Chapter 459: New Year, New Weather
A series of victories by the Pistons have also made the Pistons once again target and pay attention to the whole league, and people hope that a team will stand up and kill the arrogance of the Pistons to kill the Pistons, but such a team does not exist in the regular season, because the Pistons have embarked on the highway of victory, there are no obvious weaknesses in all aspects, and the offensive power has been greatly strengthened, basically few teams can resist the impact of the Pistons wave of waves. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After December, it's the New Year, and on January 3rd, the Pistons are going to the Spurs' home court to challenge the Spurs, and Osborne wants to scold the street as soon as he sees this schedule, and the Spurs are now one of Osborne's most hated players, because of the presence of Bruce Bowen, he can't like the Spurs at all.
But if you don't like it, you have to play, because the Spurs are their biggest and final opponent this season, if he remembers correctly, the 04~05 season finals are the Spurs vs. the Pistons.
Coming to the San Antonio Spurs' home court again, the Pistons still fielded the strongest lineup, but this time the lineup changed, and Larry Brown put Osborne at shooting guard to prevent Osborne from getting injured again, and let Richard Hamilton play against Bruce Bowen.
And the starting lineup of the Spurs has also changed, starting center Rasunestrovic, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Robert Horry, scoring guard Manuginobili, point guard Tony Parker, it is very strange that the original iron-clad starting guard Bruce Bowen did not start, which is very unusual.
It seems that Old Man Popovich wants to make some big things again, but Larry Brown didn't think much about it, anyway, he will know what kind of conspiracy Old Man Popovich has later.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Spurs center Rasunestrovic took the lead in grabbing the basketball with his height advantage, and then passed to Tony Parker, Tony Parker moved forward with the ball, and when the Spurs players fell into position, Tony Parker began to break through with the ball, Robert Horry blocked and covered for Tony Parker, Tony Parker accelerated past Chauncey Billups, and then passed the ball to Tim Duncan, who directly scored the basketball with the old man's hook hand.
Osborne saw that Tim Duncan was really the representative of floor flow, his shooting was just a simple action, but he was able to score the basketball, and you basically couldn't do it.
Then the Pistons players counterattacked, Osborne was in the position of scoring guard, so Chauncey Billups and Osborne's counterattack was very fast, Chaunci Billups and Osborne were almost neck-and-neck, when Osborne ran to the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, Chaunci Billups directly passed the basketball to him, and Osborne directly hit the basket with a three-point shot.
At this time, Manuginobili had just arrived, and he had to return to his own formation for a counterattack, Tony Parker also felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't expect the Pistons' tactics to become so simple, basically the cooperation of two people, that is, a pass and a shot, even if the offense is completed.
So Tony Parker didn't use any complicated tactics, he handed the basketball directly to Manuginobili to deal with, but fortunately, the Spurs players have excellent tactical literacy, and they will never complete the offense with a pass, and Mr. Popovich will never allow the basketball to complete the offense with one pass, so Manouginobili didn't shoot directly without receiving the ball, but passed the basketball to Mr. Robert Horry.
Robert Horry didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, he shot directly at Richard Hamilton's defense, perhaps because it was not a critical moment, so Robert Horry's shot was rejected by the basket.
Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound, and then handed it to Chaunsibilups, Chaunsibillups handed the basketball to Osborne, Osborne rushed with the ball, and his opponent Manuginobili hurriedly went to chase and intercept him, but unfortunately Osborne was taller than him, stronger than him, and faster than him, Manuginobili had to watch Osborne pass him but could not do anything.
Osborne is very advantageous to play shooting guard in a misplaced position, but the size of Magic Johnson center is played in the point guard position, which is too bullying. Osborne didn't rush inside after passing Manuginobili and hit a two-point shot from mid-range with ease.
Then Manuginobili was also angry, he directly reached out to ask for the ball, Tony Parker was not lazy, and passed the basketball directly to him, Manuginobili got the basketball is a tricky serpentine breakthrough, Osborne was almost shaken down by Manuginobili, after passing Osborne, Manouginobili's speed did not decrease, and Europe stepped past Rasheed Wallace's supplementary defense and threw a two-point shot directly.
Osborne was so humiliated by Manuginobili that he couldn't hold his face, but he couldn't help it, because he couldn't stop Manuginobili's breakthrough at all.
So Osborne doesn't care about any tactics, for the Spurs tactics is their strength, the Spurs are afraid of the kind of teams with high talent and good performance, like the Rockets, Lakers, and later the Thunder, and the Clippers are all his sufferers, these teams have one thing in common, they have one or two superstars, they face the Spurs' defensive system, and they have an inexplicable individual offense, so the Spurs can't handle such a team.
But when dealing with the single-core Cavaliers and the reasonable Grizzlies, they are very experienced, and against the Cavaliers led by LeBron James and later the Big Three Heat, their tactics restrained LeBron James very well, to put it bluntly, desperately consume LeBron James, defend the shots and prevent breakouts, and cut off the connection between him and his teammates.
Osborne feels the Pistons have just the right combination of talent and tactical sound.
After his talent has been transformed, not to mention a historical-level talent, it is also a talent that has been rare in 50 years, and his current strength can be said to be at the superstar level, coupled with the addition of the Pistons' tactical system, the strength he can exert is definitely the power of a superstar.
Osborne then directly started the desperate Saburo-style offense, and every round of offense he went all out not to give the Spurs a comfortable shooting opportunity, and the other players of the Pistons did the same, just as the so-called new year and new atmosphere, their basketball also had to play fiercely.
The Pistons showed off a championship team and a historic offense in the Spurs' home court in the first quarter.
Osborne made five three-pointers from eight shots and scored 15 points in the first quarter, Chauncey Billups also had four points and six assists, and Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace didn't have much stats, but their role was not something the stats could tell.
The Spurs had a decent first quarter, with Tim Duncan as the cornerstone cutting in 10 points and 6 rebounds, Tony Parker chipped in 5 points and 4 assists, and Manuginobili chipped in 5 points and 1 assist.
In the first quarter, the Pistons led the Spurs by five points, 28-23. (To be continued.) )