Forward to the basket

People always need to play their talents in the field they are familiar with, and the same is true for a team. They must play a smooth offense and defense within a tactical system that suits them.

When you find that what you are best at suddenly doesn't work, the panic and anxiety will make you feel overwhelmed. If such emotions appear in the big scene of the Eastern Conference Finals, it will be a disaster.

Originally, these emotions were not what an experienced team should have, but in the first confrontation of the Eastern Conference Finals, a sense of uneasiness was spreading in the Pistons, which affected their performance on the court.

Even a steady player like Billups took a shot a little unsteadily before the end of the first quarter.

Billups is the spiritual leader of the Pistons, there is no doubt about it, but this man who is like a pinnacle is starting to get frizzy, do you still expect others to be calm? [

At the end of the first two quarters, the Pistons' shooting percentage has been limited to only about 35%.

You don't expect such a hit rate to score high points, and likewise, don't expect this hit to win.

The Pistons are in unprecedented trouble. Their toughness is now being used by their opponents.

Sanders and his Pistons are experiencing such a passive situation. What they are most proud of is their strong defense. In the case of mediocre offensive ability, defense is the only thing Detroit can rely on.

Whether it was the era of Chuck Daly's "Rogue Legion" or the year when Billups led the Five Tigers to kill the Lakers' f4 combination, Detroit relied on its own unique defensive strength to suddenly emerge in the league.

It can be said that this is just like the old Nelson's personal label is running and bombing and crazy offense. The label belonging to the Detroit Pistons is defense, tough, full of tenacity, and it is difficult to be defeated by opponents on the defensive end.

When the Spurs and Pistons reached the finals at the same time, they created the lowest finals ratings in history in the past ten years, because they are both such defensively resilient teams.

Detroit fans don't ask for such things as viewing. It seems that from the moment the Pistons were born, those so-called gorgeous things have nothing to do with this city.

What the Motor City wants is a team with a full blue-collar temperament, and the Pistons also meet this requirement.

It can be said that among the teams in this league, the temperament of the city and the temperament of the team are so compatible. The Pistons must be the representative with a high degree of fit. Defense has long been engraved into the bones of this team.

A city that even Leader Joe couldn't subdue, but today, it got a big headache in Boston.

Because their opponents are entangled with them in the best way Detroit people are good at, and the Pistons are already at a disadvantage. When the game reached the end of the second quarter, their fouls and turnovers were too many to bear. Si stood on the sidelines and subconsciously covered his mouth, because he had nothing to say at the moment.

What else?The tactics are arranged by themselves, and the players are already desperate enough to implement their own arrangements.

Now I can't blame anyone. I can only say that the herd of cattle in Boston is too brutal. Their lethal tactics on the court have caused the Pistons' starters to get into trouble with too many fouls.

The main reason is that after those guys hold the ball, they will attack aggressively, especially the two big guys on the inside. As soon as the outside pass comes in, whether it is Garnett or Chen Feng, they must turn around and attack.

McDyess fouled twice in the first quarter, and after less than 5 minutes in the second quarter, he fouled twice again.

And this time it wasn't because he was defending Garnett, but because Chen Feng used a crossover attack near the three-second zone after throwing off Mohamed, who replaced Rasheed Wallace, on the flank.

The flexibility of dealing with Garnett was enough to give McDyess a headache, but as soon as the "Roaring God" went there, Muhammad was blown away by Chen Feng.

He can't keep up with his footsteps, he has no advantage in physical confrontation, and he has a height, which is not enough to cover the opponent. This kind of matchup, even if Muhammad is no longer a rookie, he can't take advantage of it. [

In a face-to-face attack with the ball, he only needs to use his footsteps to eat him alone. How could Chen Feng let go of such an opportunity? These two times, it was Kassel who lobbed a pass to Garnett, and then the "Wolf King" made an inside pass. .

A side screen can complete the crossover. When Garnett and Chen Feng passed by, Muhammad really didn't know who to stare at, so McDyess could only go up very passively.

Those two defensive moves didn't take the lead, and McDyess was greeted by a lunatic who was stronger than Garnett!

When you try to use your body to carry a heavy tank, it is best to buy an insurance in advance, otherwise no one will pay you if you die, and if you try to block his attack with your hands, it will basically be useless .

McDyess's wingspan is actually quite standard. When he raises his hands high, combined with his jumping ability, it will definitely be no problem to block ordinary people. Facing Turkoglu, his entanglement is very effective.

But now McDyess is going to meet a standard lunatic, a lunatic who dares to attack O'Neill's defense!If you want to stop him, in addition to courage, you must also have a strong enough body.

And McDyess, who was obviously a little thinner than Garnett, had no chance to block such a vicious murderer. He defended twice, and Chen Feng broke through the defense twice.

Not only was he unable to stop the opponent, but he also had to watch the opponent score 21 when paying the price of the foul.

Not to mention what kind of home whistle this is, Reggie Miller, who is in charge of the commentary, said that such a 21 is not controversial, and even if McDyess' second foul was stricter, he could have given a technical foul For the penalty, the referee was merciful, but the Pistons couldn't bear this kind of result.

McDyess will be back on the bench in less than five minutes, and will likely spend the third quarter as well.

The Pistons, which were already weak in inside personnel, fell home this time. Their two starting insiders combined did not play more than 25 minutes in the first two quarters of the game, and they sat on the bench most of the time.

It's not that Sanders doesn't give them a chance, but that the Celtics don't give them a chance to play. McDyess and Rasheed Wallace together contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds. 7 fouls.

McDyess may still have contributed a bit in terms of scoring, and Rasheed Wallace played in a way that was contained on both ends of the offense and defense. His only score was a three-pointer. shot.

That's because Mohammed made a pick-and-roll for him, and Billups scored the ball in time. If it weren't for this, Rasheed Wallace might not even be able to score.

This is simply too shocking, but this is the fact that Sanders doesn't want to bear it, and he can't run away. He can only let the Pistons sit on the inside with Mohamed and Ratliff after the first two quarters .

It goes without saying what kind of guy Muhammad is. He was a marginal role in the Spurs, and he never played more than 20 minutes in the Pistons, and his statistical contribution was even less pitiful.

Originally, he was the life of a "water dispenser watchman", but now, Sanders really has no one in his hands, so he can only bet on such an unreliable guy, although even he himself feels It's funny, but the two main players are suffering from too many fouls, and they don't want to be penetrated inside, so they can only deal with it in this way.

An unreliable Muhammad is actually enough to kill, but McDyess' foul had to make Sanders throw the almost disabled Ratliff inside to fight Garnett and the others.

Originally, Ratliff was dawdling in Boston last season. As a result, this guy failed to live up to his expectations. He failed to show his former shot-blocking style, and was put on the shelf by Rivers.

Especially after a dozen games at the beginning of the season, Ratliff was directly on Rivers' purge list. Now, is it useful to let such a soft guy who has lingering fears about injuries and confrontations come on top?

Perhaps Sanders is a standard case of going to the doctor with a disease. He may still be expecting Ratliff to rise up and show his tough style in Boston, a place that has been frustrated.

At least his big physique can support the inside for a while, but he still overestimated the current state of the former shot-blocking king. How good can a bench player who averages no more than 15 minutes per game be? [

This is not to say that he lacks experience and is a novice with super physical fitness, but that he lacks opportunities and can have a burst of impact. Ratliff is already an old patient, and now he seems to be dawdling.

As long as he can receive that high salary, he may be at ease in a certain team until he retires, and with the honor of a former shot-blocking king, he will become a veteran who is gradually forgotten.

Now that Ratliff has done that, he's been truly forgotten on the court, playing almost 15 minutes, scoring no points, missing a single rebound, and his only contribution being two fouls.

Perkins, who replaced Garnett, gave Ratliff two free throws, but the guy didn't know if he was disturbed by the fans behind the backboard, or he had forgotten how to shoot.

Anyway, when Ratliff missed two free throws, Sanders didn't know whether he should despair. He had already thrown all four of his insiders on the field in turn, but the effect was equivalent to!

"Damn it! Damn it!", when Sanders cursed in a low voice on the sidelines, at the beginning of the third quarter, the bald boy whom he regarded as a devil, once again sent Ratliff back again and again.

Holding the ball from the front, attacking from the front, relying on his strong jumping ability, he blocked Ratliff's hands and smashed the basketball fiercely towards the basket. This kind of attack caused a burst of cheers. The last bit of extravagant hope in Sanders' heart was smashed to win at the North Shore Garden Arena?This is probably just an assumption. For the current Pistons, the first game is either a fiasco or a victory.

No matter how tough the Pistons are, under the force of the Celtics, some things that have been insisting on are also collapsing...