(80) The spirit of the Iron Army

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Tang Shuai made a mistake in arranging the lineup, Dazhi was too easy for Rashid to score points in a single game, and Oku played for too long and had some physical difficulties, so it seemed that the No. 4 position had to go to Bosh to try it. The only thing to be thankful for is that Yao Ming had a good rest in the third quarter, and it looks like he can play the whole fourth quarter. and Phil. Jackson is more solid and diligent than Tang Shuai, and the previous preparations are still relatively sufficient, but he never imagined that even the ace Maddie, who is invincible, will not be able to take advantage of the position, and now he can only count on Yao Ming.

Although Yuan Fei didn't know Tang Shuai's inner thoughts at this time, he had done his best. Some time ago, he repeatedly emphasized that he was optimistic about the Pistons in the team, asserting that the Pistons were fierce rivals, which could be regarded as a wake-up call for coaches and players. He clearly remembers that in his previous life, the entire Lakers team looked down on the Pistons and only regarded the Spurs as a championship opponent. After the F4 Lakers eliminated the Spurs and the Timberwolves one after another, they were completely mentally relaxed. Even the always steady Phil. Jackson admitted that he hadn't studied the Pistons' game footage before the Finals. With such a mentality, it is certainly not surprising that the finals lost 1-4.

The Pistons are an iron army, and that's something from their president, Joe. Dumas can see it. Dumas was the starter for the '89 and '90 Pistons, and the '89 Finals MVP. He's a tough guy who has been a one-man defender in the playoffs. Jordan's defensive stalwart. Jordan, who never looked down, even praised the old rival as "the toughest defender to deal with." As the president, such a person chooses players who naturally have the temperament of an industrial tough guy in the Motor City.

As soon as Dumas took office in 2000, he shot the league's first-line star, known as the superstar of Jordan's successor, and the elegant style of Grant Brown. Hill, in exchange for the rough tough guy who just played the main team on the Magic team. Wallace and substitute Atkins. The deal drew a wave of bad reviews. As a result, Hill was quickly plagued by injuries after the trade, and he didn't contribute much by playing and stopping, but Big Ben continued to improve to become a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and an All-Star starting center in the East. Dumas established himself as an exemplary manager with this brilliant deal. He then traded two-time All-Star Starter Stackhouse for Hamilton, who was less famous but more tactically literate and more capable without the ball, and appointed new coach Rick. Carlisle, with a good result. With the draft pick of Prince, the famous coach Larry Brown. Brown's appointment, strong reinforcement DeYoung. With the addition of Bodi Loga, the Pistons finally created a strong team. The only regret is that the 03 list of the eye show Dako. Milicic was significantly lower than expected and not enough to partner with Big Ben to support the inside.

Faced with the dilemma of a lack of people on the inside, Dumas dared to attack the problem players that no one cared about. Roaring Tianzun had a bad reputation for being a locker room bomb before, and Dumas keenly saw the villain temperament in him. Detroit is not afraid that the players are evil guys, but that the players dare not fight! Rashid. The addition of Wallace announced the completion of the assembly of the Pistons Five Tigers and the completion of the championship-level team.

If there's anything the Rockets are inferior to the Pistons, it's the heart that has become strong in the face of this adversity. Maddie was too young at the beginning of his career and had few achievements, but after the Raptors broke out, he transferred to the Rockets with a high salary, and since then he has become a first-line superstar; Yao Ming just entered the alliance and was the champion show, the pride of the sky in the East; Reed, Jefferson, Wallace, Parker, Bosh, etc., were in the Rockets when they first entered the league, and gradually became an important rotation in this championship-level team, and their careers were quite smooth. Only Billups and Wang Zhizhi can be regarded as having experienced good times and bad times, and have seen strong winds and waves. As for the Pistons, he was a rookie who was not drafted, and he couldn't even play as a substitute in the early part of his career; Rashid has a short temper and is seen as a cancer player; Hamilton, who played with Jordan with the Wizards, has been a neglected green leaf next to the Red Flower; Bodi Loga has also been burdened with negative public opinion for many years of "not daring to come to the NBA to meet the challenge". The mental maturity of these people is far from being comparable to that of the rocket people.

When the strength is close, the mentality gap affects the balance of the game.

Bosh didn't have much confidence in his defense against Rashid, and he was fouled when he came up. Rashid made both free throws, 76-70.

Maddie also became more and more impatient, he missed a three-point shot, and Big Ben protected the rebound.

Prince missed a three-point shot from a pass from Bodiloga, but Rashid squeezed Yao Ming and hit a rebound.

Jefferson missed another three-pointer and the Pistons came off the bench for Lynch. Hunter hit a three-pointer for 81-70. In just two minutes of the opening game, the margin widened to double digits.

The basketball game is like this, a moment of lack of concentration, a minute of slackness, and a moment of lack of fighting spirit often lead to completely different results.

Billups singled out Hunter to finally score the first shot of the quarter for the Rockets. But the elder Brown immediately replaced Hunter and did not give the Rockets a chance to find a rhythm.

The two sides were locked in a bitter battle, with only Maddie and Yao Ming hitting one shot each in a few minutes, and only Hamilton hitting two points for the Pistons. Both sides shot poorly, and even Hamilton's close-range layup was fanned out by Maddy's hat. The game entered the last four minutes, and the score was still 83:76.

Maddie's jumper still missed, Yao Ming grabbed the rebound in the front court and made a dunk, only 5 points away!

Pistons bench center Campbell came up for a few rounds and had nothing to do with Yao Ming, and finally caused a foul, and only made 1 of 2 free throws. After Jefferson hit the iron, Campbell got another chance to shoot, but he was still defended by Yao Ming, and Yao Ming came back and won easily with Campbell alone, 84:80.

Brown switched back to the starting five and entered the final stage.

Bodiloga was solid on the ball, with the advantage in his hands, and the Pistons certainly intended to drain their time. Maddie didn't dare to step forward to force this time, he knew that this black man was in possession of the ball, and he had to get stuck in a good position and not expect to break the ball.

Bodi Loga saw that Maddie had stabilized, and his focus shifted to a back-to-back single. Jefferson was not far from their position, stepped forward to help Maddie defend, Bodiloga was not afraid but took a big step in the direction of Jefferson, it was this step that confused Maddy, he pounced forward in the hope of forming a bag with Jefferson, but Jefferson was afraid that Bodiloga who stepped forward passed to Prince, who was defended by him, and quickly withdrew his position.

It was Maddie's pounce, revealing a small gap, and Bodi Loga did not hesitate to wipe it in with a sideways turn, he was still leaning forward, and he threw it lightly.

Maddie looked frustrated, the ball was shaken by his teammates. Jefferson was also unwilling, Lao Tzu was obviously going to help with the defense, why did he become a helper?

But Bodi Loga is such a star with a huge ball quotient who can catch any point of the Rockets and play into an offense.

Billups executed a key shot himself, and he drove to the basket, but the ball slipped out after two spins in the basket. Yao Ming dialed out the frontcourt rebound, Oku got it but his shot still missed.

In the final minute and a half, the Pistons led by six points, and the ball was handed to Rashid, who had the most grasp in singles. Roaring Tianzun roared and caused Oku's foul, two free throws and two hits.

Although Maddy hit a three-pointer, there was too little time left, and the Rockets only resisted slightly.

At 92:85, in the first game of the finals, the Rockets played a bad fourth quarter and finally lost at home.