Although Hill regained his "Devil Mountain" style and led the Magic to a 10-2 spurt, the score is now 91-78.
Although their lead is now very obvious, and everyone said that the Pistons did not score explosively and their ability to chase points was not good, the Magic still did not dare to relax at all.
"Be careful when sailing, anything is possible before the final whistle." This is what Edison said most to his players when he was leading the regular season.
But you are still allowed to make mistakes in the regular season. After one loss, there are 80 games to make up for. But in the playoffs, one mistake may determine the results of your hard work in the previous six months.
In fact, the Pistons are a team worthy of their opponents' full attention.
Although you can't suddenly score a wave of points, you can just stick to it.
Larry Brown used his signature technique of pressing the bottom of the box-pressing the defense full court.
Although the Pistons' players were obviously in poor physical condition, they still had a breath of air, and they used this breath to run and press with all their might.
As soon as the Magic fired the ball, Hamilton and Billups caught Nash in the middle like a crab's claws, making him unable to move. He had no choice but to apply for a timeout to avoid mistakes.
At this time, Hill stepped forward again. With Nash being tightly guarded and unable to catch the ball, he acted as the team's propeller. He got the ball in the backcourt and began to lead the team forward. The Pistons' full-court press was in vain.
Although I have lost my physical strength, I haven't been able to experience any effects.
The Pistons used all the tricks they could and fought to the end, but they still lost 95-86, with a 9-point gap. The Magic took the lead at home and made a good start for the Eastern Conference finals.
With his explosive performance in the fourth quarter, Hill scored a game-high 26 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and was elected as the MVP of the game.
The shooting percentages of other players were low, coupled with Billups' strict defense, Nash's statistics were naturally not eye-catching, with only 8 points and 8 assists.
Martin, who came off the bench, continued his outstanding performance since the playoffs, shooting 7 of 13 from the field and scoring 23 points with 4 free throws.
Howard, on the other hand, scored 6 points after Ben's muscle collision. This score was his lowest score since the playoffs. It was not as bad as when he met the Sharks. However, he grabbed 9 rebounds, which was not the case after all.
Beaten by Wallace.
Billups on the Pistons made 8 of 16 shots, plus 6 free throws, and scored 25 points. However, because of Hamilton's poor touch today, he only scored 16 points, so Billups' assist data was only pitiful.
3.
Although the leading point guards of both teams had a bit of an abnormality in assists, their inside cores made up for their role. The Magic's Diaw had 7 assists, while the Pistons' McDyess also had 6 assists.
At the end of the game, Addis, who was always humble off the court, took the initiative to shake hands with coach Larry Brown.
"Well done, Paul. You played a very good game, and you won the victory." Although the Magic scored well, they did not despise the defense, so Larry Brown had a good impression of Edison. In
In his eyes, a player who knows how to defend is a good player, and a coach who knows how to let players defend is a good coach.
"I won by luck. I think with Rashid back in the next game, the game will definitely change."
Larry Brown listened to Edison's words, nodded and smiled, and said nothing more.
Just as Edison was about to leave, he accidentally glanced at a figure on the Pistons bench and said a few more words.
"By the way, Larry. Since Milicic from your team can't play, why don't we make a trade in the summer?"
Although the manager of the Pistons is Dumars, Larry Brown has a lot of say in player transactions. Larry Brown was behind the scenes when Roaring Tianzun came to the Pistons...
After hearing this, Brown thought about it for a moment and said, "I really don't like this Serbian black man. Since he can't come on the market, it's reasonable to trade him. It's considered a waste. And his original draft pick was so high, and now the value of the trade is not low, and then
It becomes less and less valuable the longer you delay.”
When he got here, Larry Brown put away his previous easy-going attitude and asked Edison seriously, "What are you going to use as a bargaining chip?"
In fact, Edison just chatted with him and didn't think deeply about it. After hearing Larry Brown's words, he was subconsciously stunned. "Yeah, what do you want to exchange for? Draft picks? Impossible, I still have plans. Now the opponent
The number of players included? It’s also unrealistic. With Milicic’s salary, only Howard and Iguodala on his side can barely match it.” Edison now particularly regrets his talkativeness just now.
But Larry Brown looked at him seriously, and Edison couldn't leave without answering. It would be too rude.
In the end, Edison was forced to run out of moves, and after mumbling for a long time, he said, "Actually, we also have a Wallace here. How about I give you a front flush?"
When Larry Brown heard this, he paid no attention to Edison, turned around and left, leaving Edison there alone. Edison also knew that he was mainly responsible for this matter, and he was not embarrassed to blame others, so he could only turn around and look at the players angrily.
Walk through the passage.
As a result, Edison almost ran into someone head-on as soon as he turned around.
ESPN's Erin Andrews was waiting diligently to interview the victorious Edison as soon as possible.
"Congratulations on your victory at home, what do you want to say?" Andrews' voice was as crisp and sweet as ever, sweeping away the embarrassment Adis had just felt.
"Although we won, the game was not as easy as the final score looked. If it hadn't been for Grant Hill's sudden burst at the last moment, the outcome would have been unpredictable."
"Talk about Hill's performance. Were his consecutive singles at the last moment arranged by you in advance?"
"It's not something we arranged in advance. Although there are several individual player tactics in my tactical manual, they are not commonly used in actual games. Our offense relies more on pick-and-roll and running coordination."
"In other words, Hill's singles decision today is a personal decision. What do you think about this?"
"That's great. You know in this league, many times the key to the game is the performance of one or two players. Their personal ability can surpass the team. I am very happy that Hill can also show this kind of strength. If
If he can perform like this earlier, then I can sleep a few hours earlier in the past few days." At this point, Edison smiled heartily, and then said thoughtfully, "I think about our next game.
There may be more tactical arrangements for Hill's singles to give full play to his personal strength."
"Talk about the next game and what your predictions are."
"There is no doubt that the next game will be more difficult than this one. You know that guy Rashid will come back from the ban, and everyone knows what his personal strength is. And after he comes back, he will solve the Pistons' problem very well.
Due to the problem of weak inside substitutes, McDyess's reduced playing time will be more conducive to him showing his strength, and the Pistons' offensive routines will be more abundant. Moreover, his comeback will greatly enhance the confidence and morale of the Pistons' current players. So I
I think the next game will be the key point of this series. If we can defeat the Pistons and win this series, we will be sure to win it. If we can't, the subsequent games will be more difficult than anyone imagines."
"Okay, last question. What did you say to Larry Brown just now? He seemed very unhappy at the end."
Edison was a little confused after hearing this question and couldn't tell the truth. So he rubbed his temples and said after a while, "Actually, I told him that the next winner will still be us, so he was not happy."…
Andrews knew Edison well enough to know that if the guy made a lot of little moves when he was talking, he was probably lying. "Really?"
Edison looked at Andrews' sly eyes and nodded vigorously, "Really."
"Well, thank you for accepting our interview today."
After the interview was over and the camera moved away, Edison rubbed Andrews' head with a slight annoyance and messed up her hair as revenge for not giving him face just now.
The cameraman next to him couldn't help laughing when he saw Edison's venting action, but then he thought about it, the only one who could bully Andrews like this and not be angry was Edison, and even Edison could do this with Erin Andrews.
Intimate behavior is not allowed by other men.
Because the cameraman and Andrews had been working together for a long time, the relationship between the two was very good, so after Edison left, he refrained from reminding Andrews, "Eileen, that guy has a girlfriend, and his
There are a lot of tidbits, and I think you have fallen into it a little bit. This is not good for you."
"Thank you, I know, there is actually nothing between the two of us." Andrews explained to the cameraman while arranging his hair.
The cameraman listened to Andrews' words, looked at her serious expression, and thought to himself: "My child, the authorities are obsessed with it. You are already in it now, you just didn't realize it." But there were many things that he couldn't say clearly, so the cameraman couldn't.
Nothing more was said.
Although they won the first game, the Magic players in the locker room were obviously divided into two groups.
The substitute players were all laughing and joking there, looking as relaxed and relaxed as they had in previous wins.
The main players sat there panting one by one. If the substitute teased them, they would respond, otherwise they would not make a sound at all.
Edison came in when he saw it and said, "How's it going? Now you know how powerful I am. Okay, Grant and Steve, you two hurry up and change your clothes and go to the press conference with me."
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