Detroit – Paul Reed saw a different team in Nix in game 3.
More tougher, more involved than the beginning, better at the defensive end.
“From a defensive point of view, I mean, the last game was much more physical than it was before,” said Bestone Reserve Center on Saturday, on the eve of a decisive match 4 at Little Caesar Arena. “I feel this helped them in their defense. We have to face it.”
There was a lot of talk after it was the first two games of Nix.
Among them do not coincide with the intensity, focus and body of Pistons, after they were often overcome in the first two competitions, one of the best qualifying series in the opening round in the park.
They responded, and they first started in the series, and the entire road was driving.
The game was 3 Sharia, and Nix did not retreat.
Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson were rated technical errors in the first half after they entered into a match with Reed, which was also evaluated technical.
Reid said: “Just like constipation, pressure, and made us work in every spot, every inch.” “We are trying to pick up the ball on the elbow, and they push us out. I am a striker [glass] They are holding me. I can not really lose. “
Detroit cleared Nix over the glass in game 2, and won the battle of the councils by 14.
It was closer in game 3, and Pistons only in addition to four.
Nix was six in the first half, when they put the tone and led it 13.
Coach Tom Thebodo said: “Yes, I think it is important.” “I think a large part of the victory is your defense, your apostasy and keep your situations down. This puts you in a position that allows you to win. So we always talk about the last part of the play, you should be the strongest.
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“You have to finish strongly, so I finished everything. So you challenge the shots, then you must refresh. It requires you to make a second and third third effort.”
Josh Hart felt it was a step in the right direction, but there is still a lot to do in terms of bounce.
There was nothing to celebrate.
“The gap was more compact. It was better,” he said. “But we are still losing. So we must make sure that we have a good focus on the glass.”
