Chapter 389: Consecutive Free Throws
The successive mistakes took a toll on the player's confidence, and Yang Di was still on the field, taking the initiative to ask for the ball, ready to make some changes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ben Wallace close-quarters defend Yang Di.
Yang Di held the ball in both hands and signaled an offensive threat in the elbow area like an outside player.
Philip Saunders narrowed his eyes and calmly watched the Warriors' offense on the court.
On the other side, the Warriors coach, Montgomery was a little silent, and when the two looked up, they happened to see each other, and there was an invisible eye contact.
"The number of the full level?"
Montgomery doesn't think it's a big deal to lead the Pistons to the best record, after all, the Pistons have been at the top of the league in recent years.
At this time, Yang Di suddenly started on the field, faced Ben Wallace, and slid to move with a loud shout.
Right-handed, leaning over to break through, fast.
Big Ben didn't expect Yang Di's breakthrough to be so resolute this time, and after striding in, the first blow was full of impact, like a heavy tank.
Rao is such a strong body, and he was also slightly unresponsive when he was hit.
Yang Di's speed burst out, and the second step passed Big Ben's defense.
Daben knew in his heart that the interior defense was weak, and raised his arm to prevent Yang Di's breakthrough, and with a "snap", it slapped on Yang Di's arm.
"Toot ~"
Blocking fouls.
The Warriors reopened the sideline ball, Monta received the ball, resisted the willingness to break through, and hoisted the ball to Yang Di, who asked for the ball in the low post.
Yang Di singled Ben Wallace with his back, hit the first hit, turned around with his back in the second, moved a step sideways to the baseline, and then stepped on the ground with one foot and turned over for a jumper.
Big Ben's defense was too late, Yang Di hit the board into the frame and scored the first goal of the game.
Pistons offense.
Puerto Rico's Arroyo was an excellent ball handler, and as he pushed at high speeds, he was firmly in control of the basketball, and with a beautiful dribble behind him, he changed direction to open up a huge space with Monta Ellis.
Fortunately, Ellis defended aggressively, turned around and accelerated, and caught up with Arroyo again.
Arroyo handed the ball to Hamilton, who came from a running position, and Hamilton received the ball and made a sharp stop, making a shooting pose, and Salmons, who was defending behind him, jumped up as a matter of course.
Unexpectedly, Hamilton made a feint, moved sideways and made a jumper, and hit the middle distance steadily.
Yang Di went down to rest after playing two, and the first quarter ended with the Pistons leading the Warriors by six points at 23-17.
The Warriors' rookies played particularly hard, and Ellis, like Granger, was at a loss for the Pistons' high-intensity defense, and only played 70% of his strength, which was a terrible performance.
Fortunately, Salmons hit a 3-pointer to stop the bleeding for the Warriors in time, so Montgomery did not make an unconventional lineup rotation.
Yang Di, who rested for more than 3 minutes, reappeared, plus more than 1 minute of rest in the first quarter, he needed to bear more pressure and responsibility in this game.
In the first wave of offense, Yang Di received the ball and broke through quickly, slipped to the bottom line and forced a layup, causing McDyce's beating foul.
Yang Di walked to the free throw line and hit all 2 free throws.
Philip Saunders frowned, turned his head to look at the silent Big Ben, and suppressed the idea of early substitutions, at this time it was still the Pistons who were leading, and there was no need to disrupt the original rhythm of the players for a game.
The Pistons slowed down their offense, grinding until nearly 24 seconds before shooting, missed, and Yang Di grabbed the rebound with one hand.
He turned and advanced with the ball, and the whole Warriors team ran.
McDyce, Delfino and others defended quickly, and when Yang Di advanced to the 3-point line, the Pistons almost all fell into position.
At this time, Yang Di did not rush to attack and returned the ball to Ellis to organize.
Ellis crosses with both hands and Salmons goes high to Hamilton.
After a crotch, Salmons changed direction to break through, broke through with his left hand and broke through to the left, and the "pop" basketball bounced off the floor, and Hamilton turned his head to move and "banged" into a person's body.
"Pick-and-roll!" Hamilton was shocked, "How did you come so quickly, there was no one just now!" ”
Salmons secretly gave Yang Di a thumbs up, Yang Di's block was silent, the key was very timely, Salmons received the ball to break through, and Yang Di just stood on his side.
As a result, the Pistons are faced with defensive confusion.
Yang Di went down, Salmons faced McDyes, and after a few steps to the baseline, Salmons jumped into the air.
In the air, he dialed the ball to Yang Di, who was cutting in the air, and Yang Di slammed his hands on the ground, catching the rebound ball and jumping up.
Gliding through the air, there was a noticeable stagnation, and the left hand grabbed the ball with one hand and held it high.
Rasheed Wallace didn't have time to make up for the defense and watched Yang Di dunk.
"Bang dang!"
The ball stand trembled.
"Good pass!" Yang Di landed on the ground and turned back to defend and high-fived Salmons in celebration.
Yang Di scored four points in a row, but the Pistons' offense still missed, and Argentina's Delfino shot was seriously interfered with by teenager Trevor Ariza.
Sanders was ready to call a timeout after the Warriors' round, and the Pistons clearly needed to make substitutions.
In this round, Foyer blocked for Ellis, Yang Di did the ambush of the bottom line, and the young Ellis broke through like a lightning bolt and quickly hit the Pistons' inside.
Rashid Wallace and McDyce saw Ellis rushing towards him with great momentum, and they both decisively let go of their defenders and pounced on Ellis.
Ellis confronted McDyce first, with excellent waist and abdominal strength in the air, and a small loop lever in both arms.
The entire Pistons shrank defensively, and Rashid couldn't get Ellis' layup, but the two put him under enough pressure.
The basketball went past the two of them, didn't hit the board, and landed on the neck of the basket.
Yang Di rushed over and jumped up, taking advantage of the inside line to pounce, and he became the most dominant man under the basket.
Delfino, Hamilton and Arroyo are the outside players who can't do anything with him, Delfino gritted his teeth, he was in a good position, and jumped up at the same time, trying to intercept Yang Di in the air.
When Rashid turned around, he saw the scene of Delfino hitting Yang Di's palm, Yang Di received the basketball and forcibly smashed the dunk, because of Delfino's foul, the basketball got out of his hand and smashed directly on the basket and bounced high.
"Toot ~"
The referee interrupted the game and blew for a foul on the Delfino beater.
Yang Di once again walked to the free throw line and made a free throw, and the Pistons replaced Arroyo with Billups to take the lead.
The Pistons fans, who were still a little worried, suddenly reassured that the man with a bright bald head was the soul of the Pistons, and with him on the court, the Pistons would always be as stable as Mount Tai.
At this time, the Warriors also made a corresponding rotation, replacing Ellis with Byron Davis, relying only on Jandy's impact on the court is obviously not offensive enough, and the team needs Byron Davis's organization.
As a result, both sides wanted to bring the game into their own familiar rhythms, with low hit percentages and dull matches.
At halftime, the Pistons led the Warriors by five points, 45-40.
Yang Di made 7 free throws in this quarter, all of which were hit, causing a lot of damage to the Pistons' interior line.