God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 406 Poor Attack

Although Thomas began to regain his touch on the outside, the Lakers were not afraid, because they had a more professional and powerful three-point shooter than Thomas-Szczerbiak.This is Szczerbiak's second season with the Lakers, and he is fully integrated into the Purple and Gold Corps, serving as the third scoring point next to Kobe and O'Neal.

Szczerbiak's characteristics are similar to Hamilton's. His physical fitness is not particularly strong, and his ball-handling skills are not enough to help him get rid of defenders, so most of his shots are catch-and-shoot shots after running. , but Hamilton tends to shoot from mid-range, while Szczerbiak prefers to shoot from outside the three-point line.Prince Kong, who was facing him, was talented, but his strength could not keep up. He was stunned by Szczerbiak in two or three shots, and he could only watch him shoot comfortably.

This situation made Brown feel a little helpless, but he couldn't say much. Prince is still a rookie. Although he performed very well in the training camp, this is still the first season of his career. Zebiak has been playing in the league for three years, no matter how rich his experience is, he is much better than Prince, a rookie. It is unreasonable to blame Prince.Brown can only hope Prince learns a few things against the big teams, and that counts as earned.

Under Prince's immature defense, Szczerbiak began to compete with Thomas. Today, his touch is surprisingly good, and the Pistons have been unable to tie the score through long-range shots.In fact, this offseason, Szczerbiak has been honing his shooting skills. As a Spaniard with not good physical fitness, shooting is undoubtedly his most powerful weapon.

Szczerbiak's consecutive shots from the outside also helped the Lakers open up the situation. The Pistons no longer dared to shrink the defense, otherwise the opponent could directly beat them to the ground outside the three-point line.After the defensive line expanded, O'Neal's room for movement became larger. If it weren't for Daben guarding the basket, the Pistons would have been pierced by this time.

Even so, Big Ben also felt a lot of pressure. The reason is simple. Thomas can't help when defending O'Neal. It would be good if he can help defend a little bit.But if Thomas helps defend, Walker will get a gap, so this requires him to constantly make switchbacks in the three-second zone.

O'Neal and Szczerbiak continued to score points one inside and one outside, and Kobe would occasionally make a few mid-range shots to add to the fun.One of the important reasons why the Lakers fell at the feet of the 76ers before was that they didn't have enough scoring points, but now they have enough scoring points compared to the Pistons. Anyway, the Pistons only have two and a half players who can score. The last half It's Billups.

The physical strength consumed when confronting the Lakers was not small, which made Brown take the lead in changing to the bench lineup with 4 minutes and 17 seconds left in the second quarter. Except for Billups who was still on the court, everyone else went obediently. Intermission went, replaced by Simmons, Haywood, Barry and Manning.Looking at the Pistons' lineup, Chang Wei shook his head helplessly. It's too shabby. Compared with the 76ers, it's like a world and a world, okay?It is a ghost that the Pistons can win the championship this season!
Zen Master also replaced the substitute, and like Brown, he also left a main force on the field, but the man he left was called...Kobe!Compared with Billups, Kobe's organizational skills are not that strong, but when it comes to scoring, the two are not at the same level at all.In the previous game, Kobe didn't take many shots, and his points were far behind O'Neill and Szczerbiak. Zen Master's failure to let him off the game was largely a compensation for his previous reduction in the number of shots.

Kobe did not disappoint the head coach either. He scored crazy shots from inside and outside, and Simmons, who was in charge of defending him, had nothing to do with him.In fact, Simmons was used as a defensive wing when he was in the Wizards before, but now he is facing one of the league's top scorers, and it is understandable that he was directly defeated.

The key problem is that Billups can't organize any decent offense at all. He can only rely on Barry's three-point shooting and Haywood's pick-and-roll to score. His efficiency is not at the same level as Kobe's.By the end of the first half, the Pistons were unsurprisingly trailing by 42 points 54 to 12. Brown looked at the numbers on the scoreboard and remained silent for a long time.

For him, only scoring 42 points in the half is something that he hasn't encountered in a long time. When he coached the 76ers before, in some games, this was their score in one quarter. Now, his ball Teams need two quarters.But Brown quickly cleared up his mood. The defensive team is his choice, and it is completely normal for the offense to be weak.

However, Chang Wei didn't think so. Even if the Pistons can build the league's top defense and win the championship in the past few seasons, in the long run, teams with a relatively balanced offense and defense are more likely to succeed.It took Chang Wei all his time to bring the team the starting five tigers during the offseason. Now it seems that he still needs to help the team find a rotation lineup?
It may be because Brown felt a little embarrassed by the 42 points in the half. During the intermission, he once again emphasized offense in the locker room, but at the same time he also said that the team must continue to strengthen defense.In the first half, the Lakers shot nearly 50% of their field goals, which seemed unbearable to Brown, even more serious than his team's 42 points in the half.

Chang Wei could only smile helplessly from the sidelines. The Lakers are not the kind of team that can be restrained by simply strengthening their defense. Maybe the Pistons in the previous life could do it, but that was also the season when they made great achievements. It's just a combination that hasn't been formed for a long time. The so-called tacit understanding is still being cultivated slowly, so it can't beat the Lakers.

And when there are too few scoring points, the opponent's defense will not be too difficult. In the first half, more than 60% of the team's points were scored by Hamilton and Thomas. The Lakers only need to deploy heavy troops around them. .

Even so, Chang Wei still hopes that the team can create miracles. After all, no one wants their team to lose the game, even if the opponent's strength is far superior to their own.Of course, even if they lose the game, the Pistons players can still improve their defensive ability to a certain extent, which will be of great help to the future development of the Pistons.So sometimes winning and losing are relative. Maybe you can win more in other aspects while losing the game.

(End of this chapter)