Beijing time on February 17, the NBA regular season continues to play, the Celtics at home to play, the recent Kaizi can be described as a high song, won nine consecutive wins at the same time, defeated many strong teams, today and the league has long been rotten the penultimate team to compete, all think this is a game without suspense, but it was actually a cold loss, double probe back-to-back slash 50 + is still difficult to stop the loss, but let the other side's Champion Lang Cunningham and the Lakers have always wanted Grant to steal the limelight, do you know which team?
Yes, it is the pistons that rank fifteenth in the East this season and the bottom of the league, although this team selected Cunningham last year, but there is no superstar in the team, and there is still a big gap between the paper strength and other teams in the league, so it has only achieved a tragic record of 12 wins and 45 losses, and the Pistons also know that this season is not related to the playoffs, so they have been messed up and rebuilt early.
In order to spend more time cultivating potential new stars such as Cunningham, Sasque Bay and Bagley, and strive to get another title this year, so it can be seen that the Pistons have no desire to win or lose, their players can accumulate experience in the game, play happily, that's it, the strong team Celtics, who did not think but ended the nine-game winning streak, is really unintentional! Summing up this game, Kaizi's loss still exposed a lot of problems, mainly for the following reasons:
The rebounding was blown up
Turning over the statistics, we can clearly find that after the whole game, the Celtics actually grabbed 30 rebounds, which is really low and outrageous, the Pistons are actually not very much, the qualified level, but there are 47, enough to add 17 rebounds, which is also an important reason for the final loss.
Because rebounding is really too important, a lot of the balls that are not scored, through the scramble to get the ball, is likely to be converted into a second score, the same is true on the defensive end, reflecting the toughness of the inside, so this game can be seen that Kaizi's whole team's awareness of the protection of rebounds is too poor, there is no such hard work on the field, unlike a team that has just experienced nine consecutive wins.
The Pistons are all soldiers
This is a very exciting game for the Pistons this season, the team played a good team basketball, Grant cut 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, especially in the fourth quarter, cut 11 points, saved the team, worthy of the Lakers' favorite, and Yuanlang Cunningham is also very eye-catching, with a comprehensive stat of 20+8+6, and rookie Sadiq Bay also scored a double-double of 20 points and 11 boards in the first game.
In addition to the starters, the Pistons' bench is also outstanding, the premier is Olynyk, 16 minutes to cut 15 points, I have to say, this player in addition to dirty, is really quite good, under the leadership of these players, the Pistons are all soldiers, the key moment is not soft, playing the Celtics a surprise.
Back-to-back combat is too much physical exertion
Although yesterday, the Celtics won the 76ers with a 48-point victory, once rushed to the hot search for a long time, but for the player's physical strength is still how consumed, today is back-to-back play, the performance on the court will inevitably be a little weak, this is a very normal performance, the most obvious embodiment is the defensive aspect.
Obviously compared with usual, the entire rebound efficiency is much slower, and the rebounding struggle is also a lot sluggish, but the loss of a game actually does not explain anything, and today only lost one point, in the streak sometimes need a loss and wake up to themselves, learn lessons, so that the team can go further behind.
For the Celtics, it was a blast and an incentive as well.