Chapter 449 Dallas Mavericks
The Pistons players had a great game against the Hornets, with Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace both posting double-doubles. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Richard Hamilton scored a team-high 21 points, Ben Wallace had a game-high 13 rebounds, and Tysha Ann Prince had a team-high four steals. With such an even and outstanding performance, it is hard to imagine that the Pistons will not win.
In the post-game press conference, Osborne as a person who did not play time but attracted the attention of media reporters, and also accepted many interviews, Osborne did not have the arrogant remarks of the past this time, and answered the questions in a decent manner, which made the media people shout that Osborne has changed, and Osborne also revealed through the press conference that he is about to return in the next game, although such news does not have Osborne's previous rhetoric explosion, but it is also a news point.
Osborne then left the press conference on the grounds of physical need, leaving time for Richard Hamilton to interview, after all, Richard Hamilton was the biggest contributor to the victory over the Hornets, and he didn't play a minute, so it was not appropriate to continue here.
After playing the New Orleans Hornets, the Pistons took on the Dallas Mavericks back-to-back.
The Dallas Mavericks are a strong team in the league, but in people's image of the Mavericks almost nothing in the playoffs, they all appear in the playoffs as a foil, people don't think that the Mavericks are a strong team, this is the so-called three major illusions in the league, the Rockets are strong, the Mavericks are weak, and the Spurs are old, but according to past experience, these arguments have slapped their faces.
Although the Mavericks did show a lack of competitiveness in previous seasons, this year's Mavericks slowly improved, the Mavericks traded point guard Steve Nash in exchange for Jason Terry, and some other players greatly strengthened the Mavericks' strength, although in the eyes of some people trading Steve Nash is a failure, after all, Steve Nash is a player who has won two consecutive MVPs, but from the effect point of view, the Mavericks immediately returned to the ranks of strong teams after the trade, And Steve Nash also reached the pinnacle of his life with the Suns, winning two consecutive MVPs, and was the first player to play the MVP of a point guard.
No matter how you look at it, it's a win-win situation, and even if Steve Nash is still with the Mavericks, he won't be reused, because the Mavericks already have Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley, who already have a lot of ball possession, and there isn't much room left for Steve Nash to shoot, so it might as well trade for some more practical players.
This game is a back-to-back game, so the Pistons players are very concerned about rest, and immediately entered the booked hotel to rest after rushing to Dallas overnight, and the rest was not finished until the afternoon, and Larry Brown also announced the cancellation of regular training because the players were too tired, and even if possible, he still wanted to give up a game, but he wouldn't say it, because the players would never listen, and now the Pistons are still in a winning streak, and they still want to set more records?
And the Pistons players were very excited to hear Larry Brown's words, so most of the players went back to rest, and those players who had barely played went out to play, and Larry Brown this guy also rarely went outside for a spin, because Osborne still won't play in this game, so he doesn't care, he feels that his ankle injury has completely healed today, and the swollen ankle has gradually subsided, and it will be able to fully recover in a day or two.
Osborne didn't go far and just walked around, he used to be a road idiot and still is a road idiot, so he generally doesn't go to places that are too unfamiliar.
After a few days of shopping, he went to have a meal and then went back to rest, while the rest of the Pistons came back to prepare for the evening's game.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Osborne asked Larry Brown again that he wanted to watch the game, and Osborne was still looking forward to today's game, and they had already defeated the Rockets and Spurs in the Texas top three, leaving the Mavericks behind.
At around seven o'clock in the evening, the Pistons came to the Mavericks' home arena to challenge the reorganized Mavericks.
The starting lineup for the Mavericks is center Eric Dampier, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, small forward Josh Howard, shooting guard Michael Finley, and point guard Jason Terry.
The Pistons remain the same, and if the Mavericks can break through the Pistons' bucket defense, then the Mavericks will be able to win.
At the beginning of the game, the Mavericks' preemptive center Eric Dampier grabbed the basketball and passed it to Jason Terry, who broke through with the ball and distributed the basketball to Dirk Nowitzki on the wing.
Then Richard Hamilton of the Pistons also shot a three-pointer directly against Michael Finley, Michael Finley is also one of the core of the Mavericks, how can he be willing to suffer this humiliation, he also used his singles ability to pass Richard Hamilton and throw a pull-up jump shot, and scored two points again to surpass the Pistons by one point.
After a short two-round encounter, Osborne knew that the Pistons were having a bad time today, and he thought that the Mavericks would definitely play an amazing offensive climax and directly guide the Pistons to play against him.
In fact, just as Osborne thought, the Pistons did play a little impatient in front, not at all like the current style of the Pistons, the defense did not come down, but they followed the Mavericks into an offensive battle, and so far the Pistons have not had any problems.
But after another quarter or two, the physical strength of the Pistons players will definitely not be able to keep up, and Larry Brown can also see this situation, but he can't help it, the offensive efficiency of the Mavericks is too high, even if he has the heart to give up the game, he can't give up in this way, so he can only carry it.
Chauncey Billups combed through the Pistons' offense and kept feeding Richard Hamilton Rashid Wallace with shells, but the Pistons' shooting percentage had dropped.
And the Mavericks are getting more and more crazy, especially Dirk Nowitzki, he stands on the outside to shoot, attracting the defense If someone covers him, he passes the basketball to Michael Finley, and if no one covers him, he directly shoots the three-point shot independently of the Golden Rooster.
It wasn't long before the Pistons were in danger of falling behind by double digits again.
The Pistons' players are increasingly unable to keep up with the Mavericks' offensive rhythm, and in order to prevent this kind of player from getting too flustered, Larry Brown directly called a long timeout to adjust. (To be continued.) )