Chapter 104: Osborne Saves the Scene
While reporters are interviewing Larry Brown, there are also reporters interviewing Osborne.
A local reporter from the Kings asked, "May I ask Mr. Osborne, why did you get off the court after a spectacular first quarter and then sit on the cold bench for another period?" ”
Osborne apparently didn't think much of it and replied directly: "Maybe it's because I let Pejastojakovic score too many points, because everyone I defend can play at an All-Star level." Osborne teased a few words of self-deprecation.
The reporter was overjoyed when he heard Osborne's answer, Osborne really deserved to be a topic maker, and there was no big news about interviewing him at all, and those fools actually went to interview Larry Brown's old fox, those people will definitely not interview anything, after all, Larry Brown has been immersed in the NBA for many years, and has mastered how to play officially, and he said a lot as if he didn't say anything. So this reporter despises the reporters who went to interview Larry Brown, and I wish you all to be fired.
He then asked, "What do you think of the Pistons' performance in the second quarter, and how do you feel about the head coach's lineup?" ”
Osborne complained in his heart, and he was not ready to hide it, and responded directly: "Actually, I don't understand what the hell the team's performance is, but I know that this is the manager's arrangement, and I can only obey as a player, but I always have reservations about the manager's arrangement." ”
The reporter thought: Mao's reservations are obviously complaining. The reporter didn't ask any more questions, he had already got the results he wanted, "Thank you for accepting my interview and answering my questions, now I will not delay your rest time again, I wish you the next game to help the team win." ”
Osborne also stopped talking, rested directly, and waited for the start of the third quarter of the game, but before he rested, he was educated by the system god: "Osborne, how can you be so stupid, family ugliness cannot be publicized is intolerable in any country, any system, any ideological form of society, you expose your own family ugliness like this, let outsiders think of you and Larry Brown, originally there is no big contradiction between the two of you now, after you broke the news, and then after the reporter and the media rendered, your matter is going to make a big fuss." ”
After listening to the analysis of the system, Osborne looked unimpressed, and replied: "How they like to write is their business, anyway, I have to say it if I am unhappy, and the contradiction between me and Larry Brown will appear sooner or later, it is an inevitable contradiction, that guy was hurt by Allen Iverson, and he decided that all superstars are unruly, so much so that he swore that he would never serve on a team with a superstar, and he had to beat a team with a superstar to prove himself right." ”
"Such a guy is too paranoid, I won't agree with his concept, I always think that the NBA league is vanity fair, it is a business league, it needs superstars, it needs superstar basketball, it needs offensive basketball, since he likes pure basketball so much, then he just goes to the NCAA to coach and leave this business league as soon as possible."
After speaking, he didn't give the system a chance to interject, and said: "The game is on, I'm going to play, if there is anything, let's wait until the game is over." Then Osborne walked out of the locker room, sat down on the sidelines, and the game began, with Larry Brown announcing the roster for the third quarter, center Elden Campbell, power forward Daco Milicic, small forward Tysha Amplins, scoring guard Richard Hamilton, and point guard Lincy Hunter.
Osborne was furious when he heard that he didn't have a place on the court, this Larry Brown wanted to suppress me and not give me playing time, if my triple-double record was cut off from today, then I would definitely make you regret it.
Then Osborne, with resentment, watched the Pistons' performance in the third quarter, and he was now eager to save the Pistons as a savior, and let that stubborn Larry Brown see what it means to be awesome.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Pistons were very positive about the players, or continued the defensive performance of the previous quarter, and the offensive efficiency was greatly enhanced, because Larry Brown spat wildly at the end of the second quarter, and they ate a lot of hanging, so they came up with a positive performance, and the effect was not bad.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Richard Hamilton played the role of the team's offensive core, hitting a direct two-point shot to open the scoring for the Pistons. Then Lindsey Hunter was also very active in defending and stealing the Kings' backup point guard Dawson McLae, and directly assisted Elden Campbell for an empty dunk, and the team also improved slightly.
It's just that the good times didn't last long, and the Kings' big forward Chris Webber broke out directly, first beating Milicic for two points, and then sending an assist to Vlad Divac, and then shaking Daco Milicic to cause Milicic a 2+1, and immediately fell into an unfavorable situation for the offense.
For nearly half a quarter, the Pistons trailed the Kings by a full twenty points at 64-84, which made Larry Brown unable to stand it and called a long timeout. The players suffered from Larry Brown's cold violence as soon as they came, and the players saw Larry Brown with a black face and did not speak, and their hearts beat even more, the head coach will not be calm before the storm. It's just that Larry Brown kept his face dark and didn't speak until the timeout was about to end, when he gave an order.
Team adjustment list, center: Ben Wallace, power forward: Tysa Ann Princes, small forward: Osborne Michael Jean, point guard: Richard Hamilton, point guard: Chauncee Billups, this time Larry Brown is the strongest lineup of the team, and he did his best, but Osborne said something at the beginning of the game that made head coach Larry Brown a headache: "Coach Brown, in the next game time, I need unlimited firing rights, only then can I have the confidence to turn the tables." ”
Larry Brown didn't expect Osborne to react so strongly, the right to fire unlimited is the right that only the absolute core of a team has, Osborne is asking for unlimited fire right now, it seems that he has a grudge against letting him sit on the cold bench just now.
Larry Brown also had no choice, after all, he had a request, but he didn't expect Osborne to be so strong, so he reluctantly agreed: "As long as you can lead the team to victory, all the time in this game is free for you to play." ”
When Osborne heard Larry Brown agree, he was immediately overjoyed, and he no longer hesitated, and turned around to play directly.
Osborne felt that he had better complete the triple-double first and then talk about anything else, otherwise it would be meaningless to win or lose. He took a look at the system statistics, his current score of 18 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, hard work can still complete the task, you must know that there are people in the league who can achieve an average of one point, one rebound and one assist in one minute. He believed he could do it too.
So Osborne is also full of confidence, but for whether the Pistons can win, Osborne is not sure, he is not a god, nor is he a superstar, just a rookie player, so Osborne does not know how the Pistons are in state, but the state of the Kings He sees clearly on the bench, the momentum of the Kings has risen, and they can't defend at all, and the Kings still have a huge advantage of twenty points.