NIP Chapter 139 Defeat first and then win, champion of the Eastern Conference! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 139 Defeat first and then win, champion of the Eastern Conference! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 139 Defeat first and then win, champion of the Eastern Conference! (4000, please subscribe)
25 to 28, I have to say that Carlisle's performance in the series was really good.
In just two games, Carlisle adjusted in time and knew how to defend the Pistons more effectively.
Coincidentally, Billups has an injury on his hand, and some fine work of ball control and passing cannot be done.
As a result, Huo Song and Rasheed Wallace were forced to reduce the number of inside receptions, and the offensive efficiency of the Pistons team also decreased.
On the other hand, the Pacers did not play in vain in the first two games. The substitute joined the starting lineup, and occasionally played a more efficient scoring performance than the starting lineup.
Today's G3 was originally played at the Pacers' home court, and the referee's calls will be biased towards the Pacers.
In this way, the two teams played evenly in the first quarter, and the Pistons even seemed to be unable to beat the Pacers. In the first quarter, they lost the Pacers by 3 points after winning the jump ball.
In the second quarter, the Pacers have the first offensive power, which means that the Pacers have the opportunity to expand the point difference to 5 points and maintain the lead.
During the break before the second quarter, Larry Brown had to summarize the performance of the players in the first quarter and the reasons why the Pistons fell behind.
Of course, the most important thing is to get rid of the current unfavorable situation and find a successful way out.
The Pistons need to find someone to get the ball into the right hands, to a player who can get to the rim more efficiently.
"The way to win the Pacers is very simple. As long as our tall man can support in the high position, then we can still crush the Pacers like the previous two games."
"However, we have never played this kind of tactics and style of play before, so playing like this temporarily will have great risks.
This has the potential to ruin the team's good chemistry and put everyone in a bad situation.
We have to win in a familiar way, we have to win with our own rhythm, not passive.
Do you understand what I mean?The immediate difficulty is not a difficulty, at least it is just a trivial test!
Believe in your own strength, believe in your past winning game experience and winning intuition.
As long as you work hard enough and focus enough, I believe that victory in this game still belongs to us. "
Larry Brown has absolutely no intention of changing the style of play for the Pacers.
As Larry Brown said, adjusting according to the opponent may not have the desired effect, but may fall into a new passive situation.
Tactics should be arranged according to the ability of the players to execute the tactics.
Some players have too low a ball quotient, can't find their own position on the court, and can bump into teammates when running.
Not to mention that the coach made a tactical adjustment in a short period of time, and then the players were able to run like machines throughout the game, running precisely in place, and hitting every goal that should be scored into the basket.
Impossible, this situation is absolutely impossible.
NBA players are humans too, and humans make mistakes.It is a process that everyone needs to adapt.
Many coaches in the NBA have a poor level of on-the-spot command, but in fact, the most important part of the coach is to tell the players how to practice and how to cooperate in advance in the training with the tactics that can be used in the game.
It is also the tactics that the players practiced in training that the coach dared to use these tactics in the game.
This is why some teams are suppressed by the sky, and if they want to change the fate of being restrained, they can only rely on superstars and super giants' personal strength to change their fate against the sky.
This is also the reason why league superstars are valuable.
Having said that, the overall strength of the Pistons is stronger than that of the Pacers.
There are also superstar players in the team. Although the problem now is how to pass the ball to Huo Song, everyone knows who to give the ball to, and there will always be opportunities in the future.
Larry Brown is giving instructions to the players off the court, it is better for the players to go on the court and learn how to cooperate.
The Pistons started the second quarter with Huo Song, Ben, Prince, Hamilton, and Billups. Except for Huo Song, they were the main players of the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals last season.
These players are established veterans who know how to play the game correctly.
After two or three minutes of getting used to it, Huo Song gradually got more balls in his hands.
But the good times didn't last long. Huo Song played a lot of time in the first quarter. Although he didn't catch many balls, he also ran a lot of rounds after turning back, which consumed a lot of energy.
In the second quarter, Huo Song's physical strength was a little bit embarrassing, which may also be due to the influence of the previous two high-intensity playoff games. decline.
In the first half of the second quarter, Huo Song made 3 of 2 shots and scored 4 points.
In the second half, he made 6 of 3 shots and 5 of 3 free throws.
That is to say, Huo Song's IQ was not bad, and he was not above the critical moment.
Finding that the shot was inaccurate, and he lacked some speed when he hit the basket, and his body felt a little overwhelmed, so he suddenly resorted to a big loop.
If you break through the big loop directly, it may not work.
But playing a big loop at the basket can still cause fouls.
After making it once, Huo Song took advantage of Jeff Foster's lingering fears, so he played hard again, hitting the basket with his strength and scoring.
Jeff Foster still adapted, so Huo Song succeeded in singles.
When Jeff Foster adjusted, Huo Song went back and tried again.
However, the referee is not easy to mess with.
After all, in the playoffs, Huo Song's big loop doesn't work every time.
Sometimes even if the thugs don't blow in the playoffs, they don't blow.
After Huo Song's first loss in the Giant Swing, he played in the correct way again.
It's a pity that the problem of physical strength is not a problem that can be solved by IQ.
Larry Brown saw that Huo Song was not in good condition, so he replaced Huo Song in advance.
Rasheed Wallace playing can not fill Huo Song's vacancy, especially today's Rasheed Wallace is also a little lax on the offensive end.
Then Billups did not adapt to the impact of the injury, and only made 4 of 1 shots in the first half.
Fortunately, Billups knew that he was in good shape, so he didn't have to be as turbulent as before.
But the Pistons can't count on Hamilton to score from outside.
Prince's basket is also unreliable, and more points are obtained by breaking through and hitting the basket.
Without Huo Song attracting defense inside, Prince's offensive efficiency is just average.
The Pistons just broke through the predicament that Huo Song couldn't reach, and fell into a dilemma again.
The offense inside and outside the line is not good, so the victory can only be re-pressed on the defensive end.
However, the Pacers, who have been forced to the cliff, played even better in defense.
By the end of the second quarter, the Pistons were slightly defeated by the steady Pacers, and the point difference had been stretched to 6 points.
Losing points in both quarters will inevitably make the Pistons players who have been playing downwind a little uncomfortable.
Even after halftime, the Pistons players still failed to adjust.
In the third quarter, the Pistons fell into a 0-6 scoring panic at the beginning, and were hit by the Pacers to a small climax.
After the timeout, Huo Song had to play early.
However, Huo Song hadn't played much yet. Prince suddenly broke out. In just 4 minutes on the court, he made 5 of 3 shots and 3 of 2 free throws and scored 8 points, helping the Pistons.
But the Pacers substitute Harrington felt very good today. He scored 7 points in the first half. In the second half, he scored two mid-range shots and a three-pointer, and scored 7 points again.
Huo Song had no choice but to take the order in the face of danger, trying to score from the inside.
However, the Pacers have already tested the referee's penalty scale today.
Perhaps it was Huo Song's big loop that disgusted the referee before, but now the referee sees Huo Song being pinched, thugs, and even secretly pushing behind him when he is attacking.
Faced with this level of defense, Huo Song stiffened.
第三节上场8分钟的时间里，霍嵩6投4中，罚球2投2中，拿下了10分。
Relying on Huo Song's leadership, the Pistons recovered the 2-point difference in the third quarter.
But even so, they are still 4 points behind!
This problem is very serious.
"I know you're going to be upset that the referee seems to be deliberately favoring the Pacers."
"I have to tell you that the big players definitely don't think that way.
We have absolute strength, we should not complain, only the weak will complain all day long.
Well, it's time to let go of the pressure, let go of the tiredness, play seriously and concentrate on playing.
Don't think so much, now our task is only to play! "
"Go up, warriors, and win your victory!"
It's the fourth quarter, tactics and so on are useless, the most important thing is to feed the players chicken soup.
The effect is not bad. Larry Brown, the violent tyrant in the past, now amiably pours chicken soup for the Pistons players. Although it is a bit disgusting, everyone is still willing to pinch their noses and drink this bowl of chicken soup.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Hamilton made two consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning.
Not long after that, Rasheed Wallace's touch also warmed up.
The Pistons relied on Huo Song to act as a cover on the court, attracting some defenses, opening up both inside and outside.
I don't want to think that in the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Artest, as the Pacers' No. [-] man, suddenly broke out during this most critical time.
Artest didn't want the Pacers to be 3-0 by the Pistons, and he didn't want the Pacers to be swept in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Ever since, Artest, who played three threats in the middle distance, suddenly retreated and shot.
Three-pointers can't kill the game, but three-pointers can quickly open up points.
The Pistons had just smoothed the point difference, and were pulled away by 3 points in a blink of an eye.
After Huo Songqiang hit the basket and was fouled, and the referee played dead again, O'Neal grabbed a rebound and passed the ball to Artest who quickly returned to the frontcourt.
Artest hit the basket, and Hamilton chased after him. Instead of being able to chase the cap, he was leaned on and hit a two plus one.
Although the free throw was missed, Huo Song and others felt pressured by the 5-point offensive in just half a minute.
In order to chase points, Larry Brown called a timeout in advance, asked for a frontcourt ball, and arranged tactics.
This time the tactical arrangement was relatively successful. With the help of Huo Song and Hamilton's backrunning to attract the defense, Da Ben made an empty cut to the basket and dunked the ball in an alley-oop.
But in the next round, Reggie Miller, who hadn't made a shot for a long time, suddenly stood up.
With the help of a screen, Reggie Miller received the ball at a 45-degree angle from outside the three-point line.
Hamilton squeezed the screen and was slow for half a second. As a result, he missed a thousand miles and was shot by Reggie Miller.
After Reggie Miller hit a three-pointer, the Pistons' efforts in the fourth quarter seemed to be all in vain.
In the last less than 2 minutes, the point difference not only did not narrow, but expanded to 6 points.
This point difference is not difficult to chase, after all, there is still time, and the Pistons can reverse the game by defending the next round or two.
The point is, the Pistons didn't pause.
Because this game has been at a disadvantage, and the Pacers have played a few small climaxes during the period, at this time Larry Brown has a timeout left in his hand.
For the sake of prudence, Larry Brown must save this timeout until the last minute, or even the last half minute, for the last attack.
Sometimes, in this kind of game, the head coach of the team behind the score may not even have the chance to use the last timeout.
But when it's time to hold back, you have to hold back.
What if the timeout is used early, and the last attack has a chance to kill, but due to time constraints, there is no opportunity to deploy tactics, and instead miss the opportunity, what kind of situation is that?
Playing a game requires more or less luck.
If the players can't rely on their own ability and hard work, they can recover the point difference.
Then, just relying on the timeout in the hands of the coach is not very useful.
In such a situation, if the coach doesn't call a timeout, it can be regarded as a prudent act of protecting himself, and directly blames the players, in the name of trusting the players.
Asking for others is better than asking for yourself. The Pistons players on the field know that the real critical moment has arrived.
Everyone worked hard and wanted to win.
But the final result told them that it was nothing more than a fantasy.
The Pacers played very experienced in the last 2 minutes, defending the Pistons for a round first, and letting the Pistons go inside as much as possible.
If the outside line breaks through and enters the inside line, it will be double-teamed.
Force the Pistons to score the ball from the outside, and then take 20 seconds to attack before barely making a shot.
Although Huo Song took the pot and made a mid-range shot, he finally bounced off the basket and bounced the ball in, but in the end it still took 22 seconds.
The Pacers led by 4 points and were not in a hurry at all. They lowered the pace of the game and used this round to keep the remaining time of the game below 1 minute.
The most important thing is that the Pacers passed the ball to O'Neal with only 24 seconds left in the 4-second attack time.
The 24 seconds of the offense were almost over, and O'Neal made the ball at the buzzer.
Really worthy of the existence of the top three MVPs in the regular season, the superstar at the critical moment, cast too hard.
In the last less than 1 minute, there were still 6 points. Larry Brown hesitated, but finally did not call a timeout.
6 points and a timeout can't catch up.
Larry Brown expects the Pistons to score the ball and defend the Pacers' offense in the next two rounds.
At that time, he called a timeout to deploy two offensive tactics, and then asked the players to take the initiative to foul and chase the number of rounds to see if they could reverse the game.
Unexpectedly, Reggie Miller was seeking stability, and Billups dribbled the ball just after halftime, and he took the initiative to run up and foul.
Just two free throws, Billups made all free throws, and the Pacers led by 2 points.
Not to mention that Billups has an injury on his hand, and today's shooting touch is also very average.
Reggie Miller's game experience can be said to be one of the keys to winning this game.
Sure enough, then Billups made only one free throw.
The Pacers have already sent free throw tactics, which means that the Pistons are basically hopeless to comeback.
With 52 seconds left in the game, Carlisle had two timeouts in his hands but didn't call.
The Pacers continued to hold the ball to press time, and the 5-point gap made the Pistons players on the field wonder whether they should foul.
It stands to reason that to defend a round, at least score another two points, and then resort to free throw tactics.
But with such a hesitation, the Pacers wasted another 14 seconds.
Prince is young and energetic, but he is still in a hurry.Gambling steals, trying to turn the tide.
But the ball was not grabbed, the Pacers passed the ball by leaking, and the Pistons kept making up defenses, but they could only keep leaking.
Finally the ball went to Reggie Miller, who made another [-]-pointer.
This time I missed the shot, but hitting the iron is also a way to win at this time.
After rushing to the basket, the rebound was dialed back and forth, and was finally knocked out of bounds by Artest.
Looking at the time, there are only 29 seconds left.
Larry Brown eventually called a timeout.
But it was too late.
After laying out the tactics by the timeout, the Pistons served from the sideline of the front court and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.
If you hit a three-pointer, there is still a chance.
If it doesn't hit, it's completely gone.
At this time, the Pacers also know how to win the ball, and they let the inside line go directly, so they can prevent the Pistons from outside the three-point line.
Although Larry Brown has withdrawn the big book, five people on the court can shoot three-pointers.
But in the end who can catch the ball and who will make the shot is uncertain.
The situation on the court changed rapidly, and in the end the ball fell into the hands of Prince, which was still a relatively open opportunity.
Time waits for no one, Prince can only bite the bullet and make a move.
It's a pity that the iron is broken.
Fighting for a rebound, Huo Song grabbed the ball and was about to make a layup when he realized something was wrong and quickly dribbled the ball out to shoot a three-pointer.
But he was stopped, and he was very confused, so he could only pass the ball to Rasheed Wallace.
The latter didn't hesitate, and immediately stepped back after receiving the ball and made a three-pointer, which was also ironed.
This time the Pistons players failed to control the rebound, which also means that this game was still a bit close after all.
Played a good game, lost in just a few minutes at the critical moment.
The loss of G3 made the Pistons quite regrettable, but everyone soon recovered.
The G4 Pistons played averagely, but the Pacers' state just happened to fluctuate.
Even though the referee meant to help the Pacers, the Pistons defeated the Pacers 95 to 87 and won the third victory in the series.
G5 returned to Detroit to play, and the Pistons returned to the home court. It happened that Billups' hand injury was relieved a lot, and it no longer affected the state of the game.
The Pistons seem to have returned to their state in G1 and G2, suppressing the Pacers and winning by a big score.
"we are the champion!"
"That's right, the champion of the Eastern Conference!"
"Finals, here we come!"
"Ha ha!"
(End of this chapter)