Pierce, who already has an average of 25 points per game, can improve his strength one step further, what kind of terrifying level can he reach?

Richard didn't dare to think that in the future, Pierce estimated that he would become a super killer in the East.

……

The second game is still the home court of the Pistons, and this time Richard does not dare to take it lightly.

Although Green Kai and Richard have a pretty good relationship, no matter how good it is, Richard can't just watch the Pistons risk losing.

As a result, tonight, Richard directly used a strong defensive lineup of forwards and guards to conduct a wheel battle against Pierce!

In the small forward position of the Pistons, there are not too many players who defend strongly......

Steven Gerrard, Prince, Josh Howard, and Joe alone are not bad defensively.

Under the wheel battle, all kinds of consumption of Pierce's physical energy finally limited Pierce.

Even so, Pierce contributed 31 points.

It's amazing......

The two games of G3 and G4 were played at the home of Green Kai.

As a result, Green Kai fans burst into tears of excitement, and they actually snatched a win from the Pistons.

Pierce played against the sky again, scoring 49 points and leading the Boston Green Kai to a narrow victory over the Pistons by one point.

After four games, Pierce was even able to average 38.5 points per game, which is really jaw-dropping.

Although in the fifth game, Pierce's performance was a little sluggish, only scoring 28 points and being eliminated directly at the home court of the Pistons, but even so, Pierce's name was completely played.

The previous Pierce, although he was also a star, did not have many fans who recognized him as the league's No. 1 small forward.

That is, the local media in Boston, will shout this nickname from time to time.

But now that the first round of this preseason is over, almost all fans recognize Pierce as the league's No. 1 small forward position.

To be able to score such a terrifying average per game against a team like the overlord Pistons, in the eyes of fans, no one in today's league horror can do it.

At least at the small forward position, there is absolutely nothing that can be done.

Pierce, who is not the No. 1 small forward in the league, is completely unreasonable.

For a time, Pierce became famous.

Although it still lost to the Pistons with a score of 4:1 in the end, in the eyes of all parties, this is completely a gap in the lineup.

If the gap between the two lineups is not so big, Green Kai, under the leadership of Pierce, is really likely to create a black eight miracle!

……

After the first round, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, although the possibility of being blacked out is very small, but once it appears, it will be a great shame.

Pierce's strength has risen sharply, which makes Richard also happy, and he hopes that in the future, without Garnett and Ray Allen, Pierce will be able to taste the championship......

……

Winning the first round, the Pistons' next opponents are the Miami Heat or the New Orleans Hornets.

For now, the Pistons just need to wait patiently for this matchup to be decided.

These two teams are ranked fourth and fifth in the East, and the difference in strength is naturally not very large, and no one can say which team can advance, but in Richard's opinion, the Heat may have a better chance.

In terms of lineup, the Heat are much better than the Hornets......

At present, the big boss in the Heat team can't actually say whether it's Odom or Eddie Jones, if you look at the data purely, Odom is better than Eddie Jones......

However, Eddie Jones is old, and the voice in the team is definitely stronger than Odom.

In addition to these two people, the Heat got Wade, a rookie this year, and the data of his rookie season is not even worse than that of Eddie Jones and Odom.

Coupled with the lineup of Caron Butler, Alstom, Brian Grant and others, the strength should not be underestimated.

However, the problem with this lineup is still quite big, that is, it is heavy-footed, and there is no reliable interior player in the team at all......

Although Odom can play the No. 4 position, he is not a pure interior player, to be precise, he should be regarded as a small forward.

……

There is no doubt that with such a lineup, if it meets the Pistons, there is no other way to go except a dead end.

This may also be the reason why the Heat are willing to tear down the entire team, leaving only Wade and trading O'Neal with the Lakers.

Pat Riley is quite an old-school head coach, and his thirst for a strong interior line is actually no less than Richard's.

Although Richard is very young, his coaching style and team building ideas are actually quite old-fashioned.

If Richard were in Pat Riley's position, he would not hesitate to spend a lot of money on O'Neal.

……

In the end, as Richard expected, the Heat had a slight advantage, and in the tiebreaker, relying on Wade's excellent performance, they eliminated the Hornets and qualified for the Eastern Conference semifinals.

……

On May 6, the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Pistons and the Heat began, and the other group of Eastern Conference matchups was between the old rivals Nets and the 76ers.

As for the West, it's the Timberwolves vs. the Trail Blazers, and the Spurs vs. the Lakers.

Although the Lakers did not have a good record in the regular season, they still have a considerable number of fans, who have high hopes for them, thinking that they are just paddling in the regular season, and when it comes to the playoffs, they can really show the strength of F4.

In fact, there is nothing too wrong with this, with the Lakers' lineup, if they really stare at each other in the regular season, they will play 60+ wins, which is completely easy.

But there's no need for it at all......

Just like the previous Rockets three old eras, the three old people just closed the regular season, even if they only entered the playoffs in the eighth position, they are completely acceptable.

For no other reason, their only goal is to win the championship, and no matter how many places they finish in the playoffs, as long as they don't win the championship, they will fail.

Richard didn't take the Lakers F4 too seriously anyway, even if he couldn't sweep the Lakers at that time, he still had enough confidence to solve the Lakers within six games.

……

"Coach Richard, in fact, you should have used that list to choose mine!"

"I'm definitely a lot better than Milicic!"

In the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the game had not yet started, and the players on both sides were warming up, Richard was standing on the sidelines, and Wade came over.

Seeing Wade's puffed cheeks and look angry, Richard laughed.

"Young man, you should have warned me about this sooner."

"It's almost a year coming, and it's too late for me to regret it." Richard quipped.

"It's not too late, I have a magical premonition that I will definitely play under you in the future."

"I even have a hunch that in the next few years, I'm going to get a championship ring!"

"Your hunch, under normal circumstances, should be fine." Richard patted Wade on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Normally?" Wade frowned, a little confused about what Richard meant......

Richard waved his hand and didn't explain much.

In the draft, missing Wade really made Richard feel a pity.

However, everything is perfect, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to leave a little regret.

……

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons played quite easily, and it was much easier than the first round anyway.

Although Wade's strength is good, but after all, he is too immature, and it is difficult for him to play at a super level in the face of the Pistons' wolf-like guard defense, and finally this round of the Eastern Conference semifinals is played, and he has an average of 17 points per game.

Don't underestimate this average of 17 points, which is already the scoring champion of the Heat team......

Odom, under Clark's defense, almost collapsed, and even had an embarrassing shooting percentage of 2-of-12.

As for Eddie Jones, it was even more pitiful, and he was injured in the first game......

The gap in strength between the two sides is incomparably huge, and now there is one less Eddie Jones, what will the Heat win.

was swept 4-0, losing an average of nearly 20 points per game, which was not an opponent of the Pistons at all.

……

The Eastern Conference semifinals on the Pistons' side were over, and a tragedy broke out on the Western side.

The Trail Blazers were swept by the Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals.

This ending, I'm afraid no fan would have thought of it, and even Richard didn't expect the Trail Blazers to end up with such a tragic ending.

This is something that God did not even expect!

However, a look at the process of this round of Western Conference semifinals can analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers lack shooters!

When Reed was there before, he couldn't detect such a weakness, and now the Pistons' remaining cores are only Auburn and a Byron Davis......

There was also a good Zach Randolph on the bench.

None of these players are the kind of players who are good at attacking, and they are quite average in terms of shooting skills.

Although Byron Davis is an outside player, his style of play, lack of scoring explosiveness, coupled with the poor feel of this series, ultimately led to the Trail Blazers' offensive firepower, which is far inferior to the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' configuration looks a lot better than the Trail Blazers.

With a Garnett on the inside and two strong shooters on the outside, they have been hot in the key to this series.

In this case, it is not impossible to believe that a sweep of the piston is not something to do.

Richard sighed secretly, now it seems that the Trailblazers are really cool, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to have a chance to continue to rise in the future.

A little distressed, but he also knew that this was inevitable, and there had never been a dynasty in history that could last forever.

……

The Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs are quite anxious, and now both sides are guarding their own home courts, and it depends on who can gain the advantage in the next three games.

The Nets and 76ers on the Eastern side are in a similar situation, and it looks like they have a good chance of playing a game of seven.