Chapter 83: Osborne's Performance (5)
Larry Brown saw the setup just now, and it took less than seven minutes to see the effect, and the effect was very good, instantly widening the gap between the Pistons and the Nets to more than 10 points, and the performance of Osborne and Hamilton made him feel as if his team had a dual core.
The Nets also expected the Pistons' lineup, but they didn't expect Osborne and Richard Hamilton to suddenly erupt, and the whole team was acting for them. It's as if the whole team is acting like a machine, doing its job and being meticulous.
Larry Brown was also more comfortable with this point difference, and then took advantage of the Nets to call a timeout, replaced Osborne and rested first, and replaced Elden Campbell center, Ben Wallace as power forward, and Mike James as Chauncey Billups.
At this time, the Pistons' lineup on the court is: center Elden Campbell, power forward Ben Wallace, small forward Tysha Ander Princes, point guard Mike James, and scoring guard Richard Hamilton. Now the defensive ability of this lineup has been greatly strengthened, after all, except for Osborne's defensive colander, the Pistons players are all excellent defensive skills.
Osborne sat down next to Dakomilisic as soon as he came down, and then he started watching how his teammates played.
After the game restarted, Osborne saw that the Pistons' defense was really strong, and it deserved to be called the strongest defense by later generations, and the Lakers, the champion team of defense, couldn't score points, and the overall score of the entire league went down, and the individual score also hit a new low in previous seasons.
Although the current Pistons team is not yet fully staffed and the state is not at its best, the current Pistons team has a prototype. And Larry Brown is building the Pistons' team system, and when Larry Brown completes this system, Osborne will no longer have the playing time he has now.
Larry Brown has always advocated playing the right way, but he will also build different team systems according to different player configurations, when he was in the 76 team he also played superstar basketball, using superstar Allen Iverson, and defensive guru Deacon Bemutombo, but he and Allen Iverson have been at odds since the loss in the 01 Finals. Then Larry Brown left in anger, determined to explore a team that could dominate the league without a superstar, and the Pistons gave Larry Brown hope.
The Nets' lineup hasn't changed much, after all, they're a dozen points behind? You need to take advantage of the absence of the main force to chase points as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no such a good chance, but although the Nets have this idea, the Pistons are not worried at all, they just want to use defense to block all illusions of the Nets.
The Nets on the court urgently need to score, constantly attacking the basket, Jason Kidd not only organizes the offense and occasionally tries to shoot three points, but the feel is not very good, and the other players of the Nets are also miserable by the Pistons' defense. Hit rate drops.
Osborne found a problem with the Nets that he hadn't noticed on the court, and now the Nets are playing a bit chaotic while the Pistons are fluid defensively.
Osborne felt that if the Pistons could take this kind of defense as the norm and the Pistons' offense would be strengthened, such a Pistons team would be unstoppable and unbeatable.
The Pistons' defense made Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson very uncomfortable, and the shooting percentage dropped seriously, while the Pistons' Richard Hamilton was very tough, blocking shots, and strong layups, which was very dazzling.
The Pistons ended the second quarter with 55:39, and Osborne also knew the strength of the Pistons' defensive system by watching the game from the sidelines, compared to Osborne's burden on the court. Throughout the second quarter, the duo of guards Mike James and Richard Hamilton stood out, and the rest of the players were active defensively.
Entering the halftime break, Larry Brown spoke again, "Everyone played very well in the first half, especially in the second quarter, but in the next third quarter, Osborne replaced Richard Hamilton as the scoring guard, Chaunsib Billups cooperated, Daco Milicic played the power forward, Ben Wallace came off the rest, Memet Oku played the center, and the small forward was also played by Prince. ”
"You're going to focus on Osborne in the third quarter, and everybody else is going to create opportunities for Osborne, but what? Others have to be able to score, not just Osborne. We're going to settle the game in three quarters and let the Nets see what a real championship team is. ”
After watching the Nets' cheerleading performance at halftime, the Pistons and Nets began to fight again.
As soon as the game started, the Nets went crazy for Kenyon Martin, who had already played the first half. Following the Nets' trend, it is inevitable that Kenyon Martin will play the full third quarter.
Kenyon Martin's inside skills are really good, with both power and skill, Dacomilisic can't stop him at all, but Osborne is also the first to shoot, and he doesn't want to be passive all the time.
Osborne started a crazy offensive mode, but don't get me wrong, his crazy offense is not a personal offense, he desperately breaks through to the inside, and then uses his ability to split the ball, sometimes shooting cold-blooded three-pointers from the outside, so that the Nets are shocked inside and out.
Nets' bench point guard, Aaron Williams looked at Osborne's performance in surprise, he was simply incompetent, Aaron Williams is also a good offensive player, he doesn't like defense at all, but he is a convulsive player, he needs to kill people when he is on time, and he can't shoot when he is not right.
Aaron Williams played a decent game, not too brilliant, not too rubbish, but just this performance couldn't stop the Pistons from moving forward.
Osborne acted as the offensive engine of the Pistons in the third quarter, and he sometimes singled Aaron Williams for a breakthrough layup or a turnaround three-point shot from the outside, and sometimes assisted Memetoku for an empty dunk and a steal for Aaron Williams to get off the fast break, anyway, Osborne's performance on the court was impeccable.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pistons had led the Nets by nearly 20 points at 87:70, and Osborne also got his wish and completed another triple-double feat, he scored 27 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds in the third quarter.
Seeing this, Larry Brown felt that he should be relieved, and then replaced the Pistons' defensive strongest players on the court, replaced Osborne and Daco Milicic to rest, and the others continued to play in the fourth quarter.