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Chapter 671 Ben Wallace's Sorrow (Part [-])
On January 2004, 1, 11 spectators packed the Palace Arena of Auburn Hills, which is nearly [-] kilometers away from downtown Detroit. Although the distance is so far, it is the farthest from the city in the entire NBA. The arena, but the Detroiters who are in a loss still regard watching the Pistons game as the best way to distract their troubles.

The Pistons' starting lineup for each game is basically determined. Billups controls the ball, Hamilton "runs wildly", Prince "flashes his teeth and claws", Wallace only annoys free throws, and Okur is left. The son ran outside. (Yeah, I'm so talented)

Fixed starting lineup, fixed tactical thinking, from this we can see Larry Brown's paranoia and strictness.

Compared with the routine of the Pistons, the Mavericks made some small changes to the starting lineup today. Veteran Aaron McGee did not start the game, but replaced him with the faster and more passionate Josh Howard. His task is to run wildly with Hamilton all the time, and try to interfere with this player who is the number one player in the league in off-ball running.

The Mavericks have suitable matchup players in other positions. Odom defending Prince is considered a more suitable matchup. Nowitzki has an advantage against Ben Wallace except for his lack of strength. Ben? Wallace claims to be [-] meters tall, but in fact his real height is only a little over [-] meters. Standing in front of Odom who is [-] meters tall, Ben Wallace is much shorter.

As for Okur, the Turk's defensive problem, it is not a big problem to hand it over to Jamison. Okur is an alternative center, which has actually made Larry Brown very distressed, and the Mavericks did not expect too much defense. The role of their team building is to score more goals than their opponents.

At the beginning of the game, Dirk Nowitzki beat Okur, who was similar to him in jumping.

Nowitzki won the jump ball. The Pistons were the first to move. They almost sprinted back to the defense. They were afraid that the Mavericks would take the opportunity to counterattack. Even Okur, who failed the jump ball, immediately rushed to Josh Howard who grabbed the ball. , intending to hinder the passing of the Mavericks and slow down the opponent's speed.

But the Mavericks did not launch a fast break today, but advanced steadily, which made the Pistons very swayed.

Josh Howard handed the ball to Liu Han after halftime, and the Pistons immediately launched a formation defense. Prince rushed to Liu Han's side immediately. Now everyone in the league knows how far Liu Han's shooting range is. .

But this time Liu Han didn't make a sudden shot. Odom and Jamison provided consecutive screens for Liu Han. The Pistons switched positions very quickly. When Liu Han cut in at a 45-degree angle on the right side, he defended in front of Liu Han. It's Wallace.

Wallace intended to use his strength to block Liu Han's breakthrough, but Liu Han suddenly passed the ball from behind with his right hand to Jamison, who was at the top of the arc.

Okur, who was defending Jamison at this time, was blocked by Nowitzki. Jamison appeared open, and he calmly hit a two-point mid-range shot.

The attack of the Mavericks seems simple, but it is the collective cooperation of the team, which has a taste of the Kings.

The Pistons sent the baseline ball, and Billups had just pushed the ball into the frontcourt, but at this time the referee blew his whistle, and Josh Howard rushed to Wallace's side at the first time, holding the opponent's arm while waving to the referee Indicated a foul.

Nelson shamelessly used foul tactics from the very beginning.

The Pistons home fans booed for a while, and they themselves knew how bad Ben Wallace's free throw was.

Since Wallace joined the NBA in 96, his free throw percentage has never exceeded 50.00%, which is much lower than that of O'Neal. O'Neal is only because of his own fame and the Lakers after Liu Han left the league. In the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Spurs, Popovich's foul tactics against O'Neal caused a lot of discussion, which made O'Neal's free throw problem seem to attract the world's attention, but when it comes to free throw percentage, there are still in the league Many guys are not as good as O'Neal, unfortunately, Wallace is one of them.

Nelson is known as a "mad scientist". Sometimes he doesn't care about the unspoken rules of the league or the rules on the surface. If he can find a tactic that is beneficial to him, Nelson will use it without hesitation.

The Mavericks have shocked the entire league this season with the continuity and high intensity of their attacks. Once the Mavericks are allowed to take the lead, many teams will not be able to come back because the rhythm has been brought up by the Mavericks. Now facing Larry Brown's Pistons team, Nelson will naturally use foul tactics to let the team lead the score first, and then keep suppressing the Pistons.

Ben Wallace walked to the free throw line in embarrassment. When he missed the first free throw, Larry Brown was already a little angry. He was angry that Nelson was so shameless, and he was also angry that Wallace usually only Muscles don't train the brain.

Next, Wallace's second free throw also came out tremblingly. The Mavericks grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break. Players and fans want to cry but have no tears.

Larry Brown is still hesitating whether to replace Wallace, but the Mavericks' second wave of fouls has already begun. This time it was Jamison who fouled. The Mavericks' opening tactics have basically been successful.

After that, Wallace hit a free throw, but the Mavericks once again relied on Liu Han to break through to the basket and scored two plus one. After the extra free throw, the Mavericks had established a 3-point lead in less than 7 minutes leading edge.

At this time, Larry Brown hurriedly replaced Wallace, but the team was already at a disadvantage. His team was not good at offense, and with a 7-point difference, they wanted to catch up with the Mavericks Obviously difficult.

After that, the Mavericks started the normal game step by step, and Nelson also started dispatching troops early. The Mavericks maintained a lead of 7 to 9 points, and even relied on the Pistons for a while. to double digits.

Larry Brown was so annoyed by Nelson that he wanted to vomit blood, but there was nothing he could do. His team had almost no offensive strength inside, relying entirely on the "crazy running" of Hamilton and Billups to attack, but now the Mavericks are punishing them again. For the Pistons, it can be said that the more they play, the more depressed they become.

Larry Brown glanced at Milicic who was sitting next to the drinking fountain, but he still didn't replace this big man with outstanding offensive strength.

At the end of the halftime game, the Mavericks had basically established their victory. The 17-point difference was an insurmountable difficulty for the weak offensive Pistons.

(End of this chapter)