On the 15th, the Suns hosted the Pistons, which have been controversial recently.

After the head coach was replaced by Larry Brown, the Pistons, who had the best record in the East last season, are currently only 5-4, with no points breaking 100 in a game, slow offensive and defensive transitions, and an extremely ugly style of play.

The Pistons are obviously a team led by a group of young people, but they play like a veteran team like the Jazz in the previous two seasons, always grinding the position, and when the overall shooting rate is very low, the opponent's shooting rate is even lower, so as to win.

That's certainly not the way fans want to win, and when Brown coached the 76ers, there was still the flamboyant Iverson to attract fans, and the Pistons played team basketball and the team's leading scorer didn't average 20 points per game.

Many people began to question Brown's coaching ability, and the management also put frequent pressure on him, Joe Dumas hoped that Brown could reuse the highly-anticipated rookie Darko Milicic, but Brown was like a king and was determined not to give Milicic any chance to play.

James and Anthony have become the offensive core of their respective teams, and Milicic, who was not inferior to them in the draft, has not even played a minute.

Brown is a typical college coach, playing under him is a "superior-subordinate" relationship, and the falling out with the 76ers is directly related to Brown's excessive strictness, and Brown does not like to use rookies, has always disliked.

Not only did he not give him a chance, but Brown was very harsh on Milicic, even brutally hitting the self-confidence of the rookie, and he said more than once in the post-game press conference that Milicic could not withstand an NBA-level confrontation.

If a reporter says that Milicic was not bad during the trial, it was a strengthened version of Nowitzki, White Duncan. Brown was silent, putting on a posture of "Lao Tzu is a famous coach in the NBA, you are all brains who don't understand the ball, I am too lazy to waste foaming with you".

In fact, Milicic was a very hard-working lad when he first entered the league, and he came all the way from Serbia and Montenegro to train early and leave late every day in order to get Brown's appreciation, but Brown would rather rotate eight men than give Jack a chance to play.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Milicic later gained weight at Larry Brown's request and was ready to switch to center. As a result, after gaining weight, he still didn't have a chance to play, and gradually became negative.

It wasn't until Brown was fired because of his flawed personality and Dumas was abandoned by the team owner for deliberately hiding the truth for Brown that Billups dared to expose the shocking inside story of Brown's deliberate suppression of Milicic for two years.

"Larry scared the kids out of the way." "He crumbled the kid's self-esteem so badly that he couldn't recover from the injury," Billups said. Now that our coach has changed to Philip, maybe everything will be different. You know, he hurt him so much that he might never get back on his feet. This kid has an extraordinary talent and it can be said that he can do anything on the court. ”

Now the only way for Milicic to survive is actually to let his agent force the palace and be traded to a team that can play as soon as possible.

This game was broadcast live again in the United States, and when the league arranged the schedule, it was considered a matchup between the two giants. The Pistons' roster is not weak, as evidenced by Milicic's fringe man.

Guo Xu attaches great importance to this game, as a warm-up for the playoffs, if the Pistons can still poach Rashid Wallace as they did in their previous life, although their style of play is ugly, they are not weak with their super lineup, and they are a championship team.

The current Sun also has a weakness, that is, the players rely more on Guo Xu's play, and he is two teams on and off. Teams with super cores are prone to this situation, everyone is used to receiving assists, and they will not be so resolute when they play, such as James's Cavaliers in the previous life, James's Heat have all had a situation where the core is gone, and the team collapses immediately.

This weakness cannot be remedied, and the owner Jerry Colangelo made a special call to tell the coaching staff that he must ensure Guo Xu's playing time, resolutely take him as the core, and strive to help him play an average of 30+10 per game and win the MVP for a second time.

For a team, having an MVP-caliber star can make a lot of money. It's very easy to attract money on the billboard at the Suns' home court this season, and even if the Suns don't win the championship, Jerry won't sell the team.

TNT Radio broadcast the game live, and as the players warmed up, the two commentators chatted about NBA gossip.

Previously, the world's only "fire squid" ceremony was staged in Detroit, and the general manager Dumas looked embarrassed at the press conference, and the fired head coach Carlisle was relaxed, and the joke was from beginning to end.

"Thank you for firing me, it's a good thing in my opinion, it doesn't look easy, but you have to think the best, I believe I have a bright future, it's good for my wife and our two dogs, and I'm excited about the possibilities for the future."

Carlisle was fired in this way, which was infuriating and funny. The decision to fire Squid was not made by Dumas, but by the big boss Davidson, because Carlisle offended the boss and several of his senior officials. Carlisle has won 50 games in both years, won two consecutive Midwest titles, topped the East once, and was voted "Best Coach."

Initially, Dumas considered that Carlisle didn't have to attend the press conference, and that he was still vacationing on an island in South Carolina anyway. But Carlisle was a maverick by nature, and he not only came, but also brought with him the petite and beautiful wife Dona, who was dressed in an off-the-shoulder suit, but it was a pity that the two dogs remained at home, otherwise Dumas's face would be even more embarrassed.

Carlisle is one of the most dedicated coaches among the young marshals and has a good set of research stats, and opponents can catch even the smallest holes. He was born to be a compassionate offender, only messing with the boss, and never publicly criticizing the players and coaches. Participating in the press conference, I also shook hands with every staff member to thank them.

With such a personality, he really deserves to be Jim Carrey's brother, Carlisle became the head coach of the Pacers this season, and currently leads the Pacers to rank first in the East, which is a slap in the face.

The two sides started the game, and the Suns had five: Guo Xu, Ragabel, Joe Johnson, Marion, and Stoudamire.

D'Antoni arranged a small-ball tactic, ready to fight directly with the Pistons to attack, the defensive end is man-marking, Marion's single defense will not become a hole, because the offensive ability of the Pistons interior players is very poor, don't worry.

Pistons Five: Billups, Hamilton, Tyshawn Prince, Eldon Campbell, Ben Wallace.

Brown started the 35-year-old, retiring blue-collar veteran Campbell, substituted Memet Oku from beyond the three-point line, and left Milicic to guard the water cooler whose lineup no one could understand.

How can the defensive ability of the two young and strong, seven-foot-tall interior linemen be worse than Campbell, who is 211cm tall and weighs only 98 kilograms? Campbell was indeed excellent defensively at his peak, but he had already declined.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the Pistons played very difficult at the beginning of the game, and Rasheed Wallace was traded in the mid-term, and the overall strength was greatly improved, and finally 54 wins in the regular season.

It's not that Brown has a high level of coaching, it's that the team is too strong, and it's Manager Dumas who traded well and found an All-Star without paying any price. If the Pistons hadn't upset the Lakers and won the championship, Brown would have had to go out of class for one season.

Guo Xu plans to shoot more this time, because the Pistons concede very few points per game, and they are a team known for their defense, and they can be more impressive when they score high points in the face of the Pistons.