Chapter 92: Battle Pistons
There is no doubt that the Celtics, who swept the league, will definitely get the best record of the season, and the injury-ridden Miami Heat will become the bottom of the season.
Compared with the Nuggets, the Warriors and the Trail Blazers, the three hard-working babies who fought for a playoff spot, the Timberwolves, who have long lost the opportunity to make the playoffs, seem to be leisurely, and the players will not relax themselves, but the leaders of the team have given themselves an early vacation, and all they have to do now is to wait for the Zuihou results to come out, and then participate in the lottery draw
This long regular season is like a long-distance race, April is the sprint time of the first lap of Zuihou, some people fall out of the team early and give up the race, some people have spare energy and start the sprint, and some people have the foresight to start the sprint for the finals
In this year's playoffs, it is still quite disappointing for the majority of Chinese fans, originally among the active players in the NBA, there are three Chinese players, namely Yao Ming, Zheng Ke and Yi Jianlian, but Yao Ming is injured, Yi Jianlian and Zheng Ke are unable to participate in the playoffs because of their respective teams' records, so many fans who want to see Chinese players perform on the bigger stage of the playoffs are a little disappointed, of course, they have also left messages on the Internet, bluntly said that he hopes to see the three major Chinese players compete in the NBA playoffs next year
The Timberwolves' opening game in April was an away game against the Pistons.
Although the Pistons have lost their interior defensive gate - Ben Wallace, but their strength is still the top four in the East, the current head coach of the Pistons is Philip Saunders, the 53-year-old head coach graduated from the University of Minnesota, he was the head coach of the Timberwolves in the 90s of the last century, and also served as the general manager of the Timberwolves, he worked with the Wolves king Garnett for ten seasons, so he is familiar with the Timberwolves, of course, the former Timberwolves.
This Timberwolves team is completely different from the one he remembers, but what he does know is that this Timberwolves is only one of many teams in the league, and this Timberwolves are not worth mentioning compared to the Pistons, the league's top team under him. Although he had heard that the Timberwolves often beat strong teams, he didn't think so, you know, this is Detroit, this is Auburn Hills Palace!
"Wow, the attendance here is really low!" Zheng Ke warmed up and said to Jarich on the side.
"yes!"
Jarridge threw a ball, then turned to Zheng Ke and said: "Auburn Hills Palace has always been one of the league's low attendance arenas, and generally not many people come to watch it when it is not a major game."
Zheng Ke raised his arm, pulled out a ball, and smiled softly: "Then playing with us is not an important game?" ”
"Maybe," Jarich smiled wryly, then pulled out a basketball again.
"Humph!" Although Zheng Ke was unhappy in his heart, he was helpless, after all, in the eyes of others, the Timberwolves were indeed not a strong enemy, and the appeal of the ball market was very average.
"Catch!" The staff member at the baseline threw a basketball at Zheng Ke's side.
Zheng Ke caught it with his right hand, jumped with the trend, his eyes were firm, his hand was straight and his back was straight, and he gently pulled the basketball out, and the basketball spun rapidly in the air, drawing a beautiful arc
"Huh!"
"Yay!" Zheng Ke secretly cheered himself up in his heart.
"Come again!"
"Huh!"
"Come again!"
"Huh!"
The Pistons' style of play is very ugly, and the finals with the Spurs have created the lowest Finals ratings in NBA history, which makes the league president Stern quite unhappy, and after the Auburn Hills palace incident, it has made the hegemon who has ruled the NBA for 30 years hate the Pistons
The Pistons' defense really has nothing to say, and the two teams fought in the first quarter, and the Pistons led the Timberwolves by 4 points at home 22-18
At the beginning of the second quarter, Corey Brewer broke through to the inside, causing a foul on the Pistons' interior Mark Hill, and Brewer made two free throws.
Then on the defensive side, Brewer stole the ball that Hunter passed to the inside, and then the Timberwolves launched a fast break, and Randy Foye ambushed the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer!
The Timberwolves lead the Pistons 23-22!
Although the Timberwolves bench performed well, Sanders only frowned, he didn't think that this group of weak benches would cause problems for his love, and the Pistons should be able to adjust themselves immediately
But he forgot that the league's bombardment teams are terrifying when they go crazy, and they will play wave after wave of shockwaves, and that's what happened with the Timberwolves' benches
In the second quarter, the Timberwolves bench ran wildly, and you would often see Randy Foye dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, pretending to call his teammates to come out and do a pick-and-roll, only to throw a three-pointer from outside the three-point line and hit it! The Timberwolves' offensive and defensive rotation rhythm is very fast, often playing the Pistons in a rotation of goals, after all, the Pistons benches do not have a master-level point guard like Billups to control the rhythm, and immediately the rhythm of the benches began to become faster, for a while, you went back and forth on the court, playing very chaotic and fast, Mark Hill also completed a shocking slam dunk on the inside, detonating the sparsely populated Auburn Hills Palace
But the Pistons asked for a timeout.
Saunders was so angry that he couldn't understand how the team he had built could be led by others, he pointed to the noses of the players who came off the field and yelled, "What's the matter with you? Who told you to pick up the pace? Do you want to brush data? This is the Palace of Auburn Hills! ”
It turned out that unconsciously, the Timberwolves actually led the Pistons by 6 points 34-28, and the Pistons benches played lively, but lost the tradition of the Pistons themselves, which is not what Sanders wants to see
The players shrunk their necks at Sanders' scolding, looking rather frustrated
"Alright," Sanders calmed down, and with a big wave of his hand, he changed Chauncey Billups, Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace, "Chauncey, hold the rhythm and play our own defensive style!" ”
"Hmm" Billups nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood.
With Billups' response, Sanders' face gradually improved, and Billups is indeed a convincing player no matter when and where
Zheng Ke carefully controls the ball in the front court.
Defending him was Prince, nicknamed "The Little Prince", who had a frighteningly long pair of arms, probably so thin that one of his long arms stood out and felt strange, like a great ape
Of course, with Zheng Ke's shrewdness, he wouldn't say it to his face, so he just glanced at Prinn's open arms, and then turned his head casually to observe the movement of the players on the field
Suddenly, Zheng Ke saw McCantz run out of the open space with Jefferson's off-ball cover near the free throw line, and he quickly shook his hand and passed the ball over
McCantz catches the ball and hits!
He also had a pretty good feel in this game, scoring 6 points in the first quarter, and with this three-pointer, he has scored 9 points in this game!
The offense and defense rotated, and the Pistons began to attack.
Billups unhurriedly controlled the ball through the half, and he actually used up six or seven seconds in one half, which made Zheng Ke on the side have a toothache
Billups beckons to his teammates and begins directing his teammates' movements.
Defending Hamilton was McCantz, who was lost after being spared by Hamilton's inside line for two laps, allowing Hamilton to easily receive Billups's pass on the baseline, which was faster and more accurate than Loops's pass compared to Zheng Ke's passing when his teammates were vacant!
Hamilton catches the ball and shoots and hits two points!
Zheng Ke goes down the fast attack, and Randy Foye makes a long pass
Zheng Ke barely received the pass and was almost cut off by Prince
Jefferson received a breakaway from Zheng Ke, and he made a strong shot under the basket that caused Wallace to be fouled
Jefferson made 1 of 2 free throws
Wallace hit hard inside, shook Jefferson and then got up again, hitting the board with ease and hitting two points
Zheng Ke borrowed money from Ning Frye to cover, slipped into the inside and hit a layup
Billups shoots a cold arrow from the outside and hits a three-pointer!
Zheng Ke received a ball from Jefferson and hit a three-point shot from the outside!
Although Billups suppressed the rhythm, the hot hand of the Timberwolves bench seemed to be passed to the main players, Whitman didn't even replace Jarric on the court, and directly used Zheng Ke, Randy Foye, McCantz, Channingfrye and Jefferson This lineup is actually inseparable from the Pistons who are second in the Eastern Conference!
After halftime, the Pistons trailed by seven points at home, 41-48!
This is not a common situation for the Pistons, who have always been known for their defense, Sanders couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed and rubbed again, making sure that it wasn't the three monsters of Boston who were playing against him? It's really evil, you know, before the game, he looked down on the Timberwolves, thinking that their upset was just a moment of luck, and on the Pistons' own home court, he didn't believe that the Timberwolves would lead his team at halftime
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