Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 398 What face do you have to meet Jiang Dong's elders?
Brown is a coach who is good at arranging a defensive system. Players rotate defenses very quickly, and Lu Yu cannot pass the ball directly to send assists every time.Fortunately, Marion and Nash transferred the ball quickly, and moved from the right to the left corner a few times. Richardson missed a jumper.

Ben Wallace grabs the rebound and passes it to Billups, and Prince and Hughes scramble for a counterattack.

As a result, Billups just dribbled a step and was forced into the backcourt by Lu Yu. He couldn't hold the ball to advance quickly, and he couldn't quickly pass the ball to teammates in the right position, which delayed the opportunity.

Billups is a player with a big heart.

In Lu Yu's previous life, in the nba arena, there was a simple king and a low-key star. He was not as versatile as Kidd, nor did he have the fancy passing at that time, but he could always stabilize at critical moments. Play and end the game with the basketball in your hand.He is Chauncey Billups, who is called a big heart by fans.

In 1997, Billups, with a halo on his head, participated in the NBA draft and was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick in the first round.

As a No. [-] pick, Billups should have been the protagonist on the basketball court, but in the first six seasons of his career, he became a homeless man, living a life of wandering.

As a point guard, although Billups averaged 11.1 points, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game during his rookie period, he was ruthlessly traded to Toronto before he even finished his rookie season in Boston.

The reason is simple, this time the Celtics need an experienced point guard, while Billups is a rookie.

For Billups, this deal is just the beginning of a nightmare.

After a rough rookie season in Toronto, he was packaged and sent to Denver.

Thought he'd get more support back in his hometown team, but Billups, who averaged 13.9 points, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals for the Nuggets, wasn't going to save this mired team team, and he has also become the object of criticism from some fans.

In Denver, Billups received far more blame than encouragement, and many people said he was not a good guard. In 2000, due to a shoulder injury, Billups was sent to the Magic as a bargaining chip shortly after surgery, but here, he didn't even play a game, and he was kicked to Minnesota as a ball .

In the first season of the Timberwolves, Billups ushered in the cold winter of his career, averaging only 9.3 points per game, and he was repeatedly peddled by the team, and he was also labeled as a parallel importer.

In 2002, Billups joined the Detroit Pistons for six years and 3500 million. In the past six seasons, he was forced to change six teams.After experiencing an extremely rough life of wandering, he finally found a home of his own.

During the Pistons period, Billups not only fulfilled his talent and took off the hat of parallel importers, but also led a grassroots team to defeat the then flourishing Suns 2004:4 in 1, and won the fmvp experience. Adrift, suffered abuse, and finally won the O'Brien championship trophy.

At this time, Billups has also taken off the hat of parallel importers, but because of Lu Yu's existence, he has not been able to prove himself in the finals.

Lu Yu was close to the body, allowing Billups to dribble the ball back and then move laterally. After being blocked for two seconds, the chance to counterattack was gone.

Billups dribbled the ball across the half court by the width of the court, and felt that he was successful if the ball was not broken. Little did he know that the head coach Brown had already greeted his mother in his heart.

Hughes cursed even more, feeling that the energy he had just run was wasted.

It is not so easy for Hughes to get a single-handed chance in positional warfare. The periphery is fine, but he will definitely be double-teamed near the penalty area.Haslem has become the main defensive force today, and he has nothing to worry about near the penalty area, and has repeatedly emptied his big money.

Big Ben is not a big threat with the ball, as long as Lu Yu and Haslem turn around fast enough, they can still foul and send him free throws.

The Suns only used this defensive method in the first quarter. Except for Hughes and Rasheed, the other players of the Pistons did not play much.Hughes scored 7 points in a single quarter while being double-teamed, and made 2 of 1 three-pointers.Big Ben scored 6 points and made 6 of 2 free throws.

Big Ben's performance at the free throw line in this year's playoffs was terrible, averaging 7.6 of 2.8 free throws per game, and his shooting percentage was 36.8%.In the regular season, his free throw percentage was 48.9%, which was a record low in his personal history. No one knew what happened to him, and suddenly he couldn't shoot at all.

Oh, I was wrong to blame him, I didn't know how to do it in the first place.

The Heat and the Pistons used shark slashing tactics, but the Pistons slashed the real Shaquille O'Neal, and the Heat slashed the big book. There were two games where the Pistons won and the score was very stalemate. The winner was not determined until the last minute. .

All signs indicate that the Pistons' ability to enter the finals is due to the weak competition in the Eastern Conference.

Lu Yu scored 19 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, leading the Suns team to more blossoms, leading 38 to 22.

In the second quarter, Lu Yu didn't take a break and brought a substitute. He brought Battier and Richardson and two substitutes, and made up a dead five small lineup.

If there is no Lu Yu, the strength of other Pistons players is not weaker than the Suns on paper, but the Suns have Lu Yu, and the Pistons' lineup cannot beat them. The tactics are very simple. Playing a pick-and-roll with Richardson, he breaks through with the ball, and Richardson bounces a three-pointer or cuts.

It is also rare to see a guard giving a pick-and-roll to a center.

Lu Yu attracted a double-team and split the ball, and his teammates had the opportunity to shoot directly.If there is no direct shot, he will protect the ball and wait for Lu Yu, who is running, to pass the ball to create singles opportunities for him.

Richardson is good at pick-and-rolls. He has played with Lu Yu for several years and has rich experience in the finals. In key games, D'Antoni would rather let others sit on the bench and give Richardson a chance to perform.

Richardson also performed well on the defensive end. The Pistons' leading scorer, Larry Hughes, was very uncomfortable with him.I can't break through, and my body is not as strong as Richardson.

Richardson played a very important role. He scored a catch in a mid-range shot and made two free throws in an empty cut. The offensive end gave Lu Yu support.

Lu Yu can always attract double-teams. He breaks through Ben Wallace just to play.

It's useless to catch up.

Billups is 191cm tall, which is too different from Lu Yu, and he will not be able to prevent him if he catches up.

Not to mention that he weighs only 91kg, which is considered strong among defenders, but he is not enough in front of Lu Yu. Besides, he has never been a defender who is good at speed. He is the kind of player who plays by rhythm, but once He is not in rhythm, whether it is defense or offense, it is a problem.

Lu Yu played the entire first half and scored a quasi-double-double with 36 points and 9 assists. Other star guards may not have played like this throughout the game.

The Pistons tried their best to double-team Lu Yu in the second half, but they couldn't restrain it, because the Suns were mainly running and bombing. After grabbing the rebound, they immediately launched a counterattack. The Pistons couldn't stop Lu Yu from advancing quickly.

Ben Wallace had two fouls in the first quarter and two more fouls in the second quarter, falling into foul trouble.

He was abused and could only cheer himself up by grinning and yelling, but he didn't want to.Either he was passed by Lu Yu, or he was fouled, and he didn't score a point in the second quarter when he was defended.

After meeting Lu Yu, Daben's favorite defense was no longer effective, and his good defensive skills could not be used.

Wallace's hallmarks were his rebounding, shot blocking and defense, for which he won numerous awards.

谈起史上最好的一届选秀，迈克尔-乔丹所在的1984一代和勒布朗-詹姆斯所在的2003一代会被提起。但是陆余前世在NBA TV上映的一部关于本-华莱士的纪录片让陆余曾经切实的感受到，1996年6月26日有多少天赋一起汇聚涌进了联盟。

Alan Iverson, Marcus Camby, Shareef Abdul-Rahim, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, those were the top six picks that year.

After that, there are 13th overall high school player Kobe Bryant and 15th overall Canadian boy Steve Nash.

"In that year, the culture of the league changed, basketball changed, NBA history changed," Hall of Fame point guard Isaiah Thomas said of the 1996 generation.

In Lu Yu's previous life, among the rookies in that class, Iverson, Ray Allen, Kobe, and Nash were already inducted into the Hall of Fame.Other All-Stars or former championship members, Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojakovic, Derek Fisher, Malik Rose, etc., were also read in that draft to the name.

And Ben Wallace, sitting in front of the TV at home, turned off the live broadcast after the draft, then walked out of the house and continued training.

Ben Wallace recalled: "When you get over the shock of first knowing the result, when you decide to pay everyone who didn't pick you back, you choose to continue training. So I continued training that night."

"I need to let everyone know me, you all missed a player. I looked back at the draft results, I want to remember everyone who was called, Iverson, Marbury, Raheem, O'Neal, Ray Allen, Kobe, they're my motivation. Now it's me against the world."

Missing out on his 29 teams at the time was not just a starter or an All-Star, but a future Hall of Fame center.

Wallace is only 2 meters tall, but he is the first player after Olajuwon to win both rebounding and blocked shots in one season.Like Mutombo, he has won 03 best defensive players. He is also a 4-time All-Star and the only undrafted pick who started in the All-Star. Lineup, 4-time defensive lineup undrafted pick.

Throughout his career, Wallace averaged only 5 shots per game, scored 5.7 points, and made only 41.4% of his free throws.

With the Pistons, Wallace replaced Hill's offense with his defense.There's no city better suited to Wallace's style of play than Detroit.

Wallace is the backbone of this defensive iron army.The home court will distribute T-shirts with the letter R on it, representing Wallace's rebounding rebound.

Every time Wallace blocks a shot, the home court will be accompanied by a huge sound effect, accompanied by the roar of the home fans.Wallace's quick movement and ability to delay and switch defenses have disrupted the opponent's pick-and-roll attacks again and again.

Wallace said: "We are just a hand-to-hand style, go out and do what we should do. But I started to hear other teams in the league say that they are looking for Wallace type players, which makes me very satisfied."

It's a pity that Lu Yu didn't choose to fight him hand-to-hand, which made him very uncomfortable.

Ben Wallace also suspects that Lu Yu has mind-reading skills. As long as he jumps up to block the shot, Lu Yu will make a fake move, either pass him or make a foul.When he was not jumping, Lu Yu often threw himself.

Of course, Lu Yu's is not mind reading, but rich experience and super fast reaction speed.He glanced at the opponent's distance, knew what choice to make, predicted the opponent's next move, and developed a good habit.

Ben went to rest, and the Pistons couldn't guard against Lu Yu.Hughes came back and tried to catch Battier's weakness but couldn't catch it, and Marion came back soon.

The Suns led the Pistons by 30 points at halftime, so it can be said that the victory has already been scored.

Before the game, Pistons fans posted on the Internet that Ben Wallace would definitely be able to defend against Lu Yu, who was disgraced, and now their faces are almost smashed.The two don't compare the results of this game, and he can't compare with Lu Yu in terms of statistics.

Lu Yu continued to play in the second half. Anyway, he had a lot of lead and there was no pressure. He began to try to score three points in the middle of the counterattack.

More than once, he made a super long three-pointer, and he threw it after halftime when no one was in front of him.He made 6 of 3 ultra-long three-pointers in this quarter, and his shooting percentage was half.The Suns' inside players covered Lu Yu in the midfield, and the Pistons' big men would not be able to come out without switching defenses.

The audience was stunned, they didn't expect the game to be played like this.

Zhang Weiping commented: "I think that people usually dare not play NBA games like this, and Lu Yu in the game will not be so accurate. His strength has completely exceeded the upper limit of the game."

Sun Yiping said with a smile: "Looking at the first game, you know that the Pistons may be swept away. The gap is too big and there is no way to resist."

The Suns led by 35 points and entered the final quarter. Both sides replaced all the main players. The Pistons players did not consider chasing points. Even if they started to catch up with the score, it would only make Lu Yu's data better.

If Lu Yu played for a while longer, the scoring record would definitely be broken, and he lost to garbage time again.He played 36 minutes in three quarters and scored 51 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals.

In the end, the Suns beat the Pistons by 128 points 95 to 33 and got off to a good start in the finals.

After the game, everyone in the Pistons didn't know what to say at the press conference, and they were all silent.

Said to try to win next?You can't win just by looking at it.

It's not appropriate to praise Lu Yu. If they are defeated in one game in the finals, what face will they have to meet Jiang Dong's elders?
At the Suns press conference, everyone was praising Lu Yu, and D'Antoni said: "With him alone, we will win the finals. We are all responsible for shouting 666 from the sidelines."

English is broad and profound. These are not D'Antoni's original words, but the translation is almost the same.

(End of this chapter)