Although in Richard's view, the Pistons lineup he built is actually no worse than the Trail Blazers, but after all, there is a gap in game experience between the two.

In particular, Auburn and Bobbin have both been in the league for their seventh season, and they have entered their golden peak.

In this regard, Yao Ming and Clark are still lacking, and it is very likely that the game in the first venue will suffer in this regard.

Clarke and O's two stepped onto the halfway line to prepare for the jump ball.

The result did not surprise Richard, and the king of the jump ball, Xiao O, managed to get the ball for the Trail Blazers in the first offensive round.

The bearded Byron Davis is recommended to hold the ball, and his strong body looks a little stronger than the previous two years.

Although Nash's defensive skills have improved a lot now, he is completely unbearable in the face of Byron Davis's back-to-back crushing style of pure strength.

As soon as the opening game, Byron Davis pressed Nash to hit a mid-range shot.

The bearded man's style of play made Richard on the sidelines cry out in vain.

In the past, I didn't have much feeling about this style of play of the beard, and Richard appreciated this kind of violent style of play.

But now that the bearded man has become his opponent, Richard can't appreciate it......

This style of play is really a bit shameless, that is, using strong power to eat the opposing player raw.

"It seems that tonight's game will not be as easy as I thought......" Richard thought silently.

The Yao Ke combination on the inside line is basically unlikely to play a huge advantage on the Auburn combination.

Richard felt that if he could make a balance of power, he would be completely acceptable.

In terms of the outside lineup, Richard is still relatively confident, but the attack of the bearded man in the opening game has reduced Richard's confidence a lot.

It's hard!

However, in the next few offensive rounds, the situation on the court made Richard laugh with satisfaction.

Nash is a top-notch commander at the level of a backcourt, and seeing that he can't limit the strength of the monster bearded Davis, he simply switches defenses with the tough Gerrard.

Gerrard defended the bearded man on the defensive end and immediately limited the beard's offense.

Richard is at ease, the situation in the backcourt doesn't have to worry too much at the moment, and then it depends on whether Yao Ming and Clark can withstand the Auburn combination.

On the offensive end of the Auburn combination, Richard was not too worried.

Big Ben doesn't have any offensive ability, and Xiao Ao's offensive ability is not top-notch, and it is estimated that it is not as good as Yao Ming at the moment, but it is better than Clark.

In terms of pure offense, the Auburn combination is definitely not as good as the Yao Ke combination.

But on the defensive end, the Auburn duo is a bit better than the Yao Ke combination.

Big Ben has the top defensive ability in the entire NBA history, and if he has a single defense ability, he still can't limit O'Neal alone as he has entered his golden peak......

But with his own absolute strength, it was quite easy to squeeze Yao Ming out of the basket.

Even Xiao Ao now has the ability to squeeze Yao Ming out of the basket!

Now it's up to Yao Ke to handle the situation......

In the Pistons' third offensive round, in the first two offensive rounds, Nash took advantage of Clark's high block and hit a mid-range shot, and the other shot was made by Ragabel, and the three-point shot was missed.

It is unlikely that Ragabel will want to produce any outstanding scoring stats tonight.

The main thing is that he is facing Artest's defense right now.

The starting lineup for tonight is O Jr., Big Ben, Artest, Reed and Davis.

Stackhouse is currently playing Reed's bench with the Trail Blazers.

I have to say that even if Richard leaves, the heritage of the pioneers is still there.

You can make up such a terrifying starting lineup casually......

Seeing that there were no good opportunities for the outside line, Nash directly aimed his eyes on Yao Ming, and passed the ball to Yao Ming's hands with a high lob.

Xiao Ao's strength burst out, and at the moment when Yao Ming received the ball, he directly began to squeeze Yao Ming out, not giving Yao Ming a chance to get close to the basket and shoot at all.

Clark also wanted to rush to the rescue, in the previous game, when he encountered an interior player who was stronger than Yao Ming, Clark helped Yao Ming to get in the position, so that Yao Ming fought closer to the basket to shoot.

But tonight, Clark's plan is clearly about to fall through.

Because he just moved, Big Ben just stuck him.

Obviously, Zhang Weiping has also carefully studied the game video of the Pistons, and he also knows very well how destructive it will be after putting Yao Ming under the basket.

……

Seeing that Clark was entangled, Yao Ming knew very well that he had to make a move as soon as possible, otherwise, he would be squeezed farther and farther away from the basket by Xiao Ao, and his shooting rate would also decrease.

Directly turned over and jumped up, Yao Mingzhong threw his hand.

But after the ball was shot, it shocked Yao Ming in a cold sweat......

It's just a little bit, maybe just a centimeter away, Xiao Ao is about to cover his shot.

Yao Ming still underestimated Xiao Ao's athleticism and defensive ability.

It can be said that Yao Ming's previous six games were a little too smooth, and the strongest inside line he encountered was only a big Z with little athleticism.

When encountering a short old man like Teylon Hill and no bounce inside, Yao Ming can shoot safely, and he doesn't even use jumping much.

But now he is facing the league's top interior Xiao Ao, the league's second-ranked center, and this shot was almost blocked.

Xiao Ao is definitely at his golden peak at the moment, a good year at the age of twenty-four or five, he has a good height and arm span, coupled with amazing bounce, even if this ball rewards Yao Ming with a shocking hat, it is not an incomprehensible thing.

……

"duang......" Yao Ming's shot to strike iron.

Clark was crazy with Big Ben, but in terms of strength, Clark was definitely not Big Ben's opponent, and finally watched Big Ben take the rebound off his head.

The first round of the matchup between the Auburn combination and the Yao Ke combination can be said to be a complete victory for the Auburn combination.

not only ruined Yao Ming's offense, but also grabbed the rebound.

Richard stood on the sidelines and sighed, he had already imagined this situation, Yao Ming and Clark were not at their peak at the moment, and they might not be the opponents of Auburn.

Judging from the first round of the fight, Richard's guess was right, and it was really the Auburn combination that had the advantage.

It's normal to think about it, Xiao Ao is the second center in the league, and Big Ben is the first blue-collar interior in the league, which is an undisputed thing.

A second center, a first blue-collar inside, the combination of these two, if Yao Ming during the rookie period took a Clark and was capable, then Yao Ming was a little too incomprehensible.

It is no exaggeration to say that even O'Neill, who was a rookie, would never be able to accomplish such a feat.

……

At present, Richard has almost figured out the situation through the opening few offensive and defensive rounds.

In my heart, I have a bottom of the overall strength of the current Pistons......

The Pistons' strength is good, at least on the eastern side, it is an extremely strong existence, but it seems that there is still a gap compared to the Trailblazers.

Richard himself cares about this game, and he doesn't care about winning or losing at all, but wants to have a clearer understanding of the Pistons' situation.

Now that he generally knows the situation, Richard doesn't care about winning or losing this game anymore, and what he cares about most now is Yao Ming's data.

Can Yao Ming still play 20+10 data tonight?

This was very important to Richard.

has maintained 20+10 data for more than ten consecutive days, and Richard doesn't want to fall short tonight.

He is now looking forward to completing the 20+10 prop limit for three consecutive months, and quickly let Yao Ming absorb the essence of Tiangou.

……

"I already have a general situation almost clear, and then let Yao Mingqiang play the inside line as much as possible!" Richard called a timeout halfway through the first quarter.

The reason why Yao Mingqiang continued to play the inside line when the inner line was not dominant was definitely to continue the 20+10 data.

"Coach, there's no need to let me play alone tonight, I feel that the outside shot is more appropriate......" Yao Ming lowered his head and said to Richard with some embarrassment.

Yao Ming's super high emotional intelligence soon realized that Richard's continued practice of letting himself play the inside line might cause dissatisfaction among other players in the team.

Although Richard is full of prestige in the team, absolutely no one dares to question Richard's tactical arrangement, but Yao Ming does not want his teammates to be dissatisfied with Richard in their hearts because of their own reasons.

Richard was stunned, and after hearing Yao Ming's words, he also realized something.

"Naturally, there is a purpose for this, guys, the goal of our team is to win the championship, as for the Eastern Conference championship, what the Central Division champion, it's all shit-like stuff, I Richard can't look down on it!"

"Now the Trail Blazers may be our Pistons' biggest rivals for the championship, and I need Yao Ming to learn from the experience tonight and find the experience against the Auburn combination!"

"It's necessary for our future!"

Richard explained it, and the reason why he explained it like this was actually for Yao Ming.

If it weren't for Yao Ming, Richard wouldn't have had to explain.

In this case, it is undoubtedly a very unwise choice to continue to let Yao Ming play the inside line.

There may be players who are dissatisfied in their hearts, and it is more likely that teammates are dissatisfied with Yao Ming.

Naturally, Richard could not allow this to happen, so he explained it......

Of course, this explanation, while it sounds reasonable, is pure Richard's nonsense.

The ability to talk nonsense is actually a necessary skill for coaches.

If you don't know how to talk nonsense, how can you convince the players under you......

And Richard is still quite talented in, basically at the level of opening his mouth, and he doesn't have to think about it at all.

The Pistons nodded their heads, daring to be like this.

Or that Coach Richard is amazing, how can people think so far and have such ambitious goals.