The Fifth Point Guard

　　 The Pistons of the 02-03 season have not yet "roared" Rasheed Wallace, but in this time and space, the history of the Blazers in the West has not changed.

The Portland Trail Blazers’ internal strife is very serious. After the playoffs, Wallace has already revealed that he was completely disappointed with the Trail Blazers. The media also generally speculated that he should not appear in the Trail Blazers again next season. In the lineup, after all, the team has to give the "upstart" Zach Randolph a position.

　　 Although the double Wallace's inside combination has not yet formed, but with Ben Wallace, the defensive player of the year and the undead sportsman Richard Hamilton, the overall defense of the Pistons is still top in the league.

　　 Ben Wallace, Clifford Robinson, Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups form the current Pistons' starting lineup.

　　 Prince is the biggest discovery of Rick Carlisle.

　　 In the team lineup, in addition to the three positions of Wallace, Hamilton and Billups, the starting candidates for power forwards and small forwards have been constantly changing, and the regular rotation lineup is also constantly trying.

Michael Curry, who is 1.96 meters tall, was originally Carlisle’s best starting small forward candidate, but Curry’s scoring ability is really terrible. He made less than 30% of his 3-pointers and averaged only 20 minutes per game. 3 points, how can it be said.

Although under normal circumstances, the Pistons do not need him to score, but when Billups and Hamilton encounter tight defense or feel bad, he needs to stand up and bring some pressure to the opponent's defense, but Curry's The performance was a bit disappointing, blinding the reputation of Michael-"Jordan-Stephen -" Curry.

Carlisle also tried to use Coris Williams. The player with the 13th pick in the first round of 1995 has no problem with his personal ability, but if he is placed in the main lineup, for Williams who is used to holding the ball, Some do not adapt and struggle.

　　 Also, Williams's uplift made the firepower of the Pistons bench instantly weakened.

　　 Williams on the bench averaged 12.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, but after being top-started, his average data dropped to 6.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists.

　　 Obviously, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

　　 In desperation, Carlisle, who has always disliked using rookies, put his team's rookie Prince Prince on the court to give it a try.

　　 This test hit the pain point and solved the dilemma that the Pistons have always been itching.

For the first time off the bench, Prince surrendered 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. More importantly, he didn't need to hold the ball, run without the ball and set three points. All points are excellent.

　　 At the same time, Prince, who is 2.06 meters tall, has a pair of long arms with a natural barrier. Although he lacks defensive experience, he is definitely a good seed to cultivate.

　　 It was just before the start of the playoffs that the Pistons officially established the team's regular starting lineup and rotation.

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　　 On May 19, 2003, the horn of the NBA playoffs Eastern Conference finals was sounded in New Jersey.

　　 The Nets and the Jagged Pistons played a defensive tug-of-war.

　　 In the end, relying on home court advantage and Kidd's last-minute control ability, the Nets defeated the Pistons 76-74 and won the first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals, leading the Pistons by a large score 1-0 in a series of 7 games and 4 wins.

Kidd was the Nets' number one contributor to the Nets' victory. He scored 15 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in the game. In 1.4 seconds before the end of the game, Shen Tong was double-teamed by Hamilton and Prince. The winning goal was a great success for the Nets.

　　 Actually, the Nets didn't need to play so hard.

　　 With 3 minutes and 5 seconds left before the end of the game, Shen General made a wonderful jumper to give the Nets a 74-67 lead.

　　 Carlisle immediately called a timeout and adopted a double-team tactic against Shentong.

　　 In the next 3 minutes, the Pistons launched a fierce counterattack, and finally with 22 seconds left in the game, with two free throws by Billups, the score was equalized to 74-74.

　　 The performer of the Nets’ final attack was originally assigned to Shen Tong according to Scott’s arrangement. However, facing the close defense of Hamilton and Prince, Shen Tong had no chance to catch the ball.

　　 Kidd had no choice but to complete the offense by himself and score the ball.

　　 This is Kidd's first time this season to hit the final goal to determine the outcome!

　　 Both sides put most of their energy on defense in this game, so the individual scores are not high.

　　 In addition to Kidd, Shentong also "only" scored 16 points, Martin scored 10 points and 9 rebounds, Jefferson 11 points.

　　 On the Pistons side, Hamilton scored 24 points by running without the ball, while Wallace grabbed 22 rebounds.

　　 But failure makes these data just useless.

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　　 The second battle between the two sides took place two days later.

　　 In the first game two days ago, the two teams dedicated a fierce but not exciting match for fans all over the world.

　　 After the game, some American media bluntly said that this was an "ugly" game.

　　 Before the second game, the Pistons generals in the away game all expressed their desire to strive for an away victory.

　　 The Nets players said they would carry forward their fast break advantage to counter the Pistons' defense.

　　 After all, the fast-break attack method can greatly weaken the Pistons' iron-blooded defense, without waiting for the opponent to be seated, to give the fastest and most direct blow.

　　 After the opening, Martin scored the first point of the game with an assist from Kidd and a layup.

　　 Then Shentong's three-pointer allowed the Nets to lead the Pistons with 5 points.

　　 But Hamilton continued to blossom inside and outside, making the score between the two sides close.

　　 After the Wizards were trained by Jordan, Hamilton's ability to read the game has been greatly improved, and after leaving the Wizards and Jordan, Hamilton's psychological pressure has also been fully relieved.

　　 Shentong's defense is on Hamilton, who mainly runs without the ball, and there is always a feeling of nowhere to exert strength.

　　 This also makes Shentong's defense greatly compromised.

　　 The Pistons learned the lesson of the first loss and began to use vertical defense, which allowed the Nets to score two points in the first quarter with only fast breaks.

　　 After the first quarter, the Nets led 20-19 by 1 point~www.ltnovel.com~Hamilton continued to perform well and scored 10 points.

　　 In the second quarter, Mutombo started to play **** the rebound.

　　 As the best defensive player before Wallace, his opponent robbed him of a rebound in the last game, which made Uncle Mu quite shameless, so this game is considered to be a better match with Wallace.

　　 The rebounding disadvantage of the first game did not appear in this game. Mutombo and Wallace are evenly matched in rebound control.

　　 After the first half, the Nets led 42-39 by 3 points, and the score still failed to open.

　　 In this section, Shentong relied on breaking the group to strengthen the defense against Hamilton, allowing the opponent to only score 2 points in this section.

　　 In the second half, both sides accelerated their attacking rhythm. With less than 4 minutes left in the game, the two sides tied 81, 83, 85, 86...

　　 48 seconds before the end, Shen Tong, who broke through and caused the opponent's foul, got two free throw opportunities.

　　 After making two free throws under pressure, the Nets took a 2-point lead.

　　Before the game ended, Billups missed a three-pointer and the Nets again defeated the Pistons 88-86.

　　 Two games were won, with a margin of only 4 points. The Nets' win was very "economic".

　　 Although the Pistons have always had a chance, they had no choice but to accept their two-game losing streak.

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