Zhiba NBA

Chapter 77 (76) Civilian Legion

The Western Conference Finals is a battle between two teams with a balanced offense and defense, while the Eastern Conference Finals is a defensive battle between two iron-blooded corps.

The Pacers, who came to the Palace of Auburn Hills, played the number one king in the East. They fought the home team Pistons until the last 2 minutes, only one point behind.

This time it was Rasheed Wallace who stood up to save the team. He made a crucial 2+1 to widen the point difference to 4 points, and gave Harrington a big cap.With the Pacers' final desperate three-pointer, the Pistons won with difficulty at 78:85 and took a 2-1 lead.

In the fourth game, the Pacers started off with an anti-customer. Artest hit 2 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored 12 points in a single quarter. The Pacers led by a big score of 29:17.

This series is no match for the offensive battle of the Lakers and Rockets. For these two teams, 12 points is a big difference.The Pistons struggled to catch up a little bit, and were blocked in the third quarter without temper, scoring only 11 points in a single quarter.After three quarters, the Pacers led by 70:50.

The fourth quarter is basically garbage time.It is not easy for the Pistons to score 20 points in a single quarter, let alone chasing 20 points in a single quarter?

After four games, the Eastern Conference finals were tied 2-2.The next game will be moved to the Conseco Arena, home of the Pacers.

The Rockets, which ended the series a day earlier, have assembled to watch their opponents in the Finals.

"The first three games were indistinguishable, but the Pacers won the fourth game away from home." Bosh blew at Parker, "I think the Pacers will definitely win when they return to the home court this time."

"I think Chris is right. The Pacers started with Crohill instead of Foster, and the effect is good." Jefferson also talked and laughed at Bosh and Wallace.

"It's about to kick off, everyone quietly watch the game." Olajuwon's majestic voice sounded, and the voices of the boys' discussion suddenly became a little lower.

Bodillo added assists to Prince and Rasheed to hit two goals. The Pacers' first offense was shot by O'Neal, but was blocked by Big Ben.

"Tyshaun Prince is a second-year player, the youngest of the Pistons' starting five, but he plays very maturely." Curry introduced: "He is usually responsible for defending other teams' top scorers from outside. Tracy, you should pay attention to this guy. He is a rare outside player in the league whose height and wingspan can exceed yours."

"Speaking of his NBA playing age, he is not the shortest in the Pistons. Bodi Loga at No. 1 is a 31-year-old rookie. He is very tall, but his movements are not sloppy, and he plays calmly and gorgeously." Yuan Fei said.

"His height is almost 205cm, which is rare among point guards in the entire NBA history. The famous 'Big O' Oscar Robertson (a famous superstar in the 60s who once created a triple-double miracle in a single season) is only 196cm. The only point guard who can compare with him in height is Alvin Johnson." Billups said with emotion: "If I can meet this guy in the finals, it will be difficult for me to guard him. And Pistons shooting guard Richard Hamilton is tall It's also more than 2 meters, and their back line is too tall."

"However, their insiders are not tall. Ben Wallace's official height is 206cm, but I think it is around 203cm. Rasheed Wallace at 208cm is already the tallest among the starters." Yao Ming said: "In this way, I still have some advantages when playing inside."

"Did Ben grow to 206cm tall by relying on his afro?" Even Lao Tang, who has always been serious, couldn't help but joked with Daben.

"There is still a problem in this game. There are 3 Wallaces on both sides. How should I explain it?" The mischievous Parker began to tease Wallace again, "Wallace blocked Wallace, and then Wallace grabbed a rebound, but was intercepted by Wallace again!"

Wallace looked embarrassed, and everyone laughed.In their chatting and laughing, the first half ended quickly, and the Pistons took a slight lead away at 41:36.Hamilton and Rashid both contributed 30 points.

"I believed that the Nets would win, but I didn't expect them to be killed by the Pistons." Billups said with some discomfort.

"Chauncey, if I hadn't called you back then, maybe I would have watched the Nets vs. Pacers in front of the TV today, and you led the Pistons to be killed by the Nets before." McGrady also joked, smiling so that Chauncey looked helpless.

"Is it true that none of you are optimistic about the Pistons?" Yuan Fei asked, "Only me?"

"Generally speaking, people are optimistic about the two-time champion Nets and the Eastern Conference champion Pacers in the regular season?" Reed said.

"Yeah, the Pistons lineup is too ordinary. There is not even a superstar. Think about it, we have killed four superstars in the Lakers." Jefferson said.

"The Lakers are just two superstars. Malone and Payton are former superstars." Yuan Fei put a black line on his forehead, "Ben has been an All-Star for two consecutive years, and he almost won the best defensive player for three consecutive years. You must not underestimate it. And Rasheed is also a two-time All-Star, and his strength is not bad. Although Hamilton is not an All-Star, he is quite well-known in the league. It is no problem to be the boss of a bad team. None of the five starters for the Pistons is easy, and their overall strength is not necessarily worse than that of the F2 Lakers."

Just to prove that Yuan Fei was right, the Pistons played another wave of high-quality defense in the third quarter.The Pistons took the opportunity to score consecutive points, once widening the point difference to 12 points.

At the last moment, it was time for the Pacers to fight for their lives, but they played unhurriedly. On the contrary, the Pistons played a life-and-death battle like a rainbow.In the last quarter, the Pacers made only 19 of 6 shots and scored only 12 points in a single quarter.Completely defeated in front of the home crowd.

At 83:65, the Pistons took Tianwangshan with a hearty victory, proving their own strength.Hamilton scored 33 points, scoring more than half of the Pacers' team.

On June 6, the Palace of Auburn Hills rekindled the battle.The Pacers fell behind 1-2, and the Eastern Conference champions faced a battle of life and death.This game was extremely ugly, and there were all kinds of ironing sounds in the audience.When the game entered the last 3 minutes, the score was actually 5, and neither side reached 59 points!
"This ball is really ugly, this low score!" Turkoglu couldn't help complaining.

"These two teams ranked second and third in defense in the regular season, and the number of rounds was fourth and sixth. The defense is strong and the rhythm is slow, so the score is naturally too low." Yuan Fei explained.

You came and I fought and fought for several rounds on the field. With O'Neal hitting a key goal, the Pacers were only 61 points behind at 63:2.

Prince contributed a key block, Bodi Loga got the ball patiently organized, and after consuming time, assisted Hamilton to make a successful mid-range shot, 61:65.

Artest missed a save, Bodi Loga assisted Prince to score, and there were only 61 seconds left in the 67:40 game.The Pacers hit the iron again and again at the last moment, struggled several times to no avail, and finally swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat.

"I really didn't expect it, only Jason guessed the result correctly!" Bosh admired Yuan Fei with all his might.

"It seems that I really have to face the 'European White Magician'." Billups looked sad.

At 65:69, the Pistons won at home and defeated the Eastern Conference champion Pacers 4-2.The civilian army advances to the finals and joins forces with the Rockets!

(End of this chapter)