Forward to the basket

When a team has no confidence, don't think about what miracles they can do for you.

Even Sanders himself seemed a little out of his mind during the halftime break, and the state of the Pistons players can be imagined. After these guys came out of the locker room, they all looked a little listless.

If Billups hadn't kept clapping his hands to boost the morale of his teammates, I really don't know if they would have to deal with it, but it's not their fault, who would be so depressed in such a game.

No shots, no rebounds, most offenses rely on individual strong attacks, and the connection between everyone has been severed by the opponent. The Pistons have not encountered such an opponent in a long time.

This is completely different from the regular season stage. At that time, the Celtics relied on a windy offense to sweep away their opponents. Now, these lunatics are trying to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm as much as possible! [

Damn, who has ever seen four all-star players in a team bend down to play floorball with you!

Pierce, Garnett, Chen Feng, and Ray Allen who came up later, all had scenes of fighting for the ball with their opponents on the floor in front of the camera, which made many reporters feel incredible.

God, when did "Gentlemen's Sword" hit so tough, he was able to knock the ball off Rasheed Wallace with all his might, and then lay down on the floor doing Greco-Roman wrestling with Billups .

What are these guys doing!When such doubts spread among the reporters, the tough style of the Celtics was disintegrating the confidence of the Pistons.

The collective dispatch of a group of desperadoes was Rivers' request, and he was behind the scenes this time!

The black fat man who didn't yell loudly on the sidelines as usual, according to the established command method, urged his team to tear the Pistons apart, and stepped on Sanders' courage.

Even after the game, when facing reporters, Sanders did not say any predictions about the next game.

Maybe that guy didn't think about that, but he couldn't help but say that after such a game, his mind was in confusion, and it might be the wisest choice to shut up and not talk about it at this time.

Because Sanders himself may not even know what to say, excuse?Looking for a reason?Or is there a problem with the state of your own players?Or even his own tactical design is wrong?But can these change the outcome?

After resisting for three quarters, the point difference has been widened to the point where the Pistons can catch up. What greets them can only be a somewhat bitter defeat.

90:72, although this score is not exaggerated, but the Pistons lost by 18 points after all. This gap cannot be erased by anyone. After four quarters of the game, Detroit's shooting percentage is only 32%. about.

And they also paid the price of McDyess and Mohammad being sent off. Even if Rashid Wallace persisted until the end, his five fouls also shortened his playing time to 30 minutes .

Not only the excessive fouls of "Roaring Tianzun" dragged down the performance of the Pistons, but under Rivers' deployment of troops, the offensive efficiency of the entire Pistons has been hovering at this extremely inaccurate level.

Billups and Hamilton on the outside teamed up to score 32 points, Prince only contributed 5 points, and Hunter was the third player to score in double figures, but most of his 10 points were scored in the last quarter. down.

Rivers used a strong offensive posture inside, but on the outside, it was a strangling battle of consumption. Cassel played 17 minutes, Rondo played 25 minutes, and then Sprewell took over.

When these guys are defending, they don't need to pester Billups to the extreme, and they can even play defensive tricks wantonly. Anyway, Rivers has one order, which is to completely seal this point!

Everyone knows that Billups is the engine of the Pistons, so Rivers wants this engine to shut down!

The beasts of the Celtics really did this. A few tough guys just played repeatedly, carrying Billups on their backs, and even Hardaway sent out three times. The price of foul play.

Faced with such a forward-looking defender, even if Billups is tough enough, he will be blocked without any chance. He scored 17 points, thanks to the fact that after Rondo came on the court, he made several strong attacks with the ball. [

And Billups' big heart is really calm enough. Although the score is behind, he still knows how to make the opponent's defense awkward when facing Rondo.

Two breakthroughs, two three-pointers, one mid-range, plus fouls from the Celtics, Billups was the highest score of the Pistons, but his 17 points could not save the Pistons the fall of.

Similarly, under Posey's strong defense, and with Tony Allen, Pierce and others taking turns marking, it is already a miracle that Hamilton can score 15 points with his empty-handed mid-range shots.

When the Celtics' defensive strength has increased to this point, the only thing the Pistons can count on is that their opponents can't make shots. However, the Celtics' offense is mostly concentrated in the interior, and their shooting percentage is also extremely high.

Killing first, and then the offensive frenzy, this is Rivers' vision, and with Chen Feng and Garnett attacking together, the Celtics' dominance in the three-second zone has completely suppressed the Pistons.

The consequence of this kind of suppression is that the Pistons' inside defense collapsed, and then Sanders could only watch the Celtics wreak havoc in the three-second zone, including cutting in from the outside, and they all played smoothly.

Although the Celtics' offensive efficiency is less than 50%, they firmly control rebounds and second-attack opportunities, and they are stable, and the turnover rate of these guys is also very low.

Regardless of the average shooting percentage, the Celtics have always controlled the rhythm of the game after the third quarter.

And the lead has always been around 15 points. This gap that has been unable to close is the last straw that broke the Pistons. The double-digit score gap has been maintained for at least 10 minutes.

"Break the opponent in the way they are best at. Such a victory may be more important than winning [-] points."

The reporters on the sidelines are not all idiots, like old fritters like Murphy, who understand the importance of winning this game too much, and Rivers still defeated the Pistons' counterattack in such a direct way.

Originally, there was a gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, but now it is better. Not only was the gap not narrowed by the Pistons with experience, but it was also magnified by Rivers with the tough defense that the Detroiters are best at.

Are you tough?Well, I will be tougher than you. Rivers not only wants to win, but also wants to wipe out the last bit of support left by his opponent. The road ahead of Sanders now is to win as soon as possible make change.

What can be changed?The Pistons now have only a dozen or so players. Even if they count ten times from front to back, Sanders can't play many tricks. After all, there are only so many people who can be used.

Do you really expect Sanders to suddenly come up with a modifier to adjust personal attributes for these guys! ?

The first defeat is not considered a catastrophe, but the problem Rivers left for Sanders is enough to make this guy melancholy. Not only him, but even the media in Detroit are thinking, can they make a comeback? ?

No one thought that the first game of the Eastern Conference finals would be like this. The Celtics, who are at home, gave the Pistons a defensive lesson. Such a move may surprise many people.

However, compared with the defensive battle in the East, the confrontation in the West is more thrilling. The Spurs and Lakers, who reached the Western Conference Finals, fought for two overtimes in the first game of the head-on collision!At Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Purple Shirts struggled to win Game [-] after a hard-fought game.

Regardless of the fact that the final winner was a native of Los Angeles, even the local media said in the next day's newspaper with a bit of glee, "Popovich has at least two chances to kill Jackson."

"It's just that God was on the side of the Lakers that night, so after the Spurs fought two overtime games, they lost the game. Perhaps, this is the so-called curse of winning the championship in odd-numbered years and even-numbered years."

In this kind of game, no one is willing to applaud the opponent, including the Los Angeles fans, who have been booing everyone in the Spurs during the game.

Including someone yelling loudly behind Popovich and the others in an attempt to upset the Spurs coach, affect the mood of the command, and then affect the overall performance of the team. [

But those boos and roars failed to make the calm Spurs lose their offensive sights, especially in the first half of the fourth quarter, they almost sealed the victory by shooting, but they were reversed by Gasol and Kobe Bryant.

Gasol and Kobe scored a total of 68 points including overtime, which was also the key to the Lakers' final victory, and the Lakers' scoring efficiency in the three-second zone surpassed the San Antonio Spurs.

Odom, Bynum, Gasol, three big guys over two meters in their home court, used powerful inside attack waves to suppress the Spurs.

Duncan scored only 21 points in the entire game, but this was also in exchange for his efficiency of 23 of [-] shots.

If it wasn't for Ginobili's breakthrough and the support of Parker's extremely fast French sports car, maybe after the first three quarters, the Spurs would have reached the edge of a cliff.

It's just that the guys in San Antonio survived. They missed the opportunity in the fourth quarter and failed to catch the last attack in the first overtime, which kept the Lakers breathing.

When you waste two chances to kill the opponent, some penalties always come to trouble, Kobe in the second overtime is solved, 10 of [-] shots, scored [-] points, single-handedly killed the Spurs .

But in the first confrontation in the West, no one would say that it was not exciting or boring. What the fans need is such excitement, and they enjoy such a peak matchup.

The arm wrestling between Popovich and Jackson can be regarded as another chance for these two old guys to decide the outcome. No one can predict the future, but it is undeniable that such confrontation will always exist.

The duel between the Lakers and the Spurs will continue this fierce confrontation to the entire Western Conference Finals. Compared with the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference may be more intense...