Chapter 691: 690. Soul of the Piston

Auburn Hills Palace, a good place, Liu Mang thought of an interesting thing when he arrived here.

After the pre-match activities such as the American Empire anthem were over, the game was about to start, and the starting lists of the two teams were displayed to the audience in front of the big screen and TV.

Playing against the Pistons, a team that has almost no suspense to meet in the playoffs, the Eagles dare not underestimate them. The starting lineup is all back, including Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, and Rasheed Wallace , Ratliff's core lineup came to the starting lineup.

For the Pistons, the starting lineup is still Billups, Hamilton, Stephen Jackson, and Ben Wallace.

Liu Mang called Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff, an inside defensive combination whose relationship is getting better and better and their cooperation is getting tacit, together, whispered a few words, and the eyes of the two brightened...

The game is about to start, let's start to do the opening moves.

In the past, it wasn't that no one made opening moves, but there was no such thing as the Eagles where the entire team started making moves. It was a small trend, and some players began to make opening moves more frequently.

Like the Pistons' Ben Wallace, and Bosh, who always likes the attention, the two started dancing face to face when the game was about to start.

The dancing talents of the two of them...it's time to learn from the fat guy in Los Angeles. Apart from the exaggerated movements, they have no advantages at all, as ugly as they want.

Ben Wallace has never wanted to lose to the Eagles, but the game has always been lost, so let's play around and beat the Eagles from the opening action...

Not to mention, the opening moves of Bosh and Ben Wallace are more interesting than the opening moves of Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff when the Eagles played away. Rasheed Wallace's "scholar" moves are weak compared to Bosh and Ben Wallace's dance moves!

However, just when Ben Wallace was very proud that he thought of a better opening move, he found that the opponent's two insiders did not make fancy moves to counterattack.

Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff came to the middle circle, they staggered facing each other, extended their right hands at the same time, hit each other on the inside of the elbow joint in the air, the two arms formed an X shape, and then Rasheed Wallace Lace came to the side of the middle circle, waiting for the jump ball.

X, the highest level restriction in the classification of American movies in the old days, represents too bloody violence, minors should not watch it...

Ben Wallace watched the opponent's succinct opening action, and suddenly felt that the opening action of himself and Bosh...so stupid...the opponent didn't care whether to fight back at all, it was really stupid...

Liu Mang came on the field after hugging Boozer from the sidelines. Just now, watching Rasheed Wallace and Ratliff's X-cross shot, I feel really exciting!

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The game started, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace stood on both sides of the center line, the referee threw the ball into the air, and the two Wallaces jumped up together.

Ben Wallace's physical fitness is really good. He was stunned to turn the ball back when he was five or six centimeters shorter.

The Pistons go first.

As soon as Billups received the ball, Liu Mang saw a figure rushing towards him and quickly followed.

Hamilton is so good at running!

Liu Mang followed Hamilton to run continuously, and was blocked by Ben Wallace who ran to the frontcourt around the baseline. Liu Mang went around and continued to follow Hamilton. When Hamilton was dealing with Liu Mang, his running ability was at its limit. He knew once The pick-and-roll couldn’t get rid of Liu Mang, so he continued to look for the pick-and-roll, and used Bosh to block Liu Mang. Facing Bosh, a weak chicken, Liu Mang rushed forward, until Hamilton and Stephen Jackson had the third pick-and-roll without the ball. , Liu Mang just lost Hamilton.

But it didn't matter, Raheem continued to run after Hamilton.

On the other side, when Liu Mang was chasing Hamilton, Billups had already reached the frontcourt. Seeing that Hamilton was being chased by Liu Mang, Billups immediately started a breakthrough. When Hamilton and Stephen Jackson picked and rolled and got rid of Liu Mang, Turn and jump to pass the ball!

Prince, who was defending Billups, quickly jumped up and interfered with Billups' pass to Hamilton, because Raheem didn't fully keep up with his footsteps, and Hamilton only needed to catch the ball with one or two steps to take off. Get ready, even if you keep up, there is nothing you can do.

However, Billups passed not to Hamilton, but to Stephen Jackson!

Stephen Jackson took advantage of Liu Mang's focus on Hamilton, withdrew from outside the three-point line, received the ball and shot a three-pointer before Liu Mang reacted and rushed forward!

When Liu Mang pounced, the ball flew past his fingertips, slid an arc in the air, and fell into the basket!

Careless!

The Eagles used the same defensive strategy as before, constantly switching defenses and following Hamilton, but the Pistons' offense actually used the previous extremely simple style of play, and there were different changes!

Billups no longer has only two simple choices of singles and passing to Hamilton, but passed to Stephen Jackson!

Larry Brown's team has always had a very simple offense, mainly relying on defense. The offensive style of play has not changed all year round, and it doesn't matter if it is blocked, but this time it came up and played an unexpected pass!

Looking at the opponent's skillful cooperation, it seems that he has practiced many times, but when Liu Mang watched the Pistons' game video in the past, he obviously didn't see too many such passes.

The Pistons' offense was either Billups isolating, or Billups and Hamilton's pass-and-run cooperation, or Bosh's cutting and short-range face-up singles and Stephen Jackson's In the two-wing singles, except for Billups and Hamilton, other people rarely cooperated, but this time Stephen Jackson was brought into the cooperation!

In other words, this style of play is specially prepared for the Eagles!

And it must not be a flash of inspiration, it has been practiced many times. As for why it is not used in the playoffs, Liu Mang is quite puzzled.

Mike Woodson on the sidelines couldn't help looking at the opponent's bench. Larry Brown didn't look too surprised. Obviously, this tactic was thought up by him. Like Liu Mang, Mike Woodson was very curious. This kind of tactic can be regarded as a "strange move", why not wait until the playoffs to use it? If it is used so early, it will definitely be targeted!

If Larry Brown knew what Liu Mang and Mike Woodson were thinking, he would definitely scoff: What is offense? If you are targeted, if you can't vote, you can't vote, and you will be killed.

Larry Brown believes in the concept of winning a championship with his defense!

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Looking back on the court, after Stephen Jackson made a three-pointer, Liu Mang was surprised and immediately reminded his teammates.

"Pay attention to defending the opponent's third point!" Liu Mang reminded his teammates, and moved forward after receiving the serve.

The Pistons retreated really quickly and deserved to be one of the best defensive teams in the league.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and saw that it was Hamilton who was defending. From this point, Liu Mang could see what was the biggest shortcoming of the Pistons not getting Prince like they did before.

It's not that the roaring Tianzun in the double Wallace is missing, but that there is no absolute perimeter defensive strength!

Billups is good at defense, but he is not tall enough and his physical fitness is not good enough. Hamilton has enough physical fitness, but his defensive ability is not top-notch. Stephen Jackson has a bad personality but plays hard and is willing to defend. question.

Liu Mang knew that it was already the best choice for the Pistons to send Hamilton to defend him.

But this is the best choice. After Liu Reck passed the center line, he suddenly accelerated and rushed to the right. Hamilton was stepping on the three-point line, but seeing Liu Reck suddenly accelerated, he subconsciously retreated towards the left rear Half a step leaves room for defense.

The moment Liu Mang rushed outside the three-point line on the right side of the top of the arc, he suddenly changed direction to the left, kicked his right foot and grabbed the ball at the same time, came to the top arc, and shot a three-pointer!

A beautiful feint starting from the center line, Liu Mang's top arc three-point shot with a lateral jump feels perfect. When the shot feels perfect and there is no interference, the sharpshooter level 5 trigger with a 50% chance of triggering the three-point shot Hollow hits!

Amidst the boos of the fans in the audience, Liu Mang blew the gunpowder smoke that the "gun muzzle" did not exist, and turned back to defend in a huff.

These three points are really enough!

Speaking of open three-pointers, Liu Mang is not as scary as Reggie Miller, Peja, and Ray Allen, but his three-pointers with the ball are one of the two or three scariest players in the league!

To be honest, Liu Mang's three-point shooting rate with the ball is not very high, but this kind of ability that he can immediately return another one when the opponent comes in, makes the opponent's impression too deep!

Just like Kobe and McGrady’s three-pointers are far less accurate than Carter’s, but the two give people a very accurate impression. After this impression makes them less powerful, people will give them the title of Iron God, but when When they were able to complete this kind of response and make a shot at their peak, at the time, they were more terrifying to opponents than Carter's steady three-pointer!

It was not easy for the Pistons to start by relying on running positions to attract the defense and create a third-point shooting opportunity to score a three-pointer! They only made 3.9 three-pointers per game, that is, they might not be able to make a three-pointer in a quarter, and the opponent easily returned one.

Originally, the Pistons lost most of their fighting spirit in the face of the Eagles. Seeing Liu Mang's natural pretentious play style, most of the Pistons players really felt a sense of loss of confidence. The terrified Hamilton also began to have Stephen Jackson's "absolutely invincible" feeling and Billups' "let's be brothers" feeling, because it seems that he will be beaten by Liu Mang for the third consecutive game exploded.

As for Bosh...he is still a rookie, in this kind of game, it is not bad if he can play normally...

The morale of the Pistons was suppressed at the beginning, and Ben Wallace obviously felt that his teammates had become more silent. When he ran to the frontcourt, he turned his head and shouted: "Cheer up, isn't it because you didn't defend once? Just stop next time!"

"Ding... the talent skill Big Ben's domain level 5 is triggered, and the full-level Big Ben's domain characteristic: the five tigers are triggered. The team cohesion of the Pistons has been enhanced, which partially offsets the strength, fear and oppression brought by the host, and the morale is partially recovered. -Wallace."

Liu Mang heard this prompt as soon as he returned to the backcourt to defend Hamilton.

"He really deserves to be a genius who breaks the rules. For such a player, what happened to the university that made the 29 teams not even want to pick him in the second round?" Liu Mang sneered.

Seeing Hamilton running over with renewed vigor, without the dazed look of being teased by him for three-pointers just now, Liu Mang felt that the Pistons were more difficult to deal with than he imagined!

It’s time to continue running the marathon again. Although the Pistons have additional tactics, it’s the same as Larry Brown’s offense has always been so easy to prevent. There are not many changes. The positions of the players are very fixed, and the Pistons don't practice offense very much in training, so there are so many changes.

Liu Mang actively followed Hamilton, and finally came to Stephen Jackson. Hamilton ran at full speed for almost 10 seconds, and he was still so lively. When Liu Mang ran here, if there was another pick-and-roll, he would almost be unable to catch up up.

Sure enough, Stephen Jackson blocked Liu Mang again.

At the same time, the Eagles' defense became more urgent than in the previous round. Everyone else stuck to their defenders to avoid being passed by Billups, although Billups stared at him in the previous round. Stephen Jackson passed it on, but it's hard to say whether it will be passed on to others this time.

The offense of the Pistons is indeed poor, and it is easy to be marked. After Stephen Jackson blocked Liu Mang, Liu Mang immediately switched defenses with Raheem and stuck to Stephen Jackson. Stephen Jackson had no chance to point guard. !

But at this time, Billups had no chance to rush to the inside. Seeing that Hamilton would switch every time he was about to get rid of the opponent's defense, and the Eagles' defense was no slower than the Pistons' defense, Billups had no choice but to withdraw. The three-point line, seeing that there are only 5 seconds left in the time, there is no way, I can only play singles!

Against Prince's defense, Billups moved sideways and made a strong three-point shot!

Prince defended to the extreme, but Billups is worthy of the legendary big heart, and the three-pointer of the fadeaway jumper... also hit it!

What the hell!

The Pistons scored two three-pointers at the start! After only one minute of play, the Pistons shot half of the three-point "share" of the game!

When the ball was scored, Ben Wallace rushed out excitedly and bumped his chest with Billups to celebrate!

As the only one of the Pistons who is confident that he has an advantage in the matchup position against the Eagles, Ben Wallace is the only player on the Pistons who has always maintained confidence and motivation. The team lost their fighting spirit, so in this game, he took the initiative to use his ability to activate the atmosphere, trying to help his teammates cheer up.

And to regain morale against the Eagles, then you must win!

Ben Wallace is going to fight this game! No matter how hard it is, you must win!

"Ding... Ben Wallace is in an exciting stage, driving the morale of the Pistons team to continue to improve."

"Ding...Temporary mission triggered, defeat the soul of the piston."

As soon as Liu Mang received the ball, he saw the Pistons players running back to the half court excitedly. Just as he thought the game was going to hell, he heard the system prompt!

The opponent scored two three-pointers in a row, and I feel a little fried today! What should we do?

Liu Mang thinks that he can do a good job in reading comprehension, and interrupt the opponent's good start by the way!

Yes, just like that, Liu Mang called a timeout amidst the stunned expressions of the Pistons players...