On the plane flying to Detroit, Gasol and others enthusiastically discussed their experiences in learning Tai Chi with Li Tian.
This made Li Tian helpless. He covered his face with a towel and went directly to bed.
The sound got louder and louder, and Mark couldn't help it.
"Ahem...didn't you see many people taking a rest?" Mark suddenly spoke.
Gasol and others also stopped discussing.
Li Tian was not able to appear in the previous game against the Pistons, and will come on as a substitute in this game.
The Detroit Pistons were founded in 1941 and joined the NBA in 1948.
The Pistons reached the NBA Finals in two consecutive seasons, 1954-55 and 1955-56, but lost to the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia Warriors and missed the championship. In 1957, the Pistons moved to Detroit. The team was renamed the Detroit Pistons.
Under the wave of the Industrial Revolution, Detroit declared bankruptcy, and the city's NBA team also fell into a low ebb.
The Pistons, like the city of Detroit, have always been famous for their tenacity, tenacity, and iron-blooded style. In the late 1980s, the Pistons bad boys won two championships. Their gasoline-smelling playing style was like the roar of an engine. The hustle and bustle of the home court has kept basketball god Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson away.
In his youth, Jordan suffered three consecutive defeats to the Pistons from 1988 to 1990. At that time, the Pistons head coach Chuck Daly created the Jordan Rules in order to defeat Jordan. He even made his players smile like Thomas and Laimbeer. Rodman and others used brutal fouls to stop Jordan, helping the Detroit Pistons crush Chicago again and again to reach the top of the Eastern Conference.
In the end, Jordan completely grew up, defeated the Pistons in 1991, and Detroit fell into reconstruction.
After more than ten years of reconstruction, after acquiring Wallace and Hamilton.
In the 2003-2004 season, the team formed the Pistons Five Tigers of Billups, Ben Wallace, Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Prince, recreating the glory of the blue-collar team. Under the leadership of Lee Brown, they once again reached the Finals and defeated the Lakers, who owned the Big Four, with a score of 4-1.
After experiencing several finals, the current Pistons are slowly getting older. As the players age, they have withdrawn from the finals stage, but there is still no player in the Eastern Conference who is willing to play against the Pistons in the playoffs.
But now the Grizzlies still have no chance against this Pistons team.
The Pistons' way of playing is that there is no absolute star, but everyone has the potential to be a star, and they are also very selfless. Whoever has the opportunity, whoever is in good condition, whoever attacks.
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Looking at the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, Li Tian felt a passionate feeling.
Recalling Artest's feat here, Li Tian's blood began to boil.
Seeing that Li Tian was a little distracted, Mark called out to Li Tian.
"Li, what are you doing?" Mark pulled Li Tian back.
"There is no coach." Li Tian scratched his head and expressed his embarrassment.
"You will come on as a substitute today, maybe earlier. Your main task is to keep an eye on Middleton."
Li Tian did not reject the two because of the height difference. He had long wanted to compete with Middleton and carefully prepared for the game on the plane.
The game started with Miller defending Hamilton.
Miller is obviously younger, but no matter how hard he chases Hamilton, he can't catch up. Middleton can always get space to take action.
Mark signaled from the sidelines, and Gay and Miller switched defenses.
Unexpectedly, Gay's defense was not as good as Miller's, and he was easily shaken off by Hamilton, and then took action.
Hamilton got several close-to-open shooting opportunities in a row, and Mark was a little dissatisfied.
People on the sidelines kept roaring, "What are you doing? This is just a piece of shit."
After being unable to stand the defense of Gay and Miller, "Lee, you go warm up and prepare to replace Gay."
There was a dead ball and Li Tian replaced Guy.
It could be seen that Guy was a little unhappy, and he threw the sweaty towel on the spot where Li Tian had just done it.
The Pistons used Prince to defend Li Tian.
Prince is good at sudden shots and has solid low-post offensive skills. Coupled with his natural long arms, he can often attack the enemy when the team cannot open the situation. Defense is Prince's special skill, blocking shots. , has outstanding stealing ability and excellent defensive awareness. Although he is thin, he does not suffer in confrontation. He is a blue-collar star of the Pistons and can hear thunder every time.
Prince's defense put a lot of pressure on Li Tian.
Stoudemire is still holding the ball at the top of the arc, observing the position of his teammates.
Li Tian couldn't get rid of Prince's defense even after accelerating several times. He could only use drastic changes of direction to shuttle back and forth between the Pistons and Grizzlies players.
When I saw Wallace and Milicic competing for position, they ran past the two of them, and the two became a human wall blocking Prince.
Li Tian ran to the baseline, but before he could get into position, Stoudemire threw the ball over.
Li Tian received the pass and saw that Prince had already passed Wallace. He had no time to make adjustments and directly shot a three-pointer.
The moment he took action, Prince had already arrived in front of Li Tian.
The shot was a little hasty, but Li Tian, who had practiced thousands of times, still hit the three-pointer steadily.
The Auburn Hills fans booed after seeing Li Tian hit a three-pointer.
The noise from the fans filled Li Tian's ears, but he remained unmoved.
After Li Tian hit a three-pointer, the score came to 18-19, with a point difference of 1 point.
Billups held the ball and advanced past half court.
Li Tian knew that tracking Hamilton was a strenuous task and he could not relax for a moment.
Hamilton was still running tirelessly, with Li Tian staring closely behind him.
After a long period of practice and constantly watching Hamilton's game videos, Hamilton's movements were completely exposed to Li Tian. Li Tian knew the next movement of each movement very well.
Billups watched the attack time continue to decrease and had no choice but to launch an attack on his own. Hamilton had not gotten rid of Li Tian's pursuit for ten seconds.
Whether Hamilton changes direction or makes an emergency stop, Li Tian can defend well.
Seeing that Hamilton ran away without a chance to make a shot.
Billups had a bad touch and his shot missed the frame.
Milicic grabbed the rebound.
Seeing Billups take action, Billups only hit one of his first few shots. Li Tian dropped Hamilton, who was chasing him, and went straight down.
Miller received the pass from Milicic and passed a long pass to Li Tian who was about to pass.
Li Tian, who had already reached the free throw line, received the pass, jumped up, and performed a domineering tomahawk chop in front of the fans.
Although the fans appreciated Li Tian's dunk, they still booed.
After the dunk landed, Li Tian gently touched his knee with his right hand.
Yelled "Ah!!!"
As if to tell everyone, "My knee injury has fully recovered."
Many people are wondering about Li Tian's action.
It was only after some reporters interpreted it after the game that people suddenly realized it.
Li Tian scored 5 points in a row to help the Grizzlies overtake the score.
Looking back, Li Tian was still keeping a close eye on Hamilton.
The two of them felt as if they were out of the race. One was running tirelessly, and the other was chasing behind him tirelessly. It was as if they were competing to see who could finish last.
In the rest of the first quarter, Hamilton was defended by Li Tian and never got a shot.
In several rounds where Hamilton was tough, Li Tian defeated Hamilton completely.
During the game break, Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief.