Chapter 339: Times Have Changed (7700 Words Chapter)
On May 22, 2004, the Eastern Conference Finals G2, the Pistons encountered a lot of trouble after the game began.
Coach Larry Brown is adamant about pinching the defense on the line and not letting Lee Woo hold the ball too much and initiate a pick-and-roll.
The coach is confident that the Pistons can contain the Knicks' offense with their excellent rim protection.
Defensively, they stuck to the game strategy, and after a series of hits in the opening game, Hamilton and Wallace began to help the team score points with a pick-and-roll near the elbow zone.
With 3:01 left in the first quarter, Coach Larry Brown couldn't sit still, and the game was worse than he expected.
In the offensive round, Hamilton slipped past the baseline in succession, failed to get a chance to catch the ball, and finally bounced outside to the left elbow area and Wallace completed a hand-to-hand hand.
Raga Bale, who came on as a substitute, naturally chased after him, and immediately followed Hamilton when he received the ball.
After Bang Bang hit iron in the first half of the game, the Pistons' offense relied more on local two-on-two.
Wallace bounced out as soon as he sent the pass and got to the three-point line on the left wing early, and Kurt Thomas noticed that his teammate was not out of position, so he naturally moved to help the defense.
Hamilton dribbled to the free-throw line and felt the pressure on his side, stopped with the ball in his right hand, then immediately returned the ball before accelerating to the outside of the three-point line.
Raja Bale didn't have time to complain and continued to grit his teeth and chase after Wallace, who got the ball back, once again made a hand-to-hand cover and immediately moved to near the elbow area after delaying the defense.
Hamilton, who held the ball in his left hand, received the ball and went straight to the basket, and Raja Bell, who was chasing the defense, was a beat slower, and saw the opponent suddenly stop and close the ball near the left near the baseline, and subconsciously jumped up to block.
Dodging the defense, Hamilton paused, took advantage of the time difference to twist his body, and made a mid-range jumper!
At 14:24, this repetition of hand-to-hand is simple, but effective.
"Shh
After being beaten by his opponent for several rounds in a row, boos erupted again in the arena.
Although he was still behind by double digits, Wallace's mood rose as Hamilton responded one after another, shouting excitedly and high-five his teammates in celebration.
The spirited Wallace retreated to halftime and did not follow the defensive strategy he had set, seeing Kurt Thomas run early to cover beyond the three-point line and move to improve his defensive position.
Despite the manager's shouting from the sidelines, the players on the court stopped defending their zone late in the first quarter, with Billups leading the way from the midline.
Eyeing the movement behind him, Billups stuck to his feet, trying to squeeze through cover as soon as possible.
Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, didn't wait for his teammates to stand still, leaned on the defense and pretended to accelerate, and then quickly changed direction in front of him.
Billups, who almost cut to the ball, screamed that it was a pity, and when he tried to turn around and slide again, he found that his defensive line was just blocked by Kurt Thomas.
The beautiful shaking made the arena noisy, and Wallace, who was in high spirits, suddenly noticed that his teammates were out of position, and hurriedly stepped forward to try to delay Li You.
The moment he shook off the defense, Li You, who was changed to his left hand, did not break through immediately, paused slightly, and took advantage of Wallace's teeth and claws to pounce on the defense, and then accelerated with his shoulders heavy.
Seeing Li You accelerate, Wallace hurriedly adjusted his body's center of gravity, and the left wing was close to the three-point line, and Li You suddenly slammed and destroyed the opponent's center of gravity.
Taking advantage of the moment of the other party's hesitation, Li You suddenly increased his stride, and his right foot took a large step forward while just hitting Wallace's arms.
Before he could react much, Wallace could only watch Li You's body suddenly retreat sharply after the collision.
As Lee stepped back closer to the left touchline, Wallace pounced again and leaped high to try to complete the block.
It's just that Li You drifted to the left rear when he shot, and by the way, he also increased the arc, so that Wallace, who was struggling to pounce, could only watch the basketball past his fingertips in the air.
Fighting to block, Wallace completely lost control of his body, struggled to twist, and finally knocked down Li You, and the two fell to the sideline almost at the same time.
“Lee! On the dance floor! ”
On the ESPN commentary bench, Nesler saw Li You shaking continuously, and took advantage of the referee's whistle to shout again:
“OH——! He got it! ”
“Wow!”
The cheers almost broke through the arena, and Wallace looked at Li You, who was pulled up, and suddenly lost his mood, scoring 4 points, and the Pistons had a high probability of chasing two rounds
"Hell three-pointers!"
Wallace, who was standing next to the paint area, couldn't hold back and scolded twice to vent his frustration.
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
Li You stood on the free throw line, the shout sounded again, and as the free throw was hit, Larry Brown on the sidelines also subconsciously glanced at the score.
At 14:28, the difference suddenly widened again
By the time the Pistons attacked again, Hamilton had slipped quickly from left to right.
Billups at the top of the arc was interfered by Li You, failed to send the pass in the first place, and quickly turned to the left hand, which gave the ball to Hamilton, who continued to move to the free throw line.
The latter immediately put the ball with his left hand after receiving the ball, and relied on Raja Bell, who was chasing after him, and threw it with his left hand in the paint area!
Hamilton tried to use the body collision to create a foul, but the referee didn't say anything, and Larry Brown on the sidelines complained excitedly to the linesman:
"Hey! It's a foul! You can't pretend you didn't see it! ”
Hamilton, who staggered, didn't hear the whistle and wanted to ask for an explanation, but Gasol, who received the rebound under the basket, threw the ball to Li You early.
After receiving the ball, Li You continued to accelerate along the right sideline, and Billups shouted at his teammates to retreat while also sliding quickly.
The Pistons' Oku came off the bench to defend at the end, and when Lee Woo came to the right wing, the opponent crossed the halfway line.
Approaching the three-point line, Li You suddenly stopped with the ball in his right hand, vigorously exploded the ball on the spot, and pulled back with his crotch.
Suddenly stopped, Billups hurriedly stopped, and Li You, who had switched to his left hand, straightened up, then quickly dribbled under his hips, and accelerated with his shoulders again.
Stopping and sliding desperately to the left rear, Billups barely managed to hold his defensive position, and Li You just buried his head in the thrust, not caring about the defense on his side at all.
When Oku returned to the paint area directly in front of the basket, on the other side, Li You, who was close to the bottom right of the basket, hung Billups and jumped vigorously.
Crashing into the defense in the air, Li You grabbed the ball with his right hand and quickly threw the ball to the rebound!
"Bang!" Basketball is played into the basket.
After landing on the ground, Billups sat on the floor under the basket, looked at the baseline referee, opened his mouth but couldn't speak.
"Wonderful transition offense! Lee's strong layup scored another 2 points! ”
"The Pistons had a problem with their defense, and Oku who came off the bench didn't seem to be keeping up with the pace of the game."
On the commentator's bench, Bill Wharton made another mention of the Pistons' substitutions, and he has always insisted that Ben Wallace shouldn't have made an early substitution even if he didn't have a good hand tonight.
The margin was widened again, and when the Pistons attacked, Billups gave the ball early to Oku in the low post on the left.
The latter turned to the baseline after hitting continuously, and finally relied on Gasol's throw to foul.
After hitting two free throws, it helped the team stabilize the situation, and the Knicks took the opportunity to make substitutions, with Mutombo and Stoudemire coming on.
“Let's go Knicks!.”
After dribbling quickly across the half, Li You noticed that the opponent was still marking the defense, and immediately leaned on Billups, who came up on the defense.
While protecting the ball sideways, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly turned around quickly.
Stoudemire came to the three-point line early to fake cover, and when Li You accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand, he also followed quickly down.
Wallace was a little hesitant to follow the defenders, and Stoudemire was quick to go down the line, while his teammates didn't seem to be out of position.
Wallace, who was in the left elbow area, had just moved backwards, trying to stay between Lee You and Stoudemire, and the next second, when he saw the basketball suddenly appear in front of him, he immediately paused and stopped.
On the three-point line, Li You suddenly pushed the ball and changed direction, the basketball fell in front of Wallace, his right hand took the ball, and his body shook to the right front while closing the ball.
Lee Woo twisted his body and squeezed past Wallace's side and into the basket, and Billups, who was chasing behind him, almost crashed into his teammate.
Seeing Li You break through to the bottom right of the basket, Billups reminded Wallace to quickly slide and jump high!
Li You, who was in the air, sensed Wallace's movements, grabbed the ball with his left hand and pulled his arm back, while his body followed and dodged backwards.
In the end, Wallace's right arm hit Li You's forearm, and the basketball flew to the rebound, not affected too much.
"Squeak!"
"Bang!"
The whistle blows and the ball goes in, and the basketball hollows into the net after hitting the high board.
Realizing that he had received his second foul, Wallace threw his fist in frustration, and since switching to a man-to-man defense, Lee Woo has always chased him
Billups looked helplessly at the head coach and tried to get instructions, but Larry Brown was helpless at this point.
Standing at the free throw line and seeing Wallace walking to the sidelines, Lee Woo also smiled, of course he wanted to consume the opponent's main scorer.
At 16:33, the margin widened again as the free throw was hit.
In the final two rounds, Williams also caused Artest to foul and stood at the free throw line, making both free throws to close the gap somewhat.
With Billups and Hamilton wrapping up Lee Woo in advance, right wing Raja Bell hit a three-pointer to end the first quarter.
At 18:33, the score difference was still under control, but the Pistons who walked to the bench had no spirit, and finally Li You scored consecutive points, causing huge psychological damage to several people on the court:
"How the hell is this game going to be played?"
Coach Larry Brown also saw the doubts in the players' minds.
In the regional joint defense, Li You squatted in the bottom corner from time to time and commanded his teammates to play the ball, and the Knicks played step by step;
Marking the defense, seizing the opportunity, Li You slammed Billups and Wallace, made free throws, and kept cutting points.
Several members of the Pistons coaching staff can only follow to deliver chicken soup, and everyone is not blind, Li You's speed and physical fitness are higher than everyone else, and the Knicks are playing superstar basketball.
In the first quarter, Hamilton was 5-of-8 and 0-of-1 from beyond the three-point line, scoring a team-high 10 points;
Billups was 0-of-3 and 0-of-1 from beyond the three-point line, scoring zero eggs;
The Pistons scored 10 points on the back occasion.
Also played the first quarter, Li You was 6 of 8, 2 of 3 from beyond the three-point line, and 4 of 4 from the free throw line, scoring 18 points efficiently.
Technical statistics, Li You is a top two, and on the commentary bench, Nesler and Bill Wharton can't blow:
"In the second half of the game, the Pistons should stick to their defensive strategy, and for a while, their defense has worked."
Nesler felt that his partner had become a wallworm, and had previously said that he should mark man to defend:
'Hamilton was very good on the offensive end and kept the game up on his own.
"He's going to need more help and the Pistons have to work out the offense."
The two analyzed it, but in the end they couldn't give much advice.
On the Knicks bench, Lee Yoo took the towel from Barnes and briefly wiped the sweat from his head.
Defensively, Billups is a little worse than Kidd, which is a difference in game experience, but the Pistons are better at the second line of defense than the Nets.
Wallace and Big Ben are much better than Martin and Collins, and the biggest gap between the two sides is in defensive positioning.
In this regard, Li You also took some careful thought, and he had to always pay attention to the defense when breaking through.
Artest was whispering about the opposition's cover at this point, and Wallace and Hamilton's local twos and twos were not easy to defend.
As long as the cover is of good quality, Hamilton can find his chance.
"Opponents don't hit those difficult jumpers all the time, run, don't let them finish the defense in time."
D'Antoni, who was sitting in front of everyone, didn't give much advice, except for too few transitions, he was very happy with tonight's game.
In the rotation, the Pistons changed to Mike James and Lynch Hunter in the backcourt, and the front three were Darvin Ham, Ben Wallace, and Oku.
The Detroit Free Press referred to the Pistons' backcourt as a "bulldog pair," and they did cause a lot of trouble for the Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
However, when encountering the Knicks, the effect on both offensive and defensive ends is not ideal, after all, there is no old man here
The Knicks' extensive rotation and double-digit lead allowed the bench to last at least three minutes.
Unexpectedly, as the game progressed, the two sides went back and forth, striking iron continuously.
Big Ben had just blocked a breakaway layup from small Knight, the Pistons didn't make the switch, and Oku's strong attack under the basket was also denied by Mutombo's hat.
Stoudemire made a strong basket in the left blocking area and was interfered with by Big Ben;
Looking back, Ham broke through and missed the basket under the big basket
It wasn't until Oku scored two points on a layup under the basket and Prince caught the ball on the right wing, got rid of Ham's defense, and hit a long two-point jumper that the two sides broke the scoring drought.
At 20:35, with 8 minutes and 15 seconds left in the half, the two teams suddenly entered a state of rookie pecking each other.
The Pistons lacked a leading scorer, and Knight, the small man on the Knicks' side, couldn't organize an effective offense and always fell into individual singles.
Big Ben showed his DPOY at this point, and the pick-and-roll limit Stoudemire did a very good job.
Coach Larry Brown on the sidelines felt that the game was back to his familiar rhythm, and just looked at the point difference, and the joy that had just swelled up disappeared.
Coach D'Antoni did not ask for a timeout either, and continued to watch with a smile as the two sides struck together.
The Pistons were the first to make substitution changes, and Hamilton was back on the pitch.
In the next few rounds, the Pistons once again showed an iron-clad defense with consecutive fouls to disrupt Stoudemire's strong offense.
It's just that on the offensive end, Ham and Big Ben suddenly made mistakes, so that the Pistons couldn't grasp the opportunity to chase points.
With 7:02 left in the half, Stoudemire made free throws and the two sides began to get back their main lineups.
At 22:37, the half-quarter game was almost over, and the game was lively, with 4 points on each side.
Returning to the bench, Raga Bell is not in a good mood, and everyone wants to be in the starting lineup on the Knicks.
Li You takes the bench, and many times other players can get vacant opportunities, and everyone can easily harvest data.
Stoudemire was also not happy, and the expected score did not appear, but instead showed off Ben Wallace on the other side.
When the director gave the camera to the benches on both sides, both sides pulled their faces.
The main lineup returned, and in the arena, the New York fans on the scene stopped watching the fun and began to shout loudly with the DJ:
“Defense!.”
Wallace began to take the initiative to ask for the ball in the low post, and no longer frequently blocked and picked up in the high post as in the first quarter.
When receiving the ball in the low post on the left, the Pistons pulled away in turn, Wallace put the ball with his right hand and hit it back, and Kurt Thomas died behind him.
Although he made the right defensive prediction, Wallace, who turned to the baseline, took advantage of the time difference and deceived the defense after dumping, and Kurt Thomas immediately pulled the opponent and disrupted the attack.
"Hell! You can't defend me, you can only foul! ”
Wallace, who walked to the free throw line, shouted, and Kurt Thomas crossed his waist and smiled, standing next to the paint area and turning his head on his knees, quipped:
"Man, you can keep playing singles and lose to us by 20 points."
"I bet, you're going to lose 25+ tonight, and I'm going to press 1,000 US dollars."
"Falk Squid!"
"Let's go home and nurse!"
Due to his height, Kurt Thomas could only foul when the opponent squeezed under the basket, but Wallace was also uncomfortable with the front and small movements in the defense of the catch.
The two sprayed two sentences against each other, and they were quickly warned by the referees, and for Wallace, the referees were strictly guarded in both games, and the league was very unhappy with the clash in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Emotionally, Wallace knocked out the frame for the second free throw, Gasol and Big Ben pulled, and Kurt Thomas saw the opportunity to easily protect the backcourt rebound.
Wallace, who had retreated, was still scolding, and when he saw some front-row fans grinning, his heart was even more angry.
The Pistons changed their defensive strategy again, and after Lee Yo dribbled across the halfcourt, Williams immediately cooperated with Billups to wrap up early.
On the left wing, when Artest received a pass from Li You away from the three-point line, Big Ben quickly rotated to help defend.
Wallace was on the back of the basket at this point, Kurt Thomas immediately moved to the free throw line, and Williams switched in time.
Artest, who broke through with the ball in his left hand, did not choose to pass the ball, but leaned on the defense and went straight to the basket.
In the end, the left-handed throw was interfered with by Big Ben, and the basketball hit the board and knocked out of the frame.
Gasol clicked the rebound, and before Wallace could take off twice to protect the backcourt rebound, Kurt Thomas, who was fast-following, picked the melon in the back of his head and grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt.
Williams tried to cut the ball, but Kurt Thomas was calm and immediately threw the ball beyond the three-point line, and the basketball was back in Lee's hands.
Taking advantage of the fact that the basket was crowded into a ball without help, Li You immediately released the ball with his left hand after receiving the ball, and quickly dribbled under his crotch after lowering his center of gravity in the face of Billups' defense.
The moment he switched to his right hand, Li You dribbled behind his back and shook his body to the left front.
Billups subconsciously moved to the right, and Li You, who was close to the three-point line, first paused slightly, and then changed direction sharply.
Billups, who was disrupting with the ball with his hand, watched the basketball fly past his fingertips and dribbled sideways, and after Lee Woo dodged the defense, he immediately shook the ball at the top of the arc.
Billups hurriedly jumped up to pounce and flew into the air only to notice that Li You didn't jump, and tried to twist his body, but it was too late.
Taking advantage of the opponent's pounce, Li You twisted his body and hung up to shoot a defensive jumper!
"Squeak!"
The referee blew the whistle, and the basketball slammed into the basket with a slightly flat arc and slammed into the basket.
“Wow!”
The cheers rose again, and on the commentary seat, Bill Wharton was stunned and subconsciously exclaimed:
"Incredible! Lee was on fire from outside the three-point line tonight, hitting a 4-pointer for the second time, which was definitely not good news for the Pistons. ”
Nesler saw Billups bowing his head and saying nothing, and he could only sigh with emotion:
"The Pistons also need three-pointers, and with only two points, it's hard for them to close the gap!"
At 23:41, Li Youjia hit a free throw, and the difference went straight to 20 points.
The Pistons, who had difficulty scoring in athletic battles, began to rush inside with the ball again, and while they won free throws, they also began to make turnovers.
Hamilton's step-by-step breakaway after every off-ball run wanted to draw a foul on Grant Hill.
It's just that the referee stopped blowing the whistle after two free throws, and this time the offense went straight to the basket in the middle, plunged into the defense, and the jump in front of the basket was cut off by Hill.
Seeing his teammates drop the ball, the Pistons quickly retreated, but Li You counterattacked faster after receiving the ball.
Rushing across the halfway line, the ball in his right hand kept accelerating, and Li You stood up to Billups' defense and went straight to the basket on the right wing.
In the right blocking area, Li You suddenly circled the ball behind his back during the march, and jumped against the defense when he switched to his left hand.
Near the bottom right of the basket, Lee Woo pretended to pick up the basket with his left hand after closing the ball, and Hamilton, who was quickly chasing after him, and Billups, who was on his side, jumped up to block.
The ball was thrown behind his head in the air, and as soon as the two jumped, Li You distributed the ball to Grant Hill, who followed behind.
The latter catches the basket and jumps with both feet in the paint area in front of the basket, grabs the ball with his left hand and slams it with one arm!
There is a high probability that he will be hit by a transition offense after hitting the iron, and although he continues to stand at the free throw line, Coach Larry Brown on the sidelines found that the margin was gradually widening.
After being frequently trapped, Li You handed over the ball in the half court, and Gasol received the ball in the left and right blocking areas for a few rounds, either giving Hill a hand to cut to the basket, or simply attacking the frame for a single.
The strong attack under the basket was not effective, and when Gasol received the ball in the right blocking area, he immediately turned to attack with the frame, and after a simple tentative step, he suddenly made a dry jump shot.
Big Ben heard the cheers in his ears and smashed the ball hard in frustration as he served from the baseline.
With 1:17 left in the half, Billups finally managed to score his first goal of the game with Wallace on the right elbow and a cover from Wallace.
There was no sound on the Pistons' bench, and the atmosphere group seemed to be losing out, even with Larry Brown not shouting in command, sitting in his seat with a blank face.
On the Knicks' offensive round, Billups followed Lee to the bottom left corner.
Noticing Gasol receiving the ball in the left blocking area, Billups hurriedly focused his attention on Li You.
Accelerating to start, quickly moving to the upper line, approaching the left flank, Li You made a quick stop and ran back again, and Gasol tacitly completed the throw.
Billups, who raised his hands high, did not complete the steal, and Lee You, who jumped up to catch the ball, landed near the left touchline, protected the ball on the left side of his body, and quickly tested his right foot.
Constantly giving a physical confrontation, Billups raised his left forearm in an attempt to sense movement.
Li You, who lowered his center of gravity, noticed that there was no one to assist, and after quickly sweeping the ball, he suddenly released the ball with his left hand, and quickly retreated after blowing the ball on the spot, and drifted to the left rear to jump and shoot!
The basketball was still in the air, and Li You had already turned around with a smile on his face.
"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.
The fans in the front row stood up and clapped their hands repeatedly, cheering incessantly, Billups pestle in place, crossed his waist to look at the basket, and finally bowed his head to the baseline to catch the ball.
Picking up the tempo of the attack, Hamilton received the ball on the right side and drifted to the left to complete a mid-range jumper.
Coming back, a hand-to-hand match on the line, Gasol sent a pass, and Lee Yo hit a long-range three-pointer on the right wing.
Before Billups, who jumped up the block, had time to rejoice, Lee You suddenly started and just picked up a long rebound in the right block.
Billups, who was a beat slower to react, chased after the defense, and Li You, who received the rebound, pretended to break through with the ball in his right hand.
Sensing the pursuit behind him, Li You took the initiative to slow down, and after leaning on the defense, he suddenly stopped suddenly, took a step sideways, and drifted in the direction of the bottom line to complete the back-to-back jumper!
As if he had lost his composure, Billups threw Li You directly to the ground.
Falling to the ground, turning his head to look at the frame and watching the basketball hollow into the net, Billups' eyes widened and he pounded the floor
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
As Lee Yoo-ga hit the penalty, the shouts resounded in the arena again.
In the final moments, Wallace forced a basket and caused Gasol to foul, and after hitting two free throws, several people on the court lost their emotions.
At 38:59, although the Knicks only scored 26 points in the second quarter, the point difference still came to 20+.
Hamilton, who played efficiently first, was 1-of-3 in the second quarter and scored 6 points on 4-of-4 free throws.
As he walked to the tunnel, Hamilton took off his mask and said nothing, he did his best.
Wallace and Billups returned to the locker room and sat silently in their seats.
0-of-4 in the half, Big Ben grabbed 8 rebounds and made 2 blocks, but he was also very frustrated when he returned to the locker room.
Coach Larry Brown watched his players hang their heads and could only make chicken soup, and he didn't skimp on a timeout, but a timeout didn't solve the problem.
After the start of the second half, on the Pistons' side, Hamilton began to shoot constantly, and Billups also tried to speed up the pace of the game.
The defensive intensity of both sides began to decline, Hamilton continued to cut points, turned around, seized the opportunity, and Li You continued to respond.
Fresh off a drifting jumper from the left block, Hamilton returned to halfcourt and shouted to his teammates to defend.
On the right flank, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, accelerated his breakthrough, and pulled back his crotch after a sharp stop.
The shouts of his teammates didn't make any difference, and Billups's restrained defense was completely useless, and he saw Li You's jump shot with a slight back!
"Huh!" Three-pointer again!
Li You, who felt hot, felt a chill in the hearts of everyone on the Pistons bench.
As the game progressed, Billups, who broke the defense, began to foul again.
The Pistons, who worked hard to speed up, played iron, and finally relied on free throws to maintain the offense.
The pace of the game was so fast that Wallace didn't have a chance to trash-talk when he switched back and ran down, and he felt the cheers in the arena get louder and louder, and at the end of the third quarter, he numbly walked to the bench.
At 18:28 in the first quarter, the third quarter was over, and at 56:87, the final quarter of the game entered garbage time again.
The New York fans at the scene saw Lee start to get dressed and shouted "Clay-Lee".
With the current trend of the series, it has been difficult for fans to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in recent times.
On the commentary seat, Nesler also secretly shouted that it was a pity, Li You's shooting hand was very good tonight, and he also wanted to watch it more:
"It was a great game! G3 will move to the Palace of Auburn Hills, losing two games in a row, how should the Pistons adjust? ”
Even though the game wasn't over yet, Nesler tacitly agreed that the Knicks would win, and Bill Wharton glanced at the technical stats:
Played 31 minutes, 13-of-18, 6-of-9 from beyond the three-point line, 8-of-8 from the free throw line, 40 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover.
secretly screamed in his heart, Bill Wharton remained silent on the surface, and said with a smile:
"The Pistons need to stick to their defense, Lee won't always be so accurate, and when they get back home, they should be able to take their chances!"
“.”
On the Knicks bench, Coach D'Antoni smiled from ear to ear, briefly said a few words to the rotation lineup, and when he returned to his seat, he whispered to Li You:
"Three-point shots are too few, Lee, don't care about the opponent's transition offense."
"Once we run, we have a bigger advantage!"
Li You just smiled and nodded, and then confidently stated:
"I know the coach, I will try to shoot more whenever I have the chance!"
The two laughed and chatted a few words, and Ewing on the side listened secretly:
"Times have really changed!"
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