Chapter 549: Osborne's Hurricane
So Osborne also focused on three-point shooting in this game, he made 12 three-pointers in the first quarter, three of which were three-pointers thrown by the opponent after running, and most of the others were very casual three-point shots, but Osborne's three-point shooting rate was very scary He made 9 three-pointers and scored 27 points directly in the first quarter, which caught the Mavericks off guard, because Michael Finley's height advantage was too different from Osborne's to limit Osborne. At the end of the first quarter, the Pistons led the Mavericks by six points at 36:30, and Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley also combined to score 27 points. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams did not let each other go, you went back and forth and played quite intensely, it seems that the two teams are not just pretending, they are all thinking about this game as the regular season or the finals to play, no one will let anyone, but at present, the Pistons are playing better, Osborne alone is equal to Dirk Nowitzki plus Michael Finley's score.
Osborne was put on the bench by Larry Brown in the second quarter of the game, and Osborne didn't care, anyway, he didn't believe that the Mavericks had this ability as a Finals team this season, and he would have a chance to play sooner or later, so although he was high-spirited, he was not in a hurry at all.
In the second quarter of the game, Richard Hamilton replaced Osborne, after all, Richard Hamilton was also the tactical core player of the former Pistons, although now the core player of the Pistons team has become Osborne, and Larry Brown intends to put Osborne more in the position of scoring guard to play a dozen, but Larry Brown still takes care of Richard Hamilton's feelings very much, and every game will definitely give Richard Hamilton three quarters of game time for him to play freely.
Richard Hamilton also has a lot of psychological preparation for his role reversal, he also admires Osborne, and he is also convinced of Larry Brown's arrangement, except for occasional substitute appearances, playing time is not less than that of other teams' starters, so Richard Hamilton is also very happy.
Richard Hamilton did his job well, in the second quarter of the game he was very good at limiting the Mavericks' Michael Finley, and he also contributed a lot of points to the Pistons, but in the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks' core player Dirk Nowitzki made five three-pointers in a row, opening his personal scoring mode.
So in the second quarter, the Pistons only led the Mavericks by one point at 29-28, and at halftime, the Pistons led the Mavericks by seven points at 65-58.
In fact, Larry Brown is not very satisfied with the performance of the Pistons, after all, Dirk Nowitzki scored so many points, Dirk Nowitzki scored 32 points in the half, but fortunately, the Pistons still have Osborne's protective net, as long as the tactics are right, Osborne can play his greatest role, in fact, Larry Brown doesn't know that Osborne is already a single master, and without any tactics, Osborne can charge and tear apart the defense of other teams.
At halftime, Larry Brown didn't say anything superfluous, just put Richard Hamilton in the small forward position and Osborn in the shooting guard position, and it seemed that Larry Brown wanted a quarter to take away the game.
What could Osborne ask for such an arrangement? At the beginning of the third quarter, Osborne put all the basketball skills he had worked on in the offseason to use.
The first is the back-to-back singles technique, the Pistons' first-round offense, Osborne directly wanted to pass the ball and signaled his teammates to pull him away to play his own singles, and everyone else did according to Osborne's intentions, Osborne also lived up to expectations, he turned his back to Michael Finley, and then shook the last acceleration start twice in a row and directly passed Michael Finley, Michael Finley didn't expect Osborne's start to be so fast, he was passed before he had time to react, and then Osborne took the lead and directly broke into the Mavericks' interior, But at this time, Dirk Nowitzki had already gone down, and Eric Dampier came up as a substitute power forward to make up for the defense, but Osborne did not stop at all, and directly used his quick turn to pass Eric Dampier for a layup, and at this time, Mavericks center Josh Howard was stuck outside the three-point line by Pistons center Ben Wallace.
Osborne's smooth goal also made the Pistons players very happy, Osborne is equivalent to the Pistons' nuclear weapons, and as soon as it is used, it must be earth-shattering and superb.
Next, the Mavericks' counterattack was blocked by the Pistons, Michael Finley missed, Rasheed Wallace picked up the basketball and passed it directly to Osborne, Osborne was not verbose, and went directly to the basket to Josh Howard is a powerful and heavy dunk, this ball became 2+1, although Osborne does not necessarily shoot three-pointers every time, but Osborne has to earn back the three points in other ways, Osborne's free throw is easy to score, at this time the Pistons have led the Mavericks by 12 points.
The head coach of the Mavericks finally couldn't help but call a timeout, and then replaced Dirk Nowitzki to chase the points, but what the Mavericks head coach didn't expect was that he didn't send Dirk Nowitzki, and as soon as he sent him, the Pistons immediately became different.
After the timeout, the Mavericks wanted to use three-pointers to quickly chase points, although Dirk Nowitzki is not a traditional three-point shooter, but as long as the team needs him, he can shoot a lot of three-pointers, after all, there are few people in the NBA who can stop him from scoring.
But now Dirk Nowitzki met an opponent, after Dirk Nowitzki threw a three-pointer, Osborne's side was a three-pointer, and then Dirk Nowitzki wanted to use a three-pointer to fight back, but the Pistons didn't give him a chance, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace teamed up to wrap Dirk Nowitzki, although Dirk Nowitzki had the heart to shoot three-pointers, but they were always interfered with, so they had to choose to shoot two-point shots, and on the Pistons' side, Osborne's three-point shooting mode has been turned on, In the face of Michael Finley, Jason Terry was not afraid of the team, and the three-point shot was basically thrown as it should be, no matter who the defender was.
At the end of the third quarter, Osborne shot 13 times again and hit 8 three-pointers, so that plus the number of three-point shots in the first quarter of the game, Osborne made a total of 17 three-pointers, a total of 51 points, plus a breakthrough layup, and a 2+1, Osborne was able to score 56 points in two quarters of the game, which was really devastating, and the Mavericks did collapse, and at the end of the third quarter, the Pistons led the Mavericks by 21 points at 108:87.
Osborne's furious advance in the third quarter of the game directly defeated the opponent and justified his scoring strength again, and the media also actively announced the advent of the Pistons era, such a terrifying offensive and defensive system, the Pistons are really a team with no weaknesses. (To be continued.) )