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Chapter 140 Miserable Victory (Today's first update)
After the timeout, the game continues.

The Supersonic team Payton began to strengthen his personal offense. Obviously, the head coach McMillan made a new tactical deployment, and he probably felt that it was too dangerous to continue playing like this.

On the one hand, Wang Dalin on the Pistons side obviously hasn't exerted his strength yet, and on the other hand, Hamilton's scoring explosive power is also quite terrifying. Once these two points start to show their power, the Sonics will find it difficult to resist.

It's really not easy to win the Pistons by defense, so let the stars play alone... At least, Payton has an absolute advantage against Billups!

In fact, the tactics of NBA teams are not as complicated as everyone imagines, especially in this era, many times the head coach will arrange stars to play singles... Star singles is also a tactic, and it is often used by the head coaches of NBA teams.

Billups immediately suffered a strong impact from Payton. His body is stronger than Payton, but he has no advantage in speed and height. Coupled with the gap in experience, he can't stop this super point guard at all.

Although the outside world generally believes that Jason Kidd is currently the number one point guard in the league, everyone knows that Payton's strength is no worse than Kidd's, especially in personal offensive ability, he is still higher than Kidd... Otherwise, he would not be able to average as much as 21 points per game when the average assists per game are basically the same as Kidd.

As I said earlier, in this era, anyone who averages more than 20 points per game can be called a super scorer, and Payton is one of them!

Payton succeeded in three consecutive attacks, not only trampled on Billups' self-confidence, but also sprayed him with several waves of trash talk, and the "second brother" was beaten almost autistic.

"Chauncey, if you think you can't fight against me, why don't you let your third brother try!" Payton smiled at Billups after scoring the third offense, "Obviously your strength is not enough to match me, your third brother is about the same!"

Billups wanted to retaliate but felt that he had no confidence. Wang Dalin pressed his shoulder and said, "Second brother, there is no need to get angry with this guy. We can fight as we want, and don't mess up!"

Billups nodded. As the team's starting point guard, he is equivalent to the team's brain. Of course, he knows that he can't mess up at this time.

But on the offensive end, it's okay to say that on the defensive end, he really can't stop Payton's personal offense. If this situation can't be changed, this game will be difficult.

Wang Dalin and Hamilton continued their offensive firepower. Whenever Payton broke through Billups and scored a goal, they could always counterattack immediately.

Although Billups can't stop Payton's breakthrough, he will put in more effort every time he defends Payton than the last time. Payton's breakthrough has become more and more difficult.

Fortunately for the Pistons, Hamilton had to come over to help defend from time to time. With Payton's passing skills, Brent Barry naturally got a lot of opportunities.

The shooting guard's shooting ability is quite strong, especially the three-pointer. His three-point shooting rate has remained above 40% for two consecutive seasons, and it was even as high as 47.6% last season. What kind of terrifying three-pointer ability is this?

As a super shooter with a three-point shooting percentage of more than 40% in his career, Brent Barry can be said to be a very rare high-quality 3D player in this era. The main reason why he can't guard against Hamilton is because the opponent is too good at running, not because of his defensive hips.

Now that Payton has targeted Billups and frequently played high-quality offenses, and Wang Dalin has also started a lot of singles with the ball tit for tat, it is also a matter of minutes for him to bully Lewis.

The first quarter ended quickly. At the beginning of the second quarter, the head coaches of both sides dispatched their aces from the bench. Corris Williams was naturally on the Pistons side, and Drummond Mason was on the Supersonics side.

The attack power of these two players is almost the same, and the two quickly entered the state of confrontation. The home fans of "Palace of Auburn Hills" were delighted to find that the transitional scene was even more exciting than when the starters were on the field.

第一节后4分钟加上第二节开始后的5分钟左右，威廉姆斯7投4中砍下11分，梅森也不甘示弱以8投4中砍下了10分。

It's a pity that Atkins on the Pistons' side is absent due to injury. Players such as Joan Barry and Damon Jones are indeed a little weaker at this stage. Therefore, the Pistons, which should have an obvious advantage at this stage, have not widened the point difference. The competition between the two teams' second teams is still evenly matched.

In the second half of the second quarter, the starting players of both sides appeared again. Robinson had returned to the locker room for treatment for his right shoulder discomfort, and Wang Dalin temporarily moved to the power forward position.

In fact, Robinson only missed a total of 16 games in the first twelve seasons of his career. He can definitely be called the "iron man" in the league, but no matter how strong and unyielding he is, he is now a 35-year-old veteran with more or less old injuries.

According to his own wishes, he wanted to continue playing in this game, but Carlisle resolutely rejected his request just to be on the safe side.

With a little injury and pain, you can return to the game after one or two games at most. If you barely play and the injury worsens, if you need to miss two or three weeks or even one or two months, it will not be worth the loss.

Regardless of the impressive record of the Pistons this season, everyone knows that they are just a new team, and the team's running-in is just the time to see results. If Robinson, the main power forward, is lost at this time, it will definitely have a big impact on the team's strength.

Wang Dalin took on the heavy burden of the team boss when he first came to Detroit, so why doesn't Carlisle have a heavy burden on his shoulders?He is just a rookie head coach!
Wang Dalin smelled the familiar smell again, and Wen Baker seemed to be always "scented with wine".It didn't feel like there was no direct confrontation before, but now that the two are stuck together, Wang Dalin only felt a surge in his stomach, and he almost vomited on the spot.

"Damn it, Robinson probably didn't suffer from a shoulder injury. I guess I just can't stand the smell of alcohol on this guy!" Wang Dalin couldn't help complaining in his heart, "What's going on in the NBA, shouldn't there be a ban on alcohol?"

Maybe it was because of the smell of alcohol, or maybe it was because Wen Baker's physical strength was indeed better than Wang Dalin's, and he was completely dominated by this drunkard in the inside fight.

Payton seized the opportunity to feed Wen Baker two strikes in a row. This fellow forced Wang Dalin to score and caused a defensive foul by Wang Dalin.

"No, we're doomed if we keep fighting like this!" Wang Dalin took the initiative to call a timeout, walked to the bench and immediately said to Carlisle, "Coach, I still have to go back to the third position, and I can't give full play to any advantages against this drunkard!"

Carlisle naturally noticed this too, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Koris, take a rest, and Mickey, play the fourth position!"

Putting on Mickey Moore, the "snake man", Wang Dalin finally returned to the familiar third position, and also came to Lewis again.

Finally, without smelling the disgusting smell of alcohol, Wang Dalin immediately "raised up" and tortured Lewis to death.

However, the power of Wen Baker's "biochemical weapon" does not distinguish between targets. Wang Dalin couldn't stand it, and Mickey Moore couldn't stand it either.

On the other hand, Payton's personal offensive momentum has slowed down significantly. After all, he is a 31-year-old veteran. Even if he is in his peak form now, his physical fitness is no longer as good as when he was in his twenties.If he really wants to compete with a powerful point guard like Billups throughout the game, he is also afraid that he will lose his strength at the end of the game.

What level of physical monster does James of later generations belong to?It is also impossible for him to maintain high-quality and efficient output throughout the game.

At the end of the half, the Pistons led the Sonics by 56 points at 53:3.

Payton scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in the first half. Seeing that this game is heading for a triple-double.

Wang Dalin's performance was not too bad, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half. If he continues to play like this in the second half, he is also very hopeful to score a triple-double.

This year is not like the small ball era of later generations, triple-doubles are still very rare, and any player who can hit a triple-double is enough for him to brag for a while.

During the intermission, Carlisle specifically asked the team doctor about Robinson's situation. The team doctor told him that Robinson's injury was not serious and he was expected to be able to play again in the next game, but he should pay attention to controlling the playing time.

Carlisle finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then decided to continue to rest for Robinson in the next game. Firstly, because the Pistons have a good record and there is no need to go all out in every game; secondly, because the Pistons will still be at home in the next game, and the opponent is the Rockets.

As the Pistons achieved the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference, Carlisle's self-confidence became stronger and stronger.

The current role of a veteran like Robinson in this team is crucial. Good steel must be used wisely. For some less important regular seasons, it is good to let him take a break.

The game continued in the second half, and Wang Dalin and Lewis took the lead in the confrontation.

First, Lewis relied on the pick-and-roll to hit a three-pointer, and then Wang Dalin made an emergency stop jumper after a strong breakthrough, and then Lewis relied on the pick-and-roll to make a mid-range shot, and Wang Dalin immediately hit the three-pointer...

Two outstanding small forwards launched a personal confrontation. Although Wang Dalin clearly had the upper hand in terms of personal strength, Lewis was able to rely on pick-and-rolls to open up shooting space, and neither side could defend the other.

Payton joined the team at the right time, and his personal offense in the first position also gave Billups a headache, and Brent Barry's strong physical fitness also made Hamilton somewhat helpless.

Fortunately, although both sides performed poorly on the defensive end, they both showed strong offensive firepower.

It was indeed difficult for Hamilton to guard against Brent Barry, but his "walking the dog" style of play also made Brent Barry exhausted.

The only weaker Pistons team is Billups. Not only can he not defend Payton, but it is also difficult for him to play a strong counterattack on the offensive end.

In the middle of the third quarter of the game, an accident happened suddenly on the field.

Ben was scrambling for an offensive rebound and sprained his foot as soon as it hit the ground.This tough guy who has always been known for his toughness couldn't help but fell to the ground with a scream. It is conceivable that his injury is definitely not serious.

Wang Dalin saw that his right ankle swelled instantly, and the pain caused him to gasp for air. The bean-sized sweat on his forehead was probably caused by the pain... Da Ben has always had good physical strength, and the third quarter didn't even end, so why sweat so much?
"Brother, how are you?" Wang Dalin and Billups couldn't help but show concern. They are sworn brothers with Da Ben, obviously not just ordinary teammates.

"I don't know, but... I feel that...the bones are not hurt!" Da Ben gritted his teeth and said, the expression on his face was already a bit grim, it seemed that the pain was indeed severe.

The team doctor hurried into the court to do a preliminary examination on Ben, and then shook his head at Carlisle, indicating that Ben could no longer walk and had to be carried back to the locker room on a stretcher.

Lying on the stretcher, Da Ben grabbed Wang Dalin's hand and said, "Third brother, promise me, you must win this match!"

Wang Dalin pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "No problem!"

Da Ben showed a satisfied smile, and didn't speak any more... The communication between men is not long-winded in the first place, and often there is only a promise.

Daben was carried back to the locker room by the team doctor. They will apply simple ice packs to Daben's ankle, and then send him to the hospital for an MRI test.

If you just sprained your ankle, you can recover after one to two weeks of recuperation, but if there is a problem with the bones of the ankle joint, it will not take a week or two.

After Da Ben retired from injury, centers like Alexander and Gates obviously couldn't make up for the role of the inside pillar, and Robinson was already missing at the fourth position. The current Pistons' inside line is unprecedentedly empty.

Carlisle called a timeout immediately.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, the rookie head coach turned his attention to the head coach Wang Dalin, who was also looking at him. After the two looked at each other, they both smiled.

"I'll play center forward!"

"Okay, be careful when confronting inside. If you can't defend some balls, don't defend them!"

"Okay, I'll pay attention!"

Carlisle couldn't bear the fact that Wang Dalin was injured again after two consecutive injuries. Compared with the health of the players, a mere regular season...is the outcome so important?
In fact, the starting center Calvin Booth of the Supersonics is just a "pseudo-starter". The team's real main center is Wen Baker, so Wang Dalin can only bear the nausea of ​​nausea to face this guy again.

The current situation on the court has obviously changed. Coach McMillan immediately replaced Mason and Radmanovich as two substitutes. The lineup became center Vin Baker, power forward Vladimir Radmanovich, small forward Drummond Mason, shooting guard Brent Barry and point guard Gary Payton.

The Pistons are center Wang Dalin, power forward Mickey Moore, small forward Corris Williams, shooting guard Richard Hamilton and point guard Chauncey Billups.

Compared with the starting lineup, the defensive strength of this lineup has naturally dropped by more than one level, but the offensive firepower has not necessarily decreased. From Wang Dalin's point of view, it has actually improved a lot.

Big Ben is indeed very powerful on the defensive end, but he hardly has any independent offensive ability. Now that he is replaced by Wang Dalin, his offensive firepower is top-notch in the league.

And Mickey Moore's mid-range shooting ability is not much worse than Robinson's. Williams is the most offensive player in the Pistons' bench lineup. Coupled with Hamilton and Billups, this lineup is really scary on the offensive end.

Naturally, Wang Dalin doesn't play like a traditional center. Even if he plays the fifth position, he usually appears in the high position to support him. This style of play is very similar to Veratti Divac in the Kings.

At present, the Kings are killing all sides in the West. They have an excellent record of 14 wins and 5 losses, and they can average 101.3 points, grab 47.1 rebounds, send 22.5 assists, and shoot 45.2% from the field.

Although everyone knows that the boss of the Kings is Webber, but without Divac's high-level support, Adelman's "Princeton" tactics can never be implemented to such a perfect level.

As a senior fan, Wang Dalin knows very well that Weber actually plays the role of a terminator more often, and the real core of the Kings offense is Divac.

At present, what he wants to play is the role of "Divac in the Pistons". As long as he can play a good high position, with the offensive firepower of the Pistons lineup, it is difficult to find a team in the league that can resist it.

High-level support... Isn't this what Wang Dalin has always been best at?
As early as last season, when he was in the Heat, he often played high post support. At that time, the teammates around him were not as strong as the current teammates.

So McMillan was surprised to find that after the Pistons lost Robinson and Daben in a row, they exploded with even stronger offensive firepower.

Different from the star singles in the first half of the game, when Wang Dalin came to the high position to support, several other players of the Pistons actively moved, and they always got very good shots.

Wen Baker was very depressed. He wanted to beat Wang Dalin inside, but Wang Dalin basically didn't move around the basket.
Payton has always had an absolute advantage against Billups, but when Billups keeps running, even he can't maintain this advantage.

It is true that the Pistons' defense has indeed dropped by more than one level, and the Sonics' offense has been relatively smooth, but the Pistons' offensive firepower is even better.

When the Pistons and the Sonics began to compete who had the higher offensive efficiency, the game had already been decided in advance, and the Sonics lost 91:95.

Of course, without the inside pillar of Big Ben, the Pistons' game can only be regarded as a miserable victory.

(End of this chapter)