Chapter 523: The Feathered Phoenix Is Not as Good as a Chicken (Part I)

In the 07-08 season just past, if there was one team that upset Atlantans the most, it would be neither their Eastern Conference opponents, the Celtics, nor their Finals opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the end of the day, neither of these teams paid attention to the Hawks last season, they only had championships and their fate in their sights, and they didn't expect the Hawks to emerge and win the O'Brien Cup.

The Detroit Pistons, on the other hand, have been on the same page with the Hawks since the start of the season and have continued their hatred into the playoffs.

One is an old powerhouse that will not admit defeat, and the other is a youth army that vows to open a new era, and both teams know from the bottom of their bones that the other is an obstacle that must be removed.

Sure enough, there were several fierce battles in the regular season, and when it came to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the two teams escalated violently, and Erniu suffered the first ban punishment in his career because of a cross, which almost made the Hawks fall on the road to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

By the start of the '08-09 season, the Pistons made a league-shocking trade with the Nuggets, who acquired Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyce and Check Sambu from the Pistons, while the Pistons got Allen Iverson. Then the Nuggets then bought out Maxeth, and the Pistons re-signed the veteran.

After Ruan Erniu learned of this deal, he immediately said to Woodson: "The enemy has finally self-destructed!"

This enemy is certainly not the Nuggets, but the Detroit Pistons, the Eastern Conference powerhouse.

Without Billups' control, Iverson, who is focused on offense and not defense, will definitely collapse the Pistons' offensive and defensive system.

That iron-blooded piston, after losing Ben Wallace, is no longer in the limelight, and now it is on the verge of collapse.

Before the Hawks, the Pistons had a 14-10 record, which was fairly within the playoff range, but expecting them to be as competitive as last season would be a fool's dream.

On December 21, 2008, the Pistons came to the Philips Center arena and were greeted with crazy boos from the home fans.

In a sense, they are more unpopular with Atlanta fans than the Celtics.

However, Erniu took this game very lightly, in his opinion, it was just an ordinary regular season, not to mention, the Detroit people can't come up with any tricks now.

They have entered a rebuilding process and it is questionable whether they will make the playoffs at the end of the season.

Sure enough, when Erniu saw the Pistons' starting lineup, he almost burst out laughing:

C Rashid Wallace

PF Tyshawn Prince

SF Richard Hamilton

SG Ronnie Starkey

PG Alan Iverson

Are these old arms and legs ready to play with the eagles?

Ruan Erniu and Rashid Wallace stood in the middle circle, and Erniu easily won the jump ball, roaring that Tianzun was really old.

Bibby dribbled the ball across the half court, and with the help of the cover of the lunar eclipse, he directly grabbed three points and hit!

The Eagles opened the scoring and played with great poise.

IVERSON POSSESSED THE BALL PAST HALF COURT, A CROSSOVER, SHOOK OFF BIBBY'S DEFENSE AND ENTERED THE INTERIOR, WALLACE PULLED A TWO-BULL, DELAYING HIS DEFENSE, AND PRINCE ALSO SQUEEZED INTO A BALL WITH THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.

The AI took advantage of the momentum to make a layup, picked a basket, and scored two points.

Iverson played quite resolutely, and the Hawks had no way to score with this kind of individual ability.

Ruan Erniu was not polite, immediately held the ball in a low position, and after eating Wallace, he turned around and scored on the board.

Rashid is not Ben after all, he can't carry Ruan Erniu in strength, but in the first quarter of the game, Roaring Tianzun also didn't mean to show weakness.

After a beautiful three-point arc, Wallace hit two more difficult back-back straight arm shots, and in the face of such a heart-bursting shot, Ruan Erniu was also helpless.

Pistons head coach Michael Curry put Hamilton, Starkey and Iverson in the backcourt at the same time, which is of course a brain-dead move, because it only makes it difficult to distribute the ball, and the standard three monks have no water to drink.

But one thing to say, it is not a smart idea to have Wallace and Prince play the No. 5 and No. 4 positions and use their projection ability to pull the interior short.

Rashid Wallace also knew that he couldn't stop Ruan Erniu on the defensive end, so he simply became more active on the offensive end, and actually completed the mutual explosion with Erniu for a long time, which stunned many people's eyes.

However, as the game deepened, Ruan Erniu's low-post advantage became more obvious, and after hitting the basket a few times, Wallace quickly committed two fouls and had to go off the court early.

Even so, Wallace still overfulfilled his task in the half quarter, shooting 3-of-5 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range, scoring 7 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.

You must know that Wallace this season has degenerated into a veteran who averages 12.0+7.4+1.4 per game, and no one can ask him to do more in front of the Great Demon King of the Celestial Empire to win such data in half a quarter.

"You're back, you old thing that no one wants!"

For enemies, Erniu has always been as cruel as the autumn wind sweeping away leaves, and he will not be polite to McDyce, a guy who is trying to undo his career, even if this former All-Star has not had two good days to live.

"Shut up, why don't you go back to your country, you yellow-skinned monkey?" Maxeth immediately shot back.

However, he just made a sharp move on his lips, Ruan Erniu beat this old guy effortlessly, thinking about him is not much different from a wooden stake.

McDyce can only use fouls to block Erniu, and pay fouls to send people to the free throw line, which is not much different from sending points directly.

Ruan Erniu performed well in the first quarter, scoring 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 1 assist in a single quarter, but the Hawks did not open the score.

Because the Pistons also performed well on the offensive end in the first quarter, Hamilton, Wallace, and Iverson teamed up to fire, scoring 8, 7, and 6 points respectively, miraculously withstanding the Hawks' offensive in the first quarter.

At 25:30, the Eagles only led by five points.

Dominic Wilkins on the commentary bench said unhurriedly: "The Pistons are just trapping beasts, their offense is not systematic, and they are playing completely by the feel of the players."

We're going to work harder defensively and we won this game.

Joe, MB and Embarrassment should be a little more aggressive, especially Embarrassment, who has a huge advantage in the opposition and should take on more responsibility on the offensive end. ”

Onlookers, don't look at Hamilton as the player with the most points for the Pistons in the first quarter, but at the No. 3 position, the skinny masked man is also an obvious defensive hole.

The Hawks should activate Salmons and let the Salmon deliver the Pistons' deadliest shot.

The essence of human cinema is right, and that's exactly what Woodson did.

Hamilton is no better than Iverson defensively, so we're going to have to add more shots to the No. 1 and No. 3 positions, do you understand?"

Even a stubborn coach like Woodson, who doesn't care about offense, saw the big hole, and directly commanded the team's offense, and the Pistons' defensive holes are so big that they can't be covered up.