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Chapter 287 Fighting Pistons

After swallowing a three-game losing streak, the Phoenix Suns are still on their own away trip, and the next game is not easy to play. They are about to go to Detroit to challenge the Detroit Pistons away.

Despite the poor state of the Detroit Pistons in the new season, they only achieved a record of 22 wins and 14 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference. This is a failure for a championship team aiming to defend the title.

If you only look at the record and don't look at the Eastern Conference rankings, the Pistons are actually struggling.

However, before the game, media reporters were more optimistic about the Pistons' final victory. After all, there is a reason why the Pistons struggled this season.

The reason why they didn't play well was not because of poor strength and state, but because they used an "Auburn Palace Incident" to bury their biggest competitor in the East, the Pacers.

Let the opponent's two All-Stars get rid of them, how can it be possible not to pay some price?
However, the price was very cheap, just Ben Wallace's suspension of less than 10 games.

The Pistons are a defensive team. Regardless of their offense, their defensive strength is relatively terrifying. They are known as the "New Pistons Bad Boys", and the Pistons are even more famous.

However, the Pistons' inside core is Ben Wallace. His absence caused the Pistons' defensive system to collapse directly, and naturally they stumbled a bit.

With the return of Ben Wallace, the Pistons have recently played like the defending champion team. With the temperament of who else, they have won a wave of five consecutive victories. The state can be said to be very hot.

As for his opponent, the Phoenix Suns, although they still rank first in the league, their 3-game losing streak has made everyone look down on the Suns. .

Not to mention that the Phoenix Suns have never been a team that is good at fighting tough battles. This season, in the dialogue between strong teams, the Suns have won one of the few strong teams.

When the state is very poor, it is simply a luxury to win the Pistons whose state has rebounded.

Although the state of the two teams is far apart, this matchup is still full of highlights and full of gimmicks.

Because the Phoenix Suns can be called the strongest offensive team in the league, while the Detroit Pistons are called the strongest defensive team!

This duel can be said to be an offensive and defensive duel between Mars and Earth!

At 2005:1 p.m. on January 17, 9, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the game between the Phoenix Suns and the Detroit Pistons will begin.

After a simple warm-up exercise for layups, the starting teams of both sides lined up and came to the middle circle of the basketball court. The game began with a scrimmage.

The Suns lined up the starting five tigers, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Sean Marion, and center Amare - Stoudemire.

The five tigers of the Pistons also played all the battles. The point guard is Chauncey Billups, the shooting guard is Richard Hamilton, the small forward Tyshawn Prince, the power forward Rasheed Wallace, the center Ben Wallace.

A crisp whistle sounded.

The referee then threw the basketball in his hand high into the sky, and the game began with a scrimmage.

Rasheed Wallace vs Stoudemire!
The two jumped up almost simultaneously with the ball.

Rashid is tall and has long arms. Although he is only 3cm taller than Stoudemire, his arms are 231cm long and his jumping ability is also outstanding.

Stoudemire's physical talent is very outstanding, but he still can't gain the upper hand against Rasheed.

Rasheed overwhelmed Stoudemire and put the ball in Billups' hands.

With long legs, Billups was not in a hurry to speed up, but slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, waiting for his teammates to take their positions. Even if he faced Nash's defense, he would have an advantage if he played one-on-one. .

Billups was one step away from the three-point line, broke through and pulled the ball up, and suddenly cast a three-point ice arrow, which caught Nash by surprise.

Originally, Nash focused on dealing with Billups in front of him. After all, even if Billups does not have a trace of superstar demeanor, and the statistics he can produce, he is known as the most common finals MVP.

However, the most valuable ball for the most civilians is also the existence of the MVP, which is achieved by fighting with one knife and one gun on the most shining stage.

Nash naturally didn't dare to relax at all, but Billups concealed it very well and controlled the offensive rhythm very well. When Nash thought that Billups would pass the ball to assist his teammates to attack, Billups suddenly went.

Nash quickly rushed forward for a rescue-style interference defense, but it didn't work.

The sudden three-pointer is Billups' signature style of play. The timing of the shot is very clever, the rhythm of the shot is very stretched, and the shooting speed is also very fast.

The basketball arced across the air like a full moon.

Swish!
The white net flowers overflowed, and the three-pointer hit the net.

3 to 0! !
As soon as the game started, Billups used his housekeeping skills to quickly attack a three-pointer and gave the Suns a blow.

With Billups winning the title of Most Valuable Player in the Finals, his confidence and temperament have been greatly improved.

This season's state is good, averaging 18.3 points and 6.2 assists per game, the data is not obvious, but in a defensive team that wants to destroy the opponent's offense and only averages around 90 points per game. Said, it seems more commendable.

Who would have thought that the former "parallel importer" has grown to such a level, and the encounters in life are always surprising.

Offensive and defensive transitions, Marion fast from the bottom line, Nash catches the ball and accelerates to run and blast, but Billups directly presses and defends the whole court.

Nash can only slowly dribble across the half court, playing positional warfare, or diamond tactics.

Nash broke through with the ball in the middle and played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire.

Billups deftly bypassed Stoudemire's defense, and then used his strong body to block Nash's breakthrough.

Since the cooperation failed, Nash dribbled back outside the three-point line, reorganized, and tried to force Billups, but he was tenaciously defended.

Nash's physical confrontation was not as good as Billups'. Every time he seemed to break through, Billups directly used his body to make up for it, making Nash return without success.

Seeing that time was running out, Nash could only pass the ball to Joe Johnson.

As the team's first individual in singles, Nash is quite comparable to Joe Johnson's individual singles.

Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Joe Johnson caught the ball and faced the frame, directly posing in an offensive three-threat posture.

Hamilton didn't wait for Joe Johnson's posture to be set, and immediately rushed forward to entangle himself. His physical strength was relatively insufficient, and he was easily pushed away by Joe Johnson.

However, Hamilton used his nimble footsteps to run without hesitation, constantly interfering, without giving an inch.

Although this kind of rogue-like entanglement could not snatch Joe Johnson's basketball, it interrupted Joe Johnson's offensive rhythm.

Seeing that there was not much time to attack, Joe Johnson went straight to the ground, dribbled the ball and slammed forward with his body. After breaking through the defensive space, he immediately pulled the ball up without a half-point pause.

Hamilton staggered when he was hit, but he didn't give in. He quickly adjusted his pace and rushed forward, covering Joe Johnson's face with his hands.

(End of this chapter)