Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 58 Three-point response, victory over the Pistons (for further reading)
After the third quarter restarted, the court was still stuck in a quagmire of iron, and no one could break free first.

After playing for more than 5 minutes in the third quarter, the Pistons, who were behind in the score, took the initiative to change their tactics, or Billups wanted to break the game with his personal strength.

With the help of defensive counterattack, Billups quickly advanced with the ball.

In order to help his teammates defend, Kobe quickly ran back to the backcourt and stood inside the three-point line to defend one step at a time.

Who would have thought that Billups would shoot a long three-pointer one or two steps away from the three-point line.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Kobe immediately flew up, but it still didn't help.

Kobe defended Billups for two and a half quarters, but he didn't expect to make a serious defensive error at this time.

As Billups hit a super long three-pointer, the players on the Pistons bench jumped up one after another, and the atmosphere on the court was stagnant.

The Lakers led the Pistons by exactly three points. After Billups made a super three-pointer in one fell swoop, the point difference was immediately tied.

However, just when the fans held their breath and did not dare to make any noise, Payton immediately picked up the ball and passed him to Malone who ran outside the bottom line. The latter immediately passed the ball back to the former after receiving the ball.

Billups' risky move reminded Payton that everyone is so tough anyway. Instead of trying to shoot about 40% of two-pointers, it is better to gamble on chasing three-pointers.

Billups saw Payton advancing with the ball, but he didn't expect Payton to shoot a three-pointer.After all, chasing three-pointers is his common skill, but it is not in Payton's arsenal.

It wasn't until Payton really stopped for a jumper and chased for a three-pointer that Billups flew out from the three-point line.

"Fortunately, his three-pointers are unstable!"

Just as Billups turned around, he heard Duang's voice coming from his ear.

However, just as Billups was looking for a rebound, Duane also rushed to the frontcourt and caught the rebound head-on.

The Pistons are a common zone defense position. The rebounds within the free throw line are better protected, and the long rebounds that bounce outside the three-point line are beyond reach.

Seeing Duane pick up an offensive rebound, Hamilton and Prince flew towards Duane together.

Dunn raised the ball to his forehead and made a single tiptoe shot quickly.

"Dune, Dawn, Dawn!"

Many Lakers fans at the scene saw that Durn's ball had a straight trajectory, and inexplicably felt that the ball would definitely go in. Before the ball was officially in the basket, they started cheering Durn's name.

Sure enough, the ball really went in for Duane.

Facing the defense of Hamilton and Prince, Duane strongly responded to Billups's chasing three-pointer just now, helping the Lakers get back to a 3-point lead.

"Dune, Dawn, Dawn!"

More Lakers fans cheered, and there were even a few voices of MVP.

After suffering a loss, Kobe did not rush back to the backcourt this time, but continued to stay in the frontcourt to pester Billups.

Hamilton had to respond, and also stayed in the backcourt with Billups, so the Pistons didn't start their fast break.

The Lakers continued to guard against the Pistons. Although Payton didn't make great efforts on the defensive end, this round just now inspired him a lot.

Payton waited for a defensive counterattack, or after the Pistons scored, and then advanced with a fast break.

Soon, Hamilton ran out of the opportunity again with the help of Big Ben's off-ball screen, and pulled to the free throw line to shoot a mid-range shot.

However, even if you are the king of CIC, you don't have to score every goal.

Hamilton hit the iron, the rebound was accepted by Grant, Payton asked Grant for the ball, and Grant naturally couldn't refuse to give it.

While Payton was advancing rapidly, Duane was also spreading his legs and making a fast break.

Payton didn't stick the ball, and immediately passed the ball to Dunn who ran to the frontcourt.

Duane just made a three-pointer, and the Pistons naturally couldn't just sit back and watch Duane continue to shoot three-pointers.

Hamilton and Prince, who ran back to the frontcourt, continued to pounce on Duan. Even Ben took a step up from the low position and stood in the corner.

Upon seeing this, Duane passed the ball back to Payton.Payton didn't stay after getting the ball, and then threw it to Malone, who was on the fast break.

After Malone received the ball, he speared straight into the penalty area. Big Ben realized that there was no way to defend against it, so he could only pull Malone forcibly and destroy Malone's goal by fouling.

However, Malone was already on guard, and immediately threw the ball after the physical confrontation occurred. The basketball rolled around the rim, but still fell into the net.

After the ball was scored, Ma Long showed his arm muscles in a good mood to Da Ben.

If it was Artest, Daben might have done it directly, but this is Malone in front of him, so Daben still controlled his temper.

"I didn't expect you to choose to pass the ball."

Ma Long, standing on the free throw line, reached out to Du En, wanting to take a shot.

Without Dunn to attract the defense, Malone would not have been able to get this offensive opportunity and play this two plus one.

"Gary, your pass is so comfortable."

After high-fiving Duan, Malone clapped and talked and laughed with Payton.

"Kobe, Horace, you guys are great too."

Malone was soaked in both rain and dew, and clapped with Kobe and Grant.

Subsequently, the extra penalty was also hit steadily, helping the Lakers widen the point difference to 6 points.

Kobe continued Billups' strict defense, making it impossible for Billups to repeat the same tricks and use the chasing three-pointer to help the Pistons recover the score.

Billups is actually good off the ball, but Kobe can run around the court with Hamilton, so it's not a big problem to stare at Billups.

Billups was unable to participate in the Pistons' offense, unable to effectively connect the team and score points. The Pistons' offense was still sluggish.

In this case, Hamilton can only rely on Hamilton's mid-range play and Campbell's inefficient low-post singles to alleviate the scoring shortage a little.

With more than 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Larry Brown finally called a timeout.

Larry Brown replaced Billups with veteran Lynch Hunter, hoping that Hunter's shooting ability could help the Pistons relieve the pressure on offense.

The problem is that the Pistons couldn't score, it wasn't Billups who was poor, but Kobe locked Billups up.

Although Kobe didn't score much, on the surface it looked like Billups was swapping with Kobe. In fact, Kobe, who injured his right shoulder, didn't make many shots, which was a good thing for the Lakers.

Therefore, Larry Brown's substitution did not have much effect, and Hunter was also locked by Kobe after playing.

And it also caused Hamilton to have to respond in the backcourt and help dribble across halftime.

Hamilton did not run without the ball in the first place, helping the Pistons to tear the Lakers' defense, and the Pistons' offense was even more difficult.

On a dead ball opportunity, Larry Brown had to take remedial action and replace Campbell with rookie Memit Okur.

The ball has to be passed from the outside to the inside. Hunter was guarded by Kobe, and Hamilton's dribbling level was relatively average. Facing Dunn's aggressive defense, Hamilton also made some dribbling errors.

Although Hamilton was not directly stealing the ball by Duane, his poor dribble made it even more difficult to pass the ball to the teammate who should pass it.

Hamilton had the pressure to hold the ball and could only pass the ball early and pass the ball to Collis Williams who came off the bench.

Collis Williams has a certain ability to hold the ball, and facing Payton's defense, his scoring efficiency in singles is not bad.

In the last minute of the third quarter, the Pistons relied entirely on his 1-of-4 singles.

Because Collis Williams played well, before the end of the third quarter, Kobe even took the initiative to find Payton and wanted to exchange with Payton.

However, Dunn, who was still on the court, heard the conversation between Kobe and Payton, but said that there was no need to change.

“Colliss Williams won’t last long, and it’s not like Gary didn’t defend a single ball.

Switching back again may miss Hunter.

We are not afraid of their two-pointers, what we need to defend is the three-pointers that are easier to narrow the score! "

After listening to Duane's words, Kobe didn't propose to switch defenses anymore, and continued to lock the Pistons' point guard, keeping the lead until the end of the game.

After the third quarter, the Lakers only led by 5 points.

Kobe, who was eager to win this strong dialogue and iron fight, felt that he didn't participate in the offense much tonight, and his physical strength was still abundant, so he took the initiative to ask Zhan to continue playing in the fourth quarter.

Zen master already had the idea of ​​​​doing the main force. Since Kobe took the initiative to invite Ying, Zen master would naturally not refuse.

Even Duane, who contributed a lot in the third quarter, was continued to be sent to the court to help Kobe share the offensive pressure.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pistons were led by Billups.

Larry Brown thought that Kobe would go down to rest. Who knew that Kobe was so difficult to deal with and led the defense for three quarters, but he didn't even need to rest.

Billups didn't have the desired effect with the substitute, and the Pistons had to put all their eggs in one basket and sent all the main players in advance.

The Zen master saw the tricks, and also played the main force. In the end, the Lakers had the last laugh.

"Duen, I didn't expect you to persist until the end!"

Du En, who insisted on finishing the fourth quarter, was affirmed by the Zen master after the game.

84 to 89, the Lakers held the home victory with a 5-point advantage and became the final winner of this strong dialogue between the East and the West.

而全场出战42分钟，总共17投7中，三分8投3中，罚球6投4中拿下21分的杜恩，也成为了全场唯一一个得分上20的球员。

It can be seen from this that how tragic the situation of this blacksmithing war was.

(End of this chapter)