Seeing Carlisle change to the main lineup, but Brown is firmly sitting on the Diaoyu Tai, he wants to see if his bench players can compete with the opponent on the offensive end, and if not, it is not too late to replace the main players. In fact, Brown still had some ideas in his heart, he grabbed Wade on the sidelines and muttered a few words, asking him to interfere with Miller as close as possible on the defensive end.

Miller's shooting is indeed strong, but physical confrontation is not his strong point, for him strong will is what he relies on most when shooting. If someone interferes with him, his shooting percentage is likely to suffer, after all, as he gets older, willpower and everything are not as effective as before, and physical fitness is a big weakness.

After the game restarted, Miller quickly felt the pressure, Wade was almost an inch away on the defensive end, even if Artest received the ball and needed to help defend him, he directly let Dior go to the top, and he just stared at Miller. Under Wade's defense, Miller barely made two shots, but each shot was ridiculously crooked, and in one of the rounds, Dior seized the opportunity to throw a long pass across the court, allowing Simmons to easily counterattack and dunk and score, and Miller realized that it was difficult for him to play in the first quarter.

After the lack of Miller's scoring point, the Pacers' offense was almost entirely on Artest, which also reduced the Pacers' offensive tempo in disguise. If it's against the main lineup of the Pistons, there is no problem, because if both sides play slowly, it will not be affected too much, but now standing in front of them are the Pistons bench bandits who are known for their indiscriminate bombing.

Artest's offense was tough, and the Pistons' offense was like mercury, forcing the Pacers players to run on the defensive end. Even if a young man like O'Neal Jr. can keep up with his opponent with relative ease, a veteran like Miller is in pain, and their physical strength is starting to be extremely draining on the defensive end.

After a few rounds of switchback, Miller's face was ugly, sweat continued to slide down his forehead like a floodgate, his movements on the court were noticeably slower, and the defensive end was even more soy sauce, which made Artest have to choose between Wade and Crawford, he couldn't mark two opponents alone. In his hesitation, the Pistons pulled the score apart little by little, and by the way, it also drained the physical strength of the Pacers players, which was also the goal that Brown set for them from the beginning.

Seeing that most of the Pacers players began to show signs of physical exhaustion, Brown relentlessly beat the Reservoir Dogs, changed the Pistons' main lineup, and let them play before continuing to attack aggressively. Carlisle watched the Pistons change to the main lineup, his face was as black as the bottom of the pot, he can't let the main team under his command go down to rest now, otherwise he will definitely be directly beaten by the opponent, but they can't get enough rest time if they don't get off the court, which makes people very entangled.

In fact, this is also a difficult choice that most head coaches in the league must face when facing the Pistons, who made the Pistons' bench lineup so perverted? They can start in a weak team! But they can only scold the Pistons for their extravagance, and no matter how extravagant it is, they must find ways to get the team out of trouble.

It's a pity that they have a hard time coming up with a solution, because their roster depth is far inferior to that of the Pistons, and they can use the bench to drag down your main team, and if you start again, there are few teams that can compete with them. Now that the Pacers are also in such a predicament, Carlisle can only let Miller down to rest first, hoping that Artest and O'Neal Jr. can carry this wave.

Fortunately, these two people are both physically fit and relatively physical, but the Pacers' on-court lineup is only the two of them who can compete with the Pistons, Tinsley can only be counted as half, and the rest of Foster and Anthony Johnson are completely unable to keep up with the pace of such a game. I have to say that the vision of the Pacers management is very accurate, Artest and O'Neal Jr. have stubbornly limited the point difference to single digits, but it is definitely not enough to continue to narrow it to an acceptable range.

The Pistons led by seven points at halftime, 62-55, thanks in large part to Wade's small surge on the court, and then the Pistons' main lineup defended the advantage with their good defense. Brown was very happy with his team's performance in the first half, but he knew that after halftime, the Pacers would definitely make a comeback in the second half, so the most important thing for the Pistons was to survive the opponent's crazy comeback in the third quarter.

In the away dressing room at Auburn Hills Palace, Carlisle did not rush to lay out the tactics for the second half, but first asked the physical trainer and team doctor to hurry up to restore the strength of the players. In his opinion, physical fitness is the biggest advantage of the Pistons, otherwise they simply cannot maintain a high-intensity style of play for a long time, and the Pacers will be reversed by their opponents precisely because their physical fitness cannot keep up.

It's too late to talk about any physical training now, so I can only take advantage of the halftime break to let the main players recover as much as possible to cope with the second half of the game. Among these people, Carlisle is most worried about Miller, although he scored 15 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, he made all 4 shots and only used free throws to score 2 points, and his sudden malaise was also an important reason why the Pacers were tied or even overtaken by the opponent in the second quarter, Carlisle does not want such a situation to happen again.

Therefore, he also prioritized the trainer to give Miller a massage, and the rest of the Pacers had no objection to this, even Artest, the usually hot-tempered prick, did not speak, which is the treatment Miller deserves. After the trainer had done his job, Carlisle walked over and whispered, "Reggie, can you still eat in the second half?" ”

Miller nodded, then shook his head, a hint of hesitation in his eyes. He thought for a moment before whispering, "I feel better now, but if the Pistons still have to keep me up close in the second half, I don't think I can last long." Especially the number 3 on the bench, who wasn't very good defensively, but he caused me a lot of problems. ”

Carlisle sighed and said, "There's no way around it, even if you use your position to avoid their defense, it will still take a lot of stamina. In my opinion, you should try to save as much energy as possible in the game, and if the fourth quarter enters a critical moment, we are counting on you to save the world with your three-point shot! ”