Chapter 041 Battle Piston (6)

"Mike, you started to say that the two sides played more dullly, but I didn't expect it to be 35-34 in the first quarter, and there shouldn't be such a big score in the next few quarters, let's see who is more calm between the Pistons and the Knicks, who is likely to win this game." Bill Walton was watching players from both sides take to the court.

"It's on, it's on." Fans of domestic games are also watching the Knicks game online.

Zuo Qiang also paid attention to the game in the dormitory, constantly bragging to his buddies in the dormitory about the bad things he and Liang Xiao had in high school.

"You see, I said that Liang Xiao will play, you still don't believe me, although he only played for more than three minutes in the first half and scored seven points, I estimate that he can score more than ten and five points in this game."

"He's really your buddy, I really don't believe it, why do you say that the gap between you is so big!"

"Fourth, don't be rampant, when I did a game with you, you knew that I wasn't a vegetarian either."

"Okay, second brother, don't quarrel anymore, I know you're good, it's up to your buddy! It's time to attack! ”

"Say, don't call me dick, if you call me dick, I'll really chop your dick!"

After Zuo Qiang and his buddies in the dormitory had a fight, they all stared at the screen to watch the battle between the Knicks and the Pistons.

When the Pistons came on the court in the second quarter, Hamilton took advantage of an open opportunity to shoot a two-point shot. The opposing Sprewell was not easy to fool either, and returned the favor with his own unique swing to break through to the basket. 37-36, the Knicks still trailed by one point.

The Knicks kicked off, Easley quickly advanced to the frontcourt, because of Billups, Easley did not have much confidence to get an advantage in his hands, after all, he was getting older, his skills and physical fitness were regressing, and he couldn't compare with Billups, who was in his playing year, and gave the ball to Houston. Pistons coach Carlisle saw that Atkins was very leaky in the first half under the two-point guard adjustment with Billups, and let Williams, the best sixth man, defend Houston at the beginning of the third quarter.

Houston vs. Williams, a long-established guard who has played against many famous guards in the league, certainly won't have stage fright against Williams.

Under the break-through stop, a standard jump shot and two points were bagged, 37-38, and the Knicks overtook him.

Billups played Easley quickly, but with the experience of the first half, at halftime, Van Gundy took targeted measures, and when Billups got the ball, he took a bag that allowed Billups to shoot slightly off the basket, but the Pistons' Big Ben got a frontcourt rebound in time, but it didn't shoot, allowing Thomas to catch it. While Big Ben has a big advantage on the defensive end and rebounding, putting basketballs in the basket isn't his forte.

As soon as Thomas picked up the rebound, Sprewell began to run down, fast counterattack is Sprewell's strength, his speed of counterattacking is absolutely first-class, running to the front court to form a three-on-three situation, the big men on both sides did not have time to run in place. A strong beat by Sprewell to Hamilton, two points scored. In defending Sprewell's fast offense, Hamilton still doesn't have much advantage, otherwise the Wizards wouldn't have sold Hamilton this year for his poor defense.

The Knicks returned to the defensive end again, the Pistons originally wanted to go inside this time, but Big Ben's basket was too poor, and the Pistons' center was not pleasing to Harrington, and Hamilton was only free from the outside waiting for an opportunity, so this offense was under Williams's hasty shot, allowing Harrington to get a rebound. Both offenses didn't work, making the Pistons coach a little anxious, constantly pacing back and forth on the sidelines.

This time the Knicks didn't give the Pistons a chance, and such an opportunity to overtake the score would not be wasted, a steady and steady play, allowing Easley to assist Thomas to score. The score was rewritten to 42-37.

Five points in the NBA is a hurdle, one point may be you fight for me, which does not mean anything, three points is a round of things can be recovered, but if there is a five-point gap between the two sides, then the next goal is not scored will affect the morale of the team.

Billups saw that he was five points behind and knew that it was time for him to take control of the game, and if the ball hadn't been scored, it would only get worse and worse, and the Knicks players knew this, and Van Gundy kept asking the Knicks players to defend mentally on the sidelines.

Easley didn't dare to let Billups go too far, he was afraid of both the opponent's long-range shot and the opponent's breakthrough, and the most important thing was to prevent the long-range shot, because there were still big men in the interior who could help fill it.

Hamilton was constantly looking for point guards on the perimeter to make shots, but Sprewell's pressing didn't give him a chance. Similarly, Houston didn't let Williams go.

had to shoot by himself, Billups, a key gentleman who has never been soft at critical moments, forced Easley, took advantage of his body, played with his back to Easley, and constantly squeezed to the inside, to the free throw line, with his left foot as the axis, turned around and shot, at this time Thomas was stuck by Big Ben, but Harrington took a step out, reached out to cover Billups's sight, and the shot was extremely uncomfortable, the ball jumped out on the neck of the basket, and the force at this time was a little too great, Neither team caught the ball inside, but Houston got the rebound.

Houston quickly ran back, and Sprewell also stepped forward, and soon a two-on-two, Sprewell and Houston's passes left Billups and Hamilton without a chance, and they hit the shots directly.

At this time, Carlisle immediately took a long timeout, and a wave of 6-0 small ** allowed the Knicks to overtake by seven points at 44-37.

After the timeout, the Pistons got timely adjustments, not to mention Carlisle, a typical academic coach, still has two hands, otherwise how could he lead the Mavericks to a championship trophy later.

The Knicks didn't go as smoothly as they just did, but instead had two balls that didn't go into the frame, allowing the Pistons to chase them back.

With four minutes and 30 seconds left in the second quarter, the scores of the two sides were still comparable, and the players on both sides did not make much progress, 48-45, the Knicks took the lead, and the score showed no signs of pulling away at all.

At this time, Van Gundy also called a timeout, one did not have many opportunities to open the score, and the other was that the main team had been playing for more than six minutes and wanted to let them rest next time.

"Can any of you tell me that you can pull away the score, the Pistons will definitely bring on a substitute, I want our bench to make a difference, Liang, you come, strengthen the offense more after you get on the court, your breakthrough is still very advantageous."

I didn't expect Van Gundy to trust him so much, doesn't that mean you can do it your own way. I used to always see on TV that Van Gundy was a novice killer, but in fact, Van Gundy was a novice for a novice, and if she trusted her, there would be a way out, and if you didn't believe it, you would be pressed to the bench like a genius.

The next two sides are replaced by substitutes, knowing that the current score is biting each other, it depends on whose bench is deeper and more powerful.

The Knicks only left Harrington alone on the court, Charlie Ward played point guard, Liang Xiao's point guard, Anderson's small forward, and Withers' huge forward.

And the Pistons have a little more people on the court, Atkins point guard, Joan Barry's point guard, Williams' small forward, Big Ben's big forward, and center This is a sophomore who was named to the All-Rookie Second Team last year, Rob Rakka.