Bishop of the Devil

In G1 of the finals, the Pistons narrowly won, but this did not make the outside world more optimistic about the Pistons winning the championship...

At present, the Trail Blazers are still the team with a higher chance of winning in the eyes of all parties.

The reason is simple. This game is the Pistons' home court. Although the referee did not give any home whistle, the fans at the scene will definitely have a certain impact on the Trail Blazers players.

The second is Zhang Weiping’s operational mistakes in those few minutes...

In the eyes of the outside world, excluding these influences, the Trail Blazers may be slightly better than the Pistons.

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On June 6, G2 of the finals started.

Both sides are missing one starting player, so no one's strength is compromised, and they are basically on the same starting line.

On the Trail Blazers side, Zhang Weiping suffered a loss in the last game and did not dare to use Stackhouse this time. It is estimated that Stackhouse will be completely abandoned in the future finals schedule.

He used Kirilenko as the starting small forward...

Richard continues to use Prince in the starting lineup. Since Prince has been released before, there is no need to hide Prince now. It is better to let Prince play on the court.

Maybe it was the victory in the first game that gave the Pistons generals confidence. The Pistons' shooting percentage tonight was quite good.

Especially Prince, his three-point shooting percentage tonight is simply staggering.

He is 206 centimeters tall, but he is currently playing the shooting guard position...

He has good running ability, a high release point, and accurate three-pointers. Mike Reed, who is facing him, is completely helpless.

It's not that Zhang Weiping didn't seek a solution, using Kirilenko to defend Prince on the court.

But as soon as the defense was switched, Gerrard relied on his physical advantage to beat Reid in various singles.

When G2 of the finals ended, the Pistons won again, but it was still a narrow victory, and in the end they only won by three points.

If Prince hadn't played an important role in this game, I'm afraid the Pistons might have lost at their home court.

Richard also didn't expect that after Prince came on the scene, he would be even more useful than Laga Bell.

Maybe it's also because Artest is not present...

Tonight, Prince scored 17 points, including four three-pointers.

You must know that the scores of both sides are not very high, and 17 points is already quite a lot.

Even Yao Ming only scored 22 points tonight.

Richard sighed, it seemed like gold would shine no matter what, and this was true.

Prince must be unable to hide himself...

It is estimated that when the expansion draft comes, the Pistons will very likely put him on the protection list.

After all, Prince is just a rookie this year. In terms of training value, it is quite big...

Even in Richard's view, if the Pistons management is not stupid, even if Laga Bell is not put on the protection list, Prince will have to be put on the protection list...

Because after these two games, Prince seems to have unlimited potential.

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After narrowly defeating two consecutive games, the Pistons also gained a considerable advantage, leading the Trail Blazers with a big score of 2:0. As long as they can win another sentence, they will get the match point.

With a big score of 3:0 in hand, it is obvious that victory is basically guaranteed.

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But in the next G3, the Trail Blazers showed amazing resilience. After falling behind by two sentences, they made a comeback at their home court.

In this game, Reid from the outside shot the Pistons in the last 1.7 seconds. In the end, the Pistons lost by a slim margin of 93:94.

It's quite a pity, but Richard also knows that this is the cruelty of the NBA Finals.

After the Trail Blazers won the next game, they stabilized the morale of the army, and G4 made persistent efforts.

In G4, the Pistons' outside players performed extremely poorly, mainly because they felt too cold. Even Nash, who has a super stable shooting rate, performed abnormally. He made 0 of 5 three-pointers in the game.

It's not that there aren't suitable shooting opportunities, but if you find a suitable shooting opportunity, you just can't hit it, and no one can make sense.

If Prince hadn't continued his excellent outside firepower, I'm afraid the Pistons would have faced a big defeat tonight!

In the end, in G4 of the Finals, the Trail Blazers won the Pistons at home with a 7-point margin.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides were tied again, with a big score of 2:2, and the two sides were back on the same starting line.

Artest and Laga Bell, who were suspended, are also back.

The next G5 of the finals is definitely the top priority. Winning this game basically means that you have a 70% chance of winning the championship!

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At this highly anticipated moment, the Trail Blazers unfortunately suffered an injury.

If it is just an injury to the players on the bench, then it is not a big deal in this stage of the finals.

The key is that Xiao Ao is injured...

Moreover, the injury is quite serious. Depending on the situation, it is estimated that it will be difficult to play in the next schedule.

The injury occurred in the third quarter of Game 5 of the Finals. O'Brien was competing for a rebound with Clark. As he was falling, he stepped on Clark's foot and sprained his ankle.

Richard could only sigh secretly. To say he was happy, he was definitely not very happy...

The opponent was the Trail Blazers, not another team. The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. Richard definitely didn't want the Trail Blazers to lose to the Pistons due to injuries.

But he also knew very well that the situation for the Trail Blazers was over.

In the past two years for the Trail Blazers, Richard couldn't figure out why, and they had been having bad luck.

Since he left the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers have always suffered injuries in the playoffs in the past two years, and the injuries have been to Auburn's two core players.

Last season, due to Ben's injury, the Trail Blazers were defeated by the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals...

This season, we have already reached the finals, but Ou got injured again.

The Auburn combination of twin towers inside can definitely be said to be the Blazers' signature. Any of their tactics is based around the twin towers.

Once someone in the Twin Towers is injured, the Blazers' strength will be reduced not only by half, but at least by a third.

In the original G5, the Trail Blazers had already achieved some advantages. As long as they continued to maintain this, they would be able to win this battle at Tianwang Mountain.

But with Xiao Ao's injury, their situation took a turn for the worse and became precarious.

Zhang Weiping replaced Kirilenko on his side, allowing Ben to play center and Kirilenko to play power forward, but the effect was definitely not as good as the Auburn pairing.

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In this way, the Pistons easily defeated the Trail Blazers in the battle of Tianwang Mountain and took the lead with a big score of 3:2.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Richard was still in a daze.

He feels that this championship may be easier than he thought...

Xiao'ao's injury will definitely not heal in ten days and a half. I'm afraid it will take at least one or two months to recuperate.

By the time he came back, the day lilies were cold and the Pistons had already won the championship trophy.

I don’t know whether the Blazers were too unlucky or Richard was too lucky. Anyway, O’Brien was injured, which almost crushed the Blazers’ hope of winning the championship.

Richard frowned, and even had the idea of ​​​​helping a bunch of Xiao Ao...

However, this thought was only fleeting. If Richard really did this, he would be absolutely insane.

If Xiao Ao's exclusive intermediate injury scroll was not used before, then the current situation is a matter of two things...

But Xiao Ao's exclusive injury scroll has been used up long ago. Richard cannot use the remaining intermediate injury scroll to treat Xiao Ao's injuries...

This is unfair to myself, the Pistons, Pistons players and fans, anyway, it is unfair to everyone.

Players get injured and that’s their fate…

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Early the next morning, the Trail Blazers officially announced O'Brien's injury and that he would need to rest for a month.

This is undoubtedly bad news for Trail Blazers fans.

Based on the situation, although the Trail Blazers did not have a 100% chance of winning the championship, it at least seemed to have a higher probability than the Pistons. Anyway, they had a 55% chance of winning the championship.

But now with Xiao Ao's injury, everything is over...

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In Zhang Weiping's office, Ben, Artest, bearded Davis and others were all sitting with serious faces, having a meeting to discuss what to do next.

As soon as O'Brien was injured, they must have known that their chances of winning the championship were reduced to a negligible level.

Without the restraint of Xiao Ao, relying only on a big team, it is difficult to be the opponent of Yao Ke's combination.

"Zhang, how about this? Let's go and beg the coach to help Jermaine treat his injury!"

"You should know very well that the coach definitely has such ability. If we ask him, he will definitely agree!" Artest was dull for a long time, thinking about something that everyone was thinking, but no one said it. idea comes.

Zhang Weiping is currently the head coach of the Trail Blazers, but Artest did not call him coach. Instead, he called him Zhang. Instead, he called Richard coach.

Zhang Weiping was almost used to this and didn't take it seriously.

Faced with Artest's bad idea, everyone shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"Ron, your bad idea couldn't be worse." Da Ben said angrily.

"Of course I know that the coach has such ability, and I also know that if we ask, he will help us!"

"But don't we have no shame at all? This matter will definitely make the coach very embarrassed!"

"Besides, your kid got into a fight with someone on the court before. How many times have I told you that there is no need to go too far when beating the Pistons."

Ben is the captain of the team, he is the backbone of this team, and now he is starting to criticize Artest.

Artest remained silent. If others criticize him, he might get angry, but this is Ben, the big brother of their West Lafayette group.