Chapter 125: Fight the Lakers Again
The system heard Osborne's words like an oath, and no longer worried about what abnormal things would happen to Osborne, so he said: "Since that's the case, then I won't bother you anymore, you still have games the day after tomorrow, and you must perform well in your rookie season, so that your value will become greater and greater, and your choices will be more and more." ”
Osborne also knew that the system was afraid that he would have some bad thoughts, so he replied: "Don't worry about me, I won't admit defeat easily." ”
Osborne finally put his body in a relatively soothing state after a day's rest, these days are too tiring, no wonder the competitive sports competitions in other countries are every long time, compared with the NBA is not a grade at all.
On November 19, 2003, the Pistons hosted the Los Angeles Lakers who wanted revenge. Osborne had a deep hatred for the programmer who was arranging the schedule.
After all, the Lakers are not an ordinary team, with such a terrifying lineup, if a superstar of the Lakers suddenly breaks out, it is undoubtedly abused, although the Lakers' performance in the regular season is unstable, but the Lakers still have a thrilling break into the finals, and the strength must not be underestimated.
The Palace of Auburn Hills was filled with enthusiastic fans very early, and the last game was quite exciting, but the home fans did not see it, and this time the game at home was not wanted to be missed by Pistons fans.
The Lakers are menacing in this game, and the Pistons are missing another strong player, so they all feel sorry for the Pistons.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers showed a strong desire to attack, and it seemed to be a combination of inside and outside, first by the inside killer shark O'Neal with a powerful dunk, Billups with a precise shot back to color.
Then Kobe Bryant was not to be outdone, broke through Osborne and scored under the basket, and also staged a reflexive dunk. Osborne also felt that he couldn't be weak, otherwise the Pistons would probably collapse.
As soon as the Pistons fans and viewers came up, they were very excited to see such a fierce offensive and defensive switch, and they all felt that today's tickets were worth it.
Then Gary Payton assisted Kobe Bryant to hit a three-point shot, and Osborne felt that today's game was not good when he saw this scene, because even the contradictory Gary Payton and Kobe Bryant were able to interact on the court, indicating that the Lakers are slowly beginning to merge into a whole, although it may be a temporary fusion, but this fusion can still cause great damage.
Sure enough, today's Lakers team is very different from the past, today's Lakers seem to play team basketball, and even Kobe, who likes to play alone, has frequently sent cannonballs to the inside, which is a bit abnormal.
Osborne decided to take the initiative to approach Kobe Bryant and not let him do what he wanted, he said: "Kobe, you don't seem to be the same today, is something happening that makes the player who likes to play alone so much change so much." ”
Kobe Bryant said expressionlessly: "I'm just trying out a different style of basketball, you don't have to make a fuss, someone has to make sacrifices on the current Lakers team, otherwise the ball problem alone will be enough for the Lakers to run in." ”
Osborne felt that this was incredible, Kobe, who has always been considered paranoid, would still think about the team, which is not in line with his basketball style.
Osborne also stopped playing with Kobe Bryant when he heard this, because the current Pistons have been blinded by the Lakers' ferocious offense, and by the end of the first quarter, the Pistons had fallen behind by eight points at 18:26.
Osborne saw that today's teammates felt extremely bad, and several wonderful passes made by Osborne in a row were ruthlessly beaten by his teammates.
Coming back in the second quarter, Osborne also decided to go it alone, and with the cover of Tysian Springs, Osborne hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc through the net.
But the Lakers are still unabated, and because of Kobe's passing, even Karl Malone was driven, which is equivalent to the Lakers' Big Three collectively exerting power, which makes the Pistons unable to defend at all. It's simply Kobe Bryant's shot, Malone's shot, Malone's shot, O'Neal's dunk, it's just indescribable. The Pistons' side is all supported by Billups and Osborne, and everyone else has been abused by the Lakers.
At the end of the second quarter, O'Neal continued to attack the basket and scored eight points, and at the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Pistons by 15 points at 55:40, although the Pistons did not score much, but Osborne still cut down the data of 20 points, and everyone else on the court was abused by the Lakers.
Larry Brown felt that it was not possible to go on like this, and he had to think of some way, but the Lakers blatantly wanted to beat the Pistons, but the Pistons lost a big man, and the staffing required by the team system did not meet the requirements, and finally Larry Brown made up his mind that if there was no change in the third quarter, he would give up the game, although he was a little sorry for the fans, but as long as the Pistons could win the final victory, they would not pay attention to these small details.
In the third quarter, the Lakers' offensive slowed down, the Pistons were also on the rotation lineup, the Lakers were also alternating between the old and the new, the Pistons bench and the Lakers bench were bad enough, which simply lowered the game by a notch, and finally the Lakers couldn't stand it anymore, and directly sent the main players, while the Pistons still insisted on rotating the lineup.
At first, the Pistons were able to take advantage of the speed advantage here and play fast and slow, but then they were broken by the Lakers' positional battle, and the Pistons began to fall into crisis again, and finally Larry Brown also knew that it would not work if it continued like this.
Larry Brown also sent the main players to play, but the Lakers don't know what the reason is today, everyone is crazy, the Pistons are all unable to resist, the only dominant position is Osborne, and the Lakers are not falling behind in four points, especially the inside line is simply the restricted area, who enters and who kneels.
The third quarter of the game was not over, and the Pistons were already behind by 19 points, with a gap of nearly 20 points, and when they encountered such a situation as the Lakers, Larry Brown had no choice but to withdraw all the main players and surrender.
And the Lakers also accepted it when they saw it, and they no longer chased after it, and they also sent a substitute lineup, and the game fell into a back-and-forth iron battle, and then the Lakers maintained the lead until the end.
In the end, the Lakers defeated the Pistons 104:95 and completed the revenge on the Pistons, media reporters saw such a tragedy, and reported that this game was supposed to be a game where Mars hit the earth, but it developed into a one-sided game, the reason for this is self-evident, the Lakers have gradually improved, their run-in period has passed, the Pistons can be evenly matched with the Lakers, but in the future, if the Pistons meet the Lakers, the Pistons still can't beat the Lakers.
After Osborne got off the court, he also felt very tired and frustrated, this game was really intentional to kill the enemy and was powerless, although Osborne scored 29 points in just three quarters, but even if his teammates were not all powerful, there was no way, which can be seen from Osborne's assists.
The Lakers completed the revenge of the Pistons with a score of 1:1, which made many media happy to see it, after all, superstar basketball is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and civilian counterattacks are not so simple.