Richard didn't care much about the one point behind. He was most worried about the situation in the second half.
In the bloody battle between the two sides, under the situation of score anxiety, the players on the field have already killed some red eyes.
In the middle of the third quarter, Artest was a bit sharp eyed by lagabel's defense, and directly waved an elbow at lagabel's waist.
And lagabel was not a loser either. He immediately fought back and jumped up to lock Artest's throat. The two sides fought together.
Fortunately, both of them are basically Richard's disciples. Otherwise, it's not impossible for us to stage a palace event in Auburn mountain tonight.
Players on both sides will pull their teammates apart to prevent the situation from further expanding.
Richard stood on the sidelines, but he did not lose his head because of it.
Now it's time to fight for life and death in the finals. The players of both sides have emotions and conflicts on the field, which is the most normal thing.
Richard will not fight with his old employer because of this conflict.
The referees were just beating with their hearts. They were afraid that there would be another big fight tonight.
But it's also a relief to see the players on both sides pulled apart.
"Doodle doodle!" The referee whistled and sent Artest and lagabel off.
Two people each play a big board, who are not partial, all to send off.
As for the subsequent punishment, the referees can't control it. That's the business of NBA Management Committee
Richard's heart thumped, and lagabel was sent off, which made the piston a little passive.
The main thing is that there are many people available for the trailblazers. Artest is gone. They can use Kirilenko.
On the piston side
Richard frowned, up prince?!
This season, Prince didn't get the reuse of Richard, who was selfish.
He originally planned to hide Prince for a while, and later win prince in the draft of expansion.
Prince is not a superstar player, but it's very useful. He will take it to his hands in the future and train well. He will definitely become a qualified second or third manager.
Richard naturally talked to Prince about it, and Prince has no problem with it. Anyway, he is a player who is in the league, and he can't get too many performance opportunities by himself
Now Richard tells him that he will have a better future in the future. Naturally, he will not have any opinions.
But now, with the penalty of lagabel, Richard Deaton had the idea to let Prince play.
Although Joe is good at the moment in singles, his ability to find space for three points is not as good as Prince's, and his basic defense skills are not as solid as Prince's.
In the regular season, Richard will give Joe a lot of time to exercise in the singles. At this stage of the finals, he is afraid to take risks.
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"Tyshone, get ready for the show!" Said Richard, turning to Prince.
Joe was stunned at the side of the singles. He didn't expect prince to play when lagabel was sent off, not him!
Isn't Prince abandoned by coach Richard? How can I come to the stage at such a critical moment
Joe had a hundred doubts about singles, but he certainly didn't dare to ask Richard at the moment.
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What Richard didn't expect was that the trailblazers didn't go to Kirilenko, but to Stackhouse!
This made Richard happy for a while. Zhang Weiping made a mistake!
This is the best time for them to score
Stackhouse has a little water. At least in Richard's view, Zhang Weiping's going to Stackhouse in such a anxious situation is an operational error.
Maybe Zhang Weiping also wants to use Stackhouse to increase the offensive firepower of their trailblazers.
But I don't know that this arrangement is not worth it!
At present, in the fierce finals, with the defensive strength of Stackhouse, the pistons will definitely hold Stackhouse.
In Richard's view, Zhang Weiping should actually replace Kirilenko!
They didn't use Richard to greet them. The general on the piston field watched Stackhouse come on the stage and immediately created various opportunities to play Stackhouse alone.
In just a few minutes, by the end of the third quarter, the pistons were five points ahead.
The result of Stackhouse's coming on the court was immediate.
Of course, his offensive level is better than Artest's, but his defense is not as good as Artest's. although he got some points after he came on the court, because of his bad defense, the Blazers lost more points, which is absolutely not worth the loss.
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Relying on the difference of five points, the pistons continued to play steadily and finally won the game.Although Zhang Weiping has abandoned Stackhouse in the fourth quarter and replaced Kirilenko.
However, the pit dug by Stackhouse before was not so easy to fill when the strength of both sides was basically equal.
In the end, the pistons won 4 points at home, which was a close win.
Just after the game, the players on both sides were very tired.
In this game, the starting players of both sides basically played more than 40 minutes.
Especially in the inner line-up, Oban and the two even played 45 minutes!
Yao Ming played 43 minutes, Clark played the whole game directly, and didn't get a second of rest.
Don't spell at this time, but when!
Prince, who replaced lagabel, also took charge of Bell's accusation very well. The performances on both sides of the court were quite good.
The original piston fans are still flustered, without lagabel, they will not lose.
Now it seems that they are a little alarmist. How could Richard not have a backhand.
The prince player, if not for tonight's appearance, and has a brilliant performance at both ends of the attack and defense, I'm afraid the piston fans will soon forget the rookie produced by Purdue.
When he joined the pistons, Prince got some exercise opportunities, but after all stars and singles Joe joined, Prince basically disappeared.
Everyone thinks that Richard has completely abandoned this Purdue player. Maybe there is a conflict between him and Prince, or prince's performance makes Richard dissatisfied
After all star game, I haven't seen Prince appear.
Now Richard abruptly took out prince, and immediately let those rumors break.
If you really abandon prince, you won't have prince at such a critical moment.
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Originally, piston fans worried that the depth of piston's reserve team was not as deep as that of the Blazers, which would suffer.
But now it seems that their backup lineup is no worse than that of the Blazers, maybe even stronger
In the first game of the finals, the two sides scored 92:88, and pistons won only four points.
From this point of view, the defense of both sides is really a little scary. It is necessary to know that in the regular season, the average score of both teams is 105-110.
Absolutely the two teams with the strongest offensive firepower in the league, but after meeting, the two teams did not break 100 points.
After the game, NBA officials also gave the ratings of the game, and it was sure that, as the media guessed, the first game of the finals directly broke the previous ratings record.
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But just after announcing the good news, NBA immediately announced another news that made the fans of both sides uneasy.
Artest suspended three games and fined 15000 US dollars.
Lagabel suspended three games and fined 15000 US dollars.
For a while, the fans on both sides were dissatisfied.
Trailblazer fans feel that Artest's elbow is not likely to be banned for two games, even though he has made a mistake first. At best, it's a technical foul.
It's lagabel who should be banned. He makes things worse. He fights first.
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Piston fans, of course, are not satisfied with the result.
In their view, this is Artest's first provocation, and lagabel's only passive counterattack
Anyway, the public said that the public was reasonable, the women said that the women were reasonable, and all felt that their team had suffered losses.
However, the players of both sides did not pay much attention to this matter, because the NBA Management Committee seems to be fair enough, and both sides have the same number of banned matches and fines.
It's hard to say who is to blame for the conflict on the field. Now the punishment of playing a big board is acceptable to both players anyway.
Even the two players who have been sent off are quite calm. It doesn't seem that the NBA favors anyone