However, this stalemate did not last long.

It didn't even take Han Ning's hand to do something, and the Pistons' offensive efficiency began to decline.

The reason is simple.

The Pistons players have no way to ensure that their mid-range and long-range shooting percentages are maintained at a certain percentage.

Moreover, not every player on the Pistons has an excellent shooting ability.

When the Pistons players started to break through to the interior, the change happened.

Mutombo's frame-guarding abilities aren't for you!

The game went to the third minute of the third quarter.

Chauncey Billups managed to break through Allen Iverson's defense and then rushed straight to the basket.

In the previous offense, several Pistons players have tried to rely on mid-range or long-range shots to score.

But they couldn't shoot the basketball.

As a result, the Pistons directly changed their offensive approach.

Since the players don't feel good, there is no need to choose a mid-range shot or a long-range shot all the time.

It's best to use the breakaway to catch up with the score a little first.

It is also the choice of the vast majority of teams.

However, when Chauncey Billups rushed to the basket with the ball, Mutombo's body came in front of him to defend.

Chauncey-Billups had already completed the first two of the three steps by this time.

If you want to observe the situation on the court again, it is impossible to pass the basketball in your hand.

You can only hit the basket strongly!

Jumping into the air, he put his hands together and pulled the rod in the air.

Then, with the ball in his right hand, he handed the basketball forward, trying to avoid Mutombo's arm and complete the layup.

However, Mutombo was completely unmoved after seeing Chauncey Billups take three steps.

In his experience, it wasn't too difficult to tell if Chauncey Billups' movements were feints.

So when Chauncey Billups made a lever move in the air, he didn't react at all.

It wasn't until Chauncey Billups reached the side for a layup that he finally had a move.

Turning slightly to the side, he faced the basketball thrown by Chauncey Billups and slapped it hard.

"Smack!"

A loud bang, a big hat.

Outright rejected Chauncey Billups' layup this time.

The basketball was slapped in the hands of Richard Hamilton.

Richard Hamilton took advantage of the ball and rushed towards the penalty area.

When he was still about a meter away from the basket, he stopped directly.

Then a dry pull, raise the basketball with both hands, and prepare to shoot directly.

However, Mutombo only used one arrow step to rush in front of Richard Hamilton.

Subsequently.........

"Smack!"

Another bang!

Another big hat!

For a moment, there was silence in the entire Little Caesars Arena.

Mutombo's ability to protect the rim under the basket really surprised everyone.

If it was Mutombo ten years ago, he would have played like this.

Then no one will question this at all.

After all, he is a strong player who relies on his defensive ability under the basket to make the All-Star lineup!

But this is not 10 years ago.

At the beginning of the season, Mutombo was a player who was bought out of contract by the Nets.

In other words, the Nets don't want him anymore.

is such a veteran, but he played such a good performance.

How can this not be surprising?!

Of course, this is not to say that Mutombo played at an over-standard level in this game.

It's just that in the previous games, Mutombo mostly played in the bench lineup, so even if he showed good strength, not too many people cared.

Now that I'm in the starting lineup, I just see more eyes on him.

And in the eyes of everyone, Mutombo, who was very powerful, used two blocks.

In an instant, the difference between the Knicks and the Pistons was stretched to 13 points again.

The margin between the two sides is back in double digits.

Seeing this, Han Ning walked back to the bench from the sidelines and sat down.

Don't you Larry Brown want to fight me?!

Then hit!

Is it my Knicks players who are not as good as your Pistons in terms of penetration, or are they not as good as your Pistons in shooting?!

In the last round, the Pistons made a mid-range shot.

Turning his head, Da Yao returned the golden rooster independence.

In the next round, the Pistons tried to make a fuss under the basket.

Rasheed Wallace relied on his unique stunt to turn over and make a straight-arm jumper to score two points.

Immediately afterwards, on the Knicks' side, they relied on Allen Iverson's sharp breakthrough and rushed to the basket for a layup to score two points.

Subsequently, the Pistons missed a long-range shot from the outside.

After the Knicks protected the rebound, the basketball was put in the hands of Jose Calderon.

Jose Calderón drove forward quickly with the ball.

After attracting most of the Pistons' defense, he threw the basketball in his hand directly to the right corner outside the three-point line.

Kyle Korver was standing there.

After receiving a pass from Jose Calderón, he started to shoot.

"Huh!"

Three points scored.

Once again, the score gap was widened.

This time, Larry Brown is completely out of temper.

How does this TM fight?!

Fight to score, and you can't beat the attack!

Originally, he also thought that with Kurt Thomas's defensive ability, he could prevent or limit one of the Pistons' two interior players.

But in terms of protecting the rim and snatching rebounds, it will still suffer.

As long as the Pistons players can storm the basket and protect the rebounds, then this game is easy to win.

Who would have thought that Han Ning would directly replace Mutombo.

The goal is to strengthen the Knicks' rim protection and rebounding ability.

It may be that when it comes to defending the Pistons' two interior players, the aging Mutombo is not as good as Kurt Thomas.

But when it comes to scrambling for rebounds and attacking the basket by perimeter players, Mutombo is much better than Kurt Thomas!

In this way, Larry Brown's tactical setup was completely targeted.

Hit against attack, but can't.

Fight defense, and Da Yao's inexplicable golden rooster independent shooting.

This TM is still playing snakeskin with you?!

Larry Brown, who couldn't think of a solution for a while, simply chose to lie down, sat back on the bench, and said nothing more.

In this game, the Pistons have no chance to win.

Although it lost face.

But the good thing is that it's just a regular season.

Larry Brown has made up his mind in his heart.

If you lose this game, you lose it.

When it comes to the playoffs, you must come up with a way to deal with the Knicks and deal with Han Ning!

(You said the same thing last season.) The game dragged on. The next game is lost, and the next game is delayed?! ）