NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 119 Existence of Exhausted Dog
"Retreat, what are you doing, walking on the court?!"

Larry Brown off the court roared loudly.

Larry Brown was a stubborn old man who was very tough on the game.

Although the Bobcats' defensive counterattack was very resolute, it was clear that the Pistons' retreat did not satisfy him.

Especially Hunter, his retreat speed and position in the defensive counterattack are simply too far behind Billups.

As for the Pistons' offense, this time they handed the ball directly to Prince.

It is estimated that it is difficult for Hamilton to run out of opportunities, so the Pistons on the field are preparing to play the second set of tactics.

After Hunter gave the ball to Prince, he stood on the left side of the three-point line with Hamilton. Hamilton kept moving on the left side, not giving up any chance.

The strong side was handed over to Prince and Wallace, and the two were asked to play the pick-and-roll at the third and fourth positions.

Because both of them have one characteristic in common, that is, their height and long arms.

It is difficult for defenders to interfere with the in-situ pull-up jumper.

So you only need a little room to shoot, and you can use a jumper to complete the offense.

And after the two play the pick-and-roll, if the opponent switches defenses, then Prince will have the advantage of speed at the [-]th position, and Rashid will have the advantage of height at the [-]rd position.

Even after this pick-and-roll, the opponent did not choose to switch defenses, Prince and Wallace only need to pay attention to the distance, and they can still end the offense with a pull-up jumper on the spot.

This is also the most offensive tactic used by the Pistons besides Billups and Hamilton.

And this is because all teams in the league know that the Pistons are going to play this way, but there is no good way to defend against it.

Because Prince is like the Durant of the later generations. Although he is not physically strong, but with his excellent wingspan and his height, it is basically difficult to block the pull-up jumper at the small forward position, and can only be disturbed by the physical contact of the defender.

In Durant's draft, his draft template was Tracy McGrady, but his second draft template was Prince.

Because compared to Prince, McGrady prefers to directly pull up jumpers. In this regard, Durant and McGrady still have similarities.

At this time, Larry Brown saw that the third and fourth positions of the Bobcats were Kapono and Ariza.

Needless to say, Kapono's defense is well-known in the league. Of course, it is known for being bad.

Although Ariza's wingspan is excellent, it is unfortunate that he will face Prince and Rasheed Wallace in this game, two people who are least afraid of interference with jump shots.

Because the wingspan of the two of them is already at the top of the league, for them, the only flaw is the shooting stability after physical confrontation.

But at this time, Ariza, after all, had just entered the league, was thin and thin.

In the defensive physical confrontation, not to mention facing the championship-level Prince and Wallace, even a normal rotation player has no advantage at all.

After the pick-and-roll, Ariza defended quickly, and the Bobcats were not out of position.

With the help of the pick-and-roll gap, Prince directly chose to pull Kapono near the free throw line.

Even though Kapono has tried very hard to jump up to interfere, but with his astonishing 40 cm jump height, it is basically no different from not jumping.

Not to mention that after the pick-and-roll, Kapono has already dropped a position, which is in the normal 1v1 defense.

He rarely takes the initiative to fight against his body, because he really can't resist...

Prince almost pulled out a hand without interference.

sigh~
5:2
The Pistons finally started, and Prince scored the team's first point.

And as Prince scored the goal, Bickerstaff off the court also frowned, apparently discovering this on the court.

And his intuition told him that the Pistons might seize Kapono's point and fight endlessly, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Du Hong dribbled the ball past halftime, and this time he lobbed the ball directly to Okafor, who was in the inside position.

Because with the two rounds of blocking, Okafor has figured out some of Milicic.Condition.

Although this guy's strength and jumping ability are outstanding, his defensive experience is really poor.

Although Okafor is also a rookie, and in terms of age, he is a year younger than Milicic.

But if you look at it based on the experience of the game, it's like a sky and an underground.

After all, one is an immature boy who entered the NBA at the age of 18, and the other is a complete player who led the team to win the NCAA championship.

After Okafor got the ball in the low post, he leaned his back against Milicic and used all his strength to actively seek confrontation with Milicic.

And Milicic naturally increased his strength to try to prevent Okafor from approaching the basket.

During the collisions between the two, Okafor suddenly took the ball and turned from the right side. With this flash, Milicic, who was still concentrating on exerting strength, instantly lost his center of gravity.

Because of inertia, Milicic also failed to stop him immediately. When he wanted to turn around to interfere, Okafor had already slipped to the baseline and completed an unguarded dunk with both hands! !
7:2
After hanging the basket for a while after the dunk, Okafor, who landed on the ground, beat his chest and roared, venting his inner excitement.

After all, these two offenses also caused Okafor to suffer from Chandler's defeat, and regained a little bit of self-confidence at the beginning of the game.

The Pistons are originally a defensive team. In any game with the Pistons, the scores of the two teams will definitely not be much higher.

But it was so easy for the Bobcats to score as soon as they came on the court. Larry Brown off the court couldn't sit still at all, and hurriedly called a timeout.

Although Milicic is extremely talented physically, he lacks game experience after all. Facing Okafor, who is known as a kaleidoscope of insiders, he was actually sent to start the game.

I really don't know if the old guy Larry Brown wants to hone him or beat him.

And I am afraid that after these two defenses, Milicic will be replaced by Larry Brown.

Sure enough, after the timeout came back, Larry Brown replaced Milicic and let Rasheed Wallace play the fifth position.

McDyess was used at the [-]th position.

A traditional insider with a height of 5 meters, although he is only [-] meters tall, he is [-] centimeters shorter than Rasheed Wallace.

But the weight was nearly ten kilograms higher, definitely a product of this era, a typical traditional insider.

Good at hand-to-hand combat to grab rebounds and do some hard work.

As the game continued, the two sides went up and down one after another, making several substitutions.

And because many players of the Pistons are facing absence, and the depth of the Pistons' own bench is the bottom of the league.

Because several of his main players have basically locked the team's salary cap.

With the battle of the substitutes on both sides, after the end of the first quarter.

The Bobcats instead:

23:19
Leading the Pistons by four points ended the first quarter.

Facing the defending champion who had won once, the young Bobcats still showed resilience at home.

Hamilton, who played the entire first quarter, only made 3 of 1 shots under Duhon's close defense. This is also the main reason why the Pistons were unable to start the game.

Duhon, on the other hand, followed Hamilton for a full quarter, without a one-minute break except for the timeout period.

After the end, the whole person sat on the chair, panting heavily, unwilling to say a complete sentence, sweat poured down from his forehead, and the whole person looked a bit miserable...

After all, in the daily long-distance running training, Hamilton has a glorious deed of exhausting dogs...

　I'm not in a good mood. The spread of the virus is already panicking, and I don't dare to go out when I lie at home every day.

　　Swipe your phone and always receive bad news, the evil 2020
　　
　
(End of this chapter)