naaapseattle Chapter 171 The situation is good
Chapter 171 The situation is good
Chapter 171 The situation is good
The Knicks' defense is very clear. Ben Wallace, who has no offensive power, should be completely blocked. If he gets a good chance at the basket, he will not hesitate to foul. This guy's free throw percentage is not as good as O'Neal.
Rasheed Wallace is trying to prevent him from hitting three-pointers. Now Rasheed Wallace prefers long-range shots, and only his mouth maintains the same intensity as when he was young. His strength has undoubtedly declined. , Channing Frye can reduce his efficiency.
When not switching to Hamilton, Li Hai's responsibility is to seal Prince.
Li Hai has a lot of solutions for Prince's outside players who are not very breakthrough in all aspects of offense and rely more on strong teams.
As for Hamilton, when Li Hai didn't mark, he would replace him when he encountered a screen, trying not to give him an open chance. Except for the center position, the Knicks could defend other players. When Eddie Curry was not around, Then there are five positions and rotations.
Hamilton and Billups can only limit it as much as possible, and they cannot be completely sealed.
Like Billups increasing his personal offense in this game, the Knicks hope to see it. Compared with personal offense, the Pistons are definitely inferior to the Knicks.
As long as the connection between Billups and his teammates is severed, even if he scores high, he cannot be efficient.
After the Knicks took the lead, they played their strongest defense.
Rasheed Wallace forced a few shots inside, his strength was still dominant, and Channing Frye couldn't do much with his familiar straight arm turning and leaning back, but his shooting percentage was gone It was stable in the early years and could not pose a fatal threat.
No matter how the Pistons try, the Knicks can always hold the advantage in their hands.
They can't solve the Knicks' outside firepower at all. If the defense is expanded too much, Eddie Curry can also score inside. Now the Knicks don't need Eddie Curry to play for a long time. Efficiency is enough. With the support of strong firepower from the outside, Eddie Curry, who experienced the playoffs for the first time, played comfortably.
The Pistons obviously can't find a balance between offense and defense, and their methods are well known by others, let alone Larry Brown's Knicks.
They don't have enough strong stars to stand up and cause new troubles for their opponents, which is the reason why they play uncomfortable.
Billups tried to do these things, but obviously he is only suitable for being a key man, not a tough player.
If Antonio McDyess hadn't regained his touch during the rotation period, the Pistons would have been a little bit overwhelmed in the third quarter.
In the last quarter, Crawford hit another three-pointer in the opening game, and the score between the two sides further widened.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Billups came on the court before he rested for a minute. In terms of strength, Billups definitely has it. When he came on the court, he made a strong shot and hit a three-pointer, and he suddenly became like Arenas. Attack style.
The current Pistons are completely dependent on Billups, but Billups wasn't supposed to do this.
Seeing that Hamilton's threat decreased without support, the Knicks did not let Li Hai switch defenses, allowing him to focus more on offense.
Prince is undoubtedly a very good defender, but he met James first and then Li Hai, both of whom were stronger than him in terms of speed and strength, which seriously challenged his personal defense.
As long as Li Hai starts it, Prince's long arm will probably lose its effect, and this is Li Hai's best move, using speed and strength to squeeze past defenders to complete mid-range shots.
But what was even more troublesome was that in terms of offense, few defenders were so strict against Prince. After several shots were interfered by Li Hai and missed shots, Prince almost never took a shot.
With about 5 minutes left in the game, Billups scored two more three-pointers to help the Pistons narrow the point gap to 5 points, but then Li Hai hit a three-pointer, and the Knicks made another beautiful counterattack , Pull the score to 10 points again.
This is the epitome of the whole game, no matter how hard Billups tries, it always feels a little bit worse.
At 3 minutes and 13 seconds, the Pistons replaced Ben Wallace, intending to make a last-ditch offense.
Then Billups hit a three-pointer again, giving the Pistons a glimmer of hope.
But Li Hai immediately extinguished this hope. He broke through Prince's defense from the side, rushed into the inside of the Pistons without Ben Wallace, successfully dunked the Pistons, and gave the Pistons a heavy punch.
Except for Billups, Hamilton missed a three-pointer from the outside and a two-pointer with the ball in an emergency stop. The Pistons have no more ways to attack.
When the time was running out, the Pistons obviously lost their fighting spirit, and the game ended like this.
Five Knicks scored in double figures and defeated their opponents 96:83.
Li Hai has 21 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. It's not that his scoring ability has declined, but the team doesn't need him to score desperately. As long as he does his job well, the team can go on steadily.
Compared with the Western Suns being trapped by injuries and unable to exert their full strength and being defeated by the Mavericks, the neat lineup of the Knicks and Pistons can cause more topics.
Pistons coach Philip Sanders is also under tremendous pressure. He is considered inferior to Larry Brown and has led the Pistons out of the playoffs.
In addition to questioning the media's judgment on the Pistons, Balashid Wallace, the big mouth of the Pistons, believes that the Pistons' victory is beyond doubt. Some dissatisfaction with the head coach, and no support for Philip Saunders at all.
Another Wallace, Ben Wallace, also expressed his dissatisfaction with the coach, thinking that Philip Saunders did not pay enough attention to defense. At this time, he was not united internally. The Pistons really had problems.
"We can't be careless. Although the guys from the Pistons have big mouths, they don't hold back on the court." Li Hai also reminded when talking with his teammates during the training break.
"Of course, now is a great opportunity for us to enter the finals. Everyone has cheered me up." Marbury was obviously a little excited.
Speaking of the finals, a group of Knicks teammates were a little excited, and so was Li Hai.
The team's two players with finals experience, Jaylen Rose and Malik Rose, also talked about the difference in the finals.
The head coach Larry Brown, who led the team to win the finals, could only pull his face and tell them to calm down. It would be too wronged if the good situation was affected because of ecstasy.
However, Li Hai and others understand that if they want a better future, they must play every game well.
(End of this chapter)