The reason why Danny Angie wants to use these tactics in this series.

In fact, it may not be that he does not want to get Richard to do it.

With the current posture, Lu Kai is about to be swept away, and he naturally doesn't want Richard to pass the test so easily, and wants to set up some difficulties for Richard......

For example, if the locker room is not heated or hot, if it really makes a few Pistons players catch a cold, then even if Green Kai's side does not benefit, Richard's side will definitely not be happy, and he may be killed in the Eastern Conference Finals......

But now Danny Angie really doesn't dare to use these tricks.

……

The game on the court has begun, and the Pistons still have a considerable advantage.

Pierce and Billups on the court played a little carelessly and looked full of concerns.

By the time the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Pistons won the crucial match point game and took a 3-0 lead.

As soon as the game ended, Richard walked up to the court and wanted to ask what had happened to the two.

However, the two didn't speak, and shook their heads with a wry smile and said that it was okay.

The ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, and they are embarrassed to tell Richard about it.

Richard was confused about this, and he had no idea what was going on......

In the next fourth game, the Pistons easily eliminated Green Kai again and successfully got the ticket to the Eastern Conference finals.

……

The other group of Eastern Conference semifinals matchups in the East is not as good as the Pistons.

After their four matches, the two sides played a 2-2 match.

The 76ers got a win at home with the Nets, and the Nets also returned the favor with a win at the 76ers' home court.

The direction of this round of the series may depend on the variable of Dazhi.

If Dazhi can break out, then their 76ers will have a chance to take out the Nets and meet the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Looking at the two games that the 76ers lost, it was really because Dazhi didn't break out and lost......

In terms of the reasonableness of the overall lineup, there is no doubt that the Nets want to beat the 76ers, but the 76ers have two magical characters, one is Iverson and the other is Dazhi, if the two of them break out, it is likely to determine the direction of the game.

Iverson struggled to break out with Kidd's defense......

However, the defensive intensity encountered by Dazhi's side is not so great, and whether the 76ers can pass this round of the series depends on Dazhi's performance.

……

On the western side, the Trail Blazers also swept the Mavericks directly and qualified for the Western Finals.

As for the other set of matchups, the Kings are at a disadvantage at the moment, and they were beaten by the Spurs with a score of 3:1.

It is estimated that this year's Western final on the western side will undoubtedly be a showdown between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs.

Originally, Richard was still wondering if there would be an upset, such as letting the Kings and Lakers play a Western showdown......

In this way, no matter which opponent they face for the Pistons, they will definitely be able to pass the test easily.

But now the opponent is either the Trail Blazers or the Spurs, and it will definitely be difficult to deal with.

Now that the Spurs' GDP mix has taken shape, Richard has a principle of not interfering in the selection of players.

Ginobili went straight to join the Spurs after his contract with the Trail Blazers expired, and the Spurs offered a contract with a maximum salary.

So the strength of the Spurs is also quite strong at the moment, and whether the Trailblazers can kill the Spurs is really a matter of two words.

……

On May 16, the 76ers and the Nets finally decided the winner.

To everyone's surprise, the Philadelphia 76ers finally won this series.

The last game was the home court of the Nets, but Dazhi did not break out, but Iverson's side broke out, and the breakthrough of the whole game grimaced, and the sudden Nets complained bitterly.

Iverson made 22 free throws in the whole game, and under normal circumstances, Iverson's free throw shooting percentage was not too high.

But think about the time when he played at Purdue University before, Richard strongly asked Iverson to practice his free throws well, so Iverson's free throws are also quite good at the moment, and he can reach the level of 80 out of 5.

In this crucial tie-breaker, Iverson scored 20 points just by relying on free throws, and scored a total of 51 points in the game, directly leading the team to kill the Nets and leading the Philadelphia 76ers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

Richard was happy, he had a lot of fun in this year's playoffs......

After a three-round series, the opponent's big names were all West Lafayette players, and all three series were West Lafayette derbyes.

Richard also knows that this kind of thing is not uncommon, after all, now that the West Lafayette players have grown up, most of them have become the mainstay of the league.

What happens in the playoffs is certainly something that happens from time to time.

……

"Coach, we're going to have a good time this time!" As soon as the series was over, Iverson and Dazhi called Richard excitedly.

They had played Richard's Trail Blazers twice in the Finals before, but both were quite miserable, and both were swept out......

Now that they are meeting Richard in the Eastern Conference Finals, the two of them have already made up their minds to play a good game with the Pistons.

……

"You two don't just cry when you lose......"

"I'm not going to show mercy to your men!" Richard quipped with a laugh.

"We don't need to show mercy to our subordinates, we have already figured out how to deal with the Pistons lineup!" Iverson was quite confident.

Richard was happy, and he liked Iverson's unyielding energy, even if the lineup was far behind the Pistons, they were still full of confidence.

"By the way, Dazhi, I will lead the team in this year's Asian Championships, you know this, right?" Richard asked with a smile.

"Got it, I was notified a few days ago, I didn't want to go, but since you go, coach, I'm going to join in the fun."

"Actually, it's the same with me or not, it's all hanging and beating anyway, Yao Ming is enough to lead the team alone." Dazhi said with a smile.

Under normal circumstances, Dazhi did not participate in this Harbin Asian Championships.

However, the reason was because Dazhi had a falling out with China at that time......

At present, although Dazhi and China are still in harmony, Dazhi has no interest in this kind of garbage competition.

It's just an Asian Cup, it's not a hand-to-hand game, even if it wins the championship, it doesn't have much credit.

He is different from Yao Ming's people, Yao Ming's people must participate, whether they are happy or not, if they don't participate, they will have their good fruits to eat!

If Dazhi didn't want to participate, no one could force him......

But now that Richard is coming to lead the team, he must still give Richard a face.

"Okay, just take this opportunity to test the lineup and strive to play well in the Athens Olympics." Richard said with a smile.

Iverson was standing next to Dazhi, and when he heard Richard mention the Athens Olympics in the hands-free on his mobile phone, he couldn't help but feel a pain.

"Coach, aren't you going to compete for the position of men's basketball coach at the U.S. Olympics? I'm going to go to the Athens Olympics. ”

"Don't forget, you're an American, don't you want to lead the American team to the championship......" Iverson asked speechlessly.

Richard was also stunned, good guy, he almost forgot that his current identity is an American......

Good guys, what if the basketball association on the American side at that time let themselves lead the American Dream Team.

"Ahem, Allen, let's talk about this matter, there are many talented coaches in the American basketball circle, and I am not one of them, let's talk about it when the time comes......" Richard coughed lightly and said with a smile.

……

Under normal circumstances, the leading coach of this dream team is Larry Brown, and as for whether Larry Brown can still get this position now, Richard can't say well.

Although Larry Brown was miserable by Richard, he still has a status in the group of old American coaches.

Those top coaches, such as Coach K, Nelson Sr., Zen Master, Richard......

If they didn't want to go, then Larry Brown would have to pick up the whip.

Richard thought for a moment, and didn't think too much about it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there must be a way to solve this situation at that time.

It's a big deal to pit Larry Brown again......

Anyway, I'm used to it, and now if I don't pit Larry Brown, Richard feels like he can't sleep well.

……

The first game of the Eastern Conference finals began, and what Richard didn't expect was that Rick Carlisle really came up with a set of tactics that restrained the Pistons.

Aggro!

This is also the essence of tactics that Carlisle learned when he was an assistant coach under Richard.

Iverson's speed goes without saying, although Dazhi's speed is slower than that of the backcourt players, it is also faster than Yao Ming.

At the moment, their tactical purpose is to use the team's speed to offset the gap between the two sides as much as possible.

In front of the Pistons' Yao Ke combination, the Philadelphia 76ers' interior combination is simply impossible to watch.

If you really sit down and play, the 76ers are estimated to end up not much better than Magic and Green Kai, and they will definitely be swept away.

Now playing fast attack frantically, regardless of whether he can win in the end, at least he can still seek a glimmer of life.

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