"Hey, Derek, why are you so excited?" After the end of the game, today's veteran Derek Coleman, who only played 5 minutes at the end of the fourth quarter, was obviously very excited when he got off the court, and after receiving the towel handed by his teammates, Derek Coleman also deliberately waved a few laps to the audience, as a veteran who has been in the league for almost 15 seasons, a former best rookie and All-Star, Meng Xu really can't think of an ordinary divisional finals, Why can Derek Coleman be so excited?

"Hahahaha, Meng, don't you know that this game is the first divisional final in Derek's career." Seeing Meng Xu asking Derek Coleman with a puzzled face, Kenny Anderson, who has been a teammate with Derek Coleman for 5 seasons and was once known as the New Jersey Trident with Derek Coleman and Petrovic, immediately came over and unceremoniously revealed Derek Coleman's old background.

"Kenny, you bastard, don't forget you haven't played in the divisional finals before." Derek Coleman, who was exposed by Kenny Anderson, also did not show weakness in sneering at Kenny Anderson.

"Hahahaha。。。。。" watched these two teases expose each other's old bottoms, and even began to blush and curse the "old guy" and "old guy" with thick necks, but the surrounding Pacers players didn't think what would happen to the two of them, the relationship between these two old guys was very good.

The Nets trident period can be said to be the most glorious period of Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman's careers, the talented Nets have been pinned on by countless people, especially Derrick Coleman is predicted to become the most powerful forward in history, but the accidental death of Drazen Petrovic changed all this, and Drazen Petrovic, known as the Mozart of basketball, was killed in a car accident when he went to see his girlfriend in the offseason, Since then, Derrick Coleman has been fond of drinking, and this ghost who has blocked the big shark O'Neal after entering the league, shocked everyone with his talent, and gradually drifted away from the most powerful forward, and finally couldn't stand his Nets management anymore, and directly sent Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman away and began to rebuild.

And Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman, who left the Nets, are also sinking day by day, Derrick Coleman, who was sent to the 76ers, was kicked away directly by Larry Brown after Larry Brown took over the 76ers, drunk, lazy, and hot-tempered, Larry Brown looks down on this kind of player the most, although after the contract with the Hornets ended, Derrick Coleman returned to the 76ers at the invitation of Iverson, but at this time Derrick Coleman has been from the core and boss of a team, Reduced to a role player. As for Kenny Anderson, after leaving the Nets, he has been to the Trail Blazers, Celtics, SuperSonics and Hornets, and it is very unfortunate that he has traveled so many teams and played so many seasons in this league, but neither Kenny Anderson nor Derrick Coleman has ever touched the floor of the division finals.

For Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson, who have reached the end of their careers, money is no longer so important to them, otherwise Derrick Coleman will not give up the 76ers' 3-year, 15 million contract extension, and choose to join the Pacers with his old brother Kenny Anderson with a base salary.

Because of the Pistons' outstanding performance in the series with the Heat, before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, there are many people who support the Pistons, after all, the current Pacers are already the league's public enemies, two consecutive championships, 74 wins, I don't know how many teams dream of ending the Pacers, those who are not as strong as the Pacers, and can't meet the Pacers, naturally put their hopes on the Pistons, hoping that the Pistons can kill the Pacers, especially the two teams that entered the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves and the Mavericks, Even more so, but after the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, there are many people who don't have any hope for the Pistons, after all, from the course of the game, they can't see any hope that the Pistons can beat the Pacers, and the 22-point difference is a desperate enough result.

On May 23, the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals was played at the Bankers' Life Arena, after losing to the Pacers by a large score in the first game, although Larry Brown did not change the starting lineup of the Pistons, but slightly adjusted the team's tactics, strengthened the defense and pressure of the Pacers' outside players, and at the same time, in the game, as long as Meng Xu appeared near the 3-point line with the ball, the Pistons would firmly defend Meng Xu.

Knowing that the Pistons couldn't beat the Pacers, Larry Brown chose to strengthen the team's defense in Game 2 and used a half-court press against the Pacers in the game to disrupt the Pacers' rhythm. But it's a pity that in the current league, if you say which team is the best at using pressing tactics, then the Pacers say that they are second, and no team dares to say that they are first, so Larry Brown's plan to use pressing tactics to deal with the Pacers quickly fell through, but Larry Brown still insisted on using half-court pressing tactics against the Pacers, after all, Larry Brown didn't expect to be able to force the Pacers to death through half-court pressing tactics, as long as it could slightly disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Pacers, That's enough for Larry Brown.

The Pistons' half-court pressing and wrapping defense did limit Meng Xu's offense to a great extent, although Meng Xu could also force a shot in the face of the pack, but this is not the regular season after all, but the division finals, and a slight carelessness will cause irreparable consequences, so in the face of the Pistons' encirclement and interception, from the second half of the first quarter of the game, Meng Xu handed over the task of organizing the team to James Posey, and he played without the ball.

Ron Artest's pressing defense is very good, but when Meng Xu starts to play without the ball, Ron Artest's defense is obviously not enough.

After handing over the work of organizing the tandem team to James Posey, Meng Xu's offensive ability was completely released, and the effect of the two skill combinations of the king of running positions and the king of mid-pitching, its amazing power, even Meng Xu was a little unexpected. Originally, Meng Xu thought that James Posey's passing ability was good enough, but Meng Xu only found out today that it was not enough, far from enough, when Meng Xu began to play without the ball, James Posey's passing ability and vision seemed a little stretched.

"My God, is this guy possessed by Jordan? Erwin, have you counted, how many hits he's made in a row? When Meng Xu easily threw off Ron Artest with a no-ball run again and again, and then shot the basketball in his hand into the basket again and again with a shooting speed that surprised everyone on the scene, Michaels and Magic Johnson all stood up on the commentary bench on the sidelines, completely unable to believe that the person in front of him was Meng Xu. Meng Xu's scoring means are very comprehensive, three-point, mid-range shot, back, face frame, breakthrough, running without the ball, almost omnipotent, but in today's game, when Meng Xu hit all 9 shots in the second half of the first quarter, Michaels was still scared by Meng Xu.

You must know that since last season, Meng Xu has been constantly pulled out by the media and bricks from all walks of life to teach Jordan, after repeated discussions, the media and bricks finally reached an agreement, that is, in terms of personal ability, Meng Xu and Jordan are already comparable, and in terms of specific scoring methods, no-ball running and breakthrough and aspect, the two are comparable, passing and three-point Meng Xu is slightly better, and the mid-shot is Jordan's obvious advantage. Although Meng Xu also had a record of 7 consecutive mid-shot hits, but continuous hitting iron is also a common thing for Meng Xu, after all, Meng Xu's mid-range shooting method, although it avoids the opponent's blocking and interference to the greatest extent, but because there is no time to adjust, it is very poor in stability, once the feel fluctuates or physical strength decreases, continuous hitting iron is normal, so Meng Xu's mid-pitch is notoriously unstable, and naturally there is no way to compare with Jordan's mid-pitch.

But in today's game, Michaels has to wonder if the so-called bricks are the right result he is talking about.

As for the Pistons' bench, Larry Brown, who had formulated a defensive strategy against Meng Xu, was already shaking with his hands at the moment, speechless in surprise, in the second half of the first quarter, Larry Brown had called two timeouts in a row, and the backhand Meng Xu also changed from Artest to Hamilton, and then to two people together, but the final result was in vain.