The NCAA has come to the final madness, and the NBA's strangulation battle has also entered a white-hot stage.

On March 31, 2007, April Fool's Day, many people around the world were preparing to give their friends and family some "surprises" and celebrate this whole day of fun, but the Philadelphia 76ers sat at home to face Indiana, a key opponent in the card strangulation battle.

Prior to the start of this game, both teams had the same record at 34-38 with 10 games remaining.

The Orlando Magic, on top of them, are now 35-37, with only one win difference from the two opponents.

"Whoever wins this game is qualified to make the final push for the playoffs!"

Cheeks said before the game.

Both teams are theoretically familiar with each other, but on closer inspection, it is the Indiana that has the upper hand.

Indiana has undergone a major change this season, and the 76ers have also undergone a blood change, but at the beginning of the season. The last time the two teams met, Indiana had not been traded, and the lineup was inconsistent.

Now against the match, Indiana has studied Philadelphia's lineup very thoroughly, and has played a game, and what tactics are clear. But Philadelphia is not so familiar with Indiana, the video is the video, and when you get on the court, everything will be different.

Sure enough, the starting lineup of the Pacers announced before the opening was completely different from the previous game, and generally speaking, the second meeting between the two teams, one of the teams has a large change in lineup, and there will be a certain psychological advantage. But against Philadelphia, the Pacers couldn't laugh.

"Hi, Troy!"

As soon as he warmed up, Chen Mu stepped forward with a smile and said hello to a player in the opposing team, the latter's face changed when he heard the sound, and he was unwilling to do so, and it was best for Chen Mu behind him to roll as far away as possible.

But even if it is a warm-up, there are cameras on the sidelines to record it all the time. At this time, it's better to endure it!

The player reluctantly turned his head and thought he had put on a smiling face, but in the eyes of others, this smile was too reluctant, and it was really ugly worse than crying.

I saw that his eyebrows were furrowed, the corners of his mouth wanted to rise, but the deep resistance in his heart made his facial muscles unwilling to obey the command of his brain, and as a result, the corners of his mouth twitched like this, looking like a precursor to an addiction. It's funny.

"Long time no see, Troy!"

The other 76ers players nearby had already laughed and fell down, especially Iguodala, who stretched out his hand and pointed at the other party without any scruples and laughed, without any embarrassment at all.

"Hmm."

The corners of the man's mouth continued to twitch, and he glanced at Chen Mu angrily, and then wanted to turn around and continue to warm up.

As a result, Chen Mu was unyielding, and took two steps forward to the other party's side. Tsai carefully stared at the other party's three-point shot, and said: "Your three points are really accurate, I really want to train with you for a period of time and study hard!" ”

“…… There will be a chance. ”

The player's face grew more and more ugly. At the moment of the shot, Chen Mu's words made his rhythm chaotic, and he actually threw a three-non-stick.

That's all there is to it?? This Chinese boy, let's make trouble!

Ignore him and keep warming up!

This side has just made up its mind to eliminate interference. Chen Mu was not finished over there, so he actually asked Iguodala for a ball, and turned around with a three-point shot.

Chen Mu's three-point shooting ability is not about equal to zero. It's completely zero, this three-pointer is quite unreliable, but it was smashed on the basket, but it was still far from the goal.

"Tut-tut, my hands are so stiff, if only I had your soft touch!"

Depend on! Didn't you see that Lao Tzu just cast a three-no-stick?? Roll it!

Thinking so in his heart, this player did not lose his demeanor, and the corners of his mouth twitched again: "Practice hard, there will be improvement." ”

"Okay, thanks for the guidance!"

Chen Mu is a shameless man, watching the other party shoot another three-pointer, this time it was smashed into the frame, and he shook his head and sighed: "A shooter is a shooter, he is born, and he is more chic than a reckless man like me." ”

Get out!!

The player was about to explode, and when he turned around, he just wanted to have a seizure, but he was met by Chen Mu's smiling face.

"For a while, the game will be merciful, shoot a little less three-point, let's be an inside player, or a basket to decide the winner! See you later! ”

After saying this, Chen Mu finished his taunting, turned around and ran away, leaving the player in tears and didn't know what to say.

you Chinese boy, who wants to fight you under the basket!!

Troy Murphy, going around in circles, finally escaped the Golden State, which made him lose face, and came to Indiana to make a comeback, but in this crucial game, he ran into Chen Mu again.

Soon after, the game began, and the style of the Pacers inside and outside after the change of blood was a little disjointed, starting from the No. 1 Tinsley to the No. 5 O'Neal Jr., the iron-blooded defensive tough guy style that he inherited all the way, suddenly softened in the forward position, and became the seven inches that the 76ers chased and beat fiercely.

McDonleavy and Troy Murphy, two choking forward players who were bullied by Chen Mu with pure strength in Golden State, were arbitrarily pinched in Chen Mu's hands, and they were forced to eat again and again.

More than two hours later, the game ended, the tearful Dunleavy and Murphy came to shake hands with the 76ers with a bitter face, and Chen Mu, who had just bullied the two of them on the court, trotted forward all the way and smiled easily: "Thank you two, really keep your promise, did not fly kites infinitely on the outside, this fight is very cool, in the words of us Chinese, promised!" ”

Fuck your sister, do you want to be embarrassed, don't we want to shoot three points, it's clear that you're being chased all over the ground by your weird uncle, looking for teeth, and there aren't many opportunities to shoot, okay, and you're so happy, our faces are all lost, you're so fast, rolling, rolling, ah!!

A large number of complaints without punctuation could only shout in their hearts, the corners of their mouths twitched at the same time, and one of them gave Chen Mu a blank look, turned around and left.

"Victory and defeat are common, don't take it to heart!"

Let your grandma go!

"I'll come back often!"

Come on you paralysis!!

"Remember to teach me three-point shots!"

Teach you uncle!!

In the first game of the card strangulation game, the 76ers won and rose to ninth in the East, and Indiana became the white bone at their feet.

Next.

"Chen !!"

A loud shout passed through the passage of the 76ers team's central training venue, Chen Mu, who had just finished the equipment practice, gasped and wiped his sweat with a towel, heard this fatal scream, stood up with a slight smile, and responded loudly while walking towards the tactics room: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

In the tactical room, the TV was showing the NCAA semifinals against Ohio against Georgetown.

The game has just begun, and it was a slow-paced meat grinder-style battle, which is not uncommon in the NCAA, and the talent of the college team is also explosive, but it can't compare to the more compact NBA. Tactical confrontation has always been the focus of NCAA competitions.

And the main reason for the slow pace of this game is not because of tactical considerations.

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle blew and just three minutes into the opening period, Greg Oden committed his second personal foul.

"Oh, it's so tender!"

The only ones who can make a newcomer in the professional circle like Carney tender are the college players.

After the foul, Oden looked very frustrated, shook his head and sighed, and sat back on the bench indignantly.

Ohio put on a small lineup, and his patience and breakthrough on the offensive end kept Georgetown helpless, but on the defensive end, Ohio faced even more problems.

Roy Hibbert, who is 7'2" tall and has a precocious one-handed shot, is too obvious for his height suppression, although he moves slowly.

Ohio University is like an assassin with a dagger, and Georgetown is in the tradition of a center, like a bloodthirsty swordsman with a heavy sword like Hibbert, who is slow to attack but solid with each sword.

In order to maximize Hibbert's power, Georgetown did not replace him when he also received his second foul. Ohio was much more conservative, and throughout the first half, Oden didn't get a chance to play.

"Georgetown's overall tactics are very disjointed."

Iguodala shook her head, expressing an indisputable hatred for the alma mater of Iverson, the team's former boss.

Without Oden, Ohio's small lineup was still leading at halftime, although the advantage was not much, but this was not good news for Georgetown.

At the start of the second half, two inside monsters came on at the same time, and this time, bad luck befell Georgetown.

"Beep!"

Hibbert was fouled three times and the second half was just four minutes into the game.

Next, the game entered Greg Oden's performance moment.

Crushing hook shots, solid rebounding scrambles, continuous covers to create killing opportunities for teammates, and wild dunks after follow-up. Ohio played a small climax, and the score difference was instantly stretched to 8 points. In such an extremely slow-paced race, this small climax set off a chain reaction.

Georgetown had no choice but to replace Hibbert, taking advantage of Oden's rest, Hei Yao Ming scored five points in a row, and his teammate Jonathan Wallace hit a three-pointer, and the eight-point gap was instantly erased.

At the critical moment when Georgetown was united and ready to take advantage of the situation, the referee whistled again.

Just 20 seconds after the 8-0 Xiao Gao-Chao ended, Hibbert went off the court for his fourth personal foul.

As he walked to the bench, Oden was replaced at the right time.

After this, Georgetown had no chance.

In 20 minutes of playing time, Oden scored 13 points and nine rebounds, and all of his 13 points came in the crucial second half. (To be continued......)