basketball boulder

Chapter 190 The Complete Piston
At the end of the game, the Heat's record came to 27 wins and 2 losses, making them proud of the league.

And it is far ahead of the second and third Suns and Spurs.

At the press conference after the game, both Li Lei and Wade were exhausted and didn't want to speak at all.

On the contrary, O'Neill has good energy.

After all, this guy graduated with 6 fouls in regular time, and missed one of the three overtime games.

"I said, the Lakers can't do anything without me!"

O'Neill said proudly.

After winning the game, he also took revenge and slapped old Buss and Kobe in the face.

The press conference will end soon.

After all, after the match, it was already early morning, and the players and reporters were a bit overwhelmed.

The Lakers team returned to the hotel where they were staying, had a quick supper, and then all went to bed.

Before the game, O'Neill and Damon agreed that they would go to a nightclub to celebrate after winning the game.

This would all be given up.

Now that they are going to a nightclub, they probably won't be able to get hard. Going to a nightclub is also ridiculed by women.

After this sleep, everyone slept until noon the next day.

In broad daylight, there are no activities suitable for LSPs like O'Neill.

After Li Lei thought about it, he simply took all the players and coaching staff to his Chinese restaurant for dinner.

Li Lei's Chinese restaurant has undergone an expansion, but the scale is still small.

Just invited 2 waiters, 1 cashier, and 2 cooks.

In this way, Li's father and Li's mother can relax a lot.

As for building a big hotel, none of Li Lei's family had the idea.

Managing a large hotel is not the same effort as running a small restaurant.

For this meal, Li's father cooked the kitchen himself, and Li Lei helped by the side, making a sumptuous meal.

After eating, Dad Li took out a cigarette, and suddenly the clouds and mountains were surrounded by mist.

A cigarette after a meal is better than a living god!

Damon and the others were greedy and wanted to ask for one.

Riley glanced over: "I have a cigar here, do you want it?"

Damon shuddered suddenly: "I'm a professional player, how could I touch these things?"

Damon said it rightly.

Riley sneered: "So the person who often hides in the corner of the arena smoking a cigar is not you?"

Damon: "..."

At the American Airlines Center, there was nothing Riley didn't know.

On the other side, Li Lei and Haslem were chatting.

Haslem is holding the mobile phone, and on the screen is the report of the interview with Bass Sr.

Reporter: Do you regret not choosing Stone during the offseason?

"of course!"

Old Bath replied with a smile.

"I can't wait to bring Butler and Stone back to the Lakers. They are rookies with great potential. They have a bright future. Unfortunately, I can only choose one, so I chose the better one. If there is Given the chance, I'm still willing to bring Stone back to Los Angeles, which will always be his home."

As expected of an old fox.

The old Bass did not deny it, but praised Stone and raised Butler.

It's not that I think Stone is bad, it's just that I think Butler is better.

Such an answer is simply impeccable.

When Butler heard this answer, he must be determined to play for the Lakers.

And it is impossible for Li Lei to tell the media: I think Butler is not as good as me.

Besides, in this way, there is room for turning around between Li Lei and the Lakers.

If given the chance, the Lakers can still chase Li Lei.

……

12 month 27 day.

The Heat host the Eagles.

In this game, the Heat's state was very poor, and it was obvious that they had not recovered from the exhaustion of the Christmas game.

整个第一节，韦德3投0中，李磊4投1中，琼斯3投0中。

Under such circumstances, the Heat trailed by 8 points in the first quarter.

Lost by 15 points at halftime.

On the other hand, the Eagles are all soldiers.

Antoine Walker, Jason Correll, Al Harrington, Tyronn Lue, Drobiak, and Tony Delk all played well.

At the end of the game, the Eagles beat the Heat 119:103.

Six Hawks scored in double figures.

This is really unprecedented.

You must know that the Eagles have won a total of 5 games so far this season, and they are at the bottom of the list, heading straight for the No. [-] pick.

Last to beat the leader.

Unbelievable!

But this is the NBA, where anything is possible, where magic happens.

At the end of the game, the Heat's record came to 27 wins and 3 losses.

In the last game of 2004, the Heat ushered in their archenemy, the Detroit Pistons.

After struggling early in the season, the Pistons gradually adapted to the new rules.

Although not as suffocating as last season's defense, the Pistons are still the league's best defensive team.

Recently, the Pistons' record has begun to rise. Before this game, the Pistons had won 3 consecutive victories, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Everyone believes that the Pistons are still a strong contender for the championship this season.

Especially after the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, Artest was suspended for the entire season, and the Pacers were completely abolished.

There are only three strong teams in the East.

Magic, Pistons, Heat.

As long as there is no accident, the Eastern Conference champion must be one of these three.

So not only the eastern teams, but also the powerful Spurs, Suns, Mavericks, and Lakers in the west are all staring at this game.

This is also the second collision between the Pistons and the Heat this season, and the Heat attaches great importance to it.

Last time, Big Ben was suspended for 6 games and missed the first game between the two teams.

And this time, Big Ben will play.

The Heat are facing the complete Pistons.

12 month 29 day.

The Heat team went to the "Motor City" Detroit.

In order to prepare for the game, Riley took a closed training and did not accept media interviews.

The Pistons have always kept a low profile and chose closed training.

No one was seen on both sides, not only did not reduce the interest of the fans, but let the fans know that the Heat and the Pistons attach great importance to this game.

This is sure to be a big fight between Mars and Earth.

Excited fans started a heated discussion on the forum.

"The Pistons are not doing well this season. With 15 wins and 12 losses so far, can they still be the Heat's opponent? The Heat have only lost 3 games so far."

"Don't worry, the Pistons are still very strong. It's just that the no-handcheck rules introduced by the league are too targeted, so the Pistons didn't start well. Recently, the Pistons have slowly adapted."

"That's right, after Big Ben came back, no team could score 90 points in front of the Pistons."

"I root for the Pistons, defense wins championships."

"No no no! The Heat are better. The Heat will win!"

"Miami fans upstairs?"

"This has something to do with what kind of fan I am? Isn't the Heat's strength this season obvious? The three cores of O'Neal + Stone + Wade, which team can defend?"

"What's wrong with the three cores? The Lakers were F4 last season, so they didn't lose."

"The 40-year-old Malone and the 36-year-old Payton, one broke his leg in the finals, and the other was directly blasted to pieces by Billups. Not only did they not help the OK team, but they also dragged their feet."

"Stone and Wade are different. They brought the Heat to the Eastern Conference Finals in their rookie seasons."

"So what? Big Ben just needs to guard O'Neal."

“大本能防住奥尼尔？你是说总决赛场均26.6分10.8篮板1.6助攻，命中率63%的奥尼尔？多亏了大本啊！不然奥尼尔不得狂砍30+15？真是印象流！”

……

Before the game started, the fans were already arguing.

But this is also a good warm-up, heating up the game.

12 month 30 day.

7 pm.

Palace of Auburn Hills.

Both sides are warming up.

Li Lei and Milicic greet each other in midfield.

This season, Milicic still hasn't gotten too many opportunities.

Even for the 6 games that Big Ben was suspended, Larry Brown was unwilling to give Milicic some time.

At this moment, a basketball rolled over, and Billups came to pick it up.

This guy pulled Milicic: "Dako, it's time to warm up. Did you learn how to remove the chair that I taught you yesterday?"

Milicic nodded and headed home for halftime.

Billups patted Milicic's ass, it seems he is not bad for Milicic.

Then, the guy looked at Li Lei.

Li Lei didn't wait for Billups to speak, and launched an attack in advance: "Why don't you teach something good, you don't just know how to move chairs."

Billups replied with a smile: "When you are brought down by me, who cares what technique I use? The fans will only laugh at you because you are brought down by me!"

coming! coming!
The two teams did not have a war of words in front of the media, but at this time they confronted each other.

Both sides seemed to sense the smell of gunpowder, and all the players collectively looked at Li Lei and Billups at the logo.

Billups kept smiling, fans who didn't know thought he had a good chat with Li Lei.

Li Lei imitated the example and confronted him with a smile: "How do you know that you are not the one who fell? I can guarantee that if I fall, I will definitely pull you back."

"Hahaha!"

The two laughed in unison, and seemed to have a very happy chat.

Billups even hugged Li Lei intimately: "Tell Dwyane that the Motor City doesn't produce planes, so flying here is prohibited. If he dares to enter our paint area, he will be miserable!"

"no need!"

Li Lei countered with a smile: "I'll reply you for him: Motor City, today is my exclusive airport!"

Hahaha!
The two laughed again.

The fans only saw the two laughing, but did not feel the smoke in the air.

The game is about to start, and the two sides start to stand.

Hot fire team:
O'Neal, Haslem, Li Lei, Jones, Wade.

Pistons:
Big Ben, Rasheed, Prince, Hamilton, Billups.

Drip!

jump ball!

Relying on his ultra-fast bullet speed, Big Ben turned the ball back to his home half over O'Neal's head.

Billups dribbles forward, then hangs low.

Rasheed took the ball and wanted to overpower Haslem by relying on his height advantage.

But just as he lowered his center of gravity, Li Lei had already pounced on him, not giving him a chance at all.

Rashid didn't expect the Heat's defense to be so tight at the beginning, and the pass was a little rushed.

Li Lei stretched out his long arm and broke the ball directly.

After the steal, Li Lei found Wade immediately.

Wade took the ball and made a fast break.

Billups is very experienced, retreated to the basket early, and waited.

Wade jumped up, dodging in the air to avoid Billups and then shot.

Snapped!
But at this moment, Prince chased up from behind and slapped Wade's shot down.

Billups grabbed the ball and yelled at Li Lei who was on the side: "I said, no flying in the Motor City!"

While talking, Billups found Hamilton and passed the ball.

The Pistons played defensively and counterattacked.

Hamilton easily passed O'Neal with a change of direction and hit the basket directly.

Snapped!
But he didn't expect that Li Lei rushed over frantically and slapped Hamilton's layup on the backboard.

Li Lei's chasing nail plate hat!
Afterwards, Li Lei pouted his ass, relied on his physical advantage to grab the basketball, and still went to Wade.

Wade received the long pass and continued to fight back.

But this time, after the Pistons ran back and forth continuously, the defensive system completely collapsed.

There was only Billups standing in front of Wade.

Wade didn't retreat but advanced, and forced himself against Billups, trying to smash the ball into the basket.

Billups probably knew that it would be difficult for him to block Wade alone, so he stretched out his hands and hugged Wade.

Drip!

The referee's whistle sounded and Billups fouled.

Billups offered to reach out his hand to signal.

"mine!"

But even if I pay a foul, I will never let you take off.

That's the attitude of the Pistons today.

Wade went to the free throw line and made 2 free throws.

However, after running back and forth continuously, Wade failed to adjust his breathing for a short time.

His first free throw was missed.

Li Lei came up and patted Wade's ass: "Dwyane, don't worry."

Wade nodded, continued to take a deep breath to adjust his breath, and hit the second free throw steadily.

1: 0.

The game continues.

Pistons attack.

Billups pushed forward slowly, stretched out his hand to signal his teammates not to worry, adjust the rhythm and play this ball well.

Feeling Billups' calmness, the Pistons players also calmed down and ran tactics seriously.

This is Chauncey Billups.

The data is not gorgeous enough, the honor is not dazzling enough, but he is definitely the most trusted guy of his teammates.

After that, Billups still lobs to Wallace in the low post.

Unlike before, the rest of the Pistons opened up space.

Li Lei approached to help defend.

Rashid was prepared this time, hanging on Li Lei in a leisurely manner, and only distributed the ball when Li Lei was approaching.

Prince catches the ball.

Old Jones jumped up.

Prince split to Hamilton.

Wade covered Hamilton, and Hamilton passed to Billups.

The Pistons finally got their chance by patiently handing over.

Billups made a mid-range jumper.

Swish!
1: 2.

The Heat attack.

Wade and Haslem play pick and roll.

Rasheed and Prince choose to switch defenses, Rasheed eyeing Wade.

The standard small hit big, Wade directly accelerated, as fast as lightning.

Rasheed's movement speed is pretty good, but he was squeezed by Wade.

But Ben's supplementary defense arrived in an instant, blocking Wade in the paint.

Wade passes to O'Neal inside.

But Rashid came out halfway and broke the ball directly.

The tacit understanding between the double Wallace.

No matter what, there is always someone who will stay under the basket and guard the basket.

Rasheed made a long pass to Billups.

Li Lei chased and defended desperately.

Billups was not in a hurry, he passed the ball to Prince on the wing, and then blocked Li Lei with his body, preventing Li Lei from chasing Prince.

Prince rushed to the basket and jumped straight up. Two slender arms raised the basketball high and bombed the basket.

boom!
1: 4.

Don't look at Prince as thin as a bamboo pole, but he is very strong on both offense and defense, and his style of play is very tough.

His dunk was so explosive that it ignited the Palace of Auburn Hills in an instant.

The wild Motown fans celebrated wildly.

"We are the defending champions!"

"Fuck off, Miami jerks!"

"Detroit must win!"

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(End of this chapter)