From today on is the king

Chapter 960 959. Different Pistons

"The change of the head coach, the excellent record in the regular season, and the improvement of the players' own strength have brought great confidence to the Detroit Pistons players, trying to resist the oppression of the host for many years. The Avengers series of missions: The resistance of the oppressed Estelians is triggered."

"The struggle of the oppressed Estelians: The players of the Detroit Pistons carry out the belief of defeating the host to carry out this round of the series. Mission objective: the host needs to defeat the Detroit Pistons within six games to win the series. Task reward: Detroit Pistons random star card for the 04-05 season. Failure penalty: Randomly deduct one of the existing star cards."

They have pushed the Pistons to the bed, and still want to struggle?
Liu Mang took a look at the opponent's strength.

"Chauncey Billups, 28 years old, ability rating 91 (peak), 87 offense, 93 defense, 89 three-pointers, 85 mid-range shots, 83 layups, 89 speed, 88 strength... averaged 16.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 8.1 assists, shooting 40.00% from the field.

Liu Mang was speechless when he saw Billups' ability evaluation, it's so weird!
The three-point shooting percentage is higher than the shooting percentage!The layup was actually the worst.

Billups is also 28 years old...Liu Mang hadn’t noticed before that the Pistons played against the Pistons in the regular season, and the opponent didn’t make a substantial counterattack. Liu Mang didn’t notice that Billups’ three-pointers were already on the same level as Jason Terry. The key is that Billups’ shooting is the same as Jason Terry’s.

"Richard Hamilton, 27 years old, ability evaluation 86, offense 90, defense 81, three-pointer 68, mid-range shooting 95, layup 91, speed 90, strength 77, endurance 100... Averaged 20.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, shooting 40.00% 0.5, 30.00-point shooting [-] per game, shooting [-]% three points..."

95 mid-range shots... Liu Mang is so envious. He is indeed the second best mid-range shooter in the league after Nowitzki. Three-pointers account for less than [-]% of his points... The mid-range shooting ability is not the first or even the second in the league. Kobe's mid-range shooting ability is stronger, but Hamilton can make better use of open shots and hit the same level as Nowitzki's shooting based on height and position.

"Carlos Delfino, 24 years old, ability evaluation 73, offense 69, defense 80, three-pointer 79, mid-range shooting 65, layup 83..."

A super-poor alternative to Prince.

"Chris Bosh, 21 years old, ability evaluation 88, offense 91, defense 79, three-pointer 79, mid-range shooting 86, layup 92, speed 83, strength 87, rebound 86,... Averaged 19.6 points, 8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 50.00% from the field, 30.00% from the three-point range..."

"Ben Wallace, 30 years old, ability rating 84 (peak), 59 offense, 99 defense, 40 three-pointers, 40 mid-range shots, 80 layups, 82 speed, 99 strength, 99 rebounds..."

This inside combination... is weird, Liu Mang has seen the most weird inside combination, two completely different types of players get together, the effect is really good, one is responsible for offense and the other is responsible for defense.

The first five members of the 03 generation are very good.

Ben Wallace is not regarded as a first-class star by the system, mainly because of this offense, which is too eye-catching!Except for the catch and dunk and the second offensive tip-up, which are a bit of an offensive threat at the basket, other offensive methods are basically zero.

Being able to get the third record in the regular season with 63 wins is really not a cover!
The Pistons averaged 101 points per game this season, seventh in the league, and conceded 93 points per game, sixth in the league. They are all excellent, and coach Philip Saunders has contributed a lot.

Liu Mang was even more excited after seeing the ability evaluation of the five starters of the Pistons.

It is more energetic to fight such an opponent!The Heat were eliminated by the Bulls, and the Bulls couldn't resist at all. Liu Mang felt very sorry. Fortunately, with the Pistons now, this year's trip to the Eastern Conference playoffs will not be lonely.

Waiting for the Heat to enter the peak period before the Heat's magic tricks signings, the Pistons will be Liu Wei's greatest joy in the Eastern Conference!
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Phillips Arena is very lively today. Dominic Wilkins, Dibacon Mutombo, two famous players, and former Eagles players who have nothing to do after the Rockets playoffs came to watch the game and won a lot of cheers.

The fact that Mutombo came to watch the game was known to the fans as early as noon in the news. Mutombo took a group photo with the Eagles players before the Eagles training in the morning, and it was on the news. When Liu Mang and others were interviewed by the court station, he was invited by Xu Jicheng of Xinhua News Agency to participate in the interview.

Many fans at the scene held signs with words such as "Come home, Die Bacon" and "Come back, African mountains".

Mutombo's peak years were spent with the Hawks, and he was very popular in Atlanta.

At [-]:[-], the starting players of the two teams entered the field. After waiting for another five or six days, the Eagles fans couldn't wait to watch the game, and the atmosphere was very frenzied.

Liu Mang, McGrady, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, Jason Terry, and Mourning came to the technical stage to greet Billups, Ben Wallace, Hamilton, and Bosh.

Prince, who was so out of place, went to study the opening dance moves by himself, and the little prince was quite aloof.

I simply said hello and chatted, and asked what the other party had for dinner. In Atlanta these two days, the sun is relatively small, and there are topics such as heartstroke, so I went to prepare for the game separately.

Several main players of the Eagles felt the confidence of the Pistons after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals this year, and their vigilance and enthusiasm have been greatly improved. In particular, McGrady and Mourning, who have never defeated the Pistons, regarded the Pistons as a strong opponent from the beginning.

The two of them didn't understand why their teammates looked down upon a 63-win team with the kind of pride, so they have been preparing for the game wholeheartedly since they finished playing the Bulls.

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The TV station seats in the Phillips Arena, next to ESPN and Time Warner's commentary seats, began live broadcasting after the players of the two teams entered the field.

"Central TV station, court TV station, welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons NBA Eastern Finals game brought to you by the court TV sports channel. I am the commentator Yu Jia. The guests we invited today are Director Zhang Weiping and Director Xu Jicheng Xu. Today's game, the two teachers will help us analyze, what are the highlights, and what should Ace need to pay attention to in this game?"

"Then I'll come first," Xu Jicheng said in standard Qingdao mandarin, "The Pistons, it can be said that they are Ace's old opponents. They have met in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, and they have met the Nets in the playoffs more times than Ace. And now it seems that the Pistons have a good lineup. The three generations of old, middle and young players have a complete structure. They may be one of Ace's main opponents in the East in the future, and I think the Pistons are stronger than the Nets. The Nets have been excluded from the finals for two consecutive years, and the Hawks cannot underestimate the Pistons, which is very important, and I think the Hawks are better than the Pistons in terms of strength."

"Old Xu is right," said the Beijing movie directed by Zhang. "The two teams that can pose a threat to Ace in the East are the Heat and the Pistons. Ace needs to be careful not to be careless. I don't think it's a big problem for the Eagles to reach the finals. Just don't be careless! The Pistons are definitely stronger than the playoff opponents the Eagles have encountered in the past two years. The main thing is not to be careless!"

"The two teachers' analysis is very reasonable." Yu Jia doesn't care about other things, flattering is the most important thing, "Oh, the game is about to start, let's switch the screen to the game..."

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After the two veterans in the basketball world on the court platform boasted about the strength of the Eagles, the screen on the court platform switched from the commentary booth to Prince who was dancing in the square on the sidelines, and the lights dimmed.

The picture switched from Prince dancing on the sidelines to the big screen, and Rasheed Wallace's rough face appeared in the picture, and a passionate roar was heard in the ears of the audience in front of the TV.

After the scene lights were turned on, the screen quickly switched to the sidelines. Liu Mang sprinkled chalk into the air, and then the screen switched to the crowd of fanatical fans at the scene.

The operation of directing and broadcasting is tiring, and there must be no mistakes in half a second. Fans love to watch this.

Domestic fans couldn't help cheering after seeing the scene of Liu Mang sprinkling magnesium powder after Rasheed Wallace roared.

Wang Zhizhi failed to enter the playoffs, Yao Ming was eliminated in the first round, and only one game was broadcast in the second round. The fans mainly focused on the Eagles. The Suns were also popular, but they couldn't compare with the Eagles.

The Eastern Conference Finals was broadcast live on TV, the game hadn't even started yet, and the real-time ratings broke 3!There are also many middle-aged women who like to watch the opening of the Eagles game. They wake up early in the morning to watch the live broadcast, just to watch Prince's new dance moves, and grab the first-hand dance moves to show off at night...

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"Ding... The devil's home trigger for the Eagles, the morale of the opposing team is down, from Rasheed Wallace and Phillips Arena fans."

"Ding... The talent skill Big Ben is triggered at level 5, and the Pistons players offset the away pressure, from Ben Wallace."

As expected by Liu Mang, Ben Wallace is the soul of Detroit. The Pistons, who have regained some confidence, are now much less psychologically stressed.

After Liu Mang sprinkled chalk, he and McGrady came to the court together, and the game was about to start.

Bosh and Kwame Brown came to the middle circle, ready to jump the ball.

Bosh is one of the players with the best offensive talent among the inside players of the new generation, and Kwame Brown is one of the players with the best defensive talent among the inside players of the new generation.

They are the same height, [-] meters. Bosh is more flexible and weaker. Kwame Brown weighs more than a dozen kilograms, but he is faster and stronger. They are similar in jumping, and they are both men with top physical fitness.

The referee came to the middle circle and pointed to the positions on both sides. After a few seconds, counting the time, it was exactly eight o'clock, blew the whistle for the start of the game, and threw the ball into the air.

Bosh and Kwame Brown exploded at the same time when the ball reached the sky!

Bosh hits the ball first, but Kwame Brown hits the ball right after Bosh does, and slaps the ball right out of Bosh's hands!

"Oh……"

The scene exclaimed, the jump ball is so violent?The ball was shot by Kwame Brown to the right rear corner.

"Depend on!"

Liu Mang ran a long way before receiving the ball on the right sideline. He still jumped up to catch the ball and threw it in the direction of McGrady.

When Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, the Pistons' defense had settled down.

Hamilton followed Liu Mang to prevent Liu Mang from moving.

McGrady saw that Billups was defending himself and Hamilton was defending Liu Mang, so he immediately decided not to play tactics, and made a gesture to let Liu Mang go to the top arc, and then passed the ball to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang came to the top arc to receive the ball. Hamilton saw Liu Mang receiving the ball and was ready to defend against Liu Mang's explosive breakthrough. They watched the video of the first game between the Eagles and the Bulls and were very afraid of Liu Mang's super fast first step.

Seeing Hamilton's quick small steps, Liu Mang saw through the opponent's defensive intentions at once. He bent his knee with his left foot, and took a step forward with his right foot.

Hamilton immediately took a step back nervously, he was fooled!
Liu Mang retracted his foot, and shot a quick three-pointer from the top arc!
"Ding... Marksman level 5 triggers, this time the shooting space is perfect, ignoring the influence of rhythm."

In the big gap, Liu Mang's three-pointer hit!
Hamilton patted his head in frustration, he was too nervous about the opponent's breakthrough defense!

After Liu Mang scored a goal, he immediately turned around and returned to defense. After the threat of breakthrough became greater, the opponent did not dare to stare so hard at three-pointers. Thinking about Wade's even more explosive first step, fortunately this guy didn't have a three-pointer, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Pistons attack.

Liu Mang waited until Hamilton came over and ran after Hamilton.

When Liu Mang ran with Hamilton, he realized something was wrong. The person who came to help Hamilton block him became Ben Wallace, not Bosh!

When Hamilton and Ben Wallace's off-the-ball pick-and-roll attracted Kwame Brown and Liu Mang to switch defenses, Billups forced Princes on the other side.

Hit too!

The Pistons played a new tactic!
Using Hamilton's movement and Ben Wallace's off-ball pick-and-roll drive to the rim, Bosh created a shooting threat.

Isn't this the usual tactic of the Timberwolves last season?

The Detroit Hammer's iron-blooded mid-range shot easily hit, and the tactical play was beyond the Eagles' expectations.

Both opening attacks work.

Due to the strong defense of the Pistons team, the Eagles chose Hamilton to defend and who to play singles at the beginning.

In the rough confrontation in the playoffs, it was difficult for Hamilton to get out of the open space. The same was true for Liu Mang. The two defensive teams couldn't play with conventional tactics. Therefore, the Pistons used Hamilton's threat to give Bosh a chance. The Eagles were more direct. Liu Mang and McGrady started singles.

When the first quarter hit the official timeout, the two major scorers of the Eagles had already scored 11 points together, and together they helped their teammates score 6 points, and scored 17 points in half a quarter.

But the Pistons also scored 15 points. The Pistons' offensive tactics have become quite diversified. The Pistons did not compete with the Eagles in the regular season.

Now that the Pistons have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, they have gained confidence with 63 wins in the regular season. Coach Sanders brought out some new tactics before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Pistons played a completely different offensive performance from last year's Eastern Conference Finals!

At 6 minutes and 27 seconds, a little more than half a quarter, a high score of 17 to 15 was scored!
(End of this chapter)