The performance of the Spurs in the first quarter of the game made Mr. Popovich very unhappy, he did not expect that the Spurs would be suppressed on their home court, and they were suppressed by the Pistons twice in a row, which is an unforgivable mistake, after all, the biggest opponent of every team aiming to win the championship is the defending champion last season, at least in the regular season, and the only way to win the championship is the defending champion team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Spurs lost to the Timberwolves last season and stopped in the Western Conference semifinals, but this season the Spurs have made a comeback, their lineup is getting better and better, and the power of the GDP combination is gradually revealed, so the Spurs' hopes of winning the championship are getting bigger and bigger, but now the Spurs' performance is far from the effect expected by Popovich.

Limiting Osborne's play is a difficult topic for teams across the league, and there are two hurdles needed to win against the Pistons, the first is to limit Osborne's play, or everything will be in vain, but this guy is difficult to be limited, he has shown unparalleled talent since entering the league, his offensive firepower is very strong, and his three-point shooting is the best in the league, and even a three-point superstar like Reggie Miller has to admit that Osborne will surpass the three-point shooting record they have set.

In addition to limiting Osborne's play, you also have to have the same firepower as Osborne, otherwise the Pistons can also achieve a balance of offense and defense with their overall strength, and in the end you have to break through the Pistons' bucket defense, the Pistons' defense was once very collapsed, and the teams that played with them basically did not score high scores.

A team that has all these three conditions does not have a team in the league today, either it is disbanded and rebuilt, such as the Lakers, or it is strong and weak offensively, such as the Kings and Suns, or it is strong and weak offensively, such as the Pacers, and only the Spurs and Nets can have these conditions, but unfortunately these two teams are always weaker than the Pistons in momentum.

Every time they play, their defense will be spun into a sieve by Osborne's three-point shooting, and the Spurs encountered such a situation again, when they met for the first time this season, Osborne suppressed the Spurs with his excellent individual play, and the Spurs were still suppressed by Osborne when they met again, and the Spurs were afraid of this unreasonable and talent-crushing existence.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Popovich did not dare to hesitate at all, and directly replaced the controversial Bruce Bowen, although he is notorious in the league, but I have to admit that Bruce Bowen is indeed a very good defensive player, and the player who can't solve anything becomes much more honest under his defense.

Bruce Bowen came up to play against Osborne, and the original shooting guard Manuginobili sat on the cold bench, but Manuginobili did not have a dissatisfied expression, because he also knew that he had no way to limit Osborne's scoring, even if Osborne ignored his defense and shot a three-pointer, he could only watch Osborne shoot.

Bruce Bowen is still very deterrent to Osborne, after all, Osborne is already apprehensive about Bruce Bowen's black feet, and he is a snake.

After Bruce Bowen came on the court in the second quarter, Osborne became honest, his jump shot was really a lot less, many balls could have been jumped, but as long as he saw Bruce Bowen in front of him, he had no interest in shooting three-pointers, and he didn't want to be injured by Bruce Bowen's black feet anymore.

"Hey, Bruce Bowen, you disgusting guy is in front of me again, I want to squash him when I see your face now, so don't mess with me, or you know the consequences."

Bruce Bowen was born with a mocking face, he said very disdainfully: "You're just a rookie star, let me tell you, no superstar is afraid of confrontation, don't you know that Michael Jordan, who is regarded as the god of basketball, was once ravaged by the Pistons' bad boy army, and they were really going for a ruined career at that time, especially Bill Lambie, the king of bad boys, and there are fewer players scrapped by his brawl basketball?" Don't tell me you don't know, it's all karma, and everything they do is now fulfilled in you. ”

Osborne also felt some truth when he heard it, but Osborne would not reason with the villain, "You are completely quibbling, the beneficiary of the bad boy army is not me, you want to take revenge for personal gain, you should also go to them, and you are a villain yourself, how can you believe the words of the villain?" So I'm staring at you, guarding against you, so that your next three indiscriminate tricks have nowhere to hide. ”

That being said, Osborne still has to be careful, after all, there are still a lot of accidents on the basketball court, and Osborne's next task is to connect the opponent first, and be able to break through and never jump shots, just in case.

When Osborne decided to start playing two-pointers and tandem teammates, the Spurs took the opportunity to throw more three-pointers, so you can see on the court that the Pistons, who are good at three-point shooting, are shooting two-pointers, and the Spurs, who are not good at three-point shooting, are desperately throwing three-pointers.

Larry Brown was very worried when he saw Bruce Bowen eyeing Osborne again, so he said directly to Osborne after the second quarter: "Osborne, your situation is too dangerous, and you can get injured if you are not careful, so for your safety, I have to limit your playing time." ”

Osborne was reluctant after hearing this, because he knew that the Pistons' opponent in the Finals was the Spurs, and if this problem was not solved, the Pistons would become very detrimental to their performance against the Spurs.

"Coach Larry, I know you mean well, but I think our Finals opponent is likely to be the Spurs, so if we don't solve this problem, our Pistons will suffer a big loss, so in order to avoid this from happening, I still have to test my breakthrough ability and back-to-back singles ability, and I want to make Bruce Bowen unable to catch up with my speed."

Larry Brown thought about it, if this problem is not solved, it will become a huge hidden danger, and the team aiming for the championship cannot have obvious shortcomings, let alone leave hidden dangers.

"Okay, I know you have your thoughts, but you really can't play in the third quarter, I also have to adjust the bench lineup, I found that the Spurs' style of play has changed, you didn't find that the Spurs' three-point shot is also quite accurate, especially when you are not on the court, the Spurs are desperately throwing three-pointers, and they will definitely take action in the last quarter, in order to save your physical strength and retain your state, in the fourth quarter of the game, you are on the top, and the wave will take away the game."

Osborne also saw that Manuginobili had been on the bench for a whole quarter, and if the third quarter was not on, there would definitely be a big move in the fourth quarter, so Osborne also felt that he just stayed on the court in the fourth quarter, just to fight against the Spurs bench lineup led by Manu Ginobili, as the saying goes, the Spurs claim to have 12 giants, and the players do not have a starting lineup and a substitute lineup, only the difference between the first and the last.

Osborne played half a game and had a decent performance, shooting 8-of-16 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range, scoring 20 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal, and the Pistons also trailed the Spurs by one point 50-51. (To be continued.) )