"Bastard, this guy is so arrogant."

In the away locker room of the Bankers Life Arena, the Pistons who were making final preparations, after seeing Meng Xu who was interviewed on TV, after mentioning the Pistons' disdainful expression, almost all the Pistons players present had angry expressions, especially Peja Stojakovic, after Meng Xu's sentence that I never treated him as an opponent, his face turned black directly.

"Okay, it's almost time to play, so everyone has one last check on their jerseys and boots." Just when the Pistons were full of anger but had no place to vent, Pistons head coach Philip Sanders directly turned off the TV and signaled that everyone on the scene should play, normally, at this time, Philip Saunders should take the opportunity to say something morale-boosting, and transfer everyone's anger and hatred for the Pacers to the game, but Philip Saunders didn't say anything, because he knew very well that in the game with the Pacers, the Pistons never had to mobilize, every game, The Pistons will face it with the intensity of the Finals.

"The dogs in Detroit are coming out, and everyone is ready to boo them."

The Pistons have now replaced the Knicks and become the Pacers' number one enemy, so almost all Pacers fans are quite hostile to the Pistons, because in the eyes of this group of fans, if the Pistons hadn't relied on the next three indiscriminate means to cause the Pacers to lose the Eastern Conference Finals last season, then the Pacers would definitely be able to achieve four consecutive championships.

"The Pacers and Pistons are both among the best defensive teams this season, so the key to today's game is to see who can disrupt the opponent's defensive formation first." When the Pistons began to walk out of the players' tunnel, on the sideline commentary bench, Magic Johnson also began to talk.

"Erwin, Meng Xu said in a pre-game interview that the Pacers have never regarded the Pistons as their opponent, and they are already thinking about the next round, what do you think about this?" Michaels was really shocked by Meng Xu's pre-game remarks, this guy is even crazier than Larry Bird was back then.

"In terms of pure strength of the team, the Pacers are indeed a little stronger than the Pistons, and the bad thing for the Pistons is that the Pistons lack a superstar, so I am still optimistic about the Pacers in this series." Magic Johnson really didn't know how to answer the question Michaels asked just now, so Magic Johnson could only avoid the important and lightly talk about the hard power comparison between the two sides, and then expressed his position.

"I'm going to blow you up today." After the warm-up, the starters of both sides appeared one after another, looking at Meng Xu, who was still shaking his arms not far away, Peja Stojakovic, who felt greatly humiliated, gritted his teeth at Meng Xu and said, how to say, he is also a quasi-first-line star who has been selected for the best team and many All-Stars, but now he is humiliated by Meng Xu like this, uncle can bear aunt can't bear it, I must cut 40+ on your head today to relieve the hatred in your heart.

As in previous games, it is still Jermaine O'Neal who jumps on behalf of the Pacers today, and the Pistons are still Rasheed Wallace, although the two are of similar height, but in terms of bounce and bounce speed, Rasheed Wallace is obviously not Jemaine O'Neal's opponent, so this jump ball today, Jermaine O'Neal also unexpectedly defeated Rasheed Wallace and won the ball for the Pacers.

After Jermaine O'Neal won the jump ball, the players on both sides of the court moved instantly, the Pistons players were busy retreating, and the Pacers players were busy advancing to the frontcourt.

In the face of Peja Stojakovic's vicious eyes, Meng Xu, who was trotting towards the frontcourt, didn't care, compared to Ron Otest, Peja Stojakovic's defense is almost the same as nothing, so no matter how good Peja Stojakovic's defensive posture is, Meng Xu will not take him to heart, in the regular season showdown, Meng Xu basically only needs one step to pass him scum.

When Meng Xu ran to the left 45-degree angle of the three-point line and stopped, Tony Allen, who was advancing with the ball, had also passed the center circle, and under the defense of Chauncey Billups, Tony Allen slapped the basketball and moved a few steps laterally, and then passed the basketball in his hand to Meng Xu, who was already waiting there.

As soon as Tony Allen passed the basketball to Meng Xu, Chauncy Billups, who was opposite Tony Allen, gave up his defense against Tony Allen and rushed towards Meng Xu, ready to cooperate with Peja Stojakovic to wrap Meng Xu, the Pacers' five starters on the court, with Tony Allen's offensive ability being the weakest, so Philip Sanders developed this kind of wrapping strategy, forcing Meng Xu to pass the basketball back to Tony Allen again, and was able to come up with this defensive strategy, It seems that Philip Saunders has put in a lot of hard work, and it is not clear whether it will have the desired effect.

Peja Stojakovic's movement speed is average, so every time he is deceived by Meng Xu's feints, he will definitely be given a step by Meng Xu, so in today's game Peja Stojakovic also learned the lessons of the regular season, and when defending Meng Xu, he always kept a close distance from him, so as to prevent Meng Xu from easily breaking through, and at the same time relying on his height of 2.06 meters, even if Meng Xu wanted to force a shot in front of him, he could interfere with him somewhat, and according to the head coach's arrangement, The Pistons will not defend Meng Xu alone, but will use Chauncey Billups or Richard Hamilton to cooperate with Peja Stojakovic to cover the defense.

Chauncy Billups's bag was not yet in place, and Peja Stojakovic, who was defending himself, let himself go again, so Meng Xu didn't even adjust after receiving the ball, so he directly turned his back and threw a jumper.

"If you had defended me like that throughout the game, I would have scored at least 60 points today." Falling back for a 3-point shot, Meng Xu, who fell from the air, poured fuel on the fire of Peja Stojakovic, who looked unhappy.