DreamersGN Chapter 161 Home field advantage, reach the finals! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 161 Home field advantage, reach the finals! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 161 Home field advantage, reach the finals! (4000, please subscribe)
In the playoffs, the third quarter is usually more important than the fourth quarter, especially in the East and West finals, and the finals.
Being able to reach the conference finals proves that the team definitely does not lack game experience.
The players on the team know how to win the game.
This also means that if you have an advantage in the third quarter and open up the game a little bit, then in the fourth quarter, even if you don’t play very well, you still have a great psychological advantage. Relying on defense and stable performance, You can win the game.
The Pistons had already led by 14 points in the first half. If they continue to maintain this momentum and stabilize the point difference at around 20 points, then basically today's game can be won.
The Pistons' defense is already good, and this is the Pistons' home court.
In the fourth quarter, because of a missed free throw, the scene of being overturned will not appear on the Pistons. This is the home court, and the Detroit fans will not put pressure on the Pistons players.
The Pistons are the defending champions and have more experience in the finals than the Heat.
It is precisely because of this that the Pistons, who played in the third quarter, continued to play aggressively and played a game that coach Byron Scott wanted.
Obviously, Huo Song hadn't exerted much force yet. Relying on the enthusiasm of the other players on the defensive end, they didn't allow the Heat to score any goals in the first 3 minutes of the third quarter.
O'Neal was also restrained by Huo Song and Da Ben!
Originally, O'Neill was injured, and he played so fiercely in the first half, but now it is really at the end of his strength, and he can't make it to Lu Jin.
O'Neal was weak inside, and Wade was also defended from the basket.
The Heat couldn't score in 3 minutes, which suddenly widened the difference between the two teams to 21 points.
Although the Pistons don't score many points, it is a good sign to be able to score.
After the point difference expanded to 20 points, the Pistons obviously had a psychological advantage and played quite proactively and even more aggressively.
"Shaq, what are you thinking? Are you already wanting to go home?"
"Haha, if you are tired, go down and rest quickly! You are not as young as me!"
"Who says I'm soft, why don't you ask for the ball, why don't you come and hit me?"
Huo Song chattered nonsense at O'Neill. Although it wasn't harmful, it was cumbersome.
The Heat fell behind by a big score, and O'Neal, as the head of the team, was already annoying.
Now Huo Song made him even more upset, and he wanted to hit someone.
If O'Neal hadn't played in the finals many times and had a lot of experience in the playoffs, otherwise O'Neal might really do it.
Huo Song is really annoying!
O'Neal fought back to finish the next game, but his condition was still not good.
From the Heat's point of view, O'Neal couldn't score the ball. This morale, as you can imagine, can only be described as a drastic drop.
In the playoffs, it is difficult to collapse in the third quarter.
It's all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, and this situation is even more unimaginable.
But there is no way, the Pistons used a better defense than the previous two quarters, and the point difference was pulled a little bit. Heat players are all human beings, and human beings will have emotions and make mistakes.
Then there is no more then.
Van Gundy called three timeouts in the third quarter, trying to save the situation.
But the chicken soup that should be fed has already been fed, but it has no effect.
As the point difference gradually expanded to 30 points, the Heat's outside touch finally came, but the point difference was too large, and the touch warmed up a little, but it didn't help.
Byron Scott saw that he had the chance to win, so he asked Huo Song to rest in advance to prepare for the fourth quarter in advance.
The Heat wanted to chase points, but until the end of the third quarter, the point difference was still 26 points.
Such a big point difference basically declares that the Heat's game is gone.
Of course, Van Gundy did not believe in evil, and still sent the main force in the fourth quarter, trying to narrow the point difference and see if there is any possibility of reversal.
Byron Scott was calm at this time, he didn't send Huo Song at the beginning, and won the game in one go.
Instead, Big Ben was also withdrawn, and he actively induced Van Gundy to fuck O'Neal to death, allowing O'Neal to use the inside advantage on the scene to play more inside and help the Heat chase points.
The reason why Byron Scott did this is very simple. O'Neal hurriedly used up the rest of his energy at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Then, even if the Heat miraculously narrow the point difference to less than 10 points in the middle of the fourth quarter, Byron Scott can immediately send Huo Song and Da Ben on the field, making O'Neal, who is exhausted, unable to score .
If O'Neal really has such a powerful ability to help the team recover [-] points in the first half of the fourth quarter, then the entire Heat team will definitely believe in O'Neal. Even if Huo Song plays with Da Ben, he will choose to pass the ball to O'Neal , focusing on the point of O'Neill.
When the time comes, Huo Song and Da Ben will be able to play basketball after recharging their energy for a long time.
O'Neal is already exhausted, and if he wants to help the team score, he can only fight desperately.
At that time, will O'Neal get injured again because he is too tired?
Byron Scott is looking forward to it, what is O'Neill's luck.
Of course, even if O'Neal finishes this game healthy and healthy, what about the next few Eastern Conference finals?
Does O'Neill still have the strength to fight?
Clearly, Byron Scott had already set his trap early.
And Van Gundy, who didn't have enough experience as a head coach, also fell into Byron Scott's tricks all of a sudden.
O'Neal attacked crazily in the fourth quarter and fired infinitely. Without Huo Song and Da Ben, O'Neal shot 6 of 4 shots efficiently, with a 66.7% shooting rate.
But even so, the Pistons still stabilized the point difference at around 20 points.
After playing more than 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, almost when Huo Song and Daben were supposed to play, Van Gundy realized that something was wrong.
With a 20-point difference, the Pistons have basically won as long as the point guard presses the time and makes no mistakes.
If the Heat insist on chasing points, the Pistons can also resort to a shark-slashing tactic against O'Neal.
Although Van Gundy wanted to win very much, he knew it very well.
The Heat want to make a comeback, and O'Neal must be on the court.
The Heat's only advantage against the Pistons is O'Neal's advantage in inside singles.
But if the Pistons resort to the shark-killing tactic, then O'Neal's role on the court will be negative.
Therefore, at this time, with this point difference, the Heat are destined to be out of play.
Big Van Gundy came to his senses. Although he was a little bit unwilling, he still learned from the painful experience and withdrew all the main force at once.
At the beginning, Byron Scott thought that Van Gundy would continue to adjust the rotation and fight them desperately.
But seeing that O'Neill, Wade and others were all removed, this also put an end to the idea of sending Huo Song back on the field.
"Huh—" Byron Scott was also relieved to win G1 in the Eastern Conference Finals.
At the Pistons' home court, the most stressful person is not the Heat's players, but Byron Scott, the Pistons head coach.
You must know that last season, the Pistons easily crushed various playoff teams, and even swept the luxurious Lakers in the Finals.
Byron Scott was also courageous when he temporarily took over the Pistons last summer.
And behind the courage is great pressure.
83 to 105, after the Eastern Conference Finals G1 was settled, Byron Scott finally showed a hint of joy on his face.
It's a great feeling to be the head coach of the Pistons. The players on the team are so good.
If it continues like this, it is a matter of course to be able to successfully defend the championship this year.
It's not that Byron Scott has never entered the finals, but he has never had a championship.
It would be a good thing if it could be ahead of the Pistons.
The time soon came to May 5th, and the Eastern Conference Finals G25 started.
If the Pistons can consolidate G2's home court advantage, then the chances of winning this round of the Eastern Conference Finals will be very high.
Now the division finals are still in the 22111 format. After seven games are played, the Pistons have an extra home court advantage.
And the opening two home games were victorious, which means that even if the two away games are not good and they return to Detroit, there is great hope to regain their strength and continue to win the third home game.
If the away form is still not good, there will be a fourth home game.
It's about the tiebreaker, and the home field advantage still has some effect.
Of course, the momentum of the Pistons is just right now, so there is no need to consider too long-term things.
Maybe, the Pistons continue to sweep their opponents 4-0?
As far as the performance of the Heat in G1, the Pistons are not without this possibility.
Closer to home, after the start of G2, Huo Song defeated O'Neal at the beginning of the game and helped the Pistons jump to the ball.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the Pistons won the ball for the first attack, which is obviously a good sign.
Next, as the fans are happy to see.
The first attack of the Pistons hit a jumper after Marbury made a strong breakthrough inside.
This helps the Pistons take the lead.
After that, the Pistons have been in the lead.
O'Neal's state is obviously not as good as G1, and O'Neal can't get up, so Huo Song will do his best to serve O'Neal well.
Before O'Neal made an effort on the offensive end, Huo Song suffered a lot on the defensive end.
As the saying goes, boxing is afraid of young people, and Huo Song's lack of morality, O'Neal's body really can't bear it.
In the past, it was O'Neill who made other inside players feel overwhelmed. Now that O'Neill is being bullied by Huo Song, it is also the first time a big girl gets on a bridal sedan chair.
O'Neal was very depressed. He met the young Huo Song in the finals last year and lost the championship in the end.
This year, he met the unreasonable Huo Song again. O'Neal wanted to take revenge on Huo Song, but he couldn't find a suitable way.
Fighting, O'Neill was a little discouraged, thinking that if Huo Song entered the league earlier, he would definitely make Huo Song look good.
Having such an idea means that O'Neill himself feels that he is not Huo Song's opponent now.
In fact, if O'Neal is not injured, the offensive end can still put a lot of pressure on Huo Song.
But now that O'Neal is injured, he can't use his full strength, and the defensive end may also affect the injury, and then he can't prevent Huo Song's attack.
Blindly pressed and beaten by Huo Song, O'Neal was full of anger and had no place to vent his anger. In the end, he could only watch helplessly. Huo Song led the Pistons and took the game away again.
The G2 Pistons didn't play as smoothly as G1.
Although O'Neal didn't perform well, Wade learned the lesson of G1 and knew how to play.
The two Joneses also had a good touch, scoring 16 and 14 points respectively.
This score doesn't look like much, but adding O'Neal's 18 points and Wade's 23 points, the Heat's score exceeded 70 points.
The Heat played with more than four players, and G2 played 9 players.
G2 also scored a total of 89 points.
In the Eastern Conference finals, under the strict defense of the Pistons, the Heat were able to score 89 points, which also had a certain impact on the Pistons.
Fortunately, the Pistons are superior here.
靠着霍嵩打满四节，不遗余力，全场28投16中，3分4投1中，罚球12投7中，砍下40分12篮板3助攻2盖帽。
The Pistons scored 98 points and won the game without any risk.
With two victories in hand, the Pistons still have a lot of psychological advantages when playing away games.
However, in the transition to Miami, the Heat gave the Pistons a head-on blow as soon as they came up.
In G3, the Heat turned their hole card against the Pistons, and the whole game pressed the defense, focusing on Marbury.
Marbury can be blamed on individuals, and his ball-handling skills are practiced from the streets. There are no problems with his body and skills.
However, Marbury's passing is ostentatious.
There is only data, but no vision and precision.
On the surface, Marbury is 188 tall, but in fact he is only 183.
Such a height belongs to the shortest group of point guards in the league, and his passing vision is naturally not good.
Wade is not tall, but he is a little taller than Marbury.
As Marbury was constantly pressed, he had no time to observe the situation on the field, so he could only bite the bullet and break through.
Then there were some mistakes.
Marbury has played well in the Pistons recently, mainly because Huo Song helped attract the defense. As long as Marbury breaks inside, Huo Song can reorganize the offense and help pass the ball to the outside, even if it doesn't end.
But in this game, Huo Song was also pegged by O'Neal.
O'Neal is taller than Huo Song, and the Heat have a zone defense.
O'Neal was stuck in front of Huo Song, and Marbury broke into the inside and was double-teamed. Marbury couldn't pass the ball to Huo Song at all, so he couldn't pass the ball to other teammates.
At this time, Marbury often chooses to attack by himself to deal with the possession of the ball this time.
The Heat allowed Marbury to explode and take the game away, but there was absolutely no way for others to get the ball comfortably, especially Huo Song.
The Pistons took the lead in the first quarter, and Huo Song didn't notice anything wrong.
In the second quarter, the Heat broke out in a small wave, and the game situation reversed, and the Pistons realized that something was wrong.
However, knowing the problem is one thing, and how to solve it is another.
Byron Scott asked Huo Song to respond to Marbury from the top arc or the sideline, but Marbury was liberated from the organization, but Huo Song's physical exertion intensified.
It was also because of a momentary oversight that Huo Song missed two shots in a row at the critical moment of the fourth quarter of G3.
And this made the Pistons, who have been going smoothly, not know how to play.
The critical moment must depend on Huo Song's performance. Huo Song suddenly stretched his hips, which was unexpected by everyone in the team.
Although, Huo Song regained the score in the sports battle later.
However, the Pistons have fallen behind.
Later, Hamilton tried to stand up and shoot one, but he was still pegged and missed a mid-range shot.
Then Marbury hit another one, and the shot was interfered with, but it caused a foul.
But for the free throws that are usually okay, Marbury made a wave of first hitting a ball and then hitting the iron.
Free throw rebounds, the Pistons have few people at the basket, how could they overtake the Heat.
While the Heat pushed back with the help of grabbing a defensive rebound, Wade quickly rushed to the frontcourt and completed the offense in transition.
In the last 2 minutes, the Pistons went from leading to trailing, and even the point difference was stretched to 5 points, which is indeed a bit frustrating.
Fortunately, the Pistons still have a shark-slashing tactic that can be implemented.
However, O'Neill is also quite competitive.
Relying on the state of making one of two free throws and occasionally making two free throws, he persisted until the end.
The Pistons failed to make every attack within 2 minutes, and the last three-point shot was also unsuccessful.
So by 3 points, they lost to the Heat.
But in G4, the experienced Pistons played at their original level.
Although the game has reached the fourth quarter, the Pistons have maintained a lead of about 10 points.
In the end, the Pistons successfully won G4 and returned to Detroit with 3 victories.
Playing G5, the Pistons have home court advantage, and with 3 points, morale is very strong.
The Heat came back to Detroit. Although they had a last-ditch momentum in the first half, their morale collapsed after Wade got injured.
O'Neal was already injured, and Wade, who played the second most stable game in the series, was injured and retired because he was too desperate.
The Heat were forced to the edge of a cliff, and seeing that they had no chance to fight, they injured the key second-in-charge.
It's all right now, it's gone.
With a big score of 4 to 1, the Pistons took the lead in breaking out of the Eastern Conference and once again reached the finals.
(End of this chapter)