I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 36 Detroit No Flying!
That's right, in the next schedule, the Lakers will first face a two-game away game, and the first away game is a guest in Detroit to challenge the Eastern Conference Pistons.

The home court of the Pistons is called the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is named after Auburn Hills, a suburb 80 kilometers away from downtown Detroit.

Detroit is also called "Motor City" because the city's pillar industry is the automobile manufacturing industry, and it was once known as the world's automobile center.

So Detroit has the most rough auto workers, which also formed Detroit's wild urban style, and the Pistons happened to be in the same line, forming a wild style of iron and blood, which is deeply loved by local fans.

On the night of March 2003, 11.

When Liu He ran out of the player tunnel, he instantly felt this wild style.

The entire arena was booed all over the sky, mixed with various curses, abuse, and slander.
In an instant, Liu He's head began to feel dizzy, feeling like the world was spinning.

But only for a short while, Liu He, who was gradually getting used to it, felt his blood was burning and boiling.

The more you curse, abuse, and slander me, the more excited I am, and the more I want to beat you back, it's only interesting.

Thinking about it this way, the booing all over the sky is not only uncomfortable, but it is like beautiful music, intoxicating.

Gary Payton, who played second, originally planned to comfort Liu He, but now seeing the intoxicated expression on Liu He's face, he can only sigh that today's rookies are so good, they are born for the big scene, and they are getting old after all.

The Lakers' starters remain solid:

Position [-]: O'Neal, Position [-]: Malone, Position [-]: Liu He, Position [-]: Kobe, Position [-]: Payton.

The Pistons are:
The fifth position: Campbell, the fourth position: Big Ben, the third position: Prince, the second position: Hamilton, the first position: Billups.

The moment they played, the Pistons players headed by Daben looked aggressively at the Lakers. It seemed that what Daben said before the game was not just talking, they really came prepared.

After all, a real man must do what he says.

It's a pity that Liu He glanced around but couldn't see Joe Dumas. Is this guy so sick?
With the whistle blowing, the game officially began, and O'Neal won the jump ball.

The Lakers got the chance to open the first attack.

Billups used his tall body to block the old Payton, but Payton didn't find a chance, and immediately passed the ball to Kobe, while he covered Liu He.

Liu He took the opportunity to get rid of Hamilton, but the moment he caught the ball, Billups grabbed Liu He's arm and yanked hard.

Liu He swayed and failed to hold the ball steadily. Billups took the opportunity to steal and launch a fast break.

Liu He glanced at the referee, seeing that the referee was indifferent, he hurried to chase Billups.

On the bench, Phil found the referee: "Man, that's obviously a foul, you should call the Detroiters foul!"

The referee was indifferent, and said flatly: "Phil, you are a head coach. It's my job to call off games, and you have no right to interfere! You'd better sit back, or I'll give you a T!"

Phil frowned. It seems that the referee's penalty scale tonight was very loose.

In this way, the already wild Pistons must be even more aggressive tonight. O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, and Payton don't matter.

On the court, Billups made a one-stop fast break layup and scored.

0: 2.

The palace of Auburn Hills immediately boiled, and the cheers were mixed with abuse and curses for the Lakers. These rough Detroiters waved their fists and splashed saliva, as if they were going to rush to the court to fight.

Billups turned around and looked at Liu He with a smile on his face: "Rookie, welcome to Detroit! You should have been to many away games. But I have to tell you that Detroit is different from them. We have prepared a big gift for you tonight!"

The game continues.

Payton summoned Malone to come out for a pick-and-roll, break through to attract defensive double-teams, and then pass the ball to Kobe.

Kobe took the ball and went to the basket to kill.

However, the Pistons' supplementary defense and assisted defense were extremely fast, and Daben blocked Kobe's breakthrough line in time, and cooperated with Prince to block Kobe in the paint.

Kobe jumped up and passed the ball to Liu He at a 45-degree angle.

Hamilton pounced over to defend Liu He, and Liu He shook Hamilton with a false shot, and instantly realized: After the continuous impact of Payton and Kobe, the Pistons' defensive formation has been completely messed up, and there are flaws!

So Liu He took a step in, passed Hamilton, and took off to shoot.

At this moment, Big Ben rushed over. This guy's speed was so fast that he seemed to be everywhere. He was indeed the defensive core of the Pistons.

The moment Liu He raised his hand to shoot, Da Ben cut off the ball in Liu He's hand with a vicious slap, and kicked the ball out of bounds.

Big Ben was indeed a real man, he did what he said, and his desperate defense at the beginning showed his determination to win, which also boosted the morale of the Pistons.

Liu He only felt that the back of his hand was hot and painful, and when he looked down, there was a big red spot on the back of his hand.

With Da Ben's slap just now, a small half of his strength hit Liu He directly on the back of his hand.

Liu He found the referee, showed him the back of his hand, and signaled that Daben had fouled, but the referee still didn't say anything, but urged the Lakers to quickly serve the sideline.

Seeing this scene, the Detroit fans instantly became excited.

"Look for the referee if you can't play well. Why don't you go home and ask your mother to drink milk?"

"You look pitiful like a coward, don't you want to cry again, do you want me to lend you my socks to wipe your tears?"

"This is a man's sport. If you think you can't do it, go play in the WNBA (Women's Basketball League)!"

"Look, we're about to make Detroit's rookies cry, hahahahaha!"

……

Liu He raised his head, looked at the slobbering Detroiter calmly, and then took one last look at the referee.

I've confirmed it with you, it's you who didn't brag.

That being the case, the Pistons can fight while playing, so it should be fine for me to bring the ball while fighting.

Malone serves, Kobe and O'Neal are entangled tightly, and the Pistons obviously don't want "one of the OK combination" to get the ball.

Liu He ran out to catch the ball, and Hamilton dragged and interfered with Liu He.

As soon as Liu He gritted his teeth, he suddenly pushed Hamilton away, and then took the opportunity to get the ball.

At this moment, Hamilton stuck up again, sticking to Liu He's body to fight, making Liu He unable to move smoothly.

Liu He exerted his strength again, using his ball protector to push Hamilton away and charge in.

However, Big Ben also rushed over again, and Big Ben was too defensive tonight.

Liu He was not impulsive and immediately passed the ball to Ma Long.

Ma Long made an empty shot, bang!It's a pity I didn't enter.

It seems that the Pistons' iron-blooded defense made Malone a little uncomfortable, at least not so quickly.

Cabell desperately stuck O'Neal, struggling to protect the rebound.

Pistons attack.

Billups tried to break through Payton for the first time, and Liu He helped defend in time, forcing Billups out of the three-point line.

Billups can only call Big Ben to come out to pick and roll, trying to match up with Malone, and single-handedly swipe the old man's gift bag.

But the moment he got rid of Peyton, he saw Liu He again.

When the two collided, Liu He suddenly thrust out his chest, and Billups staggered, his hands unsteady.

Liu He took the opportunity to steal and helped Payton score 2 points in a fast break.

2: 2.

Liu He immediately found Billups: "Chauncey, is this the gift you prepared for me?"

Billups: "..."

He was secretly surprised. With the defensive strength of the Pistons, the average rookie would be beaten to tears. He didn't expect that Liu He could not only adapt quickly, but also immediately retaliate. This adaptability is really strong!

Of course, Billups doesn't know how much Liu He, a Chinese, played in the United States, has been targeted, malicious, and provoked since he was in middle school...

If Liu He couldn't adapt, where would he be today?
Comparing this item alone, Brian Cook is not worthy of lifting Liu He's shoes.

"Joe, Larry, you may have really made a wrong deal this time."

Billups thought to himself, but looked at Liu He viciously: "Rookie, don't be too happy, the war has just begun!"

Pistons attack.

Billups obviously noticed that the Lakers' defensive strength was also improving. Hamilton couldn't get rid of Kobe's entanglement, and his two attempts to break through were forced back by the Lakers' flanks.

Seeing close to 24 seconds, Billups forcibly missed.

O'Neal struggled to protect the rebound while watching other entanglements.

Lakers offense.

Kobe went to the basket and was immediately surrounded by the Pistons. Kobe subconsciously wanted to find Liu He.This was impossible for Kobe in the past, but this season, Kobe found that as long as he passed the ball to the open Liu He, he could basically get an assist, and he began to have this awareness unconsciously.

But he found that Billups was staring at Liu He closely.

And Hamilton, Prince, and Big Ben, three giants of about 2 meters, surrounded Kobe tightly, and did not give Kobe a chance to pass the ball outside.

It seems that Larry Brown has done a lot of detailed arrangements for this game.

Kobe could only force his shot by himself, but he was immediately submerged in the six long arms of the three strong men.

O'Neal blocked Kabell, struggled to grab the offensive rebound, and had to play a second attack. The inside of the general team could not limit O'Neal at all.

But Campbell is a meat shield in itself, and Ben is notoriously powerful. Coupled with the interference of Prince's sky-defying long arms, O'Neal couldn't fully take off and was blocked by Ben.

But luck favored the Lakers, Malone picked up the rebound and immediately made a jumper.

But at this moment, Big Ben rushed over again, touching the basketball with his fingertips.

Under the interference of Big Ben, Malone once again missed the chance to score.

Immediately afterwards, Big Ben continued to take off again, desperately protecting the defensive rebound.

O'Neal and Malone still wanted to steal the ball, but Big Ben hugged the basketball tightly, yelled "Ho!", then twisted his shoulders violently and knocked them away.

O'Neill and Malone could only give up, get up and return to defense.

In an instant, the entire Palace of Auburn Hills was boiling, and countless Detroit fans chanted Big Ben's name frantically.

"Ben Wallace!"

"Ben Wallace!"

"Ben Wallace!"

……

Big Ben tonight is like a god of war, guarding the restricted area of ​​Detroit.

Fans like an elegant and violent offense, but Ben also conquered the Detroit fans with his tenacious and iron-blooded defense.

It is unbelievable that an inside player in his early 2 meters guards a team's backcourt abruptly.

Big Ben told everyone with practical actions: Detroit is a motor city, so flying is prohibited.

Tonight's Detroit basket is a no-fly zone.

Immediately, the morale of the Pistons was greatly shaken.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Pistons slowly built up their lead.

4: 10.

10 points in half a quarter is really not much, which is enough to show that the Pistons' offense is not good enough.

But the Lakers got off to a slow start and couldn't adapt to the Pistons' defensive intensity tonight, and the offense was even worse.

Phil immediately called a timeout.

On the bench, Phil said to the starting players: "Shaq, Kobe, you are superstars who have built dynasties. Could it be that such a small scene scares you. Gary, Carl, are you going to use this kind of performance to compete for the championship ring? Then I advise you to retire as soon as possible, otherwise you will be even more embarrassing if you fail."

The four bosses gritted their teeth, with cruel expressions on their faces.

As for Liu He, although his performance was not very good, he was a rookie after all, and Phil could accept this kind of situation for the first time.

The game restarts.

Payton dribbles to the frontcourt and lobs to O'Neal in the low post.

O'Neill lowered his center of gravity, sat and dug in.

Campbell tried desperately to block O'Neill, with a ferocious look on his face, and his cheeks twisted so hard, but unfortunately he still couldn't stop O'Neill.

Seeing this, Daben immediately rushed over to help defend.

O'Neill caught a glimpse of this scene from the corner of his eye, held up the basketball to avoid Big Ben's pressure, and happened to see Kobe sneaking into the penalty area.

O'Neal immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

Big Ben's reaction was quite fast, and he immediately went to defend Kobe again, and cooperated with the chasing Prince to pinch Kobe.

Kobe took off directly, cheated the defender with a fake layup in the air, but actually put the ball back into O'Neal's hands.

O'Neal pushed Campbell away and dunked directly.

boom!
6: 10.

After the timeout, the OK connection took the lead in winning the game, sounding the clarion call for the Lakers' counterattack.

In the offensive round of the Pistons, Prince's corner three-pointer failed to make a three-pointer under Malone's interference.

Lakers offense.

O'Neal continued to overwhelm the low post, forcing the Pistons to shrink the defense, and then sent the ball to the outside.

Swish!
9: 10.

Seeing that the Lakers were about to catch up with the score, the atmosphere on the scene became dignified.

Pistons attack.

Hamilton ran and shot the ball, but Kobe defended the ball very well, and Hamilton missed the shot.

But at this moment, Big Ben jumped up from the crowd, grabbed a key offensive rebound, and beat Malone for a shot!
Ben's shot was ugly and not smooth, but the ball bounced over the rim and fell into the basket.

Swish!
9: 12.

Big Ben scored a key goal to help the Pistons stabilize the situation.Big Ben dominated the game on both offense and defense tonight.

"Roar!"

The excited Big Ben beat his chest fiercely, which caused all the Detroit fans to go crazy and shouted in unison:
"Detroit, defend!"

"Detroit, defend!"

"Detroit, defend!"

(End of this chapter)