367. Don't know what to do!
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Ben Wallace won the jump ball and the Pistons took the lead.
"Winning a bouncing ball is like celebrating the New Year." Liu Mang said disdainfully.
Emmanuol laughed dryly on the sidelines, and if the Pistons fans heard it, they would probably be.
It's no wonder that the Pistons fans are not to blame, they haven't won in the second round for too long, since 1990-1991 Jordan crossed the Pistons this final hurdle, the Pistons have been slumped since, although they have occasionally made the playoffs in the past decade, but even if they selected Grant Hill, who was the All-Star voting champion in their first rookie season in history, they have barely won in the first round, almost all of them were swept in the first round of the playoffs, and it has been ten years since they have seen the team play the division semifinals at home, It's not enough to let them be happy when they return to their home stadium.
The Pistons' starting lineup is Atkins, Joan Barry, Chris Williams, Clifford Robinson, Ben Wallace, unchanged from the first two games.
There were no changes to the starting lineup on the Hawks' side.
After Atkins pushed through, Clifford Robinson pulled into the corner, Ben Wallace pulled out for Joan Barry to block off the ball, and Chris Williams dropped low to ask for the ball.
It's a bit weird, Coach Carlisle has always been good at using some weird tactics, such as Barria to defend James, but Muhammad has to pull out to defend Clifford Robinson's three-pointer, Ratliff has to go out and delay Jon Barry after the pick-and-roll, and Chris Williams really has the perfect chance to single Raheem in the low post.
Atkins hoisted the ball to Chris Williams, Raheem pressed up violently to defend, Chris Williams wanted the position too close to the basket, and there was no one else under the basket, the space was extremely open, and a small hook hand hit the board with a turn along the force of Raheem's pressing.
It's really unstoppable! After the score, the Pistons immediately stepped back, Raheem picked up the ball and sent it to Jason Terry, the Hawks attacked, and Jason Terry pushed over.
If there is anyone who can make a more "absolute" defense, Popovich is one of them, and Carlisle is definitely the best of them, Dean Grove is completely empty, Joan Barry retreats to the free throw line, ready to pack Raheem or Jason Terry, Atkins follows Jason Terry, Chris Williams follows Rahim, Clifford Robinson and Ben Wallace stick to the basket.
This defense ...... Jason Terry feels déjà vu! The opponent's defense doesn't need to block and run at all, and even if it doesn't matter who you block with, there is an extra Joan Barry who can make up for the defense as soon as possible, and then immediately form a bag.
The main thing is that Dean Grove has no one in front of him!
Jason Trima to Dean Grove
This kind of big gap, Dean Grove is a little confused! After hesitating, I voted anyway.
"Bang"
Strike iron!
Sometimes, accuracy is important, and determination and focus are important, and Dean Grove's hesitation makes his already inaccurate three-point range even more inaccurate.
Ben Wallace, who was defending the basket, pressed everyone to grab the defensive rebound and continued to press the rhythm.
It's still the same tactics, it's still the same Chris Williams singles.
Chris Williams has a good ability in the low post, and in the last two days, he has probably deliberately practiced this aspect of play, and it was another turning hook shot.
The Pistons played at a slow pace, and by the time Chris Williams received the ball, it was already fourteen or fifteen seconds, but when the ball reached Chris Williams' hands, he almost received the ball and turned around and hooked his hand, this slow and fast rhythm change made it difficult for the Hawks' defense to adapt.
When it came to the Hawks' offense again, the Pistons' defense was still like that, exposing only Dean Grove's gaps, and then defending 4 at 5, forcing the Hawks to put the ball in the hands of Dean Grove.
Jason Terry couldn't help it, and immediately passed to Dean Grove.
The last time he missed, Dean Grove was under a lot of pressure, but now that the ball is coming again, he can't stop shooting, but he doesn't dare to shoot, and he becomes even more indecisive, and finally almost shoots a three-pointer, and the ball falls directly into the hands of Clifford Robinson.
The Pistons had the perfect chance to counter at this point, but instead of playing, they slowly passed to Atkins, who pressed the pace and passed the half with almost 8 seconds to the brow.
It's still the same style of play and the same tactics, Chris Williams received the ball with 10 seconds left in the 24-second offensive time, this time Muhammad couldn't hold it and rushed back to the inside to help defend, Chris Williams immediately distributed to the bottom right corner, and Clifford's Robinson received the ball and shot a three-point shot......
Miss! Raheem took the defensive rebound, and the Pistons didn't rush to grab the rebound and immediately returned to defense.
Although it didn't go in, the Pistons' small-scale cooperation was successful, but it didn't go in.
The Eagles continue to be crushed in positional battles, and with Ben Wallace on the floor, the tempo is not up!
Jason Terry pushed in this time and didn't pass to Dean Grove again, but chose to break through!
Atkins can't stop Jason Terry's breakthrough, but Joan Barry comes up to wrap the trap, and the two are easy to defend together, and the Pistons have always been big and small, and they have to lose the ball in the two-man package! Jason Terry immediately passed to Rahim, Rahim received the ball and wanted to rush inside, Atkins immediately rushed up, Chris Williams played hard to resist Rahim, Atkins wanted to steal from the bottom, Raheem was forced to take two steps back and retreat beyond the free throw line.
At this time, Raheem withdrew, and Atkins immediately went to follow Jason Terry, who ran out of the three-point line, and Chris Williams stayed at the free throw line and did not go out.
Raheem doesn't know what to do in the middle distance!
Suddenly, Joan Barry immediately came over to wrap up, Jason Terry was killed outside the three-point line, it was useless to rush in and be too short to cut in the air, there were four inside lines under the basket, and the space under the basket was blocked!
Liu Mang looked at the defense of the Pistons and Laheem's helpless mid-range shot, and immediately came up with the 2011 Finals Mavericks' method of dealing with the Heat, and strangled the Hawks' two main scorers alive with a strange defense!
The current Dean Grove is like James who didn't have the ball in Wade's hand when he controlled the ball in the 2011 Finals, standing outside the three-point line, three points can't work, and he doesn't know how far worse than James, he can't help it with the ball in his hand, and the Pistons forced a 5-on-4 sense of déjà vu on the defensive end!
Not only that, Rahim has become a role like Wade in his youth, without mid-range throwing, completely at a loss!