At the start of the game, Kendrick Perkins won the jump ball very rarely, of course, his opponent was Ben Wallace, who may not be 2 meters tall.

The Bobcats got the ball for the opening offense, Chris Paul got the ball, controlled the frontcourt, picked up Perkins' cover, and rushed directly to the mid-range position with the ball, forcing the Pistons to help defense.

Compared with the infinite change of defense of the Bobcats, Larry Brown's Pistons still play a more "retro" joint defense system at this time, with various auxiliary defenses and supplementary defenses, relying on the single defense and auxiliary defense capabilities of the double Wallace.

The same goes for this ball, Paul broke through the screen, Rasheed Wallace directly sandwiched it, and on the wing, the Pistons rotated various defenses, and quickly filled the gap, only missing a large empty Andre Iguodala on the weak side.

It looks like the ball won't be a chance unless Paul moves the ball wide and to the weak side.

But the Bobcats' offense obviously won't be so simple, on the flank, Michael Reed quickly rushed towards the bottom corner, first past Josh Smith's cover, then circled from the baseline, took Paul's pass, and Perkins gave him another cover under the basket.

After double cover, Michael Reid rushed straight to the original weak side.

In the original weak side corner, Andre Iguodala also shifted out and rushed to the position outside the 45° three-point line on the left side, and there was still no one to defend him, because the Pistons' defense was all concentrated on the previous strong side, and now near the baseline line.

So, Michael Reid passed the ball directly to Andre Iguodala.

Iguodala received the ball and didn't shoot it directly, because his three-point shooting was not particularly good, and he chose to seek stability and continue to rush inside.

Ben Wallace, who was closest to him in the bottom corner, went straight to make up for it, but missed Michael Reed because of it.

Iguodala passed the ball back, Michael Reid received the ball, took another rush, and threw it away.

Bang, direct hit!

In the opening first attack, the Bobcats struggled a little, but finally scored, which also showed the patience of the Bobcats on the offensive end.

This is also the focus of Qiao Hai's emphasis before the game.

"Against the Pistons, you have to be patient on the offensive end, their defensive system is very mature, and the speed of supplementing and assisting defense is very fast, but if we can be patient and tear up their defense with constant passing, even if it is an iron defense, we will eventually tear a hole open."

Now, it is.

For the Pistons' offense, the Bobcats played infinite defensive changes, except for Perkins who stuck to the basket, the other four positions changed defenses.

This season, the Pistons' offense only has two moves, one is Steve Francis and Rasheed Wallace's high-post blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, and the other is to find the misplaced single through cover, especially the second move, constantly staring at the misplaced single, which has been used by many teams before, but it is Qiao Hai who really brings the trend.

On the court, Steve Francis found Rasheed Wallace outside the three-point line on the left side, and after a cover, went straight to Josh Smith. A misalignment.

But the chances of this misalignment are not great, the Pistons, who have played against the Bobcats twice this season, are very clear that Josh Smith has a strong ability to defend small and small, and Francis can't break Josh Smith alone.

So immediately after, Francis passed the ball back to Rasheed Wallace, and Rasheed Wallace misplaced against Paul, which was the real disadvantage of the huge misplaced singles.

Facing Paul, he roared at Tianzun to take the ball in the frame, directly made a jump shot, and easily hit a two-point shot, opening 2:2.

Then, the Bobcats' offense, they continued to play on the outside, and Paul's breakthrough still couldn't directly tear apart the Pistons' defense.

The Pistons' defense near the mid-range is still very airtight, and it can be said that there is no chance at all, and the Bobcats can only continue to run without the ball through Michael Reed, constantly pulling space.

At the top of the arc, Andre Iguodala also came around from the weak side and received the ball to cut in for Paul.

Just keep cutting in and out, and the opportunity soon came out.

Ben Wallace was drawn to the outside of the box, under the basket, Perkins was empty, he received a pass directly from the wing Paul, received the ball and hit a layup, 4:2, the Bobcats lead.

The game continued, the Pistons' offense, they continued to look for opportunities at the top of the arc, still covered by Steve Francis and Rasheed Wallace.

After the screen, the Bobcats switched defenses again, and Rasheed Wallace got another chance to single Paul in a misplaced position.

But this time, Rasheed Wallace couldn't capitalize on his chance, and his face-frame jumper missed.

Although the Pistons failed to score, Qiao Hai still frowned, stood up, and directly commanded the court: "Chris, you go to defend No. 42 (James Posey), let Andre defend Steve Francis!" ”

With such a change of defense, Paul has basically no defensive weaknesses against Posey, who lacks offensive ability, and Andre Iguodala against Steve Francis, there is no problem with one-on-one defense, even if it is a cover change, against Rashid Wallace, there is not much disadvantage.

With this change, there will be no problem with the Bobcats' defense.

On the field, Qiao Hai's shouting was delayed a little, and Chris Paul then picked up speed and rushed to the front court with the ball.

This time, the Bobcat's routine is different.

Michael Reid found Paul, and after a small pick-and-roll screen, the ball went to Reid.

Then Reed continued to walk inside, and after a cover from Josh Smith, he faced Rasheed Wallace with a small hit, and Reed accelerated directly.

The Pistons could only help defend, but after the help defense, Josh Smith leaked.

Michael Reid threw the ball directly high, and Josh Smith, who was unguarded behind him, jumped up, and with a bang, it was another violent dunk!

The Bobcats tore apart the Pistons' defense again by constantly cooperating on the strong side, and the score difference opened up at 6:2.

On the sidelines, Larry Brown was already on his feet, and the Pistons' defense in the opening game made him unhappy, and the old coach complained a few times to the court with his sharp voice, and the Pistons' offense began.

They continued to play a single arc top block, and the Bobcats have solved Chris Paul's defensive problems by switching defenses.

So, this ball, Steve Francis can only force himself.

But against Josh Smith, his strong burst also seemed to have little effect, rushed to the inside, a pull-up jump shot, bang, didn't go in.

The Bobcats grabbed the rebound again and played a quick wave of counterattacks.

The Pistons' retreat was fast, but in the frontcourt, Chris Paul received the ball, and while the Pistons' defense was not yet formed, a deft change of direction passed Steve Francis, who wanted to stop him, and then an acceleration suddenly hit the inside.

In the face of Big Ben's supplemental defense, Paul made another beautiful pass and found Iguodala directly in the air.

Iguodala came out of the baseline and received the ball with a heavy slam dunk, and with a bang, the ball went in!

At 8:2, the difference was already 6 points, and the Pistons still couldn't prevent the Bobcats' offense.