Chapter 494: Victory over the Magic team
After the timeout, the Magic's situation didn't get much better, Steve Francis's offense was repeatedly ironed, and Dwight Howard was also a butter hand, unable to catch the ball passed to him by his teammates, and only Grant Hill could still drag the remnants to score a few two-pointers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Pistons took the opportunity to pull away, Richard Hamilton forced Cardino Mobley many times to succeed, and Osborne also shot desperately three-pointers, although the shooting percentage was average, but he also made a lot of shots.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pistons led the Magic by 15 points at 33:18, Osborne scored 20 points in a single quarter, Richard Hamilton also scored 9 points, and only one Grant Hill on the Magic side played normally and scored 12 points, and the other six points were scored by Cardino Mobley and Steve Francis, Steve Steve Francis was a little embarrassed, he only scored 4 points as the team leader, and the shooting percentage was miserable.
None of the players in the Magic's rest area spoke, and they didn't know what to say, because his hand was so bad today, but only Dwight Howard was still smiling as if he didn't know what the trouble was.
The head coach of the Magic team doesn't know what to say, and most of these players are still not convinced of him, but he still has to stand up and say something about the scene, otherwise the Pistons can basically finish the Magic in two quarters.
"I know the players weren't in good shape today, but don't be discouraged because the Pistons are not invincible, you have to have talent and experience in this group of players, and as long as you can run in well, we can get into the playoffs again, so you have to let people see your potential and your strength in this game."
Few people responded to the words of the head coach of the Magic team, and most of them were still in a state of confusion, only Howard was still smiling.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Magic team took the lead in attacking, Steve Francis is still the engine of the offense, he may want to prove that he is the boss of the Magic team, Steve Francis played Chancey Billups jump shot and hit a shot, and Chauncy Billups is not in a hurry, because he does not need to rely on personal courage to take revenge, because he has an excellent team to vent for him.
Osborne quickly illustrated this with his own strength, and Osborne's three-pointer met Grant Hill and hit a three-pointer, which immediately wiped out Steve Francis's efforts.
Boss Fo is really angry this time, he has never seen such a shameless style of play, and he can't be a breakthrough master like Osborne who can occupy a place in the NBA with his shooting.
Osborne's style of play is defined as weak by some traditional players, because not only does he always score by pitching, but what is even more unacceptable is that he has been hiding behind his teammates and throwing the ball, which is simply one of the players who hides in the shadows and cannot see the light.
But now Osborne's arsenal is not only shooting, but also pull-up jump shots, back-to-back singles, breakthrough layups and other scoring methods, but Osborne has the Pistons system as a support and does not have to change his style of play, so Osborne still shoots three-pointers as his regular scoring means.
In the second quarter, the two sides fought fiercely, Dwight Howard suddenly showed the characteristics of a super center, no longer a butter hand, and repeatedly beat Ben Wallace to dunk, causing Rasheed Wallace's personal foul, but unfortunately his free throws were really unsightly, so Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace, Elden Campbell took turns to invite him to the free throw line to perform free throw embarrassing emojis.
Osborne also made easy three-pointers with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll screens many times, and the Pistons still led the Magic by 20 points at 71-51 at halftime, and no matter how hard the Magic tried, the Pistons would firmly grasp the initiative.
This time the Magic team is even more confused, originally they are the ninth place in the East, and the Nets are still one win away from the eighth place in the East, as long as they win this game, they can break into the eighth place in the East, and if they lose this game, they will fall to the tenth place in the East.
And they also found that even if they are lucky enough to get to the eighth place in the East, but the first round of the playoffs will meet their bitter Pistons, no matter what, their fate will not be too good, and only by trying to hit the seventh and sixth place in the East will there be a chance of survival.
So in the third quarter, the Magic team really started to work hard, and Steve Francis stopped focusing on his own offense, he began to focus on his own work, organizing passes, and connecting teammates.
The Pistons, on the other hand, replaced their main players in turn, Osborne and Ben Wallace went down to rest, and Elden Campbell and Tysa Ann Prince came on.
Not to mention that Steve Francis's efforts were not in vain, Grant Hill received his wonderful pass and scored a three-pointer for the Magic, and then he assisted the Magic's rising star Dwight Howard to take off and dunk successfully, and also caused a foul on Rashid Wallace, and most importantly, he even hit a free throw, this time something is going to happen, and the offensive efficiency of the Magic team has suddenly become much higher.
The sudden outburst of the Magic team caught the Pistons off guard, and Osborne and Ben Wallace, who were still leisurely below, were also anxious, because Grant Hill and Dwight Howard suddenly broke out, no matter how injured Grant Hill was, after all, he was known as Jordan's successor, and Dwight Howard was also known as a player known as Warcraft, and the Pistons really had no way to stop them as soon as they broke out.
But even so, Larry Brown still didn't replace Osborne, because even if they got the upper hand in the third quarter, they would still be beaten back to their original shape in the fourth quarter, so in the end the Pistons withstood the pressure, and the Pistons only led the Magic by nine points at the end of the third quarter, a difference of ten points, and there was still a quarter of time in the game, and there was still a chance.
It's a pity that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, the Pistons didn't give the Magic any chance at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Taysha Ann Prince was responsible for defending Grant Hill, Ben Wallace was responsible for defending Dwight Howard and trying to get Dwight Howard to the free throw line, and Osborne was specifically responsible for scoring at shooting guard.
The Pistons took the game away in the last wave, and in the end, the Pistons defeated the Magic 115-100, adding another victory for themselves, and also drove the Magic out of the playoffs, and moved the Cavaliers up one spot.
Osborne easily chipped in 39 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, while Steve Francis had a double-double with 21 points and 10 assists, and Dwight Howard also had an easy double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds, but none of that worked. (To be continued.) )