Chapter 527

Last summer, due to salary pressure, the Timberwolves did not give Billups a contract that performed well last season. The Pistons gave him a 6-year full middle-class contract. This contract is the third contract for a prospect , It can be said that it is quite shabby. Billups didn't take this transfer too seriously at the beginning, thinking it was just "the next stop". He changed teams three times in the first five years of his career. Make it a habit in your life.

The main reason is that he needs to play as a core and leader, but in terms of strength, he does not have the strength to be a core player, but he is not the kind of person who is pretentious and has no strength.

In general, Billups' strength is very embarrassing, the kind that can't go up and down.

Even the peak period is far from the top stars. The peak performance is only 17 points and 8 assists. If it is not in the Pistons, such data is the peak period data of Reggie Jackson and Dennis Schroeder.

But it's not weak. Most teams can still have starting strength. For example, last season at the age of 25 in the Timberwolves, he played 12+3+5 data. The bottom can play the performance of a first-class star, but that suits his team, and Billups has never encountered it before.

His style of play needs the cooperation of his teammates too much. Before he won the championship MVP, except for the Pistons who happened to have such a group of people playing around him, no other team dared to try to use him as the core. When they found that they could use him as the core When the Nuggets traded him, he was already at the end of his peak at 33.

In this transfer, Billups originally thought it was just another transfer station to play. After coming to the Pistons, hey, he really has a few more teammates who are very suitable for him. They have first-class scoring ability but do not need to hold the ball. Hamilton, Ben Wallace who only knows defense and rebounding in his life.

The main point is that these two people are very suitable for Billups' rhythm! Billups has never met such a group of teammates with the same rhythm as him. With Ben Wallace on the line, he played the best performance of his career so far, and he can continue to improve at the age of 26!

After playing, Billups, who has the most "rich" team changing experience, became the leader of the Pistons. He felt as if he had found a home.

Ben Wallace likes such a first-class defensive point guard. Although the offensive end is not very good, but the defense is good and the offense is enough.

Hamilton also likes Billups, because Billups has high passing accuracy. Although he doesn't assist much, Billups controls his mistakes very well. He holds the ball for a long time. This season, he averaged only 1.8 turnovers per game.

Billups is too happy to be a Pistons player, but one thing, he doesn't like coach Carlisle. Coach Carlisle is not bad, but like most coaches, for Billups and Ben Wallace I don't agree with the ridiculously slow rhythm. I feel that the development trend of basketball is not like that. I want to change their style of play, because although Billups is not fast, he is not slow. The kind of man with top-notch physical fitness, although Billups doesn't have much proficiency, and his shooting percentage is ridiculously low, but he can do everything. It's not easy to wander in the big society of the NBA. You need to know a little bit, and you have to make contributions when you go up, otherwise no team will give him a chance, and he was not the future championship MVP before.

With a comprehensive point guard, such a fast center, and an excellent shooter, Coach Carlisle wants to bring the system he has imagined for a long time to the Pistons, but the players are not willing! With Billups and Ben Wallace on the court, the rhythm of the Pistons suddenly slowed down. Billups' ability to control the field is strong and wandering, allowing him to judge the opponent's defense on the court and how his teammates treat him. The commanding ability when you trust enough is stronger than the head coach. If it weren't for coach Carlisle and his defensive system to support it, this team seems to be the head coach with Billups.

Liu Mang rushed to the basket at the beginning and dunked one. Billups calmly picked up the ball and prepared to serve again, but his heart was already surging.

He said he was not afraid of the Eagles, how could he not be afraid! When Billups saw that the Eagles were locked in eighth and did not plan to compete for the ranking, he really wanted to scold people, but he has already experienced all kinds of hardships at the beginning of his career, his personality is already very calm, and he knows that as a team The outside leader, or even the spiritual leader of the entire team, he cannot show fear.

Billups pushed as usual, not in a hurry.

"Ding... Yizhong triggers at level 4, and the mentality of the Pistons players tends to be calm, from Chauncey Billups."

Liu Mang saw that Billups' unhurried advance quickly stabilized the Pistons' emotions that he was surprised at the beginning of the game. He cursed secretly and let this guy come to the Pistons. It really was a mistake! It's a pity that last summer's salary space was all taken up by the big dogs. Otherwise, it would be great to dig him back as a substitute. At that time, this guy must not have known that he could be the core of a team.

Because Liu Wei saw that Billups, who is 26 years old and has come to the Pistons, has a personal ability rating of 82. Liu Wei estimates that even if Billups enters his peak period under Larry Brown, his ability value will only be 85. In his early days, except for the 3-point rating of 82, the passing rating of 87, and the speed rating of 88, Billups's other abilities rarely exceed 80.

Billups illegally dribbled across the half court for eight seconds, and then directed a quick move.

The Pistons are slow-paced, but they are not slow to cooperate when playing tactics. Hamilton started to run and run, all kinds of runs, and ran around within the three-point line. Although he did not have the excellent ability to actively find screens like Alan Houston, But he's better at running, younger and more physically fit, taking Prince all over the place inside the three-point line.

Billups dribbled outside for a while, but Liu Mang didn't post it. Liu Mang knows Billups very well. Apart from three-pointers, this guy is good at drawing fouls!

This year, Billups has gotten more free throws than Liu Mang, with an average of 5.1 per game. Except for a few point guards like Iverson, Francis, and Marbury, Billups has the best fouling ability, and The method is very similar to that of Liu Mang. It can be said that he was the master of Pengci in the early days of the NBA. When Liu Mang saw Billups' scouting report, he felt so hurt.

Hamilton will be hailed as the best running pitcher in the future. In fact, most of his running skills are not based on running skills, but running to death opponents. When the opponent is tired from running, he can run out of open positions. Often he even goes up in the first quarter. At halftime, there were not many opportunities to run out of space.

Billups saw that Hamilton couldn't get Prince tired after one or two rounds, so he prepared to come by himself. If Liu Mang didn't stick up, he would take the initiative to push up and break through!

Seeing Billups actively pushing up, Liu Mang was not afraid, and took half a step to the left, stuck in Billups' breakthrough route, but not blocked.

This defensive strategy makes it difficult for a player with a very high golf quotient like Billups!

Unlike many superstar players who are strong in offense but hard to see such details, Billups guessed what Liu Mang was thinking, and wanted to press him down to break through and send him into the double-team circle , Billups judged the intention, and this is a trap that is difficult for most impatient stars to judge! At this time, for the attacking Billups, there was no room to change direction. Liu Mang only took half a step. Now Billups' left half of his body was pressed against Liu Mang's chest, and there was a breakthrough route ahead.

Billups judged all of this the moment Liu Mang made a defensive move. If he wanted to get out of the three-point line, he shot a three-pointer directly.

So Billups stopped his breakthrough, and when he was about to retreat, Liu Mang pressed on him immediately. Billups was ecstatic when he saw Liu Mang pressing on him! He slammed into Liu Mang's body, and his arm slammed into Liu Mang's hand!

Foul! In addition to Billups' three-point shooting, the strongest offensive method!

Just as Billups was holding the ball with both hands excitedly, he moved towards Liu Mang's arm. Suddenly, Liu Mang stretched his hands back and put his hands behind his back! Billups' forward collision was too big, his body hit Liu Mang directly, and the ball flew out of his hands. Neither the Pistons nor the Eagles expected this scene to happen. No one was ready. If you fail to catch or steal the ball, the ball flies out of the baseline!

The referee did not give a foul, but gave an out of bounds!

When Billups hit, his head hit Liu Mang's chest first. After standing still, he didn't hear the whistle of a foul shot, but only a short whistle, which was a mistake!

Billups was surprised, why didn't he call a foul? He patted his hands several times towards the referee, signaling that the opponent had hit.

The referee ignored it, leaving a look that Billups could not figure out.

Billups felt like he had met a black whistle!

What made Billups even more puzzled was that the fans at the scene didn't have much reaction to the "foul" that they didn't call. Except for the boos of the overly paranoid diehards, most of the fans looked at each other in blank dismay.

How embarrassing!

Just now Billups plunged into Liu Mang's arms head first, his sight was completely blocked, and he didn't notice that his hand didn't hit anything at all, but the fans saw it!

It is not impossible to make a foul. For the fans of the home team, no matter how they can get points, it is a good offense.

But Liu Mang's backhand movement, and Billups didn't realize that he was being tricked and ran to the referee to ask for a free throw, so most of the Pistons fans didn't know how to react, so they chose to remain silent!

Liu Mang watched Billups run back to the backcourt in dissatisfaction, "cut", and wanted to foul the young master?

Liu Mang sent the ball to Prince, and after Liu Mang entered the court, Prince passed it back to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt.

Unlike Liu Mang who didn't dare to stick too tightly when defending, Billups immediately pressed towards Liu Mang.

Billups suddenly "figured it out" when Liu Mang advanced. It wasn't that he encountered a "black whistle", but that today's whistleblowing scale was loose! Because this is their home field, so confrontation is no problem!

Billups still doesn't know what happened when he wanted to make a foul just now. Sometimes, a wrong judgment can have a serious chain reaction.

Liu Mang is still thinking about how to defeat the defense built by Billups, Ben Wallace and Clifford Robinson. Although this trio is not as good as the tortoise shell defense of the Larry Brown era, But at least it's an iron bucket, but I didn't expect Billups to post it like that!

Billups' strength is excellent in the entire back line. He tried to press Liu Mang for an oppressive steal. Liu Mang responded immediately and began to show his real skills!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball with his right hand, and unlike Billups who was slamming straight forward, Liu Mang swung from bottom to top, hitting under Billups' arm, and his whole body bounced up, as if he was about to jump. When he was shooting, Billups hit his hand with his arm and was pulled down!

At the same time, Liu Mang uttered an "ah..." as if he couldn't control his body after falling to the ground, he took a step forward and bumped into Billups' arms.

Billups was taken aback by Liu Mang's foul, but only for a moment, thinking that the referee would definitely not blow the whistle, as he did not blow the whistle just now.

Then... the referee blows the whistle and Billups fouls on a three-pointer!

This is called acting, this is called fouls! The referee saw Liu Mang's foul after watching a crappy foul-making performance. Before, the referee thought Liu Mang's foul was shameless, but this time he felt refreshed. He watched Billups come over and explain that he didn't Thugs, the referee is speechless.

Ignoring Billups, the referee gestured towards the technical table and made a three-point foul.

There is no zero tolerance these days. Most of the time, referees will ignore complaints if they are not excessive or swearing.

Billups doesn't know what's going on, is this still the home court?

Seeing Billups's rare anxious expression, Liu Mang decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Chauncey, watch more videos of me playing. You are too weak. Weak people are not eligible for free throws."

After speaking, Liu Mang turned around and walked to the free throw line to prepare for a free throw.

Billups' mentality is about to explode!

There must be something shady!

Liu Mang didn't know that Billups didn't notice that he didn't cause a foul when he attacked in the last round. He thought that Billups was just complaining to the referee in a routine way. He didn't expect that Billups didn't notice that he was making trouble at all. It's a joke. Liu Mang's trash talk meant that Billups hadn't learned how to draw fouls.

What Billups understood was: Liu Mang is a star and has a star whistle, but he is not a star and has no whistle.

Liu Mang hit all three free throws steadily, and the free throws were very steady.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Pistons attack.

After Billups advanced, he dribbled for a while, and couldn't wait for Hamilton to slowly consume Prince's physical energy. With 10 seconds left, he made a three-pointer against Liu Mang's defense!

The reason why Billups, who used to hit more than 30% of his shots every year, was called a parallel importer was mainly because he was too iron! And there were too many shots, this time the three-point shot hit the basket with a bang without any suspense!

rebound!

Ratliff clung to Ben Wallace, and Muhammad easily pushed past Clifford Robinson for a defensive rebound.

The Eagles have an absolute advantage over the Pistons, and that is rebounding!

Although the Pistons have Ben Wallace, who averaged 15 rebounds per game, the Pistons rank fourth from the bottom in the league in rebounds. Except for the Celtics, Wizards, and Knicks, no team is better than the Pistons. The rebounds are even worse. The Pistons averaged just 40 rebounds per game in the regular season, because apart from Ben Wallace, the Pistons did not have a player who averaged 5+ rebounds per game, such as the starting power forward Clifford Robinson, who averaged With 3.9 rebounds, it's eye-catching. The Pistons' second rebounder is their substitute Turkish center Mehmet Okur, who averaged 4.7 per game.

The advantages of the Eagles are all-round! What Liu Mang has to do is to break the Pistons' strongest control field with Ben Wallace after Billups joined this year, and to break the strongest joint control field of the two. The simplest and most direct way is to Destroy Billups!

Although Billups, who is the core of the team for the first time, is already very calm, but he has not as much experience as Liu Mang as the core of the ball. Si played to death.

Liu Mang didn't choose to speed up, Billups and Ben Wallace were in the lead, it was basically impossible for the Eagles to speed up, but Liu Mang didn't plan to speed up either, just kill Billups!

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When Billups joined the Pistons, Billups became a barometer for the Pistons. It is true that he did not score as much as Hamilton, rebounded averagely, and had only 3.8 assists, not as many as Clifford Robinson's 3.9, but He's the best point guard to reinforce Ben Wallace's Big Ben field.

When Billups is beaten and loses his composure, the Pistons have a great chance of collapsing!

It is very difficult for the Eagles to tear through the Pistons' defense by running positions and tactics. Ben Wallace sits on the inside. Although Clifford Robinson is not good at rebounding, he has never been good at rebounding. He is still very strong in other aspects. The defensive efficiency of the regular season and last season's selection to the best defensive team is almost the same. This year, it is still a big favorite in the second team of the best defensive team. There is also Hamilton who is very good at defending pitchers. The point guard is also a match for the strength of the best defensive team. Lupus, the Pistons are very strong in anti-running pick-and-rolls.

The Eagles are optimistic about the black eight because their players have strong personal abilities and good defense. It is expected that the two teams will fight for defense, and the Eagles will defeat the Pistons by relying on their stronger offensive strength.

The Eagles' tactics were also prepared in this way at the beginning, creating misplaced singles as much as possible.

But Liu Mang found that Billups's mentality seemed to be a little broken, so he immediately decided to start with breaking Billups!

At the beginning of the game, after Liu Mang beat the Pistons to a 5-0 start, Billups' mentality began to explode. He couldn't control the desire to score and hit Liu Mang in the face, so he started a wave of shots.

Billups' waves are not the waves of Liu Mang and Jason Terry, but pure waves, the kind of waves that need the strongest defense in the league to wipe their ass. In his rookie season, he shot 34% of the field. The hit rate averages 10 shots per game, the kind of wave that bears the name of parallel imports.

Originally, after coming to the Pistons, Billups has no problem at all. He only needs to score one occasionally. If you don't have Adams' field control and defensive abilities, you have to accept his waves.

Coach Carlisle didn't adapt at first, but most of the players liked Billups very much, so Coach Carlisle was forced to formulate a team system that he didn't like.

The current system of the Pistons is simple and rude: Billups holds a lot of balls, Hamilton runs with the players defending him, if the opponent can't keep up, Billups passes to him, and he makes 42% of the shots. The mid-range shooting efficiency of the shooting percentage is very high. If Hamilton is stuck at the beginning, he will run the opponent. , It doesn't matter if you play badly on the offensive end, anyway, the defense can prevent it.

But this time, Billups not only waved, but also panicked. He didn't give Hamilton a chance to tire his opponent. Hamilton just started to run with the opponent, and Billups shot!

That's all, it's just that the offense is a little worse, and the defense needs to be done a little more. It's not that the Pistons haven't played a game where the two sides combined to score less than 150 points and win the game.

The key is that Billups' mentality exploded, and he was too active on the defensive end. He was directly broken by Liu Mang several times, and he was fouled twice in the sixth minute of the first quarter! Into a foul crisis!

Billups was replaced, and the Pistons could only replace their starting point guard last season, that is, Chucky Atkins, who was blown out by Liu Mang in the playoffs last year and couldn't take care of himself.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the Pistons collapsed!

When Billups made two fouls in the first quarter, Pistons coach Carlisle and Hawks coach Kruger didn't have any major reactions, and sat silently on the sidelines.

Coach Carlisle has nothing to say. Now his control over the Pistons is not as good as that of Billups. This is also the reason why he not only won the first place in the regular season in the Eastern Conference this season, but also reached the Eastern Conference finals. The reason why he was still fired at the end of the season .

Coach Kruger doesn't know what to say, how about playing according to the tactics? Why did you suddenly start doing it yourself again? The point is that this kid actually succeeded in killing the "absolutely calm" ex-parallel agent in the other party's scout report!