Zhiba NBA

Chapter 78 (77) Space City vs. Motor City

Houston, the aerospace city, and Detroit, the motor city, are quite similar. The former is the fourth largest city in the United States, and the latter is the largest city near the long border between the United States and Canada. The geographical location is very important, but both cities are based on the rise of industry, and the ball market is not top in the league.Compared with New York, the largest city in the United States, and Los Angeles, which is home to Hollywood, due to the difference in industrial structure, the level of the entertainment and media industry is a little behind.

Although the football market is not the first-tier, and the attraction to superstars is not the first-tier, both teams have created their own brilliance. In 1989 and 1990, the Pistons won consecutive championships. Five years later, the Rockets also completed two consecutive championships.That is to say, the finals have not yet started, and a team is destined to win the championship trophy for the third time.

There is no old grudge between the two teams, they just played against each other briefly in the regular season, and it can even be said that they don't know each other very well.From the perspective of style, the Rockets are fast-paced. Driven by the two star guards, they are very capable of steals and fast breaks, and their positional battles mainly rely on pick-and-rolls and Yao Mai's singles.The Pistons are an out-and-out defensive team, relying on solid hand-to-hand combat to crush and defeat opponents, and relying on a large number of screens, air cuts and mid-range jumpers on offense.

"We won the first game in the regular season, largely due to Yao's explosion." Assistant coach Smith analyzed: "But the Pistons hadn't introduced Rasheed Wallace at that time. Now they have a solid inside defender, and the inside is much stronger than before."

"In the second game, we rested McGrady and lost 18 points, so there is not much reference value." Tang Shuai said.

"So there is a problem," Yuan Fei said: "We don't know the Pistons at all, and we haven't played against their full lineup. The Pistons last season are completely different from now."

"As I said just now, one thing Yao needs to pay attention to is that the Pistons are stronger inside." Olajuwon is not on the roster, and his sense of presence has not been weakened. He is now basically playing the role of Yao Ming's mentor. "Although the two Wallaces are not tall, they have a strong confrontation. And they also have two tall men over 210cm on the bench, Campbell and Milicic. The Pistons' inside line cannot be underestimated. Of course, Wallace can only defend your bottom plate and use the footsteps I taught you to hit them."

"As for the height, we still have the advantage inside. The headache is the opponent's outside players. Defending Hamilton and Bodi Loga is a difficult task for Chauncey and Tony." Tang Shuai said: "The Pistons' starting five tigers are all between 2 meters and 2.1 meters, taking into account height, speed and flexibility. Even their center big Ben is a fast and strong defense type. Soon, there could still be serious disruption to our ball handlers."

"Then shall I continue to start? How about letting Tracy play the point guard?" Billups was upright, and immediately wanted to give up his position.

"No, no, you are our All-Star point guard. Let's play first and find out the opponent's way." Lao Tang quickly refused: "The starting lineup is still Yao, Mehmet, Heaton, Tracy and Chauncey. Of course, the matchup still needs to be adjusted."

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The Rockets players found their opponents according to Tang Shuai's arrangement. Of course, judging from their height, they looked like misplaced.Tang Shuai and Yuan Fei began to comment.

The 226cm Yao Ming met Ben Wallace who was less than 205cm. "Fortunately, Big Ben is not as good at long shots as Rasheed Wallace, and his attack range is limited to the basket. Yao only needs to sit in the penalty area."

The 211cm Okur faced the 208cm Rasheed Wallace. "Rashid's skills are very comprehensive. He can shoot internally, externally, and mid-range. He is quite difficult to deal with. He has a violent temper and often gets technical fouls, so that he has the nickname of 'Roaring God' in the media. However, he has been very honest since he arrived in the Pistons. I don't know if he can take advantage of his personality weakness."

The 208cm Turkoglu faced the 206cm Prince. "This young man's arms are very long, with a wingspan of 218cm (225cm on the net, which should be an exaggeration). However, he is relatively average on the offensive end, but the three-pointer is more threatening. It is not a big problem for Turkoglu to defend against pure off-the-ball running, catching and shooting."

The 203cm McGrady faced the 205cm Bodi Loga. "This mysterious European is really difficult to deal with. I watched a lot of his Barcelona game videos. It can be said that he has not played [-]% of his skills in the NBA! He may be the real trump card of the Pistons."

The 191cm Billups faced the 201cm Hamilton. "The really worrying matchup, Chauncey may not be able to interfere with Hamilton's dry mid-range jumper. And Hamilton just made such a hard shot to kill the Pacers a few days ago. If it is really difficult, we may need to change the lineup."

The referee stands on the court, ready to throw the ball.Game start!
Yao easily beat Big Ben with a jump ball and hit the ball in the direction of Billups, but Bodi Loga jumped high and blocked the ball.Pistons get the ball!
"Is the first goal crushed by height?" Billups smiled instead of anger. He was not frustrated and ran all over the court chasing Hamilton, who was a great threat without the ball.

Dejan Bodiloga's dribbling is very characteristic, one high and one low, and the sense of rhythm is abnormally poor. Only a big and tall guard like him can control such a rhythm that is confusing and elusive for opponents (Sun Jun, a famous small forward in my country and former CBA scoring king, also has similar characteristics. He moves slowly but is good at playing with poor timing and rhythm).He slowly dribbled the ball to the right side of the court, while Hamilton and Prince were already stretched out to the left and top of the arc to catch and shoot.

Tracy McGrady focused on staring at the opponent, he believes that Billups and Turkoglu will keep a good eye on the two pitchers on the weak side, he does not need to be distracted by this.

Bodi Loga started, he changed hands on the crotch and then took two big strides to break through. McGrady stuck to him tightly without losing his position. "After all, this guy is 31 years old. Although he has a big step, he is not very fast. I can keep up!"

Bodi Loga suddenly took off in a big stride dribble, and pushed the ball left with his right hand.McGrady stretched out his hand to break it, but because the opponent's action was too unusual and mentally unprepared, he was a step slower.

"This European is really bold. He actually made such a dangerous move that is easy to be intercepted. But the ball must be given to Prince at the top of the arc, and Turkoglu will definitely be able to defend the ball!" McGrady turned his head to look at this thought.Prince and Turkoglu stood near the top of the arc, neither of them had the ball in their hands.Where's the ball?Could it be that the pass was too big and it was thrown to the audience?

McGrady, who was confused for a moment, turned his head to look, and the ball went in with a swish, and the scoreboard showed that the Pistons scored a 3-0 lead.

　At the end of the season, it seems that there are fewer people discussing basketball. In fact, it is only during the offseason that the level of the emperor who understands the ball is reflected.happy everyone

　　
　
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