Chapter 705: Osborne's Surprise
The Mavericks' three-point shooting players are better than Dirk Nowitzki, and the other players of the Mavericks are all scum in their three-point shooting percentage, after all, the Pistons' three-point shots are not valued, and the current basketball world is still popular with the saying, the closer to the basket, the better the score, so people's minds still attach great importance to the position of the center, and few superstars who rely on three-point shooting can win the championship, such as Reggie Miller, who has just retired. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
And Osborne's birth has made people see that the original three-point shot can be so brutal, so sharp, and so unstoppable, but this is still regarded as an example and does not have universal reference value, because the basketball world still relies on all kinds of big men to support it, not on players who shoot three-point shots, so as of now, Osborne's rise has made many people uncomfortable and incomprehensible.
However, Dirk Nowitzki is also one of the more enlightened players, his ability to shoot inside is stronger than his ability to shoot inside, and he is also very good at three-point shooting, so he is quick to accept the emergence of a player like Osborne.
After Dirk Nowitzki hit the three-pointer, he had no worries, and he decided that if the Pistons continued to shoot three-pointers, he would have to fight back, or the Mavericks wouldn't be able to catch up with that slight point margin.
Osborne saw that Dirk Nowitzki had finally joined them and started shooting three-pointers, so the Pistons players decisively came to contain him, leaving him in the middle of the Pistons' bucket formation.
The Pistons' next offense is also very smooth, but their offense is basically an outside offense, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace have also been completely reduced to blue-collar centers, but they are not excluded from such changes, after all, they themselves like defense and rebounding very much, because the offensive ability is basically zero, so defense has become their biggest capital in the NBA.
Osborne used his teammates' blocking and dismantling to cover, easily scored a three-pointer, and then they also successfully limited Dirk Nowitzki's three-point shot, Rasheed Wallace successfully cut Dirk Nowitzki's ball, and when the Pistons counterattacked, it was still Oss who made a three-point shot, so that the difference immediately widened to 8 points, and there was no goal in this round, and the Mavericks fell into such a predicament, and the Pistons' offensive ability was indeed quite terrible.
This time, the head coach of the Mavericks had to call a short timeout to adjust, and he also knew that if the Pistons' three-point shots were not restricted, the Mavericks would not win no matter how they played, and the Pistons also saw that the Mavericks only had Dirk Nowitzki as a three-point master, so they shot three-pointers while frantically wrapping Dirk Nowitzki, so that the Pistons would be invincible no matter what.
"Dirk, what do you think of the Pistons' firepower?"
The head coach's words made Dirk Nowitzki stunned, he thought for a moment, and replied: "Coach, the firepower of the Pistons is indeed ferocious, and this time and again, the Pistons have established an 8-point lead. ”
Hearing Dirk Nowitzki's answer, the head coach spoke, "You know the Pistons are very aggressive, it's because they shoot their three-point shots, why don't we bring up the speed and slow down their speed so that we have a chance to win the game." ”
Dirk Nowitzki also understood in seconds, he said: "What the head coach means is that we don't fight with them for three-point shots, but bring up the rhythm of the game, use the two-point shot that we are best at, and then limit the number of three-point shots they take, so that we can play to our strengths and avoid weaknesses and play our own strength, after all, our team's three-point shot is more accurate by me alone, so I was caught by the Pistons." ”
The head coach was very satisfied with Dirk Nowitzki's answer, and said: "Let's play like this, even if we can't defend their three-point shots, we must slow down their three-point shots, as long as our speed is raised, the Pistons' three-point shots are not so scary." ”
After the pause, the speed of the Mavericks suddenly increased a lot, no one was running up at the expense of physical strength, Jason Terry passed the ball to Jerry Starkerhouse, Jerry Starkerhouse easily scored a layup, Osborne was also very curious, the Mavericks were obviously in a backward position, why didn't they shoot three-pointers, did they voluntarily give up the game, this must be impossible, which made Osborne wonder, Larry Brown didn't know what the Mavericks were doing.
When it was the Pistons' turn to attack, the Pistons still wanted to end the game with a three-point shot, but the Mavericks' defense also improved, and the Pistons players were not able to pass a suitable shooting position after passing the ball a few times, but fortunately, Richard Hamilton shot the basketball with 4 seconds left in the offensive time.
This three-point shot was also more thrilling, and the fans at the scene also gave high praise to Richard Hamilton's big heart, and before they finished celebrating, Dirk Nowitzki received Jason Terry's basketball, because he was standing outside the three-point line at this time, Pistons fans thought he was going to shoot a three-point shot, Rasheed Wallace and Osborne hurriedly sandwiched up, Dirk Nowitzki's action was very fast, he first shook Rasheed Wallace with a feint, and then passed Rasheed Wallace in one step, A two-pointer was thrown in by Osborne's defense, and the Mavericks had just seven seconds to attack.
Then the Mavericks' defense became more aggressive, and it became difficult for the Pistons players to successfully shoot three-pointers, and although they were able to shoot every time, the scoring efficiency was not so high, because they were surprised to find that the Mavericks scored only one less point than them at this time.
At this time, Osborne found that the Pistons really overestimated the lethality of the three-point shot, and in the case that all the staff only wanted to shoot three-pointers, the Mavericks also used this psychology to successfully delay the scoring rate of the Pistons, while the Mavericks combined two-point shots and three-pointers, trying to complete the offense in 7 seconds, so that the Mavericks' style of play is very similar to the Suns.
Then he also told the players about this idea, and his teammates also suddenly realized, no wonder their three-point shooting rate is so high, but the lead is getting smaller and smaller, it seems that they can't be too obsessed with three-point shots, at least not the whole team, so then their style of play changed, and this change also laid the foundation for their victory, because of the offense, the Pistons are not afraid of any team, and Osborne's surprise also saved the Pistons.