Chapter 118

However, after the start of the second half, what happened was not predicted by anyone.

Big Z, who sat on the bench for almost a whole quarter, broke out at the beginning, scoring 6 points in a row in singles against veteran Campbell and Big Ben.

On the defensive end, Big Z sent Hamilton and Billups a hot pot one after another, which stunned the Pistons.

After only 3 minutes in the second half, Big Z led the team to chase the score to 49:53, almost tying.

Big Z wants to let out all the pent-up breath at once, it feels like he wants to fight to become a god!

Strange to say, how strong the Pistons' defense is, the entire league admits it.

But they just couldn't defend against Yao Ming and Big Z, Campbell and Big Ben, one older and one shorter. Facing this kind of big center with a height of 220 centimeters or more and a jumper with a fadeaway, it was like crying without tears.

Perhaps this is mutual generation and mutual restraint. No matter how strong a player is, there will be someone who can restrain him, unless he is a god.

(Of course, the situation where Big Z beat Big Ben changed after Rasheed Wallace came to the Pistons, so I won’t talk about it here.)
Larry Brown called a timeout directly.

As an old-school coach, Brown can tolerate bad offense from players, but bad defense is absolutely impossible.

After returning, Ye Feng obviously found that the defensive strength of the Pistons had reached a new level, with frequent body contact and constant small movements.

Because of this, Campbell also had a little conflict with Big Z.

But the referee didn't take it seriously. After all, in this era, tough defense is standard, and it is strange not to defend.

But it was this tolerance that led to the later intensification of the conflict.

No matter how good-tempered Big Z was, he finally couldn't bear it in the face of the Pistons' repeated violations.

He and Campbell spammed each other face-to-face, then began pushing and nearly fighting.

To be honest, no matter how two offensive teams play, it is difficult to get angry.But a defensive team can easily ignite the anger on the court.

This is also the reason why conflicts were particularly frequent in the previous era. After all, most teams made a living on defense.

The Pistons' repeated violations, coupled with the referee's indifference, completely ignited Big Z's fire.

After being hit on the ground by Campbell once again, Big Z got up and pushed Campbell violently.

Campbell was a little shorter than Big Z, but with his weight, he was like a bear. How could he tolerate it, so he immediately turned back to Big Z.

Seeing this, the players on both sides immediately surrounded them.

The Pistons, headed by Ben, are really not afraid of fighting.

As for the Cavaliers, watching the core of the team being bullied, it is impossible to remain indifferent.

Fortunately, the referee responded quickly enough this time, and with the help of the head coaches of both sides, the conflict did not expand.

However, Big Z and Campbell were directly kicked out.

"I hope the players will exercise restraint and play with reason."

Smith reminded everyone.

"Reason is needed, but if the other party goes too far, it's okay to do it."

Barkley's big mouth really dares to say anything.

Smith gave Buckley a blank look, but he couldn't refute anything, because Buckley was one of the best villains in the first place.In terms of fighting, few people in NBA history are better than Barkley.

In his rookie season, he dared to chase Bird Bird; then he fought with Lambir, the NBA's most wicked man;
Barkley's career is so exciting!

There are only things you dare not think about, not things he dare not fight.

"Just kidding, in fact, we need to pay attention to one thing."

At any rate, Barkley still has some sense of proportion. After all, he left the court and became a social person.After making a joke, start to analyze the game seriously.

"Both teams only left a center, but the Pistons only suffered a minor injury, while the Cavaliers suffered a severe injury. In this game, the Cavaliers' stalemate with the Pistons was mainly due to Big Z. Once Big Z left , the Cavaliers' offense is almost half broken, and the performance in the second quarter has already explained everything."

It has to be said that Barkley's vision is still very sharp, and his speech is also sharp.

Big Z is very important to the Cavaliers. Although Campbell is also a starter, he is basically dispensable. The losses of the two teams are not the same at all.

It can be said that replacing Big Z with Campbell is simply too cost-effective.

"Yeah, hopefully someone else from the Cavaliers will step up. Otherwise."

The meaning revealed in Smith's words is that he is not optimistic about the Cavaliers.

The game continues.

As the core of the team, James is still very responsible. He took over the basketball immediately and took on the heavy responsibility of offense.

It's a pity that James' offensive style today is too single, only breaking through and splitting the ball.

The Pistons had been prepared for a long time, and the striker Prince just focused on James' shortcomings, preventing breakthroughs and not preventing shots, which made James very uncomfortable.

As for the other four, Daben defends James at any time, while the other three keep a close eye on Ye Feng and Davis, cutting off James' outward passing line, so that James can't get out if he gets inside.

Faced with such a situation, James can only force a shot against the defense of Big Ben and Prince.

Prince has entered the best defensive team 4 times in his career, and Da Ben has 6 times plus 4 best defensive players. Facing these two people's forced shots, the success rate can be imagined.

Throughout the third quarter, James made 4 of 0 shots.

In other words, throughout the first half, James made 5 of 1 shots.

And Ye Feng also received "good" care, he was pressed as soon as he got the ball, surrounded as soon as he broke through, and he shot 2 for 0 in the third quarter.

On the contrary, Davis stood up in this quarter. Although the scoring efficiency was not high, it was much better than James and Ye Feng.

For the Pistons, Hamilton continued to explode and scored another 8 points in the third quarter.

In the first three quarters, this masked man has already scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. It feels like he is going against the sky tonight!
On the contrary, Billups didn't perform well and still felt cold.

Under such circumstances, the two teams did not score much, 19:13 in a single quarter.

The third quarter was 73:56, and the Pistons had already led by 17 points, basically declaring that it had entered garbage time.

"Sure enough, Big Z's effect on this Cavaliers is still too great. After he left the field, the Cavaliers only scored 8 points in 7 minutes, almost relying on Davis to play alone. Ye Feng and James misfires, and Kapono and Mihm barely even exist."

"James and Ye Feng are still young, and they can't afford the heavy responsibility of the team now. After all, they are not Magic Johnson, and they can become saviors in their rookie season."

The fans began to look down on the Cavaliers, and they also had doubts about the two rookies.

"Conservatively, if the Cavaliers score 15 points in the fourth quarter, their final score is 71 points, which is not bad."

"You think too much, 15 points, 10 points is not bad. I don't believe that the Pistons can still let Davis play like this in the last quarter."

"In my opinion, the final score of the Cavaliers will be less than 68 points, creating a new low scoring this season. Hahaha!."

(End of this chapter)

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