Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 22 22. Conflict in the Arena
The Pistons are attacking. At present, the Pistons' offensive methods have basically been finalized. After all, this method helped the Pistons just win the NBA championship last season.

So head coach Larry Brown has absolutely no need to adjust.

On the offensive end, the Pistons mainly used Rasheed Wallace to stand outside the three-point line to open up space, and then Hamilton tried to find opportunities through the off-ball pick-and-roll of Big Ben and Prince.

As for Billups, he is the soul of this Pistons team. Billups not only plays a leading role in this Pistons, but also an offensive core for this Pistons to break the balance in the anxious stage.

Although Billups is not the kind of player with particularly strong offensive ability, his excellent overall view and the big heart attribute that never relents at critical moments make Billups very important.

However, the Pistons in the positional battle mainly use Hamilton's tireless running, and through the off-ball pick-and-roll made by his teammates, let Hamilton try to find shooting opportunities at this point.

This is why every offense of the Pistons basically has to be delayed until the end of 24 seconds.

Since Rasheed Wallace is completely standing outside the three-point line to create space on the offensive end, this situation forces Garnett to stand even further outside.

It makes the Timberwolves' penalty area look a bit open, and it also allows Hamilton to get more running routes on the offensive end.

As the 24-second attack time is approaching, the "perpetual motion machine" Hamilton has not been able to find an opportunity, because Hassel has done a very good job on the defensive end, and the whole person is completely close to Hamilton, even if he encounters a pick-and-roll. Even scrambling to keep up with the pace.

After all, Hassell is very clear about his personal position on the court, that is, the offensive end is basically in the air. Only when defending Hamilton's catch and shot, can Hassell play his full role on the court.

In the end, seeing that the time was about to return to zero, the Pistons had not been able to run too well on the offensive end, so Billups could only bite the bullet and complete a three-pointer.

"boom!"

This shot against Cassel's defense was very reluctant to pull up a three-pointer, and at the same time as the basketball went out of the basket, the position under the basket had become very intense at this time.

Karl Malone and Ben Wallace were originally the strongest players in the league, and the muscle lines of the two gave people an explosive vision.

So when Karl Malone, who has "opened the way with an iron elbow" in his career, competed for rebounds with Ben Wallace, who has a "fierce and tough" action, the two people's positioning at the basket is not like playing basketball at all. The collision was more like a football game.

However, although Ben Wallace is only about two meters tall, in terms of physical confrontation with Malone, Wallace has the advantage of being younger, which also puts Malone in his 40s at a slight disadvantage.

But with Karl Malone excellently stuck Ben Wallace behind him, this backcourt rebound was still pocketed by Garnett who flew out from the side.

After receiving the rebound from the backcourt, Garnett didn't immediately look for Cassel, but instead drove the ball forward.

This is exactly the horror of Garnett. As a power forward player with a height of two meters one by one, Garnett seems to be omnipotent on the court, and there is no field he is not good at.

During the advance, Garnett saw Hassell running forward at a glance. Although Hassell's offensive ability is average, he is very active when playing on the court.

Whether it's a defense like jellybeans on the defensive end, or a fast break like a mad dog on the offensive end, this is the means by which Hassell can survive in the NBA.

This is similar to Beverly, who is known as the "mad dog" in later generations. Both of them are the type of players who play with passion and are loved by teammates, but hated by opponents.

Seeing Hassell who took the lead in the fast break, Garnett directly threw a long pass from the center line, jumped over the retreating Rasheed Wallace and passed the ball directly to Hassell.

After receiving the pass, Hassell glanced at the "Raging God" who was rushing towards him with all his strength from the corner of his eye. Instead of slowing down, he pulled up directly and was about to complete a two-handed dunk.

"Bang!"

"beep!"

The sound of the basketball hitting the rim coincided with the whistle of the sideline referee.

Hassell, who made a full counterattack with this ball, was pushed out of the baseline by Rasheed Wallace who quickly returned to defense, and a vicious foul came.

And this push made Hassel completely lose his balance in the air. Not only did he dunk the ball to the neck of the basket, but he also flew out uncontrollably and fell heavily next to the basketball hoop at the baseline.

"Fuck!"

"This is murder! This is not playing ball, this is blatant murder!" Seeing Hassell being pushed hard by Rasheed Wallace in the air, Luke stood up immediately on the sidelines of the field, facing the baseline referee Shout out loud.

"Lu, calm down, calm down, we must stay calm today." As Luke stood up, the assistant coach Raymond immediately grabbed Luke in fear, lest Luke could not help rushing into the field and then went to the referee to argue.

After all, Luke was expelled once not long ago. If he was expelled in today's game, then this frequency is too high.

On the field, Hassell, who was pushed out of the baseline, stood up immediately after landing, and then ran towards Wallace with a stern face.

When Rasheed Wallace was caught off guard, he punched Wallace directly in the face.

Rasheed Wallace, who was attacked, immediately became furious, and also threw his fists, and fought with Hassell at the beginning.

The situation at this end of the field quickly attracted everyone's attention. Seeing the two fighting near the sideline, everyone on the field immediately surrounded them.

The first to rush forward were Garnett and Prince, both of whom were holding on to their teammates tightly, trying to push Hassell and Rasheed Wallace into a ball. separate.

And the three referees also rushed over at this time, and while blowing their whistles, they joined the ranks of the fight.

Until Ben Wallace rushed over from the backcourt, while protecting Rasheed behind him, he pushed and shoved Hassell in front of him.

Big Ben's action completely angered the madman who came to fight. Facing Da Ben, who was as tall as a mountain and much stronger than himself, the madman had no fear at all, and directly stood in front of Hassell to confront Big Ben.

The irritable Da Ben has a ferocious expression, he looks like an imp who climbed up from hell, but the madman who is raging in anger looks much calmer.

Compared with Da Ben's ferocious expression, the madman's gaze was very cold, as if he was looking at a corpse.

It wasn't until more and more people rushed here that the Pistons and Timberwolves players were all separated.

However, Big Ben, who was being pushed backwards by the crowd, was still fierce, pointing his finger at the "madman" Sprewell who was also pulled away by a group of people, and kept yelling something.

In the face of Big Ben's yelling from the air, the madman seemed much calmer while protecting his teammate Hassel behind him.

He didn't roar loudly like Big Ben, but just fixed his eyes on Big Ben, and in the process of being pushed to the sidelines by the crowd, the madman only made one movement towards Big Ben.

"Cut throat!"

(End of this chapter)