Healing Basketball

Chapter 64 64. Iron-Blooded Legion, Full Defense! (5000 words for tickets)

Larry Brown is grumpy right now!
Regarding the performance of the Trail Blazers in the opening stage, he thought that with Hamilton and Ben Wallace, they could suppress each other in the first rotation stage with one attack and one defense.

As a result, when the rookie on the opposite side came up, the opponent's strength changed completely!
It's not that the opponent is so strong that the Pistons can't deal with it, but that Atkins can't deal with it when he is in control.

Annoyed, Larry Brown felt a look of anticipation... the Serbian center forward!
"You little bastard, look at you, and look at other rookies, why are you so weak, shit, why not trade the draft pick and choose you XXXX..."

Larry Brown pointed at Milicic and cursed angrily, and the more he cursed, the worse it sounded... venting out all his unhappiness.

Hamilton was about to step forward to say a few words for Milicic, but was stopped by Billups and Ben Wallace.

The two shook their heads at Hamilton. Hamilton struggled and had to give up.

After Larry Brown scolded, he made tactical arrangements. The timeout was about to end, and he left the bench. Hamilton said to Billups and Ben Wallace: "The coach's scolding is too bad. It's getting worse every time. Dakota is too young. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it."

Billups shook his head: "We don't care about him. The coach has brought us a lot of changes. We may succeed this season."

success?
Hamilton had that man in mind, the man who still wore No. 33 in high school.

Ben Wallace thought of the same man, but that man had already donned the number 8 jersey.

What Billups thought of was the man who was called the 'best power forward in history' after last season.

If you want to succeed, conflicts between players are not a big problem, but if there are conflicts between players and coaches... Hamilton can only sympathize with what happened to Milicic.

For something, you have to give up something.

Tonight, in the opening game of the new season, Hamilton gave up something, while Billups and Ben Wallace had such determination earlier.

Because they gave up some things and made up their minds, the three of them had a deeper desire for success!

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Back from the timeout, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace.

The Pistons sent a combination of Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Ben Wallace, and Campbell.

Randolph walked to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily. The game was played at 6 minutes and 52 seconds, and the score was tied 8-8!
When the Pistons attacked, Billups received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

Liu Xiushou stood at the top arc, excited.

This is a certain number one point guard in the league who is invincible in history... Liu Xiu does not approve of this title, but Liu Xiu admires the ability of Billups after he has passed the growth period.

"Chauncey Billups, 27 years old, 191 cm, 92 kg, PG, ability rating 85, offense 84, defense 88, passing ability 86, passing accuracy..."

This ability evaluation is within Liu Xiu's expectations. In the past two years, Billups has actually only secured his starting position.

Liu Xiu remembers that in the 04-05 season, in the second year after winning the FMVP, Billups hadn't even played at the All-Star level. In the 05-06 season, his personal ability began to take off and reached the All-Star level. level.

Of course, there are many things that opponents can feel before their strength comes up.

From Billups, Liu Xiu felt what is calmness, what is stability, what is... stability?
Liu Xiu looked at Billups who was firmly in control of the ball. Does this guy play steadily?
Not stable?
Liu Xiu is a little irritable now, it is difficult for him to distract himself in a round of duel, and countless thoughts have already popped up in his mind just now.

After Billups advanced halfway, Liu Xiu pressed up and put pressure on Billups, but Billups took a step back and controlled the ball one meter beyond the top arc. Liu Xiu could only step on it. Defense from the three-point line.

Finally, when the 24-second shot time passed 18 seconds, Billups moved, made a sudden stop, made an emergency stop, and made a long two-pointer!

Billups's singles, even Liu Xiu's one-on-one defense, couldn't get rid of it... Liu Xiuming was distracted for 10 moments in 3 seconds, but the moment he started to move the flounder, Just came back to God!

But this can't stop Billups' determination to shoot - he just can play like Iverson!
The thrown ball hit the neck of the basket with a bang and popped out... Randolph struggled to defend the rebound.

The moment Billups shot, only Ben Wallace was rushing, and the other three Pistons retreated directly.

After receiving the ball from Randolph, Liu Xiu recovered from Billups' outrageous one-on-one singles.

It was Hamilton who didn't run out of the gap just now, so Billups chose one-on-one singles.

Given 18 seconds to let Hamilton move, it seems that only Ben Wallace is trying to find a way to do a flank pick-and-roll, and there is no tactical support...Liu Xiu has long expected that the Pistons will play very easily after Larry Brown joins. But I didn't expect it to be so simple.

Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt. Unlike the Pistons' heinous procrastination on the offensive end, the Blazers immediately launched an attack.

Liu Xiu is not choosing to attack from Randolph.

No matter how fierce Randolph's low-post singles are, he has to stop when he encounters Campbell's low-post defense with 213 cm and 127 kg!
This is Campbell!A frame protector who can prevent O'Neal before gaining weight into an All-Star fringe center!
The ball was given to Rasheed Wallace who was pulled to the right of the free throw line. Travis Outlaw cut in the middle and passed the ball to Randolph on the left baseline. Randolph turned around flexibly to avoid Hamilton, who was defending up, entered the basket, avoided Campbell, who was on the second line of defense, and flew to the basket...

"Snapped"

"bang"

Ben Wallace's pegboard hat!

Ben Wallace pressed the ball on the backboard when Randolph's throw was at its highest point and grabbed it directly!
After landing, he grabbed the ball with both hands, elbowed his elbows, and his face was full of viciousness, and it was written on his face-no flying here!
The Trail Blazers had good discipline on the field and retreated quickly, preventing Billups from receiving the ball from the idea of ​​a fast break.

But the offense just now, the Trail Blazers have lingering fears!

Everyone has felt the changes in the Pistons-the inside is tight!

Eldon Campbell protects the frame, Ben Wallace defends in tandem, Billups defends Liu Xiu from the top arc, Prince and Ben Wallace can switch defenses infinitely, and Prince can switch to the first position... The Pistons' defense is full!
The only shortcoming of the Pistons' starting five tigers-the frame protector, was made up by Campbell!

When it came to the Pistons offense, Hamilton ran out of the opportunity this time, caught the ball and turned around to shoot... After running for 12 seconds, he shot very steadily, with a sense of rhythm, and hit a long two-pointer!

10 to 8, the Pistons regained the lead.

When it comes to the Trail Blazers' offense, the tactical cooperation is really unstoppable!The ball finally returned to Liu Xiu's hands!

At this time, the defender in front of Liu Xiu was Hamilton, with a height gap of 10 centimeters, Liu Xiu chose to rush forward!
The advantages in weight and strength are very large, and Hamilton cannot prevent Liu Xiu's crushing breakthrough.

Liu Xiuqiang rushed to the basket, Campbell was well defended, and Liu Xiu made a strong shot against the basket...Miss!
If there is any bright spot in this ball, it is Liu Xiu's maintenance of stability under the confrontation.

Originally, he was strong in this aspect, and now he also has the bonus of Richardson's "pursuit", which is more stable, but unfortunately he didn't make it.

After two rounds, Morris Cheeks on the sidelines had a big head!
Ben Wallace is an excellent frame protector, but his height is destined to prevent him from being top-notch. He is good at assisting frame protection, supplementary defense, and series defense.

As a frame protector, Okur can still face some opponents, but it is really not enough to face the twin towers like Randolph and Rasheed Wallace. Being dragged down by the flying squirrel, Ben Wallace and Okur can't stop it at all. Even if Ben Wallace is on the defensive end C, he can't prevent Lan Fat + Tianzun.

Last season, Clifford Robinson and Ben Wallace's ultimate mobility and short twin towers barely covered up this problem from the perspective of unlimited defense changes, but didn't Clifford Robinson leave...

Therefore, during the timeout, Morris Cheeks' tactics were to strengthen the offense.

Who knew that Campbell, a 35-year-old veteran center, could actually transform the Pistons' defense!
You must know that when the Pistons offered Campbell a fat contract of $2 million for two years in the summer, the media were saying that the Pistons were crazy.

But with just two goals, Maurice Cheeks felt that the Pistons made a lot of money by signing this contract!
Fortunately, Campbell is already 35 years old. If he can have the ability to play 30 minutes per game when he was in the Hornets two or three years ago, then as an opponent, he will be crazy!

Maurice Cheeks shook his head, it's better not to think so much, and take care of the situation in front of him first.

Maurice Cheeks wanted to expand the advantage he had just now on the offensive end, he was thinking about the possible solutions for the Pistons, and he wanted to see how the Pistons would break through in an unfavorable offensive situation...

As a result, people didn't want to break the game!

Maurice Cheeks seems to have seen the iron-blooded defense of the Heat in the mid-to-late 90s!And, it's a deluxe version!
It's been two years since the league added three seconds of defense to limit O'Neal's rim protection in 2001, and no team has been able to defend like the Pistons for two years.

Some people say that the league added three seconds of defense to make it easier for O'Neal to score. This statement... the peak O'Neal, one-on-one, singles, and anyone, it takes less than three seconds.

While increasing the defense for three seconds, in order to limit O'Neill's success in receiving the ball, early flanking is allowed; in order to increase the difficulty of O'Neill's scoring, the three-second zone has been expanded.

No matter who these rules apply to in the end, anyway, the enjoyment of the game has improved a lot. Now, after the Pistons have deployed the strongest defensive lineup, all the enjoyment has been killed!
Larry Brown didn't even think about playing tricks and tricks with the Trail Blazers!
Throughout the second half of the first quarter, the Pistons only scored 9 points, which was even lower than the scoring efficiency in the first half of the first quarter.

but!

After returning from the official timeout, the Trail Blazers only scored 8 points including Randolph's two free throws!
Liu Xiu worked hard to instigate and sort out the offense. Randolph and Rasheed Wallace played the entire first quarter and tried their best on the offensive end, but they couldn't play!
In terms of pitchers, whether it's Ruben Patterson's high-post fixed-point shot or Wesley Persson's wing three-pointer, they are all locked up.

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers trailed the Pistons by 14 points 17 to 3 and entered the intermission!
……

"oh, Hiet, oh, Vaco..."

Randolph resumed his rhythmic rants.

The game was going well, and suddenly it exploded!

It's not a problem of feel, not a problem of state, it's just being defended to death by the opponent's tyrannical defense!
Maurice Cheeks greeted the players together after the players rested for 1 minute, and said: "Don't worry too much, we are only 3 points behind. Campbell on the opposite side is about to go down. He is not here. Pistons The defense has to be weakened by half! Derek, Ruben, Quinter, Dell, Vladimir, you go..."

Maurice Cheeks calmly made the arrangements for the break, but Liu Xiu at the side felt that it was not the same thing!
Is their current adjustment based on the decline in the opponent's defensive strength?Obviously not!
He didn't talk too much, sat down, and had a good rest. The time to play tonight was a bit early, and the consumption of more than half a quarter was greater than his previous consumption.

Next, he has to think of a way to bring more help to the team when he is on the court.

Back from the intermission, sure enough, Maurice Cheeks just wanted to ease the emotions of the players.

After the start of the second quarter, Campbell of the Pistons went down to rest, but the defensive efficiency of the Pistons did not drop too much!
The Blazers players on the field became more and more irritable. Although the Pistons had no way to continue to open the score, the Trail Blazers couldn't narrow the difference of just a few points.

What made the Trail Blazers players more irritable was not only the score, but also the Pistons' sudden increase in confrontation after returning from the official timeout in the first quarter.

At the beginning, the Pistons also increased confrontation, but at first it was only tentatively increasing confrontation bit by bit. This is nothing special for a defensive-oriented team, but after that conflict, the Pistons increased the speed of confrontation Significantly faster!

The Trail Blazers' originally good game state and shooting state were consumed by the Pistons a little bit!
By the middle of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers could no longer score steadily!After replacing the inside combination of Rasheed Wallace and Dale Davis, the outside line was replaced by Liu Xiu, who is more confrontational, to control the ball steadily, and Rasheed Wallace started the main attack. Only the Raiders can have such a stable point as Rasheed Wallace.

With 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers barely managed to maintain the scoring stability of these few minutes by replacing Randolph and Rasheed Wallace's starting inside combination.

It’s just that something weird happened to the Trail Blazers players who were playing against the Pistons for the first time and who knew nothing about the new Pistons...

The improvement of the confrontation was accelerated by the Pistons, and the ordinary players of the two teams were greatly consumed. Even stars like Randolph and Rasheed Wallace, the COSCO shots were greatly affected. Well, Randolph, who is still far from his prime, can only linger in the basket now.

On the Pistons side, Billups and Hamilton, the original scoring performance of these two people must not be as good as Randolph and Rasheed Wallace, the two duo, their performance is a notch worse.

but!

As the game progressed, the offensive efficiency of these two people hardly changed!
At 11 minutes and 55 seconds into the second quarter of the game, Billups singled out Liu Xiu and took a three-pointer...hit!Billups made the first three-pointer in this game, 37 to 32, and the Pistons opened the gap to 5 points!
As Liu Xiu received the serve and missed a three-pointer at the buzzer from a long distance, the Trail Blazers entered the intermission with a 5-point disadvantage!

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Go back to the locker room.

Although the point difference in this half is not big, in this situation, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers are all worried.

There is really no way!They tried a lot of methods in the second quarter, but they still couldn't move when the opposing team didn't deploy Campbell in the second quarter.

In a single game, if the confrontation is pulled up, it is really pulled up, and the blow to the role players is devastating.

Liu Xiu played 12 minutes in the first half, and he felt that the coaching staff attached great importance to him, but at least for now, they never put their expectations on him.

And he, in these 12 minutes, also deeply felt how weak he is...

5 of 2 shots, 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. The statistics are not bad, but he has tried his best. The change of the game situation has little effect.

Liu Xiu closed her eyes and reviewed the situation of the game, not only thinking about her own side, but also analyzing the opponent's side...

During the intermission, the first 5 minutes, the team members will do their own activities, some boxing to relax, some have a drink or two, if you move fast, you can find a real man for five seconds.

Liu Xiu thought for a while, opened his eyes, and saw that the coaches who were discussing were still anxious one by one, and saw that his teammates had come back one after another... He didn't know if his idea would be successful, but he wanted to win .

But not wanting to offend the coaching staff, Liu Xiu glanced at the positions of his teammates who were returning to the locker room one after another... There it is!
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Maurice Cheeks, head on his head, takes a look at the players...Knock!I don't know when a handsome guy appeared next to him!
If he was not really handsome, he would have slapped him when he played in the NBA in the 70s for this sudden frightening energy.

"Coach, I found something."

Maurice Cheeks asked, "What's the matter?"

"That Billups on the opposite side, his performance seems to be stable under high confrontation, what's going on?"

Maurice Cheeks thought that Liu Xiu didn't understand Billups...Indeed, these days, few young players would understand Billups, who was once a rumored No. [-] pick.

But as a coach, he must have an understanding of a team's stable starting point guard.

After thinking for a while, Maurice Cheeks replied: "This has something to do with Billups' style of play. He loves shooting very much, and regardless of the timing of the shot, he thinks it is an opportunity to shoot. Such a player, the basic skills are not good enough. , The shooting stability is not strong enough, it will be bad.

You may not know that he was often given up by his team in the early years. Last season, he entered the golden age of basketball players at the age of 26. He has solid basic skills and stable shooting, so he can secure his starting position.

His style of play, changing teams, may be an inefficient scorer, but now, he doesn't care about the strength of the defense and just shoots. In this game, it has a miraculous effect... Eh? "

Liu Xiu didn't seem to have heard Maurice Cheeks' "eh", and continued to ask: "So that's the case. Does our team have such people?"

Yes, of course!
Maurice Cheeks looked at Damon Stoudemire who didn't know when he was getting closer to the two of them and felt his ears prick up!
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