On February 26, the day of the game between the SuperSonics and the Pistons, the sports media hyped the matchup between Yang Jian and Grant Hill, but it was not as popular as the entertainment media reporting on the box office popularity of "Fifty First Dates."
Yang Jian's acting skills have received numerous praises, and he may even win an award. This is something that no one has ever done before when a sports star participated in a movie.
After reading the news, NBA President David Stern was a little helpless and wondered if Hill could still be praised.
Obviously the Pistons have a very good record this season, currently 40 wins and 14 losses, but Hill just can't attract much attention.
In the past, the league could promote that Hill can play the piano and has musical expertise. Now fans know that Yang Jian can play the piano and can create original music that has won praise from experts. In contrast, Hill's music playing is not so attractive.
The media said that Hill is a gentleman and Yang Jian looks more gentlemanly. Many people were moved by the love between Henry Luo and Lucy.
On the basketball court, Hill's performance cannot be compared with Yang Jian. In fact, he is not low-key, but his data lacks explosive points. In the third season of his career, he averaged 2197. With this data, you can say that he is a star, but you can say that he is
The superstar is obviously a bit unqualified.
There will never be any fans who think that Pippen is better than Jordan just because of his statistics. Talking about his ability to lead the team and make the team play more smoothly are all false. Fans have the same view. How can someone who averages 20 per game be better than someone who averages 30 per game?
Who is strong?
The only statistic that Hill is better than Yang Jian is rebounding. This is probably because Yang Jian does not pay attention to rebounding.
In addition, the Pistons' game was not good to watch.
Their home whistle and star whistle are more obvious. They often compete with the underdogs for the whole game and narrowly win with a low score. They have won many games with more than 80 points in a single game, but they don't have many tactics.
It was the league's support that made the Pistons a strange pseudo-strong team. It had an excellent record but was not strong at all. It had no absolute advantage against anyone and rarely won by more than 20 points. They basically won by single-digit points.
Hill's scoring ability is a bit overestimated. His average of 8.2 free throws per game is incomparable to that of "Laden" who will be highly praised by the league in the future. However, in this era, he is among the top three in the league. Malone's average of 8.4 free throws per game is slightly higher than Hill's.
, Jordan only averaged 7 times per game.
In the parallel world, when Payton averaged 20 per game for the first time, he only made 4.2 free throws. Yang Jian only averaged 7.6 free throws per game this season.
After the game started, Yang Jian was the most eye-catching player in the game, and it was impossible to defend him one-on-one. As long as the Pistons players missed the shot, Yang Jian would have a hard time defending Joe Dumars on the counterattack.
Back then, Joe Dumars was famous for his defense and running without the ball, but now he is bullied by Yang Jian for his running without the ball. He was very fast when he was young, but now he is 34 years old and relies on experience to defend. How can he keep up?
Can he match Yang Jian, the fastest player in the league?
The Pistons must use a defensive system to limit Yang Jian's scoring. In the first half, Yang Jian was the main organizer, and Schrempf, Kemp, and Payton performed outstandingly.
Payton, in particular, has an obvious advantage against Lynch Hunter. He can also run without the ball through screens to catch and shoot. The defensive focus of the Pistons players is on Yang Jian, and the inside players can no longer pounce to help defend Payton, otherwise
The restricted area will be very empty.
Yang Jian played the role of organizer and took few shots, scoring 13 points and 12 assists in the half.
In the second half, the Pistons saw that always double-teaming Yang Jian was not enough, so they let Grant Hill defend alone for a while, which worked well. However, Hill consumed too much energy and his performance on the offensive end deteriorated.
Lynch Hunter and Terry Mills suddenly showed off their power from the outside and hit three-pointers in a row, helping the Pistons hold on to the score. Both of them are unstable and can shoot accurately occasionally, and the Sonics are not easy to defend.
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Terry Mills' three-point shooting percentage has reached the peak of his career this season, averaging 2.2 goals per game and shooting 42.2% from the field.
Ben Wallace can defend the penalty area, but he is defeated against such a big man who pulls out to shoot. It is always a difficult choice for him when encountering an opponent in a pick-and-roll. He does not know whether to help defend the defender who breaks through or let his teammates chase and mark himself.
Tight Mills.
The SuperSonics had few players in the interior rotation, and Kemp was also in foul trouble. He was called for the fifth foul just 3 minutes into the final quarter and was forced to rest.
It's a bit difficult for the team to let Ben Wallace play for a long time. After all, he is just a rookie and can't do much. Bo Outlo's performance at the 4th position is better than Ben's, but the disadvantage is that he can't pull the ball.
Open space, you can leave it freely outside the restricted area.
One of the two inside players on the field must have shooting ability, otherwise the position battle will not be easy to open. Ben Wallace's weakness is too obvious. He will be left open when he leaves the penalty area. When he enters the penalty area, the opponent will foul and send him free throws.
The Pistons only need one player on the inside to limit the big players and defend the penalty area. He is neither good at free throws nor has excellent passing awareness, and cannot pass the ball to a reasonable position when the opponent is defending.
In the last 4 minutes, Kemp returned to the court after taking a break. Not only did he fail to defeat the Pistons' inside line, he also made consecutive mistakes.
The first time he caught the ball and hit the basket for a dunk, he used too much force and dunked the ball away. The second time he grabbed a backcourt rebound and made a pass error, but Lynch Hunter intercepted it and counterattacked, hitting the go-ahead three-pointer.
Then Kemp played a pick-and-roll and cut to catch the ball. He ignored Theo Ratliff's defense under the basket and tried to force a dunk, but was blocked by Ratliff.
Ratliff is an excellent blue-collar player with super physical fitness. This is the second season of his career, and he averages 5.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 17 minutes per game.
In a parallel world, Ratliff, who had a poor offense, played in the league for 16 seasons before retiring, relying on his excellent defense. He was selected to the All-Defensive Team twice and won the league's shot-blocking title three times.
Then, Kemp fouled Grant Hill, who broke through, and was fined for six fouls and left the game. Hill made two free throws, consolidating the team's lead.
Kemp tends to get hot-headed and is extremely unstable. When he is good, his shooting percentage is over 70% and he does not make many mistakes. When he is bad, he makes more than 5 mistakes in a game, which makes the team desperate.
Kemp made a game-high 6 turnovers today, and was fouled out 6 times. The data of 21 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists does not reflect his bad performance.
Schrempf hit a three-pointer to narrow the point difference, and Yang Jian's mid-range shot once again led the score.
At the critical moment, Joe Dumars stood up, ran to catch the ball and shot, and scored a three-pointer under the interference of Yang Jian.
George Karl called a timeout to arrange tactics. His teammates helped Yang Jian catch the ball from the outside and shoot a three-pointer. However, due to severe interference from the two men, he missed and the rebound was grabbed by Otis Thorpe.
Schrempf quickly fouled with experience and sent Thorpe to the free throw line. With 4.8 seconds left in the game and the Sonics trailed by 2 points, Thorpe could seal the victory as long as Thorpe made two free throws.
George Karl stood on the sidelines pinching his waist and felt helpless, and could only pray that the opponent would not make a shot.
During the cctv5 live broadcast of the game, Zhang Lili sighed: "The Pistons' home whistle and star whistle are a bit serious. Today's free throws between the SuperSonics and the Pistons were 17 to 36, which is a huge difference. The impact of Yang Jian and Kemp is obviously greater than that of the Pistons stars.
powerful."
Sun Zhengping said: "The SuperSonics have too few people playing inside. The two veterans are capable but both injured. If they were there, the inside would not suffer so much. Once Kemp gets into foul trouble, it is really difficult to play."
SuperSonics fans thought so too. If Terry Cummings was here, he would definitely help the team. At this time, the SuperSonics management had made up its mind that it would not be possible to let Kemp go for nothing in the summer, and he would have to be used in exchange for inside players.
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There is a high probability that the two veterans will not renew their contracts next season. If Kemp is let go for nothing, the defense in the penalty area will be even worse. Barkley cannot strengthen the defense in the penalty area if he is willing to join because he is too short.
Thorpe made one of two free throws, 100 to 103.
Yang Jian grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly. George Karl had already called a timeout just now, but he didn't call it this time.
Yang Jian relied on his speed to move from 45 degrees in the team's penalty area to two meters outside the three-point line on the right side in three seconds. He dribbled the ball with his left hand to his right, pulled the ball and turned around to get rid of Joe Dumars and Hill.
One meter outside the three-point line in the middle, he leaned forward and pushed the ball out with his right hand.
The final whistle sounded while the ball was in the air, and it hit the net!
Yang Jianbiao scored a crucial three-pointer and led the team into overtime!
He currently played 43 minutes and scored 29 points, 6 rebounds, 16 assists and 2 steals.