Chapter 388: Witnessing History
The first game inside the Auburn Hills Palace, where the first playoff game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons was played, was followed by a three-day break. In order to maintain their form, the Philadelphia generals did not return to Philadelphia immediately, and after discussing with the team's management, they decided to stay in Detroit.
In the playoffs, there is generally at least one day between games, which is a bit more relaxed than the back-to-back that occurs from time to time in the regular season.
After the first away game, whether to return to the home city or stay in the away city is a different choice for different teams.
This time, the Philadelphia 76ers decided to stay in Detroit, and the most important reason was to maintain their daily training and maintain their condition during these two days.
The away training ground naturally cannot be compared with the time and place at home, but the tossing and turning will undoubtedly have some impact on the team's state. After discussing with his teammates, Chen Mu negotiated with Cheeks and others, and simply stayed in Detroit.
There are several advantages to staying in Detroit, the first of which is to maintain the training time and intensity mentioned earlier, and not be disrupted by the traffic of flying around.
The second is that the players can better focus on the game.
Back in Philadelphia, some veteran players who have been in Philadelphia for many years, such as Willie Green, Iguodala and others, are bound to go home after training, and they may even participate in a party or something. Staying in Detroit, even if you have friends, you'll always have less social to do.
Of course, after the away game, it is not uncommon for the team to ask their teammates with better relationships to go to a nightclub or something...... (Definitely not black!!) )
Back to business, the result of the first game was explosive for the whole league.
To be exact. WINNING THE FIRST GAME OF THE UNDERDOG SERIES IS NOT A VERY UNUSUAL THING IN THE LONG HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE.
But Philadelphia and Detroit are not a relatively balanced set of strength such as fourth and fifth in the East, they are second vs. seventh, and the top five teams in the league play against teams on the fringes of the playoffs.
And in the playoffs last season, the second-place strong team also neatly eliminated the seventh-place weak team 4-1. At the time, it was thought by countless people that it would be a sweeping matchup. After being won by the 76ers, the Pistons players hated from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.
This hatred is not only because the 76ers won one game, but also because this victory was a real face-slap victory after Chen Mu made a shout of victory, and he came back with a big mouth in front of him. The Pistons' indignation and dissatisfaction did not show much after the game, but everyone knew how aggrieved they were.
This feeling is like a top student, who has been the first and second top student in the class for several years in a row, and the result is before an important exam. Among the students in the class who are eligible to take this exam, the one with the worst score said in front of the whole school: In this exam, Lao Tzu has at least one exam that is better than Liu Ergou, who ranked first!
As a result, the top students in the total score were properly suppressed, and the mathematics they were best at was really surpassed by the scum who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it.
Then the whole school was shocked, and it was normal for the total score of the top students to exceed the scumbags. The math score of the scumbag is higher than that of the top student. It's big news.
Throughout the year, the whole school has been through ups and downs for this exam. Everyone will point their fingers at the top students when they see them:
You see, he couldn't pass the math test last year! Tsk, what a shame ......!
It's no wonder that the top students aren't annoyed.
So this year's matchup, historically, the 76ers are the Avengers, a weak team that wants to challenge the strong.
But mentally. It is the Pistons who really want revenge.
They want to continue to win, and when the comparison of the strength of the two sides is not much different from last year, they are holding back their strength to play a round of sweep and let the big guy take a look. Who is the top student in the end?
Believe it or not, in terms of strength, it is not too much to sweep a round of games, and there are actually many expert fans who believe that the 76ers can resist to the sixth game, which is further than last year, and this is not because of the undeserved loss last year?
Swept!
Before the start of the series, the Pistons players didn't say it on the surface, and the media didn't say it, but they were all holding back the fire in their hearts to prove themselves, proving that the Pistons are still the Pistons, the 76ers are still the 76ers, and a year has passed, the sweep that should come will still come!
However, the first game of the playoffs, at home, lost.
Losing ......?!!
Long after the game, the Pistons players couldn't accept this fact.
Why?!!
Why lose?!
Judging from the court, the two teams played very well, and the Pistons controlled their rhythm very well, and did not let the 76ers play their best defensive counterattack.
In terms of scoring, the 76ers scored 96 points, and the Pistons' defense can't be said to be very good, but it's definitely not bad.
But why??
Why did you lose?!
And they were defeated by the 76ers in a way they weren't good at, what the hell was the problem?!
"Chinese Kid, HOHOHO~!!"
The next day's sports commentary program, the TV station invited a large number of retired players and famous ball critics to comment on the first game of the first round of the playoffs, which has been fully concluded.
The show will continue until the end of the playoffs, with a larger brainstorming session at the end of each round, a tradition that is maintained every year on the catwalk.
"The Detroit Pistons lost to the Chinese kid alone!"
Barkley, as the commentator who commented on the game, naturally also came to the scene. After talking about other games, when it came to the game commentary time between the Pistons and the 76ers, Barkley immediately blossomed.
"11 of 11 shots, 100% shooting, 22 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal, continuous scoring at critical moments, sending key blocks, making key covers, and installing a key fork, the Chinese kid is really ......"
"11-of-11 shooting, 100 percent shooting and 22 points, that's a rare performance." The moderator interrupted Barkley's endless thoughts.
"Yes, but it's been a lot this season." Bill Simmons, a well-known NBA expert, opened his mouth and began to show off his historical knowledge: "If you take 10 shots per game as the lower limit, Mason has done it once this season, I'll have done it once, and Tyson Chandler has done it once shortly before the playoffs started." Boone, the big man from the Nets, did it once last season. Historically, Charles Smith, Rodman, and Malone's substitute Karl have all done it, and of course Malone himself has done it. ”
"I've done it, I've done it!" Barkley pointed at himself and shouted that he had scored 31 points on 10-of-10 shooting against the Spurs in 1989, when he was still with the 76ers.
"Hehe, what's the big deal, I've done it too." Chris Mullin laughed on the side, in 1990 he also did a crazy thing of scoring 28 points on 11-of-11 shooting, and the whole team scored 137 points.
"Hehe, Wenbeck has made all 13 shots." Simmons smiled.
"Brother, 14 shots, did I speak?" Peyton looked at him with a sneering face, he did such a horrific deed in 1995, and scored 32 points in the game.
"But this time it's different, the Chinese kid did it in the playoffs." The host wiped his sweat and bluntly ended the big competition of retired players: "You all did it in the regular season, right?" ”
"Uh......"
Everyone was silent.
That's right, Chen Mu did it in the playoffs in a single game, hit all 11 shots, and didn't make a single free throw in the 22 points in the whole game, which is really weird.
"Bill, how many times have you shot 100 percent from the field in the playoffs and made more than 10 shots?" The presenter, who was quite pleased with the effect of shutting everyone up, turned back to Simmons.
"2 times, not counting the Chinese kid this time, there are only 2 times in total." Simmons said: "It's a pity for Wilt, if you count the regular season, he did it 4 times alone." Three times in the regular season came in the same season, what a monster. ”
"Which Wirt?" The host maliciously sells cuteness.
"Which Wirt are you talking about?" Simmons gave the host a blank look and continued: "It's a pity, that one in the playoffs doesn't count because he only has 9 shots. ”
"Officially, in a single game in the playoffs, there are only two times when I hit 100 percent of my shots more than 10 times. One was Scott Vindman, who played off the bench with the Celtics in the 1985 playoffs. ”
"The Celtics who went to TMD." Barkley was mindless.
"Vindman averaged only 6.4 points per game in the regular season that season, and he broke out in the playoffs, shooting all 11 of 11, which was an extremely small probability event." Simmons naturally didn't pay attention to Barkley's mess, and Gu Zi said: "The other time was Larry McRael, who played for the Kings, in 1975, when it was still called the Kansas Kings, McClair shot all 12 shots in a single game. ”
"Larry's words, it's not even a shooting star, is it?" The host was also well-informed, recalling: "Only played 7 seasons in the NBA? ”
"Six seasons." Simmons laughed: "There's only one season where you average points in double figures per game, so that's a small probability." ”
"That means ......?" The moderator continued the introduction.
"That is, ladies and gentlemen." Simmons looked at the location of the camera and said with a mysterious smile: "The Chinese kid is the first player to score more than 10 shots in the playoffs as the team's absolute scoring core. ”
"We are witnessing the ...... of history!"
In Detroit, in the homes of countless fans, fans who were watching the T show angrily turned off the TV, eager to rush directly to the hotel where the away team was staying, and devoured the Chinese boy alive.
"Sneeze ......!"
In the equipment room, Chen Mu and Iguodala, who had not watched the show, were practicing to maintain their sense of strength, and suddenly a sneeze made him a little confused.
"Is it cold? Add weights! Iguodala roared.
"you, I'm not...... You wait...... Yes...... Yes...... ...... (To be continued.) )
PS: Actually, I've always been curious, people who say bad things will sneeze, is it true?