Larry. Brown is an old-school coach who has always stressed to his players that "play seriously", "rely on teamwork" and "try to defend", although he is best known for "play the right way". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now he's repeating the phrase that has made the players' ears grind out of their ears, and the Pistons are listening attentively, and they admire the veteran coach from the bottom of their hearts. It was his belief in team basketball and defense first that brought the Pistons to this height. The Pistons are close to the championship.

"There are only 30.4 seconds left in the game, don't rush to attack, play a solid 24-second attack. Running out of time and giving the rocket 6 seconds at the end will make it harder for them to fight. Brown laid it out this way: "This offense is crucial, and if you can score two points and secure a four-point lead, you will basically declare victory." We can go back home with a 2-0 lead. Dejan, leave this ball to you to organize. ”

Bodiloga nodded, his English level was so-so, but he still understood the sentence very clearly.

The Rockets on the other side of the field, the tactics are also very clear.

"Everybody knows that the key is to defend the ball, and we have at least six seconds to finish the final blow." Tomjanovich said.

"Understood!" The players replied in unison.

After the arrangement, Tang Shuai wanted to say a few words to boost morale, but the referee had already signaled that the timeout was over and the players were going to return to the field.

With this shot, the Rockets will Yao Ming, Gerrard, Jefferson, Maddie and Joe. Johnson stayed on the field. Joe made his debut in the finals, and Tang Shuai gave him the task of keeping an eye on Hamilton. Of course, Hamilton usually runs without the ball, and Joe, who is full of energy and does not suffer from his size, should have no problem coping with it.

But the first hurdle the Pistons faced was the sideline ball, and Tang Shuai's arrangement was not only a 24-second defense, but also included this tight man-to-man defense. Campbell almost used up five seconds to get the ball into the hands of Prince, who had the long arm.

The ball was finally in the hands of Bodiloga, who began to consume time unhurriedly. Gerald stared at him intently. After 10 seconds, Bodilloga waved and called for a pick-and-roll, but it was not Campbell or Rashid who came up to block the pick-and-roll, and Prince stepped forward with the defender Maddy to cover.

"Change the guard! Change the guard! Maddie yelled as she chased Prince. He was afraid that he and Gerard would not cooperate well and target the wrong person.

Olajuwon nodded secretly, and for a good team defense there must be someone on the field who stands up and shouts command. Big Dream himself is the core of the team's defense, and as the team's last big lock in the penalty area, he often directs his teammates to run. Now Maddie also has such an awareness, and Yao still needs to work hard.

Prince blocked Gerrard, but Maddie pounced in front of Bodiloga to stop his rival's breakaway. But the latter stopped unhurriedly and dribbled outside the three-point line, with no intention of breaking through at all, and seemed to have completely seen through the Rockets' change of defense.

It took another seven or eight seconds, and the time was almost up, and Bodiloga raised his hand to signal Prince and Hamilton to run, and before the gesture fell, he suddenly activated, and took two big strides and struck into the left flank at a 45-degree angle.

"This kid is all about drama, and even tactical gestures are part of his feints, it's so cunning!" Bosh couldn't help but complain.

"That's why he's called a magician, a player who can't be seen through." Yuan Fei flashed a trace of such a thought in his heart, but he didn't have time to say it, because the result of this crucial goal was produced in the electric light and stone fire on the field.

Bodiloga was two steps away from the free-throw line, and Maddie was focused enough to stay in front of him. Bodiloga flicked his right leg and strode violently, turned around and instantly turned into a back position, and his left hand seemed to be about to shoot the basket. Maddie hurriedly jumped up to prepare for the block, but the opponent was stunned, and Maddie had already jumped and was completely deceived by the feint. Bodiloga instantly switched to holding the ball in his right hand and hooked his hand to shoot the basket.

"Smack!" With a bang, Gerrard grabbed the ball, and Tang Shuai hurriedly called a timeout. The audience instantly boiled, and the noise in the stadium increased by 20 decibels.

Bodi Loga had an expression of disbelief, and Maddie, who had lost her center of gravity and had already jumped up, actually landed and bounced immediately, and the latter gave him a big hot pot hit first.

"What kind of speed is this? Is an NBA-level MVP such a monster turned out to be? He put away his stiff expression and smiled. Such an opponent is really interesting. ”

At 96:94, the Pistons led by 2 points on the road, and the Rockets had the ball. There are 7.4 seconds left in the race.

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After the timeout, the Rockets replaced Gerrard and Johnson, and the two men were able to complete the key defense smoothly. Billups and Wang Zhizhi, who were accurate in three-point shooting, came on the court to prepare for the final attack.

"Generally speaking, the Pistons' defensive setup this time must be to defend 3 points and put 2 points. Also control your movements, taking care not to foul. "Kenny. Smith analyzed.

"That's right, after all, you can play overtime if you lose 2 points, but you basically lose if you lose 3 points." Barkley also agreed with his partner.

But Wise Multistar Brown doesn't think so.

"It's more likely that the Rockets will opt for a two-point equalizer because we're stuck on the inside with fouls and have already been fouled, and Rashid has already committed five fouls. Playing extra time was very beneficial to them and our penalty area was likely to be destroyed by Yao in extra time. Brown said at the timeout: "So we're going to have to defend against two points, and of course we're not letting them shoot threes." Moderate pressure, no matter how accurate the marksman is, the hit rate is about 4 percent, and it may be less than 3 percent under the pressure of the finals! Remember, play the right way! ”

What Zhi Duoxing didn't expect was that the rocket's tactics were much simpler than he expected.

Maddie retreated to the center circle to receive the serve, and he accelerated directly to the dribble to break through. Prince was a little less temporary, unable to keep up with the first two steps of Maddie's outburst.

Because Prince followed too far, the Pistons' positional defense was thrown out of order. Hamilton and Rashid each left their defenders behind to help defend Maddy. It's no wonder that Prince and Bodiloga played 42 minutes each, and Hamilton played 44 minutes, and the three of them were out of fitness.

Maddy was pleased to see the Pistons desperately coming towards him, and he turned and threw the ball to Jefferson who was open on the outside.

Jefferson calmly held the ball, bent his knees, jumped, and shot, and his movements were coherent and in one go. At this moment, he was extremely confident.

After the game, the local media in Houston reported that Richard . Jefferson barely shot three-pointers when he first entered the league, and after several years of hard work, on June 8, 2004, he hit three buzzer-beating three-pointers in the first, second, and fourth quarters of Game 2 of the Finals! He is a well-deserved hero of the city of Houston today!

Ball in! The fans in the stadium stood and cheered, and the Toyota Center was so jubilant that it was like the Rockets had won the championship. Fans stood and chanted Jefferson's name for so long that the referee blew the whistle several times after replaying the footage.

The referee determined after a replay that there was 0.2 seconds left after the ball was scored. The Pistons sent the ball and failed to make a shot, and the game ended.

At 96:97, the Rockets miraculously reversed the Pistons and tied the score at 1-1.