Sweep them all! Sweep them all! ”

On May 15, 2006, in the visiting locker room of Auburn Hills Palace, the Pacers, who had finished their final preparations and were about to play, shouted slogans to sweep the Pistons with high morale.

The Eastern Conference semifinals between the Pacers and the Pistons have now reached the fourth game, and after losing two consecutive away games, the Pistons' Eastern Conference semifinals journey is already a little bad, especially after Meng Xu cut 50+ in two consecutive games, how to solve the defense of Meng Xu has become a big problem that the Pistons have to face, so after returning to the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, Philip Saunders, who is playing at home, chose to continue to change the formation and make a last stand.

In the third game of the series, Meng Xu, who was taken care of by the Pistons, only scored 18 points on 6-of-16 shooting, but Meng Xu delivered 19 assists, and at the same time, with Jermaine O'Neal's outstanding performance of 28 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks, the away Pacers won another game 83-79 and expanded the total score of the series to 3-0.

Falling behind 0-3, for the Pistons, they have no hope of qualifying, because in the entire history of the NBA, there is no team that can finally turn the tables after falling behind 0-3, so whether they want to or not, the Pistons can only fight for the last face, and avoiding being swept by the Pacers is their only hope now.

And for the Pacers, there is nothing more relieving than shaving the Pistons with a bald head, so before the start of Game 4, the Pacers reached an agreement to sweep the Pistons to avenge their deep hatred last season.

So after the start of the fourth game between the two sides, whether it was the Pistons who wanted to save a trace of face, or the Pacers who wanted to sweep the Pistons, they all took out all their energy without reservation, especially Meng Xu, after scoring only 20 in the last game, he even shot at the beginning of today's game, and scored 8 points in a row, leading the Pacers to a 9-0 start for the Pistons.

Due to the disadvantage of falling behind at the beginning, the Pistons players on the court began to become anxious from the second quarter of the game, especially Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace, who got two technical fouls in a row because of excessive defensive movements.

Just when Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace had obviously lost their cool, Chauncey Billups, the Pistons' leading playmaker, stepped up and attacked the Pacers again and again.

"Rick, the Pistons are a little weird today, huh? Could this be their new tactic? Or are they now out of order and have no tactics? Not to mention that the fans at the scene watched in a fog, even the assistant coach of the Pacers, Lester Connell, couldn't see the situation on the court clearly, the Pistons who have always played team basketball, and when they were only 6 points behind, they suddenly gave up their tactics and played singles, no one could imagine why the Pistons had changed so much.

"He's not in control of this team anymore." After listening to Lester Connell's words, Rick Carlisle shook his head and looked at Philip Saunders who was standing not far away, and Philip Saunders with a dignified face probably didn't expect this kind of situation to happen! If Chauncey Billups' constant singles were not dictated by Philip Saunders, then there is only one explanation, that is, after a series of failures, Philip Saunders is no longer able to control this team, and the Pistons don't believe that Philip Saunders can lead them to win, and the consequences of this situation are either Philip Saunders is out of class, or the Pistons have a big change, and in either case, the Pistons will have to go through a lot of turmoil next season.

Billups has a strong ability to control the pace of the game, has a first-class view of the overall situation, can organize, can attack, and defend, is a representative of the all-round point guard, and occasionally draws the wind and can compete with those super scorers, but the Pistons have always been a team that plays team tactics, and few players can get unlimited singles access, so after Chauncey Billups, who is the main control, began to play individual singles in order to turn the situation on the court, everyone, including teammates and coaches, was a little unclear for a while.

"Chauncey, don't be a fearless struggle, you are going to lose today's game." The defense rotated, looking at Chauncy Billups who was holding the ball sideways to him, Meng Xu said intentionally or unintentionally, to say that Meng Xu was deliberately mocking Chauncy Billups, it may not be, but Meng Xu's face seems to be born with a mocking effect, after Meng Xu finished speaking, Chauncy Billups's expression changed significantly, and his eyes obviously showed an unwilling look.

Billups is 1.91 meters tall, a full 10 cm shorter than Meng Xu, and more than ten kilograms thinner than Meng Xu.

Affected by 3-0, the game has not yet started, the Pistons team is filled with a pessimistic atmosphere, from the head coach to those teammates who are fighting side by side with him, it seems that there is no fighting spirit, Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace's increasingly anxious performance, in Billups's view, is a kind of self-defeating performance, Peja Stojakovic, who played a superstar level performance in the last round, has now successfully proved himself embarrassed, Richard Hamilton is still fighting, But as the target of the Pacers' key defense, Richard Hamilton didn't have any highlights throughout the series, so at this time, Chauncey Billups could only step up, and Billups had to give him a try no matter what the result was.

After making up his mind, Billups began to move sideways with the basketball, only ran two steps, and Billups, who had not yet gotten rid of Meng Xu, shot three points under Meng Xu's defense, most of the players were downwind, but Chauncey Billups was against the wind, perhaps this is the reason why this Tanhuaxiu changed five teams in just five years.