Chapter 652: Reconciliation within the Knicks
Osborne's 59 points in the second quarter shocked the news media, and many reporters who did not show up regretted it, but they also made amends by sending some special reporters to the Knicks' basketball press conference to wait for the game to end. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The media reporters at the scene couldn't hold back their excitement for a long time, and came to interview Osborne, and the reporter asked: "Osborne, will you break the all-time scoring record in this game, I think your first half of the game is really shocking." ”
"Of course, I'll definitely do it if I have the chance, after all, I feel very hot today, how to shoot, how to shoot, so I'm going to give it a try, of course, you don't want to let the Knicks players know about it, otherwise they wouldn't let me score so many points."
Osborne jokingly said, and the media reporter laughed when he heard it, "The head coach of the Knicks is not a fool, he has roughly guessed your intentions, after all, your performance is so amazing, people can easily come up with such a result, I am here to congratulate you in advance on the feat of being able to score 100 points in advance." ”
After saying that, the reporters also stopped continuing the interview with interest, after all, he still needs to rest.
After Osborne's interview, he also returned to the lounge to rest and restock his energy for the second half.
The Knicks, for their part, are clearly aware of the problem, and their head coach Lenny Wilkens said: "Osborne has a lot of plans today, and it's likely that he's going to score 100 points in this game, and I know you don't want to be a backdrop either, so you have to try to defend Osborne, and you're going to do it anyway, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose." ”
Stephen Marbury knows that Lenny Wilkens' concerns are not alarmist, and he has always been able to sense this trend, after all, most of the Pistons' shots are in his hands.
"Guys, I know everybody wants to be the boss, but at the moment it looks like we're going to have to unite against the Pistons, and you can see their purpose is obvious, they just want us to be nailed to the shame pillar, and we have to act, or tomorrow's news will say that Osborne scored 100 points against the Knicks."
Steve Francis also realized the seriousness of the matter, after all, he had seen Osborne's three-point shots, and it could not be said that he hit every shot, but it could also be said that he was nine out of ten.
'Stephen is right, we have to stick together, of course, it needs to start with me, the attacking side will be handed over to you, if you have the chance, I will pass the ball to you, and hopefully you can defend well, especially Osborne.'
Since the three giants of the Knicks have spoken, the people below have also responded, saying that there is no problem, but this is what worries Lenny Wilkens, after all, the Knicks have serious internal friction, and it is extremely difficult to unite.
But since they were willing to give it a try, Lenny Wilkens couldn't say anything, so it was decided and the game began.
At the beginning of the second half, the Pistons' tactics did not change much, it was still Osborne who played, but Larry Brown asked others to help Osborn with more blocking and dismantling, because he also knew that Osborne's performance was too eye-catching, so the Knicks would definitely take action in the next game.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Knicks really became different, Steve Francis actually passed the ball to Stephen Marbury, Stephen Marbury felt different, he really didn't receive Francis's pass for a long time, after receiving the ball, Stephen Marbury was also very powerful, he changed direction twice in a row past Osborne, and then directly faced Ben Wallace's defense, dunked a dunk, Osborne saw that Steve Francis actually gave Stephen Marbury a pass, This means that they have reached some kind of reconciliation.
There was only one common goal that would allow the two to reconcile, and that goal was to prevent him from scoring, and after realizing the problem, Osborne played smarter, making the most of his teammates' pick-and-roll cover to create a good space for himself.
When it was the Pistons' turn to attack, Osborne was really caught by Stephen Marbury and Steve Francis, Osborne signaled Richard Hamilton to hurry over to block and cover, Osborne first used his fast start to get past Stephen Marbury, and then under the cover of Richard Hamilton's blocking, he could have easily made a layup, but Knicks center David Lee jumped up crazy to block him, Osborne was very witty at this timeHe forced a change of position with a simple pull-up layup, and his shooting position changed very suddenly, David Lee was unable to block him, and paid for the third foul of the game.
Osborne's free throw hit, his three-point play was very successful, Osborne's offense successfully increased his score to 62 points, the third quarter of the game Osborne's activity space was greatly limited, the Knicks' player defense was aimed at his people, fortunately, Osborne's own physical energy, he directly started a crazy off-ball run, playing the Knicks all over again, Stephen Marbury and Steve Francis were one of the first-class victims, they were very uncomfortable by Osborne's off-ball running skills, Marbury repeatedly collided with his teammates and flipped back, and Steve Francis was no better, both of which were not lightly damaged by the pick-and-roll cover tactics.
Osborne's shots in the third quarter of the game have also become much more difficult, but no matter what, Osborne still maintains an efficient offensive level, Osborne shot 11 three-pointers in the third quarter of the game 8 three-pointers, a 2+1, the third quarter of the game Osborne scored 27 points alone, which is considered to have completed his task, after the third quarter of the game his score came to 76 points, 24 points away from 100 points, as long as he can score 25 points in the last quarter, he will be able to complete the feat of 100 points.
Although he was still able to score so many points, it was something he had paid a great price for. Osborne felt that the Knicks' defense was really coming at him, because Steve Francis and Steven Marbury, David Lee had already made him see that the Knicks had begun to unite, so he would definitely be met with a lot of resistance if he wanted to complete the goal in the final quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pistons also continued to lead the Knicks by 108 points at 19:89.