Here, the Pistons have completed a 4-0 sweep to advance to the Finals, but the Lakers and Spurs are still in full swing. In Chang Wei's view, these two teams can be said to be chess opponents will meet good talents, on the one hand is the luxurious F4, on the other hand is the rising GDP, the first four games between the two sides played a 2-2 draw, which is also a true reflection of their respective strength.

After eliminating the Pacers, the Pistons returned to Detroit the next day, but instead of letting them disband, Brown asked them to return to the arena in the evening and watch the live broadcast of the Battle of Kings Mountain in the West. This is what Brown has always done, although it does not require the players to participate in the discussion of the team's tactics, but at least they need to know what kind of opponent they will face next, and for the Pistons, whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs who advance, it is not easy to pass.

At 7:50 p.m., the largest conference room in the Auburn Hills Palace Arena was brightly lit, and the team also thoughtfully converted the conference room into a movie theater mode, hoping that the players could better watch the game. The players seemed relaxed, the excitement of qualifying for the finals was not over, and for most of them, watching the game was just watching the game.

In stark contrast to them, all members of the Pistons coaching staff sat upright one by one, with various notebooks and tactical boards in their hands, intending to analyze the Lakers and Spurs. However, there is basically a consensus within the team, and everyone believes that the Lakers are more likely to be the opponent of the Pistons Finals, and the Spurs are still too tender in comparison.

This view is also supported by Chang Wei, of course, this is not what he said directly from the memories of his previous life. This year's Lakers are indeed quite strong, although their bench is not very good, but the starting five Tigers are certainly the strongest in the league, although they were defeated by the Pistons in the regular season, but after that, the Zen master decisively let the Lakers take the lead directly at the beginning, and wait until Malone and Payton are physically exhausted and then resume the style of play when the OK combination led the team last season, avoiding the team's disadvantages to the greatest extent.

The Spurs are actually not weak, the GDP combination of the Megatron League in the previous life has all been put on the jersey of the Silver and Black Army, but unfortunately Parker and Ginobili have not yet reached their peak state, it can be seen from the first four games of the Western Conference Finals that the only thing the Spurs can rely on is still Duncan, Parker They can only add icing on the cake but cannot help the snow, which is undoubtedly fatal.

While everyone was chatting, the screen had cut to the Staples Center, and the game was about to begin, with O'Neal and Duncan jumping in the center circle. Don't look at O'Neal so fat, his bounce is not lost to most of the inside, and this time he still helped the Lakers get the ball in the first wave of offense. The Lakers did not quickly go straight to the basket as soon as they got the ball as in previous seasons, but stabilized the rhythm and began to play positional battles, which made Chang Wei's brows frown quietly, such a Laker is not easy to deal with!

The Pistons have never been afraid of teams that play transition offense when they have nothing to do, and their style of play is enough to form restraint, but now this Lakers team is starting to grind the position offense like them, and in terms of the overall strength of the players, it is difficult for them to take out the opponent one-on-one. By the time Chang Wei was thinking deeply, the Lakers had already taken advantage of the court, and the Spurs could only rely on Duncan to score.

Parker certainly had a physical and speed advantage against Payton, but Payton was quite experienced, and he cleverly stuck Parker's position to prevent him from picking up speed, which made the latter feel awkward. Parker, who can't rush up at speed, is naturally not a big threat, and it can be said that the Spurs have no second person who can score except Duncan, which is equivalent to him fighting the Lakers F4 alone.

To open things up, Popovich made the first substitution, putting two sharp knives off the bench, Ginobili and Marrick Rose, on the pitch in the hope that they would help Duncan. Although Ginobili is only a sophomore rookie, he has a lot of experience in the game, and after coming on the court, he decisively took over Parker's possession, and the consecutive breakaway shots finally brought the Spurs' offense up. There's no doubt that Ginobili is the Spurs' super sixth man, but what happens next if he is put on the pitch so early?

And the Spurs' improved scoring ability does not mean that they can complete the comeback, the Lakers' F4 is not vegetarian, plus a Szzerbiak who puts cold arrows next to him from time to time, the Spurs will also find it difficult to prevent them from scoring on the defensive end. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers took a 36-30 lead, and their bench was not inferior to the Spurs.

In the second quarter, the Lakers returned to the OK combination + Szczebiak mode, which is also what they are best at playing in the past few seasons, and Popovich can only continue to put GDP on the court, so as not to be directly taken away by the opponent. Still, the Lakers players got better and better, and they finally stretched the margin to double digits with 4:17 left in the second quarter. Without waiting for Popovich to make adjustments, the Zen master replaced Payton and Malone to help the team hold on to the lead.

Maybe it was what Popovich said at halftime, after the start of the second half, Duncan uncharacteristically continued to ask for the ball in the low post, no matter how O'Neal and Malone defended, he still continued to use the shot from the board and the footwork under the basket to score, and the Spurs once narrowed the margin to single digits. Just as they were about to overtake the score in one go, the Lakers suddenly switched to inside and outside, and Kobe Bryant and Szebiak hit three-pointers in succession on the outside, once again pulling the score apart.

However, the Spurs' comeback still worked, and they chased the deficit to within 10 points at the end of the third quarter, only 62-69 behind. However, such a score clearly angered the Lakers, and in the cheers of the home fans, they played a wave of 8-0 mini-climax, widening the margin to the safety line. Although Duncan still did not give up on scoring in a row, it was too late, and the rest of the Spurs players were not motivated, and it was clear that he alone could not help the team to comeback and win.

With 12 seconds left on the timer, the crowd stood up and cheered for their team and congratulated them on their all-important victory over the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. The final score between the two sides was 105-96, and the Lakers' careless offense and defense in the final moments allowed the Spurs to retain their last bit of dignity, but a loss is a loss.

In the conference room of the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, Brown picked up the remote control and turned off the projection screen, signaling that everyone could go back to sleep. But the expressions on everyone's faces are very solemn, both the Lakers and the Spurs have shown strong strength, whoever advances to the Finals, the Pistons can no longer win as easily as before, which is their last and biggest obstacle.