Chapter 499: Meet the Spurs Again
After getting the Mavericks, the Pistons' record came to 56 wins, the league's first record, they have locked up the playoff spot, in this game against the Mavericks, Osborne personally made 11 three-pointers, a game-high 49 points, and the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki also scored the Mavericks' highest 41 points, but the other players on the Pistons team today are better, so it is logical for the Pistons to win the game. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After finishing the Mavericks, the Pistons easily won the Kings, the Kings used to be brilliant, and the Princeton system was also thunderous, but the current Kings are no longer the original Kings, and the offensive firepower is far less than before.
The main reason is that after Chris Webber's major injury, the state is far worse than before, and Pejastojakovic has the idea of competing for the boss, so the Kings players are unstable, and the locker room is even more chaotic.
The rise of McBibby has also made the team more unstable, so every player in the Kings team is very capable, but the offensive firepower is not combined, and the Pistons relied on the three-point shooting mode and strong defensive system to kill the Kings in chaos.
The Pistons won 133-119 against the Kings, in which Osborne scored a game-high 43 points, Chauncey Billups also had 22 points and nine assists, Richard Hamilton also scored 19 points, Tysha Amplins scored 15 points, Rasheed Wallace scored 14 points, and even Ben Wallace, who has never scored much, scored nine points, and he also contributed 18 rebounds, and when Ben Wallace had twice as many rebounds as points, it was difficult for the Pistons to lose.
In this game of the Kings, Chris Webber defended the dignity of his boss and cut down 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Mike Bibby also scored 20 points, and Pejastojakovic got 18 points and 5 assists, but such data did not bring a victory, so the battle for the boss of the Kings became more and more intense.
After taking out two strong opponents in a row, the Pistons encountered the biggest opponent in March, the Spurs, although this Spurs team is known as a single-core team, but Osborne will definitely not ignore other players, such as Manuginobili, who just defeated the American Dream Team, and also needs French sports car Tony Parker, ankle finisher Bruce Bowen, and key Mr. Robert Horry.
This is the core part of the Spurs, so the starting lineup sent by the Spurs is center Tim Duncan, power forward Robert Horry, small forward Bruce Bowen, shooting guard Manuginobili, and point guard Tony Parker.
Old man Popovich's idea is simple, still use ankle finisher Bruce Bowen to shock Osborne and limit his scoring, of course, it would be better to have a chance to debug Osborne.
The Pistons adjusted their lineup this time, with center Ben Wallace, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Taysha Amples, scoring guard Osborne, point guard Chauncy Billups, and Larry Brown wanting to use Taysa Amplins and Bruce Bowen to hurt each other.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams played more harmoniously, Tim Duncan grabbed the basketball, then Tony Parker assisted Manuginobili to open a three-point shot, and Chauncey Billups also assisted Osborne to shoot a three-pointer, and then Tim Duncan resisted Ben Wallace hook and scored a three-pointer, which was not Tim Duncan made a three-pointer, but he scored a 2+1.
Then Chauncey Billups also scored a three-pointer on his own, and the two teams tied again, and the two teams were very tacit during this period of time, you scored a goal, I scored a goal in turn, there was no tactic, it was all up to the players to play freely.
But when the basketball came into the hands of Taysa Imprins, Bruce Bowen began to move, Taysa Amplin also wanted to experience how Bruce Bowen defended, Taysa Amplin just received the ball, and was not ready to attack, Bruce Bowen's small movements continued, but Taysa Amplin didn't eat this set and started directly, and Taysa Amplin forced to break through Bruce Bowen, but was pulled by Bruce Bowen, and Taysa Amplin accidentally dribbled the basketball, and this time Taysa Amplin was angry.
When he came back, he also launched his death entanglement and super harassment for Bruce Bowen, Bruce Bowen was even more unbearable, and was directly stealed by Taysha Amprins, and then Taysha Amplin rode away and assisted Rasheed Wallace to shoot a three-pointer.
This time the two of them are concluded, whether they have the ball in their hands or not, they are fighting each other throughout the whole process, entangled with each other, and no one will let anyone, and the other players also seem to be infected by them, and the defense is getting harder and harder.
In the first quarter of the game, except for the normal scoring at the beginning, the next two teams almost did not score normally, all relying on free throws and forced dunks to score points, Osborne's three-point shot was almost impossible to shoot, and he had no way to run out of Manuginobili and Robert Horry's bag.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams only barely scored 20 points, in order to protect Osborne, the Pistons sent Richard Hamilton in the second quarter, the center was also replaced by Elden Campbell, the big forward became Daco Milisic, and the Spurs also replaced Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen with Brün Denbarry and Devin Brown.
It seems that the Spurs are going to use Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry to play against Osborne.
In the second quarter, the two teams played more normally, because Bruce Bowen, the thorn, was replaced, so the two teams played more regularly, the Spurs Manuginobili and Tony Parker teamed up to score 15 points, and the Pistons did not show weakness, Chauncee Billups and Richard Hamilton also teamed up to score 16 points, thanks to Tim Duncan also played, and scored 8 points on Elden Campbell, so the Pistons temporarily trailed the Spurs by 5 points at 35:40, and the Pistons also called a timeout.
During the pause, Osborne came back on the court to steal points, and the Spurs also replaced Robert Horry, which seemed to be aimed at Osborne, but Osborne was not afraid of Horry, because although Horry's defense was not very clean, at least he would not waste his entire career.
Returning from a timeout, Osborne made a resolute three-pointer, and he made three three-pointers under the cover of Rasheed Wallace, while Manuginobili, who was opposite him, also made two three-pointers with the support of Robert Horry.
At halftime, the Pistons still trailed the Spurs by two points at 49:51, and Osborne also completed the task of stealing points, narrowing the score gap to 2 points, which can be erased with just one three-pointer. (To be continued.) )