On October 30, 2003, the Pistons' regular season opener was against the Indiana Pacers, a seeded team in the East.

Auburn Hills Palace, home of the Pistons, is crowded with fans who can accommodate nearly 20,000 people.

Although this is only a regular season, because the two sides of the game are recognized by the league as strong contenders for the top spot in the East, it is a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is also a game where Mars collides with Earth, so the people who follow this game are not only fans who love basketball, but also some playoff teams and coaches who are committed to going further in the playoffs.

And today, in the first regular season game of the Pistons, almost a quarter of the sports reporters in the United States gathered, and the other three-quarters of the reporters should be in the Lakers or the Cavaliers, because the Lakers have the famous F4, and the Cavaliers also have the pride of the sky, James, these are the darlings of the media. If it weren't for Osborne's high profile and super preseason performance, most of the media would have focused on other talented rookies or teams.

The two sides of today's game, the Pistons don't need to say too much, the top team in the East in the regular season last season, although not many people are optimistic about the Pistons this season, but the tiger is still there, but this year, the Pistons did not have too many reinforcements, just two very powerful rookies, and there was no movement in other than that. The other side is the Indiana Pacers, the 03~04 season of the Pacers is the East can wrestle with the Pistons, the Nets team, is also a strong style of play, can even be said to be violent and dirty, team leader Reggie Miller, is one of the few players in NBA history to become a basketball superstar with a three-point shot, and has also become the NBA all-time three-point king, creating a miracle of 8 seconds and 8 minutes. Despite his age, he is still the team leader of the Indiana Pacers and is highly respected by players and fans alike.

However, although Reggie Miller is an active player who can be booked for the American Basketball Hall of Fame, he has a regret in his career, that is, he has no championship and is one of the famous uncrowned kings of the NBA.

The Pistons have 15 players on the roster, including five center Ben Wallace starters, power forward temporarily replaced by Tysha Amples, small forward Osborne Michael Jean, who is a forward player, and guard players are scoring guard Richard Hamilton and point guard Chansey Billups.

Many people questioned or dissatisfied with Osborne's starting position, especially the other players of the Pistons, thinking that Osborne was just a rookie who had just entered the league, and it should take a period of study before he could play as a substitute.

However, the Pistons players dare not speak out, because Larry Brown is one of the most decorated coaches in the league, and ordinary players dare not contradict him, so they can only bury their grievances in their hearts and wait until Osborne's performance is not good.

Although the Pistons players dare not vent their grievances in public, other news reporters are not afraid of offending Larry Brown, you must know that most of the news reporters are people who have nothing to do, they are not afraid of something, they are afraid of no topic. Some reporters have publicly questioned Larry Brown's employment.

"I didn't expect that our coach would use a rookie with no NBA game experience as a starter, you must know that today's game can not be lost, the Pacers are the Pistons' rivals, I don't know what Larry Brown's employment standards are, this guy named Osborne Michael Jean, I don't know what method was used to make head coach Larry Brown so favored him, I hope Osborne Michael Gene had better show a certain level of skill, or trade him as soon as possible. The star of development for our team, Dakomi Lisic, is the future of our team, and Osborne is not a fit for the Pistons and is in conflict with other starters. ”

I have to say that this guy's eyes are really powerful, he can see at a glance that Osborne's position is awkward, and he does conflict with other starters, this guy is worthy of being a die-hard fan of the Pistons, and he is very familiar with the player configuration of the Pistons, but this guy is not very optimistic about Osborne.

"I think this Osborne is a very good player for team basketball, and if he doesn't have a good basketball system, his role will be greatly weakened, or even ineffective. But I think Osborne is definitely suitable for the Pistons' system, can match the Pistons with a richer tactical system, scoring ability, explosiveness, passing ability is also outstanding, in the end I think Osborne should be on the Pistons, but should not start, but as the team's super sixth man, can be very high for the team to blow up the team's bench, this is the best cooperation. Hopefully, Larry Brown will take one of my comments on board. ”

The above words are the views of a senior observer of the Pistons, which are very in place, but he ignores one point, among the Pistons' starting five, except for Osborne, who are all players who cooperate tacitly, only Osborne can play a huge role in such a system, and no one else has Osborne's system value.

In fact, Larry Brown is also very entangled, but except for Osborne Michael Jean, the others are a little bit of a bad match with the starting four tigers, so Larry Brown first used Osborn as the starting small forward, and waited until the mid-term trade door opened, and the Pistons were filling the position of a strong forward, allowing Tyshire Amplins to return to the familiar small forward position, and Osborne as the team's super sixth man. In this way, the Pistons' starting five Tigers and bench strength have reached a certain level.

When these senior fans or observers finished speaking, they all looked very agreeable, and they all thought that Osborne was a little arrogant, and it hurt the team a lot, so they all wished that Osborne played abnormally and was abandoned by Larry Brown, and focused on cultivating what they thought was the future of the Pistons.

While these reporters were making their heads, the pre-match show began.

"Take a look, don't talk about it, that Osborne Michael Jean came out, I didn't expect it to be the first one to come out, and sure enough, it was the other four starters who were valued by Larry Brown."