In the 2007 Eastern Conference playoffs, the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls met in the Eastern Conference semifinals on a narrow road, which was also the first time that Big Ben met his old club on the stage of the playoffs after switching to the Bulls. The Bulls are no match for the Pistons, who have four quasi-All-Stars, and throughout the series, the Bulls have never reached the level of the Pistons on the offensive end.

In the first three games, the Pistons led the Bulls 3:0, and the Pistons had at least two players score 20+ points in the game, the first game was Hamilton and Billups, the second game was Prince, Hamilton and Webb, the third game was Prince and Billups, and the Bulls only had Deng, who scored 20+ in the second game, and scored 21 points on 8-of-22 shooting, and in the fourth game, the Bulls took advantage of the home court to pull back a city, Deng scored 25 points, Hinrich and Ben Gordon both scored 19 points, and the fifth game The Pistons offense was blocked, No one scored 20 points in the whole game, but the Bulls' Ben Gordon broke out, scoring 28 points, and Deng also scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and recovered a city again, but in the sixth game, the Pistons did not give the Bulls any chance, and Billups and Hamilton led the Pistons to catch the Bulls with solid free throws (10 of 10 in total) in the final moments.

The whole series Big Ben started the game for 35 minutes, averaged 8.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, here, he didn't get the tactical position he wanted, Deng and Ben Gordon were not players who taught people to fish, they were all fighting alone, this year, it was also the last peak of Big Ben's career, and his brother Tianzun averaged 14 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 rebounds per game, and he didn't take anything cheap from the Bulls.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons met the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James, and after six games, the Pistons lost to the Cavaliers, ending the season.

This round of the series can be said to be a turning point for James from an ordinary star to a superstar in the league, in this round of the series, James seized the weakness of Big Ben's departure and the Pistons' poor defense inside, and fiercely rushed to the inside, at the beginning of James's career, he was such a type of player, this round of the series made James's power greatly increased, it is worth a book is the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain, the first four games of the two teams were tied 2:2, in this most important fifth game, the Pistons and the Cavaliers fought for two overtimes, In the end, James lost unfortunately, James hit the super data of 48 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, and also included 9.5 seconds in regular time to tie the Pistons, and scored the last 25 points of the Cavaliers in a row, including the most important, 2.2 seconds in the second overtime, killing the Pistons!

Without Big Ben's defense on the inside, James can be said to do whatever he wants in this game, the Pistons have always insisted on using Prince to defend James alone, although Prince has first-class defensive ability, but his body is thin, he can't carry James at all, Webb and Tianzun are old inside, and the pace of supplementing defense is slow, James just carried Prince to crush the inside, and then turned over and jumped to shoot, so that the Pistons couldn't parry, The goal of the 9.5-second tie in regular time was that James singled out Prince to rely on his strong body to kill the inside line and dunk the score, and in the second overtime, James singled out Billups, forced the inside, and scored points on a gliding pull-up layup.

Of course, despite James' extreme ability, the Pistons' defense is not vegetarian, although they have no big book, but the defensive skills are still there, the Cavaliers James only played two good games in these six games, one was the fifth, one was the third, and the Cavaliers won the final victory in both games, but the problem is that when James was not in good shape, his teammates stood up and hit the Pistons by surprise, and the sixth man of the team in the fourth game, Daniel Gibson, scored 21 points in the game, The main power forward Drew Gooden scored 19 points and 8 rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting, taking away the victory, and Gibson was even more supernatural in the sixth game, scoring a game-high 31 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 5-of-5 three-pointers, and scoring 19 points in the first half of the fourth quarter in the crucial place set the tone of the game, and Prince's performance of only 1 of 10 shooting in the sixth game and only 5 points became one of the biggest stains on his career.

In the 2007 draft, the Pistons selected two future hopefuls in a row, and selected Aaron Afraro with the 27th pick in the first round, Afralo, who had just entered the league, was still a piece of jade, with good ability on the defensive end, but the shooting level was lackluster, and Hamilton of the Pistons team was also as stable as the team's scoring champion, which also led to Afralo's first year with the Pistons not getting any good opportunities, averaging 3.7 points in 13 minutes per game.

Another rookie that surprised the Pistons was Rodney Starkey, who was drafted with the 15th pick in the first round, and no one would be equal, and when David Stern read Starkey's name in this year's draft, how would this cap-wearing, talented-looking young man change the course of the Pistons' development.

Starkey is 196 cm tall, is a strong attacking dual-energy defender, when playing the first position, he is tall, can use his height and strong body to press or hit the opponent with his back, and the success rate is very high, when playing the second position, his speed is better than the league average, although the starting speed is not up to Wade Iverson's level, but it is also very good, however, his shortcomings are also fatal, on the first position, his left-handed dribbling skills are poor, passing vision is average, and he prefers to play alone, In the second position, shooting selection is a problem, the outside three-point shooting ability is average, such a player is more suitable to lead the bench to score points in the second half of the first quarter, and the latter part of the lottery area is a very reasonable order, but the key is that Starkey played against the sky in the preseason!

Starkey's average data in the preseason is 32.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 9.1 assists, which can be described as a hanging hero from all walks of life, his performance in the game, calm and atmospheric, high-grade, directly blinded the titanium alloy eyes of the general manager of 30 teams, Dumas is to put the expectations of Starkey, from a qualified sixth man, directly to the point of building the cornerstone of the team, in order to Staki to take the position, he did not hesitate to trade Billups, of course, this is all an afterthought.

Starkey was injured in the final game of the preseason and missed the first half of the season, averaging 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 19 minutes per game while shooting 40 percent from the field, a performance that put Starkey on the second team of the All-Rookie team.

Hamilton Ray can't beat the team's first firepower point, Billups averaged 17.0 points per game and 6.8 assists per game, and was selected as an All-Star for three consecutive years and the last year, Billups averaged 17.0 points and 6.8 assists per game, and was still selected as an All-Star, Prince was a full-time player for five consecutive seasons, averaging 13.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, four consecutive years, and the last year he was selected to the Defensive Team of the Season 2 teams, Tianzun was 33 years old at this time, and he was about to be 34 years old, and his production declined, averaging 12.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game-Bosh became the starting power forward, and Tianzun, who was voted third by fans at this position, was lucky enough to be selected for the All-Star Game.

Last season, the team's main center Chris Webber was 35 years old, considering Tianzun's age, the team did not give Webber a contract, and Webber's physical condition, especially the old knee injury, did prove that Webber has not adapted to the NBA's high-intensity confrontation, and then in January 2008, Webber signed a short-term contract with the Warriors, choosing to return where the dream began, and after the end of the season, in March, Webber announced his retirement.

Without Webb, the team's original sixth man, Antonio McDyce, took on the heavy responsibility, playing as the starting center, playing full attendance in 78 games, averaging 8.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and McDyce is no longer young, and this year, he is about to turn 34 years old. Tianzun and McDyce are aging, and the style is no longer there, and the team's interior Jason Mark Hill, who has been focusing on cultivating in recent years, seized the opportunity and became the team's sixth man. With an average of 21.6 minutes per game, he can score 7.9 points and 5.3 rebounds, as well as 1.1 blocks, although Mark Hill is not tall, but he is strong and strong, dare to fight, and fight for himself in the team, and this season's average of 7.9 points per game is already the highest scoring season in his career with almost no offensive skills.

This season, Hamilton is 30 years old, Billups is 32 years old, Tianzun and McDice are 34 years old, and the youngest in the starters, Prince, is also 28 years old.

By the way, when Big Ben left, the Pistons signed a spare tire, Nazr Mohammed, who played 21 games this season, was traded to Charlotte Bobcats for Primoz Blazek and Walter Holman. Blazek played 17 games with the Pistons and averaged 1.6 points per game, and was sent to the Raptors by the Pistons in February, and got point guard Juan Dixon, Dixon became the last member of the team's rotation lineup, averaging 6.5 points in 14 minutes per game, and poor performance in the playoffs, averaging 10 minutes of playing time per game and only scoring 3 points, while Hallman played 28 games for the Pistons this season, averaging 3 points per game, basically excluding the rotation lineup, and Muhammad was traded, which also means that the Pistons' vain attempt to use Muhammad to fill the vacancy of Big Ben's departure was completely shattered.

It can be seen that this season's Pistons team still basically follows the original lineup, there is no heavy reinforcement, at this time Dumas firmly believes that the Pistons still have the strength to compete for the championship this year, but in the general environment, there is good news in the East, a bad news, the good news is that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who eliminated themselves last year, also did not have much action, and they are still in, James plays, James plays, James plays in the infinite repetition of James plays, and they are not in good shape this season, Only 45 wins in the regular season, only ranked fourth in the East, although the Cavaliers eliminated themselves last year, but in fact, in terms of hard power, the two teams are actually evenly matched, which is good news for the Pistons, but the bad news is that a veteran powerhouse in the Eastern Conference - the Boston Celtics made a big move, through a series of big trades, actually put the big leaders of the three teams, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen together, and in the regular season, With a league-high record of 66-16, the Pistons with a 59-23 record ranked first in the East!