Chapter 384: East Decker (1)

The top 3 league teams in Charles Barkley's mind should be the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and LeBron James's team, except for the Heat.

Ross Barkley's love for players who impact the interior is clear to everyone, and the team that the Big Mouth Jazz don't like the most is the team that uses jump shots as their main offensive tool. Correspondingly, Barkley also doesn't like players who use shooting as their main offensive tool.

Over the years, Barkley has come up with a thunder phrase or two from time to time, among which "the jump shooting team can't win the championship", which is regarded as a laughing stock by countless people (in the timeline where you and I are, after the Mavericks won the championship).

Therefore, the top 3 teams that Charles Barkley hates the most should be the Boston Celtics, the jump shooting team, and the Boston Celtics.

Yes? Are there only two?

What the? More than three??

Anyway, Barkley is a weirdo, an old-school player and commentator who only approves of strong offense under the basket most of the time.

However, when it comes to facing his favorite players, Barkley's principles are less clear.

Auburn Hills Palace, Detroit.

"Chen!"

Halfway through the first quarter, the two sides had little difference in scores, the Pistons' overall offensive efficiency was good, and the complex and changeable cover system made the 76ers' defensive advantage at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions on the outside line unable to show.

From the perspective of alignment, Lowry's tangled defense is a headache for many technical flow players, but it is not so annoying for a guy like Billups, who has a big ass and a bigger heart.

Iguodala's defensive strength happens to be against Prince, who is also a defensive talent. And in comparison, Prince's job is simpler, which is to defend and score on a fast drive and open threes. Iguodala has more responsibility to bear. Iguodala's defense didn't cause much trouble for Prince either.

It's not that the 76ers haven't thought about changing defenses, but if Korver goes to play against Prince, the gap in physical fitness is not small, and Prince's air cut will make Korver, who is not good at defending air cuts, very uncomfortable. So Cheeks finally decided to put Korver and Hamilton against each other. The duel between two off-the-ball shooters, if you take the time to watch it carefully, you can also see a lot of beauty.

As a result, the strong point of the 76ers has become only one.

Chen Mu.

"Whoosh!"

Lowry passes the ball into place, Chen Mu holds the ball with his back, and behind him is Rashid's defense. Not far away, McDyce was eyeing the tiger, ready to step forward to help make up for the defense.

Now when Chen Mu is holding the ball with his back and playing alone. Most teams in the league play a wrap-and-roll defense, with only a handful of teams that don't.

The San Antonio Spurs, with a defensive monster under the basket like Duncan, can completely defend Chen Mu without suffering, and can still force the offensive end, with an advantage in height and arm span, and it is not necessary to help defend or something.

Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett's defense doesn't need to be said much. Although there have always been some problems with the single defense of heavy weapons on the inside line. But Chen Mu is still a skillful and flexible interior singler in general, and Garnett is not too difficult to defend. It can also be defended to the end.

And then there's the piston.

The Pistons' Rashid's speed, bounce, and reaction have all slowed down, and they can't be compared to the single defense skills at their peak. But his consciousness is still there, his height and arm span are still there, and his experience in defending Chen Mu is still there. The Pistons offered a single defense, and McDyce waited for an opportunity. Guarding against Chen Mu's sudden signature crotch pass to assist Dylampoter to score, and with Prince's interference from time to time on the outside, it was quite difficult for Chen Mu to score alone.

Is it a feint to turn around? Is it a hook hand? Is it a jump to the exclusion zone? Or is it up and down steps, sigma steps, big dream steps or something??

Rashid kept fine-tuning his position, judging the offensive means that Chen Mu might use, no matter which means Chen Mu used. The Pistons have a full suite of defensive options to choose from.

Chinese boy, you must not know it, under our pre-game arrangement, you have become a turtle in the urn......!

Rashid is full of confidence, this Pistons team may be far from the super defensive team that swept the invincible opponents in the East, but in terms of technical and tactical purity, it is the most superb team after Rashid came to Motor City.

To prepare for this round of the series, the Pistons did quite a bit of targeted practice. Although the opponent was last year's defeated player, although the media still believes that the Pistons can easily advance within six games, anyone can see that the Chinese kid has evolved again.

The Philadelphia 76ers are the team of the Chinese kids, and if you beat the Chinese kids, you can beat the Philadelphia 76ers!

Everyone knows the fact that only the Pistons will stand on the side of the strong and still make so many targeted arrangements.

Almost every shot and offensive choice made by Chen Mu in the regular season was carefully analyzed and watched by the Pistons' video analysts. In the end, Chen Mu's low-post offensive signature mode was selected and analyzed, and today's defensive strategy was obtained.

Rashid is confident that he can suppress Chen's offensive firepower below the usual level in this series.

For the 76ers to defeat the Pistons, there is almost only one way to go when most of the team's positions are relatively backward: Chen Mu exploded.

And if Chen Mu can be suppressed below the average level and Chen Mu is not allowed to succeed, then the Pistons will basically be able to win.

Chen Mu, will you let the piston get your wish?

Carry the ball on your back!

The hearts of fans all over the world who are following this game have been raised, whether it is Pistons fans or 76ers fans, they are all looking forward to Chen Mu's offensive hit or miss.

Rashid's heart is undoubtedly the highest, and Chen Mu's next choice will determine what means he will use to defend.

In the next second, however, Rashid saw an offensive pattern that had never been seen on a coach's board.

Chen Mu, holding the ball and dribbling with his back, his body tilted slightly, the right side of the basket, his right foot stepped on it instantly, and the center of gravity of his body completely moved to his left foot, and then

“FADEAWAAAAAAAAAAY!!!”

With Barkley shouting, Chen Mu made a backward jump shot that seemed a little awkward, his tall body was horizontal in the air, with a shoulder-wide arm span, plus the space brought by the lateral sideways, he found enough opportunities to shoot, and the basketball shot rotated in the air, and the arc was incredibly high.

“…… Swish! ”

Chinese boy, Golden Rooster Independence!

"It's ...... This is......?!! ”

Not just Barkley, but the fans at Auburn Hills, the Pistons players, the stadium staff, the TV broadcast staff...... Everyone except for the relevant personnel on the Philadelphia 76ers' side was shocked.

It's the start of the season, and the shooting moves that Nowitzki, the Mavericks' core player, will make from time to time.

At this time, people have not realized how incomprehensible this trick is, Dirk himself does not use too much, Dirk, who has not yet completed his back, still occupies a considerable proportion of the frame offense at this time, and the decline of the Mavericks also makes people not face up to this strange shooting posture.

Even at this time, there are many fans who think that Dirk's shooting posture is ugly. It is true that Dirk's height and position determine that it is difficult for him to make a beautiful shooting in the air like Kobe Maddy, but the beauty of the shooting posture is actually related to the shooting percentage many times.

When people found out that Dirk's use of the Golden Rooster's independent action had a ridiculously high hit rate, fans who thought Dirk's movements were wonderful came into being.

At this time, Chen Mu had already taken the first train of the golden rooster's independent action, and when Dirk himself was still continuing to study and refine his posture, Chen Mu got the most solid Dirk-style backward shooting action through the system exchange.

It is the exchange opportunity brought by the season rebounding king.

In addition, at the end of the season, Chen Mu won the title of best of the week and best of the month, and Chen Mu also redeemed all of them. The best of the week was used to raise the big boss badge, which was changed from bronze to silver. The best of the month is used to raise the Recline Master Badge, which is silver, and turns gold.

Chen Mu's step-back jumper has become a very, very difficult offensive means to guard against.

"The Chinese kid catches the ball again, and it's a low-post singles again!"

Smith also saw the clue, after the Pistons missed the attack, Chen Mu picked up the rebound, the Pistons retreated quickly, and the 76ers had no chance to break fast. fell into the position, it was still Lowry who sent a pass, and Chen Mu turned his back under the basket.

Dribble one step, sideways, close the ball, and lean back.

Golden Rooster Independence!

"Huh!"

“YES!”

Chen Mu clenched his fists tightly, watched the basketball brush over the net, and carefully felt the details and rhythm of his shot.

It was perfect......!

Today's feel is really good!

Chen Mu hit two back-to-back shots in a row, and fans who paid a little attention to the Mavericks game and paid attention to Deknowitski's offense have already discovered:

The Chinese kid, with Dirk's shooting bag in his bag, after a season of hard work and improvement, his step-back jumper is no longer the state of having a match and no match.

Chen Mu's backward jumper is enough to become the winner of the game!

The piston stops.

“RASHEED!”

Back on the bench, Sanders came to Rashid's side in a hurry, frowning, "What's wrong with Chen's offense?" Why don't you come forward and interfere more?? ”

"I do." Rashid rarely showed a helpless look, and said with a wry smile: "You look at the replay again, who can cover it if you shoot like that?" ”

Who TM can cover it?

This phrase, which is often used to describe Nowitzki's step-back jumper, was first used on Chen Mu before Dirk received such praise.

East Side Dirk?

Maybe the fans on the timeline where you and I are will describe Chen Mu like this.

But on the timeline where Chen Mu is, whether it is Chen Mu or Dirk, and who will carry forward this skill first, is a question of the wise and the wise.

And this problem, with the return of the timeout, the Pistons hit the offense, and in turn, the 76ers were put on the table by Barkley after Chen Mu scored a backward jumper and scored a goal into the net.

"Kenny, do you think we should say that Chen is Dirk on the East Side, or Dirk is Chen on the West End?" (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, Dirk, borrow your name for it~