Chapter 461: The Final Battle
Osborne's bench was somewhat surprising to Popovich, who had gone to great lengths to persuade Tim Duncan to take a rest, and he thought that no manager could do what he did when it came to training superstars. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even Phil Jackson, one of the league's greatest head coaches, only follows the superstar's dictates to his tactics, and he is the only one who can make the superstar do his bidding, provided that he can bring victory and a championship, and with these as guarantees, his dominance in the Spurs is as solid as a mountain.
So it's unimaginable for him to see that Larry Brown can also make a rising star like Osborne, and he is willing to sit on the cold bench, but he still doesn't care too much about this matter, after all, the next Pistons lineup is the most difficult for the Spurs to deal with, after all, the original Pistons team's starting five tigers are also very powerful, and such a Pistons team is stronger defensively and has a very powerful offense.
In the third quarter of the game, Osborne sat on the bench and watched the Pistons' original five Tigers against the Spurs combination, and the Spurs players took the lead at the beginning of the game, Tony Parker broke through Chauncey Billups with Robert Horry's pick-and-roll cover, quickly went to the basket and then bypassed Rashid Wallace with a behind-the-back pass to Tim Duncan, who was ambushed inside, and Tim Duncan hit the board with another unpretentious right-handed throw.
Osborne feels that Tim Duncan's goal is too casual, there are almost no fancy movements, basically the basketball is a simple hook or a 45-degree angle to shoot the basketball, but on these two other big forwards who are opposite him, no one can prevent him, and the play is also very stable, the scoring explosion is not much and it seems tepid, but at the end of the game, he can often get 20+10 data, which has to be admired.
Then the Pistons also quickly counterattacked, Osborne no longer Richard Hamilton became the tactical core of the Pistons, but he was not afraid of Bruce Bowen's black feet, he quickly fell near the 45-degree three-point line, Chauncey Billups directly passed the basketball to him, he was not afraid of Bruce Bowen at all, and jumped directly to the three-point shot and shot the jumper, and the basketball also hit steadily.
Popovich saw that Bruce Bowen was obviously not the opponent of Richard Hamilton, the old fritter, so he simply replaced Bruce Bowen off the court specifically to deal with Osborne, he replaced Brent Barry as a surprise soldier, and Richard Hamilton confronted Biao three-pointer, Brent Barry is also a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, anyway, he doesn't have much playing time, so he directly pulls out a three-point shot near the three-point line after receiving the basketball.
His three-point shot was not bad, hitting several, and Richard Hamilton was not a three-point shooter after all, so he didn't continue this matchup, and the Spurs also started to work together to score points after trying a few misses.
Osborne once again saw the high-level tactical cooperation of the two teams off the court, with both the exquisite cooperation of the Spurs players, and the wonderful performance of Rashid Wallace's jumper assisted by Chauncey Billups, and Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups played a fast-break score with the cooperation of Chauncey Billups.
At the end of the third quarter, the scores of the two sides were still anxious, and in the end, the Pistons trailed the Spurs by two points 66-68.
The two sides did their best, the Pistons replaced Tysa Amplins, Osborne still took the position of shooting guard, and the Spurs also replaced Manuginobili and replaced Brent Barry to rest, Brent Barry made a lot of credit today, he completed his task brilliantly, shooting 4 of 5 three-pointers, scoring 12 points, and completing the transition stage brilliantly.
Osborne recovered quickly after a break so that he could teach Bruce Bowen a good lesson, and Osborne intended to use his off-ball run to drag Bruce Bowen down and get rid of Bruce Bowen's entanglement.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, this was the final matchup of the game between the Spurs and the Pistons, Chauncey Billups moved quickly with the ball, he stopped near the three-point line at the top of the arc to control the rhythm, the Pistons players had already planned to deal with the game, Osborne and Richard Hamilton crossed runs, each slipped past the baseline, and the hapless Bruce Bowen crashed into Rasheed Wallace.
Osborne had just taken a footing, Chauncey Billups' basketball came as promised, and Osborne once again played to his advantage, taking advantage of Bruce Bowen being blocked, and directly hit a three-pointer and jumped into the net.
Manuginobili on the Spurs' side is not weak, his position is more awkward, since Bruce Bowen is responsible for defending Osborne, but as a pure scoring guard, Manuginobili is still quite short, but now he is an important member of the Spurs system.
He in turn immediately returned a three-pointer to the Pistons, and then the two teams started a big offensive battle, Richard Hamilton quickly deducted two points, and then Chauncey Billups stole Tony Parker's pass to Osborne for a super long-distance pass, Osborne received the basketball without any hesitation, and directly shot a three-point shot, and Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manuginobili played with all their might, and shot together to score 18 points.
The Pistons' side is also unabated, Osborne played alone, and directly broke Bruce Bowen, Bruce Bowen didn't keep up with Osborne's footsteps in these few rounds, and was directly broken through by Osborne, and he didn't even have a chance to get off the black foot.
Osborne scored 16 points for the Pistons many times, and the Pistons also overtook the Spurs by 3 points at 78:75, Popovich took the opportunity to call a timeout, because Osborne broke Bruce Bowen, so it caused the Pistons to overtake the Spurs by 3 points, Popovich can't stand it, he must make adjustments, otherwise the game will be over.
However, even so, the Spurs' performance in the final half of the quarter did not change, they still did not resist the Pistons' offense, Osborne was very active, and after depleting Bruce Bowen's physical strength, Osborne began to use the running position to get rid of Bruce Bowen repeatedly shooting three-pointers from the outside.
Basically, once Osborne's three-point shooting mode unfolds, other teams can only carry it against the Pistons, or they can only bow down and admit defeat.
Osborne relied on his personal ability, and finally exploded and threw 5 three-pointers, directly taking away the game with a wave of 18:15, and the Spurs' offense was also very smooth, but unfortunately their three-point shots were not opened.
In the end, the Pistons defeated the Spurs 96-93, and once again double-defeated the Spurs at the Spurs' home court, achieving another victory. (To be continued.) )