Chapter 78 Crazy debut!
A 12-point difference seems huge, but the score was widened in the last minute and a half of the third quarter.
Grant Hill rested for one minute and then was weak for half a minute in that one and a half minute. In that one and a half minute, Grant Hill failed to get hard and the Pistons were beaten 8-0!
The current NBA still has some shadows of the Magic Bird era. Players, fans, and professionals don't see any problem with fast offense and defense. After all, there were three teams that averaged over 110 points per game last season.
But the Nets' performance was truly surprising as they were able to seize the opportunity to perform like this in a tense game!
The ratings for this game were not low, as everyone came to see Grant Hill.
Grant Hill scored 33 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals in three quarters, which was very impressive.
But Zhang Hao's 33 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks...are not far behind!
And this is a rookie!
He is still a highly questionable 18-year-old high school rookie!
This national live broadcast is different from the McDonald's Slam Dunk Contest. This is a real hot game that starts in the evening... Grant Hill's hot game.
But the one who benefited was Zhang Hao!
No matter what the final result of the game is, he truly became famous overnight!
The Pistons played well and Grant Hill was very strong, but they, the Nets, are now leading by 12 points!
If Randy Whitman had known the Pistons had such strength before the season, he might not have even thought about winning.
At this time, the "contempt" before the game and the old impression of the Pistons turned out to be a good thing.
It is because of the old impression that they were able to play with confidence from the beginning of the game.
But now Randy Whitman was very nervous, and even Butch Baird, who didn't know much about coaching, came over to watch the assistant coach's arrangements.
calm!
At this time, Randy Whitman tried to calm himself down, thinking about the last score in the third quarter... He asked Zhang Hao: "Can you still run?"
Zhang Hao nodded: "Just now I was just rubbing...ah, I was just starting to use force."
It sounds a bit strange, but Randy Whitman doesn't care. As long as he can run, it's fine. He doesn't care if he's just a young man trying too hard. But Zhang Hao can't be replaced at this time.
33 points!
How can the team maintain its current strength without Zhang Hao?
Randy Whitman couldn't think of a solution, and he had no one to turn to, so no matter how good his solution was, it would be useless.
Although it is not a good idea to let a clearly tired rookie continue to play, there is no better way.
But as for Zhang Hao, he must continue fighting!
Now he found that the later the game went, the more prominent the role of "single rider" became! The more intense the game, the more so.
In this era where there are not many high-quality role players and 8-10-man rotation is the norm, tension means that both teams will be exhausted. At this time, when he rushes forward, who can stop him?
This was something Zhang Hao had not expected when he acquired this skill.
But that's really the case!
There are great limitations, and they need players who are good at passing the ball, which they have. Kenny Anderson and Charles are both good at passing the ball, and the point guard line formed by the two of them is the best in the entire league.
Another thing is that he defended the player who needed to protect the rebounds. Coincidentally, he did!
Feeling Zhang Hao's fiery gaze, Jason Williams felt his anus tighten...
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After the intermission, the starting players of both teams came on the court for the final quarter.
Sure enough, Grant Hill continued to play in the final quarter, and Joe Dumars, Alan Houston, Edith Thorpe and Ratliff also played.
On the Nets side, Kenny Anderson, Graham, Zhang Hao, Jason Williams and PJ Brown came on the court.
Alan Houston looked at Zhang Hao, who was in the same company and was also the boss of the agency, and felt incredible!
Thinking back to yesterday, I was still thinking about acting like a senior in front of Zhang Hao, but I didn’t expect Zhang Hao to be so powerful!
If the Nets didn't have Zhang Hao, they would have scored 33 points less, less than 60 points in three quarters. Even if they freed up those shots for other people, they could also make some shots, but without Zhang Hao, it was not so easy for others to score. In the end, without Zhang Hao, it was not so easy for the Nets to score against the Pistons' defense. At most they could get a little over 60 points in three quarters!
After three quarters of the game, the Pistons players truly got to know Zhang Hao and realized his talent and strength!
At the beginning of the final quarter, the Nets attacked first.
Kenny Anderson advanced to the frontcourt without any unnecessary moves and started playing singles directly.
At this time, if we fall into positional warfare, we will have to rely on him.
He rested throughout the third quarter and was one of the fresh forces among the Nets' main players.
A beautiful straight-line acceleration breakthrough and close-range jump shot...missed.
This time Grant Hill secured the defensive rebound.
The offense and defense switched, the Pistons attacked, and the Nets' defense was very direct, with Zhang Hao and Jason Williams squatting under the basket.
For this lineup, forget about defense. They couldn't stop the Pistons from creating positions in the mid-range. PJ Brown tried his best to help with defense, but he only forced the Pistons to pass the ball twice more.
But this is enough. It will help to consume more of the opponent's physical strength. Anyway, PJ Brown did not play in the third quarter and was the second new force in the game.
He just wanted Kenny Anderson and PJ Brown to run and play, and Zhang Hao, in Randy Whitman's view, was just a distraction and he looked tired.
Grant Hill, who had a break during the intermission, received a pass from Alan Houston and shot steadily, making a jump shot in the top right corner of the free throw line.
As soon as the ball fell from the basket, Jason Williams immediately caught it and passed it to Kenny Anderson, then saw that Zhang Hao had already run out.
PJ Brown was accelerating, and when he saw Zhang Hao running past him, he suddenly accelerated and ran even faster!
Breaking out of the three-point line...getting faster!
Grant Hill chased at the first moment, but after being overtaken by Zhang Hao, he could no longer catch up!
Kenny Anderson was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and quickly passed the ball. Zhang Hao rushed to the frontcourt, received the ball and made another layup!
At this time, only Grant Hill and Joe Dumars, who had stopped in pursuit, crossed the center line!
Kenny Anderson and PJ Brown, who had not yet come out of the three-point line, looked at each other - who is the new force?
It's unscientific!
When watching from the sidelines, Zhang Hao's last score in the previous round didn't seem so exaggerated because it didn't look as fierce as the two counterattacks in the first half.
But when you get on the court and feel more clearly the physical condition and movement conditions of other people on the court, you can feel how terrifying it is that Zhang Hao can still rush like this!
It’s amazing!
Still a 12-point difference! No chance for the Pistons!
In the following period of time, Zhang Hao used practical actions to tell everyone that he was very persistent!
Zhang Hao doesn’t need to worry about anything, just charge!
On the defensive end, if you can interfere with the opponent's breakthrough, then interfere. If you can't interfere, just charge directly and counterattack without thinking!
At the beginning, Grant Hill was still trying hard to make the first wave, expecting Zhang Hao to run away after a few times like this. He tried very hard to score and successfully increased his personal score to 39 points.
But he felt that Zhang Hao was always so fast...
In fact, Zhang Hao was not always that fast. He had a bonus, but after running a few times, his speed after the bonus of "single-handed full power" was only 91, which means that his speed had dropped significantly.
The only one who was faster than him was Kenny Anderson, who didn't seem to be too tired tonight.
But Kenny Anderson did not steal the show. With Zhang Hao's quick run, he passed the ball well and helped the team score points in the first place. Once he chose to hold the ball and counterattack throughout the game, his success rate was obviously not as good as Zhang Hao's direct quick run.
Grant Hill scored 6 points in the next nearly 4 minutes, but Zhang Hao scored 9 points during this period!
There were four successful direct counterattacks to score points, and one time he was fouled after surpassing the last player of the opponent in the counterattack . The referee gave Joe Dumars of the Pistons a personal foul. Zhang Hao got two free throws and the Nets continued to have the ball after getting the serve.
Although Zhang Hao only made one of the two free throws this time, Kenny Anderson's subsequent positional attack was blocked by Grant Hill.
But during this period, the Nets still played a 9-6 wave!
At 4 minutes and 23 seconds in the fourth quarter, after Zhang Hao's counterattack layup, the Nets were already leading the Pistons by 15 points, 101 to 86!
At the same time, Zhang Hao's personal score increased to 44 points!
The score difference of 15 points is not big, and there are more than 7 and a half minutes left, but both sides are almost exhausted!
Grant Hill, who was targeted by the Nets tonight , couldn't play anymore! His next layup was blocked by Zhang Hao who was standing... Then a group of Pistons players went to block Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao was happy.
There are two situations that represent the complete success of their counterattack plan. One is when the Pistons make hasty shots on the offensive end and focus on retreating.
Another situation is when the Pistons try to block the Nets' counterattack and are about to send players down.
Kenny Anderson counterattacked and made a layup with a jog.
103 to 86, 17 points difference! The Pistons called a timeout!
In 4 minutes and 23 seconds, the Pistons scored 13 points on a counterattack. The fans at the scene seemed to remember the sixth game of the 1988 Finals. At that time, the Pistons led the Lakers 3-2 after the first five games of the finals, and were still leading the Lakers by 5 points halfway through the fourth quarter.
But in just 5 minutes, James Worthy of the Lakers scored 11 points with his speed and Magic Johnson's pass, and directly played an 11-5 wave to overtake the score, and finally helped the Lakers to lead by 1 point, tying the score to 3-3! In the end, the Lakers relied on James Worthy to reverse the entire finals, 4-3 comeback to win the championship, and James Worthy also won the finals MVP.
That year, everyone only remembered James Worthy's triple-double in Game 7, but what Pistons fans remember most clearly was James Worthy's fierce counterattack in the final quarter of Game 6.
Although the current situation is very different from that game, Zhang Hao's performance in these 4 minutes made many fans at the scene think of that night 7 years ago!
Players from both teams returned to the sidelines, but with completely different emotions on the same night.
The Nets have already started celebrating. All the players are surrounding their hero - Zhang Hao. Some are patting his head, some are patting his buttocks...
On the other side, the Pistons’ mentality has collapsed and they don’t know how to play!
How can we stop that rookie?
Have no idea!
No matter how you fight, they just charge forward.
With the Nets playing like this, it is actually very simple to defeat them.
Zhang Hao's counterattack was not so unsolvable. Instead, it was full of flaws. If PJ Brown was the spearhead of the charge, the probability of problems would be greater. The most Zhang Hao could do was to avoid PJ Brown's speed, as the defender would definitely be able to keep up with this defect.
Zhang Hao didn't solve more problems, he just kept rushing forward.
If the Pistons had another player who was good at singles besides Grant Hill, just like Kenny Anderson had Almon Gilliam; if the Pistons had another fast perimeter player besides Grant Hill who was also good at running and defending, such as Joe Dumars who was three or four years younger, like Charles and P.J. Brown beside Kenny Anderson; if their bench could be better...
There are many ways to create winning opportunities.
But there aren’t so many ifs!
The Pistons don’t have such a candidate now, and Grant Hill can’t even jump!
Being both a father and a mother, this is exactly what Grant Hill is in now!
When he returned to the sidelines, Grant Hill's knees were weak when he sat down, and he fell down on the chair with a bang.
Doug Collins looked at Zhang Hao, who was also exhausted and was supported by his teammates, and looked at his brother next to him with reproach.
Scott Collins shrugged helplessly - you wanted to select Zhang Hao and also wanted to trade for Edith Thorpe, so you traded the No. 8 pick. Can you blame me?
But he really didn't expect that Zhang Hao was so outstanding!
Even though he brought Zhang Hao from China to Inglewood High School because of Zhang Hao's physical talent, he never expected Zhang Hao's talent to be so good.
Although their team was basically certain to lose and their strongest player Grant Hill was unable to play, Kenny Anderson on the opposite side was the strongest one in the game. Not to mention anything else, in terms of scoring ability alone, Alan Houston was no match for Kenny Anderson, but Scott Collins was a little happy.
He felt that this idea was wrong...but he was really happy!
This is his student! The genius he brought back!
In order to target Zhang Hao, he thought of many ways, but it turned out that Zhang Hao was even better than they expected!
He scored 16 points directly on the counterattack and 3 points on the free throws, and scored 19 points just by counterattack! In addition, Zhang Hao adapted to the NBA-level confrontation so quickly that his running out of position after the confrontation was not affected much...
In fact, Scott Collins didn't have a very intuitive idea of Zhang Hao's strength, because when he was coaching, Zhang Hao was the type of player who could dunk over the center in California high schools.
But I really didn't expect that Zhang Hao could compete with people like Grant Hill and Edith Thorpe in the NBA.
Scott Collins asked online: What should I do if I want to rebel?
