Chapter 632 Piston dead operator main force

  In the third quarter, the two sides still focused on defense, and the scene was not very good.

  The five Pistons spared no effort to defend the Suns in the halfcourt, biting the Suns like five mad dogs, and repeatedly double-teamed fiercely.

  The Suns, too, put a lot of energy into defense, always playing 2-2-1 zone defense, and always kept two players playing the full-court press.

Regardless of the effect of the tight defense, Billups and Prince couldn't straighten up after the third quarter. Even the masked man who couldn't run was still panting. It can be seen that there is still some effect Yes, at least achieved the purpose of consuming the opponent's physical energy.

   After the third quarter, 60:70, the Suns led by 10 points.

  Zhang rationally said with a smile: "The Pistons only scored 16 points in the third quarter, and the Suns scored 24 points. Although the Pistons destroyed many offenses of the Suns through defense, they still couldn't defend against the Iron Army."

  Su Qun said: "They played zone defense and didn't double-team the old K in advance. As long as the old K can get the ball, the offense will be stable.

  Old K scored 24 points in the first half and 14 points in the third quarter. He has already scored 38 points, accounting for 54% of the team's points.

   15 of 22 shots, 68% shooting from the field, 8 of 10 free throws, 80% shooting, just keep playing like this, steady and steady, this efficiency and shots are enough to win the Pistons. "

Zhang Lili said: "I am afraid that the iron army's offensive efficiency will be higher in the final quarter, and the physical fitness of the Pistons' five tigers is no longer good. Daben only rested for two minutes in the first three quarters, and the troopers only rested for four minutes. The other three tigers are similar. The rotation time Not enough, looking at the end of the quarter, they have no chance to rotate, Larry Brown dare not make substitutions, and must continue to play the main force."

Su Qun said with a smile: "Don't talk about D'Antoni's other abilities, it's good to dare to use people. Zhu Fangyu, Josh Howard, and Howard Ellis played too much time off the bench, and they all played more than 20 minutes. Final! Look at the young players of the Pistons, they are completely treated in two ways.

  The three of Zhu Fangyu and the others entered the field, and they all executed a full-court press. They used the stamina of their substitutes to consume the physical stamina of the opponent's main players. "

  As soon as the five Pistons sat down on the visiting team's bench, they began to wipe off their sweat and pour water to replenish their energy, panting one after another.

   Larry Brown stood in front with a very serious expression, staring at the five Pistons with stern eyes.

He was very annoyed today. He arranged a two-one-two zone defense. There was no full-court press or half-court press, but he didn't expect the Suns to have a poor defense. The defense is poor. He really didn't expect the Suns to dare to play a full-court press defense, and it lasted three quarters.

   This defensive tactic, coupled with the abundant rotation of the Suns, caused a great consumption of his Pistons.

Putting aside some thoughts in his mind, he said in a stern tone: "Listen up, I don't have time to give you a rest in the final quarter, you must persevere, I need you to play a stronger defense at the most critical stage, now is It's time to work hard! We must win an away game in order to control the initiative of the series."

  The Piston Five Tigers ignored Larry Brown, and they were all panting.

   Not only do they have to desperately mark the Suns on the defensive end, but they are also forced by the Suns on the offensive end, and there is no chance to breathe on the court.

  Especially for a few outside lines, even the masked man who can run the most can feel the limit of his physical strength, and his calf twitches.

   On the home team's bench, D'Antoni discussed with Xiao Fan and several assistant coaches, and decided to focus on stability.

In other words, continue to maintain the original tactics, let two people play the full court press, continue to squeeze the physical energy of the Pistons, so that they do not have more energy to spend on the defensive end, so that the Suns can get more space on the offensive end. .

   Now that the team leads by 10 points, the advantage is in hand. When D'Antoni arranges tactics, he also has the initiative.

   "Sean, Steve, you have the fastest speed, and play a pressing tactic in the backcourt. It is still the original requirement, mainly to consume the opponent's physical energy." D'Antoni said.

   "Okay." The two replied immediately.

   "Old K, the defense of the penalty area is entrusted to you. Your task is the heaviest, and the offense has to be done by you."

"Do not worry."

  "Stoudemire, if the old K pulls to a high position, you must pay attention to cutting inside in time. The defensive end must work hard to fill the vacancy left by the old K in time"

   "OK."

   "Joe, you draw the defense on the wing three-point line and wait for your opportunity."

"understandable."

  The three substitutes have just fought hard for a quarter, and now it's their turn to work hard.

  At the beginning of the final quarter, the Suns attacked.

  The Pistons have been playing two-one-two zone defense today, and there is no defensive strength in the backcourt. The Suns are very smooth in the backcourt.

  Larry Brown just wanted to change his defensive tactics and increase the pressure in the backcourt. He even thought about playing a 221 zone defense that can take into account both the front and backcourts, just like the Suns, but he didn't dare.

  Because the physical fitness of the five Pistons is not good enough, they can't play the full-court pressing tactic, so they can only continue to play the 2-1-2 defense tactic.

   Nash unhurriedly advanced to the frontcourt, and Billups blocked in front of him and began to press the defense.

   "Hey, this is a half-court press, and the Pistons changed their defensive tactics?" Su Qun asked in surprise.

   "It should be." Zhang Lili stared at the screen and answered.

  Nash immediately made a quick transfer, temporarily getting rid of Billups' entanglement with his faster speed and flexible pace.

  When the ball was flying in the sky, the Pistons' zone defense formation began to operate. Prince in the middle quickly turned and went down, pounced on the low post, and formed a double-team with Da Ben on Lao Wang.

  Nash’s pass took into account the double-teaming factor of the opponent to avoid being intercepted by Prince. It was a little outside. Lao Wang retreated half a step and successfully received the basketball. The next moment, Prince’s double-team came to his side.

  Outside, when Prince double-teamed the low post, resulting in gaps at the top of the arc and the basket, Marion, who was not defended by anyone around him, immediately made a frontal cut.

As soon as the double-team arrived, Lao Wang immediately dribbled the ball and took a step back, avoiding the two defenders and turning to the basket at the same time, he immediately saw Marion's frontal cut, at this time the ball was pulled up, and he grabbed it with one hand , and then suddenly raised upwards, making a hook movement.

  The feint was too realistic, this time, Big Ben and Prince jumped up and blocked the shot at the same time.

   But he closed it as soon as he raised it, and pushed the ball to the floor. With a bang, the basketball bounced off the ground and bounced from the feet of Big Ben and Prince into the paint area.

  Marion comes down from the free throw line, catches the ball just in time, and explodes.

"boom!"

  The next moment, an extremely explosive tomahawk-style snap detonated the Meixi Stadium.

   Marion, who scored a goal, did not return to the defense, but defended on the spot, entangled with Billups.

Nash also rushed over to interfere with Prince. His defensive ability was weak, but his purpose was to consume the opponent's physical energy, but he defended decently and was very active. Although he was easily thrown off, he immediately used his absolute strength. The speed caught up.

  Hamilton also responded in the backcourt, and the three teamed up to push the ball through the frontcourt relatively smoothly.

Lao Wang was standing one step below the free throw line. When the three seconds were about to expire, he moved to a high position with one step, and then entered the paint again. It seemed that he didn't care about Da Ben at all, but half of his attention was still on Da Ben. Ben's body to prevent being stolen by Big Ben.

At this time, Billups broke through with the ball from the right wing, and the Suns' defensive formation also moved to the right. Pharaoh also immediately moved a step to the right, but at this moment, the former suddenly jumped to pass, throwing the ball with both hands. Passed straight to the basket.

   "Squeak!"

   At the moment Billups took off, Lao Wang quickly turned around, and with the sharp friction of his sneakers, he rushed to the basket.

  Billups can go back for a rebound if it's a jumper, or he can go back to the basket if it's a pass to Ben, whatever it is, his defensive choices are absolutely correct.

"Snapped!"

  Ben, who cut to the basket from the low post on the left wing, saw the ball coming, jumped up quickly, and caught the ball with both hands.

  When he received the ball, he had already seen the old K pounced back. If he made a layup after landing, it would be too late. The old K would definitely reward him with a cap, so he played an alley-oop.

But his muscles are too developed, and his coordination and flexibility are not good. If he wants to dunk, he can't do it, so he takes a layup, throws the ball to the basket after catching the ball, and then he immediately falls like a weight down.

"boom!"

  Unfortunately, he missed, the basketball hit the basket and went out of the basket.

  He quickly took off for the second time and wanted to make a tip-up, but he had no chance.

"Snapped!"

  Pharaoh put his hands together and grabbed the ball before Da Ben.

   "Squeak!"

   "Squeak!"

   "Squeak!"

   "Squeak!"

   At this time, Nash and the other four had all turned around and got off quickly.

  The Pistons' return defense has been unable to keep up with the Suns' fast break rhythm.

   "Whoosh!"

   Lao Wang made a direct pass to Nash. Nash was really not interested in scoring. He was only interested in assists. He was two steps behind Prince, and instead of laying up, he passed back to Marion.

"boom!"

   Marion flew up, and it was a split dunk that slammed the Pistons' basket.

Lao Wang, who didn't participate in the fast break at the basket, complained to the media seat behind the baseline: "Steve, this guy, let me lose a lot of triple-doubles. He is the big brush of our Suns. He has been here for two years. He won two assists titles."

   "Haha..." The media seats burst into laughter.

  Larry Brown very much hoped to win an away game and tried his best to play the main force, but he was disappointed in the end. This G2 game ended with the victory of the Suns.

  78:96, the Suns won by 18 points, achieved two consecutive home victories, and took the initiative in the series. There will be three away games to play next.

In the final quarter, Lao Wang did not strengthen his personal offense as Zhang Li said, but strengthened his defense of the restricted area. At the same time, he frequently launched fast breaks when the offense and defense were switched. 1 steal, and 2 assists and 4 indirect assists.

   In 48 minutes, he scored 44 points, 22 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 10 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

At the end of the game, he patted the exhausted Double Wallace on the head and comforted him: "Boys, just admit defeat, you are still young, the future is yours, what are you arguing with me, an old guy? ..."

   "Come on, old K, don't tell us about the sun at two or three o'clock in the morning, this chicken soup is better for others to drink." Rasheed Wallace couldn't laugh or cry.

  Ben nodded in agreement. They had heard this a lot. Those who have been with old K, who doesn't know the potential meaning of this sentence?

   "Okay, go to Detroit tomorrow, prepare some front row tickets for me, I have friends who want to watch the game."

  Old Wang knew that he couldn't fool these two boys, so he didn't bother to say much, so he turned around and left without saying a word.

   "Old K, how many tickets do you want?" Big Ben shouted from behind.

   "Your home tickets are worthless, prepare ten for me."

  …

   "Look, ESPN's probability of winning has changed again. We are 90% and the Pistons are 10%."

   "Old K, the Pistons still have 10%, it seems that ESPN has not given up yet."

   "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work harder!"

  Old Wang gave a word of encouragement, and then went into the bathroom to take a shower.

  The next morning, the Suns flew east to Detroit.

  At three o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Wang was resting in the hotel when he suddenly received a call from his second sister, saying that Brother Fei had entered the delivery room.

  Although this is the third child, he was still a little worried when he wasn't around. After hanging up the phone, he couldn't rest quietly and walked up and down the room.

  Twenty minutes later, the second sister called again.

   "Give birth? So soon? Mother and child are safe" Okay, Second Sister, help me take care of Brother Fei, I will be back in a few days."

   After waiting for a while, he called Brother Fei and chatted for a few words. Brother Fei was still a little tired, so he hung up the phone.

  In the evening, Shuang Wallace came to treat him to dinner and brought the tickets along the way.

During the meal, when it came to business, the Wallace Brothers were very interested, because they have been doing Sino-US trade business with Lao Wang these years, and they are small suppliers like Pippen, and they can earn more or less every year. some money.

   Looking back, Old Wang gave the tickets to Cheng Long and other Hollywood friends, as well as Dameng, Barkley, Lei Gong and others.

   On the 5th, the G3 battle started.

  For the Pistons, the G3 game is a game that cannot be lost. If they lose again, the Suns will get the match point. There is a high probability of losing the finals series, and it seems possible to be swept away.

  After two days and two nights of rest, the five Pistons seemed to be fully charged again. Under the roar of Larry Brown and the crazy shouts of the home fans, they fought hard to launch a Jedi counterattack against the Suns.

The home atmosphere of the Palace of Auburn Hills is very scary. The Pistons fans who have experienced the era of the Bad Boys used all means to suppress the visiting team, from insults to throwing debris. The momentum of nearly 20,000 people overwhelmed the Suns players. Later, the collective fell into a downturn.

   After the third quarter, 62:67, the scores of both sides were very low, and the Suns fell behind by 5 points.

   In order to activate the touch of his teammates, Lao Wang distributed a lot of balls, but the touch of his teammates was not activated, and instead wasted a lot of possession.

  Marion made 4 of 9 shots and looked okay, but he scored three fast breaks and only made 1 of 5 shots in the positional battle.

  Joe Johnson made 1 of 7 shots and scored only two points.

   Even Nash, who has always been good at offense, under the defense of Prince, made 4 of 11 shots in three quarters, two of which were scored in fast breaks, and 2 of 9 shots in positional battles.

The performance of the others was similar. The two rookies Zhu Fangyu and Josh Howard were even worse. The rookie attributes in the finals were hidden at home, but they were fully exposed in the away game. worse.

   Lao Wang himself scored 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls in three quarters, and his shooting percentage was 63%.

   This is the game with the lowest score in the finals he has played. The Bulls used to have such a strong perimeter defense, and the score is much higher than this one.

  But one very important reason is that he suppressed the offense himself. Now that he is old, he doesn't want his teammates around him to have poor statistics.

During the intermission, Zhang rationally analyzed: "After the black and white duo had an injury and an illness, the Pistons suppressed Jordan's peak period in the late 1980s. In 1989 and 1990, Jordan should be at his best physically. When he was playing, he averaged 30+ per game in those seasons.

So this team has a solid background. Jordan won two championships when the Bad Boys were aging. Now that the Pistons have reached the finals again, Pistons fans must hope that the Pistons can reproduce the Bad Boys. brilliant.

   Playing in this kind of away game, the finals, and the crucial G3 game, if the Suns players do not have a very good psychological quality, it is difficult to overcome the difficulties of the away game.

   At the critical moment, Tiejun, you should stand up and take the power alone, and don't expect the performance of your teammates. You have to know that you are the red flower, and your teammates are the green leaves. "

   "Yes, if you score too few goals, your teammates will be booed into panic, you will not be able to concentrate, you will miss the ball, and you won't be able to make any open shots. Why don't you do it yourself."

  Su Qun nodded, and said: "The current Pistons are very different from the Bad Boys. They both belong to a tough defensive team, but the current Pistons' defense is considered clean, and there are not many small moves."

  Zhang Reasonable nodded and said: "The Smiling Assassin once publicly said that the opponents of the Pistons dare not rush into their penalty area at all, because anyone who rushes in will be brought down.

  At that time, Michael Jordan was so strong, he just rushed when he got the ball. After a game, he was brought down too many times, and he still rushed, not afraid at all.

  At that time, he hadn't gained weight, and his confrontation ability hadn't improved. Later, he gained weight, and his confrontation ability improved. Only then did he have a greater advantage against the Pistons, and finally won two championships. "

  Su Qun said: "Shuang Wallace's actions today are still very big, but he was not praised much. Many times his actions against Old K must have reached the foul standard, and they were not praised."

  Zhang rationally said with a smile: "The Pistons' home game is understandable. And the league definitely doesn't want a sweeping Finals."

   "Old K, don't pass the pass, you attack by yourself in the last quarter, and the four of them pass the ball to you." On the Suns bench, D'Antoni emphasized loudly.

Lao Wang nodded. His teammates were really out of shape today. The home atmosphere here at the Palace of Auburn Hills was horrible. The Suns booed every time they got the ball, which made their heart beat faster. will be affected.

"boom!"

  At this time, someone in the audience threw a water glass down, and it fell to the ground and splashed them all over.

   "Phoenix brats, don't even think about taking a victory away from here, don't even think about it!" Excited curses came out, and Zhou Guo's massive voices echoed immediately.

   "Old K, I saw it, that guy was thrown by that fat man." Zhu Fangyu stood up and pointed at a **** fat man in the auditorium and shouted.

   "Leave him alone!"

  Old Wang signaled Zhu Fangyu to sit down, and said: "You can fight with Daben and those opponents, don't be as knowledgeable as the fans, it's not worth fighting with them."

   Little Colangelo has already called the stadium security personnel to let them control the scene. Several security guards quickly went up and dragged the fat man out of the stadium.

  (end of this chapter)