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Volume One A New Beginning Chapter 482 Continued Pressure

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    Bill Laimbeer has never beaten Sabonis on a jump ball in the Finals, and this time is no exception.  Sabonis was the first to touch the ball. In Gan Guoyang's words, "Even if Sabonis doesn't jump, Laimbeer can't touch the basketball, because the guy jumps and doesn't jump. It's the same." Sabonis moved the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang took off.  He took the ball into his arms, and after receiving the ball, he looked at the Pistons players warily. After making sure that he would not be attacked by a sneak attack, Gan Guoyang firmly handed the ball to Terry Porter, which showed his caution.  .  ¡°You are as timid as an ostrich, why don¡¯t you put the ball in your butt and bring it over slowly.¡± Bill Laimbeer saw Gan Guoyang¡¯s cautious look and said to him from behind.  ¡°I will unscrew your head later and put the ball on it.¡± Of course Gan Guoyang fought back decisively.  But Gan Guoyang did not ask Porter for singles. The focus of attack arranged by Adelman at the beginning was not Gan Guoyang, but Drexler.  After halftime, Drexler directly asked for a 45-degree waist position on the right side. The person guarding him was Isiah Thomas. Drexler had the advantage in height, weight and strength. Porter  He decisively lobbed the ball to Drexler. Drexler was also very straightforward. He dribbled the ball twice, turned his back and shot the ball into the basket.  Drexler's performance in the first three games of the Finals was quite satisfactory, not particularly bad but not particularly outstanding. It made people not feel that he was the second star of this team.  Chuck Daly has a sharp vision. He quickly saw that against the Trail Blazers, blocking Gan Guoyang would have no future. Many teams have used living examples to prove that trying to double-team Gan Guoyang will only result in more losses than gains.  The play style is too flexible and the attack power is too strong.  The Trail Blazers' No. 2 figure who really played a role in the playoffs was actually Terry Porter. His strong shooting ability made him the most threatening point on the outside, so Daly chose to pinch Terry Porter.  , the last game was a good success story.  For this reason, Daley also specifically asked Joe Dumars, the team's defensive backstop, to defend Porter alone, so Thomas was also assigned to defend Drexler.  At the beginning of the game, Daley still maintained this arrangement, but in doing so, he was a little too underestimated of Drexler.  Although Drexler has a flaw in shooting, his breakthrough, especially his low-post offensive ability, is underestimated, because the team's low-post firepower is mainly contracted by Gan Guoyang, and he doesn't have too many opportunities to play.  Meaning he didn't.  So, Adelman put the focus of his offense on Drexler in the opening game, hoping that he could quickly open up the situation.  Sure enough, Thomas suffered too much in defending Drexler. He was hit twice in succession, both in low post singles. Daly knew that Dumars could not be allowed to face Portland anymore. Dumars must be allowed to play.  Maas went to deal with Drexler, so that Porter no longer had to be entangled by Dumars, and the Blazers' backcourt constraints were finally released.  Drexler was never in good form in the last game. He was in good form right from the start today. As a result, it was useless for Dumas to defend him. Drexler continued to score in the low post and scored his third consecutive goal.  .  In comparison, the Pistons only hit one goal in their first three shots, and they also urgently needed to score.  For this Pistons, if we really want to point out a more obvious flaw, it is that they lack a strong low-post scoring point.  They had Dantley in 1988. No matter how bad Dantley was on the defensive end, how stingy he was, what a time bomb he was in the locker room, and who had a bad relationship with Daley, as long as he came on the court, the coach needed him to be there.  Scoring in the low post, the 6-foot-5 forward can score and make free throws.  Now the team's small forward has been replaced by Aquili. If this was Aquili four years ago, he would not be worse than Dantley, but now, his condition is far inferior to Dantley, and his weight is still the same.  Exceeding the standard, his knees are wrapped in thick knee pads, and he no longer has the aggressiveness he used to have in the low post.  However, this kind of Aquili is already the Pistons' most reliable low-post offensive point. Daly still has to rely on Aquili to score points in the low post, because the Trail Blazers' outside blockade is too strong in the opening game and they urgently need to break the scoring drought.  Kesi was on the court to defend Aquili. Although Aquili's ability declined, his foundation was still there. He did not choose to fight with Kesi, but suddenly made a reverse run from the waist position and cut directly into the inside.  Thomas on the outside directly lobbed the ball to Aquili, who did not dribble after receiving the ball and went straight to the layup.  But Aquili was a little anxious about the ball, and his knees were destined to prevent him from jumping with all his strength. As a result, the ball was knocked away by Sabonis who came up behind him to defend. The ball fell to the ground, and the two sides struggled.  Grab, the bestThe referee still ruled that Aquili knocked the ball out of the baseline, and it was the Blazers' ball.  At this time, Daly knew that the Pistons should be in some trouble.  In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers played very patiently, which is not at all like the Portland Trail Blazers this season. In the past, they always acted in the first quarter in the spirit of "taking advantage of the lax defense to score as many points as possible."  Thoughts, crazy speed up the attack rhythm, quickly establish an advantage.  But after experiencing the third game, Adelman knew that the Pistons are now accustomed to the Blazers' "first quarter offensive" and are very good at destroying the Blazers' offensive feeling. If the Blazers are the league's masters of rhythm, then the Pistons are  Masters of rhythm destruction, their rough defense and careless fouls, coupled with the one-sided atmosphere of the Palace Arena in Auburn Hills, can make Trail Blazers players who want to score easy fast-break layups fall to the floor and look at the ceiling every minute.  Therefore, Adelman chose to play steadily and take full advantage of the Trail Blazers' low-post offense. Drexler opened up the situation, Gan Guoyang made appropriate additions, and other players looked for opportunities and took the most stable offensive line.  Instead, the Pistons wanted to speed up. After observing for a few minutes, Daly believed that the success rate of such a confrontation was quite unfavorable for a team like the Pistons that mainly relied on outside scoring, so he decisively replaced Vinnie -  Johnson, replaced Aquili and started to play a three-back, intending to score more points to even out the score gap.  Daly's idea is also correct. The power of the three shots in the backcourt is indeed powerful. Dumars, Thomas, and Johnson made continuous breakthroughs, mid-range jumpers, and repeatedly played pick-and-rolls with Bill Laimbeer. The Pistons' scoring shortage quickly  It was broken.  But the Pistons could never catch up with the Trail Blazers in terms of score. The Trail Blazers maintained a lead of about 4 points. Until the end of the first quarter, Thomas hit a three-pointer from the outside, suddenly narrowing the gap between the two sides to 1  The fans in the audience cheered wildly, thinking that the situation had been reversed, because Porter missed the last shot from the three-point line by the Trail Blazers.  But after returning to the bench, Adelman said he was satisfied with the players' performance.  "Very good, we did a good job, the situation is under our control, the Pistons have begun to disrupt their formation, we have to continue to maintain this state, we won one point in this quarter, every  "If we win a little bit, we can win." "This is Adelman's winning philosophy. Although the Blazers are so powerful and talented that sometimes they don't need to care about details. In the regular season, they often beat the opponent to death with one punch.  , but in the finals, the bastard boxing can't deal with the Pistons. If you are not careful, the entire series will be lost.  The second quarter was about to begin. Before the players took the field, Adelman patted Gan Guoyang on the shoulder. Gan Guoyang put down the towel in his hand and nodded to Adelman.  According to the rotation of the first three games, Gan Guoyang had to sit off the court to rest at the beginning of the second quarter, but this time Adelman did not let Gan Guoyang rest. He wanted Gan Guoyang to continue to stay on the court and provide continuous firepower.  Drexler was replaced by Jim Paxson and took a rest. In the first quarter, Drexler contributed 11 points and 4 rebounds. This was his best first quarter since the beginning of the finals.  In this game, Adelman set the tone for the game to be a duo of Drexler and Gan Guoyang, constantly using their low-post offensive capabilities to put pressure on the Pistons, and maintaining this pressure until the game.  at last.  Gan Guoyang clenched his fists before taking the field, thinking in his mind: "We must beat the Detroit Pistons to death completely."
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