Legendary star

Chapter 672

"Can this go in?" Amidst the cheers of the audience, after watching the basketball thrown by Chauncey Billups fall into the net, Meng Xu turned his head and glanced at Chauncey Billups who had already started to retreat. Lupus, in the defense just now, Meng Xu did not lose any position, nor did he reveal the slightest flaw. He completely covered Chauncey Billups throughout the whole process, but even so, Chauncey - Billups is still very determined to throw the basketball out, and also made it.

Billups' shot just now reminded Meng Xu of the Lakers' Kobe Bryant. This kind of offensive style, regardless of whether there is a chance or who is the defender in front of him, is Kobe Bryant's favorite. The offensive method used, basically every time Meng Xu and Kobe face off, as long as Meng Xu defends Kobe, Kobe will perform all kinds of difficult shots in front of Meng Xu, so when Billups is in Meng Xu Under the almost tight defense, after leaning back almost to the limit before throwing the basketball in his hand, Meng Xu immediately thought of Kobe Bryant.

"Chauncey, you did a good job." When Billups slowly retreated, Richard Hamilton, who was closest to him, extended his palm and gave him a high-five. Billups's ball just now was undoubtedly very morale-boosting , This time a three-point hit is no less than a dunk, and the Pistons, who are in adversity, really need this kind of offense that can boost the morale of the team.

"Richard, we can't lose today's game no matter what." After high-fiving Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton encouraged each other. Come on, only Hamilton can help himself now.

In the offensive and defensive transition, Hamilton took the initiative to switch positions with Peja Stojakovic and took on the heavy responsibility of defending Meng Xu. In the first two games of the series, Meng Xu scored 60 points in one game and 52 points in one game. In the third game, Philip Saunders arranged for Hamilton to defend Meng Xu, and at the same time let Billups cooperate with double-teaming. Although the Pistons still lost that game, Meng Xu almost scored double 20 data , but on the whole, Hamilton and Billups' defense against Meng Xu is still remarkable, at least it is much better than Peja Stojakovic, but I don't know that the head coach Philip -For what kind of consideration did Sanders ask Peja Stojakovic to defend Meng Xu again today? Seeing Meng Xu's rising score, Hamilton was also anxious, so in the match After Billups communicated, Hamilton decided to take on the task of defending Meng Xu again.

Hamilton's physical fitness is not as good as Meng Xu's, and it is half a catty compared with Peja Stojakovic, but Hamilton's defensive awareness and defensive experience far exceed Peja Stojakovic Strange, coupled with his tireless running and the attitude of not knowing what to give up, makes Hamilton's defense not only the top in the league, but also above the first-class level.

Hamilton is very familiar with Meng Xu, and Meng Xu is also very familiar with Hamilton, so when Meng Xu held the ball on the offensive end, Hamilton tried his best to entangle with Meng Xu. Hamilton knew that even if he worked hard, it was impossible to completely seal him off. Meng Xu, so when Hamilton is defending Meng Xu, he always focuses on the weak side. Even if he must leave a gap, he must leave the gap to the side where his teammates can fill in for him.

That's all for this attack. Hamilton just blocked Meng Xu's route to the left side of the court. However, behind Hamilton's excellent prediction this time, he completely gave up defending the right side. Therefore, Meng Xu took advantage of this opportunity to Before Billups' replacement came, he used a back turn to break through and get rid of Hamilton's defense.

After breaking through Hamilton's defense, Meng Xu directly ran away from Billups who was rushing to make up for him. After Hamilton and Billups were broken by Meng Xu one after another, they were originally on the edge of the paint area and NN-Hilario The entangled Ben Wallace quickly made up for Meng Xu, and at the same time Rasheed Wallace on the other side also began to retreat towards the basket.

Facing the obstruction of Ben Wallace, Meng Xu made an emergency stop and then turned around and passed Ben Wallace. On the other side, Rasheed Wallace hadn't retreated in place, Meng Xu had already hung on the basket.

The Palace of Auburn Hills, which was still shouting in unison to defend just now, fell silent instantly after Meng Xu dunked several people in a row. The momentum that was just driven by Billups seemed to be suppressed by Meng Xu go down.

"This is Meng Xu, and this is No.1 in the league. In today's game, it doesn't look easy for the Pistons to turn around."

From the beginning of the game, the Pacers led the Pistons in terms of score. Not only that, the Pacers also firmly controlled the situation on the court. As soon as the Pistons made a slight improvement, they would be counterattacked immediately. In the round just now, it was A microcosm of the whole game, although Billups scored 3 points and Meng Xu only returned 2 points, the Pistons still took advantage, but in terms of momentum, the Pistons were still overwhelmed by the Pacers. The competition is not only about strength, luck and momentum are important factors that can affect the outcome of a match. If the strength is not enough, the momentum is still at a disadvantage, basically there is no hope of winning.

65 to 58. At the end of the three quarters, the Pacers in the away game still maintained a 7-point lead. The head coach Philip Saunders, who was supposed to use the tactical board to arrange tactics and adjust the lineup, stood on the sidelines at this moment, watching The players who had already sat on the bench didn't say a word, Philip Sanders didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what to arrange. Throughout the third quarter, these Pistons players on the court, especially the ball The team's two defenders completely ignored the tactics and strategies they had arranged during the halftime break.

"Continue to maintain the tactics and lineup of the third quarter." After a long silence, seeing the timeout approaching, Philip Sanders said a sentence with great difficulty. The basic meaning of this sentence is what do you think? So be it, anyway, you don't listen to me, so let you go.

Philip Sanders is now in a heavy heart. After leaving the Timberwolves who have coached for 10 seasons, Philip Sanders took over the Pistons, which reached the finals last season. At the beginning of coaching the Pistons, Philip Sanders was very I hope that I can do something in the Pistons. The record of 58 wins and 24 losses in the regular season also proves that Philip Sanders is really doing a good job. The excellent regular season record also allows Philip Sanders to harvest team management layers and the trust of most of the players.

But after entering the playoffs, Philip Sanders’ life has been worsening day by day. The Pistons almost fell to the feet of the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, and they will face the bad luck of being swept by the Pacers in the second round of the playoffs. , This is undoubtedly unacceptable to the Pistons who are aiming for the championship. From the attitude of these players, it can be seen that I have lost their trust. What is the end of a head coach who loses the trust of his players? , Philip Sanders, who has been fired by the Timberwolves once, is very clear.

(End of this chapter)