Legendary star

Chapter 671 Against the Wind and Waves

Sweep them!Sweep them! "

On May 2006, 5, in the locker room of the visiting team at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pacers, who had finished their final preparations and were about to play, shouted the slogan of sweeping the Pistons with high morale.

The Eastern Conference semifinals between the Pacers and the Pistons is now in the fourth game. After losing two consecutive away games, the Pistons' trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals is already a bit bad, especially in Meng Xu's two consecutive games. After the game scored 50+, how to solve the defense against Meng Xu became a big problem that the Pistons had to face, so after returning to the Palace of Auburn Hills, Philip Sanders, who played at home, chose to continue to change. Let's fight for the last time.

In the third game of the series, Meng Xu, who was taken care of by the Pistons, only made 16 of 6 shots and only scored 18 points, but Meng Xu sent 19 assists. At the same time, Jermaine O'Neal scored 28 points, 16 rebounds and 5 times. With the outstanding performance of the blocked shots, the away Pacers won another game 83 to 79, expanding the total score of the series to 3 to 0.

0 to 3 behind, for the Pistons, they have no hope of advancing, because in the entire history of the NBA, there is no team that can finally come back when they are 0 to 3 behind, so whether they want to or not Yes, the Pistons can only fight for the last face now, and avoiding being swept by the Pacers is their only hope now.

For the Pacers, there is nothing more hated than shaving the Pistons' bald head, so before the start of the fourth game, the Pacers reached an agreement to sweep the Pistons to avenge the deep hatred of last season.

So after the start of the fourth game between the two sides, whether it was the Pistons who wanted to save a bit of face, or the Pacers who wanted to sweep the Pistons, they all unreservedly showed all their energy, especially Meng Xu. After scoring less than 20 points in the game, today's game started with sudden shots, and he scored 8 points in a row, leading the Pacers to a 9-0 start against the Pistons.

Due to the unfavorable situation of falling behind at the beginning, from the second quarter of the game, the Pistons players on the field also began to become anxious, especially Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace. One, because of excessive defensive action, he got two consecutive technical fouls. Obviously, the referee on duty did not want the Auburn Hills gang fight to repeat itself today, because he was very strict in whistleblowing malicious fouls.

Just when Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace had clearly lost their composure, Chauncey Billups, the Pistons' leading point guard, stood up and attacked the Pacers again and again , Chauncey Billups played alone regardless of his disregard, leaving the Pistons fans on the scene dumbfounded. Is this still the Pistons playing team basketball?

"Rick, the Pistons are a little weird today? Is this their new tactic? Or are they out of their minds and don't have any tactic?" Not to mention the fans at the scene were confused, even The assistant coach of the Pacers, Lester Conor, couldn't see the situation on the field clearly. The Pistons had always been playing team basketball. When they were only 6 points behind, they suddenly gave up their tactics and played. After playing singles, no one can imagine why the Pistons have such a big change.

"He can't control this team anymore." After listening to Lester Conor's words, Rick Carlisle shook his head, looked at Philip Sanders who was standing not far away, with a serious expression on his face Philip Sanders probably didn't expect this situation to happen!If Chauncey Billups' constant isolations were not directed by Flip Saunders, then there is only one explanation, and that is that Flip Saunders has no way to control this team after experiencing consecutive losses. Now, and the Pistons no longer believe that Philip Saunders can lead them to win, and the consequences of this situation will either be Philip Saunders dismissed from get out of class, or the Pistons will change their blood, regardless of whether it appears In either case, the Pistons may experience some turmoil next season.

Billups has a strong ability to control the rhythm of the game, has a first-class view of the overall situation, can organize, attack, and defend. He is a representative of an all-round point guard. It’s just that the Pistons have always been a team that plays team tactics. Few players have the authority to play unlimited singles. Therefore, in order to reverse the situation on the court, Chauncey Billups, who is the main player, began to play individual singles. After that, everyone, including teammates and coaches, was a little confused for a while.

"Chauncey, stop making fearless struggles. Today's game, you will lose." Defensive rotation, seeing Chauncey Billups who is holding the ball and facing him sideways, Meng Xu said intentionally or unintentionally In a word, it may not be necessary to say that Meng Xu was deliberately mocking Chauncey Billups, but Meng Xu's face seemed to be born with a mocking effect. After Meng Xu finished speaking, Chauncey Billups' face There was an obvious change in his expression, and a look of unwillingness was evident in his eyes.

Billups is 1 meters tall, 91 centimeters shorter than Meng Xu, and more than ten kilograms thinner than Meng Xu. Normally, Billups singles Meng Xu is a misplaced attack, but Billups It is very clear that the success rate of his singles against Meng Xu is too low, so after being covered by Meng Xu, Billups did not attack rashly, but dribbled the ball on the spot to adjust his rhythm. As for passing the ball to other teammates, That option simply isn't on Billups' mind right now.

Affected by 3-0, before the game even started, the entire Pistons team was filled with a pessimistic atmosphere. From the head coach to those teammates who fought side by side with him, it seemed that they had no fighting spirit. Ben Wallace The more and more anxious performance of Billups and Rasheed Wallace is a kind of self-defeating performance in the eyes of Billups. Peja Stojakovic, who played a superstar-level performance in the last round, Now that he has successfully proved that he is embarrassing and useful, Richard Hamilton is still fighting hard, but as the key defensive object of the Pacers, Richard Hamilton did not have any bright performances in the entire round of the series, so at this time, Chang West - Billups can only stand up, no matter what the result Billups will try him.

After making up his mind, Billups began to move laterally with the basketball. He only took two steps, and before getting rid of Meng Xu's Billups, he made a strong three-pointer under Meng Xu's defense. Some of the players are going against the wind and waves, but Chauncey Billups is against the wind and waves. Perhaps this is the reason that led to the replacement of five teams in just five years.

(End of this chapter)