The 2002 NBA draft as a whole, the quality is average, but because of the participation of Chinese player Yao Ming and attracted attention, in fact, this year's high-yielding players, most of them are also interior players, the Pistons due to their excellent record last season, they drew the first round of the No. 23 pick, not even the lotto, so people like Yao Ming, Stoudemire, Drew Gooden, Nene , Wilcox, Butler, Jay Williams these long-established stars are not considered, they are on the 23rd pick, chose Tyshawn Prince.

What? Why did you choose him?

Prince graduated from the University of Kentucky, a famous basketball school, which is simply the representative of the NCAA academy, which coincides with the coaching philosophy of head coach Carlisle, and the original team's No. 3 Michael Curry is 32 years old this year, he is the captain and spiritual leader of the Pistons, but the years are not forgiving, last season Curry 82 games full attendance, started 75 games, and played an average of only 23 minutes per game, Scored 4.0 points, such a performance obviously could not satisfy the management of the Pistons, and Prince is the representative of the NBA's earliest 3D players, he is 206 cm tall, but his arm span has reached an astonishing 218 cm, which gives him the potential to become an excellent defensive player, and more importantly, Prince also has a three-point skill, especially the left and right corners, the shooting rate is extremely high, and he does not possess the ball, he shoots when he catches the ball, and his basketball IQ is not low, such a player is exactly what Carlisle likes.

In addition, the Pistons' ninth pick in the second round of last year's draft, Memet Oku, also logged in the NBA this season, Oku is known as the "Turkish heavy artillery", as an interior player, but has a pretty good three-point shooting skills, although the talent is limited, but he is also very the defensive end, with a positive attitude, he was selected by the Pistons and did not log in to the NBA that year, but played in the Turkish league for a year, and came to the NBA after winning the championship for the parent team Effes Biesson.

In the 2002-2003 season, the staffing of the Pistons coincided with the tactical concept of head coach Carlisle, and the game went smoothly, Billups as the team's brain averaged 16.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, Hamilton's tactical characteristics are to run without the ball until the opponent runs to death, as long as he is given a little gap, he can send the ball to the basket, averaging 19.7 points per game, shooting 44.3%, Big Ben is still a pillar of optimism on the inside, Averaging 6.9 points and 15.4 rebounds per game, the original starting guard Atkins switched to the bench and averaged 7.1 points per game, Prince played 42 games in his debut season, averaging 10 minutes per game, and was able to score 3.0 points, after the season, the Pistons beat the Nets with a 50-32 record and entered the playoffs with the first record in the East. Their first-round opponent is the Orlando Magic led by Maddie.

This season is Maddie's 6th season, after the first six years of tempering, Maddy has grown from the sixth man in Toronto, to the league's highly praised superstar, playing handsome and elegant, this season's regular season, Maddy averaged 30.3 points per game, won the title of the first scoring champion of his career, the limelight can be described as unparalleled.

At that time, the Magic team, although they had superstar Maddie, but their personnel structure was not perfected, and others could only be called names, only this year's rookie Drew Gooden and last year's rookie Gordon Girishk, the overall duality, although the Magic team had superstar Maddie, but the overall staffing of the Pistons team occupied, everyone thought that the Pistons would be very easy to advance in this round of the series, but what people didn't expect was that the Pistons would play so hard, and they didn't decide the winner until the seventh game!

In the first game, the Magic, no, it should be said that Maddy gave the Pistons a dismount, shooting 15 of 28 and scoring 43 points to take away the victory, and in the second game, Maddy scored 46 points again on 16-of-26 shooting, but no one on the Magic team was able to score a double-double, and Girisek even only showed a poor performance of 1 of 11 shots, and finally the Pistons won the second game under the leadership of Hamilton with 30 points.

The third game moved to Orlando, Hamilton shot 13 points in the first quarter, Barbie Fan pulled to 10 points in a single quarter, Maddy scored 10 points in the second quarter, and overtook the score by two points, and in the third quarter, Girisek scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to strongly support Maddy, and finally the Pistons lost another game 80:89, and finally the Magic defeated the Pistons under the leadership of Maddy's 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, which also made Big Ben's 8 points, 22 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks in vain.

In the fourth game, the Pistons' performance was still struggling, and Big Ben tried his best to contribute 12 points, 24 rebounds, 11 front boards, and 7 steals, but the Magic team played a multi-point performance, Maddy scored 27 points, Gooden 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the sixth man Armstrong exploded and scored 18 points on 6 shots and 6 shots in the game, defending the home court.

After four games, the Pistons fell behind 1:3, and seeing it, the Pistons were about to be nailed into the mocking black curtain of the Black Eight, falling behind 1:3, and then reversing? In the history of the NBA, such examples can be counted on one hand, can the Pistons accomplish such a miracle?

The Pistons and the Magic fought fiercely again, and the fourth seed Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference playoffs also beat the fifth seed New Orleans Hornets to 3:1, and the winner between them will face the winner between the Pistons and the Magic.

"Hey guys, we're already thinking about preparing for our next opponent, the Philadelphia 76ers."

It's clear that Maddy is sure that the 76ers will advance, and similarly, he is convinced that the Pistons, who also lead 3-1, will also advance.

Compared to Maddie's ease, the interior of the Pistons team was solemn, and after the fourth game, the usually taciturn Big Ben called a meeting of all the players, at which Big Ben was furious and everyone who scolded was silent.

In the fifth game, the Pistons came up with a more ferocious defense than usual, allowing the Magic to score only 67 points in the game, while the Pistons scored 98 points, and the Pistons took the lead in scoring 14 points, 21 rebounds, 10 front boards, 4 steals and 3 blocks, and there was not a single turnover in the game, Hamilton scored 24 points, Billups, Prince, Oku and Joan Barry all scored 10+ points, and the Pistons pulled back a victory.

In fact, this victory has a big Ben to boost morale, but more importantly, Carlisle trusted Prince, Prince did not play in the first game, played 17 minutes in the second game, only scored 2 points on 0-of-3 shooting, played 11 minutes in the third game, shot 0-of-1 duck eggs, and did not play in the fourth game, it is obvious that the first four games Prince was completely out of the team's rotation, but the performance in the record forced Carlisle to make changes, the biggest change is to let Prince defend Maddie, No one could have imagined that this young rookie, who had yet to prove himself in the NBA, would become the one who changed the tide of this round!

In a game, under Prince's main defense, Maddy was not in the limelight, scoring 19 points on 8-of-20 shooting, delivering 4 assists but 3 turnovers, while Prince played 33 minutes, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 5-of-11 shooting.

In the sixth game, Billups exploded, scoring 40 points and hitting 7 three-pointers, Hamilton scored 22 points, Big Ben once again scored 20 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 blocks, and Magic leader Maddy scored 37 points on only 11 of 28 shots under Prince's entanglement, and the Pistons defeated the Magic with a score of 103:88.

In the crucial seventh game, Billups once again became Mr. Key, scoring 37 points on 11-of-19 shooting, Prince scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, and Maddy scored 21 points on 7-of-24 shooting, and the Pistons defeated the Pistons 108-93 after falling behind 1-3, winning three games in a row, successfully advancing, and completing a series that can be said to be a miracle, which also made Maddie's big words a laughing stock.

The Pistons were able to win this round of the series, Prince contributed a lot, and his blocking of Maddy became the key to the Pistons' advancement, Maddy averaged 36.3 points per game in the first four games, and the shooting rate was 52%, and in the last three games, Maddy averaged only 25.7 points per game, and the shooting rate was only 36%.

In this round, the Pistons' opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers led by Iverson, see Chapter 12 of the 76ers' volume against the Detroit Four King Kongs.

In this round of the series, although Iverson can contribute an average of 28.5 points per game, the overall shooting rate is not high, only 38.6%, although he can deliver 9.2 assists per game, but the number of turnovers has also reached 4.7, and the reborn power forward Derrick Coleman averages 16.5 points and 11 rebounds per game and shoots 53.4%, becoming the most stable and efficient branch of the 76ers. Or Super Sixth Man Aaron McGee can't give Iverson and Coleman more help, and the 97-class star Gise Van Horn is even more lost in the Pistons' iron wall, with a stable output of 16 points, 7 rebounds and 48.2% shooting in the regular season, and only 7.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 38.1% shooting per game in this round series.

On the other hand, the Pistons Hamilton is still a stable output of 23.5 points, Billups averages 18.3 points and 4.0 assists per game, Prince has been a starter in the second round at this time, playing an average of 30.3 minutes per game, and he did not disappoint the Detroiters, averaging 13.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and the shooting rate is 45.3%.

The Pistons eliminated the 76ers 4-2 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

At this time, the Nets are in the early stages of their prime, and they have been a strong team in the league in the past few years, with three All-Star players in the team, Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, and Richard Jefferson, just these three people, can steadily contribute 50+ points in the regular season, and scoring guard Corey Kidders is a player who is more powerful than famous, in the late nineties, it was also the signature of the Nets, the only disadvantage of this team's configuration is the center position, Last year, the Nets center was the center of the current 76ers, nicknamed Van Horn, nicknamed the cabbage, this brother's attack means are very comprehensive, but it is soft to play, there is no confrontation, basically no defense, as long as you meet Van Horn, a third-rate center, can play a second-rate level, a second-rate center can play a first-class level, a first-class center can play a superstar feeling, but Rao is like this, last year's Nets team under the leadership of the Trident still went all the way and reached the finals, unfortunately, Their opponent is the Los Angeles Clippers with super center Big Shark O'Neal, who was shaved by the Lakers in 4 games, O'Neal averaged 36.3 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.8 blocks per game, shooting 59.5% from the field.

This year's Nets made a comeback, while retaining the original framework largely unchanged, kicked away Van Horn and corrected the sophomore big center Jason Collins, this old brother is 213 cm long, offensive skills are lacking, but he is strong, rough and thick-skinned, and can resist playing, which is the most favorite weapon to deal with a big center like O'Neal, the Nets have a complete lineup, in terms of defensive efficiency, the Nets, who were the first last season, have gone to the next level this season, and this team composed of civilian players, Obviously, he can't compete with the Nets in the lineup, after four games, the Pistons lost 0:4, Hamilton is still the Pistons' most consistent scoring point, averaging 22.3 points per game, Billups is completely inferior in the matchup with Kidd, averaging only 9.8 points and 6.0 assists per game, shooting 27.5%, Prince is no longer magical, averaging only 5.3 points per game and shooting 30.4%, Big Ben didn't take advantage of the Collins matchup, Of the 17.3 rebounds per game, only 4.0 are in the frontcourt.

The Nets Kidd averaged 23.8 points, 10 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, and by the way, there were 2.8 steals, Collins averaged 8.5 rebounds per game, and frontcourt rebounds accounted for 3.5, while power forward Kenyon Martin averaged 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, shooting 51.7% from the field. And the Pistons' power forward Clifford Robinson, although he can also average 13.3 points per game, but only 1.5 rebounds, the defensive end can not limit Martin at all, not only that, the Pistons' bucket defense is not a problem in front of Martin at all, there is no good starting No. 4 position, this knot has allowed the Pistons to continue until next season.

In the 2003-2004 season, the Pistons strengthened again on the original basis, and signed a big center Elden Campbell for two years and $6.4 million, Campbell is 213 cm tall and weighs 127 kilograms, the center is strong and strong, and he looks fierce, he is not a good person at first glance, like the traditional American center, the offense is lackluster, and the defense is a living meat shield, he was the starting center of the Lakers and the Hornets, and he came to the Pistons at the age of 35. Playing less than 15 minutes per game, but still making up for Big Ben's height deficit, the Pistons' bucket defense is gradually taking shape.

Campbell's arrival is not the most important reinforcement for the Pistons this summer, what really makes the Pistons happy is still to come, the Pistons, who ranked first in the East last season, actually got the draft pick! And that year happened to be the year of the draft, the pride of the sky, the popular selection of young talents, except for the Cavaliers who will choose LeBron James, others, such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Chris Carman, TJ Ford, it seems that they are all talents who can become the cornerstone in the future, such an opportunity, how can the Pistons not be limited to madness!

But here's the problem, the NBA draft rules Any NBA fan knows that the top 14 picks in the first round are called the "lottery area", and the NBA stipulates that the 14 picks in the lottery area are selected by the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs last season.