236 One-shot victory
307 Slaughter the bobcat
After the timeout, the game continues.
Ben Gordon of the Pistons replaced Yodi Micos, McGrady replaced James Posey and Spencer Hawys replaced Samuel Durhamport.
"Ball!" Gerald Wallace spitted out this word and made the move to Polis = O, who was standing outside the sideline to serve.
Polis smiled and handed the ball to Gerald Wallace. Since Gerald Wallace wanted to attack, he would give the ball to him.
Gerald Wallace dribbled to the Pistons' half, and McGrady hurriedly ran to him and attacked and defended him. However, facing McGrady's defense, Gerald Wallace did not take it seriously, but looked at another player of the Pistons, Zhou Yi.
Gerald Wallace winked at the Bobcats center "square-money No. 1 pick" Kwame Brown, who understood it and immediately ran out to play pick-and-roll for him, blocking McGrady who was defending him.
McGrady is blocked, how could Gerald Wallace waste his chance?
Therefore, while Kwame Brown was playing pick-and-roll for him, he suddenly started and used his speed to break into the Pistons' penalty area. At this moment, what he had to face was Spencer Hawys' supplementary defense.
Spencer Hawys defends Gerald Wallace? No one would think Spencer Hawys could block Gerald Wallace. Some Bobcats fans who came to watch the game live were waiting for the moment when rookie center Spencer Hawys was humiliated.
Gerald Wallace did not disappoint those Bobcats fans who loved him. After rushing into the Pistons' penalty area, he immediately took three big steps, rushed from the bottom line to the basket, and also broke through Spencer Hawys' defense and dunked it with both hands.
The Pistons' ball was in power, McGrady dribbled the ball through the half and passed the ball to Zhou Yi. The latter took the ball and shot a three-pointer from a long distance. The ball was hollowed into the basket.
29:34.
The Bobcats' ball rights, Gerald Wallace immediately returned the ball and used his teammate Stephen Jackson's pick-and-roll to hit a three-pointer.
29:37.
Zhou Yi dribbled the ball and broke through to the basket, tricked Polis Dior into jumping up, and at the same time made a wonderful pass by Taylor Hansblu, who decisively took the ball and successfully dunked.
34:39.
Gerald Wallace broke through and passed the ball, making a wonderful pass by teammate Polis Dior, who made a fixed-point jump shot from the free throw line and hit a two-pointer.
39:43.
After Ben Gordon missed a mid-range jump shot, Zhou Yi grabbed the frontcourt rebound and scored a tip-in.
In the subsequent game, the Pistons and the Bobcats fought offensively under the leadership of Zhou Yi and Gerald Wallace respectively. In the game, the Pistons' tactics were obviously very different from before. Their core was no longer the traditional way of playing with Greg Monroe as the core, from the inside to the outside, but gave most of the ball rights to Zhou Yi and let Zhou Yi distribute it.
Zhou Yi's basic point is obviously a character between the inside and the outside, and can be played inside or outside, making people unable to defend. In a sense, the current Pistons' tactics are a bit like an alternative triangular attack, while Zhou Yi is the core of the offense and can play at will without any scruples.
Bobcats head coach Paul Silas understood that it was already a life-and-death moment, so he immediately called a long timeout, hoping to stabilize the morale of the army and arrange some tactics.
Greg Monroe and other Pistons walked back to the rest area, and they must be greeted by head coaches John Custer, Zhou Yi and others and the celebration of high-fives.
John Custer knew that the situation at this moment had become beneficial to the Pistons, and the moment when deciding the final victory or defeat was definitely the timeout. At that time, the Bobcats would definitely send two core members, Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson, to lead the Bobcats to launch a Jedi counterattack.
If this happened before, John Custer would definitely send Andre Iguodala or James Posey to defend Gerald Wallace alone, and both of them could definitely defend Gerald Wallace.
However, at this moment, John Custer did not have the ace to stop Gerald Wallace. So, since it could not be stopped, we should fight each other.
The Bobcats attack and the Pistons attack. At that time, we can only look at whose offense is sharper, whose offense is more stable, and whose shooting percentage is higher.
It is precisely because of this that John Custer sent Zhou Yi again.
In the subsequent game, the scores between the Pistons and the Bobcats were in a stalemate.
The Pistons led the Bobcats by 2 points the moment before, and the next moment, the Bobcats overtook the Pistons by 1 point. Then, the Pistons will gain another lead.
Gerald Wallace and Zhou Yi both took on the heavy responsibility of their teams' first offensive point in the remaining games, and the Pistons and the Bobcats were completely revolving around these two core players.
Although they cannot match the position, this game has essentially become a one-on-one challenge between them, a one-on-one challenge that is not matched.
However, in terms of teammates' abilities, the Bobcats are obviously inferior to the Pistons. This has also become the main reason for the Bobcats' defeat today.
Eight seconds before the final game, Zhou Yi hit another three-pointer, making the score of the two teams 88:86, and the Pistons led the Bobcats by 2 points.
Gerald Wallace understood that this moment was the last moment, and there must be no mistake at all. A small mistake could determine the outcome of the game.
So, after he walked through the half, he immediately made a breakthrough and passed the ball immediately after attracting double-teams from the Pistons players, passing the ball to the hands of DJ Augustine who he trusted and unguarded.
After dj Augustine received the ball, he immediately jumped up and shot a three-pointer.
Gerald Wallace trusted his teammates, so he handed the key goal to his companions. However, perhaps because of the pressure, DJ Augustine failed to shoot the ball, and the rebound fell into Zhou Yi's hands.
The Bobcats were all anxious after a critical missed shot. Gerald Wallace used a foul tactic on Zhou Yi at the first time, but his behavior undoubtedly sent the Bobcats to hell.
Because Zhou Yi's 94.8% free throw shooting percentage can definitely make any player who wants to use foul tactics on him look timid.
In the last moment, Zhou Yi went to the free throw line due to a foul by Gerald Wallace. His free throw undoubtedly determined the outcome of the game. At this time, there were only 2.3 seconds left before the end of the game.
Both free throws were hit, and Zhou Yi rewritten the score to 90:86.
In the last 2.3 seconds, the Bobcats had given up their hope. Before the game was over, the players of both sides had already begun to shake hands and make peace.
In the end, the Pistons defeated the Bobcats 90:86, expanding their winning streak to seven games.
At the moment when the whistle sounded in the final game, all the Pistons players ran to the stadium, surrounding Zhou Yi in the center, and expressed their feelings to Zhou Yi in the simplest way.
Chapter completed!