Chapter 172: The Final Counterattack
On May 29, Game 4 between the Knicks and Pistons was played at Madison Square Garden. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As soon as the game began, Lehi and others felt that the Pistons were not in the right state, and even Billups and Hamilton, the two Pistons' strongest firepower, were dumb.
The Knicks certainly won't let go of this opportunity, and they took the opportunity to go on a storm.
Lehi, Marbury, Francis and Eddie Curry scored points one after another, and the score was extended to 10 points without substitutions in the first quarter, and the score was 27-17 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, a somewhat annoyed Philip Saunders simply let the bench team take charge.
Now not only professionals, but even ordinary viewers feel that something is wrong with the piston, and the media reporters who were only speculating before are also a little complacent, thinking that they have a unique vision.
The Pistons' bench players are also quite competitive, especially the players who couldn't play before, and they are also very desperate when they come to the Eastern Conference Finals.
However, the Knicks, who played against him, knew very well that there was a problem with the Pistons' style of play.
They also seized the opportunity to make adjustments to their main players, especially Eddie Curry, to keep him full of energy at all times and put his interior attack on the cutting edge.
At halftime, the Knicks led 48-38.
The scoring was weak, and it was not the first time for the Pistons, and the atmosphere of the players seemed very dull before.
"Do a good job of defense, against a team like the Pistons, with a score advantage, you need to strengthen the defense, they can't play offensively, and the result won't change."
In the middle of the field, Lehi had another addiction to coaching and was teased by his teammates.
The atmosphere in their team is much more relaxed now than when they played against the Heat, but they don't mess around on the court, which can be described as the best state of the game.
The only difference is that the Knicks didn't play the kind of terrifying offense they did in the regular season, but this is normal, after all, they are not purely offensive, like the Suns, and winning games both offensively and defensively is what they are pursuing.
In the third quarter, the Pistons also knew that if they continued like this, they would definitely lose.
Billups, Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons' main offensive players, adjusted their mentality and went all out on the offensive end.
But just like the previous game, the Knicks won't give them a chance easily.
"Lehi and Marbury's blocking, Marbury hit a two-point shot near the free throw line, and the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation of the two of them is probably the most lethal group of the Knicks, whether it is breaking through or tearing out, it is extremely threatening."
"Lehi hit Prince on his back, Lehi's strength was really strong, and he sat directly near the three-second zone...... Passed, Channing Frye hit two points, and although Channing Frye is not a traditional interior lineman, it is very suitable for the current Knicks. ”
"It's Lehi again, he hit a one-step jumper from the three-point line, and his shot is really solid enough."
In the third quarter, the Pistons erupted into an all-out offensive campaign, but the Knicks responded decently and only allowed the opponent to score two more points.
By the final quarter, the Pistons were instantly languishing as if they had used up all their ultimates in the game.
And the somewhat irascible Rasheed Wallace has already committed five fouls, and after Lehi took a three-minute break to play, he immediately strengthened the breakthrough, and when the game was close to five minutes from the end, Rasheed Wallace committed six fouls, and the Pistons also fell behind in the score again to double digits.
By the third minute, the Pistons saw that the score was not close at all, and with the idea of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor, they replaced Ben Wallace and played a pure small lineup, and everyone had the ability to shoot from the outside.
Compared to the small lineup, the Knicks will not be the slightest timid, and they also put Lehi at the No. 4 position to play a small lineup, and the Pistons are even more unable to score.
92:79, this is the final score, and Lehi scored 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and on the stage of the playoffs, he got another triple-double and helped the team get a match point 3:1.
And on the Western side, the Suns' Laga Bell returned to the fire line, and with another role player stepping up, they and the Mavericks fought to a 2-2 draw.
The Pistons lost another game, and all kinds of targets against Philip Sanders came out, after all, the Pistons players have not changed, only the coach has changed.
Philip Saunders was also pressed and publicly criticised some of the players.
Still insisting that the Pistons can win, that is, unresponsible Rasheed Wallace.
Unlike the noisy situation on the Pistons' side, the Knicks are now more united than ever.
Lehi also let out the words, and they don't mind ending the entire series away from home.
At the same time, a conspiracy theory about the league has emerged, that is, the league is deliberately creating stars in order to increase ratings and the needs of the audience, and teams such as the Pistons and Spurs are victims.
The younger generation of star players like Lehi, James, and Wade have enjoyed too much care, otherwise, their teams would not have achieved the results they have now.
The author of the remarks also said that Knicks Lehi, Marbury and Francis all like to lean on defenders when they break through, and it seems unfair to blow the defenders for fouls.
For all kinds of remarks, the Knicks are now ignoring, and naturally there will be media that support them to stand up and crusade, all they have to do is to win the next game and get a ticket to the Finals.
On the last day of May, the Knicks were back in Detroit.
The Pistons, who stood on the edge of the cliff, showed a completely different look than before, after all, they were a team that won a championship, and even if the team had problems now, they showed a different self-control when they had to come together, and they showed a different self-control than they did off the court.
They're playing harder, and when there's a crisis, the Pistons are used to starting defense.
There was a rare mistake from the start of the Knicks game, Eddie Curry clearly underestimated the opponent's determination, and the ball was taken away, and Ben Wallace cut the basketball to Billups, who took advantage of the Knicks' lack of foothold to hit the first shot.
Offensively, the opponent also became more resolute, Eddie Curry was replaced early with two fouls just halfway through the first quarter, and the Pistons also led by eight points.
The Knicks asked for a timeout, and Lehi looked at him firmly: "It's going to be no problem, just like in the third quarter, this is their last struggle, as long as we hold on, the victory is ours." ”
"And you don't have the idea of going back to the home stadium and winning again, we have a lot of dreams at night, and we need to save time to adjust, and at this point, everyone will definitely want more."
"Fight hard, if they can be tough, we can be tougher." (To be continued.) )