Chapter 49: Scorching (Fourth Update)

El Harrington sat on the bench, looked up at the data on the big screen, and took a breath of relief.

19 points and 8 boards.

Nelson Sr. squinted at a happy El Harrington and became more and more determined to push the deal forward.

So far in the season, the Warriors have 1 win and 3 losses, and the lineup is only last season's "dunk king" Richardson, but it has ushered in a more potential Li Zhi, and the old Nelson has thought for a long time and doesn't understand the reason for such a bad record.

But now he understands that last season's "Black Eight" was like a doping injection, which made the Warriors run out of talent, and many players still did not wake up in the "glory" of last season, and even thought about how to fight for a higher status or a bigger contract in the team.

The team lacks cohesion and morale is disheartened.

But...... Old Nelson looked at Byron Davis, Monta Ellis, and Li Zhi, who were discussing tactics on the side, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

……

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two teams once again replaced the main players, intending to fight it out.

Warriors lineup: Byron Davis, Monta Ellis, Rich, El Harrington, Bitlins.

Pistons lineup: Ronald Murray, Richard Hamilton, Tysha Ann Princes, Jason McHill, Rasheed Wallace.

Li Zhi looked at the field and thought to himself that El Harrington might still be living in a dream.

Harrington took an inside position with his back to Mark Hill and asked Byron Davis for the ball.

Byron Davis's big round eyes widened, and directly ignored this strange thing, and Ronald Murray, who faced the defense, turned and broke through, catching the Pistons by surprise.

80:80 draw, but was booed by the Pistons fans in the audience.

The Pistons possessed the ball, Ronald Murray dribbled and commanded, and covered with the ball on the outside, Richard Hamilton did not shake off Rich, but McHill's mid-range blocking and dismantling played an important role, directly blocking Byron Davis inside.

The short but extremely fast Ronald Murray chose to break through Al Harrington and score directly on the layup.

The Pistons are again in the lead.

Although Al Harrington is slightly fat, he is not slow to move, and he is very good at blocking and dismantling, but El Harrington, who is bent on scoring, has no defense at all, and watched Ronald Murray burst into the interior.

Li Zhi, Davis and others looked helpless, what else could such a pig teammate do?

Byron Davis brought the ball to the front court and gave it to Rich, Montaelis got rid of the cover and ran to the bottom corner, Richmond split the ball, Montaelis was unrelenting, and the three-pointer went up and down.

83:80

The Pistons attacked, Ronald Murray quickly passed the ball to the frontcourt, and this time Li Zhi didn't wait to catch up with Hamilton, who hit a three-pointer around the screen.

The score was tied again.

In this way, the scores of the two teams alternated leads.

For the Warriors, Li Zhi hit three shots, including one open three-pointer and two open cut layups, scoring 7 points, which was a good effect.

Byron Davis performed strongly, using the breakaway point to tear apart the Pistons' outside defense in a row, and by the two minutes left in the fourth season, he had already delivered 5 assists in a single quarter, and the number of assists in the game reached 12.

And with Lee, Byron, Davis and others to attract firepower, Monta Ellis also took the opportunity to hit a three-pointer, a mid-range shot, the three had a wonderful chemistry, and the others also performed well.

On the Pistons' side, the poor defense made head coach Philip Sanders determined to strengthen the offense, completely releasing Ronald Murray and Richard Hamilton, and under the tandem of the two, the Pistons tied the score again in the last 2 minutes.

At the timeout, Nelson Sr. took the time to adjust the rotation, replacing the paddling El Harrington and replacing the defensive sharp Matt Barnes into the game.

The Pistons fans in the stands were fiercely pulled by the Warriors in their hearts, and they didn't expect the more powerful Pistons to fight with the Warriors until the last moment.

"The Warriors' Byron Davis, George Lee, and Monta Ellis work together so well!"

"yes, Chauncey's absence has taken our perimeter defense down a notch."

"Alas, I'm starting to worry about our Pistons, the Warriors are now the second-to-last in the West, and we've been playing with them until now, are we at that level."

In the past two years, the team has continued to fall apart, and the successive departures of the champions have made the Pistons' strength continue to decline, and they enter the playoffs with hope every year, and they collapse in that place every year, and Pistons fans have gradually lost their expectations for the Pistons to win the championship.

……

After the timeout, Nelson Sr. changed his tactics and strengthened the blocking and splitting of Bitlins and the outside trio, pulling Rasheed Wallace out to open up space for the court.

But Nelson Sr.'s obvious miscalculation, the Pistons at the last moment seemed to awaken to the violent factor of their "bad boy army", and the defensive small moves continued to intensify, which made Byron Davis very uncomfortable to break through.

With a minute left in the game, the Warriors' first two attacks failed, one with 24 seconds and the other when Montaellis broke through and missed a throw.

But the Pistons scored four points in a row with this tough interior offense.

Watching the Warriors attack, the Pistons fans in the stands all stood up and created a huge boo.

The roar of cars was incessant, and Byron Davis looked at the piston like a bucket, and there was nothing to be done.

"George! Come on! A girl's scream came from the sidelines, attracting the sideways glances of the surrounding fans, many of whom glared angrily at the woman wearing sunglasses and masks.

This is Auburn Hills Palace, from the Auburn Hills Palace incident, you can see how fanatical Detroit people are about the Pistons, otherwise no matter how small Artest is, he can't blatantly attack the fans, obviously the fans' words and deeds are excessive.

"Idiots from there, get out of here!"

"Bitch, you're not welcome at Auburn Hills Palace."

"The Warriors are finished, your little Chinese white faces are now peeing your pants on the court."

All kinds of foul language came from all around, and even a few fans looked at it as rolling up their sleeves, and in the atmosphere of violence and fanaticism, fans are an extremely terrifying group.

Li Zhi obviously heard the voice of the girl on the sidelines, and also recognized that the person wearing masks and sunglasses was Avril, and naturally heard the words of the fans.

Instead of thinking about why Avril was here out of nowhere, he was thinking about how to teach Pistons fans a lesson.

Li Zhi couldn't help but think of all the accusations and grievances that Avril had received because of himself, he knew that these things would change in the future, and as he continued to grow up and continue to make a name for himself in the NBA, no one dared to point fingers at them anymore.

However, it was too far away, and Li Zhi couldn't wait.

He is going to be the one who patronizes the goddess, and there will never be a person in this world who can point a finger at us.