Chapter 254: Two Minutes of Madness
The Pistons have given offense to Osborne and Richard Hamilton since Osborne came up, and everyone else has focused on defense and assists and pick-and-roll coverage.
Chauncey Billups came up and gave Osborne a pass, as if it was just the beginning of the game, and Osborne didn't want to live up to the trust of his teammates, but Bruce Bowen of the Spurs quickly posted it with an innocent face, Osborne looked at Bruce Bowen with an innocent look, and thought of his black foot when he scrapped Vincarter, Osborne could feel the pain through the screen when he watched the video, and his ankle was about to break, and then Carter endured the pain and wanted to hit Bruce Bowen, and Bowen had such an innocent expression, It's so infuriating.
Osborne said hatefully: "Dirty, don't be complacent, I'm going to beat you up for a while." ”
Bruce Bowen didn't expect Osborne to be a personal attack as soon as he came up, and he also replied: "A rookie like you, I'm going to be scrapped in minutes, so you better be honest, otherwise something will be wrong, I don't want to see someone in a wheelchair with the lower half of their body." ”
Osborne stopped talking and shot directly in front of him, but Osborne didn't jump up, because he was afraid that Bruce Bowen would step on his feet, so he also used a somewhat feminine shooting, which is said to be a shot that doesn't need to jump, just tiptoe.
Osborne's sudden shot caught Bruce Bowen off guard, and he couldn't understand why Osborne shot a three-pointer without saying a word.
But his negligence allowed the Pistons to add another three points, leaving the margin to just 11 points.
After that, Bruce Bowen was not so careless, no matter where Osborne stood, he was a kraft candy existence, even when Osborne took a throw-in, he wanted to stand behind Osborne himself to interfere with his serve.
As a result, Osborne's shots have decreased significantly, but he has started to assist others, and he has interacted with interior players many times, and his assist timing is very good, so the Pistons also play a wonderful offensive combination.
Osborne's presence has made the Pistons' offense more fluid, but the defensive level has gone down, thanks to the fact that Bruce Bowen is not the Spurs' main point of attack, otherwise Osborne's efforts would have been in vain.
And the Spurs' offense is not weak, with the Spurs-style reversal, they can directly pour out an opportunity to shoot in an empty space, so even if Osborne plays, it is just a match with the Spurs.
The two sides are still in a situation where no one can help anyone, which makes some players of the Spurs despise Osborne, and feel that Osborne is not a big deal, unlike the top name in the league, nor has he overtaken Jordan as the media said, there is no three-headed and six-armed, and he will still be injured if he is pushed, and he will still be inaccurate in his shots.
But the Spurs didn't expect that Osborne, who they looked down upon, was about to leave them with an eternal memory tonight.
The pace of the game was improved very quickly, so the offensive and defensive transitions between the two sides were very fast, and a large number of fast attacks and dunks appeared, and a large number of exciting and even classic shots suddenly appeared in the originally dull and boring game.
Osborne didn't say anything big, but the Pistons maintained the balance with the Spurs, and the Pistons managed to narrow the score to a 12-point gap, although they couldn't score an inch for the time being, but this also left Osborne with a lot of possibilities.
The game time is passing bit by bit, the Pistons have just scored a goal through wonderful cooperation, and the Spurs have also scored the ball through inside and outside shots, and the score has never been narrowed, which makes many players on the Pistons a little doubtful that they can still achieve their desire to overtake.
Osborne watched the Spurs really use kite flying tactics, grinding off the opponent's sharpness little by little, and gradually losing the idea of overtaking, which is the most powerful point of the Spurs, making the opponent chaotic without a fight.
But even if his teammates lose the desire to fight, he will fight alone, after all, he came up to win, not to come up to score points.
With more than 2 minutes left, it's hard to win now, but if you don't break out, the Pistons will automatically give up the game. Just in time, the Spurs scored another response shot, and the margin was still 12 points.
So Osborne decided not to be silent anymore, at this second he seemed to be possessed by the god of basketball, Osborne directly shook off Bruce Bowen and then received a pass from Tysa Ann Prince, a turn and a backward jumper, ignoring Bruce Bowen's block, and directly fell with a knife and was domineering.
After that, Osborne actively defended, constantly trying to gamble on steals, not to mention that God was really on his side, Osborne poked off Tim Duncan's ball, and then he picked up the ball and quickly went down the fast break, not caring about the position of his teammates at all, dribbling over half court is a super long three-point shot, at this time the Pistons players have not completely run through the half.
Osborne's three-point shot went into the basket under the watchful eyes of nearly 20,000 people in the Spurs, and the Spurs DJ called Osborne crazy, at this time the Pistons were still 9 points behind the Spurs, and there was still more than a minute left in the game, and there was still a play within 10 points.
Osborne's ultra-long three-pointer also boosted the morale of his teammates, especially Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace and Taysian Prince, who had experienced Osborne's desperate counterattack, all realized that the game was not over and that it had just begun, so they all became positive, after all, they didn't want to drag Osborne back.
The Spurs were a little unimpressed at this time, as long as I also made a three-pointer, wouldn't it? As a result, the Spurs also began to look for opportunities to shoot from the outside. Tony Parker was watching his teammates on the dribble, while Chauncey Billups was straight up and pressed Tony Parker to force him to move the ball, and sure enough, Tony Parker actually passed the ball to Tim Duncan, who knew they had to return a three-pointer.
Of course, the main thing is to run out of game time, but Ben Wallace didn't give him a chance and directly implemented the foul tactic, Ben Wallace gave him a touch on Tim Duncan's arm, and the referee blew Ben Wallace for the fourth foul, and Tim Duncan made two free throws.
Tim Duncan hit two free throws, and then with a full minute of play remaining, the Spurs still led by 11 points, and Spurs fans and spectators felt that the victory was secure.
It's just that reality will slap you hard and hurt you. Chauncey Billups served Osborne directly, and Osborne was even more desperate this time, throwing three points directly before halftime, and scored again, not even giving the Spurs a chance to foul.
The Pistons still trail by eight points, with 56 seconds left and three more offensive minutes in theory, but as long as the player takes one shot in eight seconds and the number of foul shots is enough for the lagging side to overtake.
The Spurs served Tony Parker very steadily this time, not giving Chauncey Billups a chance to steal, trying to waste time, but this time it was Tysha Ampulins who implemented the foul tactic, and he fouled the Spurs center directly.
The Spurs center was a little nervous about free throws, one of two free throws, and the second time he didn't make a free throw, Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound and passed directly to Osborne, Osborne didn't have a chance to shoot a three-pointer this time, because someone also made a tactical foul on him, but the price was a little bigger, because Osborne already had a shooting action, so this time Osborne got three free throw opportunities.
Osborne walked to the free throw line, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and then hit the first free throw, and then the second free throw also hit, but at the time of the third free throw, Osborne thought of a ghost idea, he deliberately did not score the third shot, but intentionally shot to the outside edge of the basket, as soon as the basketball shot, he was ready to sprint, the basketball hit the outside edge, Osborne accelerated, and the basketball fell directly into his hands, so Osborne made a domineering dunk and scored four points successfully.
At this time, the Pistons were still five points behind the Spurs, and there were 45 seconds left in the clock, and Bruce Bowen, the executor of the foul tactics, made Popovich angry, and he directly used the last long timeout to lay out the team tactics for the last 45 seconds. (To be continued.) )