Brown's leadership against his old club is just one of the highlights of this series, and the other is the so-called conflict. The 76ers have not improved their offensive power this season, and although they are only the No. 5 seed in the East, they are averaging 104.7 points per game to rank second in the league, and their failure to achieve better results is due to their below-average defense.

The Pistons, on the other hand, are the 14th in the league in average 93.1 points per game and the league-leading in conceding 84.5 points per game. While the Pistons aren't particularly impressive when it comes to regular defensive stats like steals and blocks, they're undoubtedly the best defensive team in the league, if not one, of a very different style from the 76ers.

Strictly speaking, if Chang Wei hadn't relied on his advanced vision to help the Pistons create a bench lineup with strong offensive ability, perhaps their average points per game would not rank in the middle of the league. In previous lives, they could only rank last in the league in points per game this season, but fortunately, this time the bench led by Wade and Crawford saved them.

Whether offense or defense is important has long been a perennial topic in the NBA, and every head coach understands it differently. Therefore, in the history of the league, there are top defensive teams such as the old Celtics and the "Bad Boy Army", as well as top offensive teams such as the Lakers "ShoTime" and Doug Morgon's Nuggets. At present, there are many strong offensive teams in the league, and there are several strong defensive teams that have won the table, but in the playoff matchup, the Pistons VS 76ers are undoubtedly the most concerned.

In fact, when Brown coached the 76ers, he broke his long-standing idea of building a team and formed such a team with super firepower, but it was still his teamwork in his bones. And now the Pistons' starting lineup can be said to be really kneaded together according to his ideas, even if it is a substitute with strong scoring ability, it is not ambiguous to play defense.

So this time Brown decided to prove himself, he will not choose to play against the 76ers until the most critical moment, and most of the time, he wants his players to use airtight defense to suppress the opponent. If he can take out the 76ers purely by defense, it will undoubtedly prove the correctness of his coaching philosophy, and at the same time give an explanation to his past self.

The Pistons players had no objection to Brown's request, and even the three scoring maniacs on the bench acquiesced to the defense-oriented tactics of this series. Brown was keenly aware that Wade was not happy, and promised that if it was really time to fight with the 76ers to attack, he would definitely let them play, and these rookies were happy again.

Chang Wei is very optimistic about Brown's idea, because he did it in his previous life, except for replacing Rasheed Wallace with Thomas, the starting team of this Pistons is no different from the grassroots army in his previous life. If Thomas's defensive ability was far from Rashid before he came to the Pistons, then after two seasons, his ability on the defensive end is not to say that he surpasses Rashid, at least he is half a pound or two, whether it is to help defend the block or protect the basket, Thomas is already familiar with the road.

The Pistons are working hard, and the 76ers are not idle, they only had one day off after making the cut, and flew to Detroit under the leadership of O'Brien. In the face of the Pistons, O'Brien actually has no confidence in his heart, and the overall strength of the players on both sides may not be much different, but Brown's understanding of these 76ers players is too deep, and the management has not brought in many new players in recent years, and the main lineup is still the team that won the championship at the beginning, and Brown knows everything about it.

But O'Brien still has some ideas in his heart, in fact, any head coach who takes over an already successful team will more or less have the idea of surpassing his predecessor, although Brown is already a former predecessor, but O'Brien also hopes to prove himself in the fight with him. Of course, he didn't expect to directly eliminate the Pistons to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, and it would be enough to drag the series into a tiebreaker, which is still a bit short of the goal set for him by the team management, but O'Brien is not stupid.

Perhaps because of Brown, the 76ers were slightly relieved that the boos they heard weren't particularly loud when they arrived at Auburn Hills. In fact, another reason why Pistons fans don't boo them much is that they are confident in the teams they support, believing that they can easily solve opponents, and naturally have to be a little reserved as the stronger side.

The Pistons fans were friendly, but the Pistons players weren't. O'Brien's starting lineup in this game still follows Brown's setup, but he is not interested in shooting power forwards, but uses Teylon Hill and Dyrem Porter to partner inside, and Iverson, Reed and Bell in the backcourt and wings, which is also the championship lineup of the 76ers.

At the beginning of the game, Dylam Porter was deflated by the fact that he was more than a head shorter than himself, and was forced to win the ball on his head by the opponent. If the 76ers got the ball, then Iverson's speed would definitely have to try a quick offense, but the Pistons got the ball in the first wave of offense, and they stabilized the rhythm and began to play positional battles.

When Billups dribbled to the top of the arc, Iverson habitually stepped forward to try to steal, an act that Brown had criticized countless times before, but after Brown left, Iverson reverted to his old ways. Of course, such gambling steals also made him at the top of the league's steals list for several seasons in a row, but it also allowed him to be taken advantage of by alert opponents.

Like Billups does now...... He dodged Iverson's claws with a crotch dribble, and then used his strong body to squeeze Iverson aside and rush straight to the basket. By this time, Hill had been pulled out by Thomas, and Dareham Porter had to step forward to cover Billups, but when he was just in position, Billups smiled slightly, and passed the ball from his crotch to the inside with a blow, and Daimporter looked back to see that Big Ben had scooped up the ball and smashed it into the basket. It's a typical piston-style basketball, not flashy or anything, but absolutely efficient and functional.

Brown nodded on the sidelines, and now Billups has developed into a first-class point guard, very experienced in passing, and can control his mistakes, and is a good choice for commander. But this is just an offense, and the Pistons will have to be tested on the defensive end, and whether they can win the game will depend on whether they can limit the 76ers' offense.