Chapter 119: Mr.big (Part I) (with testimonial)
The Pistons' tradition was forged by '80s brutalist coach Chuck Daley, and the "Bad Boys" have a proven track record of defending at all.
If the Jazz's defense is tough, the Pistons are downright dirty.
In the last century, when the league rules were not perfect, throat locks, takedowns, and even taking off pants were the usual tricks of the Pistons, and the famous "Jordan Rule" was born because of them.
When the two teams met last season, the Rockets had players injured in a row, and this time under the influence of the atmosphere on the spot, the game became more and more rough.
Maddie was knocked out by Wallace, Yao Ming was pushed down by the two, and Petrus and Prince almost performed an all-out martial arts.
The game turned into hand-to-hand combat, and the smell of gunpowder on the field became stronger and stronger.
The Rockets' shooter group played a little erratically in this unconventional confrontation, and the two teams were scorched from the first quarter until the fourth.
With about 1 minute left in the game, the Rockets led 83-81 with the Pistons possessing the ball.
Rasheed Wallace held the ball high on the right, Hamilton began to run around the court, and McDyce and Prince made consecutive off-ball pick-and-rolls from the baseline.
Hamilton ran to the high post, ran back to the low post, and then ran back to the high post after a turn.
As the NBA's well-known "long-distance runner", Hamilton once had the experience of running defensive players out of the way.
The tireless movement finally earned him a chance and Wallace flicked the ball away at random.
"Huh!"
Hamilton hit a mid-range catch-up shot and the Pistons tied the score.
Tang Tian smiled bitterly at this time.
This Hamilton is the wonder of the players, and after a whole hand-to-hand fight, he still has so much strength to run.
He then stood up from his seat and reached out to make a tactical gesture to Billups in the 1st position.
In this game, the rest of the Rockets played abnormally, otherwise the team that averaged nearly 110 points per game this season would not have scored more than 80 points until now, even Yao Mai also played bumpy, but Billups, because of his familiarity with this team, can always find scoring opportunities.
Billups took the ball up front and made a tactical gesture.
Yao Ming mentioned that the high post was used to block and dismantle, and at the same time, Maddie borrowed Battier to block and dismantle to the outside.
This is a tactic designed for the No. 1 position, where the ball carrier can choose to go up or pass the ball when breaking through.
Maddy pinned down some of the Pistons' defense, and Billups chose to go on his own.
In the face of McDyce, who switched defenses, Billups accelerated to the basket and followed a stop-and-go throw.
McDies suffered a major knee injury, couldn't keep up with the speed, and seeing that he couldn't defend, he directly reached out and hit Billups in the face, trying to prevent Billups from scoring in this way.
But Billups faced the defense without shaking his hands.
"Huh!"
"Smack!"
The basketball went into the net, and McDyes's hand slapped Billups in the face.
Billups fell to the ground.
The referee's whistle blows for a foul on McDyce's thug.
"Technical foul! That's a technical foul! Tang Tian saw Billups on the ground holding his face for a long time and didn't get up, so he rushed to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the referee.
There was also a boo at the scene at this time, but they were not booing the referee's decision, but booing Tang Tian.
It's just a foul, they're used to it, so why get so excited.
The referee did not mean to make any further decisions.
"Coach, I'm fine, I'm fine." At this time, Billups had already been pulled up by Yao Ming, holding his eyes with one hand, and turned his head to Tang Tian and shouted.
Cole also came up at this time to pull Tang Tian.
Tang Tian saw that Billups was not a big problem, so he retreated to the bench.
Billups slowed down for a moment and let go of his hand, his left eye was a red patch, and the eye was bloodshot.
Obviously, the slap just now was not light.
Billups walked to the free-throw line, and the crowd was booed.
How much I loved him, how much I hate him now.
Billups took a deep breath, closed his blurred left eye, and shot the free throw.
"Huh!"
Basketball hits steadily.
The Rockets once again took a three-point lead.
Tang Tian stretched out his hand at this time and called a timeout.
When the player got off the court, he walked directly to Billups quickly, and when he saw the bloodshot eyes, his heart trembled, the Pistons were really ruthless.
"Are you okay? If you have something to do, you will take a break, it is just a regular season. Tang Tian said directly and loudly, he didn't want Billups to be injured again just after recovering from injury.
"No, coach, I'm sure I'm okay." Billups shook his head.
"Team doctor." Tang Tian stretched out his hand and called the team doctor over.
The team doctor checked for a while and came to the conclusion that the eyeball was congested, which had a great impact on the vision, but it could still be played.
"Coach, I know what I know." Billups said with a smile.
Seeing that Billups insisted, Tang Tian didn't say anything more.
The timeout came back to the Pistons' possession of the ball.
It's still Hamilton, who is still running tirelessly on the court, and the Rockets' entire defensive formation is a little messy by him.
This time it was Sessions who passed the ball, and Hamilton received the ball from outside the three-point line.
"Bang!"
The shot was a little shorter, and the three-point line wasn't Hamilton's best area.
But perhaps it was predestined, the ball bounced up and then rolled in.
86 to 86!
The Pistons tied the score again!
The cheers at the scene shook the sky.
Because the tactics had already been laid out in the previous round, the Rockets served directly from the backcourt.
Billups pushed forward with the ball in the face of boos.
At this time, there were only about 30 seconds left until the end of the game.
If the Rockets can score, they will basically win the victory, and if they don't, the Pistons will have the last chance to shoot the ball.
Billups got to the front court and handed the ball to Maddy, then cut around the off-ball block to the basket.
It's still a No.1 tactic, but it's changed from possession to off-ball.
However, this time, after the change of defense, Hamilton successfully judged the offensive intentions of the Rockets, dodging left and right like a loach, and always firmly following Billups.
After Billups left the Pistons, Hamilton became the centerpiece of this team, not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.
Maddie didn't have a good chance to hold the ball, and seeing that the offensive time was more than halfway through, he beckoned Yao Ming to block and dismantle, and then directly held the ball to the basket to kill.
The Rockets quickly shrunk their defense, and Wallace, who switched defenses, also continued to impact Maddie with his body.
Maddie opted for an emergency stop.
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