Osborne's three-pointer not only firmly controlled the scoring advantage at more than 10 points, but also made the Hornets almost lose the confidence to chase points. Fortunately, the head coach of the Hornets called a timeout in time to let the Hornets players adjust their state and arrange their tactics by the way.

Osborne was greeted by his enthusiastic teammates when he got off the court, and Larry Brown saw his players playing so well, and it was not easy to interrupt their interaction, he found that since Osborne joined the Pistons, he was much easier as a head coach, and the only thing to worry about was the selection of players and the establishment of the team system, which was originally the head coach's job, so Larry Brown felt that the opportunity for the Pistons to break into the Finals had arrived, and this season was a critical year.

At this time, the head coach of the Hornets was also nervously arranging tactics, and he kept instilling in the players a kind of thinking that they should have the spirit of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, regardless of whether he is a championship team or a finals team, he has to lose a layer of skin when he encounters the Hornets.

And the Hornets really have that spirit of not being afraid of anything, and they have successfully sniped the New Jersey Nets and almost knocked out the Indiana Pacers. Therefore, these players are very motivated, and they also agree with the head coach's statement, and they have adjusted their mentality after returning from the timeout, ready to give the arrogant Pistons a final fight.

The temperament of the two teams is completely different when the Pistons and the Hornets return from a suspension, the Pistons are more calm and heavy, while the Hornets are imposing and domineering.

The two sides had the final battle at the end of the third quarter, and the current situation on the court is in favor of the Pistons, after all, it is the leading side, and the Hornets are doing it, first Byron Davis ignored Chauncey Billups defense and hit a three-pointer directly, and then David Wesley against Osborne also easily broke through Osborne's standard three-step layup and hit a two-point shot.

Osborne saw a different Hornets returning from a timeout. There was also some worry about whether the Pistons could survive, but Osborne was obviously too worried, Chauncey Billups was very angry about Byron Davis's performance just now, so he took the lead in shooting back a two-point shot, Osborne saw that the team's big brother was setting an example, and Osborne, as a player of the Pistons, was not good at nothing. It was also immediately followed by Chauncey Billups' counterattack and threw a three-pointer that stabilized the morale of the army.

The Hornets are not far behind, Jamal Mashburn is also a dangerous and powerful dunk, Jamal Mashburn's dunk greatly boosted the morale of the Hornets, and then the Hornets' center Jamal Margloer also received a pass from Byron Davis and then a top ten price dunk.

The Pistons and the Hornets had a two-and-a-half-minute offensive battle, and the Hornets still relied on the all-round outburst of the starters to play a small peak of 13:8, rewriting the basketball score to 70:77, although it is still seven points behind the Pistons, but this score is not an indelible score. So much so that the fighting spirit of the Hornets players is even stronger.

After the end of the third quarter, the head coach of the Pistons had some headaches about the defensive problems of the players at the end of the third quarter, and the Hornets began to fight back again, and the Pistons also returned the favor in the other way, but after all, everyone could score like the Hornets' starters.

Larry Brown knows that there are two reasons why the Pistons are poor now, the first is because of the rookie players like Osborne, that is, the offensive rookie players are very strong but the defense still needs to be improved, which is only a superficial secondary reason, and the second situation is that the Pistons do need to eliminate some players. Then a group of bench bandits were introduced, and finally trained and formed. Then the Pistons can really be invincible. This is the reason why the Pistons are easily chased by opponents when the main team is resting, and it is also the main reason why the Pistons have a good and bad game. So Larry Brown can't keep an eye on the secondary causes, and has to create an offensive and defensive system for the Pistons to get through the current difficulties.

Larry Brown thought for a moment, then said to Osborne: "It's up to you in the fourth quarter, you just have to play normally." You don't have to worry about the rest. ”

After assigning the task to Osborne, he said to the other players: "The fourth quarter is the decisive moment, and the Hornets starters just now broke out in full force, but they can't all play in the fourth quarter, and they will definitely take a break." This is the best time for us to pull the score away again, so I hope you don't waste this opportunity. For a while, except for Osborne, the other positions will be changed to the rotation lineup first. ”

When the game returned in the fourth quarter, the Hornets and Pistons really let the main players rest, but Larry Brown still let Osborne come on the court to cut points, expanding the score advantage again, so that the Pistons have a wider chance of winning.

The Hornets are also some unknown players, only David West is a little familiar, and the others don't know where they will appear in the future.

The core of the Hornets' bench lineup is David West's position, which happens to be opposite Osborne, David West plays unpretentiously and is very solid, he knows how to use his physical advantages and uses the skills of a big forward to play the position of a small forward, I have to say that David West is worthy of being a player who partners with Queen Bee Chris Paul.

David West kept using his back to force Osborne, and Osborne really had no choice, but he had a way to counterattack, and if he couldn't defend it, he simply didn't defend it, and directly used his signature three-point shot to counterattack. Just as Osborne used his teammate's pick-and-roll screen to prepare to shoot, David West did not give up, he was ready to quickly get rid of the interference of the pick-and-roll screener, and appeared in front of Osborne again.

Osborne didn't feel anything about David West's defense, and he still threw the ball very resolutely, but it was a pity that Osborne's shot was out of the box. Osborne's own shooting feels good, but the basketball pops up in the frame, which shows that David West's defense does work, otherwise Osborne would never have missed this shot with a high chance of scoring.

Osborne couldn't figure out why, obviously David West's defense didn't interfere with his shot, and his feeling didn't get any worse, but the shot that he had to score before popped up in the frame.

Osborne doesn't believe in evil, or uses Dacomilisic's cover, and then shoots normally, David West also appeared in front of Osborne in time, his palms were about to touch Osborne's eyeballs, Osborne saw David West's action and immediately thought, did David West use the method of sight guidance, so that Osborne's attention will be slightly biased elsewhere, so that Osborne's shooting will have a certain chance of being off. Of course, this ball Osborne still can't get rid of the fate of popping out of the frame, Osborne missed two consecutive shots, but it has never happened.

The Hornets seized the opportunity and kept closing the gap, and Larry Brown was worried about Osborne's state when he saw Osborn suddenly fall into an offensive smut. However, Larry Brown still believed that Osborne could adjust on his own, so he did not call a timeout. (To be continued.) )