godfather in black

Chapter 97 098: Sword and Shield
098: Sword and Shield
If the defense of the San Antonio Spurs is soft and strong, then the defense of the Detroit Pistons is a rock, and their whole is an indestructible rock.Of the five Pistons players on the field, Prince Prince, the worst, has all been selected to the league's defensive second team.Others like Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Bloops...any of them can eclipse the star players they play against.

Before the game, everyone felt that this game would be a different kind of game.The current Lakers can compete with the Suns in terms of offense, and the quick counterattack is the basis of their pride.And what about the Pistons?It's a steel plate, no matter who you come from, no matter how hard you hit, you will be killed in front of this steel plate in the end.

A tiger eats a turtle and has nowhere to eat.This is how the Lakers feel right now... Look at the score on the scoreboard! 16 to 19 The Lakers temporarily led by three points, but the time displayed on the timer was 10 minutes and 27 seconds of the first quarter.With less than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the Lakers, who played two consecutive big-scoring games before the All-Star Game, only scored 19 points.Let's take a look at their data in the first quarter!2 counterattacks, 2 fast break points, 11 shots and 5 hits.The data is very boring, but from this set of data, it can clearly reflect how difficult the current situation of the Lakers is.Frontcourt rebounds are hard to grab, and backcourt rebounds are also hard to grab. The rebounding ability of the Pistons with "Big Ben" is really terrifying, and sometimes even if they can't grab backcourt rebounds, they will try to delay the time for the Lakers to grab rebounds. May Brown grabbed the rebound time, and the Lakers couldn't fight back.

"Qin, our situation is very bad now! Our players are all young!" Brown-Shaw came to Qin Tao who had been standing on the sidelines.

Qin Tao frowned, and said, "Let's have a look again! But they would make a fuss about rebounding, I really didn't expect that."

During the time when Qin Tao and Brown were talking, the Lakers violated the second 24-second offense in the first quarter.Kobe clapped his hands angrily, and then ran to the backcourt immediately.The Pistons are slowly advancing forward under the control of Billups. They are not in a hurry to attack, what they want is positional warfare.

Just came to the frontcourt, Billups encountered Kobe's defense.Before the game, Qin Tao made detailed arrangements for the defense during the game. Hamilton is the kind of player who can complete a fatal blow with a gap, but he is not the type who breaks through sharply and extremely fast, so Qin Tao asked Fei Scheer went to defend Hamilton and handed the Pistons' "brain" - Chauncey Billups - to Bryant.From the beginning of the game to the present, this defensive effect is not bad, at least Billups' assists and scoring are restricted.

With Bryant's defense, Billups' advantage against most point guards in the league is no longer obvious.This time he didn't have enough space and time to observe the running positions of his teammates on the court. He gave a ball to Rasheed Wallace who was about to come out of the pick-and-roll.Unfortunately, Rashid is facing Chris Webber today.Weber, who has made a big change in his defensive attitude, defends Wallace wholeheartedly, and both sides seem to be unable to open the situation.But the seasoned Larry Brown saw two obvious weaknesses in the Lakers lineup before the game-Kwame Brown and Caron Butler.Neither of them has much experience or defensive ability, especially Caron Butler.

Taking the ball two steps inside, Rasheed Wallace passed the ball to Prince.Then Rashid turned back and blocked Hamilton, who had been running tirelessly.The cooperation of these three people completely disrupted the Lakers' defensive rhythm.Rasheed Wallace used Prince to block Webber's advance, then he turned to pick and roll Hamilton, and Prince finally passed the ball directly to Hamilton.With the opportunity to catch the ball open, Hamilton's mid-range shot once again showed its power. 18 to 19, the Pistons bite the score.

Seeing the art displayed by Hamilton in the attack, Qin Tao could only shake his head helplessly.Compared with Vince Carter's dunk, Hamilton's shooting is also an art.He doesn't have the kind of violent dunks that fly high, what he has is the most basic basketball jumping, shooting, and then quietly watching the beauty of the net belt gently raised.Anything anyone can do, Hamilton showed it to the fullest.Just using this most common art, Hamilton was able to score 20+ points in every game in last year's finals, and today he scored the highest score in the game so far - 8 points.

'How good would it be if Hamilton could be with the Lakers? Qin Tao's eyes stared straight at Hamilton, making no secret of his desire to own the Pistons' CIC King.Although the Lakers also have a monster-level pitcher with potential, Sasha Vujacic, but Qin Tao found that Vujacic's thinking is not completely focused on basketball.He loves beautiful women and goes to nightclubs, but the only thing he doesn't like is basketball.Maybe he plays basketball just to make a living!So this summer, Qin Tao needs to find another suitable pitcher for the Lakers. Of course, this is all for later. Now his goal is to win the enemy in front of him-the Detroit Pistons.

The Lakers have entered the last attack of the first quarter, and Kobe is holding the ball on the outside to prepare for the final attack.In this game, the Pistons restrained the Lakers very well in all aspects. Their defensive complement effect was very good, allowing the Lakers to take advantage of the rapid changes in rhythm to make partial strategies impossible to implement. Pull it out and give it to Kobe or Webber for singles.

This time the Lakers still used their method of dealing with the Pistons. Derek Fisher was cruising on the outside, Caron Butler was entangled with "Little Prince" Prince, and Chris Webber was always attracting near the free throw line. For Rasheed Wallace's defense, only Kwame Brown and Ben Wallace are stuck inside.

Glancing at the timer on the backboard and then at Hamilton in front of him, Bryant started.There was a slight disdain in the corner of his eyes, and he held Hamilton with his left hand, and took a step back and then changed direction before Hamilton's center of gravity was pressed.Hamilton's defense wasn't so serious that it was completely out of position, but then Kobe took another crotch dribble and retreated, and the space was immediately exposed.Less than a second after Hamilton showed the space, Rasheed Wallace's cover was in place.Bryant leaned forward, jumped up against Rasheed, and he slammed the ball into the board.And Rasheed Wallace, whose center of gravity was unstable, was fouled by Kobe.

The ball hit the backboard and ended up in the hoop, and Rasheed Wallace picked up his second foul of the game.Rashid complained to the referee in dissatisfaction: "I didn't do anything just now, so why should I count it as a foul?"

The referee didn't even look at Rasheed, and said, "According to the rules, you charge into the offensive player." Originally Rasheed Wallace wanted to continue, but Chauncey Billups, who arrived in time, pulled him opened.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Qin Tao's mouth slightly raised an arc.He found that it seemed that he could make some articles on "Roaring Tianzun".

With 0.9 seconds left in the first quarter, Kobe made his last free throw in the first quarter.Standing on the sidelines, Qin Tao has already picked up the tactical board, ready to arrange tactics after the players leave the field.

Rasheed Wallace's shot with the last 0.9 seconds unexpectedly hit the backboard and bounced out. 18 to 22 The Lakers led by 4 points and ended the first quarter of the competition.Generally speaking, the Lakers played well in the first quarter. They did not get lost in the rock-solid defense of the Pistons. However, they seized the weakness of the Pistons' lack of super talent and took advantage of Kobe and Webber's individual singles to gain a 4-point lead.

According to what Qin Tao said to the players in the locker room before the game, "There is no hardest shield in this world, only the sharpest spear. Why? Because no matter how hard a shield is, it has weaknesses. But what about a sword? It only has the sharpest sword. Sharp. Use our sharpest sword tip to pierce the weakest part of the shield, and we must be the ones who will win in the end." These words from Qin Tao made the Lakers full of confidence before the game started.And in the first quarter, it also showed that the Lakers have the strength to defeat their opponents...

(End of this chapter)