From the narrow victory in the first, to the rout in the second, to the slaughter in the third.

The Philadelphia 76ers have contributed so much in this series.

The 76ers and the Pistons, this group is definitely not a hot confrontation in terms of star quality and team ornamentation, and after a small fire because of Chen Mu's wild words last year, it has once again become a hot topic in a short period of time.

The Detroit Pistons, a veteran powerhouse that has always shown itself as a calm and spicy player, seem to have been taken to the ditch by the young 76ers this time. For some reason, the performance on both the offensive and defensive ends fluctuated wildly.

If it is said that in the first game, in addition to Chen Mu's 100% hit explosion, the two teams can be regarded as playing at a corresponding level, whether it is the individual players or the team as a whole.

Then from the second game, the two sides were on one side and each fell into a terrible abyss.

The 76ers rout in the second game, although the score is exaggerated, but from the perspective of the team's hard power, it is not strange for the Pistons to win at home. At most, it can only be said that the 76ers' performance is a little too poor, and the Pistons' feel is better.

But in the third game, fans all over the world couldn't understand it.

If you look closely at the video of the game, you can indeed find that the Pistons are passive on the court because of a tactical mistake in the opening game. Especially after Korver's hand exploded, he hit consecutive three-pointers, which suddenly brought the momentum of the 76ers up.

Especially in the second half, Korver's hand slipped slightly, and he missed three consecutive three-pointers in one round. In that damn round, the big yellow-skinned man under the Pistons basket was tumbling up and down like a catfish, and actually picked up the frontcourt rebounds in the Pistons restricted area three times in a row.

Hit the iron again and again, watched the core of the team get frontcourt rebounds again and again, and received Chen Mu's passes again and again. The fourth time, Korver finally got up and down and hit a three-point shot.

It was this three-point shot that completely extinguished the flames of the Pistons' comeback, and then with Iguodala's fast-break breakaway, Lowry's three-point shot was the icing on the cake. In addition, Chen Mu himself got the frontcourt rebound again under the basket, and scored a violent dunk. The Pistons were completely destroyed in Wachovia, there was no longer fighting spirit, and the rest of the game became garbage time.

This series of processes is the accumulation of small "potentials", and finally forms a large "winning momentum", which is quite typical, and is the type of game that will be used as a classic case in the process of learning all basketball theories.

But the Detroit Pistons have never been a team that will give up easily. No matter how much the score is down, Pistons players rarely really give up on the game.

So why, in this game, the Pistons chose to give up, and before the third quarter was played, it was obvious that they would not continue to fight for victory?

"The internal reason is actually very simple, Chinese kid."

Runway's playoff commentary show has a new installment, this time. The much-watched game between the Pistons and the 76ers was full of drama. Given that none of the other matchups seem to be going to be upset. The TV station simply put a lot of space on this group of duels.

Pistons legend Isaiah Thomas was invited to the scene, when the host asked about the third game between the two sides, the Pistons began to strategically give up after the score was stretched to 20 points in the third quarter, Thomas helplessly smiled bitterly: "Everyone has seen it, Kyle is great, I mean." WOW, he's unstoppable in this game. 7 three-pointers in a single game, there have been twenty or thirty times in NBA history, right? ”

Thomas tilted his head in the direction of Simmons, who was not far away, and Simmons, an NBA expert and super statist, nodded: "It's only happened 34 times since 1985." ”

"I contributed twice." Kenny Smith smirked at himself in the Rockets' 140-126 win over the Jazz in '95. Today's commentators hit 7 three-point shots on the court 8 times, slashing 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

The other time was the Rockets vs. Magic in the Finals of the same year, and I have to say that Smith was indeed a very trustworthy god shooter when he was a player.

"yes, you had a very high shooting percentage against the Jazz, very high, like you just conceded a goal or two." Thomas picked up the conversation and said: "If you can score more than 7 three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs, it must feel very good, and generally speaking, the shooting percentage will be ridiculously high." Most of them are 7 out of 10 and 7 out of 11. ”

"My brother has done 8 out of 14." Peyton chewed gum and said with a stinky face.

"Then you have a relatively low hit rate." Thomas said with a smile: "Kyle's shooting percentage is also in this range, 7 of 11, just watching the game, you will feel shocked, as if he has not conceded a single goal." But if you look closely at the data, the playoff shooter who can make 7 three-pointers in a single game is not worse than him in terms of shooting percentage. ”

"You mean, his hit rate isn't rebellious?" The moderator asked,

"Absolutely not." Thomas shook his head: "The reason why we think he is accurate is because we watched the live broadcast of the game, and the impact on the screen must be very strong, and the game we just watched will always leave the deepest impression." The second is because the whole team of the 76ers is designing tactics and arranging routes for him, whether it is Lowry or Iguodala, including the Chinese boy, as soon as he gets the ball, he is waiting for Kyle to run, and everyone knows that the 76ers want to pass the ball to him, but there is no way to stop Kyle from scoring. ”

"This kind of face-to-face bayonet-like scene adds to our perception and makes Kyle's scoring even more amazing. I want to remind you that Kyle was indeed the biggest contributor to the 76ers' victory in this game, but it was not the root cause, let alone the root cause of the Pistons players' desire to abandon the game. ”

Saying that, Thomas changed to a more serious expression, and said: "The reason for the despair of the Pistons players is the rebounding of the Chinese kid." ”

Chen Mu's frontcourt rebounds, the contribution of 14 frontcourt rebounds in a single game, may not be a miracle in the early antiquity of the NBA, in the ancient era of Chamberlain and Russell.

But in the modern NBA, it is enough to go down in history and be on a par with legends.

"Bill, show off the data." Thomas looked at Simmons.

"Uh-huh~" Simmons coughed cooperatively, stared at the camera and said: "Since 1985, in the NBA playoffs, there have been 14 games in which a player grabbed more than 23 rebounds in a single game, with a total of 7 players. ”

"Uh-huh~ Lao Tzu is one of them~" Barkley listened to the three-point shot for a long time, and he had long been holding back the fire and wanted to sigh, and now when it came to rebounding, he finally raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, only two of the seven players who have done the feat, including Charles, have done it three times, one is Sir Charles and the other is Tim Duncan. Three other people have done it twice: Shaq, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Ben Wallace. Simmons continued: "It's Charles Oakley and Larry Smith who have done it once. ”

"Now the Chinese kid is the eighth person." The moderator said.

"The eighth, the fifteenth, yes." Simmons nodded: "Among them, Hakim had the highest number of rebounds ever, 26, and he also scored 49 points in that game, by the way." ”

"I'm only five points less than him, and he played overtime!" Barkley expressed displeasure.

"yes, you're still the only one on this list who has made a three-pointer." Simmons gave Barkley a friendly look: "But you don't have as many rebounds in the front court as the Chinese kids." ”

“DAMN！” Barkley was stunned for a moment, scolded dissatisfiedly, and was silenced: "Who is more than him?" Sark?? ”

"The answer is, no."

Simmons said mysteriously: "From 1985 to the present, there has not been anyone who has grabbed more frontcourt rebounds in a single playoff game than the Chinese kids. The only one who also had 14 frontcourt rebounds was Shaq in '95, but his total rebounds were one less than the Chinese kid. ”

"It's incredible." The moderator nodded.

"It's really incredible." Thomas smiled bitterly: "One person, grabbed 14 frontcourt rebounds in the restricted area, and the Chinese kid played 33 minutes in this game, 7 minutes less than Shak's game." ”

"If I were a Chinese kid, I would say in an interview: I'm not targeting anyone, but when it comes to grabbing frontcourt rebounds, everyone here is garbage."

Thomas's words made everyone stunned, and it took a while for the host to come back to his senses and speak: "It seems that Moses Malone has helped the Chinese kid a lot in his teaching assistant career in Philadelphia. The king of rebounding in the front court has cultivated a good player, and it is not surprising how many you grab. ”

"Come on, the Pistons players are surprised here!" Thomas said: "Just imagine, your team has been chasing from the beginning, and in the third quarter, you are 15 points behind, and the score gap is a little bigger, and you can directly admit defeat." As a result, the guy who feels the best today starts to strike iron, and you will definitely be very excited and feel that the opportunity has come. ”

"Then, you see the basketball fly in again and again, smash on the basket, bounce up, and be grabbed by the opponent's inside." Chen Mu's rebounding performance in that round appeared on the TV screen, and the people watching it were enthusiastic: "This picture appeared three times, and the fourth time, the opponent scored three points." ”

"And then you tell yourself: Okay, 18 points, it's not a big difference, there's hope, just hold on to that pitcher! In the next round, I changed my iron to a different person, the basketball smashed on the basket, flew up, and the opponent grabbed the rebound inside and dunked it, BAM! ”

Thomas exaggerated an onomatopoeia, stared at the big eyes and continued: "It's 20 minutes, and you're still a fart?" (To be continued.) )

PS: Spurs have quietly refreshed the best start in team history