roccoschili Chapter 126 Strong against each other, the winning streak is terminated (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 126 Strong against each other, the winning streak is terminated (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 126 Strong Dialogue, Winning Streak Ended (4000, please subscribe)
After beating the Cavaliers, the Pistons continued on the road, this time across the middle and heading west.
On March 3, the Pistons played against the Hornets in New Orleans.
Once on the field, Rasheed Wallace and Jamal Magloire missed a jumper.
Baron Davis made a three-pointer as soon as he came up. The three-pointer missed, but the rebound bounced far away. David Wesley grabbed the rebound and broke into the inside with the ball. Fortunately, Big Ben quickly appeared, and the defense was in place to stop the attack.
No way, Wesley can only choose to pass the ball to PJ Brown, let PJ Brown go to the basket and attack the basket.
Because Big Ben made up for it, he naturally missed PJ Brown behind him.
But PJ Brown slipped his hand after receiving the ball, and Rasheed Wallace immediately stepped forward to press it, PJ Brown couldn't get up and couldn't pass the ball.
Wait until Big Ben double-teams and directly causes PJ.Brown made a mistake.
Relying on the double Wallace's inside defense, the Pistons successfully took down the Hornets' first offense and defense.
Then it was the Pistons' turn to attack, and Billups advanced quickly and passed the ball to Hamilton after halftime.
Hamilton didn't mean to wait for his teammates to cooperate, but immediately caught and shot the ball to make a quick decision.
Hamilton catches and shoots very accurately. As a well-known mid-range shot king in the league, he can throw the ball into the basket with confidence when he gets the ball.
This time Hamilton shot with full confidence, as before, he tried hard to solve the game with the middle distance.
"Pretty perfect, a textbook parabola, Richard Hamilton made a mid-range shot!"
"Richard Hamilton is too confident. This ball can show his confidence as a pitcher! If he can be so good every time he takes a shot, maybe he will be an All-Star next season."
The on-site commentary lamented that Hamilton, a master of art, was bold and dared to make such a decisive move as soon as he came up.
Having said that, watching the Pistons' inside players run back to the frontcourt, Wesley immediately picked up the ball and launched an attack from the baseline.
Recently, the Hornets have also noticed that the Pistons have entered the playoff mode, and the personnel has been adjusted to a seven-man rotation.
It's okay to play one or two games, but if you play too many, you must be exhausted.
On the other hand, the Hornets are basically young and young. Even center Jamal Magloire is not incapable of running.
This also means that the Hornets can play fast breaks, but the Pistons may not be able to bear it. The Hornets will use the flaws in the Pistons' rotation to defeat the Pistons.
In this way, the Hornets quickly attacked the Pistons and had no foothold.
Before long, the ball was passed to Baron Davis, who rushed to the frontcourt. The bearded man had excellent physical fitness.
The Pistons seldom get hit by fast breaks when all players are in position, and they are killed through the paint.
This time it was done by the bearded man.
It can only be said that this period of time has been abusing food. Just after the first quarter of the game, the Pistons were a little careless.
If you return to the defense a little faster, and if you block the outside line a little, Daben can keep up, but who told the bearded man to rush already?
Baron Davis is an active All-Star guard!
Back, the Pistons could only reorganize the offense, Billups picked and rolled from the sideline, and there was a chance to play Wesley in a high single.
Billups attacked in the way he is best at, and it is only possible that the ball was hit by iron.
The rebound was grabbed by Magloire, and the Hornets continued their fast break.
Prince's return to defense was not slow. As soon as Baron Davis rushed back to the frontcourt, he got up and dunked, and was chased by Prince's long arm who would come back.
This is not over yet, the basketball bounced off the backboard and fell down again.
Big Beard was lucky enough to grab a rebound, and this side immediately got up and jumped again, attacking again.
Prince could only take off again, but Davis was very experienced and deliberately leaned on Prince. In this way, Prince's normal block became a violation of Byrons' cylinder.
Seeing this, the referee immediately called a foul. After the confrontation, Byrons continued to complete the offensive action and scored the ball with a low-handed layup.
Subsequently, Beard made an additional penalty and the Hornets led the score.
Usually the Pistons are ahead of their opponents in the game. Now this situation will make the Pistons feel a little bit of pressure.
Next, the Pistons need to hit the success rate, so Billups did not choose to shoot, but passed the ball inside.
Rasheed Wallace's low-post attack was done well and quickly helped the Pistons score two points.
The Hornets were not to be outdone, and in the next round, Beard singled Hamilton with the ball and scored a mid-range shot.
On the offensive round of the Pistons, Rasheed Wallace cast a straight-arm jumper, but the ball accidentally missed.
Big Ben was a little taken aback, the rebound was a bit slow to take off, Magloire grabbed the second from the basket and held the defensive rebound again.
The Hornets made a fast break, and Billups saw that the inside was too slow to return to the defense. The Hornets had a lot of people in the frontcourt, so they quickly made a tactical foul and pulled people.
The Hornets haven't started with the ball yet, so they can only follow the referee's instructions and serve from the sideline again.
In this way, the Hornets had a good opportunity to make a fast break, and were forced to fight a positional battle again.
After the Hornets sent the ball again, Davis received the ball and chose to continue to break through and hit the basket.
With the long-term running-in, the inside defensive cooperation of the double Wallace has become more and more tacit.
Big Ben defended, making Davis hesitate to make a move.
Davis slammed the pass to Magloire, but Rasheed Wallace pre-empted it. The latter completed a steal and the Pistons got a chance for a fast break.
The cooperation between Billups and Prince did not disappoint Rasheed Wallace, and no one's defense was in vain.
The Pistons recovered two points again to stabilize the situation.
Rasheed Wallace's defensive experience is far higher than that of Huo Song. Before Huo Song and Da Ben cooperated better, it was because the two Wallaces lacked the trust in the game and the chemical reaction with the game.
The Pistons have been winning in the past month. When two outstanding players work together for a long time and win together, it is difficult not to cooperate better.
Relying on the double Wallace's inside defense, the Pistons quickly took the initiative in the game again.
When the game lasted more than 7 minutes, when Huo Song came on the court, the Pistons came from behind and had already led by 2 points.
However, Huo Song came on with a dead ball, and it was still the Hornets' offensive round when he came.
Wesley took the ball to kill the inside, and Daben assisted in the defense. The latter could only stop and observe the situation before and after.
Wesley pretended to pass the ball out, but actually made a feint and chose to slip to the bottom line to attack the basket.
At this time, Magloire came out from the basket again and cut outside to prepare to catch the ball.
Wesley continued to make pass fakes, and even tricked his teammate Magloire into jumping to catch the ball.
Huo Song's attention was on Magloire, and it was inevitable that he also jumped to block the shot.
Don't want to pass the ball at all.
When Huo Song turned around, Wesley had already reached the basket.
Fortunately, Big Ben didn't walk slowly, and kept staring at Wesley.
Wesley in front relied on fake moves to get a chance to grab a step. When he got to the basket, Da Ben turned around and appeared in front of Wesley.
Wesley thought he had passed Daben cleanly, but he didn't expect Daben to turn around and steal the ball.
Big Ben passed the ball to Hamilton, Huo Song followed suit, and Prince also responded from the sidelines.
In the end, Hamilton threw a high throw to Huo Song to create an alley-oop opportunity, and Huo Song came up with great enthusiasm, alley-oop, and smashed Huashan.
A dunk can always arouse the interest of the fans. After Huo Song's dunk, the Hornets fans also cheered for Huo Song at home.
However, the Hornets played more tenaciously in today's game. George Lynch, who had just been replaced, suddenly made a three-pointer.
The Pistons had just expanded their lead, and it was narrowed to 1 point in a blink of an eye.
In the Pistons' round, Billups chose to suppress the rhythm and let Big Ben follow the switchback, which is not a good thing.
The Pistons took the lead and were not in a hurry to make a shot. Billups slowly dribbled the ball across half court, allowing Big Ben to take a few breaths.
After halftime, Billups played a pick-and-roll with Huo Song on the sideline. After the split, Huo Song went down and made a small throw after catching the ball.
It can be said that this is Huo Song's best skill, bar none.
However, this goal failed to score when the defense was not in place.
Fortunately, Huo Song came to the basket after throwing the shot, and Ben helped Huo Song get stuck, so Huo Song snatched the rebound again.
Huo Song took off and dunked, but he got off to a bad start and was destroyed by Magloire's thugs.
The referee thought it was a block, so he didn't blow it.
Because the goal was not scored, it was because he was not good enough, and Huo Song was not in a hurry to ask the referee to argue. As an inside player, he should grab rebounds at this time.
After landing, Huo Song took off again and grabbed the offensive rebound again.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang made a moment, ready to attack the basket again, but saw that Billups had a chance outside the three-point line.
Huo Song can attack by himself, but he failed to score twice in a row, so he can take a break first and find his way later.
Billups has a good shot, and Huo Song can pass the ball.
Ever since, Huo Song turned around and passed the ball to Billups on the outside.
It was also because Huo Song missed two attacks at the basket, and the Hornets also ran inside to grab rebounds from outside.
At this time, almost all the players shrank to the basket. Billups received Huo Song's pass without any pressure at all, and then shot a three-pointer.
"Basketball hits the net and Chauncey Billups hits the first [-]-pointer for the Pistons."
In response to the three-pointer, the Pistons continued to expand the point difference to 4 points.
Unexpectedly, the Pistons could breathe a sigh of relief just now. Unexpectedly, George Lynch saved the soldier Davis, and the little guy counterattacked and hit another three-pointer.
Looking back, Billups wanted to try to make a three-pointer, but he missed it.
Fortunately, the offensive rebound was grabbed by Hamilton because the rebound bounced farther away.
Hamilton passed the ball directly to the basket, and Huo Song cooperated with the take-off and made another alley-oop.
"Comfortable!" Huo Song's mouth was full of oil when he ate the cake.
Immediately afterwards, the Hornets re-attacked. After halftime, the pick-and-roll was matched with a pass error and passed directly out of bounds.
The Pistons served from the backcourt sideline, and Billups chose to slowly advance to find an opportunity, ready to take advantage of the opportunity of this offense to widen the point difference, and close the point difference to 10 points.
Coming to the frontcourt, Billups first played a pick-and-roll with Prince.
As usual, Billups pressed the clock and used Hamilton to run from the weak side to the strong side to clear the weak side before launching the tactic.
And Prince, who was supposed to hit the basket, was dismantled to the weak side at 45 degrees, near the free throw line.
Prince doesn't shoot many mid-range shots, but in this shooting hotspot, he takes more frequent shots.
There are two or three times in each game, and the certainty is still relatively high.
In the half-block area near the free throw line, most outside players in this era will be more confident.
After receiving the ball, Prince made a mid-range shot, but the Hornets didn't react from the outside.
Neither Magloire nor PJ Brown came out to make up the defense, and could only watch Prince make a shot.
Prince shot normally without any interference, as if he was training, and this time he hit the half-block without any suspense.
The Hornets thought it would be more difficult to play after Huo Song came on the court. Although this is indeed the case, the point difference was widened after Huo Song came on the court.
Unexpectedly, Huo Song's offensive efficiency was average today, but Huo Song's teammates suddenly became outstanding.
If things go on like this, the Hornets really want to win the game.
The Pistons' defense is already difficult. Huo Song can lead the Pistons to play better and better through inexplicable chemical reactions after playing.
This made the Hornets unable to find any chance of winning.
It has to be said that it makes sense for Huo Song to become the All-Star MVP.
When Huo Song's identity became more and more important, the Hornets had to send someone to keep an eye on Huo Song.
Huo Song's restraining force on the field will make his teammates more comfortable handling the ball.
As the Pistons closed the point difference close to 10 points, the situation of the game gradually became clearer.
The game opened with 10 points in the first quarter, and the situation of the game was basically determined in the first half.
The Pistons are a strong defensive team, and there are not so many shooters in the team who like waves.
The Pistons are good at winning and know how to play in a downwind situation.
Ever since, as strong as the Hornets, they didn't break through and were blocked by the Pistons, and then a game was limited to seventy or eighty points and the fate of losing the game.
89 to 76, the Pistons easily won the game by releasing water in the second half of the fourth quarter.
After leaving New Orleans, the Pistons continued westward to San Antonio.
But this time, the Pistons' winning streak was finally ended by the Spurs.
The winning streak will always be ended, and the Spurs are one of the best teams in the league.
The Spurs are also good at defense, and the offense is not bad, and the lineup will not lose to the Pistons.
The Pistons' best players are DPOY's Da Ben and the All-Star MVP Huo Song, but the Spurs have the Finals MVP.
Losing to the Spurs, the Pistons are not very ashamed.
On the contrary, at the juncture before the playoffs, it is also a good thing to sober up after losing a game.
Stable abuse is a sign of a strong team, but a strong team does not particularly need the ability to stabilize abuse.
In the playoffs, it is more critical to win a strong team steadily.
If the Pistons need to become the biggest winner this season, they need to solve a strong team like the Spurs.
Sometimes, just studying the Lakers is not enough.
(End of this chapter)