187. Critical First Battle
Billups' misguided pass led directly to the Pacers closing the deficit to 1 point again - 19:20. It was shortly after the start of the second quarter, with 9:17 left before the end, when Brown called a timeout.
Billups walked down in a daze, and the old man stared at him as if he was about to strangle him: "Guys, what do you think this is doing?" Is this drinking at a bar? Or are we gathered together to play electric? Make yourself have some fun, huh? ”
"Of course not!" The old man roared at the top of his throat, his expression was like hemorrhoids had burst, "Damn, this is the Western Conference Finals"
"It's the Eastern Conference Finals." Prince kindly reminded.
"I'm talking about the Eastern Conference Finals! This is the damn Eastern Conference Finals! Whoever is eliminated will have to go home! See what I mean? If you want to go fishing in Hawaii or the Gulf of Aden, then you can have fun, damn but I don't want to, I want to win the championship! Brown spat and waved his arms and roared, Hua Ben was sprayed in the face, but fortunately the old handsome had no breath.
Mirisic trembled and didn't dare to speak, since Big Ben suddenly became a superstar, since his performance suddenly became better, the old man has not been so angry for a long time, in fact, the old man is this temper, he was frightened by such angry scolding before.
"Patin, you replace Chauncey, look at the position. You've been sitting down there for so long, you already understand where their loopholes are, don't you? Brown said with a gloomy face, and his temper was still good for the good baby Pattin, who had a good image.
Billups was replaced by Patin and the Pacers made a substitution, with Miller, who came off the court late in the first quarter, coming on in place of Artest.
Getting the ball, Patin raised his right hand and made a posture of smashing Huanglong, and Huaben and the others nodded, knowing that this meant impacting the inside line.
Miller looked at Padding from afar, chewing gum over and over in his mouth, with an interested look on his face, "Hey, rookie, what did you mean by that?" Is it to stretch out your arm and poke our assholes? I can't believe you still have this hobby, where are you from? Are the French right? I've heard that you have a lot of gay in France, it's a disgusting and dirty country. ”
Patin glared at Miller angrily and scolded, "Old ghost, you dare to speak ill of our great ** Lancey? Do you want to die? ”
Waeben cut inside with Mirisic's cover, O'Neal Jr. came up to block, Rashid was let go, and Patin immediately got the ball into his hands. Rashid made a gesture to dunk, O'Neal Jr. quickly stepped back, but he pushed the ball out, and Wabben received the ball and scored on the board.
"Well done." Rashid gave Patin a thumbs up, and O'Neal Jr. frowned and waved his arm, unhappy with his performance.
Miller turned the word France over and over again, and Paddeen had an actor-level performance that successfully deceived the veteran of the league for nearly two decades. It's a pity that France was also shot while lying down, think about what good words can be spit out of Miller's mouth?
Patin cooperated with Miller, the expression on his face was unpredictable, all kinds of grievances, all kinds of anger, all kinds of dissatisfaction, but he didn't feel it in his heart, and his eyes were keen to look for gaps on the court.
Miller and Tinsley did a reverse position switch, and Hamilton moved too slowly, causing a misalignment. In the face of Pattin, Miller took the ball and made a jumper and threw in a mid-range shot to recover the score again.
Patin really admired Miller, this old bird kept muttering in his mouth, but he didn't stop breathing, and he was so accurate in this situation, he was really a magical old fellow. For Miller, trash talk has become a basketball companion, and he can focus on basketball while still talking punchways.
Adjusted to the rematch, the two teams attacked each other and won one after another, and the score became 21:22, and then the scores of the two teams were deadlocked. Relying on O'Neal Jr.'s brave play, by the end of the second quarter, the Pacers overtook the Pistons 46-43.
The Pacers strengthened their offense in the second quarter, no longer blindly playing defensive battles, O'Neal Jr. and Miller responded inside and outside, plus Artest, who was later substituted on the court, played a wonderful combination. The Pistons had a good offensive rhythm in the quarter, but it didn't work well, and all five three-pointers were missed.
The direct consequence of the midfielder being overtaken was that the old coach jumped in the locker room again and again, criticizing one by one, and even Hua Ben did not escape this time.
Hua Ben was still aggrieved in his heart, not to blame him and Rashid for their poor defense, O'Neal Jr. suddenly felt like he was playing this quarter, how to shoot, and his defense was completely ineffective.
Brown is not a fool who can only shout and curse, he knows everything about the performance on the court, so after the criticism, he pointed out the most important problem: "Jermaine's physical strength is not unlimited, although he has a long rest, maybe he will have no problem playing the whole game today." However, it was he who had rested for so long, and there were loopholes in the cooperation between him and his teammates! ”
A similar topic is going on in the Pacers' locker room, but the atmosphere is much more active, Carlisle is not a coach who is known for being strict, he is stronger and muddy, besides, the Pacers team already has Artest, Harrington, O'Neal Jr. These fierce men, if there is a more grumpy one, then Polis will not become Baghdad?
"Chauncey wasn't in form today, this is our chance, although they have a good rookie on the bench, he's always a rookie, he's a gap with their team, take this opportunity, boys, tell them who's the Indiana master!" Carlisle clapped his palms in encouragement.
Miller said proudly: "Give me that rookie, I'll let that French kid collapse!" ”
"French boy?" Carlisle asked, puzzled, "Where are the French on their team?" Isn't that rookie British? ”
"Isn't he French?" Miller asked with a wink, confused.
Little O'Neill directly burst into a foul mouth: "Grass, Reggie, you capsized in the gutter and were tricked by that damn rookie!" Damn it! Miller went out of his way to bombard the rookie with trash talk in the second quarter, and the players on the court could hear it clearly.
In the third quarter, the two sides sent their main lineups, and it seemed that they were ready to win this quarter and try not to carry out the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the fourth quarter.
The players on both teams thought they had received the manager's wise guidance, and each of them was arrogant and dismissive, with the exception of Miller, of course.
"Rookie, fuck you guys British?" Miller shouted angrily.
Patin said firmly: "No, I am French. But his thief's laugh betrayed his position.
Miller was suddenly angry, this kid is too bad, he underestimated the enemy, and finally said that he pecked the eyes of the goose.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Patin rushed to the front court and threw the ball directly into the penalty area, and Waben rushed up on the flank, and the ball was dunked. O'Neal Jr. blocked Rashid and didn't have time to make up for it.
After the opening dunk, the Pistons' offense had problems, and today there was no touch, and the shot was always off. Of course, the dunk is accurate, but O'Neal Jr. stands under the basket and is eyeing it, whoever goes in to dunk is waiting to eat the big hat, for details, refer to Mirisic.
After two consecutive misses, Milicic was furious and ready to hit O'Neal Jr. with a fantasy dance step to get to the ball.
The fantasy dance step can be called the number one killer on the inside, but Mirisic is only a half-now. Moreover, the fantasy dance moves are also divided into opponents, just a guy like O'Neal Jr., who moves faster than a defender, can you use your feet to play? So, after a few moments, Mirisic happily turned around and made a move.
When he made a move, Olajuwon in front of the TV covered his face with his hand, and just as he guessed, little O'Neal jumped up and slapped the court in the air.
Seeing that the Pistons' shooting rate was not high, Carlisle excitedly waved his fists and asked the players to move forward bravely, taking advantage of his illness to kill him!
Miller and the others had bitter expressions, damn it, coach, why can't we shoot the ball? Hamilton missed a baseline jumper, and Artest didn't make a shot from the right wing; Mirisic got a big hat, Harrington cut to the basket and dunked and was covered by Warben; Patin misses a long-range shot, and Miller misses a three-pointer
It's like having an infectious disease, and the two teams crackle and start to hit the iron, and they have no sense of heart at the same time.
Far away on the other side of the ocean, the leaders of CCTV are pointing fingers, Zhang Reasonable nodded with a serious face and said: "This is the defensive battle, you see, the Pacers and the Pistons are pressing each other's shooting space, resulting in a decrease in the shooting percentage of both teams, which is inversely proportional to yesterday's game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves." Both teams started out defensively and are now playing a defensive frenzy, so we have to take the opportunity to learn because it's the defense that leads to the championship, and I hope our national team players will study this game well, it will help the Olympics that start soon."
"How did two stupid hat teams collide?" TNT Barkley laughed, "There must be a lot of stupid hats who think this is a defensive battle now, in fact, although these two teams have slowed down the tempo, but the focus is on attack, this is a unique offensive battle, the audience in front of the TV must not miss it, this kind of game is rare in the playoffs"
At the critical moment, the role of the superstar began to show, Huaben and Mirisic were out of place, and they entered the interior and began to play strongly.
Patin passes to Mirisic, who has no chance to shoot under Artest's interference, as long as the pass goes inside. Huaben got the ball, 'clang' slashed inside, little O'Neal had just returned from injury, in fact, he hadn't recovered from injury, he couldn't stand it, he was slashed so many times, he had to let go of a gap to breathe.
The gap came out, Warben's shoulders pressed against O'Neal's chest, jumped sideways, the basketball crossed his waist in a graceful arc above his head, his wrist flicked, and the basketball fell into the hoop with a 'bang'.
Attacking again, Wahben wanted to reach the ball at the three-point line, and in the face of Artest, he jumped up but did not deceive the opponent, so he had to pass the ball to Rashid and run inside.
Seeing this, Artest could only catch up, but Huaben ran two steps and suddenly braked the car and took a diagonal step to find the gap, Rashid immediately passed the ball back to him, Huaben simply came to catch the ball and threw it, and scored two points again.
O'Neal Jr. wanted to play under the basket, but Rashid, Warben, Mirisic and other villains surrounded him together, poor O'Neal Jr., blocked by this bunch, even God had to instigate three points. O'Neal Jr. forced a pass, and Rashid jumped up for a steal and flicked it to Pattin.
Patin took the ball to attack quickly, Miller's old arms and legs couldn't catch up, Artest and Tinsley gasped and finally chased after him, but as soon as Patin entered the penalty area, he threw the ball up, and the follow-up Hua Ben received the ball and slapped it the ground, and the whole person turned into an iron-blooded King Kong, rushed into the penalty area ragingly, picked up the ball with one arm, and smashed it into the hoop.
Carlisle hurriedly called a timeout and yelled vigorously 'help defense, supplementary defense, package clamp'.
(To be continued)