Throughout the third verse,

It was often Lin Fei who played an offensive and defensive transition, and after forcing Hamilton to attack with the ball on the defensive end, the Timberwolves made a dead ball and replaced Lin Fei with Hassel.

Hassel chased Hamilton to keep the opponent running without the ball, and after receiving the ball and throwing it, it was a dead ball or a timeout, and Lin Fei replaced Hassel again......

In this way, Lin Fei can not only get rest and digest the on-the-spot experience, but also work with Hassel to continuously wear down Hamilton's energy and physical strength with wheel battles.

The result was Hamilton's overall tepid performance on 3-of-9 shooting and 1 free throw in the third quarter.

Although this frequent change of guard was not effective on the defensive end, on the offensive end, Hassel was an iron tree and hit a rare empty three-pointer in the bottom corner.

It was also Hassel's first scoring in the NBA Finals as a third-year rookie.

Seeing that Hassel who came off the field was happy like a child, Lin Fei also took the initiative to send blessings.

He can really care about his performance on the defensive end, give his own experience in defending the ball, and at the same time have no complaints about being robbed of playing time, and support his teammates.

The simple, kind, and contented feelings of these slum blacks were enough for Lin Fei to treat Hassel as a true friend.

At the same time, Lin Fei also seized an opportunity to counterattack and break fast in the middle of the third quarter, and hit a three-point shot after receiving a pass from the "madman".

"Huh!"

It's just a stolen opportunity, and it's already quite rare, and the Pistons Five Tigers' off-ball defense against Lin Fei in the second half is really airtight.

Although Lin Fei only hit a three-pointer in the third quarter to score 3 points, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams in the third quarter was obviously faster.

Hamilton barely limited that point, but the Pistons exploded in the third quarter.

Roaring Tianzun, who has a certain three-point range, after a high block with Billups, did not go down the line directly, but withdrew outside the three-point line.

The Wolves contemptuously did not quickly step forward to defend, but gave Rasheed Wallace the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer.

Rashid Wallace took a deep breath, opened his hand, and really entered.

"Huh!"

Prince, who is good at defense, also flew to steal the ball in the hands of Szebiak on the defensive end, connected with Billups in the fast break, and flew to complete the dunk.

"Boom!"

In the third quarter, Billups hit consecutive shots through blocking, broke through and made fouls, and scored 9 points in a single quarter.

Big Ben grabbed 7 rebounds alone in the third quarter, but it was a pity that he was cut by the Timberwolves in anger and messy in the wind.

The Pistons Five Tigers made an all-round effort to play tonight's Finals G2 as a tie-break, and vented the momentum of the Eastern Conference semifinals and Eastern Conference finals against the Nets Pacers.

A team that is not good at offense, in this crucial third quarter, scored 32 points in a single quarter, and the overall shooting rate exceeded 52%, playing the Sacramento Kings' sense of déjà vu.

Ben Wallace threw his punch and roared at the Timberwolves bench after a defensive hat wolf king:

"Go to Minnesota in Nima, never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

The Timberwolves' home fans were furious and cursed Big Ben, but it made the undrafted undrafted on-court performance even more crazy.

Fortunately, the offensive end of the Timberwolves in the third quarter was by no means useless, although Lin Fei only scored 3 points, but the wolf king and the "madman" still maintained a good lower limit output.

Szebiak scored 6 points in a single quarter, and Hassel's 5 points in a single quarter was a big surprise.

The home team also scored 27 points in the third quarter and lost only five points to the Pistons in the first quarter.

Three quarters of battle,

The Timberwolves (73) :(73) Pistons, and the two teams were tied again.

The two teams combined for 59 points in a single quarter, which is definitely a battle against Biao that is not common in the era of big ball, not to mention the finals stage in the 03-04 season.

All kinds of difficult breakthroughs, outside three-pointers, counterattack fast breaks, steal hats......

The two Finals-level NBA teams have dedicated hundreds of millions of fans around the world with a visual feast full of ups and downs, blood boiling, and complete ornamentation.

James Cameron, a world-famous director who sat in the front row of VIPs who came to watch the game, couldn't help but admire:

"My, God, I can't shoot such a wonderful basketball game in the house!"

But this game is exciting, blood is blood, and the fans always feel that something is missing? I couldn't remember it for a while.

What's missing?

Celestial.

In the five live broadcast rooms of the Celestial Empire.

The person in charge of commenting on the G2 of this finals tonight is not Director Zhang, but Teacher Sun Zhengping Sun.

Mr. Sun's identity is different from that of Zhang Weiping, he is not a professional basketball player, and he does not have the knowledge reserve of the younger generation of professional basketball commentators such as Yang Yi and Su Skirt.

Sun Zhengping is a national first-class announcer, with high qualifications in Yang Ma, his voice is calm and magnetic, full of feelings, in the 90s, when the Celestial Empire Radio lacked commentator talents,

It is often a person who has to explain several games in a day, and often switches between basketball, football, track and field, and table tennis.

As the saying goes, the capable are old, but after all, they are not professional enough, so Mr. Sun Zhengping often exposes some knowledge shortcomings and flaws in the process of explanation, and there are often slips of the tongue.

Tonight, Mr. Sun Zhengping partnered with the host Yu Jia to explain the finals G2, and after three quarters, he was too excited and excited, and gave some commentary that made fans laugh.

"Ben Wallace's body is really strong, it's a pity not to play professional boxing, he grabbed 7 rebounds in the third quarter tonight, one more than the Pistons' rebounds in the third quarter!"

"Oh, Philip Saunders' timeout was timely! I feel very necessary, and now that the Timberwolves are behind, there are two problems that must be solved, one is how to score, and the other is how to limit the Pistons' scoring......"

"How can Rasheed Wallace shoot this shot directly from beyond the three-point line? Is he a big forward who shoots three-pointers? This choice can be said to be very ...... Oops, good ball! ”

"Ratrier's ball is beautiful, what, didn't score? It's a bit difficult to do, no matter how beautiful your sudden action is, but the ball doesn't go in, it doesn't look so beautiful! ”

"The Timberwolves are really strong this season, it's a pity that Da Yao's Rockets didn't make it to the finals, otherwise watching the Timberwolves play the Rockets, our Celestial Dynasty fans will definitely be more excited!"

"Sprewell is also a veteran of the league, he is 34 years old this year and has played in the league for nearly 20 seasons!"

"Okay, Lin Fei is on the field, this game is going to be interesting next, what? Why did Lin Fei go down again......"

Yu Jia, who was sitting next to him, was a junior after all, and he didn't dare to criticize rashly, so he could only accompany his smiling face, but he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

Eyes back to the target center arena, the final battle of the fourth quarter has begun.

Philip Saunders let the Wolves, who played the first three quarters, take a break off the court, Lin Fei also sat on the bench temporarily, and "Madman" and Si Zebiak led the team to play.

On the Pistons' side, Hamilton and Big Ben were rested, and the rest of the Pistons trio brought Memet Oku and Corris Williams.

Rasheed Wallace came up with a violent dunk that turned over and hit the basket, blowing the Pistons' horn to overtake.

Then the "madman" made a passing error in the frontcourt, and Billups flew to steal, connected with Corris in the fast break, and assisted the latter to dunk and score two more points.

In a wave of 4:0, the Pistons quickly took a four-point lead.

The Wolf King couldn't help but get up and go on the court, but Philip Saunders held his breath and wanted to wait another round.

As a result, Szebiak's three-point shot from the bottom corner was missing, the rebound was protected by the Pistons, and Oku tried to return a three-pointer on the offensive end.

"Huh!"

Although this ball is an outside three-pointer, the reason why Oku dares to shoot confidently is because of the absolute height of the Pistons under the basket and the guarantee of offensive rebounds.

Less than 90 seconds into the fourth quarter, the Pistons quickly blasted out a wave of 7:0, directly stopping the Timberwolves.

In the finals, where every second counts, because of the substitution problem, the opponent chased him in the last quarter and played a 7:0, which was very demoralizing for the home team.

At this time, in a luxury box on the top of the pavilion, McHale, the general manager of the Timberwolves, jumped up angrily on the coffee table and said angrily:

"This Sanders is too conceited, dare to let Kevin take a break for one and a half minutes at such a critical moment, what does he think?"

Although the Timberwolves won the first game in the Finals, leading 1-0, the outcome of the second game was also very crucial, winning 2-0, and going to Detroit to play three away games in a row was also enough confidence.

But if this one loses, the big score is 1:1, and then go to Detroit, and even have the possibility of being eliminated by the opponent with three consecutive wins, this pressure is not ordinary.

As the general manager of the Timberwolves, McHale does not look down on Lin Fei, a rising star, and highly affirms his contribution to the team.

But Kevin Garnett's significance to the Timberwolves on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is not comparable to Lin Fei, the two are far from being on the same level, and the Timberwolves will always be Garnett's team.

On the court, Philip Sanders quickly replaced the Wolves King and Lin Fei, and tonight's starting lineup was combined again.

Lin Fei only played 7 minutes intermittently in the third quarter, and rested for another minute and a half in the fourth quarter, and should be able to support until the end of the game physically.

Philip Saunders' third-quarter substitutions didn't work very well, so now in the fourth quarter, he has made up his mind to let the starting five play until the end of the game.

Lin Fei admits that his defense is poor, so let's bet that his offensive performance can make up for it!

Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people.

Because Philip Saunders knows very well that the more critical the moment, the more distrustful the player is, and frequent substitutions are the most likely to lead to playing with fire and self-immolation.

On the Pistons' side, Larry Brown also hurriedly replaced Oku with Big Ben, and Hamilton replaced Corryse.

Oku is a little dissatisfied with his lack of time to play in the finals, after all, he is in his contract year.

Playing good data in a high-profile game such as the finals is very effective in improving your value.

Looking at Lin Fei on the other side, everything is clear.

But with the head coach's arrangement, he naturally does not dare to have an opinion on a foreign substitute.

Having played two seasons in the league, the Turkish High Battery averaged 9.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in the regular season this year, and has already played a good value.

In the era when the interior is king, even if Oku is not very good at defense, there are still many NBA teams pursuing, and the highest team offer has reached an annual salary of 8 million US dollars.

This value is obviously much higher than the current Lin Fei, and long-term stable performance and health must be an important foundation for the player's value.

For many teams in the NBA, an interior player like Oku is at least not smashed in his hands, and he has a good trade value if he is not easy to use.

But if you change to Lin Fei, there will inevitably be too many uncertain factors, and there must be an element of gambling.

On the court, the Timberwolves attacked.

With Lin Fei's existence, the space was obviously opened, and the wolf king was in a high position against Rashid Wallace, and the superstar could not be soft at the critical moment, turning over and shooting, and scoring another iron-blooded jumper.

"Huh!"

Hamilton came over and continued to hit Lin Fei with the ball on his back, this time he didn't have a turnaround jumper, but the rebound was taken by Big Ben again.

"Smack!"

"OMG, 15th, this is Ben Wallace's 15th rebound tonight, with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, is Ben expected to grab 20 rebounds?"

In front of the on-site commentary stage, Mike Breen's commentary was high-pitched and powerful, and Charterford next to him continued:

"Ben has done everything he can to help the team, and if the Pistons can't win, it doesn't make sense for him to get 30 rebounds!"

"From the current point of view, tonight's Detroit Pistons are indeed playing better than the Timberwolves, they deserve and need this victory more!"

Olovocandi hurriedly came up to resist Big Ben's foul and sent the opponent to the free throw line.

The Timberwolves' starting five Tigers have all committed more than three fouls, which is also a concern.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

This time, Ben Wallace, who walked to the free throw line, had a rare dumpling and stumbled into both free throws.

The Pistons still lead by seven points.

In the next few minutes, the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war, with the Wolves unable to close the score and the Pistons unable to extend their lead to double digits.

The Pistons and the five Tigers are all on the floor, the Timberwolves can't play a counterattack and fast attack, and Lin Fei has never been able to find a chance on the offensive end.

But the defensive end was solid, and he didn't make rookie mistakes in the final critical moments of the finals, and he didn't seriously drop the chain.

Hamilton had scored a game-high 32 points in the early fourth quarter, but switched from the third quarter without the ball and with the ball to the fourth quarter with the ball.

Hamilton was a little weak after all, and his hand felt even more inefficient from being tepid.

This also directly reflects that Lin Fei's defense is not bad, at least the Timberwolves' home fans are willing to believe this judgment.

Seeing that Hamilton couldn't play with the ball, Billups, Roaring Tianzun and Prince stepped up one after another, and the Pistons always maintained a lead of about 7 points.

As time dwindled, Timberwolves fans at the Target Center arena became more and more worried.

The situation is clearly getting worse and worse for the Timberwolves.

In the last 4 minutes of the final quarter of the game, the wolf king continued to roar at Tianzun in a high position, and Ben Wallace's top grab at a critical moment made the wolf king too late to play the ball and was directly tackled by Big Ben.

"Smack!"

The Pistons' ferocious defense was vividly displayed in the final moments, and the arrogance was monstrous.

In the counterattack, Billups received a pass from Big Ben, swept his eyes across the front, and dribbled directly to Hamilton on the right side to shake off Lin's speed.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei chased after him quickly, taking advantage of the moment when Hamilton slowed down to catch the ball, and hurriedly rushed up to interfere, but he didn't dare to stick too close, for fear of committing a foul again.

So far, Lin Fei has already committed 4 fouls.

This kind of defensive point in the process of chasing fast-attacking players, Lin Fei is really inexperienced, and his physical fitness is also restricted.

Hamilton stood up to Lin Fei like this, accelerated to the penalty area, squinted at the position of his teammates, faked a real pass, and threw the basketball directly towards the tempered rebound overhead.

"Bang!"

The basketball smashed on the tempered rebound and bounced to the right at an obtuse angle, and Prince, who followed diagonally, jumped up, stretched out his long arm directly behind him, and directly delivered a powerful dunk.

"Boom!"

The Pistons led by nine points.

The situation is getting more and more unfavorable for the Timberwolves.

Philip Saunders hurriedly called a long timeout, but the timeout didn't work well, and the home team seemed to have been suppressed by the Pistons in momentum.

The "madman's" breakthrough missed and did not cause a foul, and although the rebound was rushed up and grabbed by the wolf king, the double Wallace once again worked together to cover it.

At this time, Lin Fei took advantage of the cover to run a good opportunity at a 30-degree angle on the left side, and Hamilton was successfully delayed by Szebiak again.

But the wolf king was surrounded by double Wallace, and he was eager to give the ball to Lin Fei, and the ball passed a little risky, and was touched by Ben Wallace's big hand.

Lin Fei hurriedly rushed up to fight for the ball, but was directly knocked to the ground by Hamilton gritting his teeth.

The Pistons once again controlled the ball and fought back with a fast offensive momentum.

The Timberwolves fans at home are completely confused, this Pistons team is simply a bunch of robbers!

Lin Fei endured the pain and quickly jumped up to chase back, but it was too late.

The Pistons' fast break was like a pack of wolves out of the hole, with only "Mad Men" and Szebiak running at the front.

The Timberwolves' starting five Tigers originally had a bad overall athletic ability, the average height was high, and the average speed was far inferior to the Pistons Five Tigers, and the defense would inevitably suffer.

Under the entanglement of "Madman", Billups gave the ball to Hamilton for the first time.

"Madman" can only go back and interfere with Hamilton, after all, in his perception, this guy's man-ball combination ability is far inferior to Billups.

But Hamilton was smart enough to take a step after taking the ball, and seeing the "madman" defending himself, he turned his head and passed the ball back to Billups.

This 2-on-1 dog-like operation made the grumpy "madman" completely angry, and turned around and pounced on Billups.

Billups saw that the "madman" was red-eyed, but he was not afraid at all, and took advantage of the moment when the opponent pounced, and directly one meter away from the three-point line, and started to shoot a three-point shot.

"Bang!"

The madman threw Billups, who jumped out, to the ground, and the basketball arced and smashed heavily on the side of the basket.

"Bang dang!"

"Beep!"

The ball missed, but the referee's whistle blew.

It was a shooting foul and Billups got three free throws.

The Timberwolves fans at home hugged their heads helplessly, and the ominous premonition hung like a dark cloud over the arena at the target center.

Joey Crawford told the "madman" who was a little uncontrollable to be emotionally uncontrollable, and then forced him to be sent off the field directly.

Amid the noise of interference, Billups showed his big heart at the critical moment, calmly stepped onto the free throw line, and hit all three free throws.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Philip Saunders called another timeout, and there was no longer much hope in his eyes.

Timberwolves (83) :(95) Pistons.

The margin has come to 12 points.

On the timer, there were only 3 minutes and 02 seconds left until the end of the final quarter.

Lin Fei also frowned and walked off the court with his teammates, and the target center arena was already dead silent at this time.

On the Pistons' side.

Larry Brown patted the Pistons on the shoulder, and it seems that tonight's game is basically stable.

However, it was at this moment that referee Joey Crawford's whistle blew again.

"Beep!"

"Beep!"

When everyone turned around, it turned out to be an emotional Rasheed Wallace yelling at the bench on the Timberwolves' side, venting his excitement about winning.

And the Timberwolves' backup center Johnson Sr. was well-informed, and took the initiative to provoke and roar at Tianzun, and the two almost clashed.

Joey Crawford showed no mercy and gave a technical foul alone.

This blowing penalty of playing 20 boards on both sides made the situation on the field turn over in an instant.

Johnson Sr.'s technical fouls didn't matter, but Rashid Wallace had already accumulated two technical fouls tonight and was straight out of the game.

Watching Rashid Wallace walk down the tunnel, he was still smug and thought the Pistons would win by 12 points in the final three minutes of the night.

Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders suddenly shot a dazzling brilliance in his eyes.

Whether it can be reversed or not, in the end, it depends on Lin Fei!

Rashid Wallace was sent off the court, and the Pistons Five Tigers' infinite change of defense in the process of defending Lin Fei's cover will inevitably have an oversight, and this link will come from the power forward.

If Larry Brown puts a small forward and guard in place of Rashid Wallace, the Pistons will have only Big Ben on the inside, and the twin towers of the Wolves and Olowocandi will inevitably call for the rain.

So in Philip Saunders' opinion, Larry Brown is going to be replaced by Memet Oku.

Oku's defensive flaw was the Timberwolves' last big gamble tonight.

"Next, all our offensive tactics revolve around Lin's off-ball running position to catch the ball, focusing on the wolf king and Lin's cover, and misaligning the point of Oku!"

Sanders patted Lin Fei's shoulder with a solemn face, and his teammates also looked at Lin Fei with trust at this time.

"Lin, are you confident?"

Lin Fei nodded categorically, he always has only one goal when he goes on the court, and that is to win the team.

"Pass me all the damn balls, I can shoot more!"

Pause back.

The Timberwolves are still the starting five, and the Pistons are as expected by Philip Saunders, with Larry Brown replacing Rashid Wallace with Memet Oku.

The Timberwolves attacked, and the "madman" came to the front court with the ball and quickly gave it to the wolf king in the high position.

Memet Oku stepped forward to defend against the Wolf King, although the lateral speed was slow and his body was clumsier than that of the Roaring Tianzun, but Oku had height and tonnage after all,

And the Pistons are obviously not afraid of the Wolves' jump shooting percentage in the high post, so he can't shoot the Pistons who lead by 12 points.

Lin Fei quickly threw off Hamilton at this time and rushed up to block and dismantle with the Wolf King, this time the Wolf King's blocking and dismantling effect was very good, and Hamilton was fully delayed.

"Whoosh!"

The ball quickly passed to Lin Fei, who was at a 45-degree angle to the three-point line on the left side of the run, and Memet Oku hesitated to step forward to change the defense, and Hamilton had just bypassed the wolf king, and Lin Fei was still two meters away at this time.

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could Lin Fei miss it?

Even if there is only 0.1 seconds of hesitation, it can be regarded as Lin Fei's disrespect for his 99-point three-point attribute.

Lin Fei, who was flying and jumping, looked at the basket, and didn't say much to shoot!

Larry Brown on the sidelines of the Pistons saw that Oku was hesitating and did not change his guard, so he immediately jumped up from his seat and shouted:

"Change, why don't you change! Hurry up and change it for me! ”

The next moment.

"Huh!"

(End of chapter)