After holding two consecutive home games, the Pistons have won 14 straight games in this year's playoffs, which has the whole team gearing up to continue to sweep their opponents 4-0 in the Finals. Chang Wei couldn't laugh or cry at what the players thought, but fortunately they didn't say these words in an interview, otherwise they would definitely be considered to be ignorant.

In Chang Wei's view, it is not much of a problem for the Pistons to win, but a sweep is almost a luxury. With the Lakers' star roster, winning a few games is easy, as long as a few of their players suddenly explode is enough for the Pistons to drink a pot. And if you keep holding such a mentality, you may underestimate your opponent in the game, and you will simply look for your own death.

Brown has some concerns for the next two games, the Lakers have a very good home record this season, and the atmosphere in the Staples Center is more hot than that of Auburn Hills Palace Arena. It's going to be tough for the Pistons to get out there. In Brown's plan, if they can win one of those two away games, they will be done.

After arriving in Los Angeles, the Pistons were surprised to find that there were Lakers fans holding up unfriendly signs at the airport gate. Of course, they don't dare to write expletives on it, but taunts are inevitable, and it's clear that Lakers fans intend to create a stressful atmosphere for their opponents from afar, which will help the Lakers gain an advantage when playing at home.

However, for the Pistons players, these small actions did not cause any interference at all, and rookies like Wade and Crawford, who had just entered the league, would be angry because of this, but the starting five didn't feel it at all, and even Prince didn't see it at all. In fact, this is also a temperament that the Pistons have developed in recent seasons.

Fortunately, the Lakers fans still have to face, and they didn't do anything for the sake of victory, and they couldn't do anything like making trouble outside the hotel where the visiting team was staying, which also gave the Pistons players a good rest. But Brown still hasn't let his guard down, and God knows what those fanatical fans will do when they get excited, and protecting themselves is the first priority.

However, there were no incidents until three hours before the start of the game, and the Pistons, led by Brown, rushed to the Staples Center for final preparations. This game is quite important for them, if they can win it, they can grasp the match point of the series, but if they lose, the Lakers' momentum will rise, and 1-2 is already a small difference.

In order to be able to win this game, the Zen master decisively changed the formation, put Malone on the bench, and changed to the combination of Walker and O'Neal to start. Originally, the Zen master wanted Payton to come off the bench, but the Pistons' outside strength was too strong, and the combination of Payton and Kobe Bryant was incomparable to other combinations in terms of defensive end and contribution, so it was better to let Malone go to the bench.

But the Zen master is not without giving Malone a chance, and he will definitely put on the strongest lineup of the Lakers at the critical moment in the final moment of the game. Ma Long was very unhappy with the Zen master's arrangement, although he was already a veteran over forty years old, but Ma Long, who had always been not very good-tempered, still put his emotions on his face. It's a pity that the Zen master is much more senior than him, and in his opinion, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed for the victory of the game, even if you are the number one star of the team, let alone Ma Long.

Brown was also a little caught off guard by the Lakers' change of formation, but if you think about it carefully, there seems to be no threat, and the combination of Walker and O'Neal has not been confrontational before, in fact, he never thinks that Walker is a threat, this guy may not even be a second-rate interior line in the league, and I don't know what the Lakers like about him. However, Brown still roughly guessed his thoughts about the Zen master's change of formation, and Walker's starting can allow Malone to get more playing time, and he doesn't need to consume too much in the face of substitute Malone.

After the game started, the Lakers still wanted to open the gap from the inside first, and without Malone, O'Neal had to take on more responsibility. But this may be a good thing for him, if he usually partners with Malone, as a lazy fat man, he may have the idea of playing soy sauce, and now that his partner has been replaced by Walker, he has to put in more effort on both offensive and defensive ends.

O'Neal seemed a little unaccustomed to it, with the first two attacks of the opening period coming back unexpectedly with irons, which is a rarity for him. After two counter-attacks by the Pistons, O'Neal finally came to his senses and ignited the atmosphere at the Staples Center with a trademark violent dunk and showed off his strong biceps by the way.

That's not good news for the Pistons, as O'Neal's finding a feel inside means the Pistons have to shrink their defense, and the Lakers' perimeter players will naturally get a chance to shoot. Although Kobe and Payton are still looking for touch, Szczebiak is like a fish in water as a pure shooter, and although it is not a three-point rain, it also makes the Pistons feel a lot of pressure.

The first 8 minutes of the first quarter almost became O'Neal's specialty, he was simply omnipotent on the inside, and the eighteen kinds of martial arts were unleashed one by one, causing a lot of trouble for the Pistons' interior line. Originally, Big Ben could barely carry his low singles behind his back, but when O'Neal scored with small hooks on the other side with ease in a row, Big Ben could only say that he couldn't do anything.

During that time, O'Neal scored 13 points and five rebounds to help the Lakers take a 23-15 lead. What made Brown even more unexpected was that after the two sides changed the bench successively, the Lakers' bench suddenly became very powerful, and Malone's destructive power on the inside has been further amplified, and neither Dio nor Haywood could stop his low-post singles under the basket.

Despite this, Malone still feels very unhappy in his heart, in his opinion, it is a shame to let himself be a substitute, no matter how much he can contribute 18+8 data per game this season, it is very disrespectful for him to play as a substitute. Malone knew that the Zen master was here to win the game, but it was probably more important to him.

It's hard to say whether it's right or wrong to think about it, for some players the title is more important than everything else and they are willing to sacrifice anything, but there are also players who are obsessed with status, stats and contracts and want to prove their worth in these areas. Malone is obviously the latter, which is also his value concept, and there is nothing to criticize.

However, Malone is still a player with a very good work ethic, although he is a little unhappy, but he still gives his best on the court, otherwise he would not be able to occupy a very important position in NBA history.