The Pistons don't have much to do against the Magic's defense, and the Magic have nothing to do against the Pistons.
Larry Brown's team will always be an iron turtle, and the current Pistons have taken their defense to the extreme. They are simply a turtle with a 24k titanium steel alloy carapace.
Although the Magic relied on Diaw's personal performance to share the pressure of Nash and did not let the Pistons suffocate immediately, they only moved up the organization. The ball was passed better, and everyone still took action.
It was strictly guarded and blocked.
Because both teams defended very well and the Pistons played very slowly, when the first quarter ended, the score was 19-19, a tie.
Due to interference from Billups, Nash failed to score the final buzzer-beater.
"The first quarter was dull. Under the Pistons' defense like reinforced concrete, the Magic's explosive dunks and squally fast breaks were gone. If the game lasted like this for 48 minutes, I think I could fall asleep."
Albert, the groom, shook his head helplessly.
"There's nothing you can do about it. If you want Larry Brown to play with passion and speed, you might as well hope that Duncan will dance after scoring a goal." Steve Kerr also took the opportunity to make a joke about his former teammates.
Edison is also in pain now. His usually elegant and agile offense has now been dismembered by the Pistons. He can only see the ball floating and nothing else. But he cannot show his pain and helplessness to the players, as this will affect the players.
, so he could only pretend that everything was as expected.
"Now you know how difficult this game is. This is the real game. As long as you slack off for a second, you will be caught by the opponent immediately." Edison pretended to be gloating and said to the players below.
"After the start of the second quarter, Martin, you come on and replace Nash. Pass the inside to Dwight alone, and Diaw arranges the other three people in the middle to open up space. Since we can't get in the inside, let's try a long shot."
"But the defense cannot be slack. Martin, you have to keep an eye on Hamilton and not give him an open opportunity. If you can't do that, sit back for me. Do you understand?"
"Yes, coach, I will follow him to the death." Martin was also very excited about the Eastern Conference finals.
The bell rang and the players from both teams appeared again.
The Pistons made a personnel adjustment. McDyess went off and center Elton Campbell came on, forming a twin tower with Ben.
When Edison saw the Pistons' change of formation, he quickly replaced Marion and Diaw, and sent Josh Smith and Nash. He planned to pick and roll inside, but he bullied Campbell for his lack of defensive ability. He was particularly unruly.
Larry Brown was also very helpless about this. He had no choice but to use only three people in his inside line. He couldn't let Ben and McDyess play the whole game. This guy completely ignored the long man next to the water fountain.
The exceptionally handsome 03 second place pick Milicic.
After Josh came on the court, he and Howard formed a classic Magic formation. Nash would pick and roll with whomever Campbell was guarding, and then directly attack his side of the basket.
Although Big Ben is tough and ruthless and moves fast, Campbell has no choice but to block him. He can't defend the opponent's players through his own people. He can only watch the Magic's two young boys wreaking havoc on his side of the basket.
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In fact, Howard of the Lakers is facing the same pain as Ben is now. When he was in Orlando, he was the only one under the basket. No matter where the opponent came from, he always faced him head-on, which not only gave full play to his flexibility.
The advantage of being strong in the air also brings into play his strong aerial confrontation ability. But now the Lakers still have Gasol inside. Many people are now beating Gasol in the low post. Howard can only watch from the side.
There is a way. By the time Gasol is killed and the ball is scored, it will be too late for Howard to go over and help...
Larry Brown also lost his grace at this time. He kept shouting at the court from the coaching bench, just like a shrew on the street. The referee on duty saw that Larry Brown was shouting too exaggeratedly and walked to the
He was warned in front of him that if he didn't restrain himself, the whistle would be blown.
But Larry Brown couldn't do anything even if he screamed his throat out. Now the Magic just bully Campbell for his lack of personal ability, and then ignore others, ride on his neck and fuck him violently, which is completely a routine of defeating ten players with one force.
The Pistons don't dare to play zone defense at this time, because Nash, Hill and Martin outside have high three-point shooting percentages. If you dare to give them space, they will dare to shoot you directly.
So in the three minutes that Campbell was on the court, the Magic relied on various hard plays inside to beat the Pistons to a 10-2 spurt, suddenly taking advantage of the situation.
"It seems that Brown and Paul heard our conversation just now. Now the Magic's dunk show is on again. Look, it's coming again, bomb. Josh's dunk is really powerful. Although Campbell is taller than him, he has no resistance at all.
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Finally, Larry Brown couldn't bear it anymore and sent McDyess again. And Edison replaced Marion and Diaw, and resumed his original idea of playing three-pointers from the outside. In this way, McDyess would have nothing to play.
The meaning is that he can only be pulled to the outside by Dior, which is a waste of energy.
At this time, Martin began to explode again.
The Pistons are currently guarding Martin, Prince. The two men's bodies are almost identical. They are both thin and thin, but have extremely long limbs. They are both left-handed, and their shooting postures are exactly the same, with their shots being crooked.
It's generally correct when other people's defense shoots down with their faces. But that's not the case with these two. If you try to block the shot towards the center line, it's useless. Their hands are very crooked and they will throw the ball from the left. Although they shoot
Their postures are weird, but both of them have good shooting percentages. They are known as the league's double guns - crooked machine guns. By the way, Marion, another player in the league with weird shooting postures, is also on the court now.
It is said that after this series, many children no longer deliberately pursue the standard of accurate shooting movements when playing ball.
Martin's biggest gain from the series against the Heat was confidence. Not many in the league could score more than 40 points in the playoffs, and the most important thing for a pitcher is confidence.
Facing Prince's defense at the beginning, Martin, as usual, slithered in and out of people like a fish, trying to get rid of him, but he immediately found that he couldn't do it. Prince was always following him.
Behind him, it was like gangrene in the bones. After the game, Martin couldn't help but ask Prince: "How can you follow me so closely? I can't get rid of you." "Oh, every day.
I’m used to guarding against Hamilton.” “…………”
So Martin, who is good at thinking, immediately adjusted his offensive thinking, no longer running and shooting, but holding the ball and breaking through.
In fact, Prince's single defense ability is not particularly strong. Although he is tall and has long arms, he can become a nightmare for outside shooters. But his body is too thin. If the opponent is strong, he can be squeezed away, and his
His acceleration is not particularly outstanding, and he cannot keep up with high-speed players. The best thing about Prince's defense is his help defense and rotation.
Nowadays, many people only focus on individual defense ability. In fact, assist defense ability is also crucial. The assist defense ability of outside players is even more important than individual defense ability.
We all often say that offense should be like running water, there is no fixed trend, and it will flow wherever the opponent has loopholes. In fact, defense is the same, and it should be like running water. Wherever the opponent attacks the most fiercely, it will flow.
Like a moat, this ability is to help defend...
If a bad defensive team gets a player with excellent perimeter defense ability, then they may still be a bad defensive team. But if they get a player with outstanding help defense ability, then their defensive level will definitely improve by one.
grade.
Prince's grasp of the timing of assist defense and double-teaming is definitely the best in the league. Only Bowen, Battier and others can compare with him. Although Artest won the best defensive player, in this aspect he is not the best.
Si is too far behind. Because the Pistons players have various flaws in their physical talents, they will often seize on your flaws when encountering others, and then chase you and beat them. At this time, Prince will even take advantage of them.
Rush over and help your teammates share the pressure.
When Martin holds the ball and attacks, Prince cannot do anything. Although neither of them has outstanding physical confrontation ability, Martin's feet are faster and the attacker is more active, so Prince cannot stop him.
And Martin is different from other players. After he breaks through, he does not rush inside. Instead, after getting space, he makes a jump shot or a small floater. Although Ben is strong enough, he does not have the height. Regardless of whether he saves it or not, Martin will
It had no effect, he couldn't reach Martin's shooting point.
But at this time Billups also started to explode, carrying Hill and hitting hard to the basket. He also made forced shots every now and then, and he really dared to score.
By the end of halftime, 48-42, the Magic led by 6 points.
Because Billups made a comeback in the second quarter, and he was not a long-distance runner like Hamilton, he couldn't handle it anymore. Carlos Arroyo replaced him.
Arroyo is a typical player who is strong in offense and weak in defense. His fake moves are realistic and his breakthroughs are unexpected. However, his body is not strong enough, so when he encounters strong players, his movements are easy to go out of shape. He played in the Pistons,
It mainly relies on playing pick-and-rolls with inside players. Because Arroyo has strong breakthrough and shooting abilities, usually after the pick-and-roll, the defensive big players will come to cover Arroyo and let go of the inside players. At this time, he will
If the ball is passed between the two players, the inside players will have a good opportunity to attack.
This trick is usually very effective for the Pistons, but today it was a tragedy when he encountered magic.
The Magic are one of the best pick-and-roll teams in the league, but they are different from the Jazz who follow the small man and don't let you block, and they are also different from the Pistons and Spurs who follow the small man in a timely manner.
The Magic relies entirely on players' enthusiasm and physical talent. Generally, there are at least two players on the court who can defend from position 2 to position 4. Isn't your pick-and-roll just for a mismatch? We don't have a mismatch.
Opportunity for you.
After Arroyo set a pick-and-roll, he faced Josh Smith. This guy was faster and more flexible than him. Looking back at McDyess, Iguodala stepped up in time. Although McDyess had an advantage in height, he
He has good physical fitness, jumps high and has enough strength. If you want to rush away from me and go directly to the basket, there is no chance. If Iguodala is a mid-range shot, although Iguodala cannot effectively block the shot, he can still interfere.
And you have to make the choice immediately whether to shoot or not. As long as you hesitate a little, Josh and Iguodala will immediately switch back and become a normal matchup.
