When playing on the court, you don't necessarily look at the score. Many times, one side is already 10 points ahead and there are only a few minutes left in the game, but you are still afraid that the other side will come back. At this time, you lose your momentum. This kind of momentum
Once something gets started, it's hard to contain it. What's causing Larry Brown the most headache right now is the Celtics' start.
After Milicic's stunning dunk, the Pistons players seemed to be a little distracted. Even Billups lost his usual composure in the next two goals. Milicic's dominant performance just now gave him a
It touched a lot of people, and that goal was a huge deterrent on both offense and defense.
The Celtics not only overtook the score in the third quarter, but also led the Pistons by five points. This was something Larry Brown couldn't tolerate. Moreover, the Pistons' solid defense, which he always boasted, actually failed in the third quarter.
The Celtics scored 73 points in a matter of seconds. From this point of view, the Celtics are very likely to break 100 points in this game. According to statistics, when the opponent's score breaks 100, the Pistons' winning rate is
Only less than 30%, which to a certain extent illustrates how much the Pistons rely on defense.
A team without an absolute superstar will have almost no chance of winning if it loses its defense. Rasheed Wallace is indeed an All-Star star. It can be said that he is proficient in all kinds of weapons, but
If you insist on asking him to come up with something that can be eaten all over the place, I'm afraid he still won't have it.
Rasheed Wallace's straight-arm shooting is good, but in high-intensity games, due to his relatively thin body, he cannot get so close to the basket. His footwork under the basket is also good, but it does not mean that he can eat anyone.
He has a certain accuracy for three-pointers, but not to mention compared with Nowitzki, but even compared with Milicic and Troy Murphy, there are some gaps. So Rasheed Wallace can be said to be facing a second-rate insider.
Sometimes you can say how you play, but when you face a Duncan Garnett-level inside player, there are often some things you can't do well.
It's the same today. After facing Milicic, his straight-arm shooting was greatly affected. The first is that he couldn't squeeze in at all, and his straight-arm shooting needs to be closer to the basket to have a good hit.
In addition, he is more flexible, and Milicic is not slow and can keep up with him. This allowed Rasheed Wallace to score four points in the third quarter just by causing fouls.
Big Ben is also very depressed. What Big Ben is most afraid of encountering is the kind of purely technical insider. Especially the taller ones. Although O'Neal is tall, O'Neal still prefers to squeeze in and dunk, which makes him push behind him.
When defending, I gave Rasheed Wallace some opportunities to cover up and block shots, but Ben was usually very miserable against Yao Ming. Yao Ming's trick when playing against Ben is that if I don't jump, I won't let you jump either.
He presses you and then hooks you. If Ben doesn't jump, his height is only that of a shooting guard. It is difficult to play as a small forward, let alone how to defend a tall center.
Milicic had a lot of research on this aspect in his previous life, so he didn't think too much when he faced Ben. He just wanted to get a position inside. After getting a little deeper, Ben didn't dare to go around.
Front defense, because just now when Ben was going around to defend, Pierce passed the ball, and Milicic completed the attack with an alley-oop directly inside.
This time Milicic once again had his back against Ben. Here Fisher handed the ball to Milicic. Milicic firmly grasped the ball in his hand with one hand and stretched it behind him. He smiled.
Said to Ben: "26 to 4, I'm really ashamed for you, can you have some presence and let me see you."
Rasheed is close to the basket and is preparing to cover up the defense. At the same time, Billups and Prince are also narrowing the defensive line. This is Larry Brown's tactic. If Milicic is still playing smoothly, then it should be timely.
Change the tactics and implement a three-two defense to further compress the inside space, at least preventing Milicic from opening a breakthrough from the inside. Milicic did not wait for the help of this group of defense to come up. He just took two steps and then framed a hook.
With his hand, the ball hit the front edge and then the back edge, and barely entered the basket.
After watching the ball go in, Milicic smiled and said to Ben: "Now it's 28 to 4, give me one, I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed to bully you."
Milicic scored 28 points on his head, and he was just named the best defensive player some time ago. This is really a huge irony. Ben picked up the ball and threw it hard on the ground.
, roared loudly.
The Pistons' offense here was not weak. Hamilton hit a mid-range shot after getting rid of Tony Allen's defense.
When switching to the Celtics' offense, the Pistons defended a real zone defense and the interior space was very small. The Celtics were obviously relatively prepared for this. Fisher handed the ball over.
Gave it to Paul Pierce.
After Pierce got the ball, he said to Prince: "Polio boy, I'm going to shoot a three-pointer here. Why don't you come out and defend? Why are you acting like a coward? You know I'm going to shoot a three-pointer here."
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Just when Pierce was chattering and Prince was thinking about not being irritated, Pierce suddenly hit a three-pointer. Because Prince was a step slower on defense, the ball went directly to the basket.
, cleanly and hollowly put into the basket.
At this time, the Celtics' dual-core advantage is fully utilized. If they double-team Milicic too much, Pierce will be relaxed outside, and this guy is obviously a more terrifying scorer than Milicic.
, Pierce has scored 33 points so far, and Prince himself can't restrain him at all.
Pierce yelled at the five Pistons players: "Aren't you a championship? Why are you acting like bitches? Did you sleep with Shaq and Kobe to win the championship? Defend me! Defend me.
me!"
When the Pistons were attacking and the ball was in Prince's hands, Pierce still shouted: "You made a shot in front of me like a man. You just scored six points today. Didn't you say you are great? You
Aren't you going to defend me? Is that all you have?"
An honest man like Prince couldn't help it. He shook his elbow with the ball and gave Pierce a hard elbow in the face. Pierce fell down and the stadium immediately became chaotic. (To be continued. If
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