The world's best combo guard

Chapter 105 102 [Missing Jingzhou carelessly? 】

In the last game before the arrival of the Christmas War, the Lakers ushered in their first matchup with the Detroit Pistons in the Motor City at home.

Judging from the Pistons' opening record this season, their offensive ability is average, but their defense is very good. The team is currently ranked fourth in the East under the leadership of Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups.

However, for a team with particularly good offensive capabilities like the Lakers, the Pistons' focus on defense may cause the Lakers some trouble.

Of course, it only brings some troubles. It is unrealistic to rely on defense to completely defeat the Lakers, at least in the eyes of many people before the game.

The game between the Lakers and the Pistons has attracted a lot of attention, because Gary Payton, who suffered a stress fracture injury before, will usher in a comeback in this game. Therefore, this game will be the Lakers' first lineup this season It's a neat game, and everyone wants to see how terrifying the dominance of the full version of the Purple and Gold Army is.

Although during the injury period, Gary Payton actually helped Li Hao, and the starting position fell to Li Hao, but it is undeniable that a healthy Gary Payton will be a point worth relying on on the Lakers' bench.

Again, as a former All-Star, Gary Payton is still capable of helping the team.

"Li, your growth rate shocked me."

Immediately before the start of the game, when the two teams were warming up on the court, Chauncey Billups, the main point guard of the Pistons, took the initiative to find Li Hao.

Strictly speaking, Chauncey Billups was the first NBA player Li Hao knew. The two first met in the Addies training camp.

As one of the spokesmen of addies, Chauncey Billups was invited to attend the addies training camp held in Washington, DC. Li Hao was the best player in that training camp. Made a good impression.

Chauncey Billups still remembers that he encouraged and invited Li Hao to enter the NBA, but he didn't know that Li Hao had decided to participate in this year's draft.

As for Li Hao being selected with the 13th pick in the first round of the draft, Billups didn't pay much attention to it. At that time, he was on vacation in Europe, so he didn't pay much attention to the draft. He only knew that the No. [-] pick was LeBron James. , As for the others, he really didn't care too much.

It wasn't until the start of the preseason, when Li Hao defeated the Orlando Magic and shocked the world, that Chauncey Billups didn't notice that the Lakers No. 10 was the Chinese boy he saw in the addies training camp in the past.

After some inquiring, when he learned that Li Hao was the rookie selected by the Lakers with the 13th overall pick in the first round, Billups was a little surprised, and he took it for granted, because others may not know this Chinese teenager, but He knew that this Chinese teenager was worthy of the No. 13 pick in the first round.

Next, starting from the opening game of the regular season, to be honest, Billups was secretly paying attention to Li Hao's performance, watching Li Hao not being trusted by Phil Jackson, and watching Li Hao make a big fuss at Michael Jordan's jersey retirement ceremony. Showing his prowess, he also watched Li Hao completely usher in an explosion when the Lakers were at their lowest point, and watched Li Hao completely sit in the starting lineup all the way until now, and even ushered in a head-to-head confrontation with him in this game.

Chauncey Billups felt like a time machine recording legends. He witnessed how a teenager from China rose step by step.

Billups felt that he had to praise the Chinese guard. What he had experienced made him more aware of how difficult it is for a rookie to gain a foothold in the NBA and even make a name for himself and realize his talent.

"Senior, I still remember your encouragement back then."

Seeing that Chauncey Billups took the initiative to talk to him, Li Hao also showed due respect, as he said, he did always remember Billups's encouragement at the beginning.

"God, all this is really great and incredible. In less than a year, we can usher in a head-to-head confrontation on the NBA stage." Billups still feels that all this is a bit dreamy.

"It's really hard to imagine, but to be honest, I'm looking forward to this game. I'm very interested in beating you," Li Hao joked.

"Haha, rookie, you are so arrogant. Come on, see you in the game." Billups laughed and left. For an outstanding junior like Li Hao, he was looking forward to the head-to-head confrontation.

It's just that including Li Hao, what all the Lakers players didn't expect was that when the game started, facing the Pistons' weird defense, they played very chaotic and uncomfortable.

This is an indescribable feeling, maybe it's the feeling of a hard punch hitting the cotton ball, strength alone is of no use.

The Lakers' super offense lost its impact in the strange defensive system of the Pistons. Hitting the iron and making mistakes, they couldn't hit the shot anyway, but the Pistons taught them to play a defensive counterattack.

The first quarter is over!

29: 14!

This is the first time the Lakers have fallen behind after the first quarter in the past 10 games, and they are still behind by such a wide gap.

Take a look at the data of the Lakers starters!
Shaquille O'Neal went 4-of-0 from the field with two fouls and one turnover.

Karl Malone made 1 of 0 shots and scored 1 point with free throws.

Devin George made 2 of 1 shots and made a turnover!
Kobe scored 6 of 2 and scored 7 points, but sent 2 turnovers.

Li Hao made 4 of 2 shots and scored 4 points, but he has already committed 2 fouls.

This is a very embarrassing statistic, and the most embarrassing thing is that until the end of the first quarter, Li Hao didn't know why he suddenly acted so hot.

"Isolate"

Fortunately, Phil Jackson saw some clues. He said that the Pistons used team defense to isolate Li Hao and the others virtually, so that they became isolated at every point, and fell into a situation where they were infinitely fighting alone without knowing it.

Li Hao wiped the sweat off his face viciously, thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case.

It's just that this seemingly grassroots Pistons in front of me is too scary. It is not an easy task to isolate the opponent's attack invisibly, at least it needs to have a strong defensive system.

"Perhaps everyone underestimated this civilian army." Li Hao felt that the Pistons in front of him were underestimated by people, such a serious trough.

Phil Jackson discovered the defensive strategy used by the Pistons, and then tried to crack it with many tactics including the triangle offense, but without exception, the results were not very good.

101: 89!

And it was in this situation that the Lakers fell behind throughout the game until the end of the game, and they lost the game in a shocking upset.

(End of this chapter)