Zhiba NBA

Chapter 83 (82) Hardworking Genius
After fighting fiercely for most of the quarter, the two sides fought to a 14-level tie.Rockets take the lead in adjusting the lineup, Bosh and Jefferson replaced Okur and Gerrard.

This substitution really had an immediate effect. Jefferson came up with a breakthrough and scored the ball, which helped Yao Ming cause Rasheed's foul.Exactly the same as the previous game, Tianzun made two fouls in the first quarter, and Coach Brown quickly replaced him.Campbell enters.

Eldon Campbell is an experienced veteran, and was once a star center averaging 15+9 per game in his peak period.But at this age, meeting Yao Ming is really not enough.Rasheed was beaten down, and Bosh was much more relaxed on the defensive end.So Rasheed Wallace is really the key figure in the series, deciding the outcome of both offense and defense.

Of course the Rockets will take advantage of this opportunity to aggressively attack, and Billups steals Hamilton's dribble in a single defense.Although the Pistons returned to the defense with all their strength and successfully contained the Rockets' fast break, Billups tore apart the opponent's defense by cooperating with McGrady's pass. After he broke through, Yao Ming easily scored 14:16.

Bodi Loga used deft footwork to break through Jefferson's defense.Tang Shuai was also disappointed for a while. Jefferson has a good physique, but sometimes he is too impatient. Facing an old fritter like Bodi Loga, if he is not careful, he will lose his position.

McGrady has been staring at Bodi Loga's movements, and made up for the defensive position in time, forming a double-team with Jefferson.But Bodi Loga threw the ball directly to Prince behind his head without looking at the pass. It seems that he had premeditated before passing.

Prince made a three-pointer with the ball, 17:16.When Rashid was away, the Pistons' offense still had two strong points, Bodi Loga and Hamilton, which still cannot be underestimated.

McGrady's singles breakthrough was actually cut off by Prince.In the first quarter, he was in poor condition and performed very little.Hamilton singles Billups missed, Bosh protected the rebound.This time Yao Ming once again made a foul by Campbell in singles, and Yao made two free throws and one to tie the score.

Jefferson made a successful defense, Bodi Loga barely missed a shot, McGrady grabbed the rebound and threw it to the running Billups.The latter's fast break directly attacked the basket, which attracted all the attention of the Pistons' defensive players and then made a pass behind him. Jefferson got the ball and easily made a jumper at 17:19.

The two sides made several strikes and mistakes and failed to score.In the last 8 seconds, the Pistons executed the last attack. The Pistons substitute forward Williams passed the ball and was intercepted by Billups.

"It's the last 2 seconds. There's not enough time to wait for the inside line to come and fight." Billups thought calmly and made a judgment instantly. "Give it to the outside line and throw a three-pointer to end."

At this time, only McGrady and Jefferson fell into position, and McGrady was tightly entangled by Prince.Chauncey passed the ball to Jefferson without hesitation in the face of pressing.

Jefferson has the ball, is unguarded within five feet of him, and makes a standard jumper.

At this moment, Bosh remembered a conversation he had with Jason Wang some time ago.

"Jason, what kind of player do you admire the most? A high-level player who is good at distributing the ball? Or someone who is extremely talented and physically better than ordinary people?" Bosh asked while packing his luggage.

Yuan Fei also packed his backpack, and walked with Bosh and said, "Like Jason Kidd and Shaq O'Neal? These two players are indeed great. But I value some qualities that surpass them. For example, when they first entered the league, their skills were rough, but they have greatly improved after acquired training. Such players are without exception, hard-working geniuses."

As soon as the words fell, the two happened to walk to the sidelines of the training field, and their eyes instantly focused on a figure who was struggling to practice three-pointers.

"Richard, isn't he what you call a hard-working genius?"

这一瞬间，远飞脑海中则出现了一组数据——“01-02赛季三分球命中率23.1%，02-03赛季29.5%，03-04赛季37.4%，这就是不断进化的理查德.杰弗森。”

The buzzer scored and the first quarter ended at 17:22.

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In the second quarter, the Pistons actually allowed Big Ben to attack the first goal. He missed a low shot under the interference of Yao Ming.When McGrady grabbed the rebound, it was a long pass, which was directly blocked by Hamilton.

Tang Shuai's complexion was not good, and he couldn't help complaining: "Tracey is too impatient today, he is really out of shape." Indeed, McGrady only scored 4 points and 0 assists in the first quarter.

"Every player has ups and downs. It's just that some players just caught up with the more critical games and are not in good form. They will be labeled by the fans as 'lost in key games' and 'poor psychological quality'. In fact, who hasn't had a few downturns?" Yuan Fei said a few good words for McGrady.At this time, he thought of LeBron James in his previous life. The little emperor had a sluggish performance in the first two trips to the finals, and was splashed a lot of dirty water by public opinion.But then there were many wonderful performances in the finals, and the stigma was finally washed away.

McGrady made another mistake and was intercepted by Lynch Hunter. He made four turnovers in just over one quarter.After Hamilton hit a jumper, Tang Shuai called a timeout without hesitation.

McGrady sat down, lowered his head and remained silent.Seeing this, Tang Shuai sighed, but didn't criticize him by name.After all, a privileged superstar, after all, an MVP.

Lao Tang euphemistically said a few nonsense such as improving concentration, and then still showed the iron fist of a famous coach, adjusting Billups' appearance with a substitute lineup, and McGrady rested.

Billups used the pick-and-roll to hit the short Hunter. Unexpectedly, Hunter defended very hard, and he just bypassed the screen to resist his breakthrough.Chauncey missed a layup.

Hamilton finally showed his power. He made consecutive singles and Reid hit jumpers.The Rockets outside the collective inaccurate, Turkoglu, Reed and Okur has missed shots, the Pistons quickly go-ahead score.

When the Rockets' Dinghaishenzhen Yao Ming teamed with Big Zhi to debut, the score was already 42:37.

Yao Ming got the ball when he came up and made Campbell a foul. The latter committed three fouls and was replaced by Brown.Rashid goes into battle.Now Yao Ming's inside offense is the only problem that the Pistons can't solve. The number of fouls in the Pistons' inside line is relatively high, which also left hidden dangers for the second half.

But when Rashid returned, the Pistons had an extra point of firepower, and Dazhi was replaced after two rounds of defense.Rashid turned over and hit consecutive jumpers, and the huge arena at the Toyota Center was once again covered by his roar.

Tang Shuai was really able to sit still, and McGrady was replaced at the end of the first half.At this time, McGrady was already hungry and thirsty. He finally broke out as a superstar, hitting two points on the first goal, and then stealing Hamilton and assisting Billups to succeed.

Hamilton spat all sorts of trash talk at McGrady.It seems that he thought that McGrady's steal just now had excessive identity contact and was suspected of fouling.The referee whistled him a technical foul without hesitation.Seeing that the momentum was not good, Brown quickly replaced him.

President Dumars, who was watching the game, was also worried for a while.Fortunately for the Pistons, they were also defeated by Iron Blood.The players dare to fight and fight hard, but they can easily lose their minds if they play too hot.

McGrady made a technical foul and made a free throw.The score was tied at 45.

Bodi Loga missed the last attack under McGrady's defense, but he skillfully consumed the time, leaving only 3 seconds for the Rockets.

McGrady was entangled by Prince and couldn't catch the serve, and Billups was blocked by Bodi Loga.Yao Ming had to pass it to Jefferson.

Jefferson strode forward desperately with the ball. He is already a dunker, but he is skilled at handling the ball.It's just that he doesn't have enough experience in handling this kind of ball. When he dribbles to the middle circle, he has no time to look at his watch and pull it up to shoot.

"There is still one second. If it is me, I will move one more step, and the position will be better." The calm Bodi Loga made an instant judgment.

Stepping on the center line to shoot a three-pointer is commonly known as blindness.In this era when Stephen Curry was only 16 years old, no star had thought of using the mid-range shot as a weapon.But there is a saying that heaven rewards those who work hard.

A super long three-pointer is scored!Jefferson yelled excitedly and high-fived his teammates. 45:48 The first half ends.

(Small knowledge: When Jefferson first entered the league, he was a player with breakthrough layups and dunks as his main skills. In his rookie season, he played 79 games, averaged only 24.3 minutes per game, and succeeded in 83 dunks. In the second year, he even improved to 138 times. In the middle and late stages of his career, he practiced hard to transform into a 3D player, and achieved good results.)
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