Chapter 102: Reversal Score, Big Problem
At the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers' mood was much more relaxed.
It's hard to play away from home to the boos from all over the place.
Detroit workers are shouting incessantly, expressing their love for basketball, or rather venting their dissatisfaction in life. This makes the Pistons' home court very difficult to play.
"It's easy to play in the third quarter, and the wave takes away the opponent, and you can prepare for the last game."
Mo Williams said with a smile, a relaxed expression.
Qin Yang was stunned for a moment, and almost laughed.
But...... The Cavaliers didn't just think so about Mo Williams, James led the team by himself, and said so on the side, and Dronte West thought so too.
Qin Yang felt that the day was over, and Ah Huang from the house next door was gone.
Mo Williams was in a cold state, 0 in 4 in the first two quarters, and his teammates in the pit didn't want it, and he dared to say that this state was taken away in waves.
The advantage in the second quarter made the Cavaliers a little slack.
James feels that he can take it away in waves, which is the rhythm of the Cavaliers most of the time, but the playoffs are different from the regular season, and with the characteristics of the Pistons, they will definitely not give this opportunity.
According to Qin Yang's point of view, it is unrealistic to send the Pistons away directly in waves, especially in a confrontation at this level in the playoffs, the best choice is to take it slowly, lead by seven or eight points in one quarter, and end the battle in the third quarter.
But no one thinks so.
At the beginning of the third quarter, James asked for a card position, Mo Williams had to pass, Qin Yang ran to the bottom corner to pull space, and James held the ball for a layup.
Under the basket, Rasheed Wallace assisted in the defense and did not give James a chance.
Under the basket, in the physical confrontation, James slid to the ground, and the basketball was drawn out of the frame, but the referee did not blow the penalty, and James ran to the referee to complain with a puzzled face.
The referee explained a little and motioned for James to leave.
This ball is within the range of whether it can be judged or not.
But this is the playoffs, or the Pistons, James' superstar whistle will be weakened a lot, and the ball will not be blown off.
But that was just the beginning, with the Pistons scoring hard, the Cavaliers attacking, and James attacking with the ball again.
This time James passed to Mo Williams on the outside, and Mo Williams hit the iron again with the help of Prince. This time Prince defended late.
If Mo Williams had calmed down, he would have been able to shoot, but this goal was obviously a mistake in Mo Williams' mentality.
The shot hit the iron, the basket was in the Vallejoka position, James got the rebound, and then hit the shot from close range.
The Pistons slowly passed the half, and after several passes, Rasheed Wallace leaned on Vallejo and then turned directly to score a layup.
The Cavaliers attacked, James continued to attack with the ball, but under the basket Rasheed Wallace was really hard, his palm touched the basketball, and under the basket McDice was difficult to rebound, and then passed to Prince.
Prince didn't rush to break fast, and slowly stayed up for half the court.
This is a common routine for the Pistons.
But the Cavaliers were a little flustered, and Mo Williams, who was defending Starkey, wanted a sudden steal, but Starkey was prepared and pulled the ball to break through for a layup.
Under the basket, Vallejo defended, Starkey attracted the defense and passed to Rashid Wallace, James assisted in the defense, Rashid Wallace gave it to Prince, and Qin Yang assisted in the defense. Prince gave Hamilton and Hamilton scored.
Smooth transfer and cutting fit.
The Pistons scored again.
The Cavaliers attacked, James asked for the position again, Qin Yang's face darkened, and sure enough, Mo Williams passed to James, and James made a layup.
This time, James hit the iron directly.
Rasheed Wallace turned to get the rebound, and the Pistons were slow to attack again in the half.
Qin Yang was speechless for a while.
James was so anxious that the Cavaliers were in a hurry.
Pulling away the score in the third quarter is the routine and habit of the Cavaliers this season, and James has done this many times in the third quarter to stage the return of the king.
But this game is a playoff game against the Pistons.
It's almost impossible to pull away in a playoff season against a slow-paced Pistons, especially when James is holding the ball and attacking the basket.
The Pistons hit the iron, and the Cavaliers finally got a chance.
But James passed to Mo Williams again, and Mo Williams hit the iron again.
Oh yes.
Qin Yang felt that this game was so difficult to fight.
Mo Williams' hand today was nothing short of devastating.
James' multiple layups in this quarter were also turnovers.
In the next few minutes, James continued to make layups, all of which missed, and the shooting rate of 1 of 6 in a single quarter was quite miserable, and what was even more embarrassing was that there were two passing errors and no free throws.
Mo Williams went 0-of-5 in a single quarter and became an undercover agent.
Qin Yang watched James attack with the ball again and again, make layups, pass the ball, and bury the team's victory again and again, but there was no way.
This is James's team, Qin Yang has Hamilton by his side, and he doesn't give Qin Yang a good chance at all, unless Qin Yang launches an attack, this situation can't be changed.
But...... This quarter was almost all about James attacking with the ball.
In this quarter, the Cavaliers shot less than two percent, scoring only 9 points, and trailing in a single quarter at 9-19, so that after three quarters, the Cavaliers were actually behind by 3 points.
There is only one last quarter left in the clock.
When the whistle blew in the third quarter, the Cavaliers players all let out a light breath.
It's a tough game!
Qin Yang was expressionless, blaming his teammates when the team was behind, which was the stupidest thing. So knowing that it was wrong for the team to do this, Qin Yang couldn't point it out.
"Changed in the fourth quarter, Bruce held the ball high, don't stay in the corner, Daniel Gibson went to the corner, had a chance to score a layup." Coach Brown had to change tactics and lineups.
Mo Williams was substituted.
Daniel Gibson plays.
In fact, Qin Yang didn't understand the Cavaliers' playing strategy very much.
After the playoffs, the Cavaliers played very few players, James and Mo Williams played more than 40 minutes, Qin Yang and Delonte West played 35 minutes, Vallejo and Da Z played 30 minutes, and the others played about 10 minutes of fragmentary time.
Ben Wallace only had a dozen minutes per game.
Like Szczebiak who played less than eight minutes in the first two games and played in the last garbage time, so did Pavlovich, who had a regular season performance.
Of course, Pavlovic was the worst, not getting playing time for two games in a row.
Although Pavlovich's defense and footwork as a small forward are problematic, Pavlovich's mid-range shooting is definitely many generations better than James'.
It's a really sad topic.
"Coach Brown, I think we can give Daniel, Pavlovich and Wall some chances, and their shots are important in a game like this."
Qin Yang put forward his own suggestion at the end.