Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 449
The game was exactly as Lambiel said. In the subsequent game of the third quarter, the Pistons' defense became more and more fierce.

Either they just made small moves without fouling, and if they wanted to foul, it would definitely be the kind that would see blood. Since this is the finals, compared with the regular season, the referee's whistle-blowing standards are also much looser, resulting in a period of time. The Warriors' offensive system was completely destroyed, and they could only rely on the singles of Malone and Li Weisi to support them.

It's just that such piecemeal scoring can't help the Warriors maintain their lead over the Pistons. Fortunately, because the defensive moves are two-way, the Warriors are also moving more defensively, which makes the Pistons' offense also uncomfortable.

However, what the Pistons want is this kind of game. In terms of offense, even the Lakers with such a strong offense are no match for the Warriors, and the Pistons are naturally no match for the Warriors.

Therefore, they need to pull the Warriors into their own game rhythm, and then rely on their rich fighting experience to defeat their opponents.

It has to be said that in terms of preparations for the game before the game, the Pistons beat the Warriors. Of course, this is also related to their team's experience in the finals of last season.

Because of this, the Warriors are still able to play evenly with the Pistons. In the final analysis, it is the reason for the superior player strength.

However, in such an unfavorable environment, the strength of the players is limited and cannot be fully utilized, which is a hidden danger after all.

As the game continued, the Warriors played half a quarter, but they didn't even get 10 points, only got 6 points. Therefore, in this case, although the offense was not good, the Pistons still completed the overtake of the Warriors .

As Thomas made a layup against Malone, the Pistons finally overtook the score.

This time, Nelson called a timeout. There was no way. The team's offense was playing like this. He had to find a way.

However, the method is not so easy to think about. Faced with this situation, for a while, he, a master tactician, was a little bit at the end of his skills.

Regarding the defensive strategy that the Pistons will adopt, Nelson has already informed the Warriors players and thought of some ways, but the game is ultimately played by the players, and they are not suitable for the Pistons' defensive strategy. pull.

"Nellie, let me and Dennis try it!" Just when Nelson was at a loss, Malone suddenly said.

"Huh? Try what?" Rodman, who was drinking a drink, looked at Malone in a daze, not knowing what he was talking about.

"What are you going to do?" Nelson frowned. Seeing Malone's face, he had some thoughts in his heart.

"Those outsiders, shoot whenever you have a chance. Dennis and I are responsible for grabbing offensive rebounds, and we use rush shots." Ma Long said firmly to Li Weisi and others.

"But when they grab rebounds, they will move more. What if they block their feet or hit elbows?" Mullin frowned.

"I will be afraid of this? I have seen too much of this situation, and I have my own way to deal with it, not to mention that we are not wood, Dennis, what you have learned from Larry, you can show it to your heart's content."

"Hey, I'm already hungry and thirsty." Rodman immediately understood Malone's meaning, and grinned a smile, let alone, such a smile is even uglier.

Seeing that the two had made up their minds, Nelson also knew that there was no better way, and finally agreed with the two of them.

After the timeout ended, Li Weisi returned to the field. Li Weisi controlled the ball and pushed forward.

This tactic surprised Thomas, because if the pick-and-roll is played at the first and third positions, even if it causes a change of defense, whether it is Aguirre defending Li Weisi or Thomas defending Mullin, it is not too disadvantageous, and the effect of the change of defense will not be achieved at all.

That's right, Thomas has this self-confidence. Even though Mullin is a head taller than him, he still has the confidence to prevent Mullin from dying.

Without waiting for him to think about it, a pick-and-roll, Li Weisi took advantage of Aguirre's failure to stop him, and quickly completed the shot, but the space for this shot was too small and the rhythm was a bit messy, so as soon as the ball left his hand, Li Weisi judged that the ball would not Enter.

So he yelled, "It's too short!"

At this time, the basket was already in a mess. Rodman and Mahon put their arms against each other's throats, pressed each other tightly, and then moved towards the landing point of the basketball.

Needless to say, Malone and Lambiel, Lambiel was almost hanging on Malone's body, but even so, Malone still judged the basketball's landing point in advance, and took the rebound first, which is worthy of his "prophet" name .

After grabbing the ball, Ma Long didn't make a shot, but found Mullin who came from the outside to respond. After receiving the ball, Mullin made another mid-range shot and hit.

It really works!

In this way, when the Warriors gave up those complicated offensive tactics and returned to the simplest rush-shot tactics, the offense recovered.

Of course, this kind of shooting rate is not high, and the offensive rebounds cannot be grabbed every round, but the Warriors still rely on such a poor shooting rate to maintain the score and curb the offensive momentum of the Pistons.

Soon, the game came to the rotation time, and the two sides replaced the substitutes one after another.

The bench strength of the two teams is quite good. Needless to say, the Warriors, the Pistons, "Microwave" Vinnie Johnson, John Salley, James Edwards and John Long are all very good players.

Although these players are old and injured, they can still contribute a lot in the substitute stage.

In this way, until the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 76:79, and the Pistons led by 3 points.

However, after entering the fourth quarter, at the beginning, Price scored a three-pointer and immediately equalized the score, and the two teams returned to the same starting line.

After that, the scores of the two sides were staggered, and no one could pull the score apart until the starter came back.

After the Warriors came back from the starting lineup, they continued the rush shooting tactics in the third quarter. At this time, the Warriors, who had been shooting sluggishly in the first three quarters, suddenly opened.

First, Mullin scored a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and then Richmond hit another two-pointer on the line. The Warriors suddenly opened the point difference to 5 points.

However, Thomas and Dumars also felt good at this time, and did not allow the Warriors to completely widen the gap.

But then facing Thomas, Li Weisi first hit a three-pointer through the pick-and-roll, and then faced Thomas' defense and hit a three-pointer, completely killing the game.

With less than 1 minute left in the game, the Warriors have led by 8 points.

Although the Pistons did not give up afterwards, they still lost due to the large point difference and insufficient time.

In this way, the Warriors defeated the Pistons 109:105 at home and won the first game of the finals with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)