174    What is this compared to losing?

Xie Hou's offensive outbreak allowed the Pacers on the verge of despair to see the dawn of victory.

With Xie Hou's breakthrough and undifferentiated singles, the 21 dunk against Wallace, the counterattack that attracted the attention of the Pistons and the counterattack that helped Miller make a three-pointer to overtake, completely rewritten the trend of the first half.

Xie Hou still had the strength to attack, but he could not kill the Pistons in one breath.

He needed to save his energy to play the second half, so he later added passes and reduced personal offense. The Pacers' tactical reactivated, led by Miller, and others also started to score goals.

"It's easy to make young people explode. After the explosion, it's difficult to get them to restrain their desire to be heroes."

Xie Hou's performance was as Claire had expected, he was a mature player and could not be regarded as a rookie.

What makes him different from other rookies is that before logging into the NBA, he has become a winner, an absolute winner, and one of the biggest winners in European basketball history.

He knows how to win, he knows what it takes to win, and the courage of every man can only win for a while, gather the strength of everyone to reach the top.

Since ancient times, no matter who is strong or how strong he is, players who are too self-centered have always failed (or even achieved nothing).

Xie Hou's attack reactivated the Pacers, and they made their usual attacks.

Fans may want to watch Xie Hou 1v5 more, but to win, Xie Hou must stop appropriately.

In the intense half, the Pacers beat the Pistons 42 to 39 and scored 3 points.

Xie Hou scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. In this anxious game, every data is precious. His scoring, rebounding and assists are the highest in both teams.

When Larry Brown walked towards the player channel, the reporter on the scene deliberately asked him: "How do you limit Arthur's performance in the second half?"

No matter what Brown does, he has a face of having funerals at home. He is rarely cold and humorous tonight: "I want to know too, and everyone is welcome to call and suggest."

This sentence is a joke, a joy in suffering, and it is also Brown's truth.

The Pacers team has the strongest talent and combat power in the league, but it’s a pity that they lack a stable offensive player, so once they are restricted, their talents cannot be exerted, and their defense is not as strong as the Pistons.

Xie Hou and the Walker complement each other.

If the team's offense is strangled, he can take over the game; his problems on the defensive end and his weakness of physical weakness will be covered up by the team.

Tonight's first half fully demonstrated the characteristics of this group of people.

Brown has tried all his best to limit Xie Hou. The opponent's scoring performance in the second quarter seemed to be patting his face and saying: "Dear Mr. Brown, stop busy. You are destined to achieve nothing. There is no way, I am so strong."

"It's just a rookie..." Brown sighed inwardly.

The Pacers need to formulate their second half strategy calmly, and the Pistons need to adjust their lineup.

The lineup in the first half lacks offensive ability (scoring 39 points in the halftime means everything), and the kind of offense is simply not worthy of being called the top two teams in the East.

The Pistons also have their own difficulties. Defense is the most time-consuming and laborious task. No team can do the offense well while doing the best defense.

Their offensive stability is insufficient, one is the player's style, and the other is the excessive force on the defensive end.

Now they are used to playing like this, temporary changes will only have the opposite effect.

Brown's approach is to get someone who can really attack into the second half of the starting lineup.

That person is Anthony.

Anthony, who was ready to defend with all his might as well as others, suddenly heard Brown ask him to increase his offense.

"Coach, what about the defense?" Anthony asked.

Brown handed Miller over to him. A veteran like Miller only needs to limit him to catch the ball, prevent him from shooting, and it is easy to deal with.

As for the others, I will leave it to my teammates.

If this positioning was put at the end of October last year and at the beginning of the season, he would be happy to accept it. Now, he has the idea of ​​"Is the coach not satisfied with me?"

With Brown's emphasis on defense, how could he focus on offense?

Anthony couldn't figure it out. He didn't want to disappoint people, and entered the second half with a trembling heart.

In the third quarter, both teams increased their offense.

The first ball came up, Prince cut out of the outside line, received Billups' pass, and three-pointer fell into the pocket.

42 to 42

Xie Hou's bluffing breakthrough was actually creating room for Kirilenko's high jump shot.

He succeeded, passed the ball out, and the Russian shot in to respond.

44 to 42

There is an old saying that dogs can't change their shit (I'm not saying they are dogs). At first, this group of people wanted to attack well, but later they didn't know who started it first?

It seemed that it was Anthony, who changed defense to Xie Hou, tried his best to fight, squirted about trash words, but he took the initiative to foul, almost causing a conflict again.

It was from that time that the defensive intensity increased.

Brown rubbed the trigeminal nerve in annoyance. He didn't know what plane Anthony was doing. He unexpectedly recognized Anthony's approach (even himself was surprised). Yes, they needed to improve offensive efficiency, but the offensive game was not a piston-style game, it was a game that the Pacers liked.

In terms of book strength, Pacers are stronger.

Playing their favorite game with opponents who are stronger than you? This is not what you look for when you seek death.

So Anthony did it right.

Rookie Gua thought she had caused trouble and didn't dare to look at Brown's face. She was worried that she would be replaced at any time, so she played like the last round of his career.

He cherishes this game so much, just like cherishing his life.

He successfully infected his teammates around him.

On the basketball court, skills and tactics are very important. Sometimes, it is also very important to be able to give players the right chicken soup for a night.

If you can do both skills and tactics and chicken soup, you will be a good coach if you can do both, and if you do both, you will be an outstanding coach if you can do them well.

Chicken soup has never been Brown's specialty, and he does not want to establish similar emotional connections with players, as it will affect his prestige. Tonight, Anthony will make mistakes and do what the Pistons need most now.

Through your own enthusiasm, let others empathize and work together.

This is the best chicken soup.

"I actually started to like him." Brown thought in disbelief.

Since the Pacers and Pistons played in preseason to the present, it can be said that Xie Hou has witnessed the changes Anthony has gone through.

Looking at a stupid, dull genius who only knows attacking becomes a genius who is keen on defense, devotes himself to all, cherishes the game, and is willing to pass the ball.

He didn't know what to say, this series really changed him.

In the last three minutes of the third quarter, the Pistons still had a 3-point advantage because Xie Hou scored 5 points with shooting and breakthroughs.

Anthony just missed a three-pointer when the ball came to Xie Hou's hand.

He has a chance to pull the gap beyond three points.

Since entering the second half, the score has been leading by 3 points, 2 points and scoring the score.

This is an opportunity.

Xie Hou raised his hands tiredly - when they were leading, the fatigue would be suppressed by pleasure and excitement - Now, the pistons are tangled like followers who cannot be shaken off, biting them without slapping, like crazy pit bulls. The more you fight back, the more physical damage you cause to it, the more excited they are.

Kirilianko ran up and successfully built the pick-and-roll wall.

"Go up, Arthur!"

The fans did not consider physical strength, and Xie Hou rushed into the basket through the breakthrough.

He jumped up hard and prepared to dunk. Since the inside of the piston was pulled out, no one could affect him here.

Anthony suddenly jumped out of the bottom corner, invaded his cylinder like a transparent man suddenly appearing, and pressed his hands down hard.

If Xie Hou had plenty of energy, he could still be strong now, and now he could only hope that the referee would save the venue.

The whistle didn't sound!

"Merlo stopped Arthur!"

"Okay!" Brown held the ball.

Xie Hou's ball did not take action, and once he held it and landed, he would be a violation of the law. Xie Hou knew better than anyone else how bad the impact of being protected by Anthony was. He hit the ball at Anthony's feet and popped out of bounds the moment before landing.

"Beep!"

Out of bounds, the Pacers ball.

Xie Hou landed on the ground, his feet became soft and he immediately sat down.

He supported himself with his hands, and sweat continued to fall. After a few seconds, the position where he sat was soaked with sweat.

"The Pacers request a substitution."

"They replaced Arthur who had played for 20 minutes in a row." (Note: 10 minutes in the second quarter, 10 minutes in the third quarter, but there is an intermission time)

Claire wanted Xie Hou to play the third quarter and then waited until the fourth quarter to give him a break for three or four minutes.

It seems too forced now.

From the beginning to now, Xie Hou played 27 and a half minutes. The high-intensity consumption far exceeded the usual offensive pressure, so he needed to rest now.

Xie Hou brimmed his teammates around him and walked out of the field to hand over Papalucas.
To be continued...