At the end of the first half, the Rockets led by eight points at 48:56. The Pistons players www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion looked a little tired and looked listless as they walked to the locker room. Larry. Brown resisted the urge to curse, knowing that this was not the right time to criticize the player. It's not that the players aren't working hard enough or focused enough, it's that they're tactically restrained by the Rockets. Brown coaches very strictly, and the Pistons players practice a lot on weekdays. This kind of hard work is naturally rewarded, everyone on this team has strong running ability and abundant physical fitness, but in the Rockets' super projection ability, it is inevitable that the Iron Man will be a little rusty even if he is allowed to defend.

"Our team is known for being good at defending three-point shots. How could he be restrained by the opponent's three-point tactics? Rashid couldn't help but ask.

"Because McGrady is so good at scoring points, we've been putting a lot of effort into him. If we go all out to block the Rockets' three-point shooter, I'm afraid Maddie alone will break us. Bodiloga wiped his sweat and calmly analyzed.

"Our interior line has to protect the rim on the one hand, and on the other hand, we have to pay attention to the front to wrap Maddie, and on the other hand, we have to prevent the big man from the Rockets to pull out to block or shoot three-pointers, which is really too heavy." Brown said: "The Rockets' Oku and Wang are not stars, but they are very strategic. Their presence has added too much trouble to our defence. ”

And in the locker room of the home team, the Rockets are actually discussing the same topic.

"The Pistons had the best three-point defense in the league during the regular season, shooting their opponents on average 30.2 percent from three-point range, the lowest in the league and well below the league average of 34.7 percent. The reason for this is probably that the Pistons' perimeter players are very tall, and it is difficult to shoot head-on against them. Yuanfei analyzed: "The difference between us and other teams is that our interior players have the ability to pull out and shoot in a different position, especially after Tekoglu mentioned the No. 4 position, the team's three-point ability has been further strengthened." The Pistons were stuck in an environment where interior players repeatedly had to pull out to the perimeter to defend, and they didn't fit in. ”

"But we made eight three-pointers in the first half." Oku smiled, and he also contributed a shot.

"It's not just eight shots, it's more about the efficiency with which we shot -- 8-of-15 shots, which made the Pistons scared. Reed, in particular, was very good on 3-of-4 shooting. Tang Shuai also gave affirmation to the players.

"But this lineup has been playing for a long time, and I need to take a break." Tang Shuai turned his head to look at Yao Ming: "Yao, you had a full rest in the first half. The second half revolves around you, no problem, right? ”

"Of course!" Yao Ming grinned: "I can't wait." ”

"Let's take a half-day off for Tracy and Chauncey. Yao, Memet, Richard, Reed, Chauncey ready to play. ”

"Good!" The five replied loudly.

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The game in the third quarter was completely within Tang Shuai's expectations. The Pistons played a ferocious counterattack, but Yao Ming's offensive strength was something they couldn't solve. Neither the double Wallace nor the substitutes Campbell and Milicic could do anything, and Campbell quickly put together three fouls.

Larry. Brown also had to admit that the Pistons' steel defense was out of order, and the defense pressed the hoist up. He did assign Hamilton to strangle Reed, but he finally managed to contain the Rockets' three-point shot, and Yao Ming was killed on the inside.

Fortunately, the Pistons shot really well today. Halfway through the fourth quarter, Bodiloga made a three-point burst and scored five points in a row on a fast-break layup after a steal, and the 82:84 difference was suddenly narrowed to 2 points.

Turkoglu held the ball outside the three-point line and threw it into the hands of Oku in the bottom corner, and Rashid was already afraid of the rocket, and quickly pounced on it and was suspected of a foul. But the Turk didn't panic and stuffed it straight into the hands of Reid on the other side, who had a chance to shoot.

"Oku is a lad who really has a hand in passing. He has the potential to become a star. Barkley spoke highly of it.

Reid made a quick shot before Hamilton could seal it and the ball went in! It was his fourth three-pointer of the game! 82:87 with 5 minutes left in the game.

The Pistons played a little flustered, and after passing a circle, they could only be handed over to the core Bodi Loga to deal with. As soon as Dejan saw that his teammates were messing up, there was not much time left, so he dribbled the ball and forced it in. Tekoglu ate his shaking, his body was unbalanced and could not be sealed, and seeing that Bodi Loga was about to make a layup, Maddie suddenly flew out and slapped the ball out. The ball went out of bounds, and it was still the Pistons' frontcourt ball, but there were only 2 seconds left in the 24-second offensive time. Taking advantage of this out-of-bounds, Lao Tang made personnel adjustments, and Gerrard and Billups came on the court.

"Change the guard and give him to me!" Maddie shouted at Gerald.

The Rockets players were stunned when they heard it, this is not the original arrangement. Only Yuan Fei and Tang Shuai glanced at each other, and both of them saw the relief in each other's eyes. Maddie finally stood up like a leader, he didn't like to talk too much, but he was already able to take the initiative to apply for responsibility.

The Pistons' two-second offense could only be reluctantly shot by Rashid for a three-pointer and missed the iron. The Rockets attacked and played a rare tactic, Maddy stepped forward to block Billups, Chauncy found a gap and shot, and hit a three-point shot!

"Damn, it's another trick!" Bodi Loga secretly blamed himself. Every player knew that Maddie was the MVP and the biggest threat to the Rockets, and when Maddy came up to block the pick-and-roll, Bodi Loga and Prince both focused on Maddie, and there was a communication error, and no one went to Billups. However, Dejan quickly perked up, after all, there is still some time, there is still a chance to turn the game around by 8 points, and it is more important to play the ball in front of him.

The Pistons players have opened up to create singles space for Bodiloga, and the aces of the two sides have a ball in the duel, and the first battle is that Bodiloga won, what about this time?

Bodi Loga calmly observed Maddie's footsteps, suddenly activated, and slammed the ball forward with his right hand, seeing Maddie just take a step and stretch the ball back with his left hand.

"Miraculous!" Former NBA point guard Rivers couldn't help but shout, Bodi Loga's two-handed coordination, the concealment of feints, and the ability to read defense are fully reflected in this simple action.

But Maddie suddenly retracted her steps as if she were about to retreat, and instead took a step forward and followed!

Bodiloga shot and Maddy was a little slower, but he was more explosive. Maddie's palm came first and finally caught up with the ball!

"Smack!" Another big hat, Maddie hatted Bodi Loga twice in a row!

Billups is quick to grab the ball, Maddie and Gerrard are already running, fast break chance! Billups has a long pass to Gerrard, and there is only Prince in front of him. Gerrard was unrelenting and jumped up to make a layup feint that drew Prince and threw the ball backwards. Maddie understood, jumped high in the air to catch the ball, and won the dunk!

At 82:92, the Rockets extended their lead to 10 points, and there were only 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game!

The Pistons were completely disrupted by the dunk, and Brown's timeout didn't work, and their next three offenses all ended in iron. And the Rockets played the ace Maddie again, a signature pull-up jumper, a three-point shot! The ball completely extinguished the Pistons' last ray of hope.

At 84:100, the Rockets won the game with Maddy's dominant play in the final moments of the fourth quarter. Maddy shot 5 of 10 three-pointers in the game, cutting 36+7+6, plus Billups shot 3 three-pointers, Reed shot 4 three-pointers, Oku, Wang Zhizhi and Turkoglu also scored, the Rockets hit a total of 16 three-pointers, breaking the Finals record of 14 three-pointers in a single game.

On the same day, many media published headlines titled "The Strongest Three-Point Team in History"!