Chapter 250: Brown breathed a sigh of relief
"Jay's breakthrough ability is so strong! Even Chauncey can't defend Jay's first step! Or is the Pistons afraid of this kind of breakout scorer? Blake muttered as he watched Jay break through Chauncey's defense once more and hand it to Battier on the weak side before Prince could make up the defense.
At the open three-point point, Battier, who got the pass, also adjusted his shooting posture slightly, and then he shot quickly, and the ball still entered the basket steadily!
It was Jay's third assist of the game, and Jay, who was initially defended by Hamilton, had scored eight points in a row and even caused a foul on Rashid under the basket. Larry sees that the situation on the court is not good, although the Pistons are also scoring, but if the Knicks bite the score with Jay alone, the Pistons will still fart?
For such Jay, Chauncy can only send Chauncey, who has the strongest defensive ability in the team, to the court, and then strengthen Jay's co-defense, but Chauncy has no better way to deal with Jay, a breakthrough player who has a quick first step.
Although the Pistons have strong defensive and defensive capabilities, it is still the factor that the Knicks can win in the last game, and the Pistons cannot block the Knicks' powerful shooters while assisting in defense.
And at the beginning, when the Knicks came off the bench, although the Pistons were still working very hard to defend, they were still a little relaxed...... This is also an inevitable reaction, if it is an attitude to face the main force and the bench, the Pistons players do not have to play four games, and three games are enough for the Pistons players to show a state of scrap when facing the main force of the Knicks.
So in the case of a little relaxation, especially in the Knicks, the distribution of various players and their dispersion. In the case of projection ability. Hamilton, the shortest, took over the 'heavy lift' of defending Jay. Then let Jay break through and shoot again, which directly made Jay find confidence at the beginning, and then began to brush the score.
"Now Mr. Larry has more headaches, right? Haha, the Knicks really keep 'surprising' him! ”
Yes, Larry Brown sees such a scene, and of course he has a headache now! But his heart suddenly and inexplicably relieved.
Originally, with such a layout in this game, Brown will face a lot of pressure, but when the Knicks' bench can hold on to their main team. Brown was faced with a different situation.
A player's phenomenal play!
This is a situation that the coach is most afraid of encountering, especially when a substitute player suddenly makes a force, and at this time, the main defensive player Chauncey cannot be replaced, nor can other players who assist in the defense, otherwise it will give the outside world the impression that the main force of the Pistons is really afraid of Jay.
But why did Brown suddenly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart?
When the main team was in a stalemate stage, the sudden force of the substitutes caused the team to lose the game. What do you think when you're in the media to report?
When the Pistons are in a weak position against the Knicks' main force. Against the Knicks bench players, when the main team is still at a disadvantage, when Larry is still a well-known defensive coach in the league, when reporters still think it is a problem of Larry's ability?
The principle is similar to what Brown thinks about now, when you do everything very well, but suddenly something happens that is beyond your ability, you will also feel this kind of relief.
The current Pistons are definitely not a weak team, especially the Pistons after Rashid joined, and they have achieved very good results and records.
If such a major team can't do anything in the battle against the Knicks, Larry Brown's responsibility is really big enough.
But no one has ever mentioned the Pistons' bench again, why?
The first is that Brown really doesn't have the ability and the all-important patience to tap into the potential of a rookie, or that Larry will always like the kind of talent that is out of the ordinary, has players working the court, likes to defend, has the right shape for the position you play, and you're a veteran of the league or have proven yourself. Keep this in mind and.
Larry is undoubtedly a utilitarian now, preferring to 'cook' with ready-made ingredients, rather than cultivating them from the seed and slowly watering and fertilizing them before finally 'harvesting'. Because now he has such qualifications, it seems that he also has such strength, and he also has this qualification.
As the assist king in the ABA league that was not incorporated into the NBA back then, and now a well-known coach in the league, Brown's playing era began in 67, that is, he has been playing basketball since he was an adult, and then since 76, Larry has served as the head coach of various teams, how many years has he been in this league?
Such a living fossil who is still in the coaching position in today's league, Popovich is his junior, and even Brown's apprentice, how many connections do you say he has in this league? How many qualifications do you have?
In this way, Larry is not afraid of the team's loss, but the team he leads cannot play the skills that these players should have when they are together.
After this game, Larry will be frustrated, will blame himself, and will accept some criticism, but some people who can really decide whether Larry will stay or not, and who can really determine Larry's status in the league, can find that the Knicks have become so tough.
This is no longer a problem that the Pistons will face.
Of course, if the next Knicks suddenly perform extremely weak in the third game, or even lose to the Pacers and lose the championship after defeating the Pistons, it is a different concept, and some people will naturally question Brown at that time.
But Larry would never believe at this moment that the Knicks would show a sudden malaise, unless there was chaos within the Knicks...... Confusion? Thinking of this word, Larry suddenly looked at Jay who was on the field, and then at Gong Feng, who was sitting on the sidelines, paying close attention to the court, and suddenly showed a helpless but resolute look on his face.
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At the post-game Q&A session, Brown, who has always had absolute confidence in himself, 'bowed' in front of the media for the first time, showing his weakness in this game.
"The Knicks are a tough opponent, not only are the players in the main team very strong at all positions and we're tired, but even the players on the bench can play as a starter on other playoff teams."
"As for their starting Jay, in my opinion, it was the biggest mistake the Bulls made, and it shouldn't have happened that such a good scorer would be silent on the Bulls! If the Bulls had given Jay more time to play and put him in the scorer position, maybe the Pistons would have been able to beat this Knicks today! But my old man of the alliance really admires Mir very much? It took Dolan a little over two years to build such a powerful Knick! ”
"The strength of the Knicks comes not only from the strength of the main team, but also from the strength of the substitution ability and potential of the bench, and their bench players are completely overshadowed by the brilliance of the main team, and more importantly, they are still very young...... Speaking of which, I don't even know what the Knicks will be like in the future! ”
For the first time, reporters found that the head coach who was the opponent could not only praise the opponent vigorously, but also go out of his way to praise? Does this mean that you are already going to throw in the towel for this series?
"Mr. Brown, do you mean by saying this that the Knicks have the strength to dominate the entire league? Is it another Los Angeles Lakers? ”
"No, I think this Knicks is much more terrifying than the current Lakers combination, because their potential has not been fully realized, if you have to say who the current Knicks look like, I think it is most like the Bulls in the three-game championship, the Bulls before 72 wins!"
When the reporters heard this, almost at the same time, all their spirits were shocked, and they began to write the words they were going to publish. The content of today's Q&A session is nothing short of an earthquake!
Local reporters from New York are even more excited to start writing about it!
Is this Larry? Brown, one of the most well-known coaches in the league, has personally admitted the absolute strength! (To be continued.) )