"Rick, it looks like we need to take a fresh look at this Piston, this one is really strong! The Heat, who have O'Neal, were beaten like this by them! “

On the evening of May 19, in the head coach's office of the Pacers club, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle was taking several of his assistants to watch the seven-game match between the Heat and Pistons while studying the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals. It was supposed to be a fierce tie-break, but after the opening of the game, there was a strange atmosphere, and the process of today's game was different from the previous six games, the Pistons played their team and defense to the extreme at the beginning of the game, while the Heat who fought at home were a little out of shape under the high-pressure defense of the Pistons.

You must know that the Heat has an inside killer like Shaq O'Neal, and Dwyane Wade and Eddie Jones, two All-Stars, but in the fourth quarter when the game has been played halfway, the Heat team only scored 57 points, a superstar plus two All-Stars, even if their scoring efficiency is low, after more than 40 minutes of play, the Heat's score should not be so low, you must know that the Heat's average points per game this season have reached 100 points, even in the face of a defensive team like the PistonsIn the previous 6 series, the Heat also averaged more than 95 points per game, but today, the scoring of the whole Heat team was terrifyingly low, and it seemed that except for O'Neal, the rest of the Heat players could not find a place in the basket.

"These players are really good under Larry Brown." Rick Carlisle, who coached the Pistons for two seasons and was fired because of the arrival of Larry Brown, although he has a lot of grievances against the Pistons management, but Rick Carlisle also has to admit that Larry Brown's coaching ability, especially in the construction of the team's defensive system, is indeed stronger than himself, a team without any superstars, under the tutelage of Larry Brown, has blocked the Heat led by Shaq O'Neal from the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years, If it weren't for the more perverted Pacers team built by Larry Bird, maybe Larry Brown would really have a chance to stabilize the championship with the Pistons.

"Richard is so steady!" Looking at the TV screen, Richard Hamilton, who once again hit a mid-range shot on Dwyane Wade's head to help the Pistons pull the difference to 21 points, assistant coach Lester Connell also had a look of regret. Richard Hamilton but Larry Bird spent a lot of money, with the best rookie of the season, Amare Stoudemire, who was in the limelight in the playoffs this season, was traded from the Wizards, in Larry Bird's original plan, Richard Hamilton was to replace Reggie Miller to carry the Pacers' No. 2 position, but Richard Hamilton was poached by the Pistons with a bigger contract extension after playing for the Pacers for one season, The walkers, who had an empty bamboo basket for water, also became a laughing stock of the outside world for a while.

"It's a pity Darko!" Unlike Lester Connell's focus, when the overall situation has been decided, Rick Carlisle's only concern is Darko Mirisic, who has just come off the bench, and Darko Mirisic, who has been on the cold bench for an unknown amount of time, finally got one of the few minutes of playing time in garbage time, and in this year's playoffs, the Pistons have played more than 10 games, but Darko Mirisic's playing time has not exceeded 20 minutes combined.

This talented player, who once haunted Rick Carlisle and had high hopes, wasted time and his talent year after year under Larry Brown after Rick Carlisle was fired, and only 400 minutes of playing time in two seasons is constantly eroding the fighting spirit and confidence of this big boy who was praised by Rick Carlisle as the next Kevin Garnett, as one of the leaders of Darko Mirisic to enter the NBA, Every time he sees Darko Mirisic's helpless eyes on the bench, Rick Carlisle feels a pang of sadness.

"This kid has scored so many points without making a sound, and it looks like we need to strengthen our defense against him in the next round."

After a few minutes of garbage time, the visiting Pistons won the game with an 88-67 victory over the Heat at the American Airlines Center, Richard Hamilton shot 12-of-18, 4-of-7 three-pointers, and 6-of-7 free throws, following the game-high 38 points in the last game, today's game once again scored a game-high 34 points, and the Pistons' organizational core and offensive core is Chauncey Billups, who has the title of "Big Heart". But the Pistons' scoring champion is Richard Hamilton, basically in every game, Hamilton is not the most showy, nor the most eye-catching, but looking at the post-game statistics, hey, when did Hamilton score so many points?

"Alright, guys, our divisional finals opponents are out, and we're going to have two days between now and the first game of the series, so we need to hurry." After a brief exclamation and discussion, Rick Carlisle, who was sitting in the center of the crowd, tapped the table with his knuckles a few times, and then motioned for the group to get back to business.

As the defending champion, the public enemy of the league, the Pacers with the goal of winning the championship will consider the playoffs at the beginning of the season, and the opponents they will face, because of the strong performance of the Heat this season, so the management of the Pacers has always regarded the Heat as their number one opponent in the East, and has been conducting targeted research and analysis of the Heat since the middle of the season, as for the rest of the Pistons, Nets and other traditional strong teams in the East, although the Pacers also study, but they do not attach so much importance to the Heat.

After the Pacers swept the Wizards to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pacers' coaching staff formulated a variety of coping strategies for the Heat, such as A, B, C, etc., after all, the Heat had led the Pistons 3-2 at that time, but who would have thought that the Heat was reversed by the Pistons in two consecutive games, so the strategies that the Pacers coaching staff had worked hard to formulate before had all become waste paper, and in the case of a sudden change in the opponent, the Pacers' coaching staff could only rush to work overnight and turn out the alternative plan for the Pistons. At the same time, the footage of the Pistons and Heat series is being studied, so tonight is destined to be another sleepless night for the Pacers' coaching staff.

Unlike the hard-working coaching staff who have to work overtime, Meng Xu, who ended the training session early and has returned home, is now in a happier mood, because after the Pistons eliminated the Heat, Meng Xu finally didn't have to worry about O'Neal, who was selected by the system to "kill gods", O'Neal, who had already begun to decline, returned to the top this season with the blessing of the system, and once again played an MVP-level performance, in 70 regular season games, He averaged 28.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.8 blocks per game, especially in the four games with the Pacers, O'Neal averaged 38 points and 17 rebounds per game, pressing Jermaine O'Neal and Nn Hilario to the ground and rubbing them wantonly.

Due to the fact that he got enough rest in the regular season, after entering the playoffs, O'Neal's performance has gone up a step compared to the regular season, with O'Neal and Wade's performance in the playoffs, if they meet the Pacers in the semifinals, it's really hard to say who wins and who loses, but how can the peak O'Neal and rookie Wade meet the Pistons who are at their peak, although this Piston is less Prince Prince than in another time and space, but compared to Prince, Ron Artest is not too good in all aspects except for his temper, It's even a little stronger.

"It's a shame!" When the TV camera focused on Dwyane Wade, who was sitting on the bench with a depressed face and flushed eyes, and Shaq O'Neal, who was sitting next to Wade and looking up at the sky with an expressionless face, Meng Xu couldn't help but let out a sigh.