court, Auburn Hills Palace.
In the last game, Yao Ming broke out again, cutting down 45+15 data, but although the data is strong, it is always a little bit worse.
The opponent Clippers is a fish-belly team, and Yao Ming's data is not the top in history, although Pistons fans are happy, but they are not happy to the point of madness.
Richard is going to give them a hard blow tonight, so that these fans are completely restless.
The Pistons' home locker room, some time before the game begins.
"Guys, tonight's opponent is the Nets, the strongest team in the East last season!"
"But in my opinion, this team is not worth mentioning!" Richard said to the Pistons generals quite lightly.
He really didn't take the Nets very seriously, because they didn't have a center on the team.
Don't look at their dominance in the East in the past two years, it looks like they are very powerful, but Richard dares to say that if they stay in the West, they may not be able to do a team like the Timberwolves.
If their strength is thrown in the west, they will not even be able to make a splash.
Under normal circumstances, they were slaughtered twice in the finals, which is the best proof of this.
"We not only want to win this game, but also win beautifully, so that this league can take a good look at who is the king in the East!"
"Kidd's offense isn't strong, but the defense is tough, Steve, you try to make as few shots as possible tonight, let's hit their inside!"
"Clark, you kid give me a dead look at Kenyon Martin tonight! I want you to prevent him from being a parallel import! ”
Richard began assigning tasks to his generals.
Kidd's defense is strong, but the offensive ability is insufficient, which is a well-known thing, so Richard instructed Nash to organize the offense as much as possible in this game and reduce the number of shots he made.
Nash nodded, he is a player with a very high ball quotient, even if Richard doesn't say it, he will increase or reduce his shots according to the situation on the court.
At the moment, the Nets can't play inside, so they naturally have to play hard inside as Richard said.
As for Clark, if he comes to be in charge of Kenyon Martin, the effect will definitely be bad.
Both of these players rely on their bodies to eat, the difference is that Clark is more mature and more experienced in the game, and in the case of the young champion Martin, he will definitely be able to take advantage of a lot.
"Gerrard, the other party's Richard will be handed over to you, give me a good greeting to him, if this game is well guarded, I'll let you have a good time in a few days!" Richard said with a smile.
The generals also laughed, and the Richard that Richard was talking about was naturally Richard Jefferson, the starting small forward in the Nets.
This Jefferson was also invited by Purdue University at the beginning, but this product did not come to Purdue, which made Richard very unhappy.
Tonight was the perfect opportunity to get Gerrard to fix the uninteresting young player.
As for what Richard said, the generals naturally didn't want to be crooked, and knew what Richard meant.
Cool means to give unlimited firing rights in a single match.
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"Bell, Kidders will be handed over to you, with your defensive strength, it is not difficult to defend against him!"
Richard again assigned the work of Gerald and Ragabel.
These two are pretty much the strongest output point on the outside of the Nets.
Don't look at Kidd's average points per game is higher than these two, but Kidd's shooting percentage is too bad, it is simply outrageous, if Kidd shoots crazy tonight, it will be the scene that Richard can't ask for.
This season, Kidd is averaging 15.6 shots per game, and if you count five free throws, he is averaging nearly 18 shots per game, but he is only averaging 18.7 points per game.
In terms of the number of shots, Kidd is the first in the Nets, so the nickname of Kidd is not accurate.
Just like Nash's nickname, to be precise, it is called Na-Can't Prevent - Shi......
Kidd should be called Kidd-Attack-Virtue......
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"Coach, what about me?" Yao Ming asked.
Of the starting five, the other four have been assigned work, and they have not yet been named by Richard.
Richard waved his hand, "All you have to do tonight is to attack as much as you can, use your hook hand as much as possible, and create a little surprise for the fans of this league!" ”
"Of course, you can't leave behind the job of rebounding and interior defense."
"Roger! Coach, I'm going to try the hook tonight and see how it goes! Yao Ming is also looking forward to it.
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"Alright, guys, let's get on the field!"
"Fuck them hard for me, let them open their eyes and see, who the hell is the one who talks about the east!"
With a wave of Richard's hand, the crowd began to enter!
The reason why it is so strict is not without reason, mainly because the attitude of Nets head coach Byron Scott makes Richard unhappy.
This coach is still quite well-known in later generations.
Normally, Scott spent the last season of his career with the Lakers, which was the 96-97 season.
It happened to be Kobe Bryant's rookie season......
As a result, he didn't let Kobe Bryant run errands and asked Kobe to buy him donuts.
Thinking about Kobe's temperament, he doesn't remember this very clearly......
Later, at the end of Kobe's career, he went to the Lakers to coach, and it happened to fall into Kobe's hands.
The result can be imagined, Kobe's grudge temperament is not neat Scott's blame.
As a result, Scott was fired after two seasons with the Lakers......
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This guy is a big mouth, especially if he likes to comment on the current situation of the star or the team.
At the press conference in the afternoon, this product actually jumped out to comment on the piston......
It's nothing to just comment on the Pistons, after all, this product didn't say anything excessive, but he commented on Richard by the way.
Regardless of what he said about Richard, it made Richard quite unhappy anyway.
Good guys, Scott's career as a player is really okay, with an average of 20+ points per game at his peak.
But in his coaching career, he is really a new melon egg......
He just became the head coach of the Nets two years ago, and this is the third season of his coaching career, and he definitely belongs to the head coach at the level of Richard's younger brother.
Now this younger brother is unashamedly commenting on Richard, and it's no wonder that Richard is satisfied.
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Of course, this product is still a little measured, and he didn't dare to say anything overdone, otherwise, Richard wouldn't have said what he just said tonight.
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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the starters for both sides began to take the field.
The Nets can play a record second only to the Pistons in the East, and they must have two brushes.
The lineup is quite good, with Kidd and Kidders in the backfield.
Needless to say, Kidd, a Hall of Fame-level veteran point guard, is completely faulty except for the offense......
You say he's an offensive weakened version of a magician, and there's nothing wrong with that.
As for Kidders, that is, the player who replaced Kobe Bryant to join the Lakers, his strength is really good, although he is not as good as Kobe, but in recent years, he has been stable with a 15+ scoring performance.
At the moment, in the Nets, that is, there are not enough shots, otherwise, it will be easy to hand over a 20+ score.
It can also be seen from this that some players can rise, in fact, it is really luck......
It is no exaggeration to say that given sufficient shooting rights, there are really a lot of players in this league who can get an average of 20+ per game, and one hundred and eighty is not an exaggeration.
But if you can really play 20+ data, you are on the average points per game list every year, that is, there are less than 20 players.
If these players are unlucky and don't get enough opportunities to show themselves, someone can definitely replace them.
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Such a backcourt combination, looking at the league, can really be called a top existence, even the Pistons' backcourt combination may not be better than the Nets' backcourt two.
The two forwards are Jefferson and Kenyon Martin.
Jefferson didn't look at the fact that he was not selected as an All-Star in his career, but his strength was quite good, and he played a lot of 20+ seasons in his peak season.
As for Kenyon Martin, although he is not very conspicuous among the champions, he must not be said to be the champion of parallel goods, and he still has strength.
The combination of these two forwards is not bad, and ordinary teams really can't come up with such a lineup.
As for the center forward position, it is Mutombo.
Uncle Mu played less than two seasons on Lu Kai's side before, and then faced the problem of contract renewal, and Lu Kai had no choice but to let Uncle Mu go.
As a result, Uncle Mu joined the Nets halfway through last season and directly followed the Nets to the finals......
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Under normal circumstances, Uncle Mu is actually a lucky general.
When he joined the 76ers, he and Iverson reached the Finals together......
When he joined the Nets, he and Kidd reached the Finals together......
Anyway, in the team that has risen at this point in time in the East, Uncle Mu must be indispensable.
This is the real lucky old man......
Maybe the rocket also took a fancy to Uncle Mu's own blessings, and then recruited him to partner Yao Ming.
That's how the world goes.
Yao Ming didn't join the Rockets, and he didn't partner with Uncle Mu, a lucky old man, but he partnered with Zeon Clarke in the Pistons......
Maybe Yao Ming needs a lucky old man in his life.
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Judging from the Nets' five-man starting lineup, it is really quite tough, and all of them are characters who can handle it.
But compared to the pistons, it must be a little less interesting.
And their bench lineup is completely inferior to the Pistons, so Richard is quite confident that he can beat them!
After winning this game, Richard will also have to comment on Scott's old boy......