Chapter 396: Comparable to Legends

It's 20 minutes, and you're still spanking a fart?

Isaiah Thomas's words are naturally exaggerated, and the reversal of 20 points behind in the playoffs is not something that has never happened.

Let's just say Thomas himself, he has an amazing performance of 20+ in a single quarter of the playoffs.

In the third quarter, with 20 points behind, the team itself has the advantage of strength, and it is not impossible to catch up.

The problem is that in the process of chasing this score difference, the opposing rebounder turns over and over again in your restricted area, and every rebound, every one, is touched by him, interferes with the trajectory, or directly grabs.

The perimeter shooter is terrifying, but the three-point shot hasn't changed the game to this point until the advent of some guy who is going to be every now and then. The status of the three-point shooter in the game is far from the height it is today.

But the rebounder, no matter what era, no matter what season, no matter what game, is the absolute core factor.

Chen Mu is a legend.

The day after the Vajovia massacre, media networks around the world exploded.

The Philadelphia 76ers, UNDERDOG, faced the Pistons, the Eastern Conference hegemon for many years, in the playoffs. They weren't discouraged because their opponents were the same strong opponents who swept them away last year, they didn't hit their best defensive counterattacks when they were on the home court, they didn't panic because of tactical adjustments, and they didn't lose confidence because of the Pistons' Chen Mu's crazy bagging.

Kyle Korver's outburst is just a microcosm of this game, and the fighting spirit and confidence of all members of the team have been maintained from the beginning without any slackening.

Finally, for the second year in a row, some media and fans began to think about this issue:

Philadelphia 76ers, can you get on the gram??

One more day. Philadelphia continued to sit on their home court and gave their answers.

99-90, the Philadelphia 76ers went to the next game, leading the series 3-1 and only one step away from qualifying.

"3 to 1, congratulations!"

At the post-game press conference, royal reporter Justin got up excitedly and congratulated Philadelphia before asking the first question.

"Thank you."

Cheeks smiled in response, his expression rather relaxed.

"3 to 1. Before the series began, no one thought that you would have a chance to beat the Pistons! Justin was quite excited, and continued: "The key to victory? ”

"The team's effort." Cheeks responded with a smile.

"Chen, who averaged 20 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists per game, wasn't the key to victory?" Justin asked with a smile.

"It's just four games, and his stats will come down." Cheeks made a joke, and Chen Mu on the side couldn't help but smile and nodded frequently.

From Game 2 onwards, the Pistons had a lot more means to defend Chen Mu's individual offense. Whether it is the crazy bag that lasted the whole game, or the card position that Rashid spared no effort to rejuvenate, life and death did not allow Chen Mu to catch the ball smoothly. Or Billups' continued interference with Lowry's choice to serve. The Pistons' overall defensive strategy borders on madness, and all moves have one purpose in mind:

Don't let the Chinese kid continue to score.

Chen Mu's scoring data is really not too good in the series so far, compared to the average contribution of about 24 points per game in the regular season. Chen Mu's playoff score even dropped slightly.

But Chen Mu's rebounding scramble was even more frenzied, and in the face of the Pistons' defensive strategy of hoarding the restricted area, Chen Mu's personal offense struggled, except for the 100% shooting rate in the first game. The last three games can only be said to be non-conceivable.

But his rebounding is so dazzling that a game can be said to be accidental, and a season can be said to be a fluke. The regular season can be said that the opponent is not well prepared.

But for two consecutive years, he has averaged more rebounds per game in the playoffs than in the regular season, and this performance has made many critics think that Chen Mu is a real playoff player, at least in terms of rebounding.

A playoff player, for the fans, is not an honor, there is no official certification, no trophy, and it will not be written into the player's resume after he retires, unless the playoff explosion is really terrifying, otherwise this kind of praise will slowly pass over time.

But for the players, this compliment is too sweet.

There is a classic answer to the famous question of "choose anyone to build a team as the core", and there is a classic answer:

Choose any historical star in the regular season, Fat in the playoffs, and Jordan in the finals.

Regardless of the bias of this answer itself, the dominance and deterrence that the two names that can appear here in the playoffs have invisibly added a lot of mystery to the two bugs in basketball history.

The so-called invisible fork is the most terrifying.

Chen Mu, who entered the playoffs for the second time in his career, has been recognized as a playoff player, and this kind of honor still makes Chen Mu quite useful.

But it's not enough, it's just that the strength of the rebounding ball is not enough, critics will always ignore the objective details of the game, ignore the strength of the opponent and the weight of the burden on the player's shoulders, pointing to Chen Mu's scoring data and saying:

"Last year was good, but this year's playoffs have dropped a lot in points per game."

This question was also raised by Gersner at the press conference.

"It's true, their defense is very targeted, my individual attack is not good, I carry this pot myself." Chen Mu was neither humble nor arrogant, and responded indifferently.

"I ......"

Jesner didn't expect that Chen Mu would accept his criticism so indifferently, and his expression and tone were as well-behaved as a primary school student, which made him unable to say a word of cursing with a belly. Holding back Tie Qing's face for a long time, feeling the ridicule of the peers around him, he made up his mind to turn his head and stare at Cheeks: "What about Coach Cheeks?" The team's core individual offensive play is not good, will you have any adjustments? ? ”

"Haha, adjustment?"

Cheeks was happy when he heard it, this pit was dug too obviously, and it didn't look like Jackner's black strength at all!

It seems that he is as vicious as Jesner, and he was also made out of temper by Chen Mu's leprosy doggy answer, which is really enjoyable!

Cheeks couldn't help laughing, coughed and said, "Well, that, our team has also discussed this issue, Chen's offensive performance is not good, and the whole team despises him. I'm submitting an application to the management to replace Chen, and it's a scourge for this cancer to stay in the team! ”

"Hahahaha......"

The reporters in the audience laughed, everyone knew that Cheeks was joking with Jesner, and the old reporter poked his head out to find the black spot today, but he was really embarrassed.

"Coach Cheeks, if you really want to replace Chen, what kind of chips are you willing to accept?" Some reporters felt that this little joke was not a scrap for a post-game comment, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Dwight? Or Bosh? ”

β€œNONONO。” Cheeks also had a good time, and responded with a smile: "If you want to change this kind of cancer, the other party must have made up their minds to mess up, and it is a waste for some superstars to stay in the team, give us LeBron!" Kobe Bryant is okay, no matter how bad Duncan is five years younger, I want it too! ”

The laughter is loud again, and there is no one who can turn the post-playoff press conference into a tea party.

And this relaxed and happy atmosphere naturally comes from the excellent situation of the 76ers now.

Philadelphia 76ers, do they want to complete the Black Seven Miracle?

The Black Eight Miracle has been talked about by many fans, and it has only appeared three times in the long history of the NBA. The Grizzlies and the Black Eight of the 76ers as we know them have not yet appeared at this point in time.

However, after careful calculation, the frequency of such a thing as Black Seven is also very rare. Not counting the Spurs Black Seven Mavericks that did not happen in 2010, there were only four times in total.

Can the Philadelphia 76ers become the team to complete the Black Seven Miracle for the fifth time?

The whole world is waiting.

The next games are all two days apart, and Philadelphia still has a home court, and both home games have won, which makes Philadelphia fans full of confidence and feel that the Black Seven Miracle is already beckoning to them.

But the Pistons are absolutely unwilling to be caught.

Two days later, at Detroit's Auburn Hills Palace, amid a tsunami of boos from the audience, the third game of Korver was inaccurate. The Pistons made targeted adjustments, and Coach Sanders' strategy was very successful, reducing the bag on Chen Mu and putting more pressure on the 76ers outside. As a result, from Lowry to Iguodala, they couldn't find a damn three-point touch.

Chen Mu took the opportunity to break out again, scoring 29 points and 15 rebounds in 40 minutes on the court, but unfortunately the Pistons were all soldiers and broke out strongly, and the 76ers still lost away.

Away, it doesn't matter!

Philadelphia fans are still confident, and the next two teams are back to the Wachovia Center, back to home, and the damn feel will be back!

In the past few days, in the basketball club activity center of Arizona State University, I have never seen the white guy yelling at Su Yin again.

In the third game of the Vajovia massacre, the young man was still there, but after seeing that all the Pistons were in good spirits in the third quarter and fell behind with a big score like a soul, the young man ran away in disgrace.

In the fourth game, the 76ers continued to win, and the young men did not dare to come to the activity center, for fear of being complained and ridiculed by the basketball fans of the whole school.

Now that the Pistons won the fifth game, the young man has a glimmer of hope and can't stop praying for the Pistons.

As a Suns fan, this is of course very strange, but considering that if the Pistons lose, he will have to apologize to Su Yin, an "inferior citizen", in public, the young man's mentality is not difficult to understand.

Win one game, win another!

The young man knows that the 76ers are leading 3-2 and the probability of advancing is still very high, but if the Pistons can play away in Game 6, maybe ......

I don't know if the boy's prayers played a role, in the sixth game, the Pistons narrowly defeated the 76ers 100-95 away, and the score between the two sides returned to a 3-3 draw.

The brutal battle for the seven-tiebreaker will be staged in two days. (To be continued.) )

PS: The most crucial game is coming!