Basketball Dragon

Chapter 199 Big Boss
In the second half of the first quarter, Hamilton's touch finally recovered. Under the joint counterattack of him and Billups, the score gap between the two sides narrowed. The Knicks ended the first quarter at 29:25.

When it comes to rotation time, it is the Knicks' regular program that Crawford leads the bench to show off.

It's just that after David Lee replaced Channing Frye with an ankle injury, the firepower on the bench was reduced by one, almost entirely attacking from the outside.

The Pistons' bench lineup is still so-so, and it's McDyess who carries the banner.

According to the characteristics of the Pistons, the Knicks also made arrangements. Francis also kept a close eye on Billups, but Billups had better organizational skills besides offense. With a good goal, the assists were in double figures before halftime was over.

This is also related to the offensive tactics of the Pistons. Most of their players catch and shoot.

Driven by Billups, the Pistons regained the feeling of the home team, but they obviously did not learn the lesson of the playoffs failure. The Knicks can bloom more offensively, but the strongest is Li Hai who can catch the opponent Weaknesses hit hard.

When the team's offense was smooth, Li Hai just blended into it, but when the offensive momentum was not as good as the opponent's, he stood up directly.

Just like how James dealt with him, Li Hai directly carried Prince two steps inside with his strength, and then made a steady hit in front of the three-second zone.

The difference is that the gap between Prince's strength and Li Hai's is much larger than the direct gap between Li Hai and James. When Li Hai fights like this, Prince has no defensive ability at all.

If Prince retreats inside, Li Hai will directly attack the basket. Without Ben Wallace, the Pistons' inside line is no longer a no-fly zone.

Faced with Li Hai's unreasonable behavior, Prince's defense was completely useless.

And Prince's offensive ability has been weakened a lot in front of Li Hai. Originally, he was also a fixed scoring point for the Pistons, but now he can only use the screen to shoot occasionally.

When Li Hai showed his offensive firepower, David Lee showed an excellent sense of rebounding and grabbed offensive rebounds several times.

The Pistons' offense led by Billups was forcibly suppressed.

After the offense of the Pistons was suppressed, the score they managed to catch up to was stretched again. Compared with the previous seasons, the offense of the Pistons has improved somewhat, but the strength has declined, not only Ben-Hua Rashi's departure, and Rasheed getting old.

Without the inside advantage, they are just an ordinary strong team relying on their outside firepower. They can still be strong when they encounter weak teams, and their shortcomings are fully exposed when they encounter strong teams like the Knicks.

The Knicks had the situation under control at halftime, leading 56-49.

During the intermission, Pistons head coach Philip Sanders arranged the offense in the second half with a serious look. The Pistons chose to keep him to make the offense stronger. The reason for giving up Ben Wallace is also Same.

They want to seek change, and they believe that the defense has gone to the end.

The Knicks are different. They want to pursue better defense. Obviously, the two teams are not doing enough, so they will form a confrontational situation.

Entering the second half, Hamilton moved more aggressively, and so did Prince, but Prince mainly used to consume Li Hai. If he couldn't completely limit the defensive end, he could only consume it on the offensive end, but Prince It is really not reliable to consume Li Hai's offensive methods.

Compared with the Pistons who constantly cover and seize open opportunities to shoot, the Knicks are simpler, combining inside and outside, using strong points to attract defense to get offensive opportunities. Although there are screens, it is much simpler than the Pistons.

Sometimes too complex tactics will consume a lot of energy to execute, and they are not as easy to use as simple tactics.

Of course, if you can get attack opportunities by relying on simple tactics, you need a strong player who can create opportunities with simple tactics.

In the league, only the Knicks can easily do this.

Seeing that the score is behind, the Pistons are still just looking at it, and they don't have much scoring power.

And after the two sides entered the rotation, the Pistons almost fell into a scoring drought.

The ability of the substitute players is not good, which has always been a flaw for the Pistons.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks had led by 84 points 71:13.

After Li Hai went down, Prince, who was still on the court, broke out and hit two three-pointers in a row, but Crawford immediately responded with color. Many times, problems can be solved, and there is no need for a fixed one. One or two people playing desperately, this is the strong performance of the team.

The Knicks calmly changed the lineup on the field, and firmly grasped the lead on the field while maintaining the players' energy.

After Li Hai went on the field, he went to the inside twice to cause damage, which directly made McDyess, who was still on the court, graduate.

Muhammad is just a false starter, and Li Hai beats McDyess down, and the Pistons' inside problems are even more non-existent. Rasheed Wallace's current role is not as good as his mouth.

At 4 minutes and 26 seconds, Li Hai attracted the defense and gave Marbury the ball. The latter made a layup and scored 2+1. After hitting a free throw, the Knicks led by 17 points, and the game had lost its suspense.

After the last 2 minutes of the game, the Pistons, who saw no improvement, were replaced with a substitute lineup.

The Knicks beat the Pistons 113:95, and Li Hai scored 35 points. The Pistons, once known for their defense, are gone forever.

The Knicks have won [-] consecutive victories, continuing their winning streak.

The next day, the Knicks will play back-to-back games, but they will return to the home court. Then the Knicks’ schedule will enter a large number of home games. The away games have not stopped their winning streak. When they return to the home court, no one can guess. .

When the reporter asked Li Hai whether the Knicks would aim to create a winning streak record, Li Hai was very indifferent, "It's too early to talk about it now, and we don't play for any record, we just try our best to fight for every A game win."

But even if Li Hai did this, there was no background for that team to want to win consecutively.

The visiting Raptors are also ready for battle.

This season the Raptors are finally showing signs of rising. They have made a big determination. The main lineup has been changed except for Bosh, so they also hope to stop the Knicks' winning streak and increase morale.

Now the Knicks seem to be a big boss with a lot of experience. Every team hopes to beat them. This is also an opportunity to test whether they are a really strong team.

(End of this chapter)