Chapter 1474 The Piston Lying on the Gun

The winning streak was ended, and the Lakers boarded the plane to the next stop with reluctance. Needless to say, the outside world must be full of news at this moment that the Lakers' winning streak was ended.

But this is not the first time. No team can win forever. It is just a pity that the Lakers once again missed the opportunity to chase 33 consecutive victories.

The Bucks have become the object of people's envy. The Chicago media said sourly: "I really envy the Milwaukeeans. They have encountered the worst peak of the season."

The Utah media also said: "It's not that the Bucks played too well, but that the Lakers played too poorly. The entire Lakers team was out of shape."

Indeed, except for Ji Feng, Kobe Bryant made 7 of 21 shots and scored 20 points, Gasol made 4 of 9 shots and scored 10 points, Bynum made 4 of 10 shots and scored 8 points and 9 rebounds. The only one who performed well was Artest. 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, but it was of no use.

The Bucks performed just like that. Reid scored 26 points, but made 9 of 25 shots. Most of the points came from free throws. Jennings, who had high hopes before the game, only had 11 points and a shooting percentage of only 40%. Bogut had 12 points and 10 points. Backboard.

But no matter what, they also became the first team to defeat the Lakers in the new season. For this reason alone, the Bucks this season are enough to be remembered.

Moreover, this victory also inspired the Bucks. The Bucks, who originally decided to just follow the results in the new season, actually had the idea of ​​hitting the playoffs. The team owner even went to the locker room in person to encourage the players, and also gave out a large amount of money. Fei's bonus, I have to lament the influence of the Lakers, just winning one game can cause such a shock.

Naturally, the Lakers also made a summary, but there was nothing to say. Zen Master just emphasized again not to underestimate any opponent. In fact, it is normal to lose one or two games in consecutive away games.

According to the Lakers' character, they will rebound soon.

Sure enough, the Lakers immediately proved themselves in the next game, which was their fourth consecutive away game.

This time the opponent is the Detroit Pistons!

A former king.

A horse that can run a thousand miles will sometimes stumble.

This is a true reflection of Pistons general manager Joe Dumars' past year.

He was once the best GM in the league. From 2000 to 2007, his work was almost watertight and almost perfect. Except for an occasional misstep (Milicic: cough...), he has always been the invincible horse, bringing the team the championship in 2004 and reaching the Eastern Conference finals for six consecutive years.

Bands as talented as U2 have released fragments like "Pop", quarterbacks as talented as Brett Favre have had bad luck like this in 2005, and teams as powerful as the Lakers with the four kings will inevitably fail. Naturally, Dumas was not spared the fate of being one step away from success.

In the past 12 months, he has done a series of terrible things. Starting from the firing of Flip Saunders at the end of the 2007-08 season, he basically did nothing good, causing his team to make a U-turn, falling from the championship to 39 wins last season.

The key to the problem is that Dumars sent away Billups and McDyess in exchange for the AI ​​deal. At that time, people were still very superstitious about Dumars' vision, so everyone felt that he was very confident in the next set. Big chess, but the AI ​​is no longer the AI ​​it used to be. The past self has become a lingering shadow in his mind. He can no longer score as he likes as he used to, and his defense and passing are still not as good as before.

However, this is just the beginning of a series of mysterious operations:

Ronnie Stuckey was named to the starting lineup, the coach put Hamilton on the bench, and Dumars gave Hamilton an unnecessary three-year, $34 million contract (???).

After that, Curry was replaced with John Quist. In the next five years, Ben Gordon was paid 55 million for a contract, Kwame Brown was signed for 6 million, and Rasheed Wallace was let go.

Then he signed Charlie Villanueva for 35 million in five years, and selected Austin Daye, Jonathan Jerroco and DeJuan Summers in the draft. These three rookies in the CBA were considered by everyone.

After that, Antonio McDyess, who returned to Detroit all the way to save the team last season, was released, and then Wilcox was signed for 6 million in two years as a replacement.

In the end, Aaron Afflalo and Walter Sharp were traded to the Nuggets in exchange for a future second-round draft pick. The only thing worth mentioning may be to sign back Ben Wallace with a veteran's minimum salary...

Well, NT really does too many operations. It can be said that since this year, almost all the transactions made by the Pistons are inseparable from NT...

Not to mention that they have had three head coaches in less than two seasons.

With such a management, the Pistons don't have to worry about falling, and this time they have fallen even more completely. They made it to the playoffs last season. Although they missed the first round, they were barely passable. But this season, the Pistons barely managed to survive in 20 games. Won 5 games and lost as many as 15 games, only slightly better than the Nets and Wizards, ranking third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

Based on this performance, let alone the playoffs, their goal should actually be the No. 1 pick.

A former king has fallen like this. Although the current team still has Ben and Hamilton, everyone knows that there is no going back.

In this case, the Pistons met the Lakers.

"The battle between the Lakers and the Pistons is still fresh in my mind. At that time, the Pistons were even considered one of the most likely opponents of the Lakers in the Finals. However, times have changed and everything has changed."

"Yes, it's hard to win for this Pistons now. Their points per game average ranks first in the league. The weak point of the Bad Boys is defense? It sounds incredible, right? But in fact, the Pistons' defense a year ago It has already begun to decline. After this year's offseason transactions, the transformation has been completely completed. Now the Pistons are more of an offensive team. Their best frontcourt defenders Wallace and McDyess have been replaced. Instead of Mao and Wilcox who have no defensive ability, there is still no decent center-6-foot-7 Mark Hill may appear in the penalty area, which is sad, isn't it? "

Before the game, Yang Yi and Yu Jia also sighed in the CCTV live broadcast room, but they did not expect that the Pistons would lose so miserably!

When Ji Feng completed the dunk on the inside in the first attack of the game, the game was destined to be different.

The Pistons players obviously did not expect that the Lakers, who were defeated by the Bucks in the last game, would be so fierce this time. Ji Feng and Kobe took turns attacking the inside. After half a quarter, Artest also came back and joined forces with Big Ben. This time, Artest dominated. The Palace of Auburn Hills!

46-18 in a single quarter, the Lakers went crazy!

In the second quarter of the game, the Pistons adjusted their tactics. The Pistons coach obviously didn't want to surrender just like that. However, the Lakers' offensive did not slow down at all. Ji Feng scored an astonishing 20 points in the first quarter. He still didn't leave the game in this quarter. When he came back, he Hamilton scored 3 points in front of him, and then he made consecutive singles, causing Hamilton to leave the field with 3 fouls!

"The piston is lying down..."