Chapter 042 Battle Piston (8)

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy saw Liang Xiao's excellent performance and did not replace him in the first time, while the Pistons kept replacing the main players.

After playing for more than three minutes, Liang Xiao did not have many effective scoring methods in the hands of the main players, and got two points, an assist, and two rebounds, and was replaced by Houston. The score became 66-68, and the Knicks were unable to stand strong in the hands of the Pistons.

The Knicks' main force circled up, and they were almost rested. Although Liang Xiao plays beautifully, the goal of a team is first to win, and to win, he must strive for every victory in order to have the opportunity to go further, which is what every team hopes and every manager wants. So in this kind of close score, the head coach will not risk letting the bench or rookie on top, even if he plays at an All-Star level.

"Bill, it seems that your thoughts today are a little off track, didn't you expect that the Knicks' Liang Xiao came out on the bench and greatly improved their morale?" Watching Liang Xiao walk off the field, Mike Brin asked Bill Wharton.

"Less than the last 0.1 seconds on the basketball court, no one will know who wins and who loses, and now there is a lot of time left, I believe the Pistons still have a great chance to win, but today the Knicks' Liang Xiao is really unexpected, I got the information that he is a non-draft player, it seems a little unreasonable, his performance can be in the first round is absolutely a team to choose him, for some reason he missed." Bill Wharton said to Mike Brin.

"It's not surprising that there are players on the court who are also thriving in the league without a draft."

"You mean Ben Wallace, there are a lot of talented players who they didn't know they could perform like this on the court, let's just say that the current Washington Wizards, who loved baseball at the beginning, didn't expect him to get honors in the league that many people can't get." Bill Wharton agrees with Mike Bryn.

"That confirms that geniuses are in the crowd, right?"

After more than seven minutes, the Pistons and Knicks began to play hard, the Knicks kept shooting with two guns, Sprewell relied on long-range shots and breakthroughs to score effectively, Houston relied on mid-to-long-range shots, Thomas did not have much achievements in the low post, but successfully contained Big Ben, so that Big Ben did not break ten in rebounds, but the Pistons' Hamilton relied on continuous active running, scored more points on long-range shots, and Billups was able to continue to send the ball out of his hand in the critical time, Williams has also been boosted by Billups at the small forward position and has been given a lot of opportunities.

With a minute left on the clock, the score was 86-89 and the Knicks still led the Pistons.

Billups' flower-wearing step made Easley a little overwhelmed, knowing that the score was three points apart and that time was running out. I plugged it in.

Van Gundy shouted on the sidelines that he was defending and hated to be young and replace these guys.

Easley didn't have the ability to contain Billups on the outside, and the advantages in all aspects were not there, so he had to let him in and follow closely, hoping that someone would help him.

Billups, who reached the inside, got up and leaned back after a sharp stop, and Easley could only watch as the ball passed everyone's eyes and landed in the net. At 88-89, the Knicks still have a one-point advantage with 50 seconds left on the clock.

Switching sides to attack, Easley didn't rush to attack, she was killing time, waiting until there were 10 seconds left, and gave the ball to Sprewell, who was standing in the distance, saw that Hamilton was also standing closer, and there was no chance to shoot from a distance, using her swing dance steps. Hamilton really couldn't defend him, so he could only let Sprewell go into the third division, one got up, stared at Hamilton with his front foot, threw his right hand, the ball went in, and again two points to open the distance.

Billups didn't waste time in this rotation offense, seeing Hamilton run successfully, a point-and-shoot allowed the latter to seize the opportunity to score two points, and with 20 seconds left, the Knicks still had a one-point advantage.

"Now the time is only 20 seconds, but if you can make good use of the last 20 seconds, the outcome is really unpredictable, I didn't expect to think it was a dull game, both sides are good at defense, the first quarter played so exciting, now to the fourth quarter still does not exceed 100 points, this game should be stuck at 90 points!" Mike Brin looked at the score now at 90-91, with both sides in the final battle.

"There's a short timeout on each side now, and this last minute is the longest, so let's see how both sides arrange it, and whoever doesn't make a mistake can win," Bill Wharton said.

Carlisle asked for a timeout, Van Gundy didn't know how to play, and tried to keep the ball in Houston or Sprewell's gunners, and the Pistons were bound to be full-court pressing and foul tactics next.

Back on the court, as expected, only Thomas and Big Ben were left, and the rest went to the Knicks' backcourt, Harrington served, and with the height advantage, his career was broader. I saw Houston running around Williams, Harrington immediately threw the ball, Houston quickly dodged Williams, and waited until three seconds had passed before Williams caught him.

The foul went to Houston, which was undoubtedly a point to the Knicks, who averaged more than 85 percent from the free-throw line and made both free throws, 90-93.

At this point, Van Gundy also used up his last short timeout. Ask Sprewell to curb Hamilton's run, Easley just needs to block Billups' long shot, and Houston doesn't need to be against Williams, don't let him have a chance.

The game was the same as the Pistons, the whole court was pressing, Billups received the ball and dribbled through the front court, the time had gone by five seconds, and seeing Hamilton had no chance under Sprewell's close pressing, Williams was also dead defended. I had to do it myself, Easley did his homework very well, and didn't let him get a long-range shot, as long as it wasn't a three-point shot, everything was easy to say.

Billups pushed inside and wiped the board to close the gap with just 11 seconds.

The Pistons are back to their old business again, this time also sending Houston to the free throw line and still hitting it.

The three-point gap, 92-95, the Pistons wanted to wait for a three-point opportunity to drag the game into overtime, when the ball fainted the front court for only six seconds, under a burst of adjustment, Billups made up his mind, and in the end, if he didn't succeed, he became a benevolent, only to see the ball fly out and hit the basket on the neck.

The Knicks had their first game, and all the players ran up to the court and hugged each other.

"I didn't expect it to end like this, I thought Billups would take the game to extra time, but it doesn't matter, there are still many opportunities in the future, but it's not like rushing this game." Bill Wharton was a little saddened by Billups' last shot.

"Okay, let's see how the other arenas go." Mike Brin was making the final touches of the game.

And so the game ended.