Woody bent his arms and showed off his biceps.

In the close-up, this action stimulated all the fans at the scene.

A burst of cheers rang out, adding a bit of atmosphere to this home stadium.

Miami is a place full of enthusiasm, but these fans need to be stimulated again and again, to give them feelings, so that they can continue to cheer.

They are perhaps the top five fanbase in the league that is most likely to be knocked out.

Looking at Oku's particularly clumsy figure against Woody's backdrop, Ben Wallace glanced at Tomjanovich.

He knew it was time for him to get back on the field.

A score of 7 is about the same, and a score difference of 5 points is even less.

And Tomjanovic, the head coach, is known for following the wishes of his players.

He's a manager who knows how to delegate.

In his opinion, the greatest action of players comes from their own choices.

What kind of player they want to be, not what kind of player he wants to force these guys to be.

On his first day with the Pistons, he said, "If you win a championship, it's not going to be my name on the championship ring, it's your own name!" ”

You're fighting for yourselves, not for me!

Just a simple sentence made everyone on the Pistons team clear about this matter.

The entire subjective initiative of the Pistons was filled at once.

The whole team quickly gathered a fighting spirit.

Of course, there's also a big reason for the seamless transition of Rasheed Wallace as a player.

He's a real fit for the Pistons.

It's like a wooden barrel that has broken an irregular hole, and the irregular target of Rashid Wallace fits the shape of it, without the slightest difference.

When Ben Wallace stood up, Tomjanovic waved him and put him in the waiting area.

The decision was wise.

Because while Ben Wallace was waiting, Woody made another strong basket and caused Oku's foul.

This time Woody seized the opportunity and hit both free throws to narrow the gap to 3 points!

A ball gap!

Under Woody's play, the fighting spirit of the entire Heat team also showed signs of resurgence at this moment.

But it all came to an abrupt end after Ben Wallace came on the pitch.

As the league's most mobile No. 5 at the moment, Ben Wallace has never been afraid of opposing players who use "eating cakes" as their main offensive means, and he is even more afraid of opponents like Shaq O'Neal and Yao Ming who have the ability to play alone under the basket.

Woody is the kind of counterpoint that Ben Wallace is good at dealing with.

As soon as he came up, Woody was no longer so comfortable receiving the ball under the basket.

Although Woody has better bounce and coordination than Ben Wallace, he is still inferior to Ben Wallace in terms of strength.

Coupled with a lack of experience, the Pistons coaching staff also did a lot of research on his under-the-basket habits.

Woody scored four points in the first minute of Ben Wallace's play, and after he came on, he scored only one point in four minutes!

And that's not even the worst of times.

To make matters worse, it was after Rashid Wallace came up.

"Double Wallace" has a terrifying interior coordination, terrifying mobility, and can resist and pounce, and has enough experience, Woody was very limited when facing them in the first quarter, and now that they have adapted, it is even more difficult......

Woody struggled to play, and as he got used to it further, the Pistons' entire defensive group became more comfortable with players at other positions on the Heat.

The addition of Rasheed Wallace also made Prince even more ferocious on the flank.

The most powerful thing about this guy is the ability to entangle and make up defenses, but because his physique is not strong, it is easy to be pushed away in the entanglement, but now it is different, with Rashid Wallace and Ben Wallace behind him, he is not afraid of leaking people at all.

This is sometimes the case on the basketball court, and when you are not afraid of missing people, there are often no leaks......

Caron Butler had no room for a shot at all, hitting just one of his five shots at the end of the first half.

Jones's lack of breakthrough ability was also exposed at this moment.

The Pistons' offensive momentum tonight wasn't great, with the exception of Rasheed Wallace, who opened the game, everyone else was in a slump, including Billups, who hit a three-pointer in the first quarter.

But they managed to build a 10-point advantage at half-time, thanks to their defense.

The second half was almost a repeat of the first half, Woody could catch the ball well to complete the basket when he wasn't facing Ben Wallace, but once he needed to face Ben Wallace, coupled with Rasheed Wallace's supplemental defense, he almost didn't have a chance to catch the ball, and could only rely on the outside to shoot the "lottery".

But after a high-intensity confrontation, his shooting inconsistency was also exposed.

Before the third quarter was over, fans had already left the stadium.

Woody is confined to this, let alone the rest of the Heat.

When the fourth quarter of the game began, the Heat were completely passive, and the situation on the court was completely dragged by the Pistons.

At the end of the game, the Pistons won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals 91-79, 12 points on the Heat's home court.

Woody finished with 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting and 4-of-6 free throws, with a rare rebound that didn't reach 10.

Instead, he contributed 3 caps.

But he only had two assists and one steal, and there were four turnovers.

He's all doing so badly, let alone anyone else.

Odom had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but shot only 35% from the field and had 1 more turnovers than Woody.

Wade in the "right position" played 21 minutes and 34 seconds, but only scored 11 points, and the shooting rate could reach 30%!

Everyone else's data is also quite different from usual.

It was arguably the worst game the Heat have lost since entering the playoffs.

Even the first two losses to the Nets in the second round of the playoffs have not been so miserable.

In those two games, there was Woody's brilliant performance, and even this phenomenal newcomer was limited in this game.

The strength of the Pistons has surprised many media people.

Before the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, there were many media outlets that were actually similar to the Miami media, and they all thought that the Heat had a better chance of winning.

After all, the 3-0 sweep in the regular season is scary!

Moreover, it was not luck to win those three games, and the Pistons did have a problem with not being able to handle Woody's point.

Who would have thought of the result!

The arrival of Rashid Wallace solves this problem perfectly.

Woody was confined to the point where he had no temper at all.

But what no one expected was that the Pistons' restrictions on Woody in the first game had not yet reached the ultimate version.

In the first game, they were only trying to make some targeted attempts.

It wasn't until the second game of the series that Prince on the flanks joined in the defense of Woody, and Woody felt what it meant to be "really uncomfortable"!

Almost as soon as you get the ball, it's a timely bag.

Woody was in the midst of this pressing, and his passing was not as fluid as usual.

At the end of the day, some of his skills, such as his shooting, and his passing ability, are only to the extent of "less than half a bottle", and he is subject to this very targeted defensive treatment, and he can easily have problems in these aspects!

In the first game, Woody's stats were already very ordinary.

His stats in this game can be described as difficult!

After the second game, he only got a miserable 8 points and 7 rebounds......

The last time he played such miserable data was when he had just entered the league for a short time, and after getting more and more accustomed to the league, his data was getting better and better, otherwise he would not have been called a "phenomenal newcomer".

After watching the game, Kenny Smith gave his evaluation: "At this moment, I just thought he was only 18 years old! ”

Many media outlets also have this attitude.

did not criticize Woody's downturn, but gave such a sigh.

Any newcomer will experience such morale, so in their opinion, Woody's slump doesn't mean anything.

This is already the stage for the Eastern Conference Finals.

Who was the last "best rookie" to reach the Eastern Conference Finals as a core as soon as he debuted?

I'm just afraid that I'll have to take a good look at the history of the NBA, right?

It's normal for newcomers to be in a slump.

There were also reporters who asked Ben Wallace these questions after the second game:

"Do you feel like you're putting too much pressure on you? Are you worried that you're going to destroy Woody's self-confidence? ”

Ben Wallace said: "I've known him for a long time, I know what kind of character he is, and I know very well that this is a war ......"

It's war, and of course you can't show mercy!

The main thing is that Ben Wallace is bullish on Woody's future.

Beat him up now, and only then will he have the capital to brag about in the future~

Don't worry about Woody in the future, the first lesson of this playoffs, it was all on him Ben Wallace.

At the thought of this, Ben Wallace's "honest and honest" smile couldn't help but want to bloom.

The reporter looked at him from time to time "hehe" silly music, looked at him curiously, and he coughed twice in embarrassment: "It's nothing, I just thought of something happy!" ”

Of course, there are also media outlets that take advantage of this opportunity to belittle Woody, such as the Cleveland media......

And ESPN!

However, the media behind Woody is not vegetarian, and immediately reported a news that LeBron James went fishing at sea, and then after a while, it was reported that Woody was preparing for the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals!

Put these two news together, the meaning of what they want to express is also very clear:

Regardless, Woody is still playing the playoffs, and some are already preparing for next season.

Just rush to this point, and the team behind your LeBron James can't stand up!

"Guys, don't worry too much about the first two defeats, trust me, it's not a big deal, we didn't go through these things, and going through them now will make us better!"

Stan Van Gundy struggled to comfort his rookie core.

It was the assignment he got from Pat Riley.

At the same time, they have also made a big adjustment to the strategic goal of this series, no longer to win this series, but to try to win the next one: "Let's bring the series back to Miami!" ”

In the case of two games already lost, and it is a very miserable defeat, to motivate the players to win the series is not a "chicken soup", but a "poison" that will have a counterproductive effect.

It's easier to win one game than to win four.

If it's hard to win, it's time to think about whether you're not working hard enough......

Stan Van Gundy is clear about one thing, they probably won't be able to beat the Pistons.

But being swept by the opposite side, and desperately tearing off a piece of "meat", even if it is eliminated by 1-4, then the situation is completely different.

The former means that the opponent is invincible in the eyes of this Heat team.

And the latter......

At least if you have won against your opponent, then there will be no fear of the opponent.

In the third game of the series, Woody also changed his style of play.

After the first two games, it became clear that he couldn't play the first two series against the Pistons.

Now if he wants to help the team, he has to focus on his best strengths......

What is his greatest strength?

It's obviously rebounding!

So as soon as Game 3 of the series began, he focused on grabbing rebounds.

Although Ben Wallace is also a "rebounding king" for several times, he, like Woody, relies on mobility and physical fitness to grab the rebound under the basket, and Woody has a greater advantage than him in these aspects.

Not to mention anything else, even the bonuses brought by his two badges are not comparable to Ben Wallace.

This made him alone in the third game of the series in the bag of Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace, and grabbed 21 rebounds, although he only scored 9 points, but these 21 rebounds gave the Heat team enough security to shoot from the outside.

This sense of security allowed the Heat, who have good three-point shooting ability, to shoot 15 three-pointers from the outside.

As soon as the entire front is opened, even the Pistons who are solid in defense will always have times when they can't support each other in time, not to mention that they still have Hamilton as a defensive breakthrough.

The Heat played enough initiative on the third road of the series and the first of the Eastern Conference Finals to give them an eight-point lead until the end of the third quarter.

However, this team is traditionally entertaining;

The Toughness attribute is activated.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the overall momentum was somewhat suppressed, and they immediately organized a wave of counterattacks, and in less than four minutes, the Heat's 8-point lead suddenly left 2 points. The whole situation is now on the side of the Pistons......

(End of chapter)