Chapter 982: Mai Style Attack
The Warriors are on their way to victory.
After destroying the Rockets, the Warriors flew to Detroit to play against the Bad Boys.
This is the second time the two teams have met this season, with the last time the two sides met at home with the Warriors, who then slaughtered the Pistons.
With the disintegration of the five tigers, the current Pistons no longer have the glory of the past decade, thinking about the early 21st century, the Pistons relied on five tough guys and an iron-clad team to roar across the league, constantly staging grassroots miracles, and then look at the current identity of the eastern fish belly, so that old fans have to sigh.
The Pistons have also gained a lot of attention this season, the return of Ben Wallace, Hamilton, Prince and other tigers, as well as the addition of Maddy, have made this team back in the headlines many times, but unfortunately, the veterans can only create some topics, and their team-up cannot change the fact that the Pistons have become fish belly.
In this game, the starting lineup of the Pistons is: center Ben Wallace, power forward Austin Dayer, small forward Prince, playmaking guard Starkey, scoring guard Hamilton, and on their bench, the former league popularity king, Tracy McGrady.
There is nothing to see in this game, the winners and losers have been divided before the game, in the era when the west is strong and the east is weak, the first in the west meets the first in the east, what can be seen?
At the beginning of the game, Chamberlain jumped the ball and won Big Ben, the Warriors went on a fast break, Chamberlain received West's assist and passed the basket and made a jumper, Big Ben's height difference Chamberlain is too much, and he is now due to age and injury, the power of the guide has decreased sharply, how can he be Chamberlain's opponent?
But after that, the Warriors played a little carelessly, and soon Prince made a free throw for a three-second foul.
Starkey made a mistake in passing, West grabbed the ball and led the team to attack, Chamberlain followed him to the basket quickly, and after receiving the ball, he came with a tomahawk split, and the Pistons' interior line could not pose any threat to him at all.
Starkey drove for a layup, Chamberlain gave him a big hat, the Pistons called a timeout, and Gordon was substituted along with Maddy.
When Maddie came on the court, only some old fans cheered, and most of the fans were expressionless, which is the characteristic of American fans, they have never lacked popular stars, so some stars are even supergiants such as Jordan, if they are not good, they will be quickly forgotten by the fans.
Gordon came to the Pistons in the summer, and he helped the team score a bit, scoring four straight points after coming on.
Chamberlain staged a 2+1 inside attack, and then cooperated with the inside and outside to give Curry a three-point shot.
The Pistons countered, and Maddy ran to receive the ball, and he took on the classic one-handed ball bent over to break through the position, and then jumped up and hit a mid-range shot.
Chamberlain was wet when he watched the ball, and he gave Maddie a round of applause as an opponent, but the fans didn't buy it much, after all, the Pistons were still behind.
After that, Maddie received the ball again, this time he was outside the three-point line, dummy shot, and then rose to his feet, and hit a three-point shot from a distance!
In this way, the Pistons launched a wave of counterattack offensive, and Chamberlain didn't want to see such a bloody drama as overturning the boat in the gutter, so he decisively hit the basket in a row and pulled the score away at once.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led by seven points at 27-20, and the Pistons were remarkable, and they still worked the defensive end.
In the second quarter, Chamberlain sent another block, Carter controlled the ball and counterattacked, and when he got to the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Curry, who took the lead in making a long-range shot.
The Pistons played a little anxious, Starkey hit Carter's body with the ball, Carter, an old bird, likes to bully newcomers with experience, Carter fell to the ground in pain after being hit, and the referee gave Starkey an offensive foul, which caused the atmosphere in the Auburn Hills palace to be hot, and the fans scolded 'black whistle' and 'soft eggs'.
The Pistons then called a timeout, and Chamberlain was substituted for a pair of Tabit and Ibaka on the inside.
Tabit can still contribute some energy on the defensive end, otherwise the Grizzlies will not use the list to select him, after the start of the game, the Pistons thought that Chamberlain was not on the court, and the Warriors' interior line became the flower girl's skirt to take off as soon as they wanted, and drilled into the interior as soon as they started.
As a result, Starkey was sad again, he rushed to the basket and threw and was blocked by Tabit, seeing that the fans couldn't stand it, the audience booed, making Starkey angry.
Starkey had a really underperforming life with the Pistons, and he showed enough potential in his rookie season that year, forcing the Pistons to sell Billups to build a team with him as the core. As a result, it turned out to be a joke, Starkey could only be a role player, he didn't have the life to be a core player, and he couldn't afford this iron-blooded team.
Especially with Billups helping Chamberlain win two championships with the Warriors, Starkey's time in Detroit was even more difficult, and fans and media experts took Billups to compare him at every turn, and then came to the conclusion that both Billups at the same age and Billups now are all dead.
At the critical moment, the Mask Man Hamilton propped up the Pistons' offensive system, first scoring two consecutive accurate shots, and then rushing to the basket to cause a foul on Thabitt, making two free throws and scoring six points in a row.
The momentum of the Pistons team has risen a little, especially after one round, Maddy went straight to the Yellow Dragon in the middle, received a pass from Hamilton and broke through to the basket and dunked a small windmill, and his vigorous posture once made people think that the scoring champion of the Magic period was back.
In the face of his cousin's provocation, Carter, the eldest cousin, couldn't sit still, didn't he want to play dunk? Okay, then Lao Tzu will accompany you.
Hamilton's defense has always been not very reliable, Carter hit hard sideways, suddenly cut past Hamilton with a change of direction in his crotch, and rushed into the restricted area with lightning speed to make a rocket dunk, which also showed his heroic posture as the first dunk king.
Maddie and Carter's successive dunks detonated the atmosphere of the arena, and the fans chanted 'Carter VS Maddie' rhythmically, obviously wanting to see the showdown between the two cousins.
Obviously, this kind of game between the Warriors and the Pistons is not interesting at all. Tickets are bought for money, if you can watch the battle between Carter and Maddie, it can be regarded as earning back the ticket price, after all, both are old, especially Maddie, knee injury and back injury have had a fatal impact on him, he has not been able to play in the league for a few seasons, this kind of game, watch one less game.
Starkey was very knowledgeable, and after half time passed the ball to Maddie, Maddie changed course and chose to pass the ball and assist Monroe's attack.
The Warriors' offense was dominated by Katt, West helped him cover in the high post, Carter pulled his foot to break through, opened up the open space and hit a pull-up jumper on top of Maddy's head.
Monroe once again forced the inside to succeed, and Tabit was downcast in the face of him, and the old Nelson and Chamberlain kept shaking their heads.
After that, the Warriors hit two consecutive irons, Hamilton soared to the long range, and the scores of the two teams were never separated.
Carter gave the Warriors a steady shot on a close-range jumper under the basket, and the Pistons had a chance to chase down, but Maddy made two consecutive pass errors and was caught by the Warriors, one was West's fast-break layup, and the other was Carter's dunk after receiving the pass, and the Pistons' score was pulled away again.
At halftime, the Pistons trailed the Warriors by 13 points at 42-55.
In the third quarter, Maddy made another mistake, Curry picked up the ball and advanced all the way, Chamberlain followed behind, so that the Pistons did not dare to press into the restricted area to chase Curry, Chamberlain attracted most of the firepower, but Curry made an easy layup.
may be the reason for the encounter with Carter, today's Maddy is very excited, frequently asking for the ball to attack, he made two free throws for Curry, but looking back, Curry also made a defensive foul on Maddy on the offensive end, and also hit both free throws.
After that, the Warriors became more and more tempo, Curry made a long-range shot, Chamberlain broke through the layup again, and Jamison hit a three-point shot, and the score gap once stretched to 20 points.
At the critical moment, Maddy assisted Villanueva on a three-pointer from distance, and Gordon steals Curry's quick layup, so that the Pistons bite the score again.
The elder Nelson was very dissatisfied with this result, called a timeout to arrange Chamberlain's strong attack, and staged a 2+1 drama as soon as he returned. Maddy held the ball and broke through a flying dunk, and then assisted Villanueva for a mid-range shot, and the Pistons took the lead 62-77 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Warriors were much more straightforward and rude, that is, they gave the ball to Chamberlain, who attacked three times in a row, hitting a 6-0 mini-climax, forcing the Pistons to call a timeout.
After returning from the timeout, Chamberlain was still unstoppable, scoring six points in a row under a dunk like a tiger, and scoring 12 points in a row, and Chamberlain showed the Pistons fans the violence on the inside at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Old fans watched this scene and vaguely saw the big shark that was a guest in Detroit in 2004, but at that time they had the iron-blooded Wallace brothers, and the five tigers who were united first to carry the flag, and now?
The Pistons also counterattacked, with Dayer hitting a shot and Monroe hitting a layup, but these counterattacks became extremely weak in the face of Chamberlain's strong play.
The score gap was once again stretched to 20 points, and the old Nelson replaced the main force, but unfortunately Jeremy Lin had no chance to play, so he could only watch his teammates sway freely on the court by the water cooler.
Iverson scored five points with free throws, Evans cut to Hill's pass and dunked, and the game went into garbage time, and the Warriors finally beat the Pistons 108-83 on the road and won a hearty victory.
Relying on 16 points in the final quarter, Chamberlain scored 32 points and 16 rebounds in the game, and the Pistons' best player on this side was Maddy, who scored 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting, in addition to 8 assists and 7 rebounds.
This game was seen by Maddie's fans as a battle for the revival of their idols, and it seemed that under Carter's stimulation, Maddie suddenly woke up, and Maddie also said in an interview after the game: "It's like God has opened the door for me, sue me, hey, Tracy, come in, everything in the house is yours." So, you can see, I'm running, scoring, passing, grabbing rebounds on the court, and I think I'm in great shape and I can contribute more energy to the team. ”
As a result, two days later, when the Pistons were away to Boston against the Green Shirts, Maddy strained his latissimus dorsi again when he landed on the layup, and was helped back to the locker room on the spot.
When he got the news, Chamberlain was quite emotional, he had a premonition that Maddie would never have such a brave appearance again, he was very glad that he fought with Maddie at the peak of the end, and saw the Mai-style attack of 'Huo Ruyi shooting nine sunsets, like a group of emperors and dragons'.
Leaving Detroit, the Warriors flew straight to Atlanta for a back-to-back trip to the East, with just the day after the game against the Pistons, they were on their way to challenge the Hawks.
The Atlanta Hawks are not to be messed with right now.
Since the 2004-05 season, the Atlanta Hawks have improved every year and were once seen as promising divisions. At the same time, they stopped in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference for two consecutive years, and the evaluation of the "pseudo-strong team" is endless.