Chapter 2099: The Game Begins! Larry Brown makes a move
"Toot!"
The whistle blew and the game officially began.
Da Yao stood in the midfield circle, jumped the ball with Ben Wallace and won the ball with ease.
The basketball was tossed in the air by Da Yao to Allen Iverson.
Once he had the ball, Allen Iverson slowly dribbled to the frontcourt.
Looking at Chauncey Billups, who was defending himself, Aaron Iverson's eyes were particularly determined.
Start straight and try to break through from the right.
Chauncey Billups scrambled to try to defend.
However, Chauncey Billups is fast though.
But not as fast as Aaron Iverson at his peak.
In particular, in today's game, Allen Iverson was in particularly good shape.
It was just an arrow step to shake off Chauncy Billups by half of his body.
The pace continued to pick up in the sprint, and in two or three steps he threw Chauncey Billups off completely, and then went straight to the basket.
After seeing Aaron Iverson rush in, the basket immediately became a mess.
Da Yao and Kurt Thomas both desperately started to get into the spot, trying to make the most comfortable space for Allen Iverson to make a layup.
The Pistons' starting interior players, Ben Wallace and Rashid Wallace, are also trying to get in the position and can come in front of Allen Iverson to make up the defense.
The Pistons under Larry Brown, although they have an arrogant spirit, don't look down on joint defense.
I just like to do one-on-one marking.
But that doesn't mean they won't make up for it.
Soon, Rashid Wallace took advantage of the card position with Kurt Thomas, broke free from the basket and came to Aaron Iverson to make up for it.
But by this time, Aaron Iverson had fully rushed to the ground.
In the face of Rasheed Wallace's supplement, Allen Iverson put his hands on the ball.
Take a step forward with your left foot, then suddenly take a step with your right foot in front of your right.
Straight out of the way of Rashid Wallace.
Gently throw the basketball onto the basket with your right hand.
"Huh!"
A very fast European step and scored the first goal of the game!
The Knicks took the lead with two points!
Larry Brown on the sidelines couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw this scene.
Allen Iverson's offensive firepower is all too clear to him.
Unless, like the Lakers did back then, arrange a small man like Tyronn Lue who is fast and has good strength to defend Allen Iverson closely.
Drain Aaron Iverson's stamina as much as possible and do everything he can to keep him from receiving the ball easily.
Otherwise, if you want to completely defend or limit Allen Iverson, you can only expect him to feel bad today.
But here's the problem.
Not to mention whether the current Pistons have such players.
It's the current Allen Iverson who plays more of a point guard position on the court.
Advance directly from the back court with the ball to the front court.
Want to stop him from getting a basketball?!
Not likely!
After all, it's a regular season, and the game has just begun.
There's no way the Pistons could have arranged for someone to go to the full-court close defense of Allen Iverson at the beginning of the game, right?!
Thinking of this, Larry Brown had a decision in his mind.
Walked to the sidelines, shouted a few words, and then made a gesture.
When the Pistons players on the court saw it, their hearts immediately became excited.
Before the game, Larry Brown deliberately laid out a new tactical arrangement for them to deal with the Knicks.
Now, it's time to take it out.
The Pistons attacked.
Chauncey Billups dribbled up front and faced Allen Iverson's defense and didn't play the way he used to attack.
In the past, Chauncey-Billups was very good at using his own advantages to strike the enemy.
When the opponent is shorter than him, he will use his physical advantage to force the opponent to eat.
And when it comes to opponents who are physically strong but lack speed, Chauncey's speed advantage can be vividly displayed.
Generally speaking, against Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups would choose to go to the low post for a backshot.
But this time, he directly commanded his teammates to start running.
The Pistons players on the court were constantly making pick-and-roll runs, and the Knicks players had to be driven to run.
After seeing his teammates start running, Chauncey Billups also made a move.
The dribble slowly moves to the right.
Suddenly, pull the basketball to the left, and then accelerate directly to break through from the left side.
Alan Iverson was about to turn around and chase back, but it felt as if he had hit a wall.
When I looked up, I saw Rashid Wallace's face in front of him.
At this point, Chauncey Billups came to a stop with the help of Rashid Wallace's block.
Taking advantage of the gap between Allen Iverson and Kurt Thomas, who didn't have time to step forward to make up the defense, he jumped up and shot.
The basketball made a graceful arc through the air and headed straight for the basket.
"Huh!"
A long two-point score!
The Pistons equalized.
Turning back, the Knicks attacked.
Allen Iverson dribbled up front and found that the man in charge of defending himself was still Chauncey Billups.
After a little thought, Allen Iverson decided to pass the basketball to the interior and let Da Yao attack.
It's something you've seen a lot of this season with the Knicks.
The Knicks have a strong interior line, and it is impossible to say that they don't play a dozen more inside lines.
The basketball was smoothly passed to Da Yao's hands.
Facing Ben Wallace's defense, Da Yao naturally did not dare to take it lightly.
After all, Ben Wallace won the league's best defensive player with his super defensive ability and entered the All-Star team.
After thinking about it for a while, Da Yao directly began to play with his back to his back.
One, two, three.
After moving a little distance to the inside with difficulty, Da Yao gave up his back-to-back offensive style and put his hands together to face the basket.
Da Yao, who did not have the same aggravation as in the original history, was still too reluctant to fight for strength in the face of an interior player like Ben Wallace.
With both hands on the ball, and at the same time quickly turn to the right, raise the basketball in the air with your right hand, and prepare for a hook.
But at this moment, Rashid Wallace, who was not far away, suddenly threw down Kurt Thomas and came to Da Yao's side to defend the bag.
Facing the defense of two people, the defensive pressure Da Yao felt increased sharply.
Rasheed Wallace stared at him from the sidelines, which also put his idea of preparing a hook shot for the time being.
I had to retract the basketball to my chest.
Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace stepped forward again to get close to Da Yao and continued to press Da Yao's space to hold the ball.
At this time, it was a little difficult for Da Yao to pass the basketball out.
In desperation, he had to force himself to turn around and shoot backwards.
"Bang dang!"
Unfortunately, the basketball was not blocked by Ben Wallace and Rashid Wallace, but it also smashed the basket.
The rebound was taken by Ben Wallace.
Seeing this scene, Han Ning on the sidelines couldn't help frowning.
muttered in his mouth: "How can such a defensive method look so familiar?!" ”