Chapter 21, Stepping on the corpse of the championship
ps: I’m really sorry to have stopped updating for two days. The weather in Harbin has changed too much. It was obviously close to 20 degrees a few days ago, but now it’s already zero degrees. I have some colds. This is the peak season here. Fortunately, it’s already gone.
Okay, please bear with me.
Milicic called Rashid after arriving in Detroit, but Rashid's attitude was very cold. He said that this was not the time to discuss personal relations. If there was a chance, he would be willing to play again after eliminating the Celtics in the series.
Give Milicic a good meal.
Milicic himself felt unhappy, but that's understandable. It would be unjustifiable if his entire team had dinner with the team's old enemy before a key game to defend the title.
Rivers asked everyone to relax as much as possible. No one thinks that the Celtics can win this series. This is a good thing. Often in games, the weaker side has an advantage, because the strong team simply has no advantage.
It is unbearable for a weak team to lead the score. If it can take the lead, it will give the Pistons a huge psychological blow. The Pistons' previous games were too smooth. If the intensity suddenly rises, even the strongest players will not be able to adapt. Therefore, River
Si's idea was to use offense to score a higher score in the first game, shaking the Pistons' defensive confidence.
Although Detroit is mostly blue-collar, their box office is still very good. The Pistons can show their grassroots passion. Before the game started, many fans had already put up slogans asking the Celtics to go back to Boston 0-2. However, comparison
The interesting thing is that no one had any insulting words about Milicic, but many people wrote to welcome Milicic home.
There are real fans' thoughts in this, but there are also artificial arrangements by Pistons owner Davidson and general manager Dumars. Milicic has proven that he is absolutely worthy of the second pick selected by the Pistons, and his departure
It has been explained by various media and the testimonies of the parties involved that it was the unfair treatment he received from Larry Brown.
The fans also showed off before the Pistons kicked off. Ben won the best defensive player. This is another happy event besides the team's promotion. The old partners of Barkley and Kenny Smith will definitely not let this happen.
, especially the anger between Ben and Milicic was largely caused by them.
Kenny Smith went up to interview Ben: "Although you won the best defensive player, what do you think about Milicic saying that you are just a blue-collar player who can't shoot?"
"Does he think his offense is strong? I really won't do anything. I will just let him average the same points per game as me when he plays against me. It's very simple. I do this every night.
"Yes." Da Ben said very casually.
Even worse, Barkley asked Larry Brown directly: "Milicic has now grown into an All-Star level center. What tactics do you need to use to limit his performance?"
Larry Brown pushed up his glasses and said with a smile: "Haha, this is an era when centers are scarce. I'm lucky for Darko. Although he is an All-Star, we will not set any specific tactics based on him.
I did some work for O'Neal and some work for Duncan. But Darko, haha, I know him very well..."
Although Larry Brown said it more obscurely, everyone could hear his contempt for Milicic, which meant that Milicic was only able to achieve his current results because of the scarcity of centers. Milicic has long been used to pulling
Ribron's cynicism towards him was something he had seen more often during team training.
When Barkley asked about Milicic, Milicic said: "Detroit fans have always been very friendly to me. They also encouraged me when I was at the lowest point in my life last year, but what I have to do today may
If I want to disappoint them, I will walk on the championship's corpse to the championship's throne."
Rivers did not add any more personal feelings in the interview. There was no grudges or grudges between him. He just talked about tactics matter-of-factly: "We have to create cohesion and maintain offensive space. What I must admit is that
We are facing the strongest team in the league, and we come here as a challenger, but that doesn’t mean we don’t intend to take away the victory here, and I believe in my boys!”
The game has officially started. The starting lineup of the visiting team Boston Celtics is:
Point guard: Derek Fisher, shooting guard: Tony Allen, small forward: Paul Pierce, power forward: Al Jefferson, center: Darko Milicic
The starting lineup of the home team Detroit Pistons is:
Point guard: Chauncey Billups, shooting guard: Richard Hamilton, small forward: Tyrion Prince, power forward: Rasheed Wallace, center: Darko Milicic
Milicic and Rasheed Wallace were fighting for the ball. Both of them leaned down slightly. The second before they looked at the ball in the referee's hand, they looked at each other as if they had a tacit understanding, and then both said:
He looked at the basketball thrown upward by the referee with a look that was extremely eager to win.
The two have competed against each other many times during team practice, and Milicic has always been the highest-toucher in the team. But this time Milicic touched the ball faster than last year in the training match, and the ball went to Kej
On the Celtics' side, Milicic's vertical jump advantage has become more obvious just now. His jumping and speed have improved somewhat, while Rashid's reaction has obviously declined compared to the previous year. Although in the game
It can't be seen yet, but it can still be seen in some subtleties.
After Tony Allen got the ball, he protected it first to make sure it would not be stolen and then passed it to Fisher. At this time, Fisher was also very excited. Last year, the Lakers were beaten to disgrace by the Pistons, but Fisher
I know very well that the Lakers were defeated by their own disunity and became a grassroots team like the Pistons for no reason. In the past few years, Billups could not compare with himself, but with Billups in the finals
After his MVP performance, he has become one of the top stars, but Fisher himself has to move to another country.
Fisher and Billups generally belong to the same type of players, with strong bodies but average running and jumping abilities. However, they have big hearts and finishing abilities comparable to epic stars, as well as simple skills that you will never see.
Even though they were performing actions such as continuous hip changes and back-passing, they were not as easy to deal with as they seemed on the surface.
Fisher dribbled the ball forward. When he looked at Billups who came to defend him, the words Milicic just said echoed in his heart: "I want to walk on the corpse of the championship to the throne of the championship."
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