Chapter 152: Atlanta Hawks
The big discussion about Osborne caused an uproar in the American basketball world again, but the NBA game didn't stop there, and Osborne woke up the next day and was told that he was going to Atlanta today to face the Hawks on the road.
When Osborne woke up, his temperament had changed a lot, his eyes were calm, his demeanor was casual, and that sensational event could not stop Osborne's footsteps.
This year's Atlanta Hawks is a thoroughly rebuilt team, not very strong.
Larry Brown demanded that this game be decided as quickly as possible, and not drag the mud and water, "Everyone has worked hard during this time, but as long as we can continue to win, no matter how hard it is, it will be worth it, so we must clean up the Eagles, and then we are about to challenge the Philadelphia 76 team." It's not going to be an easy game and we have to be careful. The players also know that the recent schedule arranged by the league for the Pistons is simply a devil's schedule, and the time is tight, I don't know if the league hates the Pistons team, and a group of Pistons players can't help but complain in their hearts, they should really beat up the guy who arranged the schedule.
In fact, everyone knows that the schedule is randomly generated by the computer, but if you want to say that there is no insider in it, you must not believe it. After all, the teams that are taken care of by the league are very comfortable, such as the Los Angeles Lakers, that team is simply playing a practice game, just need to play a good game, and the league is ready for the break. Two days or one day, there are hardly many back-to-back games, unlike the Pistons, which are almost always tight games.
But after all, the Pistons are a very wearable team. Almost all of them are iron men, so the players replied optimistically: "Don't worry, coach." We're going to practice for this game and we're going to win. ”
When they arrived in Atlanta, they stayed in hotels with little entertainment. Then the Pistons players are all taking time to rest, otherwise they can't show their best condition, and the players are very serious about recovery training after waking up.
As night fell, Atlanta didn't have any outstanding records recently, almost all of them were in a state of soy sauce, although they just won against the Cavaliers, but for a team like the Pistons, which has both offense and defense, it is still vulnerable.
The Eagles have few well-known stars, and there are only a few quality players. Big dog Glenn Robinson, who was sent to the Philadelphia 76ers by the Hawks in a four-team trade, was supposed to be the centerpiece of the Eagles, and his trade completely announced the Eagles' rebuild. Sharif Abdulahim, Stephen Jackson, Jason Terry, although these people have strength, they can't control the field, the team is in chaos, there are almost no tactics, you fight yours and I fight mine. There wasn't much chemistry at all.
Last season, the Hawks missed the playoffs with a 35-47 record, but the Hawks had the NBA's most scoring trio that season, Glenn Robinson and Abdulrahim. Jason Terry averaged 57.9 points, but it didn't work, and the Hawks still had fewer wins and more losses. This made the Eagles owners determined to rebuild the team.
They are just a rebuilding team and the owners and managers don't have much hope for the team. They're all looking forward to being able to pick a good rookie player next year to completely rebuild the team.
So today's game was nice but not intense, because today's game was one-sided. It should all be the Pistons' show time. The Hawks sit at home to take on the Pistons.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Pistons grabbed the ball, which was quickly advanced by Chaunsibilups, Osborne's calf ran straight to the basket, and then Chaunsibilupes directly made a long rugby-style pass to Osborne with a fingertip basket to score the ball, directly giving the Hawks a dismount.
The Hawks then launched a counterattack, Stephen Jackson received the serve all the way down, and then hit a three-point shot against Osborne's defense, giving the Pistons a slap in the face, especially Osborne felt that this Stephen Jackson must be fighting back.
At this point, Osborne felt that he had to show something, or he would not be able to stand up on the court.
Then Osborne took the ball and directly singled out Stephen Jackson, Osborne first leaned on Stephen Jackson and then a Kobe-style shaking of his shoulders, and then his feet swayed left and right, and his body also rotated, although Stephen Jackson had the heart to dig Osborne's ball, but he couldn't do anything, Osborne made a three-point jumper after doing these actions, Stephen Jackson tried his best to block but had no way, and watched Osborne score three points, which was the same as the situation he teased Osborn just now.
Osborne's three-point goal was very elegant, simply picturesque, and then the Pistons players were also ignited by Osborne's passion, Chaunci Billups assisted Ben Wallace to score an empty dunk, and Osborne assisted Daco Milicic to hook into the basket. The Pistons opened the game 10-3. Then the Hawks gradually regained their touch, first Abdel Rahim attacked the basket, Ben Wallace had no height advantage, and could only watch Raheem wreak havoc on the Pistons basket.
But even so, the Pistons players are still not inferior, Osborne used Daco Milicic's blocking cover to receive a pass from Chaunci Billups and hit a three-pointer steadily, the Hawks kept attacking the basket and gave the Pistons a lot of resistance, but then the Pistons burst out in full swing, first Osborne led the Pistons with a very clean three-point shot, and then Osborne also assisted Chaunci Billups to hit two points, and then Tysha Ann Prince also hit a shot, And the Eagles are also a little blindsided.
In the end, the Hawks' point guard Jason Terry used the Pistons' defensive gap to shoot a small throw for the Hawks to win two points, only to leave 5 seconds of offensive time for the Pistons, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pistons players ran fast to find cover for each other, although the offensive time was only 5 seconds, but it was obviously enough for the Pistons, Ben Wallace served, Chauncey Billups received the ball and advanced quickly, Osborne also accelerated and went down, and then Chauncey Billups did not dribble much and threw the ball directly to Osborne, Osborne didn't care if there was anyone in front of him to defend and directly hit a step-back jumper three-point shot, as soon as Osborne made a basketball shot, the time monitor was red, and finally Osborne's three-point shot also fell steadily into the basket.
Osborne saw the three-pointers go straight to the bottom and did some hilarious celebrations with his teammates, and the Pistons led the Hawks by 11 points at 31-20 after the first quarter.
Osborne was super efficient in the first quarter, shooting 5-of-6, 4-of-5 from three-point range, cutting 14, and also had 3 assists and 3 rebounds, which can be called the Pistons' efficiency king in the first quarter. (To be continued.) )