Chapter 453: Old Man on the Pitch (4/4!) )
Hill appeared on the stage, and the audience resounded with cheers and applause.
For Detroit's longtime fans, Hill represents a kind of hope, and now, it's a feeling.
This is also the reason why many fans have insisted on not leaving the stadium until now.
Before Hill came on the field, he also smiled and stretched out his hand to greet the fans.
The Pistons' on-court lineup is Starkey, Ben Gordon, Prince, Jerebko and Monroe.
On the Cavaliers' side, this time substitutions, Tang Tian replaced Yao Ming off the court, with Paul, Green, Hill, Battier and Whiteside on the court.
The Pistons' offense, Starkey dribbled to the frontcourt, and when he saw Hill on the court, he directly called Prince to block in the high post.
For more than two quarters, he was not only blown up by Paul, but the pressing of Butler and Battier made him extremely depressed, and his performance in 1 of 9 shots so far was completely miserable.
Now it's hard to get a 39-year-old veteran on the other side, and it's time for him to play and pull up the average data per game.
One block, one demolition, Starkey directly against Hill.
There was a burst of cheers at the scene, one was a rising star who was given high hopes by the team, and the other was the chosen one in the past.
Starkey then motioned for his teammates to pull away and began to dribble through.
Left, right, acceleration start, breakthrough is what he does best.
And for a veteran like Hill, speed is his biggest weakness.
As well as the strength of the enemy, Starkey is very confident in his choice.
Starki's speed is indeed fast, and he can be expected by the Pistons, and he is not without any talent.
Hitting the basket, he saw that Hill had been thrown off by himself and made a quick shot before Whiteside could make up the defense.
At this moment, there was an uproar at the scene.
Starkey thought he was cheering for himself.
"Bang!"
Before he could react next, a large hand appeared in his field of vision, and then directly slapped his shot to the rebound.
A pegboard hat!
And the person who gave away this cap turned out to be Grant Hill!
The Cavaliers' bench exploded directly on the sidelines, and almost everyone stood up and yelled at the court.
This is a 39-year-old veteran!
Tang Tian's reaction was the most calm on the bench.
Although Hill is old and his style of play has changed a lot when he was young, his talent is really outstanding, and in fact, dunks and blocks can often be seen in the Suns in recent years.
Paul carried the ball up front and as a junior, and at the beginning of Hill's career, he played for Hill interestingly.
Tactical gestures were drawn out, Battier's run was contained, Whiteside's block, Hill came out to give a chance, and Paul passed the ball at the first time.
Hill catches the ball and throws.
"Huh!"
Vote for it!
There were sporadic cheers at the scene.
After Hill arrived in the Suns, he basically changed his ball-holding style of play based on breakthroughs, and switched to mid-to-long-range shooting without the ball, and his talent was also interpreted in another way, and at the age of 35, he was stunned that the transformation was successful.
The mid-range of this hand is quite stable.
The Pistons' offense.
Starkey was a little angry.
I wanted to hit Hill, but I didn't expect to become a background board instead.
He reached for Prince's pick-and-roll again, and then on Hill.
The cheers of the fans at the scene rang out again.
Starki's unyielding temperament is somewhat infectious.
However, in the next second, Hill directly chose close defense and continuous high-pressure pressing.
This is a defensive habit of the last century, and Starkey is a little uncomfortable.
He used his reflexes and speed to barely get to the basket, but there were few shots.
He ended up opting to split the ball to Ben Gordon on the wing.
However, the ball was predicted by Green in advance, snatched it from behind Gordon, and cut the ball off directly.
Paul had already rushed out and Green threw the ball out with his hand.
The Pistons reacted quickly enough from the outside, and Gordon and Prince stepped back immediately.
Paul faced a double bag and rushed to the front court with no good chances.
He was about to slow down and hit the position, but at this moment, he caught a glimpse of someone on the weak side following him.
It turned out to be Old Hill!
Hill also seemed to know that Tang Tian was investigating him, and he was playing very actively on the court.
Paul didn't turn his head straight away, and a no-looking ground-hitting pass went straight to Hill.
The ball was passed very comfortably, and Hill basically took the ball and got straight up.
Gordon and Prince were so focused on Paul that they didn't notice Hill at all, and it was too late to turn around.
Hill took the ball, two meters away from the basket, and flew directly with the ball.
"Bang!"
A gliding dunk sent Hill straight into the basket.
The fans at the scene were dumbfounded.
This is 39-year-old Hill!
Many old viewers even had tears in their eyes, once upon a time, they just watched Hill fly away in this arena.
The Pistons' offense, Starkey went to the frontcourt.
There was a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene, expecting Starkey to play again.
But maybe he knew that he couldn't beat it, so he didn't attack again, but directly stretched out his hand to call tactics.
Old fans couldn't help but be disappointed when they saw this, this kind of temperament, how to be the leader of the team!
The frontcourt blocked and cut together, Starkey sent a good pass this time, Prince received the ball and rushed to the basket, jumped up to meet Hill to fly for a dunk.
Hill was not afraid at all, and in the face of Prince, who was flying, he even jumped up!
A big hand covered the sky and the sun, and he actually pressed Prince's dunk directly.
Although the speed has slowed down with age, the solid muscle strength is still there!
Prince's flying buckle was directly pressed!
The fans were stunned again.
Hill grabbed the ball and threw it directly to Paul, who rushed to the front court and scored a fast-break layup.
The Cavaliers' bench has been completely fried.
This performance is not an exaggeration to say that it is an all-star player!
And that's not the end of it, in the next round, Hill got another chance to shoot, this time he went straight to the mid-range against the interference of Gordon, who was helping to defend.
The ball crossed Gordon's fingertips and crossed a silky arc.
"Huh!"
This is even more!
4 points and 2 risks!
The old Hill played the Pistons in this section with a stunned face.
The Cavaliers also took advantage of the situation to stretch the margin to 30 points.
Lawrence Frank reached out and called a timeout, and the Pistons' last hope of a comeback was pressed by a 39-year-old Hill.
Hill went off the court, and the Cavaliers all yelled at him.
Tang Tian also got up and gave Hill a thumbs up.
On this part of the field, the pegboard hat, close-fitting pressing, gliding and dunking, front blocking, top face丨 shooting...... Hill: This is playing for these juniors of the Pistons, what is called "your uncle, your uncle"!