shooting guard era

Chapter 201. Precursor of Piston Upheaval

Pull the opponent's offense to the same level as your own, and then use rich low-quality offensive experience to defeat the opponent.

That's what the Pistons game is about.

The Pistons are not afraid of opponents fighting against them because they have the best defensive lineup and system in the league.

Although the Bobcats did not seem to be angry and angry, they suppressed these and played defense with the opponent, but this happened to fall into Larry Brown's trap.

If the Bobcats are desperately attacking, using Ye Han as an arrow and the support of Hill and Milicic to widen the point difference a little bit, it will be difficult to close the point difference with the Pistons' constipated scoring ability. .

But the Bobcats missed that opportunity from the second half of the first quarter.

After the second half, due to the fierce defense, the Bobcats realized that they had been tricked by the opponent, but due to the decline in physical fitness, it was difficult to get back the hand feeling, so they had to continue to fight against the opponent, and danced with the opponent in a gorgeous iron show .

全场打完，活塞那边70次出手命中29次，山猫这边74次出手命中26次，双方的比分是74比70。

The number of shots and shooting percentages of both sides are appallingly low!
In the drowsy expression of the fans, the experienced Pistons defeated the Bobcats and won the iron fight of the century.

13 of 5, 16 points.This is Ye Han's rare game this season in which he took less than 15 shots. From this, it can be seen how low the number of shots taken by other Bobcats is.

……

On the plane to Indianapolis, Ye Han looked at the video of yesterday's game played on the TV screen in front of him with a solemn expression.

"Still thinking about yesterday's game? Don't be depressed, we will win next time." Okafor said to Ye Han.

"No, I'm just wondering. From the perspective of their offensive coordination, except for a little slower tempo, their offensive play is executed perfectly. You see, their two pitchers Hamilton and the guy who gets technical fouls all the time get a lot. Open, they can become a team with a balanced offense and defense, but why don't they play offense? It's hard to understand." It turned out that Ye Han cared about this.

"..." How could Okafor understand this, "I have to ask their head coach Larry Brown."

Yep, just ask Larry Brown.

Far away in Detroit, in the head coach's office at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons head coach Larry Brown was having a dispute with owner Tom Gels.

"Larry, I know you want to make the team play tough defense, but this is the regular season, why not make the game look good? I brought you Chauncey and Rasheed, just to play beautiful Don't you understand the attack?" Gers was a little out of breath.

Gers was furious, this old stubborn, in the last game against the Bobcats, he wanted the team to play a good game, because the game related to the Bobcats, no matter whether it was broadcast live or not, China would give a big According to the length of the report, he wants to make a name for his team in China, but not the reputation of playing ugly and extremely ugly.

But boy, because of this game, the Pistons have indeed become famous in China. Although their main defense and starless style of play make them have a high status in the hearts of the fans, it is by no means that the fans will sought after status.

Now the Pistons have become the top team in people's hearts overnight in China, but few people like this team, at most they use them to measure the strength of other teams.The vast majority of fans like to watch good games, rather than watching a team defend desperately, so that neither side can score, although they will give praise to this team.

And these psychological impressions have long been deeply ingrained in the hearts of fans in the United States.

This is glory for Larry Brown and disaster for Gers!

Gers is the owner of the team, and he wants to make money!

Look at the billboards outside the Pistons’ home court and the billboards on the sidelines. Most of the billboards are self-produced and sold by the team. Invest!
The Pistons are one of the teams with the best record in the NBA after the new century, but they are the teams with the worst income. Their source of income is very single, almost only income from home tickets, and basically no advertising fees. Growth starts are rare, and they lose more than 90 million a year.

And the influence of this team did not bring any benefits to other industries of Gers. On the contrary, some people refused to use his company's products because they did not like his team. - High marks for Brown's team.

The ratings share of the national live broadcast and overseas live broadcast is also a major income for the team. However, as the defending champion of the Pistons, there are only 5 national live broadcasts in the regular season this year, setting a new low for the defending NBA champion since the 80s. The Spurs last season, 6 games.

"Tom, I'm here to help the team win, not to let the players play exhibition games, I just want to win." Larry Brown did not back down.

"OK, OK, I know, it doesn't matter how you play in the playoffs. It doesn't matter even if the combined score of the two sides is less than a hundred in the playoffs, but can you play more offense in the regular season?" Gers tried to assure Use your patience and persuade me well.

Who knows that Larry Brown will not give in at all: "No! My team needs to maintain this kind of defense all the time to not let up. I don't allow them to play those fancy things."

Damn it!Gers cursed secretly in his heart, this old stubborn who doesn't get into oil and salt!
Communication failed, and Geers didn't want to talk too much with Larry Brown, so he went back to the office by himself.

Someone was already waiting for him in Gers' office.

"Why, Tom, what's the matter with asking me out? Did you think about the interview last time?" Philip Sanders asked with his slightly sinister smile, and he knew from Geers' expression, The boss is not in a good mood today.

Saunders knew from the secretary of Geers that Geers had just gone to Larry Brown's office. Seeing Geers returning with such an expression, Saunders smiled in his heart.

Sanders led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals last season. He was Garnett's basketball mentor. Even though the Timberwolves president Kevin McHale gave away the five-year first-round pick in vain, he still allowed the team to win 3+ games three times. The game and reached the Western Conference finals, his coaching ability can be seen.

However, another wave of mindless operations by McHale this year made the Timberwolves' strength drop sharply, and Sanders eventually became the scapegoat and was fired.

(End of this chapter)