I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 194 Desperate Match

The Pistons have had four full head coaches in the last six seasons.

After Charlie Brown became famous, led the team to the finals twice, won a championship and a runner-up, he left the team.

Philip Sanders took over Charlie Brown's coaching for three seasons, and the results in the three seasons were not bad, but the results in the playoffs were poor.

Last season, Sanders' contract expired, and the Pistons chose Michael Curry as their head coach.

Under the coaching of Curry's family, the Pistons lost Billups' record and swooped down, falling directly from the second place in the Eastern Conference last year to the eighth place.

After a year of coaching, Michael Curry is gone.

Then it was replaced by John Custer this season.

Anyone can coach?
Can John Custer coach the Pistons?

Does he have this ability?
No!

Historically, John Custer coached the Pistons for two seasons and successfully built the Pistons into a team with a strong contender for the No. [-] pick.

Commonly known as rotten fish belly.

However, John Kuster, who just took office, doesn't think so.

He felt he had touched the grizzly bear's life.

It's very simple, as long as the few offensive arrows on the Grizzlies field are strangled, it's over.

The Pistons' defensive skills are still there.

After encouraging the players, John Custer deployed the team's strongest lineup and formulated a special defensive strategy against Curry and Iverson.

Li Ran didn't play in the third quarter. He played two full quarters. The momentum of the team was just right, and it was time for others to play.

So, in the third quarter, the Grizzlies lineup changed again.

Curry, Iverson, Turkoglu, Hill, Xiaojia.

John Custer was still complacent when he saw this lineup off the court, and he bet on the Grizzlies' lineup in the third quarter.

However, this lineup, which had never appeared in the preseason, played a game that he couldn't understand at all.

Let's put it this way, in real history, what are the average assists per game of these five players on the Grizzlies field in their careers?

Curry 6.6 times, Iverson 6.2 times, Turkoglu 2.8 times, averaged 5 times in the Magic last season, Hill 4.1 times, Xiaojia 3.4 times. .

Although the Grizzlies do not have Paul, Nash, and Rondo who averaged 10+ assists per game in the season, the offensive fluency of their lineup is even stronger than those of those teams.

The attack that just ended is a good proof.

The answer broke through and the ball was given to Curry. Curry made a gesture to shoot, and Stuckey made up, but Curry made a fake pass and passed the ball to Turkoglu.

Turkoglu acted as a bridge and dropped the ball to Xiao Jia inside.

Xiaojia passed the ball again, and Old Hill, who had already run completely open, caught the ball and made a layup.

All five Grizzlies received the ball on this play, and none stuck to it.

The Grizzlies' quicksilver attack hit the Pistons with no room to parry.

Although the Pistons' offense improved a bit without Li Ran on the court, it couldn't be compared with what they lost on defense.

"What kind of monster team is this? Putting five people on it is a completely different system."

John Custer was almost numb.

But he also saw a very important flaw in his team.

That is, Big Ben can no longer serve as the defensive core of the entire team.

In fact, it's normal, because Daben is returning to the Pistons for retirement.

He has been playing outside for five full years, first with the Bulls, then with the Cavaliers, and now Ben is a 35-year-old veteran.

With the current lineup of the Pistons, there are only three or two kittens that can be sold. Even if Kuster makes adjustments, there is nothing that can be sold.

On the Grizzlies side, Kaliapa had a great time dispatching troops.

What is the big lineup of black and white bears + Yi Jianlian + Li Ran + Turkoglu, what is Curry, Iverson, Turkoglu, Hill, Li Ran's dead five, as long as you can try, Caliapa will Take it out and try it.

Among them, the best performer was actually Li Ran's small lineup playing center forward.

This lineup is similar to the five-death team of the Warriors of later generations. Turkoglu, who is at the top of the fourth position, is in charge of the organization of the team and deals cards at the top of the arc. Curry and Iverson are both typical players who can shoot and shoot Organized backcourt players.

What about Li Ran?
Play like a Looney. . .

At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies lineup consisted of five of them.

The score on the field has reached 100-80, and the Grizzlies have already led by a full 20 points.

李然三节结束，拿到了13分15篮板3助攻4抢断3盖帽。

He took very few shots in this game, only 8 times, hit 6 goals, and made 1 of 1 free throws.

It seemed that Li Ran's style of play had regressed to the NCAA level, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was because with the strong offensive ability of these Grizzlies players, he didn't need to attack at all, and the team won.

The fourth quarter is already a proper garbage time. No one thinks that the Pistons' offense can catch up with a full 20 points in a single quarter.

So, in the fourth quarter, Calyapaso replaced all the main players.

Livingston, Gerald Green, Yi Jianlian, Kwame Brown, even Michael Finley and Darrell Arthur all got playing time.

The final score was fixed at 116-101. In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies' five main players did not play, and even the sixth man Crawford and Turkoglu did not play. The Grizzlies easily won the game .

李然第四节1分钟没打，数据也就定格在了13+15+3+4+3上。

Curry scored the team's highest score in the first game of his rookie season, with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. He made 7 of 4 three-pointers and performed well.

Iverson also performed well, with 15 points, 3 assists and 2 steals.

You know, these are the data won in less than three quarters.

On the other side, the Pistons' masked man Hamilton scored a game-high 26 points, but highlighted a despair.

Can't win, the Grizzlies are like an adult beating a child. It seems that they won them without trying their best. From the beginning to the end, the Pistons never got a lead. The whole time, they can only watch the point difference like a blunt knife The cut meat is generally pulled bigger and bigger.

The Grizzlies can so easily win the first regular season victory, so people are very surprised.

But after all, the Pistons this season are no longer the team that everyone feared a few years ago, so no one expressed shock.

After all, Li Ran has already played, so what else should be done.

He is the FMVP, the absolute core of the Grizzlies.

With him around, it's not normal for the Grizzlies to win against the Pistons.

Conversely, it's not right if you can't win.

A day later, the Grizzlies ushered in their second opponent of the season at their home court.

The Raptors came from as far away as Toronto.

(End of this chapter)