At the end of the first quarter, Larry Brown said: "We're slowly getting into the rhythm of the Kings now, we need to play with the Pistons' own characteristics, not follow their characteristics, or we're going to collapse sooner or later, the Pistons' characteristics are defense, not offense, and we need to play efficient offense on the basis of defense, not the current offensive battle." ”

Chauncey Billups also knew what the head coach meant, but he also pointed to the team's difficulties: "Coach, we also want to play our own characteristics, but the Kings' offense is really not easy to defend, and we need to find a way to limit their scoring, otherwise we will have to play an offensive battle." ”

Larry Brown thought for a while and replied: "This is not a reason for you to give up your own characteristics, you must know that our Pistons started by defense, if you even throw away your housekeeping skills, then what are you based on the league, defense to win the championship, it's not just talk, I'd rather give up part of the regular record to build an iron-blooded division, if any of you feel that you can't do it, then I will not be merciful." Especially you, Osborne, your defense really hasn't improved, if you don't want to improve, then I'll put you in the rotation. ”

Then he swept all the players with his eyes, and continued: "You are all the same, the capable are up, the mediocre are down, if you really don't want to integrate into the team system, then don't blame me for trading you, so you still have to have pressure, the previous victory is not your proud capital." If there's anyone who doesn't defend as hard as they can, then be prepared to bench it. Okay, that's it, let's get ready for the game. ”

Osborne now feels that it was really too smooth before, and he didn't find that Larry Brown still has such an iron side, which is really stubborn, which makes Osborne's already somewhat wanted to stay weakened again, and the Pistons are still not suitable for him. Superstars have to play superstar basketball, otherwise they won't be able to play to their best at all.

Although Osborne's strength is far from the ability of a superstar, Osborne believes that he will definitely become a basketball superstar, but Osborne's defense is really bad, and it is not easy to improve, but there is no way, the ability is not enough, and the attitude is to make up. After all, if you can't do it, you can improve it, and if you can't have a bad attitude, you can only be disliked.

When the game started again, the Pistons came up and began to show a tough defensive attitude, and even Osborne, who didn't like to defend much, worked hard to defend Pejastojakovic. The Kings were surprised by the change in the Pistons, but the Kings didn't pay much attention to it, because they thought that as long as they could play the power of the Princeton system, there were few teams in the league that could withstand the Kings' offense.

Although the Pistons' tough defense has achieved great results, the Kings' offensive fluency has decreased a lot, but the Kings can still score by transferring the ball, and Osborne's point is still a colander, Pejastojakovic likes to score in front of Osborne, because Osborne's defense is too bad, although Osborne has strengthened his defense, but after all, the defensive strength is there, Osborne has no way, and then Osborne can't, so he can only contribute to the Pistons by scoring.

Larry Brown looked at Osborne's performance and was really unacceptable, after all, Osborne was considered the most potential rookie in the class of 03, and his offensive ability and passing ability had reached a very high level, but when it came to defense, Osborne's performance was really flattering, which was too toxic for a team that aspired to build a system to win championships.

Finally, when Osborne was blocked by the Kings again behind Chris Webber, after Pejastojakovic hit another shot, Larry Brown called a timeout, didn't say anything, his face was a little gloomy, just replaced Osborne and replaced Tysian Springs, and some players on the Pistons who couldn't get used to Osborne suddenly said happily: You Osborne also have today, it seems that your bad defense has finally made the head coach unbearable, and you are about to fall out of favor.

Osborne also knows what it means for Larry Brown to replace himself, but Osborne is also very uncomfortable, after all, defense is not something that can be practiced in a day or two. But I don't know why the system doesn't just give a defensive system prop skill card, so that you can quickly learn how to defend.

Osborne immediately asked: "The system is big, are there any prop skill cards that can directly improve the defensive ability?" ”

The system replied: "Well, it doesn't seem to be too much, because the system is all physical props, skill props, there is not much involved in defense, and the defense is too difficult, and the defensive effect depends on the state of the opponent, just like the Suns originally had a player called Kobe Bryant's terminator named Ragabel, who once scored only a dozen points in a game in the playoffs, and the actual shooting rate was only 30%, and the Suns beat the Lakers in that game, and this game made Ragabel famous, Known as the Kobe terminator for a long time, and then there was another year of playoffs, the Suns and Lakers met again, and then Kobe Bryant cut 30+ in front of this so-called Kobe terminator, and 40+ eliminated the Suns to advance to the next round. At that time, no one boasted about any Kobe finisher. From this, it can be seen that whether the defensive effect is good or not can only depend on the state of the opponent, it is not easy to practice, and the system does not have any specific skills, so that many players in the league are not willing to defend. ”

When Osborne heard this, he knew that the Pistons were not a place for him to stay for a long time after all, because Larry Brown could not stand Osborne's ****-like defense, and Osborne had no way to defend it, his physical fitness was still very weak, and his confrontation ability was also a little poor, and it was easy to be eaten by others. Thinking about this, Osborne is no longer bothered, anyway, the Pistons still need his offensive ability.

With this in mind, Osborne also took a hard look at how the players on the field defended.

With Osborne's defensive colander off the court, the Pistons and Kings really became a spear-and-shield game, and the Pistons' defensive rating went up another notch. The Kings were upset by the Pistons' brutal defense, and the home whistle was in vogue. A lot of Pistons players have been saddled with fouls.

The situation is very bad for the Pistons, and now the Pistons have been overtaken by the Kings, but Larry Brown does not see a trace of nervousness.