Chapter 233: Counterattack

The conflict between Willy and Drummond is actually not serious, because judging from the instant replay of the scene, it can be clearly found that Willy's kicking action obviously showed no signs of force, and Drummond's punch was also a stress reaction, but Bogdan was so aggressive that he seemed to be running for a fight.

The reason why Willy was ejected from the game was because his kick this time, plus the foul foul Drummond in the first quarter, had already carried two technical fouls, so according to the regulations, Willy had to leave the game.

Although the referees were very neutral and Drummond also received a technical foul, Willy's departure put the Kings in a very passive situation in an instant.

Needless to say, head coach David, even Zhang Feng thought that the Pistons would focus on the interior and guard the outside in the future.

The Pistons will certainly do that, because they still have Drummond on the inside, and the Kings will have to send either Costa, or Papajanis, on the bench, and the two of them will face Drummond, and the game will become a demonstration of back-to-back play on the inside.

At the same time, Scal's play will also be greatly limited, his offensive ability with the ball is not strong, but fortunately, his off-ball running is very good, can take on the pivot function of the inside and outside, but now the inside line can not be opened, the Pistons can pay less attention to him, and instead defend Zhang Feng, who likes to break through to the inside.

As for the strict defense of the outside line, it is because in the next game, the number of times Zhang Feng passes the ball to the inside line will be sharply reduced, and Bradley and Reggie will save a lot of energy to guard against passing, so that the defensive intensity of the two will be greatly improved.

"Andre, when you come on the court later, you have to get more balls and continue to kill the King's inside. Reggie, you try to break through the pulling space as much as possible, defensively you and Bradley directly sandwich Zhang Feng, if the steal is successful, there is no good opportunity not to break fast, give the ball to the inside line, do you understand? Van Gundy, the big on the field, quickly drew lines back and forth on the tactical board, and he had to take advantage of the unexpected dead ball time to step up his tactics.

This tactic can be summed up very simply, in a word, "give the ball to Drummond, wrap Zhang Feng", the big Van Gundy said such a long list, Drummond listened impatiently, Reggie listened very unhappy.

Drummond's idea was very simple, just do it! Originally, Willie was a rookie, but now he is replaced by a weaker rookie to defend, and he feels that he can play ten; Reggie thinks that the big Van Gundy is too old-fashioned, and now in the era of small ball, steals should not be easy to attack quickly, and he still holds the idea of a big center to solve everything, too old-fashioned!

On the King's side, David knew that the Pistons would focus on the inside and defend the outside, but he didn't plan to deal with it for the time being, he believed in Zhang Feng's personal ability, and he would make adjustments in case it really didn't work. So after David had spoken a few words, he asked the players to get ready to play.

The two teams first executed technical foul free throws, Zhang Feng hit it easily, but Reggie was embarrassed. The two made free throws, and according to the previous blow, Drummond fouled the offense, and this offense was the King's possession.

Zhang Feng was followed by Bradley when he received the ball, and when he crossed the midfield, Reggie adjusted his direction and was ready to wrap up at any time.

Seeing the subtle movements of the two, Zhang Feng decided to take the plan into account, he accelerated from the top of the arc and moved all the way to the right.

Reggie, who was on the right side, rolled his eyes, and he felt that Zhang Feng wanted to pass the ball to Bogdan, and then either Zhang Feng made a strong throw, or Bogdan received the ball, because Bogdan is tall and strong among the guards, and he can block Bradley well, and he can't control the strong shot, as long as he keeps an eye on Bogdan.

Zhang Feng accelerated the dribble to Bogdan, who was standing sideways, and chose to continue to the right after handing the ball over.

Bogdan stepped out with his right foot, bent over to protect the ball, and his sideways stance turned straight into a three-threat position, which made Bradley hesitate slightly, and he couldn't determine which Bogdan would choose between shooting, passing, and breaking, and his questions were also bothering Reggie. At the moment when the two hesitated, Zhang Feng was already in a big vacancy, and Bogdan twisted his body and passed the ball vigorously with both hands. Zhang Feng received the ball and made a three-point shot, hit!

'This defensive mistake was entirely due to a communication error, at first I wanted to wrap up, and then I wanted to defend alone, and it was incomprehensible that two backcourt players should let go of each other's arrows like this,' said the Pistons courtside commentator lamentingly.

"From the next round onwards, our first target will always be Zhang Feng," Bradley said, running to the front court, and Reggie, who dribbled, nodded.

The Pistons attacked this time, although Reggie was not unhappy, he passed the ball to Drummond as soon as possible. The advantage is so obvious that Costa can't even take advantage of the position. After Drummond got the ball, he found the right shooting position after two adjustments, and he rolled over one by one and hit a 2-point shot directly from the board.

Looking back, Zhang Feng's outside breakthrough was simple, he could only give the ball to Bogdan first, and after he stood first on the left side of the serve, Bogdan passed back, he took the ball back to play, collected the ball with his left hand after dribbling twice, turned over and shot backwards, but such a difficult action failed to hit.

With the help of Stanley's card position, Drummond grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to the outside line. Reggie received the ball and ran away, Bradley accelerated his response, Zhang Feng chased between the two alone, and finally was perfectly matched by the two for a 2-on-1 layup.

It's not that the Kings don't want to follow, it's not that they have poor sense of defense, it's that their speed can't catch up with Reggie and Bradley, and it's okay to say if it's not a direct long pass to the outside.

The entire second quarter was repeated under this tone, and the Kings' lead was eroded little by little, although Zhang Feng relied on mid-range shooting to defuse the Pistons' perimeter defense, but Bogdanwi could provide firepower. The Kings were blown up by Drummond on the inside, and Costa also received 2 consecutive fouls in 1 minute because of his strong defense.

With the weakness of the interior and the dumbness of the outside, the Kings began to trail by more than 10 points in the third quarter, and the Pistons outside duo played more and more easily, even when Zhang Feng gave full play to his personal defensive ability, he could not prevent Bradley and Reggie from scoring points one after another.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Kings trailed the Pistons by as many as 31 points, but all the Kings players were not discouraged, and they began to help Zhang Feng do multiple covers, and Zhang Feng also lived up to his high expectations and relied on long-distance shots to play a wave of 12-0.

However, the Kings were unable to fill the hole dug in the third quarter, and they trailed until the end of the game.

"To be honest, after the Kings beat the Celtics 3 days ago, I thought they had become stronger, but now it looks the same, Zhang Feng can't change the direction of the game by fighting alone"

"Charles, you're too demanding, if Willie hadn't been sent off this game, the Kings would definitely have a fight with the Pistons."

"Kenny couldn't agree more, if you look closely, the Kings have a lot of confidence on their faces, which hasn't happened before, even with a backup like Costa getting stronger"

"Are you willing to lose the game like this?"

"What's unwilling, this is the growth process of a young team, and it's not all without gains, Zhang Feng's mid-range shooting will become a powerful means of scoring"

Ladies and gentlemen, the piston writing is a bit broken, and more than 20 collections have been dropped, and the chase has also decreased significantly, so I ended it in a hurry, I'm very sorry.