Rasheed Wallace was suspended, not because he was given an additional penalty. It's because he automatically triggers the 'automatic ban' clause.
In the NBA, if you receive 7 technical fouls in the playoffs, you will be automatically suspended for one game. In the regular season, if you are caught 16 times, you will be automatically suspended for one game.
This is the price Rasheed Wallace paid for his hot temper. Larry Brown and the Pistons management criticized the league for a while. Joe Dumars even fired directly at the league's top brass: "This is blatant favoritism for the Pacers. "
Moreover, they also filed an appeal against the penalty at the end of the first game.
The result, of course, was that it was not supported.
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Susie had a great day with Carlos Boozer and Jason Capono, who was often recognized by locals as Susie drove them around Indiana's beauty spots. Many Pacers fans gave Suhi a thumbs up and praised his great performance on Friday night.
The eyes of the fans are the most real. Those critics can only influence those fans who only look at the data. The data is very deceptive...even if Su Xi's data is very good.
However, fans who have watched the game know how amazing Suhi's dominance was in the final moments of Friday night's game.
The data cannot reflect that kind of murderous spirit, that kind of pride of going deep into the field alone to kill with one shot.
Carlos Boozer and Jason Kapono have also been welcomed by Pacers fans, and some fans have even invited them to join the Pacers.
Aqab readily accepted, of course... they themselves knew this was impossible.
Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals comes Monday night.
Prior to this, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had a super F4 lineup, won an away victory in Minnesota. O'Neal established an overwhelming dominance in the paint area. His super-large data of 32 points and 24 rebounds made the Timberwolves' penalty area miserable. This made those who claimed that O'Neal The rumors that he was no longer at his peak dissipated.
O'Neal's strong performance also made people turn their minds to the East. The Pacers and Pistons, who can compete with Shaquille O'Neal?
The Pistons have the Wallace brothers, who appear to be able to provide some restraint.
The Pacers have accumulated a large number of large-tonnage centers: these guys are usually useless, but everyone knows that once they reach the finals, they will quickly enter the battlefield.
Whether it's the media's estimate or the fans' estimate. Everyone believes that as long as the Lakers enter the finals, they will be unstoppable against the Eastern Conference teams. Both the Pistons and the Pacers will be defeated by their indestructible offensive firepower.
In a certain situation, it doesn't seem that important in the context of the entire league: the Lakers winning the championship seems to have become an established fact.
Otherwise, wouldn’t Karl Malone and Gary Payton be together for nothing?
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The Pistons adopted a new lineup on Monday night, with Turkish Meltoku entering the starting lineup and forming a new twin tower with Ben Wallace.
Rasheed Wallace was sitting on the sidelines in baggy jeans and a T-shirt a few sizes too big, like a menacing bodyguard.
He was believed to have been humiliated by Su Xi last Friday, who stepped on his head to win. His provocation before the Pacers' final timeout was described by netizens on the Internet as inspiring the bloodthirsty instinct of the lamb Su Xi. Key: He clearly doesn't want to be such an activator.
There are even Pacers fans who claim to award him the MVP of the last game.
Of course, some people think she should advance tonight's MVP award.
Rasheed Wallace sitting on the bench is a huge strategic loss for the Pistons, who must face the problem of missing an important part of the interior.
This greatly liberated O'Neal's combat effectiveness. When the Pacers attacked for the first time, O'Neal faced Okur with the ball. He used a beautiful fake move to point Okur, then turned his back and entered the penalty area from the baseline with his left hand. Smash the basketball into the blue frame.
At that moment, Su Xi understood that tonight was safe.
In fact, this has been proven. O'Neal is a talented super power forward. No one dares to deny that he has already surpassed Chris Webber, Nowitzki, Rasheed Wallace and other All-Star forwards to become the current third power forward. fact.
He has rich and delicate offensive skills, as long as he does not encounter extremely high-intensity defense. He can average 20+10+4+2 per game with high efficiency in every game.
Okur obviously cannot provide extremely high-intensity defense. If Ben Wallace focuses his defensive attention on O'Neal, Suhi will rush in like lightning from the top of the key.
And tonight, Artest finally came out of the domestic violence incident caused by his wife. His mentality is very peaceful, which can be seen from the fact that he hit two consecutive three-pointers in the first quarter.
Therefore, Su Xi returned to the bench to rest after playing 5 minutes in the first quarter. He rested until there were four minutes left in the second quarter before playing.
The Pacers remained in the lead throughout the entire process.
Su Xi increased the lead after coming on the court, and the Pistons' defense was fully challenged.
Larry Brown racked his brains and couldn't find a way to deal with it, so he could only tear down the east wall to repair the west wall... Soon, both the east and west walls fell down.
When the game reached the fourth quarter, there was no suspense.
The Pistons held out until the seventh minute, when Larry Brown replaced Milicic.
When talking about the 2003 elite rookie representatives, few people mention Milicic. He was not even selected for the All-Star Rookie Game. This young European center did not even get the most basic rotation time in the Pistons.
Larry Brown is very distrustful of rookies and very harsh. This European genius who doesn't even speak English is experiencing the most depressing moment in his life.
Suhi and Milicic had a face-to-face meeting, and then he came off the field to rest.
On last summer's draft night, Milicic was the much-anticipated No. 2 pick, and Suhi was the highly questionable No. 8 pick. Now, less than a year later, they are facing each other in the Eastern Conference finals, and their status is completely different.
Milicic watched Su Xi leave the field amid cheers from the audience, his eyes were confused.
He didn't know what to do.
But he still remembered Su Xi's encouragement to him when they first played against each other. This was the glimmer of light that kept him going even when he wanted to be defeated countless times.
96:75.
The Pacers won their second home game and they took a 2-0 total lead.
"This is a continuation of the first game, or a continuation of Rasheed Wallace's two technical fouls. In fact, the Pacers only won one game."
Kenny Smith said grandly to the 2:0 score after the game.
His face was red but his heart was not beating.
Excellent psychological quality.
Charles Barkley, who supports the Pacers, is not as confident as he is. It feels like, 'Yes, I was beaten by you, but so what? Anyway, we will win it back next. '
He possesses a kind of blind optimism, and Smith did not take the 0:2 deficit into consideration at all.
In fact, the Pistons also show this atmosphere.
Larry Brown was smiling as he left the game, and Rasheed Wallace, who followed him, even waved to the fans who were booing and insulting him. His expression was full of: When I come back, I will definitely kill you!
They seem to have endless confidence and strength, and it feels like a table tennis master letting you three goals first.
Su Xi did not accept a post-match interview. His performance in this game was mediocre: 13 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
O'Neal Jr. scored 29 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal tonight. He played super inside statistics. After the game, he accepted numerous media interviews and went to the post-game press conference.
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Larry Bird found Suhi on Tuesday, and he finally brought him Michael Jordan's 'unique secrets'.
After Su Xi heard this, he was a little stunned.
Larry Bird thought Su Xi was surprised, and he specifically said to Su Xi: "This is a training method I personally learned from flying to Charlotte to find Michael Jordan, which is to increase the weight of the basketball..."
Su Xi still thanked Bird. After all, Bird brought him two special balls.
However, he knew this method as early as last summer.
What is Michael Jordan's 'secret sauce' and doesn't Tim Grover know it yet? He is Jordan's personal trainer.
He had taught Su Xi this trick a long time ago, but the reason why Su Xi's jump shot with the ball was not stable enough was because of his physical fitness.
Not every player with big hands can practice shooting with two weighted and enlarged basketballs. Jordan's unique secrets can only be used by him. It is impossible to imitate a cat or a tiger.
Unless... Jordan's full set of technical talents can be copied from him.
Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals will be played at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, and the Pistons have two home games next. The Eastern Conference Finals follows a 2-2-1-1-1 format, which is more fair. In contrast, the current 2-3-2 format implemented in the finals is considered to be more beneficial to teams with poor regular season records.
The Pistons are confident in themselves, and losing two away games is nothing serious for them.
The players are not worried, the head coach is not worried, and the fans are not worried. Basketball experts still believe that they have a better chance of entering the finals.
The reasons are still the same as before.
As Kenny Smith said, the second game was a continuation of the last few minutes of the first game. The Pistons without Rasheed Wallace would not have been able to beat the Pacers.
But after Rasheed returns, how should the Pacers respond?
The bottom line is...Larry Brown has studied Soucy inside out through two games.
Larry Brown put it very clearly in his Game 2 postgame conference at Conseco Arena: "We'll see what happens in Game 3 that's going to be interesting."
The competition in the playoffs is 'who has stronger research ability, who has fewer weaknesses', and who evolves faster.
"Suzy the Lamb is the three best, breakthrough, passing, and physical attack." Rasheed Wallace said loudly on the plane flying back to Detroit: "We all take him too seriously. His physical fitness is the most 25 minutes, if we continue to wear him down, we may even have a chance to push him into 20 minutes.”
"He can't jump high yet." Prince said with great experience: "He always lays up underhand."
"When he breaks through, we have to focus on cutting his passes. His shooting is not that accurate." Billups also echoed.
All three Pistons video analysts said so.
Each team has dedicated video analysts whose job is to capture the opponent's tactical dynamics and study the technical characteristics of the opponent's players.
Many NBA head coaches start out as video analysts.
Video analysts and scouts, these two professions are the cradle of cultivating excellent head coaches.
Larry Brown encourages players to hold such technical analysis meetings, which will increase team cohesion and morale.
Especially when losing.
But this technical analysis meeting quickly turned into a crusade against Su Xi.
"...We must not let the little Suzy the sheep leave the Palace of Auburn Hills with a smile on his face. We will roast him into lamb chops and make him smell of oily smoke all over his body." Rasheed Wallace was the first. He shouted these words and apologized to his teammates. He said that it was his irrationality that caused the team to lose two away games: "...otherwise, we are the ones leading 2:0 now."
Teammates all forgave Rasheed Wallace and said that good things come in many ways. The Pacers have long been a piece of cake and will be eaten sooner or later.
"I have already thought about my speech after eliminating the Pacers." Ben Wallace, who has always been relatively silent, said: "I want everyone to know the true face of Suzy the Sheep. He was the one who sneak attacked me in the battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills. God will be fair, God will allow him to taste pain... and will allow him to fall into endless failure."
Ben Wallace felt aggrieved as he spoke.
He chose to forget the dirty moves he did to Su Xi in that game, and...it was obviously him who beat Su Xi.
Public opinion has long been known, but he actually wants to overturn the verdict.
What he wants to take advantage of is the public's tendency to forget, and then take advantage of the "team victory" to overthrow Su Xi in one go.
I have to say, this is indeed a good operation.
But what if the Pistons can't win?
The Pistons have not thought about this problem, because now all the conditions are laid out in front of them, plus the Pistons have great morale, strong cohesion, and home court advantage.
How did the Pistons lose?
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Susie and Carlisle watched the video for another afternoon, and they both knew that a fierce battle was about to come. The Palace of Auburn Hills is never easy to get into, and it’s a bit difficult to escape with a victory.
Carlisle even thought about fighting to the end in the first game and fighting for the opportunity to win. Strategically gave up in the second game, and then returned to the home court to accumulate energy and defeat them in one fell swoop.
The Pacers now lead 2:0 because there are still two home games left in the regular season.
But Su Xi disagreed with this approach. He believed that the team was discouraged first.
There is a saying in China that once you make great efforts, you will be exhausted again and again, and then you will be in decline.
Sports competition is all about fighting for one breath, and every game must be fought to the end.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.
But... what is the method of victory?
When Su Xi came out of the video room, Mike O'Connor waited for a long time. He said to Su Xi: "There is a domestic media who wants to come over to interview you..."
Su Xi frowned and said, "There's no time now."
"They've gone to Detroit."
O'Connor scratched his head, and then said, "Miss Huang arranged it."
Huang Xiaoman is Su Xi’s Chinese agent. She is responsible for handling Su Xi’s domestic projects and investments.
Moreover, O'Connor knows... Even though Su Xi is fighting fiercely with Scarlett and Jessica, Huang Xiaoman is the 'original wife'.
"Scarlett also said she would go to the Palace of Auburn Hills to cheer you on..." O'Connor said: "Noon news."
(End of chapter)
