The Fifth Point Guard

"Okay, that's all for today's training, disband, take a good rest tomorrow morning, come to warm-up training early in the afternoon, and get ready for the game against Detroit in the evening."

"yes!"

Today's Byron Scott ended the training very abnormally early.

Shen Tong muttered strangely: "What's the situation, how did Byron change his gender?"

Jefferson on the side shook his head: "I don't know either."

At this time, assistant coach Brett intervened and said, "Don't guess, the reason lies in our next opponent."

"Detroit Pistons?"

"That's right, the bad boy army that has been passing on the mantle."

Detroit, the city of cars, is also known as the blue-collar capital.

The Pistons were born here.

This city has had a great entertainer -- Michael Jackson.

But the Pistons have always been insulated from civilization and elegance, and have always played a stabbing role in the league.

This team, which has survived the roar of cars and the clang of steel, believes that strength and confrontation are the ultimate truth on the basketball court.

Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Lambiel, Mike Mahon, Dennis Rodman.

These guys with distinctive personalities formed the Bad Boys Legion and achieved Detroit's first legend.

Even Michael Jordan, known as the "God of Basketball", was blocked by the Pistons for 3 full years!

"Jordan Rules" is the most distinctive tattoo of the Pistons.

When Jordan, a decent character admired by everyone, stood on the court, those bad boys stood against him without hesitation, even the villains hated by everyone.

Lambiel, Rodman, Thomas and the others set up their positions, striding their horses, with fierce eyes, and sneered.

Jordan, are you coming here? !

It was this iron chain that blocked Jordan for 3 years.

For three full years, Jordan did not pass, and no other team could pass.

It wasn't until 1991, when "Smiling Assassin" Thomas aged due to injuries, that the Bulls swept the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Flying Talents began to officially dominate the world.

Even so, Thomas still dragged his injured leg and worked hard on the court.

He left everyone with an unyielding figure.

Although Thomas has a dark history of calling on everyone not to pass the ball to Jordan in the All-Star Game, it is undeniable that his perseverance, decisiveness, tenacity, and brutality have erected an indelible spiritual totem for Detroit.

In the summer of 2000, Ben Wallace, who entered the new century, came to the Detroit Pistons from the Orlando Magic.

The guy who most defines "blue collar" and "defense" in NBA history brought his tenacity and unyielding spirit to Detroit, rekindling the totem here.

Detroit people ushered in their second spiritual leader - Big Ben!

So far this season, the Pistons have a very good record, ranking third in the East after the Nets and Magic.

In addition to this - Wallace, the team also has an excellent scorer - Jerry - Stockhouse.

This junior who is from the same school as Jordan just averaged 29.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game last season, ranking second in the league in scoring per game!

Others such as Clifford Robinson, Chucky Atkins, Joan Barry, Michael Curry and others are all capable and experienced players.

The Pistons, who raised the banner of the "Bad Boys Legion" again, once again set up an iron-blooded chain in the east.

"Have you ever heard of the 'Jordan Rules'?" Brett asked.

Jefferson said: "I heard it, it seems that the Pistons have some rules against Jordan, but the specifics"

Seeing the half-baked Jefferson looking at him, Shen Tong continued: "Jordan's Law, simply put, is a strategy that the Pistons used against the Bulls back then: using various methods to defend against Jordan, using everything to the extreme, and when they really couldn't defend against Jordan. , Just "let go of Jordan" and defend the other four players to death, even if Jordan scores more points, the other four score very low, and the Bulls still lose."

After a pause, Shen Tong continued: "The core of Jordan's law is: If you dare to come, I will dare to fight. I will do anything to disrupt Jordan's offensive rhythm at all costs, even fouls, so that Jordan cannot score well."

Brett said appreciatively: "Yes, this rule is really useful, and it has troubled Jordan for 3 years."

Shen Tong and Jefferson couldn't help being fascinated.

It seems to have vaguely seen the fierce physical confrontation and even the war-like playoff battle back then.

Whenever the basketball god wants to take off on the court, he is knocked to the ground by countless shackles.

"The talent of this Pistons team is actually mediocre, but it has played well since the start of the game. Do you know why?"

Seeing that Brett was playing tricks, Jefferson quickly said: "Brother, don't shut up and tell us what's different about this Pistons team?"

Brett put away his smile, and said with a serious face: "They have regained their iron-blooded defense, and they are expected to become a new army of bad boys."

Seeing Brett's rare serious look, Shen Tong and Jefferson looked at each other in blank dismay.

Ben Wallace Shen Tong is very familiar with the famous "Battle of the Palace of Auburn Hills", Shen Tong knows this guy's character.

I've also heard about Stackhouse's bad temper, Shen Tong, the only player who dared to go forward and sabotage "Shark" O'Neal when he dunked with all his strength.

This is simply a ruthless character who gambled his career.

Seeing that Shen Tong and Jefferson remained silent, Brett took the initiative to say: "The most annoying people in this team are these three people, Clifford Robinson, Chucky Atkins and the team captain. Michael Curry."

Shen Tong couldn't help but be surprised that Wallace and Stackhouse, whom he was familiar with, were not even ranked.

According to Brett's introduction, Shentong only knew a little about these three unfamiliar guys.

Michael Curry started his career with the Indiana Pacers.

The titans from the Big Mouth team, needless to say, are good at trash talking.

Being able to become the captain of the Pistons, it can be seen that this Michael Curry, who combines the former god "Michael Jordan" and the later god "Stephen Curry", must have two brushes.

Chucky Atkins, a point guard with a height of only 1.80 meters.

Although short in stature, he has a heart that tries to be taller than the sky.

As an undrafted pick, Atkins' heart is full of hatred. He is like magma surging deep in the heart of the earth, hot and angry.

In order to prove himself, once Atkins turns on the offensive mode, he will run left and right on the court, detonating the energy that has been suppressed for a long time at any time.

Defensively, he's also confident enough to swallow everything.

This explosive and impulsive personality may also have something to do with Atkins' interests.

As a guy who loves to modify cars, his heart longs for noise and impact.

His irascible personality made him beat up the other party because he lost a car race.

Clifford Robinson seems to be better than the previous two, but there are endless annoying small moves on the court, which can often provoke the opponent's anger and use the opponent's psychological loopholes to gain some benefits for himself and the team.

At the same time, when this guy fouled, he was really ruthless and didn't care about the consequences at all. He was a desperate Saburo type player.

After listening to Brett's introduction, this Pistons team is really a veritable new "bad boy army".

Tomorrow's game must be a tough battle!