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Chapter 140 A Good Start (4000, please subscribe)

The Pistons basically crushed the Pacers to win the Eastern Conference Championship. Compared with the Western Conference, it was a little dull.

Although this year's Lakers avenged the Spurs 4-2 in the Western Conference semifinals.

But in the finals, playing the Timberwolves didn't take advantage of it at the beginning.

If it wasn't for the injury of the alien Cassell, Garnett's iron-blooded jumper did not perform well under Karl Malone's defense, and the Timberwolves had only the madman Sprewell who was strong in the three-headed monster. into the finals.

Of course, for the Pistons, the Timberwolves and the Lakers played six games in the Western Conference Finals, which is also good news.

Karl Malone, a historically durable iron man, had recurred knee injuries and muscle soreness in his legs after playing in the Western Conference Finals due to excessive intensity.

People get old first, and Karl Malone has even used Pilates to keep his body flexible and avoid the risk of injury.

But in any case, no matter how strong a man is, he can't withstand the ravages of time.

Many league stars, due to age, leg discomfort and lack of leg strength, affect shooting.

Shooting is a whole-body sport, and the power of shooting comes from the legs.

The young Westbrook also has a zombie jumper. After a leg injury, he has no basket. The regular season MVP Megatron has become a stat brush for everyone to beat.

In the NBA, a 5 percent drop in field goal percentage is a notch.

Not to mention a mid-range guy like Karl Malone.

There is a problem with the leg, not only can't jump up, can't fast break, even the most basic shooting is also affected.

The internal strength of the Pistons is not weaker than that of the Lakers. Now the Lakers F4 has injured a very important Karl Malone.

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"Huo Song, I decided to maintain the one-on-one defensive tactics in the finals.

It's not that we can't play zone defense, but once we play zone defense, Shaquille O'Neal's influence on the court will be huge.

We are stronger inside and have more people.

We want to mislead the Lakers, let them pass the ball inside, let the Lakers lead Shaquille O'Neal a point.

Shaquille O'Neal has also been plagued by injuries this season, he's human and he'll get tired.

Relying on this method, we can take one of the strongest points of the time-consuming Lakers, and we can win the series.

And your job is to double down on Shaquille O'Neal with offense.

Maybe your low post will be limited, but this is a very effective way to accelerate the consumption of Shaquille O'Neal's physical strength.

Also, I ask you, be sure to increase the number of corner threes and corner twos.

You need to attract Shaquille O'Neal out, you even need to attract the Lakers perimeter players to double-team you!
In this way, our players can get more and easier shots. "

Before the finals, Larry Brown took the initiative to confide in Huo Song and explained Huo Song's next task.

The Pistons want to beat the Lakers, and O'Neal must solve this point.

Larry Brown is very courageous. Other teams are infinitely double-teaming O'Neal, but Larry Brown still thinks about one-on-one.

Of course, thinking this way is mainly because of the Lakers' F4 configuration. Even if O'Neal can't catch the ball, there are still three stars who average around 20 points per game who can attack.

The Pistons can't miss a few other points because of double-teaming O'Neal, the Pistons can't afford it.

Therefore, the way to limit O'Neal can only start with O'Neal's physical strength.

The two Wallaces took turns against O'Neal on the defensive end, and Huo Song beat O'Neal on the offensive end.

Perhaps Huo Song's offensive efficiency will drop significantly, not as efficient as the previous three playoff rounds, but O'Neal's defense will not be too easy.

O'Neill's tonnage and physique are actually afraid of the constant impact of young people.

If he was an ordinary young man, he wouldn't be able to shake O'Neal, but Huo Song's body and physique could still shake O'Neal.

Not to mention, O'Neal's defensive range is limited. In order to save energy, the defensive end always plays inside.

Huo Song has a basket. In the past one or two months, Larry Brown asked Huo Song to shoot a three-pointer from the corner, just for O'Neal.

Maybe there will be someone to help defend the corner three-pointer, so what about the mid-range?It just so happened that O'Neal couldn't defend the two-pointer, and the other Lakers players couldn't fill the area.

With the help of the fantastic footwork learned from Olajuwon, if Huo Song can find the touch and attack rhythm, it is still possible to produce a good offensive effect.

Why is O'Neal a bit deflated when facing Olajuwon? He still can't keep up with his pace, and the inside defensive area is limited.

This is still a young O'Neal. It will be more difficult for O'Neal to defend the mid-range shots of inside players.

However, the finals are about to start, Huo Song crams his feet temporarily, and he has to practice corner three-pointers and mid-range shots. This time is indeed a bit nervous.

Larry Brown has handed over the task, and he can only expect Huo Song to work harder and play a corresponding role in the game.

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On June 6, the annual finals will finally start at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

After the players of the two teams appeared on the field, the game did not start immediately.

The Pistons' historical legend walked onto the court in a suit and leather shoes, got the ball from the referee, and joked a few words with the Pistons' starting players today, which can be regarded as inheritance.

The Smiling Assassin, Lambiel, and even Rodman and Vinier Johnson all came, but the general manager of the team, Joe Dumars, just sat on the sidelines.

After chatting for a while and delaying for some time, after handing over the torch of inheritance to the younger generation, the referee got the ball, and the game entered the jump ball stage.

Today, Huo Song and Da Ben are the starting insiders for the Pistons, and Huo Song and O'Neal jump the ball.

In the official jump ball, O'Neill jumped a little faster than Huo Song and got the ball first, but what is interesting is that O'Neill pushed the ball too hard and directly pushed the ball out of bounds.

In this way, the Pistons got a chance to serve from the sideline of the front court.

After the Pistons got the ball, Billups signaled Huo Song to serve from the sideline.

After the serve, you can directly launch a pick-and-roll from a high position, and rush into the inside with Billups, and you can directly make a small throw if you have the opportunity.

After Huo Song understood, he took the initiative to run to the sideline to get the ball, and then Prince stepped forward to respond, Ben fell into the inside line ahead of time, and Hamilton had already started running without the ball.

The current defense of the Lakers is a paper tiger. Hamilton took Kobe away, O'Neal fell inside, and there was no defense at the other points.

As Billups ran back to get rid of Payton, Huo Song immediately passed the ball, because Billups ran a little far, Huo Song also planned to wait for Billups to come, but directly cut to the basket.

When Karl Malone saw this, he immediately made up for it, but the speed was too slow for Huo Song to take a shot. Billups saw the opportunity and directly threw it high in front of Huo Song. The ball leader signaled Huo Song to catch the dunk.

Seeing this, O'Neal had to come out from the inside, trying to shoot the ball away.

But Huo Song ran from the outside to the basket, not only jumping high, but also jumping far.

O'Neal didn't activate the speed bonus. Although he noticed the ball, it was still slow.

Huo Song received the ball first in the air and was about to catch it. Although he was destroyed by O'Neal later, it was a foul by the thug.

And Huo Song relied on condescending, Mount Tai pressed the top, and directly knocked O'Neill, who was not able to take off sufficiently, two steps away.

O'Neill's eyes widened, and he suffered a lot, but he couldn't say much.

Huo Song had a physical confrontation with O'Neill in the air, which was actually uncomfortable.

Before the free throw, Huo Song rubbed his chest.

This is really killing one thousand enemies and harming oneself by eight hundred.

Huo Song felt that he had hit the wall just now, which shows how thick armor O'Neill is on!

Later, Huo Song used his usual tricks, but he missed the first free throw and scored the second.

Fortunately, helping the Pistons get the first point of the game and being fouled by O'Neal again, this wave of offense is undoubtedly worthwhile.

In the Lakers' offensive round, Payton quickly advanced with the ball and ran directly to the bottom corner of the strong side.

Karl Malone was nearby, and Billups had to specifically prevent Payton from passing the ball to Karl Malone.

At this time, Kobe came to support from the top arc, Payton handed the ball to Kobe, and Prince immediately put up defense.

Kobe tried three threats, but felt that the opportunity was not good. At this time, Karl Malone reached out for the ball. Kobe tried to shake Prince, but it still didn't fly, so he could only hand the ball to Karl Malone.

Facing Huo Song's defense, Karl Malone took the ball and shot a fallback jumper. Huo Song's defense was quite good, and the interference was in place this time.

Even when Karl Malone made a shot, the ball was rubbed by Huo Song's fingers.

Sure enough, the ball only hit the edge of the backboard.

But just as Huo Song turned around and went to the basket to grab a rebound, O'Neal, relying on his stature, squeezed Da Ben under the basket, grabbed the offensive rebound directly after taking off, and then the crow flew and dunked vigorously.

Big Ben is also experienced, and he didn't return to the basket after being squeezed away, otherwise O'Neal would directly dunk.

One-on-one, no one can stand up to O'Neal, and it's normal that Big Ben can't prevent O'Neal.

However, O'Neal dunked immediately after grabbing offensive rebounds this wave, which also fully demonstrated his body.

Now O'Neill is not only extremely strong, but also very good at jumping!

I have to say, it's really weird.

Pistons offensive round, after halftime, Billups and Huo Song sideline pick and roll.

Karl Malone pulled out to defend against Huo Song, and O'Neal continued to squat inside.

Seeing this, Billups dribbled the ball to the bottom corner first, Huo Song disassembled and walked in the middle, and came near the free throw line.

Karl Malone could only make up for the bottom corner first, and Payton switched to Huo Song instead.

Encountering such an opportunity to play big and small, can Billups not pass the ball to Huo Song?

When the ball was in his hand, Huo Song didn't hesitate, he caught the ball and shot it, mid-range shots.

Huo Song was not bad this time, not as embarrassing as the free throw just now.

When Huo Song singled out Payton, it was as if he had no defense in front of him, just practiced shooting.

As for the half-block near the free throw line, Huo Song also practiced hard for nearly a week. Now the confrontation is not strong, the physical strength is also very abundant, and the shooting percentage is still there.

With Huo Song hitting a mid-range shot, the Pistons took the lead again.

Soon, Karl Malone sent the ball, and Payton dribbled to the sideline, trying to play a pick-and-roll with Karl Malone.

But no chance was found, and Billups and Prince did a pretty good pass defense.

No way, Payton passed the ball directly to Kobe again.

Kobe didn't know what was going on. It seemed that the tactical arrangement was to give the ball to Karl Malone at the beginning, and use the mid-range shot to open up the game space.

Kobe continued to want to pass the ball to Karl Malone, because the intention of passing the ball was a bit obvious, Hamilton gave up Devin George and went directly to Kobe.

When Billups saw this, he also bagged it. Kobe's dribbling was greatly disturbed, and when the pass to Karl Malone was predicted by Billups, he destroyed it in advance.

Billups completed the steal, and Huo Song was behind Karl Malone. Seeing this situation, he immediately ran from the middle to the frontcourt.

During this period, Kobe was Peter Pan, able to run very well, and quickly returned to defense by taking the lead when the ball was intercepted.

But the rest of the Lakers can't run fast. Payton is old and just at the bottom corner. Devin George is at a 45-degree corner on the weak side.

Billups knew there was someone behind him, Hamilton, Prince, and Huo Song were all there.

At this time, the ball should be handed over to someone who is more confident.

Billups pretended to make a three-step layup, but in fact made a back pass and accurately passed the ball to Huo Song.

Huo Song had already bought into the penalty area in one step. Kobe stepped forward and fouled, destroying Huo Song's attack, but Huo Song pulled his shot and made a layup.

Kobe hit his nose, and it hurt instantly, but he still threw the ball with difficulty before falling to the ground.

Sometimes a loss is a blessing, Huo Song is still a little convinced, the ball bounced twice, and finally fell into the basket.

But Kobe didn't go for the ball this time, he went directly to Huo Song's face, which was a bit dirty, I have to say.

The foul must have been a foul, and Huo Song couldn't get up after falling to the ground.

But the referee didn't look at Huo Songbiao's acting skills, so he directly upgraded the penalty from an ordinary foul to a malicious foul.

Huo Song lay on the floor for a while, and the three referees also discussed it.

In the end, the verdict is still an ordinary foul.

It is a normal confrontation for a star to play against a star, and it may be a malicious foul for an ordinary player to play against a star.

Kobe received a foul, and Huo Song had only one free throw as compensation.

But before the free throw, he went to the sidelines to deal with the injury.

Huo Song's nose was bleeding. In fact, the bleeding almost stopped when he lay on the ground, but the injury that should be treated still needs to be dealt with.

Moreover, the on-site field workers also have to come up and wipe the floor.

The good start that Huo Song left behind must be cleaned up.

After processing, the game restarts.

After Huo Song adjusted for a period of time, Huo Song's hand feeling was not damaged.

Huo Song made another free throw, and the Pistons led the Lakers by 4 points.

Although this advantage is not great, it can basically last two rounds.

The most important thing is that in the first minute of the game, Huo Song has made O'Neal and Kobe pay for a foul each.

Then came the Lakers' round again. Kobe played a little impatiently and directly hit a three-pointer against Prince's defense.

Prince's reaction was a bit slow, but fortunately Kobe hit the ball with iron.

Because the rebound bounced out, it was useless for O'Neal to grab another offensive rebound.

Ben was originally stuck outside by O'Neal, but now he just predicted where the rebound would land, took a step outside in advance, and took off to control the ball.

The Pistons played steadily and advanced halfway. Huo Song pretended to sink into the bottom corner and made a catch action, but the ball was suddenly passed to Hamilton who ran to the top arc.

Kobe chased Hamilton for a long time, but still missed it. Hamilton took advantage of Kobe's failure to catch up, shot the ball as soon as he caught it, and directly won from the middle distance!

2 to 8, relying on Hamilton's mid-range shot, the Pistons widened the point difference to more than 5 points.

There is one thing to say, this is the real good start, it is a good sign!

(End of this chapter)