Chapter 600: Small victory over the Hornets
Chris Paul's half-court stats are almost comparable to Osborne's, much to the surprise of the Pistons' home commentators, "The Hornets, a young rookie, can match Osborne, and it looks like this guy named Chris Paul will definitely grow into a top point guard." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, he immediately retorted: "You can't say it too early, otherwise it's easy to be slapped in the face, the Hornets' rookie skills are really good, and he will become an excellent point guard, but his height is a hard injury, and he is just a little better in this game, don't forget, today's Pistons don't seem to be very defensive, just offensive, I'm sure that today's Pistons team can definitely beat the Hornets." ”
In fact, the first commentator has a good vision, what he said Chris Paul has indeed grown into the first point guard in the league, and the one behind is purely for the sake of refutation, there is no way for the commentator to be like this, this is almost the same as cross talk, if the same breath is not worth seeing, it must be praised, one degraded, and fight with each other to look good.
Larry Brown was puzzled by the Pistons' lack of defense and inaction, and when he questioned the players, he said, "Are you so arrogant that you can win games without defense?" Defense is our tradition, and our Pistons' defense has dropped a lot during this time, and if we don't pick it up, it's very likely that we won't be able to pick it up again. ”
Chauncey Billups as captain must be the first to speak, "I'm sorry, Coach Larry, you're right, but we really don't want to defend this game, we've played two games in a row for the Pistons home fans, this game we just want to give the Hornets a good game, for the sake of the flow of the game, we don't focus on defense." ”
When Larry Brown heard this, he immediately said angrily: "What kind of bullshit reason are you, isn't the game that fans and viewers want to watch just a winning game?" As long as the team wins, the fans will be happy, right? I don't agree with you to give up defense because of improving the fluency of the game, with defensive intensity the game will be good, just like the All-Star Game held by the league, that kind of game is simply insulting to the term game, this time I will not pursue it, in the second half you must raise the defensive intensity, only this kind of competitive game is a good game. ”
As soon as the Pistons players heard that this was indeed the case, although the All-Star Game was full of stars and the style of play was exaggerated, this really can't be called a game, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a performance, anyway, how to look good and how to come, but in terms of actual perception, such a game is not at all ornamental, and it is okay to watch it for a while, and after watching the whole game, you have an urge to scold the street.
Larry Brown saw that the players agreed with him, so he didn't say anything, and the third quarter of the game officially began, the Pistons deliberately increased the intensity of the game, Chancey Billups exerted more and more pressure on Chris Paul, and Chris Paul no longer had the calmness he had before.
He still chose to break through the shot, but after breaking through Chauncey Billups, his shot chances were still not very good, and the shooting percentage went down.
The Pistons' side seized the opportunity to grab points, Osborne hit a signature three-pointer, and then the Hornets also wanted to return a three-pointer, but unfortunately, the Hornets could shoot not many three-point players, J.R. Smith barely counted one, because he is not yet a three-pointer-oriented player, but he does have some nerve knife, and this time only the nerve is not knife, Chris Paul has divided the ball to him many times.
It's just that although his shooting action is chic, the shooting rate is miserable, and the Pistons' scoring is as simple as chopping melons and vegetables, the Hornets' defense can't stop the Pistons' offense at all, and Chauncey Billups has also used his rhythm change to break through Chris Paul to complete the layup many times.
The Hornets were a little overwhelmed by the Pistons' sudden toughness, thanks to the Hornets' adjustment was not bad, the game was not played, and the Hornets also began to adapt to the Pistons' defense under the organization of Chris Paul, and broke the Pistons' iron bucket formation many times, Chris Paul's pass became a sharp weapon for the Hornets to overcome obstacles.
After Osborne made a three-pointer, Chris Paul himself went on the field and threw a three-pointer in response, and Osborne still appreciated Chris Paul's courage.
The two teams went toe-to-toe in the third quarter, and if you score one goal, I have to score two goals in response, and this kind of game looks very interesting to watch, and the fans can't take their eyes off it.
After the end of the third quarter, the Pistons led the Hornets by 9 points at 89-80, and after some hard fighting, the Pistons finally established a clear lead, but Osborne did not dare to be careless, he felt that the Hornets had adapted to the defensive intensity of the Pistons, and the next step was definitely to counterattack.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Chris Paul and J.R. Smith threw in two three-pointers, which increased Chris Paul's assists to 14, which made the self-proclaimed top defensive team in the league lose face.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the competition between the two teams was still very fierce, and Chris Paul had no way to stop it just by relying on Chauncey Billups, because Chauncey Billups was older after all, and he couldn't keep up with Chris Paul's breakthrough speed, and a point guard like Chris Paul who could attack and pass was the most difficult to defend.
Fortunately, Osborne also lived up to the wishes of the fans and the audience, and began to play the game in the way he was most familiar with, Osborne first threw a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, and the Hornets finally brought a knife, and he also threw a difficult three-point shot under Osborne's defense.
A player like J.R. Smith really really has more people to defend him, the more energetic he shoots, and Osborne's side doesn't care about anything else, receiving the basketball is shooting, and he has a lot of shooting opportunities in this game, and almost no one comes to stop him from shooting.
The nerve knife player who fought against Osborne finally couldn't hold on, after a tie, the back shot was also repeatedly ironed, and his ironing skills were also transmitted to other players, and then the two teams fell into an embarrassing iron, fortunately, the Pistons accumulated a lot of points in front of the team, and the iron is not the worst thing for them, as long as the Hornets defend all the iron.
In the end, the Pistons beat the Hornets by six points 109-103, and the game was full of drama and serendipity, but overall it was a very good game.