Chapter 701
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It's just that Billups is about to get close to the basket with the ball, but he doesn't even mean to pass the ball at all. Prince couldn't help but start playing the drums in his heart, and he quickly ran a few steps, but immediately realized that something was wrong. In his opinion, Alan Houston, who should have gone down quickly to pick up, actually stopped outside the three-point line.
In this moment, Billups suddenly turned around and pushed the ball in the direction of Houston.
"Oh no!" Prince shouted, trying to pounce on the defense. But it's too late, and in the face of such an empty seat, even God doesn't want to take the opportunity away from Houston.
Jumping and shooting, Alan Houston's whole action is in one go, standard and elegant. Prince jumped up in time, but he could only grab a handful of air.
Two consecutive three-pointers suddenly stretched the score of the two sides to 7 points, and the situation changed again.
Seeing that the situation on the field was not good, Larry Brown quickly called a timeout to rearrange his tactics. Ben Wallace and Prince, who are the team's best defenders, were used by him as surprise players to defend the Knicks' two offensive cores, Lamar and Alan Houston.
The game restarted, and the Pistons' offense ended up with a clever pass from Van Exel's back to Rasheed Wallace, who squeezed Lamar out and picked up the basket.
When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, their tactics were still the same, and after the full action cleared all obstacles for Lamar, Lamar's three-pointer was once again powerful, and the score was once again stretched to 8 points.
Lamar's three-pointer still didn't keep the Pistons on their toes. Although the usually calm Larry Brown began to yell on the sidelines, Ben Wallace, who was specially sent to defend Lamar, still looked unmotivated.
Big Ben's physical exertion in the first half was too severe, and even if he wanted to carry out the manager's orders, he was too much to do.
The Pistons' offense was also played, and this time the offense was replaced by Van Exel himself. After shaking off Billups, his three-pointer didn't score, but Ben Wallace, who grabbed the rebound, used a dunk to close the score again.
"Whew!" was another three-pointer, and Lamar hit it again.
"Damn it!"
Grabbing the basketball, Rasheed Wallace angrily slammed it to the ground, and the basketball flew straight out of the sideline. This resulted in a technical foul for him.
was hit four three-pointers by Lamar in a row, and the Pistons players couldn't help but be a little anxious. Their offensive efficiency is definitely not low, especially under the leadership of Fan Maniac, their offense has been impressive and successful. It's just that their shooting percentage is high, Lamar and the Knicks are not low, and most of the shots on the Knicks' side are three-pointers.
Seeing that the score was gradually pulled away, Rasheed Wallace, who had finally secured the position of the team's leader, could no longer care about so much.
After receiving the ball near the free throw line, Rashid Wallace didn't pay attention to the fact that Prince had run out of position, but threw a small hook directly in front of Lamar, but unfortunately the result of the hasty shot was an iron.
After snatching the rebound, Dampot threw it directly at Lamar, who had already launched a fast break. Lamar was already in front of him after receiving the ball, and he could have ended the attack with a brilliant dunk at this time.
"Huh!"
Another three-pointer, Lamar surprised everyone with another three-pointer.
Although they are strong enough and iron-blooded enough, this does not mean that they will not panic when they encounter a crisis.
"What to do?
This unsolvable problem is in the mind of every Pistons player at the same time. Even Larry Brown, who had been expressionless and had been thinking about the next tactics with all his energy, was oozing fine sweat on his forehead at this time, and his spirit began to disperse.
Three-pointers!
"Since I can't crack your turtle shell, I'll just smash it!"
The Knicks can beat the Detroit Pistons on the road, and I believe many people thought about this before the game. But the fact that the piston would die in such an aggrieved way still makes people feel a little surprised!
Lamar scored 36 points alone in the entire second half, which was only 5 fewer than the Pistons' overall score, including 9 of 11 three-pointers, if Lamar hadn't shot only 2 three-pointers in the first half, maybe Lamar could have equaled the single-game three-point shooting record set by Kobe Bryant against the SuperSonics this year. But even so, Lamar became the player who hit the most threes in a single game in playoff history, and there is no one!
It can be said that the Pistons were killed by Lamar's three-point shot alone. It was under the pressure of Lamar's powerful three-point that the Pistons began to become flustered, gradually gave up their best defensive tactics, and began to play fast offense with the Knicks.
Attacking the strengths of others with their own shortcomings will naturally result in self-inflicted humiliation!
and the Knicks, who are the most offensive in the league today, the Pistons are certainly not opponents. What's more, if all the attention is shifted to offense, the Pistons' defense will naturally have problems.
Lamar and the Knicks seized this opportunity and led the Knicks to two small highs of 70 at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the Knicks won the game in one fell swoop.
Watching the Knicks players celebrate their victory on their own doorstep, Rasheed Wallace felt nothing but anger and nowhere to vent. Especially feeling Lamar's contemptuous gaze, he really wanted to rush up and press Lamar to the ground and beat him up.
But the last time the two of them shook their fists in Portland, the painful experience told Rashid that it was extremely unwise to do so! Not to mention that his three-legged cat kung fu that only knows how to rely on brute force is not Lamar's opponent, or he really killed Lamar, then the next game will be without his Pistons, and there will only be a big Ben who can only defend, and he will not be able to resist the Knicks' powerful interior combination.
"Let's go, Rashid, this is not ours today, not to any Detroit!"
Ben Wallace walked over and patted Rasheed Wallace on the shoulder, his face also full of loss. He played well enough in this game, but it could only be the misfortune of the Pistons to meet a Lamar who was in the prime of form.
Rashid Wallace looked at Ben Wallace unwillingly, and couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart. He knew very well that if he hadn't been the first to panic and desperately want to prove his strength in front of Lamar, the Pistons would not have instantly turned into an impatient team under his influence and turned into a mess.
"Ben! I'm sorry!" Rashid Wallace looked a little embarrassed, who had heard the famous roar of Tianzun and others apologize for so many years.
Ben Wallace was also stunned, and smiled reluctantly: "Don't say that, Rashid! Our game is not over yet, we still have a chance." Now it's just that the Knicks are one step ahead of us, they haven't reached the finish line yet, and we can catch up. ”
The Pistons left the game in disappointment, and as Ben Wallace said, the Auburn Hills Palace today doesn't belong to them, nor does it belong to any Detroiter. Under the dazzling performance of the Knicks, they all became supporting roles.
The Knicks continued to celebrate, and although they were considered the favorites to win before the game, they were against the Pistons, who were the No. 1 team in the East. They couldn't let their mood relax anyway until the victory was in hand, and now it was indeed time for them to celebrate.
For two consecutive seasons, for various reasons, they missed the top spot in the regular season, and last season they lost to the New Jersey Nets, who won the top spot in the East in the regular season, in the final Eastern Conference Finals.
This season was crushed by the Pistons again, and now the Knicks finally breathe a sigh of relief. Overturning the piston that was pressing on their heads obviously means something different to them than they felt when they swept the Magic and the Nets before.
The best mood at this time is undoubtedly Alan Houston, since the 1998-1999 season with Patrick Ewing led the team to achieve the Black Eight Miracle and break into the Finals, the Knicks have been in decline. And Houston, as the successor of the Knicks' focus on training during this period, has been under tremendous pressure.
Those days were extremely dark for Houston, until Lamar landed in the Big Apple last season and took over the Knicks' legacy. Although Houston also felt uncomfortable during this period, as time passed, Houston also willingly assisted Lamar. He is eager to follow Lamar's side and create the glory of the Knicks again!
Today, facing his former enemy, he completed his revenge with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and the big stone in his heart was finally let go.
Lamar, who scored a game-high 49 points, was voted the best player of the game and was surrounded by reporters as soon as he reached the entrance to the players' tunnel.
After winning, Lamar was still in a very good mood, and he was no longer a rejection of reporters thousands of miles away, and it was rare that he did not directly push those reporters away.
"Lamar, first of all, congratulations to your team on a win, what would you like about the performance of the Pistons, the opponent of today's game?"
Lamar thought for a moment before he said: "They played very well in the first half, they managed to contain our attack, and we played very hard in the first half. ”
The reporter quickly spotted the problem in Lamar's words, and asked excitedly, "You mean that they only performed well in the first half, right?"
Lamar frowned, he knew the reporter was playing with him, but people like him never cared about rubbing salt in other people's wounds: "You're right, bed bugs! That's what I mean, they played horribly bad in the second half." Without their housekeeping skills defensively, they are just a pile of. ”