Chapter 042: Battle Piston (7)
Chapter 042 Battle Piston (7)
Liang Xiao played, this is his own opportunity, although he does not have the advantage of full skills, but the opposite Joan Barry is 33 years old, and his advantage is physical fitness, and now there is no way to rise at the top of the C level. The three minutes of the first quarter made Liang Xiao spend a lot of physical strength, but Liang Xiao had already rested for a whole quarter, and there were fifteen minutes left in the halftime, and his physical strength had almost recovered, and now was the right time.
"I knew that Liang Xiao still had a chance, and I guessed it." In the campus of a Chinese university, Zuo Qiang shouted at his roommates.
"It's just you, I also know that Liang Xiao can play, he scored 7 points in the first quarter, and he didn't play in the second quarter, isn't this making him wait for the opportunity!"
"Beal, you see if the Chinese guy from the Knicks is a surprise soldier from Van Gundy, he didn't let him play in the entire second quarter, and the Pistons were a little surprised in the first quarter." Mike Brin said to Bill Wharton.
"I'm thinking that Carlisle probably doesn't want to have the same scene as in the first quarter right now, and the odd soldier shouldn't be counted, at most it's the best option for him to rest in the main players." Bill Wharton said disapprehensively about Liang Xiao's play.
Charlie Ward replaced Easley on the field, this is the second shortest time he played today, and Liang Xiao did not have many opportunities to play today, because the 32-year-old Charlie Ward is even worse than Eisley, against Billups, the technique is not as good as Eisley, not to mention, physical fitness is also a big problem. Four years in the NBA is definitely a big hurdle.
Ward against Atkins advanced to the front court and quickly called the ball out, although Atkins is only more than 1.80 meters, but it is by no means a master that can be underestimated, against Easley, Liang Xiao has no advantage in height, etc., but now the physical strength is indeed superior.
Liang smiled at the ball, faced Joan Barry, accelerated the breakthrough, entered the inside line, had no chance to shoot, turned around and gave Anderson on the outside, Anderson made a small jump, and the score was rewritten to 50-45.
Rotated to the Pistons offense, the Pistons' strength on the court is now definitely better than the Knicks. Big Ben, Best Defense, Williams, Sixth Man of the Year, and Roblaka, last year's rookie second team. All of this shows that if the Knicks don't play a little bit, their bench will never get any benefit.
Williams singled Anderson with the ball, and Williams' weight obviously had a standing advantage, which made Anderson a little unbearable. Williams scored with a back-to-back turn, and the Pistons pulled back two points.
In the rematch, the Knicks' Witherspoon didn't score the ball, he and Big Ben were not at the same level at all, so he didn't find the right direction in shooting at all, the ball was deflected to let sophomore Roblaka get the rebound, a round of quick offense, and the result was that Atkins, a short man, made a three-pointer from the outside. As a result, the score returned to 50 draws.
The Knicks started over, still trying to rely on positional warfare to consume the Pistons' defensive energy, but this time it obviously didn't work, and lost another opportunity on the inside, the Pistons relied on the Knicks' mistake, Big Ben grabbed the rebound, and quickly went all, Roberaka leaned on Harrington's small hook in the low post, not to mention that whites are relative to blacks, such a technique that relies on soft feel is indeed higher, and the score was overtaken by the Pistons, 50-52, and the Knicks fell behind.
The Knicks obviously didn't get the first two lessons, thinking that it was just a bad chance and didn't make it, and he was blocked in one breath, as if he wasn't unhappy. In fact, the most taboo thing in the NBA arena is this effect, the more you don't score, the more you have to fight this. The Knicks returned empty-handed again, and Liang Xiao filled in for Williams, giving Joan Barry a chance to play the open position, and the two points were effective.
At this time, head coach Van Gundy was furious, and in an instant, the Pistons played a 9-0 small **, and the time was only two minutes before the third quarter.
Van Gundy kept shouting from the sidelines: "You have to use the most effective way to score, have you all forgotten my words in the locker room?" ”
"Oh, Mike, it looks like the Knicks' bench is going to be crippled, Liang Xiao got an assist on the court, and didn't get anything, hehe, I said the Pistons are not so easy to disarm!" Seeing the situation on the court and wanting the Pistons to fall to one side, Bill Wharton was happy.
"The Knicks' bench did make mistakes that they shouldn't have made, and it's not a smart move to keep giving the ball to the interior when it's clear that they don't have an advantage on the inside, and I'm looking forward to them improving."
In domestic universities, fans like Zuo Qiang are constantly cursing why the ball just can't reach Liang Xiao's hands.
A four-point gap, two rounds of offense, and the expectation that the Pistons will not score, such a wish may not be achieved, but the opportunity is given by yourself, and no one will forgive you for your anger or competition.
The Knicks' shouting from Van Gundy this time worked, and Ward didn't continue to give the ball inside, wandering off the three-point line, waiting for an opportunity.
Anderson catches the ball and knows his chance to break inside. This is the only way to give the Knicks more opportunities to get shots. Anderson played against Williams, tried twice but had no chance to shoot, turned around twice on the edge of the penalty area and saw Liang Xiao's continuous running, and finally got rid of the aging Joanbari, and the ball flew towards Liang Xiao.
"It's now", Liang Xiao received the ball, so that Qiong Barry was not stable, a breakthrough, a quick stop jump shot, the ball went in, scored two more points, scored 9 points, 52-54, Liang Xiao finally broke the decline.
Quickly defended, Atkins still thought that the Pistons could blow up, at the three-point line, Zhun Ben gave the ball inside, but Ward defended the ball above, Atkins also knew that the Pistons appeared to have an advantage on the inside, and was eager to deliver the shell to the front line, a ground-hitting pass.
Liang Xiao has been waiting for a long time, always watching Qiongbari's opportunities on the outside and paying close attention to the direction of the ball, taking advantage of Qiongbari's vacant opportunity to hold the ball in his hand with one hand.
Atkins watched the ball being pounced on by Liang Xiao, fell to the ground and wanted to take the ball back, but Liang Xiao couldn't miss such an opportunity, rubbed the tips of his fingers on the ball, and the ball jumped to the front court, two big steps, Liang Xiao caught up, everyone was still working hard, no one reacted, Liang Xiao had come to the middle circle.
Liang Xiao dribbled twice, looked back to see if anyone was following up, but the nearest one was also Ward of the Knicks, Liang Xiao got up suddenly, the ball was put on the back of his head, and his hands were pressed to the limit like springs.
"Bang", Liang laughed and clasped his hands violently.
Suddenly, the audience erupted in a burst of ahs.
Sprewell and the others on the bench jumped up, constantly waving towels to congratulate Liang Xiao on his wonderful dunk.
The domestic TV media and fans cheered, and they were very satisfied with Liang Xiao's violent deduction.
The score was rewritten back to 54 by a steal and two points by Liang Xiao.
"Bill, are you disappointed, I didn't expect this Chinese guy to have such energy, right?" Mike Brin said with a smile, giving Liang Xiao a high evaluation of his performance.
"It's just luck, I'm still bullish on the Pistons." Bill Wharton was still stubborn.
In the next time, Liang Xiao didn't have more opportunities, seeing his performance, the Pistons gave him more care, and the Pistons were not weak. The final third quarter score was fixed at 58 draws, and the two sides entered the fourth quarter on the same starting line. Liang Xiao scored two more during this period, and scored 13 points in this game. This made Liang Xiao himself a little unexpected, he originally thought that this game was his breakthrough, but he didn't expect to get six points on the piston bench, which had to be pleasantly surprised.