"Don't be in a hurry, fight slowly!"

The Pistons re-sent the ball, and Billups took the ball and signaled to his teammates not to pay too much attention to it, and it has been beaten 5-0 by the Lakers.

In the face of Payton's defense, Billups played steadily, still playing back to the backcourt, and then turned around and broke through under the crotch, and it took more than five seconds to get to the frontcourt.

For the championship ring, Payton was not unserious about defending Billups.

Noticing that Prince came up first to hang up a screen, Payton took the initiative to step back and defend Billups on the left.

At the same time, Doon, who came up with Prince, was also ready to switch to Billups.

However, at this moment, Billups suddenly jumped up, suddenly launched a cold arrow, and shot a three-pointer one step outside the three-point line.

Seeing this, Doon and Payton hurriedly stepped forward to block it, but they were still a beat slower.

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The ball is in!

Billups is a bit of a wave, but he's not a big heart player.

Letting his teammates slow down, he himself was impatient to shoot a three-pointer.

However, the finals were all 3-0, and it is obviously not possible to continue to be steady.

Every time the Pistons lost before, it was because they were not as good as the Lakers in terms of scoring.

In this case, it is better to shoot a few more three-pointers, bet on the feel, bet on luck.

For now, Billups' three-point shot still has some value for the Pistons.

"Hurry up and serve!"

Doon motioned to O'Neal and Malone not to stand stupidly and let them quickly send the ball out, and then Doon prepared to play a fast break.

Based on the three-pointer that Billups just shot, Doon had already guessed that the Pistons would probably rely on Billups to break the game tonight.

However, Billups dared to shoot three-pointers, and Doon dared to play the fast break.

You know, in addition to the nickname of "Mr. Key", Billups also has "Prodigal Son" and "Bi Buzhong".

Although Billups, who came to the Pistons, has played solidly, the Pistons need to let Billups regain his nature tonight and make a lot of shots from outside the three-point line.

In this way, wouldn't it give the Lakers and Doane a lot of opportunities to switch offense?

Even if Doon is not ready to grab the Finals MVP, in the transition offense, it is not a bad thing to pass more balls to Kobe Bryant and Malone, right?

To be honest, if you really want to speed up tonight, the first person who can't stand it is definitely not O'Neal, but Larry Brown!

Why is the era of small balls coming? On the one hand, there are rule changes and star whistles, which make the defense that increases physical confrontation gradually lose its relevance in the league.

On the other hand, it is also a constant fast attack, destroying the original defensive system of one board and one eye on the position.

As long as the star has a mismatch advantage in the transition offense, he can use the breakthrough to get to the basket or shoot recklessly from beyond the three-point line.

Originally, the full-court pressing limited the advance speed of the opponent's ball carrier, so that his own interior line could retract into the penalty area in time.

With the advent of the legalization of joint defense, the overall defensive intensity of the league has been greatly enhanced, and defensive counterattack has become the mainstream style of play of strong teams.

In order to defend the transition fast, interior players need to have forward-level speed and the ability to keep switchback.

Over time, the small-ball era when point guards reigned and fronts were king came.

03 The platinum generation, on the one hand, is that the quality of players is really outstanding, and on the other hand, it is also a good era just in time for the end of the big ball era and the league slowly changing to the small ball era.

Now, although there are no handcheck rules yet, Doon, as an all-round striker, has begun to eat version bonuses.

As O'Neill sent the ball out, Doon immediately rushed forward with the ball.

Although the Pistons have returned to the backcourt, Payton, Kobe, and Malone on the Lakers' side are also following Doane to play a fast break.

In order to prevent Doon from making a transition offense, Prince had to limit Doon from continuing to break through to the three-point line at a three-point point point two or three paces.

However, with the help of the impact of the acceleration breakthrough, Doon suddenly hit Prince in the back, and as soon as he hit Prince's center of gravity, he immediately turned around and passed it.

Doon came to a step beyond the three-point line and suddenly made a sharp stop.

Looking at this stance, I just want to shoot a three-pointer and respond to Billups with a three-pointer.

Seeing this, Billups and Big Ben immediately flew up, not wanting Doane to fake a real pass, and passed the ball to Payton, who was in the middle of the basket.

Payton took the ball and immediately closed it, followed by a European layup.

Roaring Tianzun stepped forward and stood still, raised his hands to cover it, but Peyton passed the ball to the ground and passed the ball to Malone.

Prince and Hamilton followed Malone's footsteps and shrank to the basket, and Malone made a quick stop to jump, but instead of shooting, he passed the ball to Kobe Bryant in the bottom corner.

Bryant took the ball and dribbled to find a feeling, then waited until Hamilton and Prince made a save from the inside, then jumped high and made a three-point shot at the top point.

Bryant's career three-point shooting percentage was 32.9 percent in the regular season and 33.1 percent in the playoffs.

It doesn't seem like it's good, but if you deduct those catches, you will find that Kobe's three points are okay.

Not to mention, Kobe Bryant's three-point shooting rate is not too high, and there is a reason why he likes to shoot from the top.

Now it is a three-point shot in the open position, and it is a shot that dribbles to adjust the shooting rhythm, which can still be grasped.

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Basketball hollow into the net! With Bryant's three-point shot and successful response to Billups, the Lakers pulled the scoring advantage back to a five-point lead.

At this time, O'Neal, who had just run to the three-point line, saw Kobe Bryant shoot a three-pointer, and he didn't have the heart to celebrate with Kobe, so he immediately chose to defend.

After Kobe Bryant scored three points, he didn't celebrate with Malone and thanked Malone for his pass, but immediately sprinted to the backcourt to try to prevent the Pistons' next attack.

The other three players of the Lakers are also extremely tacit defense, and it is not too late to celebrate and wait for the league to officially hold a championship award ceremony for them.

In other words, after Kobe Bryant scored, the Pistons immediately chose to serve and play fast break.

Billups didn't blindly play Peyton alone, but after blocking and dismantling Big Ben, he passed the ball horizontally to the Roaring Tianzun on the weak side.

Because Malone switched defenses with O'Neal before and came out to keep an eye on Big Ben, this time O'Neal pulled out to interfere with the roaring Tianzun's shooting, which naturally slowed down.

Roaring Tianzun made a three-point shot, which was also extremely accurate, and he used a three-point shot to recover the 3-point difference.

However, Malone slipped out of the line in time to send the ball to Payton, who then passed the ball to Doon.

At the same time as Doon made a fast attack, O'Neal, who had interfered with the roaring Tianzun, also went straight to the frontcourt.

Doon helped O'Neal attract the defense, followed by throwing the ball high into the air.

Doon's pass, O'Neill's cake, add up to no solution!

O'Neal, who was right behind Doon, jumped high and caught the ball in the air.

He slammed into the basket, and finally the whole person hung on the basket and put on the standard shark splash jumping pose.

It's not that O'Neill wants to be handsome, and it's not that O'Neill wants to be prestigious.

In fact, O'Neill's shark splash is a very clever way to play!

Anyone who has played knows that after scoring, you can't take the initiative to touch the ball and interfere with the opponent's serve.

Passive touches are allowed, though.

O'Neal's shark splash was because it was a coherent dunk action, and the ball slipped off the basket after it went in, and landed right on O'Neal's body.

O'Neal took advantage of the "shark tail" and flew the top of the basketball out of bounds with his belly.

This artificially creates a process in which the defender or referee has to go out to pick up the ball, and then delay the fast attack rhythm of the defender.

O'Neal himself got off the basket, turned around and applauded Doane in celebration, and retreated to the Lakers' backcourt for a leisurely walk.

It is precisely because of this that even O'Neal's dunk only helped the Lakers open up a two-point gap.

But in the next round, the Pistons had no chance to switch offense, and could only continue to play a slow landing battle.

In this way, it is relatively not so easy for Billups to create open shooting opportunities for Roaring Tianzun through blocking and pick-and-roll.

Because the Lakers' defense was relatively in place, Billups was caught between Doon and Payton, and could only pass the ball to the disassembled Prince in advance.

Prince didn't pass the ball again after receiving the ball, but shot a three-pointer from the top arc.

It's just that the three-point ability is limited, and the iron is still struck.

O'Neal protected the defensive rebound, passed the ball to Doon, Doon played a fast break to attract the defense and passed to Kobe, and with Kobe's layup, he helped the Lakers open up a two-point difference.

Previously, the Pistons had not chosen outside shooting as their main offensive method, because they were worried that the Lakers would continue to score with the help of defensive counterattacks.

Larry Brown saw that the margin was stretched to six points and had to call a timeout.

After the timeout, the Pistons replaced Big Ben with Oku.

Obviously, since it has been proven that the Lakers cannot be prevented, the Pistons can only go one way to the black, and they have a lineup of five people who can shoot.

Of course, the defense of this lineup is not bad, at least Oku still does a good job in the interior top defense.

Besides, when it comes to defensive conversion offense, Big Ben isn't much better than Oku.

On the offensive end, Oku's impact was immediate.

With Billups playing high double cover with Roaring Tianzun and Oku, Payton and Malone didn't explain their defense clearly and went around the screen.

Billups took advantage of the cover to shoot another three-pointer, and the margin was suddenly reduced to three points.

O'Neal immediately served, but the Pistons predicted the pass by the Pistons, and roared to turn and intercept, and then went to the basket to attack the basket.

O'Neal immediately rushed out of the baseline and wanted to snatch the basketball back, but was stuck in the reasonable collision zone by Roar Tianzun and played a two-and-one.

O'Neal's foul is actually in the range of blows or nots, and if a layup is scored in the playoffs, he usually won't give a free throw.

However, the civilian Pistons can play this role with the super team Lakers, and now they are playing at home, and there is no problem in adding suspense to the whistle.

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Hit a free throw, 12-12 points, and the score of the two teams was tied again.

"Shaq don't care, just pay a little attention next time."

Doon came to the baseline to catch the ball, reassured O'Neal, and passed the ball to Payton.

Payton's shot was unstable, but the dribble was still steady, and after halftime, Doon received the ball to direct traffic and continued to play a high-post double cover tactic.

The Pistons were forced to focus on the strong side of the defense, and Doon noticed that Payton at the top of the arc had an open cut and immediately passed the ball over.

Payton got the ball and attracted Hamilton's defense and immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

After Kobe Bryant got the ball, he rushed directly to the basket, and in the face of Oku's defense, he could pass to O'Neal, but for the sake of FMVP, he still chose a stop-and-go jump shot, and his back was picturesque.

The ball was unsurprisingly a hit, but O'Neal grabbed an offensive rebound from close range under the basket.

Immediately afterwards, he continued to use the shark splash and jump, dunked after jumping to make a second offense, and knocked the ball out again, and at the same time helped the Lakers take a 2-point lead.

As a super team, the Lakers have a very consistent scoring ability, both inside and outside.

After O'Neal destroyed the Pistons and played a fast break, the Lakers continued to defend the Pistons' positional battle, and finally became another one.

Just when the Lakers slowly stretched the gap to 5 points again, O'Neal got a second foul because he was too big to grab the rebound.

In this regard, O'Neill naturally complained a lot, and wanted to find the referee who wanted the bottom line to ask for an explanation, but the Zen master on the field knew very well how to deal with this situation.

In order to avoid O'Neal receiving an unnecessary technical foul, the Zen master took advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball and immediately replaced O'Neal.

Anyway, the Lakers still took the lead, and it was already more than 7 minutes in the first quarter, and O'Neal came down to rest first, which was normal.

In fact, after Grant replaced O'Neal, the Lakers were not narrowed by the Pistons, but continued to play conversion offense, seriously damaging the Pistons' defense.

Relying on the personal strength of Doon and Kobe, by the end of the first quarter, the difference in points on the court had reached 29-23, and the Lakers' lead had reached as much as 6 points.

After the second quarter resumed, O'Neal, who returned to the court, also helped the Lakers further open the score because of his physical strength.

However, the good times were short-lived, and O'Neill soon received his third foul.

Larry Brown also seemed to notice O'Neal's foul count, and deliberately let the Roaring Celestial Zun stimulate O'Neal, hoping to allow O'Neal to accumulate more fouls and leave the game early.

Originally, O'Neill was dissatisfied with the referee because of the penalty scale, and when he heard the trash talk that roared Tianzun, O'Neill naturally blew up and wanted to ask the referee for an explanation.

The referee who can preside over the finals still has a bit of background, and the authority of the referee is unquestionable, and he immediately blew a whistle to O'Neal.

After O'Neal begged for a hammer and received a technical foul, the Zen master could only withdraw O'Neal first, who had committed three fouls.

The Pistons got 3 free throws in a row, and the difference narrowed to less than 5 points again, and the suspense of the finals was also maintained.

When the second quarter reached more than 9 minutes, the Lakers needed other main players to stabilize the situation because they removed Doon, and O'Neal was re-sent.

However, Kobe Bryant, who had already scored 17 points in the first half, was obviously not willing to share the ball with others.

At this time, the Lakers' point guard is the famous dribble guard Fisher, who doesn't have much organizational ability and can't pass the ball to O'Neal.

In fact, it is also because the Pistons defend O'Neal better, and Doon also needs to put a lot of effort into passing the ball to O'Neal.

Fisher didn't have this ability, so he could simply hand over the ball to Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant did it himself after getting the ball, and O'Neal couldn't catch the ball and could only stare dryly.

Fortunately, Kobe Bryant played okay and helped the Lakers stabilize the situation.

However, at this time, the old Bass, who was located in a large box in the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, was a little unable to sit still.

Commanded little Buzz sitting next to him: "You go and inform Rob Pelinka and ask him to tell Kobe Bryant ......"

When the old Bass finished ordering, I saw that the score on the court was 56-50, and the first half was just over, and the difference between the two teams remained at 6 points.

(End of chapter)