Because of the obvious strength gap between Arroyo and Billups, the Pistons' performance began to weaken in the third quarter. Although Brown had no choice but to replace Billups again, the team was already tired.
As Martin suddenly made a three-pointer from the outside and scored his 10th personal point, the point difference between the two teams also widened to 10 points.
"Now the Magic has expanded the score to 2 digits, and there are less than 2 minutes left before the end of the third quarter. If the Magic can maintain this advantage into the fourth quarter, there is no doubt that they will take the initiative in the game."
"Yes, although the Pistons are strong, they have never been good at grabbing points. If you look at the Magic, Kings or SuperSonics now, falling behind by 10 points is no different than a tie. A burst of 'bang bang bang' three-pointers will lead to a score."
Back. But the Pistons can't do this. They lack the ability to shoot three-pointers. There are only three people on the team who can shoot three-pointers. Billups, Hunter and Wallace. Wallace can't play today, and Lynch
Especially for a veteran who can only play 10 minutes per game and only shoot 2 or 3 goals. It can only be used as a tactical adjustment and cannot be routine. Therefore, the Pistons can only score two points one ball at a time, so they are chasing points.
But it’s troublesome. Even if the opponent suddenly loses touch and can’t score the ball, it will take about 4 minutes to catch up with the 10 points at the Pistons’ pace. This also means that your Pistons hit rate is 100%.”
"Oh? It seems that Steve is no longer optimistic about the Pistons." When the other two commentators heard that there was something in Cole's words, they looked at each other and sandwiched him in the middle.
"Yes, the Pistons are completely at a disadvantage now. Their biggest problem is that their substitutes are too weak. In addition to the five starters, the only substitutes are Arroyo, Campbell and Hunter who played for a while, and the combined time of the three of them
It was less than 10 minutes. Among them, Campbell did not score a point, Hunter scored a three-pointer, and Arroyo did better and scored 2 goals, plus free throws for 5 points."
"But let's look at the Magic's bench. Not only did Martin score 10 points, Iguodala and Josh both scored more than 5 points. Usually there is McDyess on the Pistons' bench, and he can
In addition to the five starters, it is enough to contribute 10 points and 8 points, coupled with the team's iron-blooded defense, to reduce the opponent's score. But it can't be done now. Without McDyess, the team can't find anyone.
The bench scored."
"There is also the issue of physical fitness. So far, the Pistons' five starters, Ben and Hamilton, have not rested for a minute and have been playing. The other three people have not had much rest time. In the fourth quarter, they still persisted.
Can he survive? Especially McDyess, who originally had physical problems due to a leg injury. If he is asked to play for such a long time, and he must maintain high intensity on both offense and defense, he will definitely not be able to persist. This was not the case with the 76ers before.
This has happened many times in the game. In the 4th quarter, McDyess suddenly weakened, his defensive rotation speed slowed down, he could not jump up, and could only get stuck on the ground. In order to accommodate him, the Pistons could only change the already
The very slow rhythm becomes even slower, and each time completely consumes 24 seconds. And this contradicts what we said at the beginning, you are behind now, you need to grab points and chase points, and you need to increase your speed."
"And the Pistons are not without people. Milicic, the second-place finisher last year, has been sitting on the bench, but he has never played a few minutes in two seasons. Is he really without strength? I don't think so. As a player who can train in the first place,
He is a young man who is praised by all the scouts in the camp. He is not far behind in any way. You must know that this young man's shooting touch was much better than Bosh. Look at what Bosh of the Raptors can do now. He
Even if I can't become the core inside player like him, I think there's still no problem if I can come out and score some points as a substitute."
Steve Kerr obviously doesn't like Larry Brown. The reason may be because when Kerr was with the Bulls, Larry Brown happened to be the head coach of their main rival Pacers...
The game progressed just as Steve Kerr said. In the third quarter, the two teams tied 71-61, and the Magic entered the final quarter with a 10-point advantage.
After the start of the fourth quarter, it seemed that McDyess really couldn't stand it any longer. Campbell came on again, while Arroyo continued to play. Hamilton went to play small forward and let Prince rest.
The little prince was so tired today that he almost vomited blood. He was either fighting with Marion or chasing Martin all over the street. It was because of Martin's sudden progress, otherwise Edison might have let him try Wallace's bulldozer layup.
The Pistons let the substitutes play, and the Magic also let the substitutes play. But the Magic's substitutes are much better than the Pistons. Except for Hill and Nash, who are obviously a head above others in strength, the gap between the others is very small.
Young, Howard hasn't grown up yet, Josh and Dio have completely different styles and are incomparable.
So at the beginning of the fourth quarter, although the Pistons still played as a team and everyone was very active in running defense, this was not enough to make up for the hard gap in their strength. Although the point difference did not widen further,
The situation of the game has always been firmly in the hands of the Magic.
But you can never underestimate the desire for a championship, especially for a team as strong as the Pistons.
When Billups, McDyess and others returned, although their fatigue was still obvious and their jerseys were soaked with sweat, they began to exert force.
Some people in this league are born for big scenes. Although they usually don't score, they will take action when it's time to take action, and when the knife is out of the sheath, they will see blood, and Billups is such a person.
After the Pistons won the championship, many people compared Billups to Isiah Thomas, the bad boy of the year.
Although Lupus is now inferior to Thomas in terms of scoring ability and organizational ability. Thomas set the NBA single-season average assist record at the time with 13.9 assists per game in the 1984-85 season, while Billups'
Although his passing is excellent, no one ever thought he could win the assists title, and in fact he never did.
And Billups' scoring ability, which has always been praised, is not outstanding when compared with Thomas.
In the 1988 Finals, although the Pistons lost to the Lakers 3-4 and did not win the championship, the most memorable thing is Thomas' performance in Game 6. Thomas suffered a serious leg injury in that game and was limping.
Guidi scored 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting in the fourth quarter, setting a single-quarter scoring record in the NBA Finals - 43 points, 8 assists, and 6 steals. Thomas single-handedly almost made the Pistons a year ahead of schedule.
Win the championship.
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the NBA in the 1996-97 season, Thomas was selected into the "50 Greatest Stars" in NBA history. Billups had not yet entered the NBA at that time. Now that the NBA is approaching its 60th anniversary, if there is another "60 Greatest Stars", there will definitely be no
Billups' share - that's the difference between Billups and Thomas.
However, the most important thing for Billups is that his heart is as strong as that of Pistons senior Thomas, and he is even better than his predecessor. No matter what happens on the court, Billups is always so calm and iron-blooded.
The more critical the moment, the more superstar-level performances will occur.
Billups' strongest scoring method is not a shovel-like breakthrough, nor is it a pull-up jump shot, nor is it a forced pull-up, but the strongest low post play among today's point guards.
Facing Nash's dummy-like defensive intensity, Billups finally exposed his butt.
In this planet where digital products are omnipotent, every player wants to be put under the microscope. Every day there are countless discussions about how long Durant’s wingspan is, how far Kobe Bryant’s fingers can bend, and Rondo’s
What is the fat content and what is O'Neal's shoe size?
However, the discussion of buttocks is not so accurate, and we rarely even hear it. Of course, there is a reason for this...
First, most NBA players are strong and fit. Except for Shaquille O'Neal, Barkley, Perkins, and Big Baby Davis who wear their jerseys like tights, the butts of others are not that obvious, so
Secondly, most NBA fans are male. If a group of old men talk about how wonderful the shape of a man's butt is, it would be a bit weird, like Brokeback Mountain. Thirdly, a player's wonderful long arms and slender arms.
The legs can be used for cover photos, and the pectoralis major and back muscles can be used as a stage for beautiful tattoos... But, deliberately photographing a player's butt for the cover? That must be a lockout.
Even when scouts write scouting reports, they only talk about long arms, long fingers, long legs, big frames, and wide shoulders, but they spare a few lines of words to praise a player's butt.
However, the butt is definitely an indispensable part of NBA history, and the butt even plays more roles in the low post than fingers and wrists.
In the words of Barkley when he partnered with Kenny Smith: "Hey, man, how can I survive in the NBA for so many years? My ass." When O'Neal was not in the league, he was compared to Admiral Robinson.
Compared with Gorilla Ewing, Dream Olajuwon and others, they tried to find a template for him, and different people had different conclusions. But legendary center Bill Walton went over and took one look at O'Neal's butt and immediately came to a conclusion.
, "Isn't this guy just a bigger Barkley?"
Later, O'Neal's performance of using his left buttocks to hook up and shaking his right buttocks to dunk the baseline proved why Bill Walton is an expert and why many TV stations are rushing to make him their commentator.
The eyesight is good.
Although Billups's butt is not as big and round as Barkley's, and he can make defensive players ecstasy when he sits back. But his butt is definitely not small. To put it most intuitively, the benches are narrower than his butt.
He couldn't sit fully and his sides were hanging in the air.
And the difference between Billups and other point guards is that others started to learn to show off their butts only when they were in senior grades and could no longer run or jump. I won't mention Magic, Kidd, Mark Jackson and others from
It is a matter of being a talented and beautiful runner in his youth and turning into a stocky butt uncle in his later years. Even the super-immortal Jordan Joe gang leader in his later years would stick up his butt to get into position, and then perform the classic turn over and jump to the basket.
So we see that as Kobe gets older, he becomes less and less fond of changing directions in front of his body, and instead leans over more often to offer his anus. But unfortunately, the size of his butt is really unsatisfactory, so he can only use his elbows to help move towards the basket.
He wanders around a lot, but he also causes trouble.
But Billups is different from these people. Billups began to learn to use his butt before his body went downhill, and he sang a good song.
Billups handed the ball to the masked man Hamilton, then turned around in the low post on the wing and sat down on Nash. Immediately, Nash felt that his thigh was wrapped in a piece of warmth, and then he started to breathe quickly, and his whole body was numb.
Unable to control it, I took a few steps back "dang dang dang".
Billups, on the other hand, took advantage of the opportunity and turned around for a layup before the Magic returned to defense inside.
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