At halftime, the score was 43:42, and the Pistons led by one point into the second half.

At the beginning of the 21st century, this kind of low scoring was common, after all, most coaches have a coaching philosophy of winning by defense.

In the third quarter, Larry Brown sent a more formal facelift.

Center: Rebraxia.

Forwards: Ben Wallace and Prince.

Defenders: Billups and Hamilton.

Not to be outdone, Paul also fielded a lineup of 4 starters and 1 substitute.

Center: Ilgoskas.

Forwards: Boozer and Darius.

Defenders: Ricky Davis and McGinnis.

Paul's lineup is not only about dealing with the Pistons, but also about balancing the team's two outside cores.

In the first half, James led the team for a long time, while Davis basically sat off the court all the time.

Paul was afraid that Davis would have an opinion, so he adopted a balancing tactic. In the second half, Davis led the team and James sat on the bench.

But Ye Feng just wanted to ask, it's acceptable to play like this in the preseason, do you still play like this in the regular season?

Which team's dual cores have always had to fight separately, not to mention weakening the team's strength, it is easy for different factions to arise in the team, which will then cause conflicts.

According to Ye Feng's thinking, Paul should make a ruthless choice, James and Davis only keep one of them, and the other person will trade for some strong role players or future draft picks, so as to maximize the benefits.

In fact, not only Ye Feng thinks so, but the chief assistant coach Brandon has also reminded Paul many times.

It's a pity that Paul still holds on to the illusion that James and Davis can coexist one day and have good chemistry.

Indecision and constant determination is definitely a big flaw in Paul's character.

And this shortcoming, in the near future, will make the knights suffer a big loss.

Honk~

At the start of the game, Davis asked for the ball after half time, and then began to force a break that he does best.

His physical gifts are indeed better than Hamilton's, and Hamilton can't guard against him.

However, the paint area with a large book and the paint area without a large book are not the same concept at all.

The most important thing about Big Ben is not to average a dozen rebounds per game. It's not an exaggerated 3.75 blocks per game, but his league-leading full-court defense and co-defense ability.

Whoever gets into the Pistons' paint zone, Big Ben will be the first to show up and block his way.

Then, taking advantage of this time difference, 206 cm Prince, 201 cm Hamilton, and 191 cm Billups will swarm in, surround and completely kill the future.

You must know that 191 centimeters is the height of many shooting guards, but Billups is playing playmaking guards.

201 centimeters is the height of a small forward, but Hamilton is playing a shooting guard.

206 centimeters can already play power forward, but Prince is a small forward.

The Pistons' outside trio is a level above the usual team's outside trio.

In the face of the encirclement and suppression of such three people, who can withstand it, not to mention that there is a bloody battle in front of him to guard the last line of defense.

As soon as Davis entered the paint zone, he was immediately surrounded by the Pistons quartet.

Not to mention shooting, even the passing line is blocked.

Davis was originally a small forward, and his height of 201 cm is not short, but once he was surrounded by the Pistons foursome, he felt like he was behind bars, let alone acting, and even his vision was swayed by arms everywhere.

But Davis is also a star player, so he won't be directly killed by the Pistons.

After a few bluffs, as the Pistons quartet moved, Davis spotted his opportunity and passed the ball directly through the gap.

McGinnis, who was outside the three-point line, received the ball and found that there was no one to defend within two meters of him, so he adjusted his shooting posture and decisively threw the ball out.

Bang!

It's a pity that McGinnis feels really cold today, and he strikes iron again.

Rebraxia protected the backcourt rebound for the Pistons and immediately handed it to Billups, who went straight to the fast break.

If Ye Feng is present, Ye Feng will definitely do his best to entangle Billups, after all, Billups is the fastest point for the Pistons and the point with the strongest organizational ability. As long as he is strangled at this point, the Pistons' fast break will be extinguished.

Moreover, Billups had educated Ye Feng in this way not long ago, and Ye Feng remembered it deeply.

However, McGinnis had no such awareness at all, and he did not have the idea of delaying Billups at all, except for going all out to retreat to the backcourt to seize the defensive position.

As soon as Billups got up and running, Prince and Hamilton followed, and Big Ben wasn't slow to move.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers, Big Z is 221 centimeters tall and can't run, Boozer and Davis ran a few steps and found that they couldn't catch up, so they didn't chase directly.

Only Darius and McGinnis dropped out in full force.

But the backcourt 4 defense 2, how could these two people stop the Pistons Four Tigers, Billups hit the ground and passed to Hamilton, Hamilton didn't stop the ball and threw it directly to the basket, and Daben suddenly flew up.

Syllable!

Relay in the air, both hands clasped violently.

Darius and McGinnis could only sigh in disgust.

The Pistons fans burst into jubilation, and cheers filled the entire Auburn Hills Palace Arena.

Daben, who averages less than 10 points per game, scores all by picking up, a rare wonderful dunk, of course, the fans are excited.

45：42。

The Cavaliers possessed the ball, and Davis, who did not break well, turned on the three-point mode, but unfortunately did not score under Hamilton's marking.

Hamilton, on the other hand, attacked with the ball, and Davis' lazy defense didn't put much pressure on him at all.

Swish!

Hamilton hit an easy shot to help the Pistons open the gap.

47：42。

Turning around, the Pistons seized on the weakness of the Cavaliers' inaccurate three-point shooting and began to shrink the formation again.

The Cavaliers are playing more and more ugly and are once again in a scoring dilemma.

Just 5 minutes into the game, the Pistons played a wave of 11:2 mini-climax, turning the score into 54:44 and a 10-point gap again.

The only score for the Cavaliers was scored by Boozer grabbing the frontcourt rebound.

Paul couldn't sit still, took advantage of a dead ball opportunity, and hurriedly replaced Dalius with Ye Feng, letting Ye Feng play a scoring guard, hoping that Ye Feng could use a three-point shot to help the team open up the offensive dilemma.

Davis, who mentioned the small forward position, saw Ye Feng on the court and ordered with a big grin: "Rookie, I will go directly to the three-point line later and help me pull the Pistons' defense." If there's a good chance, I'll pass you the ball. ”

"By the way, the undead Hamilton will be handed over to you, that guy is so annoying!"

Ye Feng's heart suddenly cooled, and it was no problem for him to defend himself against the 201-centimeter Hamilton, after all, Hamilton was good at catching and shooting, and rarely singled. You just need to keep up with Hamilton and don't worry too much about the height gap.

What Ye Feng really didn't believe was that Davis said that he would pass the ball, data brush, hehe!

Sure enough, in the entire second half, Ye Feng only received one pass, or when he was put two meters of space by Hamilton.

Ye Feng's three-point shot is accurate, but what's the use of not receiving the ball?

Hamilton decisively gave up his close-range marking of Ye Feng and strengthened his contraction and harassment of the inside.

However, on the defensive end, Hamilton began to be surprised by Ye Feng's performance.

This little yellow-skinned defender is really fast and aggressive.

Hamilton's level of running open shots is the best in the league, but throughout the second half, Hamilton found that this kid was staring at himself and didn't give himself any comfortable shooting opportunities.

"Hey, this is a lot of fun. You may not know that although there is a difference of 13 centimeters, Hamilton is Ye's NBA template, and Ye is also a guy who can't run and is good at catching and shooting. Before entering the NBA, Ye's position was also a shooting guard. ”

Smith said with interest in the commentary room.

It's a pity that Ye Feng, who can't get the ball, can't play his shooting ability at all.

Throughout the second half, except for a three-point shot and defense, Ye Feng was doing meaningless switchback runs.

On the other hand, Hamilton, with the cover of Big Ben and Prince, got a lot of shooting opportunities, and Davis didn't make up for it at all.

In such a situation, Hamilton single-handedly shot the Knights' defense up.

At the end of the third quarter, the score became 63:52.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the head coaches of the two sides tacitly did not play the main force, but used the rotation lineup and marginal players to practice tactics, the game was tepid, and there was not much suspense, and Ye Feng did not get another chance to play.

At the end of 48 minutes, the Pistons defeated the Cavaliers 86-79 to claim their first win of the playoffs.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, started the season with a loss.

In the whole game, Hamilton shot 12 of 17 and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 28 points, and was the leading scorer of the game.

Billups had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Big Ben had 8 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, Prince had 10 points and 5 boards, and Oku had 10 points and 7 boards.

On the Cavaliers' side, James, the best performer, scored 13 points on 4-of-10 shooting, 0-of-3 three-pointers, and 5-of-7 free throws, as well as 8 rebounds and 7 assists, hitting a quasi-triple-double.

Davis shot 5-of-19, 1-of-6 three-pointers, 4-of-4 free throws, and finished with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, but the shot was too touching.

Big Z lacked the desire to attack and only scored 6 points and 8 rebounds. Boozer was ferocious, scoring a team-high 16 points and nine rebounds.

McGinnis was 2-of-9 from the field and 0-of-4 from three-point range for just four points.

Ye Feng played 18 minutes, made 3 of 3 three-pointers, scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, which was a good start.