Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 111 The Pacers are playing a very new style of play.

How to describe the atmosphere before the Pacers vs. Pistons game.

The New York Times put it this way: "If you were to rank the NBA's rivalries, the Pacers and Pistons would surely be at the top."

Barkley said: "I have no doubt that this series will see a second Palace of Auburn Hills incident!"

The Los Angeles Times said: "Fans who are about to watch the Pacers and Pistons playoffs should pay attention. If the live broadcast source is quickly cut off, don't be surprised, it's just because there was bloodshed on the scene!"

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All of this was embodied in the first round of this series, with dozens of security guards standing next to the audience seats, and even so, they could not stop the boos and excited fans who looked like they were about to rush onto the court at any time.

The "Palace of Auburn Hills Incident" filled the two teams with hatred.

But now, the hatred is not just because of the "Palace of Auburn Hills Incident". Suwan shouted in the "Christmas Game", "Detroit, a bunch of weaklings who fight when they can't play basketball"; the "shoulder bumping incident" during the All-Star Weekend, and countless quarrels, have caused this hatred to continue to accumulate and become a blood feud that can never be resolved.

The "old-rival" feud between the Lakers and the Celtics can be said to be nothing compared to the current Pacers vs. Pistons, because no matter how fiercely the Purple and Gold Dynasty fights with the Green Army, there is no need to worry about a conflict.

The Pacers are different from the Pistons. Some bookmakers even set up special handicaps to bet on whether a conflict will break out in this series.

The fact that a bookmaker can offer such a handicap shows how deep the conflict between the two parties is.

Among them, at least 80% of the boos were directed at Su Wan.

In this city, Suwan is the most unpopular player. Even Artest, who beat up a Pistons fan, has to stand aside in front of him.

The reason is also very simple:
His remarks, which repeatedly belittled the city's players and head coach, are tantamount to belittling the city's culture, which is what Detroit people cannot accept the most.

No kidding, some of them really want Su Wan dead!
At this time, Su Wan still made a "listening" gesture towards them, as if what they were saying was not some unbearable dirty words, but the most touching and beautiful music in the world.

His provocative move was to go to the place where the boos were the loudest.

The fans in that direction are also the most excited.

When they saw Su Wan's provocative action, they immediately became more excited and danced with joy. One of the fans accidentally punched the fan next to him. The fan was also in a state of agitation and was hit for no reason. He immediately turned his head and cursed angrily. The fan who punched was not in a good mood either. He immediately fought back. If the two people's quarrel is translated into Northeastern dialect, it would be:

"Are you blind? Why are you pushing so hard?"

"You are blind. You can't see there is someone nearby, brother!"

"What are you doing!"

"What are you doing!"

"Try looking at me again!"

"I'm just looking at you!"

Then it turned into a more intense shoveling match. Security personnel arrived in time, pulled the two fans apart, and asked them to leave one by one.

Before the game even started, the Pistons fans were already suffering from "reduction in numbers".

"Is this the fan of the Pistons?" Su Wan laughed.

Artest, who was standing next to him, looked at him and wanted to ask:
Brother, do you really not know how to write the word "tense"?

Don't be fooled by his big and strong appearance, he certainly wouldn't dare to provoke the Pistons fans at this time.

The referee also walked up to Su Wan at this time and said with a bitter smile: "Su, I know what kind of person you are, but tonight, can you please not add extra burden to us? We don't want the basketball game to turn into a fight, right?"

The sincere tone made Su Wan unable to find a reason to refuse.

He is a very reasonable person. As long as others explain the interests involved to him clearly, he will not take the initiative to cause trouble.

Immediately he stopped paying attention to the spectators on the sidelines, which made the three referees breathe a sigh of relief.

But soon, they became nervous again.

Because as soon as Ben Wallace came on the court, he led the fans to boo even louder to provoke Suwan. Not only that, he also planned to walk over and do something to provoke Suwan.

It can be seen that the Pistons players are more hostile to Suwan than the fans.

It’s no wonder that Su Wan’s words “weaklings who can’t beat the ball so they beat others” have become a label that they can never get rid of.

Now no one says they are tough anymore, they all say they can’t afford to lose…

With a personality like Ben Wallace, how could he tolerate such a label on his head?
He wished he could tear Su Wan, the "culprit", into pieces.

The referees could only admonish Ben Wallace with the same words.

Of course, their attitude towards Ben Wallace is much tougher. It is more of a warning than a caution.

Ben Wallace knew that it was not a wise move to annoy the referee before the game, so he scratched his head and smiled innocently, which was his signature move of pretending to be stupid. It worked well before, but now...

Milicic sat on the bench, watching Suwan warm up one after another amid the never-ending boos, looking so calm and collected.

He really wanted to run over and say hello to Su Wan, but the extreme reactions of the Detroit people at the scene scared him and made him afraid to go forward.

Larry Brown was interviewed before the game. When the reporter mentioned that Suwan was selected as the "best second team", he said: "Kobe is more qualified to be on this list than him, but this is the league. We need fresh blood."

Su Wan saw Larry Brown being interviewed and knew that this guy must be belittling him. This is what Larry Brown likes to do most recently. He is not angry, because he has been doing the same thing recently. In his opinion, Larry Brown ranks 30st among the 31 head coaches in the league.

If he heard Larry Brown's interview, he would definitely smile: "Not only does the league need fresh blood, basketball tactics also need fresh blood. Stop playing your old tightening tactics. They are like pickled cabbage that has been soaked for a hundred years, smelly and sour!"

But even if Larry Brown couldn't hear it, he could feel it tonight as the game progressed:
The Pacers are playing a very new style of play.

What we need to do today is to let the old guy open his eyes and see the world!

The buzzer sounded and the starting lineups of both teams came on the court.

The Pacers' starting lineup did not change, and the same was true for the Pistons, who still used their usual "civilian five tigers" lineup.

Amidst the huge cheers, it was O'Neal Jr. who jumped onto the ball.

Rasheed Wallace was filled with emotion as he watched this high school student who once made him sit on the bench and not move grow to where he is today. At times like this, you can most clearly feel the passage of time.

Tinsley faced Billups and passed the ball to Suwan.

There is no doubt that Hamilton is the one who opened the gap in the Pistons' "Shanhai Pass".

With the ball in his hands, Suwan could clearly feel Billups and Prince on both sides approaching him.

In this game, Larry Brown no longer used Prince as the first line of defense, obviously wanting to use assist defense to contain him.

Rick Carlisle smiled.

because……

This was within their expectations.

Suwan broke through on the right side, forcing Prince to let go of Stephen Jackson and come over to defend, forming a double team with Hamilton. At this time, Suwan seemed to know that there must be someone behind him, and turned his head to throw the ball. Sure enough, Stephen Jackson was standing there.

This is not about how amazing his vision is, but about the tactical arrangements before the game, which has been discussed before.

When Suwan breaks through and attracts a double-team from the wing, the people who are left open, whether it is Stephen Jackson or Tinsley, will immediately move behind Suwan, and all Suwan has to do is pass the ball to them.

Prince rushed back immediately, but Stephen Jackson told him with his 37% three-point shooting percentage:

Don't leave me alone!
Any time!
Larry Brown's expression did not change when he saw Stephen Jackson make a three-pointer. As he said, in the ancient tactical philosophy of this old head coach, the three-pointer has never killed a team in the playoffs.

Not to mention killing a team with three-pointers, even killing the opponent with field goals has never happened.

Shooting always fails, and layups are the only timeless and stable way to score.

The Pacers' first attack ended with a three-pointer, which just shows that the Pistons' defense is effective.

The "Best Rookie" couldn't get into the paint and could only pass the ball to the outside. Stephen Jackson had no choice but to shoot a three-pointer, but they were just lucky and only scored one goal.

This is Larry Brown's perspective.

Rick Carlisle's eyes calmed down a lot when he saw Jackson make a three-pointer as soon as he came on.

Tonight they were going to use a tactic that he thought was very bold, but might actually work out very well.

Su Wan has been promoting this tactic imperceptibly since the end of the season.

Now it seems that it is prepared to fight the Pistons.

Everyone knows that Larry Brown is a coach who likes to shrink the defense and lock down the basket.

So the Pacers' weapons tonight are...

Shoot!

When Suwan put forward this point of view, other head coaches might have rejected it directly.

In this era, there is no team that wins the championship by shooting.

But Suwan dared to mention it because of Rick Carlisle.

The Mavericks in 2011 were the prototype of the "small ball era" style of play. They liked to solve problems with shooting during defensive counterattacks.

This shows that Rick Carlisle does not reject such tactical concepts.

Last summer, the league's changes to the "hand touch" rule broke down the biggest barrier between the "traditional center" era and the "small ball era."

If you ask Suwan whether the playing style of the "small ball era" can definitely defeat the giants of the "traditional center" era?

Suwan could not give a definite answer, but the Pistons were not a standard powerhouse in the "traditional center" era. At least they did not have a big center like Shaquille O'Neal in their interior.

The Pacers themselves cannot play a pure "small ball". With O'Neal's current weight, he cannot play the "space-type four position".

The Pacers only borrowed part of the "small ball concept".

In the original 05 Finals, Manu Ginobili's revelry on the wing was essentially the most naked lashing out at Larry Brown's tight basket.

Larry Brown didn't realize it at first. By the time he realized that the Pacers wanted to decide the game with shooting tonight and had a 5-point lead, it was already 6 minutes and 34 seconds into the first quarter.

But during the timeout, he still said firmly: "Keep sticking to this kind of defense!"

He just didn't believe that the Pacers could rely on Stephen Jackson to kill him from beyond the three-point line.

If he can do this, then he should renew his contract with an annual salary of tens of millions like Hamilton, instead of being ignored and just joining the Pacers with a middle-class salary of 5 million.

Larry Brown was not wrong on this point.

Just seeing the Pacers' lineup change, this "old antique" was stunned.

Because the Pacers' lineup has become:

Suwan at center, Reggie Miller at two, Stephen Jackson at three, O'Neal at four, and Foster at five.

There is no change in the front line, but Suwan moved from the second position to the first position, and they added another shooting point at the second position!

Seeing this lineup, he felt a little pressure.

If it was just Stephen Jackson, he wouldn't be able to kill the Pistons, but he knew clearly what kind of guy Reggie Miller was.

What he is best at is "playing dead" in the regular season and exploding in the playoffs.

And in this way, Hamilton, the Pistons' most stable player so far, will also be restricted.

Su Wande admitted that he couldn't keep breaking through and scoring on the offensive end while defending Hamilton at the same time.

Not only could he not do it, he believed that no one in the league could do it.

Including the snake in Los Angeles.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wanted to break Hamilton's legs after last year's finals.

But if it's Reggie Miller.

It is really possible to restrict him.

Miller once said when evaluating Hamilton: "I see a lot of my shadow in him, and many of his moves are what I have used before."

This is not an illusion, nor is Hamilton really secretly following Reggie Miller's video to learn his playing style.

Rather, their peak periods all coincided with Larry Brown.

With the little offensive talent Brown has, it's hard not to associate Hamilton with Reggie Miller and copy that style of play when he sees him.

In the original 05 playoffs, the Pacers, ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, advanced to the second round by overcoming their opponents and also met the Pistons in the playoffs. Without Artest, they still played a full six games with the Pistons before being unfortunately eliminated.

Hamilton's shooting percentage did not exceed 40% in any of the three games!

Of course, in order to defend him, Reggie Miller also paid a heavy price. His shooting percentage was not good. In three games, his shooting percentage was less than 3%, and the lowest was only 40%.

However, the difference between the current Pacers and the Pistons is that they are not highly dependent on Reggie Miller's scoring. They have Suwan and O'Neal Jr. to cooperate with them.

The Pistons are different. Hamilton is their "top scorer" this season. Once he fails to perform to his full potential, all the pressure on the Pistons' scoring end will be concentrated on Billups.

Rasheed Wallace, who is known for being a jack of all trades, and Prince, who averaged a career-high 14.7 points per game, are both better at "adding icing on the cake" than "providing timely assistance."

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