I just want to lie down and win

Chapter 29 Fans' Expectations, Traffic Accidents

On October 10th, the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons played at home, and the Cavaliers played the first preseason game of the new season.

Because they just reached the Eastern Conference Finals not long ago, Detroit fans are still paying more attention to the Pistons in the new season.

It's just a preseason game, and the Palace of Auburn Hills arena is basically full.

"Is that big man our second place?"

"Yes, his name seems to be Hawthorn, which is quite an interesting name. I don't know if he is sweet or sour. I hope his arrival can bring a new atmosphere to this team."

"It is said that Huo Song's No. [-] pick is better than LeBron James' No. [-] pick, at least in the Orlando Summer League.

Today is the preseason meeting again. I wonder if Huo Song can continue to maintain the previous state and bring us surprises.

I am very much looking forward to seeing the scene where the second place hits the No. [-] pick. "

They are all Pistons fans, so they are naturally looking forward to the arrival of the second place, which can help the Pistons.

Coincidentally, today is the second-best match against the No. [-] pick. I don't know who can withstand the pressure and show the best performance.

Before the game, Pistons fans were more looking forward to Huo Song than LeBron James.

After all, Huo Song is the only one of his own. No matter how good James is, what does it have to do with them?
It's a pity that James, the No. [-] pick, made his debut, while Huo Song, the No. [-] pick, sat off the court.

Pistons fans still need to wait a quarter or two to witness Huo Song's strength.

"Ben Wallace at the [-]th position? Center Eldon Campbell should start? Why give an outsider a chance to start instead of Huo Song?"

Many Detroit fans are dissatisfied with the Larry Brown lineup arrangement.

Although Eldon Campbell is an experienced veteran, he has never played for the Pistons before, that is to say, he has not made any contribution to the Pistons, and everyone's trust value in him is 0.

Campbell was acquired by the Pistons this summer as a free agent through a veteran's basic salary.

To be honest, it was not as early as Huo Song arrived at the Pistons.

The same has not yet integrated into the team, one is getting old and the other is full of vitality.

From the perspective of fans, no matter what, please arrange Huo Song to start in the preseason!

After all, to cultivate the second place, even if you lose in the preseason, you are willing.

If Huo Song can't be trained in the preseason, then the regular season is even more needless to say.

You must know that the Pistons are a championship team!
Veteran fans were quick to realize this.

Then, everyone began to worry about Huo Song: "A talented young man like Huo Song won't lose the ball because he has no ball to play, right?"

"Hawthorn, what you have to do now is to study hard and read the game. I will give you playing time today. Don't worry about that, but you still have a lot to learn."

After Larry Brown sent in the starters, he turned to comfort Huo Song who was sitting on the bench.

The starting lineups of the two teams today are, LeBron James (point guard), Ricky Davis (shooting guard), Jason Kapono (small forward), Michael Stewart (power forward), Zhu Zhu Nas Ilgauskas (center forward).

The order of the Cavaliers' appearance is obviously to temporarily establish James as the second master, and support Big Z as the master.

Although the big Z data is not outstanding, he was also selected as an All-Star last season, and he is now the face of the Cavaliers.

As for James, the No. [-] pick, there is no need to elaborate.As long as the water does not fall, he will definitely be the leader of the team in the next few years.

For the Pistons, the order of appearance of the players is Ben Wallace (power forward), Collis Williams (small forward), Eldon Campbell (center), Chauncey Billups (point guard) , Richard Hamilton (shooting back).

Although Hamilton is not yet an All-Star player, he is the Pistons' first scoring point and the most star-like player on the team.

After all, basketball is about scoring more points to win.

Daben was selected as an All-Star by virtue of his defense, rebounding, and blocked shots, as an all-around blue-collar insider, but in terms of status in the team, he is still not as good as Hamilton.

Therefore, for the Pistons in the new season, it is a reasonable arrangement for the Pistons to have Hamilton as the leader and Daben, an All-Star, as the second leader.

However, it is inevitable that Daben will be a little uncomfortable when he changes from a center forward to a power forward.

In particular, Larry Brown continued to add drama to Big Ben in order to win over Big Ben, which made the Pistons struggle in the first quarter.

Obviously the Cavaliers are a big team!In order to get the No. [-] pick in James, the Cavaliers sold all the team's leading players last season, leaving only a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp.

On the other hand, the Pistons are a strong team in the Eastern Conference, a strong team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals not long ago.

But after the first quarter, the Pistons at home lost the Cavaliers by 6 points and only scored 17 points in the entire quarter.

Although the Pistons are a defensive team, they did not score 20 points in a single quarter, which is a bit unreasonable.

The culprit for this situation is that Big Ben made 7 shots in the first quarter, only scored one goal at the basket, and only made one of the other two free throws.

Larry Brown believes that Big Ben has the ability to integrate offense and defense and can become a comprehensive All-Star center.

Therefore, at the beginning of the preseason, Larry Brown designed low-post singles tactics for Daben, gave Daben a lot of ball rights, and cultivated Daben's offensive ability.

However, Daben has been a blue-collar for so long, with only a short week of training and some extra tactical support, how could it be possible to develop low-post offensive skills all at once?

Under the zone defense of Big Z and Michael Stewart, Da Ben's low-post offense is like a immature rookie, being treated like a toy and constantly ravaged.

There is one thing to say, a normal team does need players to attack inside and get some points.

In the Pistons, whether it is Hamilton, the leading star, or Billups, the third-ranked point guard, neither of them hits the basket.

Then, if the Pistons want to score inside, they can only rely on inside players.

Campbell is a veteran, and his skills have already been finalized. If he scores well in the interior, he will not become a free agent and be won by the Pistons with a veteran's basic salary contract.

Therefore, Larry Brown pinned his hopes of inside offense on the big itself, and it was not considered a rush to the doctor. He was just exploring more possibilities for the team at the beginning of the new season.

It's just that Daben is temporarily unable to do such a job, and puts too much energy on the offensive end. Daben's original excellent defense, blocking, and rebounding have become less good at it.

After the first quarter, Larry Brown, who found many problems, was eager to stabilize the situation, and had to make some adjustments in the second quarter.

Larry Brown replaced Campbell and Collis with Mehmet Okur and Tayshaun Prince.

After the two entered the field, they were based on defense and conscientiously implemented the tactics arranged by Larry Brown.

Although the bloody sprinkler that was scolded by Larry Brown during training some time ago is now used in the game, it is not jerky at all.

As the rotation players played a stable role on the defensive end, Big Ben also realized the problem and reduced his shots at the basket. The Pistons relied on Hamilton and Billups to shoot from the outside, and slowly narrowed the point difference.

However, as soon as Big Ben took up the defense, he encountered a sudden explosion from Big Z.

Big Z should have faced Okur, but who told Big Ben to be short and easy to bully?
If you can pick a soft persimmon, who would not pinch it?

Big Z hit Big Ben twice in a row. Big Ben tried his best, but there was still nothing he could do with Big Z.

Larry Brown felt sorry for Daben, and seeing that the time was almost up, he called for money early and called Daben back to the bench.

Ever since, with less than 2 minutes left in the second quarter, Huo Song finally got the chance to play in the preseason game.

After sitting on the bench for three to four 10 minutes, Huo Song felt that his butt was rotten.

Now that he has the chance to play, Huo Song is naturally very excited.

As soon as he came on the court, Huo Song was very good at it, and ran outside on his own initiative to cover Billups.

Build a good relationship with the team's main controller. In the future, it will be Huo Song's turn once or twice for good things like lobs and lobs.

However, the quality of Huo Song's screen was mediocre, and Billups didn't get rid of the defender immediately.

Seeing this, Huo Song made another plan and immediately made an air cut to the basket.

If there is a pick, there will be a dismantling. Huo Song's intention to go down is obvious. Billups did see Huo Song running towards the basket, so he passed the ball over from the crowd.

No, just when Huo Song was about to take off, Huo Song was hit by someone.

"Oops, I forgot to pay attention to my back and just stared at the ball. Am I getting an offensive foul?"

"No, I missed the ball, I still have to pretend, I'm innocent."

Huo Song's mind was very flexible, and his body reacted quickly, so he immediately fell backwards.

Then only two bangs were heard on the field, and then someone ran to the scene of the incident.

"Are you all right, Richard."

"I'm fine... what, Richard?" Huo Song saw Billups running over, thinking he was concerned about him.

Unexpectedly, Billups walked up to Huo Song and helped Hamilton up from the ground.

"WTF? I got fouled by Hamilton?"

"No, no, I had a traffic accident with Hamilton in less than half a minute after I came up?
Oxime shit, how did the car crash?

Hamilton, Hamilton, as a rookie, I just stare at the ball.

You are a veteran running without the ball, how can you keep your eyes from hitting me?Are you finding fault? "

Huo Song was full of grievances, extremely depressed.

At the same time, Larry Brown, who was still furious, saw Huo Song's blue and thin mushroom expression, and could only curse again, dumbfounded: "Where did this kid learn the bullshit pick-and-roll, it really sucks! "

"A rookie is still a rookie after all, it's hard to be a big job!" Larry Brown suddenly felt that his lineup arrangement was still all right.

If Huo Song is allowed to start, maybe today's preseason game will not be played.

(End of this chapter)