Chapter 532: The first game of the finals
After a while, news came from the news report, the Spurs defeated the Suns with a score difference of 91:86, since Steve Nash went down, the Suns did not take a lead, all lost confidence in the catch-up, and finally lost, from the score, the two teams seem to be evenly matched, but as long as anyone who watched the game knows that the Spurs are always in control of the game, and the Suns have no chance of winning. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Larry Brown knows the power of the Spurs, not only can he use shady tricks to dismantle the main players, but also can break the opponent's illusions with a dignified offensive defense.
After a two-day break, the first game of the Finals finally began, and the pre-game predictions of the Finals were optimistic that the Pistons could win the first Finals, after all, Osborne had never lost the first game of the playoffs in the entire first game.
The Spurs' lineup for the first Finals game is still the starting lineup of the Western Conference Finals, with center Nazel Mohammed, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Bruce Bowen, shooting guard Manuginobili, and point guard Tony Parker.
And Larry Brown had long expected that Mr. Popovich would send Bruce Bowen to defend Osborne, so he also changed his lineup, starting the lineup with center Ben Wallace, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Richard Hamilton, scoring guard Osborne Michael Jean, and point guard Chancey Billups, which was done to avoid the Spurs' shady moves.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Spurs center Nazr Mohammed took the lead in grabbing the basketball, the Spurs took the lead in attacking, Tony Parker was very flexible and shuttled through the Pistons inside, and then he found Manuginobili standing on the outside and passed directly horizontally, Manuginobili received the basketball and made a slight adjustment and threw a three-pointer for the first three-pointer in the finals.
At this time, Osborne was very annoyed, he originally thought that Tony Parker would pass the basketball to Tim Duncan on the inside, but he didn't expect it to come out again, but Osborne was not discouraged, the three-point shot was what he was good at, and he could ignore Manuginobili's defense and directly pull out the three-point shot.
When it was the Pistons' turn to attack, Osborne directly asked Chauncy Billups for the ball, Chauncy Billups did not hesitate at all and passed the basketball to Osborne without even passing half the court, and Osborne did not have ink, he shot directly from the three-point line, and the basketball entered the basket very accurately.
This time, both teams scored a three-pointer, and Manuginobili knew that he had to limit Osborne's three-point shooting, but there was no way to limit Osborne with his body weight.
So in the first five minutes of the first quarter of the game, Osborne alone was able to wipe out the Spurs' offense, Osborne shot 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, hit 5 times, such a high shooting rate is very amazing, the Spurs also fell into a little chaos, and the Pistons also temporarily led the Spurs by 6 points at 22:16.
Old man Popovich couldn't help but call a timeout, he knew that Manuginobili couldn't defend Osborne, so he had to replace Brent Barry to defend Osborne, Brent Barry is also a small forward The size is just right to defend Osborne, poor Manuginobili didn't even finish a quarter of game time, so he sat on the bench, all thanks to Osborne.
However, Osborne has now shot a hand, no matter who comes to defend it is the same, in the next five minutes, Osborne made another crazy 7 shots, and Osborne's shooting percentage dropped in this wave of offense and only made 4 shots, but even so, Osborne made 9 three-pointers in the first quarter of the game, scored 27 points, and the Pistons also led the Spurs by 10 points at 39:29.
Osborne's three-point shooting broke another record, but the record was not recorded, Osborne didn't care, he just wanted the Spurs to know how good he was.
However, Osborne did not expect that the Spurs had already wanted to use a bad trick against him, and Popovich expected that Osborne would not change positions in the second quarter of the game, so he replaced Robert Horry in the small forward position and Bruce Bowen in the shooting guard position to defend Osborne.
Osborne's strong offensive firepower caught the Spurs off guard, and at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Spurs used their own defensive striker Bruce Bowen to personally defend Osborne, Osborne saw that it was Bruce Bowen, a nasty guy, and immediately became unhappy, and Bruce Bowen began to spit trash on Osborne for the defensive effect, "What's the matter, little rookie, you are so unhappy to see me, use me to defend you, but for your affirmation, why are you unhappy." ”
Osborne didn't expect Bruce Bowen to spew nonsense, so he sneered: "Can I be happy to have you dirty with black feet by my side?" And I can see very clearly everything you did to Steve Nash, you deliberately stuck out your little black foot where Steve Nash fell, causing Steve Nash to break his ankle, although it is not a serious injury, but at least it will take a week of rest to get better, I don't know why you don't play the right way. ”
Osborne hit Bruce Bowen's sore spot, and Bruce Bowen directly retorted: "You know a fart, isn't it all about winning and losing in history?" I'm willing to do anything as long as I can win the championship, and do you think I have any evidence for blackfooting? Not even the camera can catch my little movements, you can see me with your eyes, and I can tell you that even if I do, you can't do anything to me, and you'll soon be following in Steve Nash's footsteps. ”
After hearing these words, Osborne turned around and left with a blushing face, he knew in his heart that he must be a floor stream in front of Bruce Bowen, never jump, it is best to break through Bruce Bowen directly before shooting, and never pull out the jump shot in front of Bruce Bowen, if you don't get it right, your career may be scrapped.
Osborne is very careful and very low-key, he no longer asks Chauncey Billups for the ball, and the other players of the Pistons seem to have forgotten Osborne, and generally do not take the initiative to pass the ball to Osborn, it seems that everyone knows that Bruce Bowen specializes in black-footed ankles, so they have to go on to protect Osborne.
However, without Osborne's firepower, the Pistons' offensive firepower is not as good as the Spurs?
Osborne saw this situation in his heart, very uncomfortable, the Pistons' lead was gradually caught up by the Spurs, and now the Pistons are only 2 points ahead of the Spurs, and if they don't act, the Pistons' lead will soon be gone.
So he no longer cared about whether he would be injured, and directly asked Chaunsibilupes for the ball, Chaunsibilups didn't want to give Osborne the ball, but now the Pistons' offense is in trouble, and someone needs to stand up to break this deadlock, and Osborne is best suited for this kind of thing.
Chauncey Billups just passed the basketball to Osborne, and Osborne didn't dare to shoot a three-point shot, otherwise he didn't know what would be under his feet when he landed, so he could only break through, Osborne made two large changes of direction in a row directly past Bruce Bowen, and then rushed into the Spurs' interior line first, Osborne's breakthrough speed was very fast, and as soon as he came in, Osborne was caught by the Spurs, but Osborne scored the basketball directly with a small throw, and did not give the Spurs any chance. (To be continued.) )