Healing Basketball

   Chapter 64 64. Jagged Legion, full defense! (5000 words for a ticket)

  Larry Brown is cranky right now!

   Regarding the performance of the Blazers in the opening stage, he thought that with Hamilton and Ben Wallace, they could suppress the opponent in the first rotation stage with one offense and one defense.

   As soon as the rookie on the other side came up, the opponent's strength completely changed!

   It's not that the opponent is too strong for the Pistons to deal with, but that Atkins can't deal with it when he is in control.

   was annoyed, Larry Brown felt a look of anticipation... the Serbian center!

   "Dog than son, look at you, look at other rookies, why are you so weak, shit, it's better to trade the draft rights and choose you XXXX..."

  Larry Brown pointed at Milicic and scolded him.

  Hamilton was about to step forward and say a few words to Milicic, but was pulled by Billups and Ben Wallace.

   The two shook their heads at Hamilton, who struggled inwardly and could only give up.

Larry Brown made a tactical arrangement after scolding, the timeout was about to end, and he left the bench. Hamilton said to Billups and Ben Wallace: "The coach scolded it too badly, every time it sounded worse, Dakota is too young I'm afraid he can't take it anymore."

   Billups shook his head: "We don't care about him. The coach has brought us a lot of changes. We may succeed this season."

  Success?

  Hamilton had the man in his mind, the man who wore the No. 33 jersey in high school.

  Ben Wallace thought of the same man, but that man had already put on the No. 8 jersey.

   Billups was thinking of the man who was called 'the best power forward in history' after last season.

  If you want to succeed, it is not a big problem to have conflicts between players, but if there are conflicts between players and coaches... Hamilton can only sympathize with what happened to Milicic.

   For something, you have to give up something.

  Tonight, in the opening game of the new season, Hamilton gave up something, and Billups and Ben Wallace had such determination earlier.

  Because they gave up something and made up their minds, the three of them have a deeper desire for success!

  …

   came back from the suspension, and the Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Rasheed Wallace.

The Pistons sent a combination of Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Ben Wallace, and Campbell.

  Randolph walked to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily. The game played 6 minutes and 52 seconds, and the score was 8-8!

  When the Pistons attacked, Billups received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

  Liu Xiu stayed on the top arc, excited.

   This is the first point guard in the league who is invincible in the history of the league... This title is not recognized by Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu highly respects the ability of Billups after he has spent his formative years.

   "Chancey Billups, 27 years old, 191 cm, 92 kg, PG, ability rating 85, offense 84, defense 88, passing ability 86, passing accuracy..."

   This ability evaluation is within Liu Xiu's expectations. In the past two years, Billups has actually only secured his starting position.

Liu Xiu remembers that in the 2004-05 season, in the second year of winning the FMVP, Billups had yet to perform at the All-Star level. In the 2005-06 season, his personal ability began to take off and reached the All-Star level. level.

   Of course, there are a lot of things that opponents can feel before their strength comes up.

   What does Liu Xiu feel from Billups is composure, prudence, and... prudence?

   Liu Xiu looked at Billups who was holding the ball steadily. Is this guy playing steadily?

   Unstable, right?

   Liu Xiu is a little frizzy now, and it is difficult for him to get distracted in a round of duels. Countless thoughts have popped up in his mind just now.

After Billups advanced over half court, Liu Xiu pressed up and pressed Billups, but Billups took a step back and controlled the ball one meter from the top arc. Liu Xiu could only step on it. Defense from the three-point line.

  Finally, when the 24-second attack time passed 18 seconds, Billups moved, slammed, made an emergency stop, and made a long two-point shot!

In Billups' singles, even Liu Xiu's one-on-one defense couldn't get rid of it...Liu Xiuming was distracted for 3 moments in 10 seconds, but the moment he started to make moves, he was completely distracted. Back to God!

   But that doesn't stop Billups' determination to shoot -- he just can play like Iverson!

   The shot 'bang' hit the neck of the basket and popped out... Randolph struggled to defend the defensive rebound.

  The moment Billups shot, only Ben Wallace was rushing, and the other three Pistons retreated directly.

  Liu Xiu only recovered from Billups' outrageous one-on-one singles after receiving the ball from Randolph.

   Just now, Hamilton didn't run out of space, so Billups chose a one-on-one single.

Giving 18 seconds to let Hamilton move, it seems that only Ben Wallace is trying to find a way to do a flanking pick-and-roll, and there is no tactical support... Liu Xiu had long expected that the Pistons after Larry Brown joined would play very simple, but Didn't expect it to be so simple.

  Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt. Unlike the Pistons' offensive procrastination, the Blazers attacked immediately.

   Liu Xiu is not choosing to attack from Randolph.

   Randolph's low-post singles no matter how fierce, he will have to stop when he encounters the low-post defense of Campbell, who is 213 cm and 127 kg!

   This is Campbell! The frame protector who can prevent O'Neal before weight gain into an All-Star fringe center!

The ball was in the hands of Rasheed Wallace, who was pulled to the right side of the free throw line. Travis Outlaw cut in the middle and gave the ball to Randolph on the left baseline. Randolph flexibly turned to avoid it. Hamilton, who was on defense, went to the basket, avoided Campbell, who was on the second line of defense, and flew for a layup...

"Snapped"

   "Boom"

  Ben-Wallace's Pegboard Big Hat!

  Ben Wallace pressed the ball to the backboard when Randolph's throw reached the highest point and grabbed it directly!

   After landing, he grabbed the ball with both hands and set his elbows, his face was full of ferocity, it was almost written on his face - no flying here!

  The Trail Blazers are very disciplined on the court and quickly retreated, preventing Billups from receiving the ball from the idea of ​​​​playing a fast break.

   But this attack just now, the Blazers have lingering fears!

   Everyone feels the change in the Pistons - the inside is tight!

Ayrden Campbell protects the frame, Ben Wallace defends in series, Billups tops the arc to defend Liu Xiu, Prince and Ben Wallace switch infinitely, and Prince can switch to the No. 1 position...Pistons The team's defense is full!

   The only shortcoming of the Pistons' starting five tigers - the frame protector, was filled by Campbell!

   When the Pistons attacked, Hamilton had a chance this time, caught the ball, turned and shot... After running for 12 seconds, he shot very stable, with a sense of rhythm, and hit a long two-pointer!

  10 to 8, the Pistons regained the lead.

   When the Trail Blazers attacked, the tactical coordination was really unstoppable! The ball finally returned to Liu Xiu's hands!

   At this time, the defender in front of Liu Xiu was Hamilton. With a height difference of 10 centimeters, Liu Xiu chose to punch!

   The advantages of weight and strength are very large, and Hamilton could not prevent Liu Xiu's rolling breakthrough.

   Liu Xiu rushed to the basket, Campbell made up for the defense, and Liu Xiu made a strong shot against it...missed!

   In this ball, what is the highlight is Liu Xiu's stability under confrontation.

   Originally, he was strong in this aspect, and now he has the bonus of Richardson's 'Pursue', which is more stable, but unfortunately he didn't make it.

   After two rounds, Maurice Cheeks on the sideline had a big head!

  Ben Wallace is an excellent rim protector, but his height is doomed that he is not the top rim protector. He is good at assisting rim protector, complementing defense, and tandem defense.

Okur acts as a rim protector, and it is okay to face some opponents, but it is really not enough in the face of twin towers such as Randolph and Rasheed Wallace. Being dragged down by Momonga, Ben Wallace and Okur can't stop him at all. Even if Ben Wallace is on the defensive end, he can't prevent Lan Fat + Tianzun.

   Last season, the ultimate mobility of Clifford Robinson and Ben Wallace was short and twin towers, which barely covered up this problem from the perspective of infinite switching, but didn't Clifford Robinson leave...

   So, during the time-out, Morris-Cheeks' tactic was to strengthen the offense.

  Who knew that Campbell, a 35-year-old veteran center, could actually transform the Pistons' defense!

   When the Pistons offered Campbell a 2-year, $8.4 million contract in the summer, the media were saying that the Pistons were crazy.

   But with just these two goals, Maurice Cheeks felt that the Pistons made a lot of money from this signing!

   The disadvantage is that Campbell is 35 years old. If he can average 30 minutes per game with the Hornets two or three years ago, he will be crazy as an opponent!

  Maurice-Cheeks shook his head, let's not think about it so much, just take care of the situation at hand.

  Maurice Cheeks is thinking about expanding his advantage on the offensive end just now, thinking about possible solutions on the Pistons side, and wanting to see how the Pistons can break the game when the offense is unfavorable...

   As a result, they didn't think about breaking the game!

  Maurice Cheeks seems to have seen the Jagged defense of the Heat in the mid-to-late 90s! And, it's the deluxe edition!

   No team has defended like the Pistons for two years since 2001, when the league added defensive three seconds to limit O'Neal's ability to protect the rim.

  Some people say that the league added three seconds to defend, making it easier for O'Neal to score. This statement... Peak O'Neal, one-on-one singles, beat anyone, it takes less than three seconds.

  At the same time of increasing the defensive three seconds, in order to limit O'Neal's successful reception of the ball, early pinching was allowed; in order to increase the difficulty of O'Neal's scoring, the three-second zone was expanded.

   No matter who these rules apply to, anyway, the viewing experience of the game has improved a lot. Now, after the Pistons have deployed the strongest defensive lineup, they have killed all the viewing experience!

  Larry Brown didn't even think about playing tricks with the Blazers!

   In the second half of the first quarter, the Pistons only scored 9 points, which was even less efficient than the first half of the first quarter.

but!

   The Trail Blazers only scored 8 points after counting Randolph's two free throws after the official suspension!

   Liu Xiu instigated hard, trying to sort out the offense. Randolph and Rasheed Wallace played the first quarter and tried their best on offense, but they couldn't move!

   In terms of pitchers, whether it is Ruben Patterson's high spot shot or Wesley Persson's flanking three-pointer, they are all locked.

   After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers trailed the Pistons 14-17 by 3 points and entered the quarter to rest!

  …

   "oh, Siette, oh, Falco..."

  Randolph resumed his rhythmic rant.

   The game was playing well, but suddenly it exploded!

   It’s not a matter of feel or state, it’s just being prevented by the opponent’s tyrannical defense!

Maurice Cheeks greeted the players after a minute's rest, saying: "Don't worry too much, we're just 3 points behind, Campbell on the opposite side is going down soon, he's not here, the Pistons The defense has to be weakened by more than half! Derek, Ruben, Quintel, Dyer, Vladimir, you go..."

  Morris-Cheeks calmly arranged the inter-festival rest, but Liu Xiu on the side felt that it was not the case!

   Are their current adjustments based on the opponent's declining defensive strength? Obviously not!

   He didn't talk too much. Sit down and have a good rest. It's a little early to play tonight, and the consumption of more than half a quarter is also greater than his previous consumption.

   Next, he has to think about ways to bring more help to the team when he is on the court.

   came back from a break, and sure enough, Maurice Cheeks just wanted to ease the mood of the players.

   After the start of the second quarter, Campbell of the Pistons went to rest, but the defensive efficiency of the Pistons did not drop too much!

   The Blazers players playing became more and more irritable. Although the Pistons could not continue to open the score, the Blazers could not narrow the difference of these points.

   What made the Blazers players more and more irritable, in addition to the score, there was also the sudden increase in confrontation by the Pistons after returning from the official suspension in the first quarter.

At the beginning, the Pistons also increased the confrontation, but at first it was just a tentative little bit of confrontation. This is nothing special for a defensive-oriented team, but after that conflict, the Pistons increased the speed of the confrontation. Noticeably faster!

   The Blazers' originally good game state and shooting state were consumed by the Pistons a little bit!

   By the middle of the second quarter, the Blazers could no longer score stably! It was still after the inside combination of Rasheed Wallace and Dale Davis was replaced, and Liu Xiu, who was stronger against the outside, controlled the ball steadily. After Rasheed Wallace started the main attack, he opened up. Only the team can have such a stable point as Rasheed Wallace.

   After there were 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Blazers barely managed to maintain the scoring stability for these few minutes.

   Just at this time a strange thing happened to the Blazers players who played against the Pistons for the first time and knew nothing about the new Pistons...

The promotion of confrontation was accelerated by the Pistons, and the ordinary players of both teams were greatly consumed. Even stars such as Randolph and Rasheed Wallace, and the long-range shots were greatly affected. Tianzun also Well, Randolph, who is far from reaching his peak, can only linger around the basket now.

   On the Pistons side, Billups and Hamilton, these two, their original scoring performance was definitely not as good as Randolph and Rasheed Wallace, the two duos, the performance was one grade worse.

but!

   As the game progresses, the offensive efficiency of these two has hardly changed!

  The game reached 11 minutes and 55 seconds in the second quarter. Billups singled against Liu Xiu and made a three-pointer...hit! Billups made the first three-pointer in this game, 37 to 32, and the Pistons widened the difference to 5 points!

   As Liu Xiu missed a three-pointer at the buzzer from a long distance after receiving the serve, the Trail Blazers entered halftime with a 5-point disadvantage!

  …

   Back to the locker room.

   Although the score difference in this half is not big, the coaching staff of the Blazers are all gloomy in this situation.

   is really impossible! They tried a lot in the second quarter, but they still couldn't move without Campbell in the second quarter.

   In a single game, when the confrontation is pulled up, it is really pulled up, and the blow to the role players is devastating.

   Liu Xiu played 12 minutes in the first half. He felt that the coaching staff attached great importance to him, but at least for now, he has never put expectations on him.

   And he, in these 12 minutes, also deeply felt how weak he was...

   2-of-5 from the field, 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. The data is not bad, but he has done his best, and changing the situation of the game has little effect.

  Liu Xiu closed his eyes and reviewed the situation of the game, not only considering his own side, but also analyzing the opponent's side...

   During the intermission, in the first 5 minutes, the team members will do their own activities, some play boxing to relax, some drink two sips, move fast and find a place for five seconds to be a real man.

  Liu Xiu thought for a while, opened his eyes, and saw that the coaches who were discussing were still anxious one by one, watching his teammates have come back one after another... He didn't know if his idea would work or not, but he wanted to win.

   But not wanting to offend the coaching staff, Liu Xiu glanced at the positions of the teammates who were returning to the locker room one after another... There you go!

  …

  Maurice Cheeks, with his head wide open, glanced at the players... Knock! I don't know when a handsome guy appeared next to me!

   If it weren't for the fact that he was really handsome, this sudden appearance was so terrifying that he wouldn't have slapped him in the NBA in the 1970s.

   "Coach, I found one thing."

  Maurice-Cheeks asked, "What's the matter?"

   "The Billups on the opposite side, his performance under high confrontation seems to be stable, what's going on?"

  Maurice Cheeks thought Liu Xiu didn't know Billups... Indeed, these days, few young players would know about Billups, which was once said to be the third overall pick.

   But as a coach, he must understand the stable starting point guard of a team.

After thinking about it, Maurice Cheeks replied: "This has to do with Billups' style of play. He loves shooting very much, and no matter the timing of the shot, he will shoot when he thinks there is an opportunity. Such players are not good enough in basic skills. , The shooting stability is not strong enough, it will be very bad.

  You may not know that he was often given up by his team in his early years. Last season, he entered the golden age of basketball players at the age of 26. He had solid basic skills and stable shooting before he took a firm starting position.

   His style of play, changing teams, may be an inefficient scorer, but now, he doesn't care about the intensity of defense, he just wants to shoot. In this game, it worked wonders... eh? "

  Liu Xiu didn't seem to hear Maurice Cheeks' 'eh', and continued to ask: "So that's the case, then does our team have such a person?"

  Yes, of course!

  Maurice Cheeks looked at Damon Stoudemire who was getting closer and closer to the two of them at some point and felt his ears stand up!

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   9000 words today ~ ask for a ticket!

   (end of this chapter)