readytorunbook Chapter 145 G2 starts to play, the start is suspended (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 145 G2 starts to play, the start is suspended (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 145 G2 starts to play, the start is suspended (4000, please subscribe)
"May I ask Huo Song, today is your first time in the finals, but you scored a game-high 24 points with 43 shots.
And this is what you got against Shaquille O'Neal for three consecutive FMVPs.
Some people think that your performance can be said to suppress Shaquille O'Neal!
You've done an astonishingly good job.
What do you think of this? "
As soon as the game was over, before entering the locker room, Huo Song was dragged to the sidelines by reporters for an interview.
At the end of G1 of the finals, the Pistons defeated the Lakers by a large margin. In terms of statistics, there is no doubt that Huo Song's efficient performance of 24 points on 43 shots is the best in the game.
The Pistons only scored 101 points in total. Huo Song scored more than [-]% of the team's points, and his shots accounted for only nearly a quarter.
The Lakers only scored 88 points in total. If Huo Song played the entire game, there is no doubt that he could score more than half of the Lakers' points alone.
One person is worth half of the team, and this is still the finals. How does this make the Lakers play?
Although O'Neal scored nearly 40 points, he did not lead the team to win the game after all.
Not to mention that O'Neal's scoring efficiency was not as good as that of Huo Song, and he was even hit by Huo Song for five fouls. He was a little timid in the fourth quarter and did not dare to use too much force.
Otherwise, the Lakers are not without a chance to turn defeat into victory.
"Today is an excellent game, this is the most level game I have played this season." Huo Song replied seriously.
"I am very happy to hear everyone's praise and recognition for me.
However, whether it is on par with Shaquille O'Neal, or when I have an advantage against Shaquille O'Neal, this is everyone's love for me.
I don't have that level yet.
You know, I'm still a first-year rookie.
Even the great Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Irvin Johnson couldn't beat the league rulers head-on in their first season as rookies.
I think Shaquille O'Neal is still No. 1 in the league, it is now, and it is still after this series. "
It is meaningless to belittle O'Neal. Only O'Neal's strength and O'Neal's dominance is extremely solid, which can set off the strength of the Pistons and Huo Song.
Huo Song wants to become the FMVP of the Pistons and become the FMVP of defeating the Lakers F4.
Therefore, what Huo Song must defeat is O'Neill at his peak, not some rotten sweet potato and rotten bird egg.
"We won this game after months of research and the work of many people.
We have considered the Lakers to be our biggest opponent this season since the middle of the regular season.
You must know that last season, we were the team in the Eastern Conference Finals.
We've accumulated a season of experience and added two All-Stars. "
"Me and Rasheed, we're All-Stars, and Ben.
Our three All-Star players, teamed up to limit Shaquille O'Neal.
But, you all saw it.He is not limited at all!
He can still play 40 minutes and still score nearly 40 points, which is incredible.
You must know that we are three All-Star insiders!
We're all exhausted, we're holding him down defensively, we're wearing him down offensively, but he's still capable of doing everything in the game.
Fortunately, in the end we won. "
"The strength of the Lakers comes from the OK combination, but they are too expensive.
The Lakers have no money to strengthen the inside, and we have three All-Stars inside.
Of course, our outside line is not bad, and their outside line is not bad either.
It's just that our defense is better, our defense is better as a team.
Coach Larry Brown may not be the best coach in the league, but he must be the best defensive coach in the All-Stars.
As Coach Larry Brown said, defense wins championships, and our defense is better, so we win! "
If G1 wins, the Pistons will be more united and confident.
Now that Huo Song is being interviewed, some voices are bound to reach their ears.
Huo Song took the opportunity to praise them a few words, at least the spotlight was not only on Huo Song.
The female reporter thought for a while with the microphone, and then said, "Do you have anything else to say about the Lakers?"
"Yes, there are indeed some." Huo Song touched the back of his head and said.
At this moment, Billups suddenly walked up behind Huo Song with a bottle of water, unscrewed the bottle cap, and poured it on Huo Song's head.
"Damn it." Huo Song couldn't dodge in time, and a chill rushed from the top of the sky to the tailbone.
It's so heartbreaking...
Being splashed with water by teammates after the game usually happens in the locker room.
There are fewer interviews on the sidelines these days, and more of them attend press conferences with the coach after the game.
Today is also because of Huo Song's outstanding performance, the league officials specially organized this event.
And Billups took the opportunity to come over with a water bottle, and gave Huo Song a wave of "serving tea and water", in order to celebrate Huo Song's fiery touch and fiery state.
By the way, Billups also caught a lot of shots in front of the national live broadcast.
It can only be said that he is worthy of being a player with a big heart, he loves to show off all the time, and he has a lot of ability to catch the camera.
Huo Song was poured with cold water, so he didn't have much to say. He could only push Billups away with a smile and continue the interview.
"The Lakers have great players, a great competitive spirit and a great desire to win.
As early as the first half, they were behind by a lot of points, but in the second half, they still did everything they needed to do to help the team win this game.
Although they failed to get what they wanted in the end, it was also because we were the strongest and our defense was good enough.
They seized on the fleeting flaw in our slack and caught us off guard.
Fortunately, we are very strong, we are very proud, and we played our counterattack confidently, without being dominated by the Lakers at home.
I hope that in the next game, the Lakers will perform worse. After all, I hope to win steadily.
Playing the finals with such a powerful opponent as the Lakers, the process of the game is really frightening.
I still remember the horror of being dominated by the Lakers in the regular season. Fortunately, we won G1 in the finals, and now I am much more confident.
I believe that no matter how strong the Lakers are or how strong Shaquille O'Neal is, we will still win the next game. "
Female reporter: "Thank Huo Song for accepting our proposal, thank you for your cooperation. Come on."
"That's really good, I didn't expect you to be so good at talking!" Billups hadn't returned to the locker room, and after the interview with Huo Song, he hooked up with Huo Song for the first time.
Huo Song pushed Billups away. Even after playing for a season, even though the locker room was usually filled with the smell of sweat, Huo Song still couldn't stand the sweaty teammates.
"If I feel cold in the next game, it will be your fault." Huo Song pretended to be angry.
Billups laughed after hearing this: "Haha, it's okay, I will lead the team in the next game. Today I have found the feeling of beating Gary Payton."
"You better do what you say."
……
The final G2 came very quickly. On June 6th, that is, one day later, G8 started.
It's still the Palace of Auburn Hills, and it's still the home of the Pistons.
In the jump ball stage, O'Neal was in a good state. At the beginning, he defeated Huo Song and helped the Lakers get the ball. However, O'Neal's state was not as good as when he jumped the ball.
The Lakers' first attack, Payton initiated from a high position, broke through halfway, and passed the ball to Devin George.
It's just Payton and Malone playing pick-and-roll, which is too formative.
Suddenly passing the ball to the transparent person in the Lakers starting lineup, this is also unexpected by the Pistons.
It's a pity that although Devin George had a good shot, he didn't shoot. Instead, he passed to O'Neal at the basket.
O'Neal squeezed away from Big Ben, hooked the ball immediately after dribbling.
But Huo Song came to his senses and stepped forward to block the shot. He was a bit of a thug, but basically he went for the ball, and the referee didn't blow.
Huo Song destroyed O'Neal's attack. Although the rebound was grabbed by Malone, Malone turned over and missed a jumper.
Huo Song stuck O'Neal a bit against Big Ben and guarded the defensive rebound.
The ball is passed to Hamilton, and the Pistons must first let the Lakers run.
After halftime, Billups and Huo Song launched a pick-and-roll with Huo Song. Huo Song cut to the basket and attracted the defense of Devin George and Malone.
Billups suddenly passed the ball to Hamilton who slipped to the bottom corner, and the game just started. Kobe was strong enough, and this time he quickly followed.
But Hamilton not only knows how to shoot, knowing that Kobe is behind him, Hamilton clicks on Kobe, and then rushes to the basket.
Devin George turned to fill in for Hamilton, but Hamilton passed the ball to Huo Song. Although the space under the basket was small and the pass was a bit dangerous, Huo Song still received the ball and dunked it.
At this time, it was too late for O'Neal to react. Malone was behind Huo Song, but he couldn't stop Huo Song at all.
Ever since, Huo Song helped the Pistons take the lead in scoring two points without any suspense.
It was the Lakers' round again. This time, the Pistons had a good defense on the outside. Payton couldn't get in, and he didn't pass the ball to Devin George.
After wasting a little time, the ball could only be handed over to Kobe.
Kobe was very uncomfortable being entangled by Prince in the last game. The shooting rate is not high and cannot be simply described as a bad touch.
Perhaps Kobe was educated by the Zen master, and he didn't rush to solve everything with jump shots in this game.
Prince defended against Kobe, and he still has some experience.
Kobe wants to rely on his body to eat Prince raw, but now the weight gain is not obvious, and there is no way to beat Prince all at once.
Prince blocked half of Kobe's body, just not letting Kobe pass. When Da Ben came out from the inside to help defend, Kobe could only throw high and let O'Neal take off to complete the aerial work.
Huo Song knew that Daben went out to help defend, and the inside line might be leaked.
So he made it up in front of O'Neal, Kobe passed the ball, and Huo Song knew it at a glance because of his height.
O'Neal wanted an alley-oop, and Huo Song didn't react too slowly. Fortunately, Kobe aimed the ball next to the backboard. If he passed the ball towards the backboard, Huo Song would not be easy to catch it, because he was afraid that he would miss the ball.
Now Kobe is convenient for O'Neal, but it is actually convenient for Huo Song.
Huo Song had already started to make up in front of O'Neal, but this time he just used a little force, and jumped up directly, getting stuck in front of O'Neal to use the ball.
O'Neill also took off, seeing Huo Song jumping in front of him and snatching the ball, he was very angry, and couldn't help pushing Huo Song after landing.
However, after Huo Song landed, he made an elbow to protect the ball. O'Neal raised his hand and pushed Huo Song, who happened to be elbowed by Huo Song.
In an instant, both of them lost their balance and fell to the ground.
In the next second, the whistle sounded on the court.
O'Neill's movement is a bit big and obvious, while Huo Song's elbow movement is there, but it is more subtle.
O'Neal fell to the ground, making the unsuspecting spectators think that O'Neal was flopping.
The sideline referee actually caught it, but the problem now is that O'Neal's foul can be upgraded to a malicious foul.
Huo Song's ball guard elbow is considered a routine action, no matter how bad it is, it can only be recorded as an ordinary foul.
As long as the elbow is not active these days, it can be turned a blind eye, especially in the playoffs.
It was also the finals. Just a few years ago, Rodman and Malone elbowed each other, maybe hugged each other!
But the player just grabbed a rebound and was pushed from behind, which is a big problem.
However, it is not easy to directly record a first-level flagrant foul on O'Neill.
After playing G1, many people realized that the Pistons have a high chance of beating the Lakers.
If O'Neal is now accumulative of a first-level flagrant foul, there may be another big move in the next series.
Especially since this is the home court of the Pistons, the referee pretends to be blind, which is definitely not acceptable.
Therefore, the three referees on the field got together to discuss it, and finally decided that it was O'Neal's technical foul.
The Pistons made a free throw.
Hamilton made a free throw, followed by a serve from the sideline, and the Pistons re-attacked.
It's not a malicious foul, so it's not Huo Song's free throw.
But that's okay, Hamilton's free throws are much more accurate than Huo Song.
It is also a good thing that the team can score one point steadily.
In a few seconds, Billups still found the feeling for beating Payton as he had told Huo Song before.
Huo Song and Billups picked and rolled from the sideline. Billups ran to the corner and used Huo Song to attract the defense. He singled Payton and hit a corner three-pointer.
The Pistons beat the Lakers 6-0 all at once.
Not long after the game started, the Zen master was still sitting in meditation, without calling for a timeout.
In the Lakers offensive round, the ball was finally passed to the inside and into the hands of O'Neal.
The Lakers need to get two points to pad their stomachs first.
However, O'Neal hit Ben in singles, and obviously squeezed past Ben and rushed to the basket for a dunk. Unexpectedly, the ball went out of the way.
The ball went straight over the backboard and out of bounds.
After O'Neill found out that the ball had flown, he was also taken aback, and then smiled awkwardly.
For this kind of team, it is the simplest ball for O'Neal. Who would have thought that this kind of ball could be smashed.
Obviously the big book was squeezed away by him, but he just couldn't finish it.
For O'Neal, this was not a strike, but a mistake, a mistake that should not have been made.
Just as O'Neill was dazed for a moment, Huo Song stepped out of the baseline and immediately served the ball without talking about his golf ethics.
Hamilton, Billups and Prince all rushed to the frontcourt, and the Lakers outside players also chased after them, but Huo Song passed the ball quickly and dared.
The ball was passed to two positions in front of Prince. If Prince was slower, the ball would go out of bounds.
But Prince's athletic ability is not bad. He took a step forward, came to the ball bouncing off the ground, stretched out his hand to copy, and then took three big steps, directly hitting the basket without any hesitation.
boom--
The ball is in!
Prince didn't dunk the ball.
The next second, the whistle sounded.But the Zen master called a timeout.
In the last game, Kobe was not in good shape and played too alone, so the Zen master had to call a timeout.
O'Neill also had a problem this time, and he had to call a timeout to teach him a lesson.
Otherwise, how to play this ball!
There is a problem with the core player of the finals team, so it is impossible to play!
(End of this chapter)