The Pistons have made a lot of preparations for this game.
Although the competition among the new generation of superstars is a personal competition between Grant Hill and Zhang Hao, the Pistons management and coaching staff must create better conditions for Grant Hill to compete with Zhang Hao.
They must seize the opportunity of O'Neal's absence to help Grant Hill defeat Zhang Hao once.
From the time Zhang Hao was in the Nets to joining the Lakers, Grant Hill had played against Zhang Hao 4 times and never won once. This was too much competitive pressure for Grant Hill.
And Grant Hill is the face of the Pistons!
The focus of the Pistons' defense tonight is to guard Zhang Hao. As long as Zhang Hao can be restricted from scoring, judging from most of the Lakers' past 39 games, it will definitely have a huge impact on the Lakers' offense.
The overall defense of the Pistons is very good. It is true that without Alan Houston, they lost a scorer who averaged 20 points per game on the offensive end, which affected their complete promotion to the top team. But without Alan Houston -Houston's defensive end is holding them back. Their defense is among the top five in the league. They currently only allow 89 points per game. When they mainly defend Zhang Hao, they can also greatly interfere with the rest of the Lakers.
However, the Collins brothers also had one thing to worry about before the game - Barkley!
That Christmas game allowed Barkley to get rid of the evaluation of "cliff decline". Barkley's evaluation became "reserving energy for the playoffs."
" Tactics, to a certain extent, are equivalent to gambling. Just like flanking the main scorer and emptying the unstable secondary shooters, the same is true for strategy.
The regular season is not like the playoffs. The probability of upset in the regular season is high. The Bulls lost to the Raptors, the third-last team in the Eastern Conference this year. One of the important factors is that they did not lose one or two games or even three games in the playoffs. In the end, there is still a chance of trial and error to win the series. Strategy and tactics are all one-time gambles.
In order to better restrain Zhang Hao, the Pistons bet that Barkley would not play so hard.
The bet turned out to be a failure!
On this basis, the Pistons would not be able to defeat the Pistons as long as Barkley takes the initiative on the offensive end. Can't help it!
The Pistons started off very well offensively and defended those they wanted to defend very well. However, halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers relied on Barkley's 6 points and the threat he brought to score 12 points in the half. It was a neck-and-neck fight with the Pistons.
With Grant Hill turning around and hitting a throw from close range, the Pistons led 13 to 12. At 6 minutes and 41 seconds of the first quarter, the Lakers called a timeout.
Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson did a good job in adjusting. After Barkley scored two goals in the opening game, they actively took advantage of the threat brought by Barkley and changed the team's style of play in a timely manner.
But it wasn¡¯t used that well. During the timeout, Del Harris made more targeted adjustments to Barkley¡¯s performance tonight.
The Lakers replaced George Lynch with Jason Williams, and Zhang Hao moved to the small forward position.
The Pistons replaced Eddie Thorpe with Terry Mills to enhance their shooting ability.
The Collins brothers of the Pistons had no choice. They successfully used quick retreats to reduce the number of shots without suppressing speed or rhythm. This is the defense they are good at.
But it has not reduced the Lakers' offensive success rate. If this is the case, then sacrifice part of the effective defense and enhance the offense.
In the final analysis, there is still no way to defend the Lakers!
This is something that almost all teams in the NBA currently have no solution for. Unless the Lakers themselves have extremely poor outside shooting and only need to shrink and keep an eye on Zhang Hao, who has always been stable and outstanding, otherwise they have to follow the Lakers' rhythm and attack. .
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After the timeout, Kenny Anderson received the serve, advanced to the frontcourt, and passed it to Zhang Hao who was asking for the ball outside the three-point line.
Grant Hill stood ready, sticking to Zhang Hao who was leaning against him outside the three-point line.
Zhang Hao raised his elbow, blocked Grant Hill, turned left and broke through!
Grant Hill was well prepared. He had experienced Zhang Hao's tyrannical upper body strength many times. He quickly withdrew and used his faster explosive speed to block in time and stick to Zhang Hao's breakthrough.
Zhang Hao suddenly pulled the ball back, and Grant Hill rushed forward to prevent Zhang Hao from retreating for a three-pointer.
However, after Zhang Hao took a step back, he dribbled the ball behind his back, avoiding Grant Hill who was rushing towards him, and the "King of Cross Steps" was triggered! The speed soared to 92, and started at the fastest speed, heading straight to the inside line!
Terry Mills is really a geniusThe first is that he is very guarded in this regard, and his success rate in shooting and passing is not high. Fortunately, these two points are made up for by team offense. The excellent rotation arrangement of the Collins brothers gave him a good of assistance.
But relying on rotation to offset Barkley's surge, another unexpected situation they could not solve. The core reason was Zhang Hao's organized offense tonight, which helped Kenny Anderson and Fisher score 20 points!
Now the situation is at a stalemate, both teams can only bite the bullet and continue to fight, no one dares to make adjustments first.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Addis Thorpe missed a mid-range shot and Zhang Hao grabbed the rebound.
Looking back, Zhang Hao received a pass from Kenny Anderson with a high back, then turned and broke through to the three-second zone with a jump step to attract the defense, and passed to George Lynch who cut from the baseline, and George Lynch made a layup.
With 55 draws, Zhang Hao¡¯s data also improved to 4 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, a near double-double!
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