Chapter 120: Mr.big (Part II) (Part 1)
"Bang!"
In the Pistons' aggressive defense, Maddy's shot was a little heavier, and the basketball went in and then brushed out of the frame.
There was a scuffle under the basket.
This rebound almost made the difference between life and death for both teams.
Wallace stuck Yao Ming, McDis waved his thick arms and pressed Millsap under him, and the outside players also rushed desperately to the basket.
In the midst of the scuffle, Battier rushed from the outside to the inside and grabbed the ball directly.
The scene was in an uproar.
Battier was immediately attacked by Hamilton as soon as he grabbed the ball, and before he could lose his balance, he slammed the ball to his right.
There, Billups had already taken his position.
The ball flew towards Billups, and the crowd was already booed.
"Bang."
Billups received the ball with both hands and had less than five seconds left on the game time.
He glanced at the three-point line on the bottom of his feet, then looked up and shot.
The boos at the scene reached its peak.
The Pistons players on the court didn't have time to help defend, and their eyes looked nervously at the spinning basketball in the air.
Tang Tian also stood up at once, just now the team doctor said that Billups's left eye has a great impact on his vision, in this case, can the ball still be thrown?
The basketball crosses a high parabola in the air.
A ball, a long time as if a century had passed.
"Huh!"
There was a crisp sound, like a basin of cold water poured on the fire, and the boos at the scene stopped abruptly.
Billups' three-pointer at a critical moment is in!
Tang Tian waved his fist excitedly.
Mr.big!
In the past, in the Pistons, because of the stability of key moments, Billups was called Mr. big by fans, that is, Mr. Big Heart.
Now although he has changed teams, although his vision is affected, he still throws the ball in!
That's the big heart!
The Pistons called a timeout.
Billups came off the pitch and was greeted by frantic cheers from his teammates.
"Beautiful shot." Tang Tian also gave a thumbs up to Billups at this time.
"Coach, you said, let the ex know that it is better now than before." Billups said with a smile.
Tang Tian and Billups slapped their hands, and their hearts were sharp.
After a brief period of excitement, Tang Tian took out the tactical board to arrange the defensive tactics for the last round.
With only about three seconds left before the end of the game after Billups made a three-pointer, a three-point shot was the Pistons' only option.
Tang Tian knew this very well, and when drawing tactics, he expanded the entire defensive formation outward.
After a timeout, the Pistons made a substitution and replaced McDyce with Jarvis Hayes, a small forward who can shoot three-pointers.
The Pistons served up frontcourt, and after Wallace and Hayes made off-ball pick-and-rolls for Hamilton and Prince, they started to run as well.
This equates to four offensive options on the court.
Millsap was constantly bouncing up and down on the sidelines, disrupting Sessions' passing lanes.
With only five seconds to serve, Sessions seized a gap and flicked the ball straight to Hamilton, who was running out.
Hamilton accelerated past Petrus and turned straight after receiving the ball.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the oblique side.
Billups!
As a member of the erstwhile Pistons, he was all too familiar with the team.
Hamilton was forced out of shooting space.
He made a folded shot in the air, but by the time he shot again, the angle was gone.
"Smack!"
This last reluctant shot was also covered by Billups.
"Toot!"
The final whistle sounded.
Team Rocket wins!
The scene was in an uproar.
Most of the fans at Auburn Hills Palace came to see Billups make a fool of themselves, but they were shown off and it was psychologically difficult to accept.
The fans shook their heads and left the stadium in displeasure.
The Rockets were cheering wildly, and Billups was surrounded in the middle.
By the time he came out of the center, the audience had already left more than half of the audience.
Looking at all this around him, his expression was extremely complicated.
He once played for a team for five years, but was defeated by himself in the end, and the fans who once cheered for him finally became his enemy, this feeling is really embarrassing.
"Congratulations, Chauncey." Just then, a voice pulled him back to reality.
It was Hamilton, the former team-mate who reached out to Billups.
Billups was stunned for a moment, then smiled and held out his hand.
The two men shook hands and bumped shoulder-to-shoulder, just like before.
At that moment, the old teammates of the former Pistons came over to congratulate him.
Although the fans regarded him as a sinner in the city, although the general manager regarded him as a traitor, and despite the fierce hand-to-hand combat on the field, these former teammates still regarded him as a friend after the game.
Hugging his former teammates one by one, Billups's eyes gradually moistened.
Tang Tian was also full of emotion when he looked at this scene.
The team, built by veteran coach Larry Brown, successfully won the coveted championship, but in just a few years, it was disbanded by Joe Dumars, and there was no more "bad boy army" in the league.
After the Pistons won and their fifteen-game winning streak was ended, the Rockets won another wave of six straight wins.
And unlike the previous winning streak, this wave of winning streak is a continuous knock-off of strong opponents, and the team's morale has also reached its peak since the start of the game.
Good things come in pairs, just when the Rockets started a new round of winning streak, Sun Yue is also playing better and better in the development league.
On the day the Rockets returned to the Toyota Center, Sun Yue played a representative game in the Development League, playing 40 minutes and contributing 21 points, 10 boards, 10 assists, 6 steals and 4 blocks, and also contributed a killer shot in the final moments.
The Rockets coaching staff has already started talking about recalling Sun Yue to the team.
Tang Tian is not in a hurry, instead of playing those painless minutes in the Rockets, it is better to continue to improve in the Development League.
Time flies, and the Rockets continue their winning streak.
Before Christmas, they sang all the way, not only successfully avenging the Spurs, but also knocking out the Suns and Cavaliers, the favorites to win the championship, and the team has a strong momentum.
However, during this period, the team suffered a wave of injuries, the team's defender Francis suffered a recurrence of an ankle injury and was unable to play, and Hyde also sprained his wrist in the game, and the originally full back line suddenly became thin.
With no one available, the team's coaching staff made the decision to recall Sun Yue from the Development League.
Sun Yue played a month and a half in the Development League, playing nearly 20 games, averaging 34.7 minutes per game, scoring 16.6 points, 6.3 boards, 6.2 assists, 3.1 steals and 2.5 blocks, shooting 43% from the field and 32% from three-point range.
Such statistics are not particularly dazzling in the Development Alliance, but his progress is obvious to all.