On the evening of May 20, 2004, head coach Larry Brown went into an early silence.

Just like the regular season, once a hole is dug in the first quarter and wants to tie the point difference, the players on the court will involuntarily start to speed up.

The most obvious change is that the offense has become impatient, no longer pursuing reasonable attacks, and the core players have entered a state of doing with the ball.

Larry Brown repeatedly stressed at halftime the need to be patient and maintain defensive intensity;

But as the third quarter began, the Pistons began to play around as the team fell into a scoring drought.

With 4:03 left in the third quarter, the Pistons bench was silent as Rasheed Wallace impatiently dropped the ball under the basket.

At 49:76, most of the game passed, and the Pistons only scored 10

The Knicks' defense was huddled near the paint, and this reckless offense didn't do much.

“Wow！”

The cheers grew louder and louder, the opponent pulled his hips, and the New York fans at the scene were particularly happy.

As the Knicks attacked, Lee Woo handed over the ball over the half court and ran to the bottom right corner, and the opposing defense was no longer uniform.

Billups, who is on the opposite side, opts to mark man, as does Hamilton and Williams, who no longer insist on zone defense.

Rashid Wallace and Big Ben under the basket did not move in time, but were attracted by Li You, always paying attention to the direction of the bottom corner.

After a simple pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Hamilton did squeeze through the cover and try to keep Hill on the line.

Gasol, who received the ball at the free throw line, received the pass but was unguarded, and the two big men on the inside couldn't move, watching Gasol make a mid-range jumper!

On the on-site commentary bench, Bill Wharton began to help the Pistons find a reason for losing in advance:

"Against an opponent like the Knicks, they should stick to the game strategy that they had before the game."

'The players on the pitch should be smarter, Ben Wallace should continue with the first half, he should receive the ball more.'

In the first half, Big Ben was let go, shooting 4-of-9 from the field and scoring a team-high 12 points.

Compared to several other blacksmiths, Big Ben has become the Pistons' main scorer.

It's just that in the third quarter of the game, under the impatience, everyone played blindly, and the empty Ben had very few balls and could only focus on rebounding.

This time the Pistons attacked, the right wing Collis Williams was empty again, and after receiving the ball, the three-pointer was iron, and everyone was forced to turn back and run.

Nesler felt that his partner had a point, and when he saw Li You receiving the long rebound and dribbling through the half court unhurriedly, he also added:

"It's not the pace of the Pistons, they're playing too impatiently!"

couldn't be powerful, although Billups, who retreated to the half, was still shouting to his teammates, but he was a little helpless for a while as Li You handed over the ball in the half.

In the right elbow area, Gasol immediately turned sideways after receiving the pass, feigning a hand-to-hand pass.

After handing over the ball, Lee Woo first shook towards the top of the arc, then suddenly accelerated and ran back, got rid of Billups who was attached to his side, and went straight to the basket from the right wing.

With the advantage of height, Gasol, who turned to attack in the back frame, held the ball above his head, and Li You immediately threw the ball to the basket the moment he got rid of the defense.

Billups could only watch Li You catch the ball near the paint area, take off into the air, grab the ball with his right hand, and easily make a one-handed split!

"Oh!"

Amid cheers, head coach Larry Brown called a timeout, and there was no more suspense in the game.

Forced to defend the mark-to-man, with Rashid Wallace and Big Ben away from the basket, Lee Woo scored easily without the ball on several occasions, indicating that the defensive strategy of the third quarter was completely ineffective.

Back in his seat gasping for air, Rasheed Wallace became more and more uncomfortable at the sight of the score, keeping his eyes on the manager and trying to regain confidence from here.

Billups was silent, he enjoyed a special treat tonight, and every time he blocked and dismantled with Big Ben, it was a call for a bag clip.

Hamilton, who took off his mask, was a little frustrated, and the referees took care of it, shooting 5-of-14 and 7-of-8 free throws to score 17 points in the third quarter.

The Knicks took turns defending him from the outside, and Hamilton couldn't keep scoring points for the team, and the response ball couldn't keep up with it.

Sensing that the three main players were all looking at him, Larry Brown couldn't say the chicken soup that came to his mouth, and finally took the tactics board and laid out the tactics as if nothing happened:

"Stop thinking about winning and losing, be patient, we need to find easy scoring opportunities on the offensive end!"

Fixed screens, Hamilton received the ball left and right to complete the attack, the big man played with his back in the low post, and Rasheed Wallace relied on his individual ability to score points for the team.

Coupled with Billups' individual ball-handling offense, the Pistons' offense was dominated by three people for most of the round.

Larry Brown gave Williams some individual singles tactics, and on the bench, everyone was silent, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes:

"Falling behind by a big score, chasing points like this?"

On the Knicks bench, Stoudemire wanted to play early, but Coach D'Antoni was still very cautious and did not take the initiative to change the lineup.

By the time it came to the divisional finals, the coaching staff began to increase the playing time of the main lineup, which made Stoudemire a little unhappy.

Affected by a knee injury, his playing time has been reduced a bit.

Seeing the main lineup return to the field, there were cheers in the stadium again, and the active Stoudemire returned to the bench and covered his mouth and whispered two complaints:

"With so much ahead, it's long overdue to rotate, I've only played 6 minutes!"

Mutombo glanced at Meng Xin next to him, and his playing time tonight was also reduced, but he gladly accepted the arrangement of the coaching staff:

"There's still a game to come, and there's always a chance to perform!"

Looking at the situation on the field, Stoudemire shook his head slightly, he didn't like to play garbage time, that didn't fit his identity.

In the second quarter of the rotation stage, the Knicks let the opponent play a wave of counterattacks, and the Pistons scored 25 points in the second quarter.

Coach D'Antoni didn't like that kind of defense, and Kurt Thomas ate up Stoudemire's rotation in the third quarter.

For New York fans, as long as Li You is present and occasionally shows off his work, the ticket will not be lost.

The New York media also did not give Stoudemire a voice, after all, he is still young, and in a few more years, he is destined to get a starting position.

Also on the bench was Prince, who played at home, and Artest rarely suffered a foul crisis.

Artest interfered with Hamilton's catch, then nearly blocked at the free-throw line.

Seeing Artest, who had finished the defense, rushed through the half, Prince who was sitting in his seat stood up and clapped with his teammates.

Due to the competitive environment of the Knicks, Prince, who wanted to play silently, also had to find more work for himself, and he couldn't get playing time, so he could only show himself on the sidelines.

But Prince is still not very good at it, and he is still far from being able to do it compared to professional towel expert Matt Barnes.

A team with good discipline is one that defends no matter how many points it is behind.

Although Billups was frustrated, he was still close to the interference at this time, and at the top of the arc, facing Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough, he quickly slid to the right rear.

Leaning on the defense, Li You suddenly wrapped the ball behind his back when he was close to the three-point line, failed to completely shake off the defense, and dribbled behind his back one after another.

Billups, who was familiar with Lee, realized that the dribble rate was increasing and rushed forward to cut the ball to interfere and try to disrupt the rhythm of the attack.

Hamilton on the right wing was a little tangled, and the coaching staff did not set up a defensive strategy of covering the upper line, so he stopped in place despite hesitation.

Two extremely fast back dribbles in a row, and at the moment when Billups cut the ball, Li You, who switched to his right hand, suddenly leaned over and accelerated.

Taking advantage of Billups' sliding step to the left back, Li You took advantage of the situation to cross the step and pull back, and immediately led the ball forward the moment he switched to his left hand.

Billups, who was attacked to the defensive front support foot, didn't have time to interfere at this time, and Li You's footsteps on the three-point line reset his shoulders and accelerated, instantly squeezing through the defense.

Rashid Wallace and Big Ben on the left and right sides of the basket wanted to shrink the defense, but when Lee Woo crossed the free throw line, he closed the ball early, stepped forward and threw his left hand right in front of the basket.

"Huh!" The two-point ball hollows into the net.

Nesler has not commented on the Knicks' games this season, and when he saw Li You's frequent throws in the circle of the free throw line tonight, he couldn't help but exclaim:

"God! How many points did Lee score in this position tonight? ”

"Compared to previous seasons, it seems to be a new offensive tool."

Bill Wharton looked at Li You, who was no longer leading the defense, and knew that the Knicks were ready to reduce the intensity, and when he heard his partner's exclamation, he also followed the X:

"The Pistons' interior defense has no way to deal with such an offense!"

"It's a pity that God wasn't on their side tonight! This is Lee, who's only 26 years old, and he's still perfecting his basketball skills. ”

"I don't like the media coverage in Los Angeles, look at Lee's body, look at his rich offensive means, everyone who has played knows it, he must have put a huge effort into it!"

Attacking cleanly, everyone in the Knicks atmosphere group celebrated wildly, and Matt Barnes pointed at the stunned Billups, and then jumped up and down with his hands over his face and yelled.

Seeing such a "professional" celebration, the corners of Prince's eyes, who could only clap his hands, twitched slightly, and the sycophants were rolled up like this.

Rasheed Wallace only felt that tonight's game was very frustrating, the first quarter of the game was in foul trouble, and the second quarter of the game found a touch of the point difference but the difference was getting wider.

At the start of the second half, he made two more low-level errors to catch the ball, and Wallace, who was holding back the fire, finally made a low turnover jumper on the left side of the attack, and immediately yelled excitedly.

Wallace, who threw his punches repeatedly, quickly sensed that his teammates were depressed, and when he retreated to half-court, he couldn't help but yell and call everyone to defend.

Lee Woo came to the left flank, Kurt Thomas took the initiative to raise the cover, and the angry Wallace immediately followed.

Without waiting for his teammates to stand still, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly shook his body to the right front, and then quickly changed direction in front of his body.

Billups, who was close to the guard, instinctively slid to the left and lost his defensive position in an instant, with Kurt Thomas standing still and unable to squeeze past cover in time.

Lowering his center of gravity and propping up his right arm, Wallace quickly delayed and stared at Li You's movements.

The moment he was close to the three-point line, his right hand pretended to close the ball, and while Wallace stepped forward, Li You's center of gravity was lowered suddenly, and he simply and rudely accelerated with his shoulders.

"Hell!"

Wallace scolded in a low voice and hurriedly continued to slide towards the basket, Li You grabbed most of the position, increased his stride between the marches, and suddenly turned around quickly when he came to the left blocking area.

Seeing Li You cling to his body and instantly come to the basket, Wallace instinctively jumped up and blocked.

At the same time, Big Ben also rushed to the front of the basket and jumped high in an attempt to complete the block.

Li You, who was in the air, faced the two of them, suddenly curled up, held the ball with both hands and pulled down, dodged the defense, glided to the bottom right of the basket, pulled down with his right arm, and threw the ball to the rebound!

In the flash of light, Li You dodged the cover to complete the projectile, and the fans at the scene first exclaimed, and then the cheers almost broke through the stadium.

“Wow！”

After hitting the basketball board, he spun and fell into the basket, and after hitting the ground, Big Ben and Wallace could only look at each other, but there was no sound.

Li You, who fell to the floor with unloading, was quickly pulled up by his teammates, and when he returned to defense, he patted Daben by the way:

"Nice co-defense! It's just one thing close to stopping me! ”

“.”

Opening his mouth, Ben Wallace didn't know what to say, and the past few years of fighting each other seemed to be no different from the original Knicks team training game.

Tonight, Li You's three-point shooting was not good, and as a result, various pull-up rods found boards and threw shots in the paint area to break down the Pistons.

Head coach Larry Brown silently walked back to the bench at this point and sat in his seat waiting for the game to end.

There was still one game to go, but Larry Brown knew it was going to be a game tonight, and the players were in terrible shape.

At the end of the third quarter, on the Pistons bench, Darvin Ham and Elden Campbell still had fighting spirit, constantly clapping and encouraging:

"It's okay, the series has just begun!"

At 55:86, with a huge point difference, the starting five of the Pistons couldn't lift their spirits when they heard the comfort of their teammates.

Back on the bench, Li You has changed into training clothes and clocked in for the third quarter tonight.

The fans behind him kept shouting his name, and tonight's game made everyone can't get enough of it, and Li You can always play some new tricks

The assistant coaches began to take the tactics board again, reminding the rotation lineup not to be careless, and tonight the little man Knight only played less than 3 minutes, and nodded repeatedly when he heard the advice.

Ewing was very satisfied with Gasol's game tonight, and although the inside attack performance was mediocre, the iron-blooded jumper was accurate.

7 of 13, 6 of 8 free throws, 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, seeing the double-double data on the technical statistics, Ewing nodded, and after the game started, he came to Li You's side and whispered:

"How come I don't remember that you like to finish offenses with throws?"

The gorilla didn't see this extra training in his daily training, and seeing the other party's curious eyes, Li You raised his eyebrows and said very naturally:

"Pat, isn't that basic? Every defender has mastered this offensive tool. ”

“.”

Entering the rotation stage, he said that he didn't like to play garbage time, but after the debut, Stoudemire worked hard.

Raga Bell and Prince did not relax either, and they naturally had to strike hard!

Hamilton remained on the court during garbage time, seemingly trying to find his touch, but unfortunately, the presence of the main players on the floor only fueled the fighting spirit of everyone in the Knicks.

Lynch-Hunter wanted to control the pace of the game, but teammate Bon Bang hit the iron, and the Knicks fought back, and soon he completely lost control of the game.

Darwin Ham struggled but struggled to score, with only Oku and Campbell able to score some response goals.

Faced with an inflexible interior combination, Stoudemire played several rounds in a row to show off his physical gifts.

On the commentary bench, Bill Wharton didn't expect the score difference to be widened again, so he could only change the topic and say:

"Coach Larry Brown should change his mind, and the Knicks aren't going to be limited by joint defense, they're the team with the fewest backs in the league."

"In the next game, what they urgently need to solve is the offensive problem, relying on fouls to limit the opponent's transition offense, and in the end they can only give away points from free throws."

Nesler didn't see that his partner was changing the subject, but asked very seriously:

"How will the Pistons adjust in the next few games? At the moment it seems that there is a big gap between the two teams. ”

“.”

This question stopped Bill Wharton at once, subconsciously touched the white stubble on his chin, and finally could only say dryly:

"Hit more response shots, and I'm sure the Pistons will adjust in time."

The one-sided situation on the field gave Nesler a glimpse of Li You's technical statistics:

Played 33 minutes, 13-of-20, 2-of-6 from beyond the three-point line, 7-of-7 from the free throw line, 35 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and had no turnovers.

The two-point shooting rate of nearly 80% made Nesler praise again and again:

"Response ball? Who can beat the Knicks? ”

The referees rarely blew the whistle, and time flew by, and to the cheers of the New York fans, the score was finally fixed at 77:114, and the Knicks defeated the Pistons.

Billups was an early player in the tunnel, 3-of-11 from the field, 0-of-2 from beyond the three-point line, 6 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 3 turnovers.

Handing over this data can be regarded as a continuation of the sluggish performance in the Eastern Conference semifinals

Rasheed Wallace walked briskly to the tunnel with a big face and a big face, and made a big statement in front of the media in Detroit before the game, and he was embarrassed tonight.

4-of-11, 0-of-4 from beyond the three-point line, 4-of-4 from the free throw line, 12 points, five rebounds and three turnovers.

Such a performance can only be silent after the game.

On the Pistons' side, Big Ben performed well on the offensive end, shooting 6-of-13 from the field, 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, and finishing with 15 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 4 turnovers.

Coming to Madison Square Garden, Ben Wallace didn't get booed by the New York fans.

It's just that the fans here seem to have amnesia, and Big Ben feels that he has become a little transparent.

After joining the Pistons, he reaped the honor he wanted, but falling to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second year in a row also made Ben Wallace realize how outrageous his Knicks career was:

"I don't regret making that choice."

Ben Wallace, who walked to the players' tunnel, watched the fans on both sides celebrate happily, and pulled off his headband while secretly making up his mind, revealing a resolute expression.

Lee, who was being interviewed by ESPN, didn't care about the emotions of the Pistons.

For him, the iron-blooded defense was not as effective as the sixth-man whistle, and it was an expected big victory.

"Lee, we noticed that you frequently used throws to complete the offense on the offensive end tonight, is this your secret weapon hidden?"

Hearing this question, Li You chuckled lightly and said sincerely:

"No, it's just because I didn't shoot well from the three-point line tonight, so I chose to shoot."

"Actually, I prefer to tackle offense from beyond the three-point line, and we all know that three points are one more point than two, and that's an efficient offensive option."

"Maybe in the next game, I'll choose to shoot a lot of three-pointers, maybe I like to challenge myself!"

The surrounding staff all felt that Li You was pretending to be X, but everyone was powerless to refute it, and the ESPN reporter was very satisfied with this answer, and he could write a small essay tomorrow:

"Congratulations, Lee! Hopefully the next game will see even more exciting performances from the Knicks. ”

“.”

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Serious Carvin today, it should be because I have to go to work tomorrow!

The number of words is less, book friends, forgive me,

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