Chapter 398 Regular Season Opener
The NBA 04~05 regular season finally officially started on November 2, Eastern time, with a total of three opening games on the first day, including November 2 when the Rockets are about to go to Detroit Auburn Hills Palace to challenge last season's championship team Pistons, and the next Kings vs. Mavericks, Nuggets vs. Lakers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
These are relatively popular teams, the Rockets have Da Yao, who is familiar to the people of the Celestial Empire, and his new super teammate Tracy McGrady, such a combination of Yao Mai is a good test for the Pistons, and the Pistons were the champions last season, such a group of teams, among them, there must be David Stern's old guy intervening, for David Stern's efforts to open up the international market, Osborne is also smiling.
When he learned about the game against the Rockets, Osborne was a little uneasy, and he came up to find problems for the Pistons, the cooperation of Maddie and Da Yao, the two golden partners, is a headache for any team, and the Pistons are no exception, Larry Brown is also worried about this, he doesn't want to lose the first win at the beginning of the new season, and it is also in the most glorious moment of the Pistons, the attention of this game must be very high, and it is a little unspeakable if he loses.
So in order to win, Coach Larry Brown had one of his disciples practice hard.
Osborne and his team-mates are also eager for the new season, and they dare not slack off for this moment.
November 2, 2004 was an ordinary day, but it was a glorious moment for all the members of the Pistons, they held a championship ring release ceremony at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Osborne watched the league senior officials personally hand the championship rings to them, everyone was happy from the bottom of their hearts, and the members who had just joined the Pistons were also very envious to watch them receive the award.
The Rockets players on the opposite side also dream of wearing this ring one day, Osborne saw the envious expressions of Maddie and Da Yao of the Rockets, which was very funny, but it was also helpless, because in this league, there are always many superstars who can't get the championship, so this is also a helpless thing, unless they can join a team that can compete for the championship, or the owner of the Rockets adds super assistants to them.
After the championship ring release ceremony, it was a time of excitement for Pistons fans, and the game between the Rockets and the Pistons officially began.
The Rockets fielded their strongest lineup, center Da Yao, power forward Juwan Howard, small forward David Wesley, scoring guard Tracy McGrady, and point guard Bob Sula.
The Pistons, on the other hand, sent a well-known lineup, center Ben Wallace, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Osborne, scoring guard Richard Hamilton, point guard Chancey Billups, such All-Star starters are not available in the league, so Osborne is still very confident in this game.
The referee signaled the center of both sides to jump the ball, Ben Wallace and Da Yao set up a posture to prepare for the ball, the referee did not hesitate to throw the basketball directly into the sky, Ben Wallace jumped quickly with his excellent reaction speed, but unfortunately his bounce height was really not flattering, so Da Yao tiptoed a little and dialed the basketball to his side, Rockets point guard Bob Sula quickly grabbed the basketball, and then stretched out his hand to signal his teammates to use the No. 2 tactic, in fact, this tactic is still a tactic designed for Da Yao, It's just that the Rockets management is more optimistic about the new superstar Maddy.
After seeing it, Da Yao sank his weight to carry Ben Wallace, and then stretched out his right hand to signal that he was ready, Osborne saw that Bob Sula must be preparing to rush to the inside line of the Rockets, so Osborne also quickly went to intercept Bob Sula, but Bob Sula pretended to break through, and then suddenly threw the ball into the sky, and Da Yao received the basketball with one hand is a one-arm buckle, opening two points for the Rockets.
Osborne found that he overreacted a little in the defense just now, after all, it was not something he could stop, and now he still had to focus on offense, when it was the Pistons' turn to attack, Osborne motioned to Chauncey Billups to hand over the basketball to him, Chaunsibilupes brought the basketball to the halfcourt, and a hit the ball passed to Osborne, Osborne just received the basketball Rockets defender and caught it, David Wesley and Maddie quickly wrapped it over, Osborne saw this and felt that the Rockets would definitely defend him today, after all, most of the Pistons' firepower was on him, and as long as he was prevented, the Pistons' offensive firepower would drop by more than half, but although this idea was good, no one could prevent him.
Osborne accelerated past David Wesley and went directly into the Rockets' interior, and Maddie quickly followed, Osborne was surprised to see that Maddie could predict his breakthrough route, but then it was normal to think about it, Maddie started with defense when he was in the Raptors, and at that time he was only a substitute for his cousin Vince Carter, and his defense was also known for his fierceness at that time.
But Osborne won't give him a chance, after all, Maddie was not a superstar at that time, and he must have worked hard defensively, and now he has become a star, although he has not succeeded, his reputation has been played, and there is no such effort as before when defending, so Osborne directly carried Maddie to break through to the basket, Maddie really didn't have the original effort, and was carried by Osborne, after Osborn broke through Maddie, the Rockets were left with a defensive barrier, that is, Da Yao, Osborne didn't mean to dodge at all, he jumped up directly to Da Yao, and Da Yao also jumped up, but unfortunately Osborne was no longer the original guy, he watched Da Yao jump up, and directly gave the basketball to Ben Wallace who was in the gap, Ben Wallace received the basketball, jumped up directly and dunked the basketball into the basket, and also opened two points for the Pistons.
The two teams can be described as-for-tat, not giving in to each other, you use the center to get two points, I also use the center to score two points, and then the Rockets no longer try to start the fight directly, Maddie also started his own personal performance, first connected two people to stop the jump shot and then scored two points for the Rockets, and then received Bob Soula's dribble directly in the three-point shot, and then he connected with Da Yao to a flying dunk, Maddy's series of outstanding plays helped the Rockets successfully suppress the Pistons.
Seeing Maddie slashing so unscrupulously, Osborne had no worries, and directly took over the ball and directly asked Chauncey Billups to hand over the basketball to him, Chauncy Billups was already familiar with this rhythm, after Osborne took over the basketball, Osborne first passed David Wesley to Da Yao's defensive dunk and scored, and then he passed the basketball to Rashid Wallace, Rashid Wallace would pass to Osborne who ran out of the vacant position, Osborne hit the three-point line, After that, he also shook off David Wesley's defense by running and slipped directly to the bottom line to score.
The two sides played the same performance in different positions, the first quarter of the game was Maddie and Osborne's individual singles time, and after the end of the first quarter, the scores of the two sides were also in a scorching state, and the Pistons led the Rockets by one point at 25-24. (To be continued.) )