NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 282 283. Now Three Guards (28)

April 5

Bobcats team as a guest at the Palace of Auburn Hills, will challenge the defending champion Pistons.

Before the start of the playoffs, the name of the Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals was definitely expected.

But in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it was indeed the Bobcats who challenged the Detroit Pistons, which obviously everyone did not expect.

As a team that has just been established in the NBA, the Bobcats' exposure in the entire league can be said to be very low, and it is not even eye-catching.

In addition, Charlotte's market is not enough to attract the attention of outsiders, so the entire Bobcats fans are mostly local fans.

It's just that with the joining of Liu Rui this season, it has also brought a lot of attention to the Bobcats in the Chinese market.

However, in the United States, the Bobcats can gather attention, it is very limited.

Until this year's playoffs, the Bobcats first went up with a gram, and upset the Celtics in the first round 4:0.

Meet the defending champion Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

This time, it brought too much attention to the Bobcats.

Grassroots counterattacks are not only eye-catching in the league. In any corner of the world, the allusions of grassroots counterattacks can make people talk about it.

What's more, the Bobcats' progress this season has completely shocked everyone.

But after the semifinals, the opponent of the Bobcats became the defending champion Pistons.

So before the start of this round of the series, except for the hardcore fans of the respective Bobcats, no one is optimistic that the Bobcats can perform another miracle in this round.

Although in the regular season, the Bobcats beat the Pistons once.

But in that game, the Pistons' Ben Wallace and Billups both faced suspensions.

In this case, the Bobcats finally won by a very slight advantage.

Coupled with the last match between the two teams at the end of the season, the Bobcats were suppressed by the Pistons throughout the game.

But even so, before the game started, although everyone was optimistic about the Pistons, it was based on the odds given by the bookmaker.

The Pistons had a handicap of -3.5 points.

Obviously, this is considered the biggest optimistic about the Bobcats.

For this Pistons team, the biggest weakness this season is probably the relatively weak rotation on the bench.

In the entire bench, except for McDyess, no one averaged more than 6 points per game.

But fortunately, the main players of the Pistons are very physically strong, so in every game, Larry Brown will let the main players play longer.

There is not much time for substitute players to actually play.

Before the game, the players of the two teams were warming up and shooting at halftime, while Liu Rui was sitting on the coach's bench, frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

Obviously, an away game against the Pistons is still a stage like the playoffs. This is definitely a huge challenge for the Bobcats.

After the start of the game, the two teams announced their starting lineups:

Bobcats:
Damon Stoudemire, Mo Williams, Martin, Gerald Wallace, Okafor.

Pistons:
Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Big Ben.

After the opening game, what everyone didn't expect was that Liu Rui, the head coach of the Bobcats, actually set up a three-guard lineup at the beginning of the game.

Although in the regular season, the fans have seen Liu Rui put up this lineup, but when it comes to the stage of the playoffs, the Pistons fans on the scene are still surprised.

After all, not everyone has this courage.

While Liu Rui was sitting on the coach's bench at this time, he also picked up the thermos next to him, and took a sip of wolfberry water.

As for why he doesn't eat snacks and drinks on the sidelines now, but drinks wolfberry water.

Don't ask, the question is that Wiggins hasn't entered the league yet, and the price of goji berries hasn't increased...

Liu Rui was also quite helpless about putting up a three-back lineup at the beginning of the game.

Because after so many days of research by Liu Rui, it was discovered that the advantage that the Bobcats rely on for survival is the ability to counterattack on the defensive end through agility on the court.

Through the screen on the offensive end, players can get more three-pointers.

On the defensive end, it is even possible to perform unlimited defense changes, so as to make up for the players' lack of experience on the field.

But these things do not have any advantages after meeting the Pistons.

Especially the center forward of the Pistons, Ben, who is an insider whose movement speed can keep up with the defender.

So even if he is pulled to a high position, there is no good way for the Bobcats to take him.

Moreover, the reason why the three-back lineup is put on is also because the twin towers are very ineffective on the field.

This was proven in the match at the end of the season.

When Jefferson faced Big Ben's defense, he couldn't play any advantage at all.

Because Jefferson's means of survival in the interior is the dreamy dance steps under his feet and his soft touch.

But facing the mobile big Ben under the basket, and has too many classics on the defensive end.

This also caused Jefferson to have no sense of presence at all on the offensive end.

And Jefferson, who has no sense of presence on the offensive end, can imagine his role on the court. After all, Jefferson's defensive ability cannot be expected.

Instead of replacing Ariza, the reason why he chose to take the three guards was because Prince's tactical status was not high in the Pistons.

After several days of thinking by Liu Rui, the only two points that the Bobcats can threaten the Pistons in this game are long-range three-pointers and mid-range shots.

Because outside the normal three-point line, each of the five Pistons on the field has excellent movement speed, which makes it difficult for the Bobcats to get a perfect opportunity in a normal three-point shot.

Especially Mo Williams and Okafor, the two shot after the pick-and-roll, facing the big insider, can be said to be self-defeating.

So the best way is to kill at a position farther from the three-point line.

The position two steps away from the three-point line is unexpected. In this kind of place, it is impossible for the Pistons to defend close to the court.

Once the Pistons choose to be close and the Bobcats use the pick-and-roll again, the effect will be much better.

But shooting from such a far position, it is impossible to guarantee the efficiency of shooting in the whole game.

And the Pistons, who have double Wallaces guarding the inside, broke into the restricted area and faced a muscular hand-to-hand fight. Obviously, the Bobcats can be said to be a sheep to a tiger.

So when the three-point line and the inside line are not feasible, what the Bobcats can do is to make more shots from the mid-range position.

Then, through the advantage of the three guards being able to hold the ball, they can cause as many fouls as possible for the Pistons.

Because if it can cause foul trouble for the Pistons, this is the Bobcats' biggest advantage.

After all, when the five Pistons cannot be on the court at the same time, the entire defensive system of the Pistons is bound to have loopholes...

(End of this chapter)