How is last season's Pistons different from this season?

There is no difference in personnel, but in defence, there is a slight slip.

Last season, the Pistons limited opponents to 84 points per game, and this season, their opponents are averaging 90 points per game.

However, the Pistons, who entered the playoffs, obviously changed gears, allowing the 76ers to average only 85 points per game in the first round, and the last game also deliberately showed a joint defense specially prepared for Yu Fei.

9 May 2005

The first game of the semi-finals.

The Bucks are back at Auburn Hills Palace, which reminds many of the day when the team's fortunes were changed.

The palace was still noisy, and the feeling of being hated by tens of thousands of people in the audience was even stronger than it was at that time.

In the aisle, Yu Fei was surrounded by his teammates in the middle.

Before each team enters the arena, a person will stand up and give a speech, and the content of the speech will be different depending on the opponent.

In the past, this was done by veterans such as Sprewell or Horry, but today, Yu Fei was pushed out, and he only said one sentence: "For everyone's sake, we have to win the semifinals." ”

Everyone at the scene knew what Yu Fei's "everyone" meant.

It's not just those who come here, but those who don't make it here, and they have to win the semi-finals for these people.

Tonight, the Bucks' starters are Yu Fei, Mobley, Barry, Horry and Mutombo.

The two three-point shooters on the outside with a 40% shooting rate ensured that Yu Fei could tear a hole every time he called for a pick-and-roll.

Whether it's Yu Fei and Barry and Mobley's 1-2 block, or finding Horry to play a 1-4 block, the Pistons' response is the same, that is, the bag clamp.

They believe the intensity of the playoffs can make the Bucks' shooters inaccurate.

It's just that Barry and Mobley didn't shoot open three-pointers as the Pistons expected, but continued to eat the good cakes thrown out by Yu Fei, and used accurate three-pointers to mess up the Detroiters.

The Pistons' poor defensive strategy caused the situation to fall apart in the first quarter.

Yu Fei had 4 points and 7 assists in a single quarter, leading the team to a 31-17 first quarter game.

The tone of the first scene was set from this moment.

The Pistons made up for the loss of the first quarter with each round after that, and the 22-year-old Yu Fei controlled the pace of the game as delicately as the 32-year-old master.

Passing the ball, playing tactics, if you can't open it, you can call a 1-2 block to eat Billups.

"This game ended in the first quarter." ESPN analyst Jake Ramsey said, "Frye Yu's dominance is amazing, the way he controls the game is as wonderful as an artist, and you can't see that kind of performance from another 22-year-old, who is the MVP of the season." ”

In the first game of the semifinals, Yu Fei scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 16 assists, cutting the Pistons' defensive system like a cow.

The Pistons, who have lost home-court advantage, are still confident about the series.

"There is no such thing as one person playing against one team in professional basketball." "If it was, it wouldn't have started with Frye and us," Brown said. ”

Yu Fei's performance fueled his MVP momentum.

Judging from Yu Fei's regular season data and the Bucks' record, if you want to choose MVP, this person must be Yu Fei.

However, there are three external factors that cast doubt on Yu Fei's coronation.

One is that after the Auburn Hills palace brawl, Yu Fei openly stood up for a thug like Sprewell and threatened the team to renew his contract; One is that he shockingly asked for a 2+1 short-term contract as his second contract; Then, Nash's rise in Phoenix is equally worthy of praise.

But the media power behind Yu Fei has begun to exert force.

Yu Fei led the team to 53 wins without losing his second and third helpers, and dominated the big data lists with 60s-like monster statistics, no one is more qualified to be the MVP than him, whether it is personal influence or legendary.

Reebok's people believe that after a series of marketing and public relations, there is a high probability that Yu Fei will get the second MVP, so the most important thing at the moment is the series with the Pistons.

Whether or not he can complete his revenge on the Pistons is the key to turning the tide of the Flying Wind review.

In Game 2 of the semifinals, the Pistons responded to the Bucks.

The loss in Game 1 reminded the Pistons of last year's Eastern Conference Finals.

After careful review, they believe that Bao Yu Fei should be cautious, because the latter has no blind spots in the case of the basket, and he can rely on the height to see the opportunities of his teammates and then send the ball away.

However, the Bucks are full of outside shooters, and as long as these guys shoot nearly 40% of their three-point shooting, the Pistons' defense may collapse.

Brown learned the lesson of defeat and asked the team to start the game with full intensity, if Yu Fei wants to block and dismantle the roll call, let him point it, first fight with the Bucks, and wait until the two sides are almost consumed, and then selectively empty.

It's just that even the Pistons didn't expect that the way the dream would come true so quickly.

Before the game, they predicted that the Bucks would not be accurate all the time, as long as they continued to increase the intensity, they would always hit the iron.

Then, the Bucks staged a back-to-back 15-iron outside line in Game 2.

The outside couldn't shoot, and there were joint defenses and Big Ben to protect the basket on the inside, and the Bucks collapsed in the third quarter and were abused by the Pistons for 20 points.

"Outside shooting is in our DNA." Yu Fei explained why the match was lost so simply, "We didn't activate it tonight. ”

Although the Bucks lost, everyone could see that Yu Fei had not used his full strength.

This kind of loss is not uncommon in the regular season of the Bucks.

Teammates are not allowed, Yu Fei continues to pass, continues to be inaccurate, and then loses directly.

This is a strategy, not only because this series is destined to play more than six games, but also because Yu Fei is currently an irreplaceable presence in the Bucks.

Against a team like the Pistons, he needs to play at least 42 minutes per game, and this astonishing consumption makes him have to wait for the right moment.

George Karl has no problem with this, he plays every game with all his might, that's a reckless man. A true ace will always test the strength of his opponent in the series, watch the opponent's rotation, look for flaws, and then strike hard.

The experience of leading a team with a single core awakened Yu Fei's consciousness.

That night, Karl said to Fly in the locker room: "Are you interested in starting the game without the ball in the next game?" ”

No ball?

Yu Fei thought about it, when was the last time he played without the ball?

It probably dates back to the time of the Wizards.

"Who's going to organize?" Yu Fei asked.

Carr said: "Brent, he can organize. ”

"What is the purpose of this?" Yu Fei asked again.

"Are you a fool?" Carl laughed, "To win, of course." ”

Two days later, the two sides came to the Bradley Center.

The Pistons thought they were fully prepared, but they didn't expect the Bucks to suddenly let Yu Fei take the No. 3 position.

Brent Barry had successfully transitioned into a two-way guard before joining the Bucks, but it was only this year that he became a shooter with playmaking ability around Yu Fei.

Now that he is back in his old business, he and Yu Fei's 1-3 block dismantling made the piston unable to react.

The Pistons' coaching staff has always prepared for the game based on the concept that they are going head-to-head with the whole team.

Suddenly, Yu Fei began to play without the ball, and frequently played singles with a high stick.

The Pistons didn't react at first, and Yu Fei scored 18 points in the half.

In the second half, the Pistons reacted and began to tighten their defense.

Then, Yu Fei creates chaos in a small space and sends multiple chance balls.

The piston is in trouble.

Expand the outside line, Yu Fei has no solution to play alone, and he is as strong as Big Ben and can't protect his own basket. Wrap up the inside, and the Bucks' outside three-point rain will fall.

This hesitation determines the outcome of the whole game.

101 to 88

The Bucks led 2-1.

Yu Fei scored 28 points and 12 assists in the game, once again driving the whole team.

If there's one thing that upsets the Pistons, it's this.

At least on the offensive end, Yu Fei still didn't do his best, which is not the form he averaged 44 and 37 points per game in the previous two months.

After tonight, the Pistons are at least one thing clear.

Unless the Bucks' shooters are not allowed, if they encounter Yu Fei's blocking, they will have no brains to change defenses.

They made up their minds that even if they were named to death by Yu Fei, they didn't want to see him activate the group of shooters on the outside to harvest the game with three-point shots.

"We're going to show fans a typical Eastern Conference playoff game."

Before the start of the fourth game, Larry Brown told reporters.

As a result, as Brown put it, the game turned into an unspective defensive battle.

This is not what the Bucks want, but the Pistons made substitutions every time they blocked and forced the Bucks to solve the problem alone, which made Yu Fei have no point in continuing to play without the ball.

But even if he gets the ball, today is not a good day for him.

Yu Fei is one step away from a sharpshooter tonight, he doesn't score a single shot outside the three-point line, and he can play no matter how he plays inside the three-point line.

This is an acceptable outcome for the Pistons, and as long as the offense and defense are narrowed down to the three-point line, the width and breadth of this space will not allow the Bucks to play at full strength.

Seeing that the shooters were inaccurate, Karl changed the formation on the spot, replacing Ariza, George and Mutombo to fight for defense.

Fighting defense with the Pistons is undoubtedly using his own shortcomings to touch the opponent's longboard, but the outside line is not accurate, and the inside line is difficult to attack, Carl can only put all the offensive pressure on Fei, and others are desperate to defend.

In the end, Yu Fei played 45 minutes, shooting 13 of 30 from the field, cutting 38 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and the Bucks lost the game by 4 points.

The Bucks and Pistons returned to the starting line, and after a big tie, the series went to Tianwang Mountain as expected by the outside world.

Just before the Tianwang Mountain game, the NBA announced the list of major awards in addition to MVP.

Yu Fei was selected for another period, which is the third consecutive year that he has been selected.

But in addition to a while, it was also selected for the second defense.

So far in his rookie season, Yu Fei's defense has always given people a feeling that there is a huge gap between the upper and lower limits.

But even if everyone knew that he would be strong in defense, no one thought he could get into the defensive lineup.

"It's been said that Nike's propaganda machine is the best in the world, but Reebok today proves that the influence of these sneaker makers on major sports has reached a level that we can't imagine." Bill Simmons wrote in the article, "I can accept Frye's victory over Steve Nash to be the MVP, but let Frye be named to the All-Defensive Team? This is blatant robbery! ”

Yu Fei's style is like a spring, the harder the media criticizes, the more powerful his rebound will be.

The battle of Tianwang Mountain, the stag returns to the palace.

In the opening game, Yu Fei gave Billups a nailed cap in a row, and then repeatedly stole the Pistons' passes.

Relying on counterattacks alone, Yu Fei scored 12 points in the first quarter.

What made the Pistons "happy" was that they finally saw Yu Fei come up with the kind of dedication that there was no tomorrow in March and April.

However, the result may not be as they hoped.

Yu Fei is not only full of strength on the defensive end, but also infinite singles on the offensive end, Prince, who is known as the best at defending Yu Fei on the planet, was shaken away many times, and then watched the opponent shoot and score.

At halftime, Yu Feibang had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 4 steals.

He stopped passing.

Maybe now is a good time for bag clips?

In the second half, Yu Fei, who was in a hot state, actually switched to the off-ball mode, came to the high position to let the Pistons shrink the defensive line, and then continuously passed the bottom corner for three points, so that the Pistons once again fell into the dilemma of not being able to take care of both inside and outside.

Today, the Pistons didn't hesitate for too long, and once they found out that the Bucks' three-point shooting was accurate, they resolutely defended it alone.

Then Yu Fei continued to play singles.

Prince was blown up, and if he was replaced by Billups, he would still be blown up, so he would change to Daben.

In the second half, Yu Fei indiscriminately singled the Pistons players who appeared in front of him, and shot the iron bucket array with one shot after another.

In the end, 99-85, Yu Feibang scored 52 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks.

"I love it here." Yu Fei smiled sarcastically, "This reminds me of a lot of past events. ”

"Are you confident that you can finish the series at home?"

"I don't know, I only know one thing." Yu Fei said, "If we come back here, I will completely defeat the Pistons in front of the Detroiters, remember my words, this will definitely happen." ”

PS: I've been waiting for a long time, I just finished writing, I wish you all a happy new year.

Thanks to the class leader's award, and also thanks to the purple night for his long love, the stranger in Akagi, the melancholy little eyes, full stop 0, Bai Xiaopao sauce, Xiao Mo classmate a, nervous chatter, God Destroying Shadow Blade, people under the sycamore, Larrzelluz, Gemini zmy, it's me jojo, I want to be lonely and self-appreciative, Mengjiang Pavilion, a sliding shovel on the left, dream of me, Inspector Xiong, gas slag town, don't be presumptuous, just look at it and don't say anything, wood will spontaneously combust, Star Lord of the Forbidden City, Silver Moon City will never fall, silent lambs, but the laity are sad, Maddie's moment of tipping. Thank you.

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