As a two-time champion, the vast majority of the 76ers' players know that the Pistons are not an easy team to play against, and the best way to face such an opponent is to pursue the success rate and help the team gain an advantage.

But Ells has been angered by Brown's pre-game remarks, and his instructions to the players are to further improve the team's offensive and defensive tempo, hoping to directly break down the Pistons with a stormy offense. But that played right into Brown's hands, the Pistons will only fear those who are patient, and the fast-paced offense and defense will be a piece of cake for them.

At the beginning of the game, Els had a problem with the pre-game set-up, and the 76ers' offense was like a tidal wave that hit the embankment headlong and disappeared before it could destroy the opponent. Because Brown's instruction to the Pistons players was to start the first game with full-court pressing, trying to directly disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm in the first half of the first quarter.

Iverson has always been scoffed at pressing the whole court, and almost every time he can rely on his speed and agility to shake off defenders, dribble the ball to the front court alone, and even score a layup when the opponent is not on a solid footing. However, this time he miscalculated, obviously Billups and Prince in front of him did not have any special defensive skills, but their arms were like a big net covering Iverson in the middle, and the latter rushed left and right but never found a breakthrough.

Accidentally, the basketball controlled by Iverson was directly stabbed by Prince, which surprised Iverson. However, it may have been because he didn't notice Prince's gibbon-like reach, so when he thought he could still control the basketball, Prince made a steal, and then Thomas, who had followed up to the wing, received a pass and hit a three-pointer.

This mistake made Iverson feel very embarrassed, so the second time he was still ready to advance with the ball, but to his anger and panic, the Pistons once again sacrificed their full-court pressing. This time Iverson learned to be obedient, he didn't force a dribble breakaway, but gave the ball to Dalem Porter, who came back to pick up, so that the Pistons didn't make a second steal.

However, Billups and Prince did not have any expression on their faces, and Chang Wei told them very clearly during the previous defensive training: "It is impossible to rely on defense to keep the opponent from scoring forever, and defense does not work well in every round." In my eyes, the biggest role of defense is to make the opponent fearful! ”

On that point alone, they did a good job, after all, Iverson didn't go hard in the second round and chose to pass the ball to his team-mates, and ran up front empty-handed. For the situation on the court, although this is the best way to deal with it, but it has invisibly weakened the "momentum" of the 76ers, in fact, many behaviors have no so-called right or wrong, just give up one thing in exchange for another, and the consequences naturally need to be borne by themselves, as long as they don't regret it.

The 76ers obviously won't regret it, and after they controlled possession, they passed the ball to Lewis through continuous transmission, who hit an easy mid-range shot from the elbow area. However, the Pistons didn't take the conceded shot to heart, and it was much more cost-effective for them to take advantage of the opportunity to continue to extend their advantage than to feel sorry for a mere two-point shot.

Compared with the 76ers' offense, the Pistons' offense does not have too many routines, and it can be said to be unpretentious from the perspective of the scene, of course, it is ugly to put it mildly. But the Pistons players have never disliked their offensive routine being too ugly, for them as long as they can put the ball in the basket, you can play whatever you want within the rules.

As the Pistons' on-court commander, Billups was very calm in directing his teammates to run, Big Ben covered Prince on the inside, trying to create opportunities for the latter to slip to the bottom line and cut to the basket, while Thomas mentioned that the high post was always ready to play with Billups, and the team's scoring champion Hamilton still ran tirelessly as every previous offensive round.

Suddenly, Billups moved, as he saw Big Ben keep both Dalem Porter and Lynch at the back, and Prince was in the gap on the weak side, and he decisively flicked the ball from Iverson's side to near the baseline. If Big Ben is good enough, it's a great opportunity to score, and Prince only needs a simple layup to help his team score two more points.

Although Lynch's defensive ability is far inferior to Bell, he can still see that the Pistons are so simple to match. When Billups passed the ball, he struggled to squeeze through Big Ben's tendons, just enough to block Prince's empty cut, and he would never let the rookie, who looked like he needed to keep adding weight, scored easily.

However, it was not a big deal for Prince, who received the ball and turned his back to Lynch, looking like he was going to play with his back to the single. Prince has rarely singled opponents in the low post before, so his singles didn't keep the 76ers on their toes this time around. The result was a two-point shot from Prince's bland hook shot, leaving Lynch alone in the spot.

That's right, Prince has been used by Brown as a wing gate in most of the previous games, and scoring has basically only relied on catch-and-shoot and secondary offense, which makes the 76ers unprepared for his low-post back-to-back singles. In fact, before the start of the game, Chang Wei also specially asked Prince's opinion, after all, this is also a strange trick of the team, and if he uses it rashly, he loses his suddenness. But in order to help the team beat the defending champions, Prince decided to expose his skills.

The Pistons can use their style to score points steadily, and even if they shoot the basket, the interior combination of Big Ben and Thomas will beat Baller Porter and Lewis in the rebounding battle. The 76ers players were forced to be embarrassed by the Pistons' high-intensity oppressive defense, only Reed, a big-hearted shooter, could maintain a good shooting rate, and his projection was also the only weapon that the 76ers could use to maneuver with the Pistons, otherwise the difference between the two sides would have been widened.

Although the two teams have been chasing each other and the maximum point difference has not exceeded 5 points, Brown on the sidelines is still very satisfied. Although Bale is out due to injury, the 76ers are still one of the top teams in the league without him, but now the Pistons can rely on their own defense to fight the opponent, which undoubtedly proves the importance of Brown's team-building thinking. However, for any team, the high intensity of defense does not last long, which is a big reason why Els sat in his seat with a blue face but still did not call a timeout, and he believes that his players can survive this time.