Chapter 445: Osborne's Request
Although Mr. Popovich has been a head coach for more than 20 years, he has never seen anyone with a three-point shot as crazy and perverted as Osborne, and Osborne's performance in the third quarter was very simple, which is to shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot until you doubt your life, shoot until you are on the verge of collapse, and shoot until you kneel. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Osborne's three-point shot was so fast that it caught people off guard, even if someone was caught up with his shot, he shook the so-called defensive expert Bruce Bowen several times in a row, and then another dashing three-point shot, and Robert Horry who went to cover him didn't even get a foothold.
This three-point shooting model is simply a shooting machine, not knowing fatigue, not knowing fear, only the basket and the basketball in your hand.
The Pistons have already started to celebrate, they all think Osborne has gone crazy and dare not provoke him, and now the people who play with Osborne find that Osborne is a demon king who throws three-pointers without saying a word.
However, Larry Brown is very sober, although he is absolutely sure of winning the game, but against the Spurs, as long as the final whistle does not sound, it must not be taken lightly, the Spurs are also very experienced in playing against the wind, and the Spurs are also very good at making tricks at this time.
And the Spurs were really not intimidated by Osborne's madness, Popovich still thought that Osborne's state could not be maintained for a long time, and he also arranged Bruce Bowen and Brün Denbari to defend Osborne, and arranged Ginobili and Tony Parker Tim Duncan to be responsible for chasing points.
The fourth quarter of the game is the last chance for the two teams to divide the winner, Osborne also felt a little exhausted, but Osborne rested for a while, and his physical strength has recovered a lot, but it must not be as crazy as just now, regardless of the desperate three-point shot, this time you have to be very careful, after all, the Spurs will definitely target him, if a player is targeted, then his scoring efficiency will definitely be greatly reduced.
At the beginning of the final quarter, the Spurs' preemptive GDP combination teamed up to dedicate a textbook cooperation, Tony Parker broke through with the ball, Tim Duncan was responsible for blocking and dismantling the cover, Manu Ginobili was responsible for finding shooting space, and the Pistons players were not vegetarians, following in the footsteps of Manu Ginobili, but the demon knife is the demon knife, he was so flexible without holding the ball, and quickly got rid of Richard Hamilton, and then stopped directly near the three-point line on the wing with the help of Tim Duncan's cover, Then Tony Parker quickly passed the basketball to Tim Duncan, Tim Duncan didn't take the ball at all and just flipped his wrist, and the basketball passed to Manuginobili's hands, Manuginobili directly pulled out the jumper, and the three-point shot went directly through the net.
The Pistons' counteroffense is also based on steady play, and it is not as crazy and bold as the last quarter, Chauncey Billups is very cautious to advance with the ball, and others are also in a decent position to look for opportunities.
However, it may be that the Pistons were too careful, resulting in a somewhat slow pace of the team's offense, even if Chauncey Billups passed the basketball to Richard Hamilton, Richard Hamilton lost his crosshairs and shot directly to the basket, Tim Duncan stuck Ben Wallace's position, took the basketball into his arms with one arm, and then a long pass passed the basketball to the backcourt, Tony Parker seized the opportunity and scored the basketball with an easy three-step layup.
Osborne felt that the Pistons' style of play was a little too conservative, and they led by so many points that there was no need to be cautious and lose their rhythm.
When the Pistons attacked again, this time it was Osborne who was leading the way, Chauncey Billups was in charge of covering, Osborne wanted to use the single to kill Bruce Bowen, but he didn't expect the basketball to be played by himself, and Osborne's dribble breakthrough hit Bruce Bowen's feet.
But fortunately, the ball is still on the Pistons, and Osborne didn't break through this time, and directly faced Bruce Bowen's defensive back-to-back jumper, but Bruce Bowen suddenly sneered and stretched his black foot to Osborn's foothold, Osborne this time was unavoidable and stepped on Bruce Bowen's foot directly with his left foot.
Then Osborne felt his ankle slammed suddenly, and this time Osborne could obviously feel that his ankle was directly swollen, and this time Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace rushed over directly and pushed Bruce Bowen away, and Bruce Bowen still looked innocent, the referee immediately ran over to stop it, they were afraid of another Auburn Hills palace fight, but Bruce Bowen's expression, Osborne almost didn't get up and hit his head, but Osborne had no choice, He felt that there was no chance for him to play in this game, and he just hoped that the Pistons could hold on to their score advantage.
The referee came over and blew a malicious foul on Bruce Bowen and imposed a penalty of two free throws and one throw, the Pistons are still 11 points ahead of the Spurs, and there are still 5 minutes left in the game.
Osborne helped Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton to the rest area, and then Osborne said to Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace, "Richard, Big Ben, I want to win this game, I don't care what means are used, I just don't want a guy like Bruce Bowen to continue to be arrogant with his hateful face." ”
Richard Hamilton said: "Osborne, you can rest assured, no one hates them more than me, I must make them pay, let them live in the shadow of the Pistons, you can rest assured." ”
Osborne also knew that the Pistons would still be a strong team even without him, so he stopped being verbose, and Larry Brown directly signaled the staff to help Osborne to the locker room to be examined by the team doctor.
After Osborne left, Larry Brown looked at the main players and said: "You all know Osborne's wishes, so I won't say much, but I want to tell you one thing, even if Osborne is injured we are still a super team, so if it fails, you will all go to the bench for the next few games to reflect on it." ”
Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton both know that Larry Brown is a good guy and he's going to treat the main players as a substitute, or even a substitute, because he might put you on the bench and not let you play.
After hearing Larry Brown's command and Osborne's request, the Pistons players immediately refreshed themselves and started the final battle with the Spurs again.
Although the Pistons lacked a core player like Osborne, and Osborne's injury made the entire Pistons full of anger, the last five minutes of the two sides played quite fiercely, the defensive action was getting bigger and bigger, and the Spurs also used their advantage to close the score little by little.
In the end, with Richard Hamilton's final three-pointer to extend the score advantage to 5 points, the Spurs completely lost hope of winning, and finally the Pistons defeated the Spurs 99-94. (To be continued.) )