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Chapter 240 Fighting Pistons

After losing to the Heat, the Spurs started a painful 4-game streak. Today will usher in the first game of the 4-game streak. The opponent is the Pistons.

The Pistons have a glorious history, but the Bad Boys back then have been in a slump in recent seasons.Now they lack a real core player.

The attendance rate of the Pistons has not been high in recent years, and the Palace of Auburn Hills, which can accommodate more than 2 people, is still half empty today.

Even so, the game continued as normal.The starting lineup sent by the Pistons is: Rodney Stuckey, Ben Gordon, Tayshaun Prince, Charlie Villanueva, Ben Wallace.

The Spurs' starting five are still those five: Leonard, Yang Ke, Green, Diaw, and Blair.

"Although the Pistons fell into a trough with the departure of Billups, Hamilton and others, it can be said that the current Pistons urgently need to be rebuilt. But there are still two people in their lineup that must be paid attention to: Prince and Wallace."

Before the start of the game, Popovich sat on a small bench, carefully and carefully analyzing the situation of the Pistons, "Although the two of them have entered the end of their careers and can't make too many outstanding performances, but on the defensive end , they can bring a sense of stability to the team."

Soon after, the game officially started.Blair and Wallace engaged in a mid-court scrimmage, with the latter taking the upper hand and passing the ball to Stuckey.

Stuckey took the ball across the half court, first looked at Yang Ke who was defending him from a distance, and then stayed on the spot, dribbling the ball patiently.

The other perimeter players of the Pistons started running without the ball almost at the same time, and Gordon ran out of the open space first, and at the top of the arc, he shot the ball and scored three points!
Seeing this scene, Popovich nodded, and said blankly: "Frank is doing well. The Pistons' offense is not as chaotic as it was in previous seasons."

Shrugging his shoulders, Borrego said disdainfully: "This is his fourth season in the Pistons. If he doesn't work again, he will have to pack up and leave."

No time to think about it, after receiving the pass from his teammates, Yang Ke quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, looked at the defensive formation of the Pistons, waved his hand, and used the No. [-] tactic.

Seeing this gesture, Dior on the inside line directly led Charlie Villanueva out, and made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Yang Ke.The Pistons' response was also very decisive, and they immediately changed defenses.

Yang Ke ran along the three-point line, saw the Pistons adopt a defensive strategy, and passed the ball back to Diaw.And he will hold the ball to single-play Prince, contributing to the advantage of playing big and small.

However, Prince, who is known as the little prince, is not easy to deal with. He has a pair of super long arms, even if he faces Dior, he will not suffer in terms of length.And because of its own sensitivity, it also caused Dior a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, Dior was very patient. After a few seconds of fierce physical confrontation, he found a little space to attack, leaning on Prince to force his shot.

It's a pity that Dior was seriously disturbed when he shot. With a soft "bang", the basketball bounced out of the hoop, and the rebound was firmly grabbed by Wallace.

Taking a deep look at Prince, who looked normal, Yang Ke quickly retreated to the backcourt.Popovich's reminder before the game was really necessary, Prince is indeed not easy.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Pistons once again played off the ball by Prince and Gordon, and the inside twin towers helped them hinder the defensive players intentionally or unintentionally.

And Stuckey, who is better at individual combat, seems to have no desire to attack tonight, just dribbling the ball smoothly, waiting for an opportunity to pass the ball.

Only this time, the Spurs did a very good defense, and the Pistons were stunned that no player ran out of space, seeing that there was not much time left in the attack.Forced to helpless, Stuckey can only pass the ball to Prince, and the latter to complete the attack.

Although Prince is a good three-point shooter, under the premise of failing to get rid of defensive players, his shooting percentage will be greatly affected, and he is an outside shooter with poor pressure resistance.

But Prince had no other choice at this time, but after a few feints in a row, he forced a shot against Leonard.It's a pity that Leonard was not fooled before, so his shot was seriously disturbed, and the basketball was not unexpectedly rejected by the basket.

Off the court, the assistant coach of the Nuggets, who was watching this scene, asked Frank, "Why didn't you let Stuckey attack? The team just signed a good contract with him, so you use him like that?"

"He doesn't have that ability."

Shaking his head, Frank said directly without thinking.It is true that Stuckey's singles offense is good, but he doesn't know if Stuckey can break through Yang Ke's defense.Secondly, Frank knew very well that Stuckey's organizational skills were not good enough. Even if he really restrained the defensive attention, it would be difficult to accurately distribute the ball.

The assistant coach frowned instantly, and emphasized: "He is still very young now, if you don't exercise and you don't give him a chance, when will he have that ability?"

Glancing at the assistant coach, Frank believed in his judgment, without any disguise, and said, "He doesn't have that potential, and it's not worth what we do."

Slightly raising his head, the assistant coach stared at Frank, and said slowly: "But the management believes that he has that potential. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to sit like this."

"..."

Frank remained silent and chose to avoid it.Instead, continue to pay attention to the field, pay attention to the Spurs' offensive methods, and think about defensive methods later.

Controlling the ball again, Yang Ke still adopted the pick-and-roll tactics, and after the Pistons still switched defenses, he still believed in Dior and passed the ball back directly.

Dior faced Prince directly again, but unfortunately he still failed to take advantage.In this case, he did not choose to force the shot, but retreated one step to open the distance with Prince, and passed the ball to Yang Ke.

If Dior were thinner, there would be a solution.

Standing on tiptoe, Yang Ke stretched out his right arm to catch the ball while secretly sighing.As a bystander, he could see very clearly that Dior was entangled by Prince because he moved too slowly.Overall, Dior is still weighed down by his fat body.

14 seconds left...

Glancing at the timing card, Yang Ke frowned suddenly. He knew that it would be a bit dangerous to continue to organize an attack at this time.

Looking at Charlie Villanueva standing in front of him, Yang Ke's eyes changed quite quickly.This is not good for switching defenses after pick-and-rolls. If a small player wants to shoot in front of a big player, the risk factor is very high.

While thinking, Yang Ke looked at the basket through Charlie Villanueva's huge body.Clearly aware that Wallace was the only one left inside the Pistons, a thought suddenly emerged.

Why don't you give it a try...

(End of this chapter)