readytorunbook Chapter 137 Strong hit the basket, 16 points in a single chapter! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 137 Strong hit the basket, 16 points in a single chapter! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 137 Strong hit the basket, 16 points in a single quarter! (4000, please subscribe)
Both free throws were hit, and the point difference was further widened.
The Pacers had to find a way to recover the point difference.
Previously, the Pacers mostly played positional warfare, so they tried it this time to see if they could play a fast break.
However, after the Pistons made free throws, Huo Song returned to defense early.
The Pacers' fast break didn't work.
Another positional attack, the Pacers can only hand the ball to Artest and let him rush to the basket with the ball.
It is true that Artest is the new best defensive player, but the offensive end also has an All-Star level.
In addition, his body is extremely tough and he is good at shooting after confrontation. As a representative of heavy small forwards, Artest just resisted Prince and immediately passed the latter.
Faced with this situation, Big Ben had to defend from the basket.
Artest ignored Big Ben's defense and forced a layup.
Daben's defense is quite in place, but Artest just accelerates and rushes, and after taking off, he has a physical confrontation with Daben, and he hits a hard layup.
Big Ben was hit in the air, and almost lost his balance when he landed.
This can be said to be intentional and unintentional. Artest used the power of the run-up impact to knock away the unprepared Daben, which is also a normal situation.
At the same time as this physical confrontation occurred, the referee did not stare blankly, but immediately blew the whistle.
Perhaps it is to balance the trend of the game and avoid the suspense of the Eastern Conference Finals from G1.
The bottom-line referee indicated that Daben made a defensive foul, and Artest got two plus one and an additional penalty.
Daben was a little depressed, and reported his grievances to the bottom line referee.
The bottom line referee said forcefully: "Are you sure you still want to pester me? I have already made such a penalty!"
The referee warned, and Big Ben shut up.
It's not that Da Ben is cowardly, it's just that he has a character that doesn't talk too much.
This time I feel that there is a problem with the penalty, but the penalty decision has already been made, so there is no need to pay another technical offense because of this.
The Pistons have an advantage inside, but if he is picked on by the referee and sent off for two technical fouls, then this game will not be so easy to play.
In the series, home court advantage is still crucial.
Playing at home, the fans will help the home team put pressure on the visiting team players and make the visiting team players perform abnormally.
In addition, playing at home, at least you will not suffer any outside moves.
There is no possibility of food poisoning, water leakage in the locker room, electricity leakage, or even snakes.
Having said that, with Artest's extra free throw, the point difference between the two teams instantly returned to the relatively harmonious range of around 5 points.
The Pacers are also a strong defensive team. For them, such a point difference can only be caught up after two or three rounds of defense.
The Pacers struggled to play the Pistons first, but the bench lineup was better.
If the Pistons want to beat the Pacers with a rotation of seven or eight players, the first two or three games are fine, but the next few games of the series will definitely suffer.
It is precisely because of this that the Pacers are not depressed because they are now behind.I didn't feel too much pressure from the Pistons fans because of the away game.
"Leave it to me, let me blow them up!"
Huo Song was a little displeased with the penalty in this game. Playing a game depends on strength, not whoever is weak is justified.
Huo Song was very displeased that the league used a balance call for the sake of ratings, and he was even more displeased that the referee put this unfair behavior on his team.
Now the unfair treatment has caused some impact, but Huo Song said that even if the whistle is black, we can still win.
Huo Song felt that he had to use his strength to conquer everything abruptly.
Since the Pacers have to rely on the outside line to break through the inside line, let's see if Daben's defense works.
Huo Song didn't believe that Artest could hit the big books continuously.
Big Ben is not only in good health, has an amazing bench press, but also has an excellent golf quotient.
Is there a possibility that Artest's offense just this round was just a flash in the pan?
Huo Song is looking forward to this possibility coming true.
While Daben is guarding the basket, Huo Song has to put all his physical strength and energy on the offensive end.
Just like what Huo Song said just now - I want to blow them up!
When Billups heard the team's second-in-command and offensive core, he made such a firm statement, so he didn't have any other thoughts.
Just in time, after Huo Song finished speaking, he sank to a low position, and the Pacers still reacted, or they were worried that Huo Song would just feint, so they didn't double-team Huo Song in advance.
Ever since, Billups hoisted the ball inside.
Jeff Foster also had a headache when he saw Huo Song receiving the ball.
Just now, he made a big move to defend against Huo Song's tip-up. For the on-site referee, it was tantamount to leaving a case.
Next, the referee will also stare at him. Once he defends Huo Song more vigorously, the whistle may be blown.
Huo Song is also an All-Star MVP at any rate, and is one of the guarantees for the league's future ratings.
It is understandable for the referee to stare at Huo Song and give the star whistle a little protection.
On this point, Jeff Foster is not a newcomer, he has long been clear.
Therefore, this time facing Huo Song who was coming menacingly, it was hard to judge what defensive strength to use for a while.
And it was because of Jeff Foster's hesitation that Huo Song slammed his back directly and opened up some space. Then Huo Song turned his back and slid to the bottom line and rushed to the basket, jumping and dunking directly.
After Huo Song dunked, he hung on the frame for a while, afraid that Jeff Foster would run under the basket to find him a step.
Be careful to sail for ten thousand years, and it's time to reach the Eastern Conference finals. Huo Song doesn't want to suddenly enter the lying win mode before grabbing the FMVP.
Lie down to win, just lie down in the regular season.
Playing dead in the regular season, going crazy in the playoffs, and descending from the gods in the finals, this is the correct way for the leading players of a multi-core team to open up.
Although Huo Song is a rookie, he has watched the NBA for more than ten or twenty years in his previous life, and he knows the playing style of veteran players.
After finding the landing spot, Huo Song got off the basket.
It has to be said that the Pacers are still a little ignorant of the ball, watching Huo Song hang the frame, directly pick up the ball and serve it from the baseline.
The Pacers wanted to play a five-on-four frontcourt, but fortunately, Huo Song returned to defense quickly.
Jeff Foster just entered the frontcourt, and Huo Song also returned to the backcourt.
The Pacers continue to hand over Artest to play this offense. They want to take advantage of the fact that there is no one inside the Pistons.
Artest pushed Prince again, but Big Ben took this opportunity to return to the basket, and Billups double-teamed him from the outside.
Daben stopped Artest, taking advantage of this delay, Huo Song returned to the inside.
Artest found himself surrounded and didn't try to continue to force Da Ben. After all, there were people behind him who might be chased. Instead, he chose to pass the ball to O'Neal under the basket.
O'Neal was cutting to the basket from the corner, received a touch pass, and stepped up for a layup.
I don't want Huo Song to just hit the basket and take off to block the shot.
I have to say that Jermaine O'Neal played this ball too easily.
After Huo Song finished blocking the shot, the ball bounced slightly on the backboard.
Jeff Foster followed Huo Song into the inside lane, trying to take off to grab a rebound, but Huo Song took his position ahead of time and failed to catch Huo Song who took off for the second time.
With the Pacers packing three players in the frontcourt, the Pistons had a chance to play in transition.
Huo Song passed the ball without saying a word. Hamilton just chased Reggie Miller to the top arc.
Reggie Miller tried to chase Hamilton, but Hamilton ran to the free throw line and shot straight away.
Hamilton shot very quickly, and suddenly stopped for a jumper, and Reggie Miller didn't react at all.
Of course, if the ball misses, Hamilton is guilty of the crime.
However, the goal was scored.
Everyone in the audience couldn't help feeling that Hamilton was a bold man.
Seeing Hamilton hit, Reggie Miller immediately ran to the bottom line, and the Pacers re-attacked.
The Pacers have always wanted to fast break to find opportunities, but in the end they fought a positional battle.
However, this time it was not Artest who came to attack.
Reggie Miller made a [-]-pointer from the corner off a Jeff Foster screen.
Also a master off the ball, Reggie Miller is better than Hamilton in that he can shoot three-pointers.
Relying on this three-pointer, the Pacers successfully regained another wave of blood.
The Pistons are leading, but they are not in a hurry.
There were two runs ahead, this time Billups controlled the tempo, slowly dribbled the ball across half court, then picked and rolled with Prince, and passed the ball to Prince.
And Prince didn't choose to make a shot, but made a false pass and handed the ball to Huo Song.
Huo Song continued to single Jeff Foster. As soon as the latter reacted, Huo Song resisted him, squeezed him to the basket, and directly made a dunk.
Jeff Foster was very angry, but he could only hold back his temper and vent his anger to the next offense and defense.
In the next few rounds, the Pistons still focused on Huo Song.
Huo Song beat Jeff Foster for five consecutive rounds.
Carlisle had to call a timeout for substitutions and adjust his interior defensive strategy.
As for offense, the Pacers are also the main players. Artest and O'Neal played a lot, and Reggie Miller played a supplementary role.
The hit rate and scoring are naturally not as good as Huo Song, not as good as Huo Song.
The Pacers changed the center, but they are still not the opponents of the Pistons.
Huo Song's low-post singles are honed by playing big. Recently, he played Rasheed Wallace for a month. He is a power forward, and Huo Song is not a problem at all.
As for playing center, as long as he doesn't have O'Neal's level of physique and strength, Huo Song can use his footwork and shooting skills to complete the offense.
Huo Song may not be at the level of Olajuwon, but at least he has learned from Olajuwon for more than three months, and he has almost mastered the footwork at the basket and low-post offensive skills.
"With 16 points in a single quarter, Huo Song played the best performance in this year's playoffs!"
"That's right, I can say that, as long as Huo Song is willing, no one can restrict him from scoring!"
"Everyone says Huo Song has the potential of Shaquille O'Neal!
I want to say that Huo Song is obviously better than Shaquille O'Neal in his rookie season!
Huo Song didn't play anyone, not someone's successor, Huo Song was creating his own legend! "
At the end of the first quarter, no one expected that the two defensive teams would score 25-32 in the first quarter.
Although the Pistons only led by 7 points, Huo Song alone contributed half of the team's points.
Huo Song scored 16 points in a single quarter. As a player in his rookie season, this is not easy.
Not to mention, Huo Song's efficiency in obtaining such scoring data is very high.
He made 9 of 7 shots and 2 of 2 free throws.
It's hard to imagine that this is the first time a first-year rookie played in such a big game as the Eastern Conference Finals, and he was able to play such statistics in one quarter of the game.
If Huo Song can maintain this efficiency, it's not surprising that he played 40+10 efficiently in this game.
"The strength of the Pistons needs to be re-evaluated!"
"Maybe we all underestimated the strength of the Pistons before!"
"Huo Song's All-Star MVP is a real All-Star MVP!"
After watching this scene, many star players and head coaches of the Eastern and Western teams that have been eliminated have changed their judgments on the Pistons and Huo Song.
Judging from today's performance in G1 of the Eastern Conference finals, Huo Song's advantage is really too obvious against the inside players who are not as strong as him.
Huo Song is very good at using his body, and he is not timid at all.
Huo Song is even very smart. He will use the league's attention and protection to him, and then rely on this to suppress defensive players more easily and complete the score.
Perhaps when the Pistons beat the Pacers, Huo Song won't play in the Finals as easily as he does in the Eastern Conference Finals now.
But don't forget, Huo Song is not the only one inside the Pistons.
The Pistons also have two All-Star-level inside players. Their defense is very good and they have certain abilities on the offensive end.
The entire league cannot find a more luxurious inside configuration than the Pistons.
The Lakers can't, and the Spurs can't!
Closer to home, at the start of the second quarter, Huo Song stayed on the court to rest.
In the first quarter, Huo Song played a full game. As the team's main offensive point, he kept scoring back-to-backs. After seven or eight rounds of strong attack, and playing a full quarter, he was still a little tired.
However, Huo Song didn't rest for long. After playing for more than four minutes in the second quarter, he was replaced on the field ahead of schedule.
Larry Brown likes to play the main force, especially in key games like the Eastern Conference Finals.
Huo Song was replaced early in the second quarter, but it wasn't that he was chased back by the Pacers due to the point difference.
On the contrary, it was precisely because the second team of the Pistons relied on defense to make it more difficult for the Pacers to score and widened the point difference to 10 points. Larry Brown replaced Huo Song again.
Larry Brown wanted to kill the Pacers in one breath and completely destroy the Pacers' confidence.
When the try score continues to expand, and the home fans put pressure on the away players, the away team will gradually become flustered, or they will not want to play, and they will be at a loss.
Larry Brown led the team in the Finals, so he naturally knows how to win the Eastern Conference Finals.
Carlyle, on the contrary, lacked experience in this respect.
For Larry Brown to replace Huo Song in advance, Carlisle did not prepare in advance.
By the time Carlisle reacted, Larry Brown replaced Huo Song in advance and had already achieved some results on the field.
Wait until Carlisle finds a way to make up for it, and the point difference has continued to expand to 15 points.
The direction of the game gradually escaped Carlisle's control.
(End of this chapter)