Chapter 551 Regular Season Opener
The Pistons won a narrow victory in this game, but the news media is more optimistic about the Pistons, and the Pistons can use their own bench lineup to be able to negotiate with the Bulls' first lineup for two quarters, so in the regular season, you only need to let the Pistons starting lineup play first, three or four quarters of the game, and the second quarter of the game is left to the Pistons bench players to play, so that the Pistons can sweep the entire league. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's just that Pistons head coach Larry Brown doesn't think so, he feels that the players in the rotation lineup must practice well, so in the next preseason, all the rotation lineups are played, core players like Osborne didn't play a minute at all, and the main players just played a start, and then handed the game to the rotation lineup and the bench lineup to deal with.
In the game against the Bobcats, the Pistons easily won the game 98:77, and against the Houston Rockets, the Pistons lost to the Rockets and lost to the Rockets 88:96, but the Rockets were not happy because of this, but they were even more worried, in fact, not only the Rockets, but the entire league except the Pistons, they were very worried about the Pistons, and the Pistons won the game off the bench, because the Pistons were able to win the game only by relying on the bench lineup, and the Pistons bench players lose the game, they are still worried, because even if the Pistons lose the game, they only lose by five or six points, if you add the starting lineup of the Pistons, this game does not need to play to know the result of the game, so that others have no way to accept it.
Finally, the Pistons' so-called rotation lineup was also practiced, and against the Eastern Celtics, they still defeated the Celtics with Paul Pierce 99-95, and the game was very exciting, the Celtics were an individual performance, and the Pistons were played with a variety of tactical combinations. So this victory was a team full victory over Paul Pierce alone.
After playing these games, the preseason is finally over, and the Pistons have a 5-1 record, which is not bad.
After the preseason, the regular season schedule will follow, and Osbourne has been looking forward to the regular season for a long time, after all, the regular season and the playoffs are a stage for superstars to play.
As the defending champion team, the Pistons' opponent in the regular season opener must be specially selected by the league, and the Pistons' opponent in the first game of the new season is the Miami Heat, the opponent of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The league executives also made some consideration in choosing this team, after all, as the opening opponent, the strength cannot be too strong, nor too weak, the Heat team just meets such requirements, in fact, the league executives do not know that the Heat team will be this year's championship team, if they know, how much they regret it?
However, Osborne is not afraid of such an arrangement, and he knows that as long as he can beat the league's powerhouses in the first game of the regular season, they will also sweep all the way to the rest of the game.
This year's Heat team has changed a lot, and they have added a lot of great players, and their first lineup is center Shaquwek O'Neal, power forward Udonis Haslem, small forward Antoine Walker, scoring guard Dwyane Wade, and point guard Jason Williams.
There are also Gary Payton, James Posey, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Capono and a bunch of fierce players on the bench, such a lineup looks terrifying, all of them are former All-Stars or superstars.
Osborne is happy with this team setup, but it's a big challenge for the Pistons.
Before the start of the game, it was naturally a moment of glory for the Pistons, and the league's top brass distributed championship rings to the Pistons, which made the fans and spectators at the Auburn Hills Palace Arena instantly full of voices and emotions.
When the league executives handed out the championship rings to the Pistons players one by one, the Pistons players were very excited, although some people got the championship rings for the second time, but they were still excited. After the championship rings were awarded, the final part of the ceremony was to raise the championship flag over the Auburn Hills Palace Arena.
After all this, the long-awaited NBA regular season opener finally began, and the two teams played the main game in the first quarter.
Osborne remains the starting point guard, while Richard Hamilton is at small forward.
At the beginning of the jump ball, Ben Wallace and Shaquill's two clumsy big centers competed for the ball, and the referee threw the basketball into the sky, and the two centers were not able to reach the basketball, which was really embarrassing, but fortunately, Ben Wallace, who reacted quickly, took the falling basketball into his arms.
Ben Wallace handed the basketball to Chauncey Billups, Chaunsi Billups broke through quickly with the ball, and Jason Williams, known as white chocolate, also quickly followed, but Chauncy Billups was still slightly better and passed the basketball directly to Osborne, Osborne changed direction twice in a row to try to pass Dwyane Wade, but Dwyane Wade's defense was also leveraged and did not lose position, but Osborne would not stop there, and directly took a step back to throw the basketball in.
Osborne threw a three-pointer in the face of Dwyane Wade, and Dwyane Wade also reacted quickly, Jason Williams directly passed the basketball to the front court with a long pass, Dwyane Wade scored a quick dunk, and the offensive time did not exceed 4 seconds before and after, Osborne was really envious when he saw such a familiar combination, after all, a player who can pass the ball is always very popular.
Then Chancey Billups on the Pistons' side also assisted Rasheed Wallace to make a mid-range shot, and the Pistons still took the lead, and then the Heat's big center Ao Fat was powerful, he stuck Ben Wallace and reached out directly to ask for the ball, Jason Williams directly passed the basketball to O'Neal's hand with a drop ball, and O'Neal did not make adjustments and directly scored the basketball with a small hook.
In the first quarter, key players from both teams played, Chauncey Billups hit a three-pointer, Antoine Walker returned a three-pointer, Richard Hamilton also hit a three-pointer, and Jason Williams was also a coquettish pass assist for Dwyane Wade's dunk.
Osborne's three-point shot didn't show much in the first quarter, and the alignment between him and Dwyane Wade was purely based on basketball skills, and the two teams led by one point at the end of the first quarter, and the Pistons temporarily led the Heat by one point at 33:32. Osborne also scored 16 points, 1 assist and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, and Dwyane Wade also scored 15 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal. (To be continued.) )