Chapter 109: Pit Daddy's Bench
Returning from the timeout, Osborne continued to stand out, working well with teammate Billups' two-guard split to score 10 points and provide a few assists to each other.
Then Osborne and small forward Taysha Ampyrins completed several classic blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, Tayshire Ampyrins shook off the defender with a turnaround run, quickly went down to the basket and passed the ball back to Osborne, who was also under the basket, and Osborne passed the ball through the net with a small hook under the basket.
Osborne also passionately made a chest bump with Tysa Ann Princes, and after the goal was scored, the Pistons led the Warriors by double digits. On the other hand, looking at the performance of the Warriors, except for the Warriors boss Jason Richardson, and Osborne's Nick Van Exel, the two barely scored to stabilize the situation, and the other players were in a scoring panic.
The Pistons' performance on the court now makes Larry Brown very satisfied, and feels that the Pistons should play like this.
Osborne has a strong desire to attack, whether it is scoring, assisting, or even rebounding, Osborne has a good performance, especially offensive rebounding, because Osborne is passionate about scrambling, he has repeatedly grabbed offensive rebounds from Nick Van Exel's head.
At this time, Osborne's performance was really like a divine help, and the efficiency was very high. Even the commentator at the Warriors' home court said: "Osborne is still that great super rookie, his current strength has fully reached the All-Star level, as long as the Pistons can focus on cultivating the material that is definitely a superstar, if Osborne can strengthen the defense, then Osborne will definitely be able to reach the strength of a superstar." ”
Almost everyone praised Osborne's performance, and after Osborne's combing, the Pistons' offense was very clear and didn't fall into chaos.
Osborne has never experienced such a comfortable play, and gradually there is some support for Larry Brown's team system, and the most important thing is that Osborne's shooting percentage has skyrocketed, he has been playing for ten minutes now, hitting 10 of 12 shots, and cutting down 25 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds. This is a god-fast game, most of the players in the league are the best in the sky, but very few players can get such super stats in less than a quarter, and only those superstars have the opportunity to play such a single quarter stats.
Osborne looked at Van Exel, who was still struggling, and felt that he was still quite lucky, although he was not the absolute core of the Pistons, but he had the rights that only core players could obtain, and even had unlimited firing rights from time to time, although there were restrictions.
The Warriors' players began to fight back aggressively, but the shooting percentage of the Pistons' defenders plummeted, especially Jason Richardson was very uncomfortable by Tysian Prince's death entanglement, he only hit 2 of 10 shots in the entire second quarter, but fortunately there were 5 free throws to make up for the embarrassing situation.
At the end of the second quarter, the Pistons completed the comeback over the Warriors and led the Warriors by 11 points at 50:39, Osborne scored 27 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds in this quarter, and his performance was really impeccable.
Larry Brown believes that the reason why Osborne has such a performance is that he maintains a lot of physical strength, good competitive condition, and most importantly, the chemistry with the other main players of the Pistons is very good, and then in the third quarter, Larry Brown continued to practice his rotation lineup, allowing Osborne to go down to rest temporarily, Richard Hamilton to go up, and Chauncey Billups was replaced by Lindsey Hunt. The Pistons only have Richard Hamilton as the main player on the court, and the other main players are replaced by bench players.
The Warriors also replaced Jason Richardson, Van Exel continued to play, and came on as a substitute for Michael Petrus, Mike Dunleavy, Avery Johnson, and Clifford Robinson.
In the third quarter, the Warriors also used their bench players to the fullest, not caring that the team was still behind.
Osborne is also very comfortable off the court, and it seems that Osborne has gradually liked the feeling of clocking in and out of work in the third quarter, and whether he can achieve this goal depends on the play of the Pistons bench.
The Pistons started the third quarter well, and although Richard Hamilton didn't have Osborne's offensive firepower, his defensive performance was outstanding, and Van Exel, who was opposite him, was terrible, shooting dismally. However, the good times did not last long, the Pistons all had consecutive misses and fell into a three-minute scoring panic, while the Warriors players seized the opportunity to score in a row, Mike Dunleavy hit consecutive three-point shots, and Avery Johnson also hit a mid-range shot, narrowing the score to two points in one fell swoop.
Such a bad performance made Larry Brown Thunder angry, he really didn't expect that the difficulty of establishing the Pistons team system is not only the main players, but even the bench players are a big loophole, if you can't make up for the shortcomings, the Pistons will be ruined on the bench sooner or later, the bench is really too bad, except for Richard Hamilton, the players on the court are all collectively playing iron, and one by one is more iron, which makes the team how to play.
After a training session by Larry Brown, the performance of the Pistons has improved a little, but unfortunately the effect is not great, but thanks to the performance of the Warriors, the two sides began to launch an offensive iron battle, and finally the Warriors relied on the joint performance of Mike Dunleavy and Avery Johnson and Michael Petrus, the Warriors played a wave of 10:4 small climax, and after the end of the third quarter, the Warriors still led the Pistons by two points at 83:81.
The performance of the bench embarrassed Larry Brown, after all, he advocated and set out to build the Pistons team system, but now it has become such that the team cannot keep losing because of the poor performance of the bench players. So Larry Brown thinks he's still too anxious, the current Pistons are really suitable for playing superstar basketball, but not very suitable for team basketball, because the roster is not deep enough, the bench needs to be strengthened on a large scale, and the rotation lineup should not be too frequent.
At this time, Larry Brown thought about it, whether he should give Osborne a humble way, and then continue to let Osborne return to the main lineup, which made Larry Brown in a dilemma, this matter still waits, but the bench must be strengthened, and those water cooler players, injured players, and old and weak players must all be cleaned, and the stability and efficiency of the Pistons' rotation lineup must be ensured.
"In the third quarter, the Warriors played well and played their own characteristics, if the main players of the Warriors also performed like this, then it is not known who will die tonight, of course, we have to limit the play of Pistons scoring guard Osborne, I originally thought that Osborne is very suitable for small forward, but judging from today's performance, Osborne's most suitable position is still shooting guard, don't care about anything else, it's just one word: dry." A TV anchor said humorously.