Chapter 497 The key to victory

Before this game, Chen Cheng had come to him.

The two chatted in Boss Qiao's manor for a long time and were very speculative.

Even a little bit of mutual appreciation, Boss Qiao has always been full of knowledge about such motivated, talented, and hard-working juniors.

So, when Chen Cheng asked him about the advice of leading the team to defeat the Pistons, he took out the ring from the cabinet on the spot.

In Chen Cheng's impression, he is not a person who likes to mention his courage back then.

However, once he mentioned how he swept the Pistons to complete his revenge, Boss Qiao's chatter opened up.

From Glover's previous training to him, to his own efforts, to the support of his teammates, he specifically mentioned Pippen.

"If it weren't for Scotty, I wouldn't have been able to overcome the Detroit hurdle without Scotty. Think about last year's Finals, if Shaq hadn't been by you and Kobe, he wouldn't have won the championship either. Isn't this year an example? He was replaced by the Chicago boy, and then he lost to the Pistons."

When Chen Cheng asked how to defeat his opponent, Boss Qiao only said one thing.

"For teams like this, you just need to smash what they are most proud of. The more they don't want you to do, the more you want to do."

Speaking of this, he did not continue the topic.

They are all smart people, and they don’t need to teach you how to run and shoot step by step.

Just grasp the core of solving the problem.

What is the Pistons most proud of?

Defense!

This is their foundation for establishing a team and their lifeblood.

But, how easy is it to destroy their defense?

After the timeout of Old Nelson, the Bobcats' offense in the last period of the first quarter still did not improve.

The Pistons' strategy is to put Chen Cheng's outside line and prevent him from approaching the basket. No matter how accurate you are tonight, it is your own business. Others want to shoot peacefully, but there is no way to go!

As both sides finished their last attack, the first quarter ended.

The Bobcats, who played at home, trailed their opponent by 8 points with 18:26.

In the first quarter, Chen Cheng almost took charge of the team's scoring.

This is not a good sign, especially against teams like the Pistons.

At this moment, he sat on the sidelines and began to seriously think about the question mentioned by Boss Qiao before, how to destroy their defense.

The experience of beating the Pistons last season is completely unworkable now.

When no one can restrain his defense, it would be a huge cost to him when he got on the court to play against five.

Now, don't mention avenging Allen and Howard, it's a bit difficult to calm the scene.

Gerald, beside him, reached out and handed over a bottle of drink.

He seemed to have seen Chen Cheng's thoughts as well.

"We have been going from the beginning of the season to now, maybe we are not worried about sitting here and having a game, right?"

Chen Cheng was stunned and reached out to take the drink.

Gerald put his hands on the back of the chair and sighed: "I still remember the first time we met in the playoffs, and you beat me all over the ground. I thought it was incredible. I was so dizzy by a yellow man. My God, is this true? From now on, I secretly swear that if I meet you again, I must guard you, so I worked hard to train all summer, but I didn't expect..."

Speaking of this, Gerald shook the drink bottle in his hand, shook his head and continued.

"I didn't expect that we became teammates and we got along quite well. Although we don't have Tony now and Dwight needs to sit at least half a quarter of the bench, what I want to tell you is that I will do my best to help you, and we can't just lose the game."

Gerald Wallace has always been unspeakable and has always worked hard on the team.

His progress on the defensive end is obvious to everyone.

Moreover, his style of play is very tough and he is in line with Chen Cheng.

In addition to empty cuts, he is also quite accurate in mid- and long-distance shooting. Over the past season, his arsenal has also been filled with a lot.

Perhaps his defensive ability is too outstanding, making everyone, including Chen Cheng, ignore his offensive ability.

Listening to his heartfelt words, Chen Cheng's face began to smile.

There have always been media saying that Gerald Wallace is Pippen next to him.

Boss Qiao also said that Pippen made a great contribution to his success over the Pistons.

Since Gerald volunteered, it was time to activate the "Pippen" around him.

Chen Cheng stood up and came to Gerald.

"Do you know what the Pistons are best at?"

"Defense! There is no doubt about this!" Gerald looked up at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"Do you know what Larry Brown wants to see the least?"

Gerald was stunned for a moment and suddenly stood up suddenly.

"He least wants to see us score in the inside!"

That's right, as a representative of the academy, Larry Brown's most unacceptable thing is that his opponents frequently hit the basket and succeeded.

Moreover, the Pistons' overall defense, especially the inside defense, is the most proud part of them.

Now that "Pippen" has returned to his position and has found his weaknesses, it is time to give his opponent some color.

The Pistons still start the five Tigers on the court, and Brown's strategy is to kill the main force.

On the Bobcats, Old Nelson still uses five small lineups, Knight and Rush partner in the backcourt, Gerald and Capono serve as the frontcourt, and Chen Cheng becomes the only inside pillar of the team.

At the beginning, the Pistons defended a tight press on the whole game and played the Bobcats' common third-quarter routine.

Fortunately, the Bobcats were prepared, and Knight and Chen Cheng responded to each other and led the ball through half.

After halftime, Chen Cheng gave up the opportunity to attack from the outside and turned from the left to sink directly outside the three-second zone.

This instantly made the whole Pistons team nervous.

Rashid Wallace did not dare to neglect, so he quickly came up and half-circled to defend Chen Cheng, not giving him the chance to catch the ball easily.

Da Ben and Prince are ready to come and assist in defense at any time.

Knight passed the ball to Gerald's hand on the left. Chen Cheng stuck his position with one hand and successfully received the pass from Gerald's outspread with the other hand.

The moment he received the ball, he changed the frame with his back. Seeing this, Damoto immediately threw down Gerald and attacked him.

Rashid defends the right side, Da Ben chases behind him, and the natural barrier of the bottom line, which is basically a 3v1 situation.

Chen Cheng was calm and maintained a three-threatening posture. He suddenly took the ball and made a move to shoot. Rashid was as if he was facing a big enemy and immediately became more vigilant and followed.

Everyone's attention was on Chen Cheng, and no one noticed that Gerald had already escaped from Chen Cheng's side.

Chen Cheng reached out and handed it over, and then used his body to block the book tightly.

It was equivalent to giving him a hand-passing pass and cover.

Gerald started directly with the ball, and drove his back and turned around to go around Rashid. He jumped and opened his hand and made a one-arm dunk.

It was too late for Rashid to reach out to interfere again, so he could only act as Gerald's background board in a daze and was also uttered a defensive foul.

The dull home atmosphere, which had been almost the whole quarter, was finally completely ignited by his button.

Teammates also jumped up from the bench and waved the towel to cheer for Gerald.

After landing, Gerald stretched out his hand and Chen Cheng's right hand greeted him.

The two of them hit each other hard.

Boss Qiao now reached out and pressed the private room railing under his palm, straightened the big diamond ring on his forehand, shaking his shoulders, and turned around and sat back to his position.

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