Richard didn't care much about the point behind, and he was most worried about the situation in the second half.

The two sides fought bloody battles repeatedly, and in the case of the score being anxious, the players on the field were already a little red-eyed.

In the middle of the third quarter, Artest was a little anxious by Ragabel's defense, and swung an elbow directly at Ragabel's waist.

And Ragabel is not a master who can suffer, so he immediately jumped up and directly locked Artest's throat, and the two sides fought together.

Fortunately, these two sides are basically Richard's disciples, otherwise, it would not be impossible to stage an Auburn Hills palace incident tonight.

Players from both sides pulled their teammates away to prevent the situation from escalating.

Richard stood on the sidelines, but he didn't lose his mind because of this.

Now it's time for the finals to fight for life and death, and the players on both sides are emotional, and there is a conflict on the field, which is a normal thing.

Richard is not going to fight with his old club because of this conflict.

The referees' hearts were pounding, and they were afraid that there would be another big brawl tonight.

However, seeing the players on both sides being pulled away, I was also relieved at the moment.

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle again and again, and directly sent Artest and Ragabel, who were fighting, out of the game.

The two of them each played a big board, and no one was partial, and they were all punished.

As for the follow-up punishment, the referees can't control it, that's the business of the NBA management committee......

Richard chuckled in his heart, and Ragabel was sent off, which made the Pistons a little passive.

The main thing is that there are a lot of people who can use it on the Trail Blazers' side, Artest is gone, and they can use Kirilenko to appear.

On the Piston's side......

Richard frowned, Upper Prince?!

Prince has not been reused by Richard this season, and Richard is selfish.

He originally planned to hide Prince for a while, and then win Prince in the draft draft.

Although Prince is not a superstar-level player, he is quite easy to use, and if he gets it in his hands in the future, he can definitely become a qualified second or third master.

Richard naturally talked to Prince about this, and Prince didn't have any opinion on this, anyway, he, a player who entered the league with the pick, couldn't get too many opportunities to perform......

Now that Richard has told him from the bottom of his heart that he will arrange a better future for him in the future, he naturally will not have any opinions in his heart.

But now with Ragabel sent off, Richard suddenly had the idea of letting Prince play.

Although Joe's strength is good at the moment, his ability to find open positions to shoot three-pointers is not as good as Prince's, and his defensive fundamentals are not as solid as Prince's.

In the regular season, Richard will give singles Joe a lot of playing time to practice, but now in this kind of finals, he is a little afraid to take risks.

……

"Tyshawn, get ready to appear!" Richard turned to Prince and said.

The singles Joe on the side was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that when Ragabel was sent off, it was Prince who appeared, not him!

Hasn't Prince been abandoned by Coach Richard? How can you appear at such a critical juncture......

Singles Joe had a hundred doubts in his heart, but at the moment he definitely didn't dare to ask Richard.

……

What Richard didn't expect was that the Trail Blazers didn't go to Kirilenko, but to Starkhouse!

This made Richard happy for a while, Zhang Weiping made an operation error!

This is the best time for their Pistons to steal points......

Stackhouse is a bit watery, at least in Richard's opinion, Zhang Weiping's going to Stackhouse in this anxious situation is an operational error.

Maybe Zhang Weiping is also thinking about using Stackhouse to increase the offensive firepower of their Trail Blazers backcourt.

But as everyone knows, this arrangement is a bit more than worth the loss!

In the current Finals, where the confrontation is extremely fierce, with the defensive strength of Stackhouse, the Pistons will definitely pinch Stackhouse.

In Richard's opinion, at the moment, Zhang Weiping should actually be replaced by Kirilenko!

didn't need to be greeted by Richard, the Pistons on the court, seeing Stackhouse on the court, immediately created various opportunities and singled Stackhouse.

In just a few minutes, by the end of the third quarter, the Pistons were already leading by five points.

Stackhouse's play, the effect was immediate.

His offensive level, of course, is stronger than Artest, but the defense can't catch up with Artest, although he also scored some points after his debut, but because of his poor defense, the Trail Blazers lost more points, and the gains outweighed the losses.

……

Relying on this five-point difference, the Pistons continued to play steadily and finally won the game.

Although Zhang Weiping had already abandoned Stackhouse in the fourth quarter and replaced him with Kirilenko.

But the pit dug by Stackhouse before, when the strength of the two sides is basically equal, how can it be so easy to fill.

In the end, the Pistons won a four-point margin on their home court, which was a narrow victory.

The game had just ended, and the players on both sides were tired enough.

The starters on both sides of the game basically played more than 40 minutes.

Especially in the interior lineup, the two Auburn even played forty-five minutes!

Yao Ming played 43 minutes here, and Clark played the whole game directly, and he didn't get a second of rest.

Don't fight at this time, but when to wait!

Prince, who replaced Ragabel, also took Bell's accusations very well, and his performance on both offensive and defensive ends of the court was quite good.

Originally, Pistons fans were still panicking, without Ragabel, would they lose because of this.

Now it seems that they are a little worried, how could Richard not have a back-hand arrangement.

If it weren't for Prince's appearance tonight and his outstanding performance on both offensive and defensive ends, I'm afraid Pistons fans would have forgotten about the Purdue-born rookie.

When he first joined the Pistons, Prince could still get some training opportunities, but later after the All-Star and singles Joe joined, Prince basically disappeared.

Everyone thought that Richard had completely abandoned the Purdue player, perhaps because there was some conflict between him and Prince, or maybe it was because Prinz's performance was not satisfactory......

Anyway, after the All-Star break, I didn't see Prince on the court.

Now Richard suddenly took out Prince, and immediately let those rumors be self-defeating.

If Prince had been abandoned, he would not have been at such a critical juncture.

……

Originally, Pistons fans were worried that the Pistons' bench roster was not as deep as the Trail Blazers, and that they would suffer in this regard.

But now it seems that their bench lineup is not worse than the Trail Blazers at all, and may even be stronger......

In the first game of the finals, the final score of the two sides was 92:88, and the Pistons only won by a mere four points.

Judging from this score, the defense of both sides is really a bit scary, you must know that these two teams averaged 105-110 points per game in the regular season.

They are definitely the two teams with the strongest offensive firepower in the league, but after they met, neither team scored more than 100 points.

After the game, the NBA official also gave the ratings of this game, and sure enough, as the media speculated, the first game of the Finals directly broke the previous ratings record.

……

However, just after announcing the good news, the NBA immediately announced another piece of news that made fans on both sides not calm.

Artest was banned for three games and fined $15,000.

Ragabel was banned for three games and fined $15,000.

For a while, fans on both sides were dissatisfied.

Trail Blazers fans feel that although Artest is at fault in the first place, the elbow will not be suspended for two games, and at best it will be a technical foul.

It was Ragabel who really deserved the ban, it was he who allowed the situation to expand, and it was he who started the fight first.

……

The fans on the Pistons' side are naturally dissatisfied with this result.

In their opinion, it was Artest who provoked first, and Ragabel just passively fought back......

Anyway, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and they all felt that their team had suffered a loss.

However, the players on both sides did not pay much attention to this matter, because the NBA committee seemed to be fair enough, and the number of bans and fines on both sides were the same.

The conflict on the field, it's hard to say who is to blame, and now this punishment of playing a big board is acceptable to the players on both sides anyway.

Even the two players who were penalized were quite calm, and they didn't seem to feel that the NBA was favoring anyone......