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Chapter 145 A Little Lost (Today's Second Update)

With 9 minutes and 04 seconds left in the game, the score between the two sides was 91:91. When the two teams stood on the same starting line again, the Pistons were undoubtedly the more powerful side.

Basketball games are like this. When you are leading all the time, it will naturally go smoothly, but when you are ahead for a long time and suddenly your opponent overtakes you strongly, you may immediately fall into a downturn, and you will not even be able to reverse the situation until the end.

In the first half of the third quarter, when the Pistons rained three-pointers quickly and violently, the Kings were naturally beaten a little bit. But when the Pistons felt cold in the second half of the third quarter, why didn't the Pistons players be confused?
Fortunately, all this has passed. Although the Kings are not behind in the score, their momentum is no longer comparable to that of the Pistons.

Adelman still picked up the tactical board and arranged offensive tactics for the players. He is indeed a conscientious and good coach, but unfortunately his on-the-spot response is too poor. At this time, he should "fill chicken soup". What's the use of talking about tactics?

Carlisle performed much better here. As a head coach, he first clapped his hands and gave all the players a big praise, and then only emphasized that the defensive end must keep a close eye on Webber and Peja, and the others only need to shoot and not let go.

Of course, Carlisle still showed his delicate side. He specifically emphasized that if the Kings replaced Turkoglu, everyone should take strict precautions against his shooting... This guy's shooting ability is not as good as Christie's!
Sure enough... Carlisle was right, and Adelman replaced Turkoglu.

At the most critical moment of the game, Adelman still chose Turkoglu, who had a better offense, and gave up the league's top perimeter defender Christie... After all, he is still a head coach who advocates offense!
Players from both sides appeared again, and the Kings lineup underwent some changes. Peja swung to the second position, and Turkoglu, who had just played, came to his most familiar small forward position.

Wang Dalin couldn't help frowning slightly, the lineup of the Kings...except for Bibby who is less than 190cm tall, everyone else is so tall!
Indeed, center Divac of the Kings is 216cm tall, power forward Webber is 208cm tall, small forward Turkoglu is 208cm tall, and even shooting guard Peja is 206cm tall. In contrast, the Pistons are at a disadvantage in height except for Robinson and Billups.

The opponent has an absolute advantage in height, and the Pistons can only be forced to reduce the defensive range. This is also a no-brainer, because once the tall players of the Kings reach the basket, the difficulty of protecting the frame can be imagined.

The two people in the TNT live broadcast room also discovered this problem. Smith smiled and said, "Charles, the king's lineup has an obvious advantage in height. It seems that the Pistons will be in trouble tonight!"

Barkley also frowned after seeing this scene, but when he heard Smith's words, he immediately smiled and said, "What's the use of being tall? When I was playing, which inside player was not taller than me, and they were all tamed by me?"

"The Great Sir Charles" is indeed qualified to say this. I think he played the fourth position with a height of 198cm. He was never in vain when facing power forwards or centers who were more than 10cm taller than himself.

Moreover, his height of 198 cm is said to be full of water, and his real height may only be 193 cm...Charles Barkley, it is really terrifying!
Smith said seriously: "Who says being tall is useless? Charles, don't make such low-level mistakes. You have to know that in the final analysis of basketball, tall people have an advantage... You are just an example, and you can't generalize it!"

Barkley smiled and said, "I'm just talking about the facts. You just see that the Kings have an advantage in height, so don't the Pistons have an advantage in speed? I don't believe that the Kings' big men over two meters can outrun the Pistons' smaller guys!"

Smith said with a smile: "Then just wait and see, I will ask you to obediently return this ring to me when the game is over!"

Not to be outdone, Barkley said: "Both each other... After the game is over, you go back and wash your jersey well, and remember to bring it to the next live broadcast!"

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It was the Kings' turn to attack. This time they were organized by Turkoglu at the top of the three-point arc. The Turkish small forward was very good at this job, and Adelman naturally gave him the task of organizing.

Both Divac and Webber can support in the high position, and their organizational skills are not even worse than the team's genuine point guard Bibby, but Turkoglu's ability to control the rhythm is obviously better.

That's right, Turkoglu is also a rare rhythm master in NBA history!

The Turkish small forward's other abilities are not top-notch in the league, but when it comes to controlling the rhythm...he can even wrestle with Billups on the Pistons.

If it were the Magic of later generations, with Howard on the inside responsible for grabbing rebounds, and the four players on the outside with good shooting ability, plus Turkoglu controlling the rhythm on the court, this lineup is very good offensively and defensively.
However, the shooting ability of the Kings players is obviously not enough. Only Peja and Turkoglu are really reliable outside the three-point line. Webber can only count as his range if he is within the three-point line.

So Adelman replaced Christie with Turkoglu in an attempt to strengthen his offense, which is undoubtedly the wrong idea.

After nearly 20 seconds of conducting the ball, the Kings still failed to find a good shooting opportunity. Seeing that the offensive time was about to end, Turkoglu had to make a shot from the outside.

"When", the ball hit the iron under the strong interference of Williams, which is not surprising at all.

Wang Dalin took off the rebound and shouted loudly: "Run!"

The four players of the Pistons rushed down immediately, the fastest group.

Wang Dalin made a long pass that spanned more than half of the court and accurately connected to Billups. The guy did not stop the ball and immediately passed it to Hamilton on the other side.

At 93:91, the Pistons lead for the first time since the second half of the third quarter, and despite only two points, the players are still very excited.

This goal is far more than just 2 points, it represents a kind of confidence... the confidence of the Pistons players' full recovery of shooting touch!
Wang Dalin knew that maybe his teammates could not be as accurate as in the first half of the third quarter, but they would never be as determined as in the second half of the third quarter!
Looking back, the Kings are still organized by Turkoglu on the outside. This time Webber and Peja set up a double screen for him, and Turkoglu then covered the dribble and went straight to the basket.

Wang Dalin desperately tried to prevent him from directly attacking the frame, but Divac kept him stuck behind him. In the end, he could only watch the Turk complete a one-handed dunk.

At 93:93, the score returned to a tie again.

The two sides are caught in a tug-of-war. Whenever one side scores a goal, the other side can always hit back.

In this way, with the last 59 seconds left before the end of the game, the Pistons led the Kings by 108 point 107:1, but the ball was on the Kings side.

This time Hamilton was completely thrown off by Peja, and there was no problem with his pursuit, but at the moment Peja was about to receive the ball, Webb appeared in front of him at the right time to block Hamilton.

Peja received the ball, took off, and shot in one go, and his shooting movements were so standard that they could be used as a textbook. Wang Dalin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately had a thought—"Oh no, this goal has been scored!"

Sure enough, as expected by Wang Dalin, Peja's three-pointer was just right in terms of sight and strength. When the basketball passed through the basket, the net barely moved.

At 108:110, the Pistons trailed by 2 points with 38 seconds left in the game.

According to the normal rhythm of the game, both sides still had one chance to attack, but Wang Dalin was unwilling to hand over the initiative to the other side, so he decided to play fast and make sure to get the last attack.

Carlisle decisively used up the last timeout opportunity of the Pistons, because he believed that this attack was the last attack of the Pistons.But when Wang Dalin returned to the bench and told him his plan, Carlisle immediately fell into deep thought.

It is true that Wang Dalin's plan does have some truth, but if the Pistons score a goal steadily and try their best to defend against the Kings' last attack, the two sides will enter overtime.

Wang Dalin's plan is obviously more risky, because it must be based on the fact that the Pistons can prevent the Kings from attacking next time.Once the Kings successfully score the next attack, even if the ball in the last attack is in the hands of the Pistons, it will be meaningless.

"Wang, listen to me, I think we should be more on the safe side and score this goal well!" Carlisle said with a serious expression.

"Coach Rick, please believe me, even if we can score this goal, if we can't defend the Kings' final attack, we will lose in the end!" Wang Dalin also said seriously, "Anyway, we must defend the Kings' last attack. Why don't we keep the ball for the final attack?"

"But it's too risky to fight a wave quickly. Once we don't get in, we will be passive!"

"Aren't we passive now? I think the initiative is not in our hands at the last moment, and that is the real passive!"

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The players all looked at the two of them with extremely nervous expressions on their faces.

This was the first time that Wang Dalin and Carlisle had an argument because of disagreement, although the tone of the two was very peaceful, it was not an argument at all.

But everyone knows the authority of the head coach in a team. In their view, even if Wang Dalin is the star of the team, he should unconditionally implement the head coach's arrangement under such circumstances.

Carlisle pondered for a long time, finally put down the tactical board in his hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have convinced me, just do what you want!"

The Pistons players breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Wang Dalin and Carlisle would quarrel. What should they do if such a scene happened?
The timeout ended quickly, and players from both sides returned to the court again.

Wang Dalin winked at Billups, and the "Second Brother" understood. After receiving the bottom line ball, he immediately dribbled the ball and rushed to the frontcourt with an astonishing speed.

Wang Dalin's speed is not slow either. He came to the frontcourt and asked for the ball directly. After receiving the ball, he only dribbled one step before pulling out his hand from outside the three-point line.

Since he wanted to play quickly, it was impossible for Wang Dalin to hand over the ball to other players.

On this court tonight, in this Pistons team tonight, he believes that he is the one with the most certainty of offense, and no one can have a higher success rate than him in this ball.

"Dang"... It's a pity that even if his three-point ability is as high as 90, even if he still has the skill blessing of "McGrady", he still failed to make the shot.

"Get back on defense!"

Wang Dalin only had time to yell, and then quickly ran towards his own half... Weber took off the rebound and dribbled the ball himself to launch a fast break. Peja and Turkoglu also rushed down from both sides.

Fortunately, the Pistons players retreated extremely fast, and the Kings' fast break was not successful, so Turkoglu had to give the ball to Turkoglu to organize a half-court attack.

Turkoglu looked up at the timer above the backboard from time to time. He knew very well that whether the Kings scored this offense or not, the Pistons would still have the last chance to attack.

The 2-point advantage is not guaranteed. If the Pistons finally make a lore three-pointer, the Kings will not even have a chance to play overtime.

All the players of the Kings are running fast, and they are also covering each other for their teammates. The target of Turkoglu's pass is very clear, and that is Weber.

At this critical moment, of course the ball should be handed over to the team boss to play. This is also the responsibility that the leader of each team should bear!
But Peja's shooting rate tonight is higher than Webber's, and the range of movement outside the three-point line is obviously much larger than inside the three-point line, so no matter how the Pistons change positions, someone will always follow Peja closely.

Wang Dalin also thought at first that Turkoglu would pass the ball to Peja, who has the highest offensive efficiency tonight, so his defensive attention has been on Peja... When Turkoglu passed the ball to Webber who used his teammate's off-ball screen to cut to the basket, Wang Dalin only had time to hug him from behind.

"beep……"

Of course the ball was a foul, and it was a big foul. If Wang Dalin didn't take the initiative to protect Weber, the referee might even call him a first-level malicious foul.

Carlisle couldn't help showing a gloomy look in his eyes... This game seems hopeless!

Wang Dalin was still making the last effort, spamming Weber again in an attempt to influence him, but this time Weber was not affected, and he made his first free throw steadily.

Next came the second free throw, and Webb yelled badly as soon as he took the shot.

The ball was missed, Wang Dalin struggled to block Divac, took off the rebound, and passed the ball to Billups.

There are 8 seconds left in the time, which is enough for another attack.

All the players of the Pistons ran fast. Billups quickly dribbled the ball and rushed to the frontcourt. He wanted to take advantage of his speed to play a fast break, but Bibby kept pestering him, and he had no chance to make a shot.

At the crucial moment, Wang Dalin had to be watched. He rushed to the frontcourt and shouted at Billups: "Give me the ball!"

Billups immediately passed the ball, Wang Dalin only had time to adjust a little after receiving the ball, ignoring that Webb had already posted it, and immediately pulled out his hand about two meters away from the three-point line.

As soon as he took the shot, the red light on the edge of the backboard immediately lit up... This is an absolute killer shot, if you make a shot, you win, if you don't make it, you lose!

"Come in!" Wang Dalin gritted his teeth and shouted.

At this moment, the audience involuntarily held their breath, and the huge "ARCO Arena" was instantly silent.

The basketball draws a high arc, and finally...

"when!"

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(End of this chapter)