NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 65 [65] Roaring Tianzun was sent off, 12 points behind, is there any help?
throughout the third quarter,
It was often Lin Fei who played a transition from offense to defense. After the defensive end forced Hamilton to attack with the ball, the Timberwolves made a dead ball and replaced Lin Fei with Hassell.
Hassell chased and defended Hamilton so that the opponent continued to run without the ball. After catching and throwing the ball, the ball was dead or timed out, and Lin Fei replaced Hassell again...

Repeatedly like this, Lin Fei can not only get a rest, get the digest of on-the-spot experience, but also, together with Hassell, continue to wear down Hamilton's energy and physical strength with wheel battles.

The result of this hard work is that Hamilton made 9 of 3 shots in the third quarter, added 1 free throw and scored 7 points, and the overall performance was tepid.

Although such a method of changing guards frequently is not effective on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, Hassell has blossomed and hit a rare three-pointer from the bottom corner.

It was Hassell's first score in the NBA Finals as a third-year rookie.

Seeing Hassell coming off the field happily like a child, Lin Fei also took the initiative to send his blessings.

Can really care about his own performance on the defensive end, give personal experience in defense against the ball, and at the same time have no complaints about being robbed of playing time, and support his teammates.

The simple, kind and contented feelings of these black people in the slums are enough for Lin Fei to treat Hassel as a true friend.

At the same time, Lin Fei also seized a chance to counterattack fast break in the middle of the third quarter, received a pass from "Madman" and scored a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

It was just a stolen opportunity, and it was already quite rare. The Pistons' off-ball defense against Lin Fei in the second half was really impenetrable.

Although Lin Fei personally only hit a three-pointer to score 3 points in the third quarter, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams in the third quarter was obviously faster.

Hamilton's point was barely limited, but the Pistons' other points broke out in the third quarter.

Roaring Tianzun with a certain three-point range, after a high pick-and-roll with Billups, directly reversed the routine and did not go down, but withdrew outside the three-point line.

Contemptuously, the Wolf King did not quickly step forward to defend, but gave Rasheed Wallace a chance to make a three-pointer.

Rasheed Wallace took a deep breath, opened his hand, and really went in.

"Shh!"

Prince, who is specialized in defense, also flew on the defensive end to steal the ball in the hands of Szerbiak, connected with Billups in the fast break, and flew to complete the dunk.

"Boom!"

In the third quarter, Billups made consecutive pick-and-roll shots, broke through and made fouls, and scored 9 points in a single quarter.

In the third quarter, Daben grabbed 7 rebounds crazily by himself, but it was a pity that he was cut by the Timberwolves, furious and messy in the wind.

The five tigers of the Pistons made full efforts to play tonight's finals G2 as a tiebreaker, venting their energy to beat the Nets Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals and Eastern Conference finals.

A team that is not good at offense, in this crucial third quarter, scored 32 points in a single quarter, and the overall shooting percentage exceeded 52%, playing the sense of sight of the Sacramento Kings.

Ben Wallace threw his fist and yelled at the Timberwolves bench after a defensive end cap:

"Go to Minnesota in Nima, never underestimate the heart of a championship!"

The Timberwolves home fans were excited and cursed Ben, but it made the performance of the undrafted player even crazier.

Fortunately, the Timberwolves' offensive end in the third quarter was by no means useless. Although Lin Fei only scored 3 points, the Wolf King and "Madman" still maintained a good lower limit output.
Szerbiak scored 6 points in a single quarter, and Hassel's 5 points in a single quarter was no small surprise.

The home team also scored 27 points in the third quarter, and only lost the Pistons by 5 points in a single quarter.

After three quarters,

Timberwolves (73): (73) Pistons, the two teams tied again.

The two teams combined to score 59 points in a single quarter. This is definitely an uncommon head-to-head battle in the era of big ball, not to mention it happened in the finals of the 03-04 season.

All kinds of difficult breakthroughs, outside three-pointers, counterattacks and fast breaks, stealing big hats...

The two finals-level NBA teams presented a visual feast full of ups and downs, excitement, and full enjoyment for hundreds of millions of fans around the world.

The world-renowned director James Cameron, who sat in the front row VIP and came to watch the game, couldn't help admiring:

"My, God, Haolaiwu can't shoot such a wonderful basketball game!"

But the excitement of this game is the excitement, the blood is the blood, the fans always feel that something is missing?I can't remember it for a while.

What is missing?

Celestial Dynasty.

In the five live broadcast rooms of Tianchao.

It is not Director Zhang who is in charge of explaining G2 of the finals tonight, but Teacher Sun Zhengping.

Teacher Sun's identity is different from that of Zhang Weiping's guidance. He is not a professional basketball player, nor does he have the knowledge reserve of young professional basketball commentators like Yang Yi and Su Qun.

Sun Zhengping is a national first-class announcer. He has high qualifications in Yangma. His voice is calm and magnetic, full of emotions. In the 90s when Tianchao Radio was short of commentators,

Often a person has to comment on several games in one day, often switching between basketball, football, track and field and table tennis at will.

As the saying goes, a person who is capable is old, but he is not professional enough after all, so Mr. Sun Zhengping often exposes some shortcomings and flaws in knowledge during the explanation process, and there are often slips of the tongue.

Tonight, Mr. Sun Zhengping partnered with the host Yu Jia to explain the G2 of the finals. After three quarters, because of being too excited and excited, he contributed some commentary words that made the fans laugh.

"Ben Wallace is really strong. It's a pity not to play professional boxing. He grabbed 7 rebounds in the third quarter tonight, one more rebound than the Pistons in the third quarter!"

"Oh, Philip Sanders called this timeout very timely! I feel it is very necessary. Now that the Timberwolves are behind, they must solve two problems. One is how to score, and the other is how to limit the Pistons from scoring..."

"Why did Rasheed Wallace shoot the ball directly from outside the three-point line? He is a power forward shooting three-pointers? This choice can be said to be very bad... oh, good shot!"

"Latrier's shot is beautiful, what, it didn't go in? It's a bit difficult to do that. No matter how beautiful your shot is, if the ball doesn't go in, it doesn't look so pretty!"

"The Timberwolves are really strong this season, but it's a pity that Yao's Rockets didn't make it to the finals. Otherwise, watching the Timberwolves play against the Rockets, we Tianchao fans must be even more excited!"

"Sprewell is also a veteran of the league. He is 34 years old this year and has played in the league for nearly 20 seasons!"

"Okay, Lin Fei is on the field, this game is going to be interesting, what? Why did Lin Fei go down again..."

Yu Jia who was sitting next to him was a junior after all, he didn't dare to criticize rashly, he could only smile along with him, but he couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

Looking back at the Target Center arena, the final battle of the fourth quarter has begun.

Philip Sanders let the Wolf King, who had played the first three quarters, take a break off the court. Lin Fei also sat on the bench temporarily, and "Madman" and Szebiak led the team to play.

For the Pistons, Hamilton and Daben rested, and the rest of the Pistons brought Mehmet Okur and Corris Williams.

Rasheed Wallace came up with a violent dunk that turned over and went straight to the basket, sounding the horn of the Pistons.

Then "Madman" made a pass error in the frontcourt, Billups flew to steal, connected with Corris in the fast break, assisted the latter with a dunk and scored two points.

In a wave of 4:0, the Pistons quickly led by 4 points.

The wolf king couldn't bear it and got up to play, but Philip Sanders held his breath and wanted to wait another round.

As a result, Szczerbiak's three-pointer from the bottom corner failed, the rebound was protected by the Pistons, Okur tried to return a three-pointer on the offensive end, and there was.

"Shh!"

Although the ball was an outside three-pointer, the reason why Okur dared to shoot it confidently was because of the absolute height of the Pistons under the basket and the guarantee of offensive rebounds.

Less than 90 seconds into the fourth quarter, the Pistons quickly blasted a wave of 7:0, directly stopping the Timberwolves.

In the finals where every second counts, because of the substitution problem, the opponent chased and scored 7:0 in the final quarter. For the home team, this was very demoralizing.

At this time, in a luxurious box on the roof of the pavilion, Timberwolves General Manager McHale patted the coffee table angrily and jumped up, angrily said:

"This Sanders is too conceited. He dared to take Kevin off the court for a half-minute rest at such a critical moment. What did he think?"

Although the Timberwolves won the first game in the finals and led by a big score of 1:0, the outcome of the second game is also very critical. A win is 2:0, and they have enough confidence to go to Detroit to play three consecutive away games.

But if they lose this game, the big score will be 1:1, and then go to Detroit, and there is even the possibility of being eliminated by the opponent for three consecutive games. This pressure is not ordinary.

As the general manager of the Timberwolves, McHale is not looking down on Lin Fei, a rising star, but also highly affirms his contribution to the team.

But Kevin Garnett's significance to the Timberwolves' offensive and defensive ends is not comparable to that of Lin Fei. The two are far from the same level. The Timberwolves will always be Garnett's team.

On the court, Philip Sanders quickly replaced Wolf King and Lin Fei, and tonight's starting lineup was combined again.

Lin Fei played intermittently for only 7 minutes in the third quarter, and rested for a minute and a half in the fourth quarter. Physically, he should be able to last until the end of the game.

Philip Sanders' substitution in the third quarter didn't work very well, so now in the fourth quarter of life and death, he has made up his mind to let the starting five play until the end of the game.

Lin Fei admits that his defense is poor, so let's bet that his offensive performance can make up for it!

Don't use the suspect, but don't use it.

Because Philip Sanders knows very well that the more critical the moment is, the less he trusts the players, and frequent substitutions are the most likely to lead to self-immolation.

For the Pistons, Larry Brown also hurriedly replaced Okur with Big Ben, and Hamilton replaced Corlis.

Okur is somewhat dissatisfied with his lack of playing time in the finals. After all, he has reached the contract year.

Playing good statistics in a high-profile game like the finals is very effective in improving the status.

Looking at Lin Fei on the opposite side, everything became clear.

But with the arrangement of the head coach, he naturally dared not have any objections as a foreign substitute.

Having played in the league for two seasons, Turkish High Fortress averaged 9.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in the regular season this year, and has already achieved a good worth.

In the era when the inside is king, even though Okur is not good at defense, there are still many NBA teams pursuing him, and the highest offer reached an annual salary of 800 million US dollars.

This worth is obviously much higher than the current Lin Fei, and long-term stable performance and health must be an important basis for a player's worth.

For many teams in the NBA, at least an inside player like Okur will not fall into his hands, and he is not easy to use but has a good trading value.

But if it were Lin Fei, there would inevitably be too many uncertain factors, and there must be a gambling element in it.

On the court, the Timberwolves are attacking.

With Lin Fei's presence, the space was obviously opened up, and the Wolf King faced Rasheed Wallace at a high position. At the critical moment, the superstar could not be soft, turned around and made another big jumper.

"Shh!"

Hamilton came over and continued to hit Lin Fei with the ball on his back. This time he missed the turnaround jumper, but Big Ben got the rebound again.

"Snapped!"

"OMG, the 15th. This is Ben Wallace's 15th rebound tonight. There are 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Does Ben hope to grab 20 rebounds?"

In front of the on-site commentary stand, Mike Breen's commentary was loud and powerful, and Chat Ford next to him continued:
"Ben has done everything he can to help the team. If the Pistons can't win, it doesn't make sense for him to get 30 rebounds!"

"From the current point of view, the Detroit Pistons played better than the Timberwolves tonight. They deserve and need this victory even more!"

Olowokandi quickly came up to withstand Da Ben's foul and sent the opponent to the free throw line.

The Timberwolves have fouled more than 3 times in the first five tigers, which is also a hidden danger.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

This time, Ben Wallace, who walked to the free throw line, ate dumplings for a rare time, and even stumbled and made two free throws.

The Pistons still lead by 7 points.

In the next few minutes, the two teams launched a tug-of-war. The Timberwolves could not close the score, and the Pistons could not expand their lead to double digits.

The Pistons were all present, and the Timberwolves couldn't play a counterattack. Lin Fei couldn't find a chance on the offensive end.

But the performance on the defensive end was fairly solid, and he didn't make rookie mistakes at the final critical moment of the finals, nor did he lose the chain seriously.

Hamilton scored a game-high 32 points in the early part of the fourth quarter, but from the continuous switching between off-ball and ball-on-the-ball in the third quarter to the continuous offense with the ball in the fourth quarter,
After all, Hamilton is a little weak, and the feel has changed from tepid to more inefficient.

This also directly reflects that Lin Fei's defense is not bad, at least the Timberwolves' home fans are willing to believe this judgment.

Seeing that Hamilton couldn't play anymore with the ball, Billups, Roaring Tianzun and Prince stepped forward one after another, and the Pistons always maintained a lead of about 7 points.

As time dwindled, so did Timberwolves fans at Target Center.

The situation is obviously becoming more and more unfavorable to the Timberwolves.

In the last 4 minutes of the game, the Wolf King continued to face the high-ranking Tianzun, and Ben Wallace double-teamed at the critical moment, so that the Wolf King had no time to play the ball and was directly intercepted by Big Ben.

"Snapped!"

The fierce defense of the Pistons was fully displayed at the last moment, and the arrogance was monstrous.

In the fast break counterattack, Billups received the pass from Daben, swept his eyes across the frontcourt, and dribbled a direct long pass to the right to throw off Hamilton, who was quickly down by Lin Fei.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei chased after him quickly, taking advantage of the moment when Hamilton slowed down to catch the ball, he rushed up to interfere, but he didn't dare to get too close, for fear of another foul.

Lin Fei has committed 4 fouls so far.

Lin Fei is really inexperienced in this kind of defensive point in the process of chasing fast break players, and his physical fitness is also restricted.

Just like this, Hamilton faced Lin Fei, speeding up to kill the penalty area, squinting at the position of his teammates, fake throwing a real pass, and throwing the basketball directly towards the tempered backboard above his head.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the steel backboard and bounced to the right at an obtuse angle. Prince, who followed up obliquely, jumped up, stretched his long arms, and directly sent a strong dunk.

"Boom!"

The Pistons led by 9 points.

The situation has become increasingly unfavorable for the Timberwolves.

Philip Sanders quickly called a long timeout, but the effect of returning from the timeout was not good. The home team seemed to have been suppressed by the Pistons in terms of momentum.

"Madman"'s missed breakthrough did not cause a foul. Although the rebound was rushed up and grabbed by the Wolf King, the double Wallace teamed up again.

At this time, Lin Fei used the cover to run at a 30-degree angle on the left and had a good chance. Hamilton was successfully delayed by Szerbiak again.

But the Wolf King was double-teamed by Wallace and was eager to pass the ball to Lin Fei. The pass was a bit risky and was touched by Ben Wallace's big hand.

Lin Fei rushed up to fight for the ball, but was knocked down to the ground by Hamilton gritted his teeth.

The Pistons once again took control of the ball, and the fast counterattack was like a broken bamboo.

The Timberwolves fans at home were completely stunned. The Pistons are simply a bunch of robbers!

Enduring the pain, Lin Fei quickly jumped up and chased back and forth, but it was too late.

The fast break of the Pistons was like a pack of wolves coming out of a hole. Only "Madman" and Szerbiak ran at the forefront.

The Minnesota's starting five tigers originally had poor overall athletic ability, their average height is high, and their average speed is far inferior to the five pistons, so they will inevitably suffer when they return to defense.

Under the entanglement of the "madman", Billups gave the ball to Hamilton for the first time.

"Madman" can only turn around and interfere with Hamilton again, after all, in his perception, this guy's man-ball combination ability is far inferior to Billups.

But Hamilton was very smart. After taking the ball, he just took a step. Seeing the "madman" defending himself, he turned around and passed the ball back to Billups.

This 2 on 1 operation like walking a dog made the violent "madman" completely angry, and turned around and pounced on Billups.

Billups saw the "madman"'s eyes turned red, and he didn't have the slightest fear. Taking advantage of the moment the opponent rushed up, he directly shot a super long three-pointer one meter away from the three-point line.

"boom!"

The madman directly threw Billups, who had taken off and shot, to the ground, and the basketball also drew an arc and hit the side of the basket heavily.

"Bang!"

"Beep!"

Although the ball missed, the referee whistled.

It was a shooting foul and Billups got three free throws.

The Timberwolves fans at home hugged their heads helplessly, and an ominous premonition hung over the Target Center arena like a dark cloud.

Joey Crawford told the "madman" who couldn't control his emotions, and then forced him to send him off the field.

Amidst the noisy noise, Billups showed his big heart at critical moments, calmly walked to the free throw line, and hit all three free throws.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Philip Sanders called a timeout again, and at this time he no longer had much hope in his eyes.

Timberwolves (83): (95) Pistons.

The point difference has come to 12 points.

On the timer, there are only 3 minutes and 02 seconds left before the end of the final quarter.

Lin Fei also frowned and walked off the court with his teammates. At this time, the Target Center arena was dead silent.

Pistons here.

Larry Brown was full of joy and patted the shoulders of the five Pistons. It seemed that tonight's game was basically stable.

However, at this moment, referee Joey Crawford's whistle sounded again.

"Beep!"

"Beep!"

Everyone turned around and saw that it was the emotional Rasheed Wallace who roared loudly at the Timberwolves' bench, expressing his excitement about winning.

The Timberwolves' backup center, Old Johnson, was well-informed and took the initiative to provoke and roar Tianzun, and the two almost clashed.

Joey Crawford was merciless and directly gave a technical foul by himself.

The blowing of 20 big rebounds on each side turned the situation on the field instantly.

Johnson Sr.'s technical foul was inconsequential, but Rasheed Wallace had racked up two technical fouls tonight and was ejected.

Looking at Rasheed Wallace, who was walking towards the player tunnel, he was still complacent, thinking that when the Pistons led by 3 points in the last 12 minutes tonight, they would win.

In the eyes of Timberwolves coach Philip Sanders, a dazzling brilliance suddenly shot out.

Whether it can be reversed or not depends on Lin Fei in the end!

Rasheed Wallace was sent off, and the five tigers of the Pistons changed defenses indefinitely in the process of defending Lin Fei's screen. There must be an omission, and this link is on the power forward.

If Larry Brown lets a small forward and guard play instead of Rasheed Wallace, then the Pistons will only have Daben inside, and the twin towers of Wolf King and Olowokandi will definitely call the wind and rain.

So in Philip Sanders' view, Larry Brown is likely to be replaced by Mehmet Okur.

Okur's flaw in switching defenses was the Timberwolves' last big gamble tonight.

"From now on, all our offensive tactics will revolve around Lin's running off the ball to catch the ball, focusing on the cover of Wolf King and Lin, and taking advantage of Okur's misplacement!"

Sanders patted Lin Fei's shoulder solemnly, and his teammates looked at Lin Fei with trust.

"Lin, are you confident?"

Lin Fei nodded decisively. He always has only one goal when he goes on the court, and that is to help the team win.

"Pass me all the damn balls, I can hit more!"

Pause back.

The Timberwolves are still starting the game with the five tigers, and the Pistons are indeed as expected by Philip Sanders. Larry Brown replaced Rasheed Wallace with Mehmet Okur.

The Timberwolves attacked, and the "madman" brought the ball to the frontcourt and quickly gave it to the high-ranking wolf king.

Mehmet Okur stepped forward to defend against the wolf king. Although the lateral movement speed was slow and his body was clumsier than the roaring Tianzun, Okur had the height and tonnage after all.

And the Pistons are obviously not afraid of the Wolf King's high jumper shooting percentage, so he can't shoot the Pistons who lead by 12 points.

At this time, Lin Fei quickly threw off Hamilton and rushed up to do a pick-and-roll with the Wolf King. This time, the Wolf King's pick-and-roll worked very well, and Hamilton was fully delayed.

"Whoosh!"

The ball was quickly passed to Lin Fei, who was running at a 45-degree angle to the left of the three-point line. Mehmet Okur was hesitant to step forward to switch defenses, and Hamilton had just bypassed the Wolf King, and he was still two meters away from Lin Fei.

How could Lin Fei miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Even if he hesitated for only 0.1 second, it was considered Lin Fei's disrespect for his 99-point three-point attribute.

Lin Fei, who flew up and took off, looked at the basket and shot without saying a word!
Seeing that Okur was hesitant to switch defenses, Larry Brown on the sidelines of the Pistons immediately jumped up from his seat and shouted:

"Change it, why don't you change it! Hurry up and change it for me!"

the next moment.

"Shh!"

(End of this chapter)