This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 225 'Big Heart' Billups

"The hidden danger of trading away Brezek and Walter Herman in the middle of the season still broke out in the playoffs. Although one of these two players can't play in Detroit and the other is sent to the Raptors, they have become Fringe player, but if those two players are in the Charlotte Bobcats camp now, at least someone inside will be able to top it now."

"Let's see how the Bobcats make a decision. Well, the Charlotte Bobcats didn't replace Sean Williams or Osella Harrington. In this lineup, does Zhou Lin play the fourth position?"

"Oh, it's true."

After discovering that Zhou Lin was at No. 201, Su Qun, one of CCTV's commentators, said worriedly: "This Maxhill was trained by the Detroit Pistons as the second Ben Wallace. He is only 118 centimeters tall, but weighs 15 kilograms. A typical stocky insider, although Zhou Lin is five or six centimeters taller than him, he weighs about [-] kilograms less than her. This, no That's great."

Xu Jicheng said: "Now we're going to look at Zhou Lin's defensive skills. Last season, Zhou Lin basically played the fourth position, and he didn't make any major mistakes."

But the fact that the Detroit Pistons want to make a fuss about the inside of the Charlotte Bobcats will not change. The originally not thick inside lineup, with Chris Webber's exit, seems even more stretched. In the NBA, competition It is the weak and the strong that cannot be seen.

What Zhou Lin can do here is to constantly defend around the front. Max Hill's offensive skills are limited, and his long-range attack power is almost zero. It is not as simple as many Detroit fans think for him to attack Zhou Lin. , Although Zhou Lin is thin, but after entering the NBA, his core strength has increased a lot.

In the first round, there was a problem with Rasheed Wallace's internal pass, which was judged by Zhou Lin and succeeded in stealing.

What's even more frightening is that although the current Charlotte Bobcats have lost the thickness of the inside line, the flexibility and speed of the lineup have improved. After the steal, Zhou Lin broke through to the frontcourt and gave it to Mike Dunleavy.

Dunleavy made a three-pointer!
61-57, the Charlotte Bobcats stabilized their position.

And Chauncey Billups, who is the team's brain, also quickly discovered the fact that Maxhill's side is not easy to get a position, and the singles efficiency is definitely not high, so he chose to force a breakthrough, although he failed to hit , but Maxier relied on his wide body and Rasheed Wallace to get stuck in the interior, directly took off the rebound, and Mark Hill's second attack succeeded.

The current rebounding is also one of the advantages of the Pistons. Although Zhou Lin is taller than Max Hill and can jump higher, but once Max Hill opens his hand, Zhou Lin hardly has much room to compete. , Basically, the rebounds of the Pistons and Bobcats are now more than sixty-four.

But Zhou Lin's advantages as the fourth position are most reflected in the offensive end, which is also Zhou Lin's anti-general.

In fact, the general [-]th position really can't defend yourself, unless there are players like Kirilenko, Andre Iguodala, Tyshawn Prince who are the same as themselves. Come to defend yourself, fast, long wingspan, and good defensive awareness.

Therefore, Sanders now has to make a choice, keep Max Hill, he will become the target of attack on the defensive end no matter what, and replace Zhou Lin with Prince to defend, but long-range high forts like Mike Dunleavy and the Bobcats The team's two small guards, Max Hill, can't guard against them. If they are replaced, they will play against the Charlotte Bobcats. The vacancies and shortcomings of the team were also made up for by the Charlotte Bobcats.

Of course, it is not unreasonable for Sanders to try to keep Max Hill on the court first, because Zhou Lin's shooting in this game is not stable, or in other words, the shooting percentage that has been tortured by the Detroit Pistons has plummeted throughout the series , the current Mark Hill basically does not expand the defensive area above the free throw line. The three-point defense is more about the help of his teammates and whether Zhou Lin can make a shot.

But Philip Sanders still paid a certain price for his gamble. In the first round, Max Hill was about one meter away from Zhou Lin. In the round, Prince made up in time, but Zhou Lin made a ground pass to Mike Dunleavy, and the white shooter raised his hand from the outside.

In the third round, Maxiel finally couldn't bear it anymore. He exceeded his preset range and prevented Zhou Lin from coming to the area above the free throw line. The disadvantages of not moving fast enough are fully revealed.

Zhou Lin didn't need multiple disguises, and a simple cross step acceleration directly passed Maxhill.

Facing Rasheed Wallace's supplementary defense, Zhou Lin points to Emeka Okafor at the basket, and the latter blasts the basket to score points.

After Chris Webber left the field, the Charlotte Bobcats played a wave of 11-2 offensive climax.

After two three-pointers, Mike Dunleavy has scored 11 points in this game, which is also the best performance in the series against the Pistons.

69-59, the lead of the Charlotte Bobcats came to double digits, and Philip Sanders called a timeout on his own initiative.

"Good job!"

Perhaps it was Chris Webber's exit that inspired the rest of the Bobcats. McGinnis, who was replaced, and Raymond Felton, who was dominated by emotions before, although they failed to shine on the offensive end, they played on the defensive end. At the end they faced Billups and Hamilton respectively, especially McGinnis. They were running after Hamilton with all their might, and did not give Hamilton a good shot. A 34-year-old guard veteran, with It is really embarrassing for him to run like this with the best physical fitness in the league.

"The effect is good. The Detroit Pistons originally wanted to follow up on the Charlotte Bobcats' Chris Webber's exit and go to the inside to make a fuss, but they didn't expect the offensive end to explode. Instead, they were on the defensive end. ah."

"The key is that Mike Dunleavy, who made less than 25% of his three-pointers in the first four games, started to be accurate, and scored two in a row. Moreover, Zhou Lin is the kind of person who once you feel the touch, he will try his best to feed you. player."

"Now if Mike Dunleavy still can't show the essence of a shooter, the Charlotte Bobcats will be suspended. Three-point shooting is what he eats. The three-point shooting percentage in the regular season is close to 43%. Now we don't expect him to Shoot more than 38% of the three-pointers, after all, they are facing the Detroit Pistons, which is the most defensive team in the league. In this way, there are more than [-]% of the three-pointers, which is enough.”

"Now it depends on how the Detroit Pistons choose. Whether to continue to stick to the previous strategy, take Mark Hill or McDyess to partner Rasheed Wallace on the court, or change the big man at the fourth position. Is it the first plan to use a player who prefers the third position and let Prince pester Zhou Lin? Now it seems that the offensive effect is not good, and the defensive end is almost always misplaced. Playing, the Bobcats have such a good touch, it is easy to lead to consecutive shots from the outside. Once Zhou Lin breaks through Max Hill, there is bound to be a supplementary defense. Mike Dunleavy and the two guards must have shooting opportunities. Of course, they will also be replaced by a big The lineup of the four minors is also possible, but Philip Sanders can't hold back more or less face, and this change basically follows the rhythm of the Charlotte Bobcats, and the inside advantage is completely gone. Play it out."

Under the speculation of the two, Philip Sanders finally chose to temporarily replace Mark Hill and replaced him with Ronnie Stuckey.

Let Ronnie Stuckey and Chauncey Billups play two point guard lineups, and Hamilton tops the three position.

And this substitution also temporarily eased the offensive momentum of the Charlotte Bobcats.

75-69, the Charlotte Bobcats ended the third quarter with a 6-point advantage.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, although Zhou Lin asked to continue playing, he was forced by Capel to rest for 3 minutes.

Now Zhou Lin basically needs to bear extremely heavy responsibilities on both ends of the offense and defense, entangled with Prince, and also fights for rebounds inside, and Zhou Lin himself is the main ball holder in the positional battle.

And the Detroit Pistons seem to want to make more fuss while Zhou Lin is not on the court.

However, on the Charlotte Bobcats side, someone finally stood up. Okafor on the inside hit two singles with a hook, and on the defensive end, he even gave Prince, who rushed into the penalty area, a block. hot pot.

His outstanding performance also gave Zhou Lin enough rest time.

79-73, the score remained at around 6 points.

In this game, Okafor did not rest for 1 minute. He replaced Okafor first and let Mohammad stand up for a while. At this stage, Zhou Lin encountered two or even three double-teams, and more frequently The stronger physical contact also allowed Zhou Lin to fully appreciate the feeling of Jordan playing with the Pistons back then.

Using continuous defensive counterattacks, in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Detroit Pistons still allowed the Detroit Pistons to tie the score.

At the moment of the decisive battle, Mohamed and Okafor were present at the same time, and Zhou Lin continued to return to the third position, with Mike Dunleavy and Raymond Felton.

In the first round back, Chauncey Billups made a three-pointer from the Detroit Pistons, which continued to play well, and the fans at the scene were cheered.

88-85, with just 4 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game.

The Detroit Pistons were overwhelmed throughout the game, leading for the first time in the game.

"This Billups is still stable. The old-fashioned Detroit Pistons have been playing the role of chasers today. At this most critical moment, they can still control the rhythm of the game. A three-point lead. go."

"The Pistons are going to make a move, and it depends on whether the Charlotte Bobcats can respond."

"Everyone knows that now the Bobcats will definitely play Zhou Lin as the main player. At this critical moment, it depends on whether the young player Zhou Lin dares to fight. Sometimes, being firmer may have unexpected effects."

"Yeah, don't think about passing it on now, do it yourself!"

Perhaps it was CCTV's commentary, and Zhou Lin really had a telepathic connection with Zhou Lin. In the next round, Zhou Lin really took the initiative to ask for a singles. Of course, on the Detroit Pistons side, except for the general In addition to Lin Si, several gates were prepared for Zhou Lin behind him. As long as Zhou Lin dared to rush in, the Detroit Pistons would dare to push Zhou Lin down.

But now, facing Prince's long arms, Zhou Lin's shooting is really uncomfortable, so he chose a more secure breakthrough.

This time, Zhou Lin put all his energy into attacking the basket.

Facing Rasheed Wallace's supplementary defense, Zhou Lin jumped to the highest point, which is the rhythm of dunking through people.

Rasheed Wallace slapped Zhou Lin down again.

The referee whistles!

"This is really desperate. Throwing yourself in the air is just to make you foul. Let's count. Now the Detroit Pistons, Rasheed Wallace is third on the back, this is the first Four fouls, 4 minutes and 12 seconds left in the game, but it’s okay.”

Zhou Lin got up from the ground, facing the boos all over the sky, Zhou Lin made two free throws and at the same time made another iconic action of silencing.

Prince turned around and jumped out of Zhou Lin, but this time Okafor stood up and blocked Prince, throwing Prince to the ground.

Zhou Lin pushed forward quickly and gave it to Raymond Felton. After dribbling the ball twice, Felton found that Zhou Lin had already cut in. He threw a high throw to Zhou Lin, and Zhou Lin directly pushed the ball in. up the basket!

89-88, the Charlotte Bobcats pulled the score back again!

Philip Sanders called a timeout again with a blank face.

"This game is a stalemate, Director Xu, we probably didn't expect that the Charlotte Bobcats, ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference with a winning percentage of just 50%, could reach the level of the Detroit Pistons, ranked second in the league, and This is still in the case of hurting the two generals."

"Unexpected and reasonable, as long as this game is good! Now, it's really not based on the rankings of the regular season. Anyone has a chance to win this Tianwang Mountain, and no matter which side wins, there is a high probability After qualifying, the Orlando Magic over there have already taken away the Toronto Raptors 4-1, and now they are sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight."

After the pause comes back.

Both teams went scoreless for four consecutive rounds, and the time came within 2 minutes.

The Pistons had the ball, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton made a mutual run, the cut Hamilton received a pass from Prince, and gave it to Chauncey Billups who was ambushing on one side s.

The outside three-pointer hit the bullseye!

1分23秒，89-91，夏洛特山猫队落后2分。

After the goal was scored, Su Qun from CCTV gasped: "This Billups has a big heart, how many is it today, the fifth three-pointer, today is too accurate Well, the Detroit Pistons opened up the scoring drought first, and now, the pressure is on the Charlotte Bobcats."

　There is only one chapter today, and the author went to celebrate the festival~~~
　　
　
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