Bishop of the Devil

Fans are certainly aware of the Palace of Auburn Hills incident that broke out between these two teams.

But in fact, in addition to the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the daily confrontation between the two teams is also constant friction.

But now that the Smiling Assassin is coaching the Pacers, and the Pistons were a bunch of softies before, the situation is a little better...

However, with Richard coaching the Pistons, the situation has become confusing. No one knows what the style of this Pistons is now.

Because of the players Richard acquired, except for Nash, fans didn't know much about anyone else.

Is there any serious trouble in this? Is there a tough guy like Big Ben? Is there an old Yin X like Bowen?

No one knows...

But it won’t be long before you find out, because the new season has officially begun!

The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Pistons.

Although it is only a preseason game, this preseason game is of great significance. This is Richard's first public appearance since coaching the Pistons!

Everyone wants to see what the current situation of this Pistons team is...

After Richard took charge of the Pistons, his actions can be said to be quite astonishing, completely cleaning up the team.

In the end, only four players were left. As for the other nine players in the thirteen-person roster, they were all introduced by Richard.

It can be said that this is a completely new Detroit Pistons!

Since the end of the bad boy era, the Pistons have been the second child to celebrate the New Year. Each year has been worse than the previous year, especially the past two seasons have been quite miserable.

Now it’s up to Richard whether he can regain the glory of the Bad Boys Legion era!

Fans are quite optimistic about Richard, because the Trail Blazers that Richard built before, in fact, in the eyes of Pistons fans, is a replica of their original bad boy team!

Of course, in terms of strength, the Trail Blazers Gangster Legion, or the "Good Boys Legion" is much stronger than the Pistons Bad Boys Legion.

But the style is the same, both so tough and bloody.

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"Relax, this is just a preseason game, don't be too tight on the court, it will affect your performance!"

"I know this game may be the NBA debut for many of you, but don't take it too seriously, it's all just clouds!"

"You played well in this game, and I can't reuse you just because of that. You didn't play well in this game, and I can't abandon you just because of that!"

"All in all, relax, it's just a preseason game..."

"Of course, the attitude on the court must be correct!"

Richard saw that the players under him were a little nervous, and he couldn't help but comfort him.

The three starting players, Gerald Wallace, Anderson, and Okur, all have no experience in an NBA game.

The same is true for Hu Weidong and others on the bench.

In this case, it is quite normal for them to be a little nervous.

Especially Hu Weidong, despite his age, this is his first time on the NBA stage...

Although he is not a starting player, his heart is still a little throbbing at this moment, and he is beginning to worry about gains and losses.

I am afraid that my performance is not good enough and will disappoint domestic fans...

"Hu, don't think so much, you will have a perfect career in the NBA!" Richard comforted with a smile.

Hu Weidong nodded. The more Richard said this, the more nervous he became...

If you really have a perfect career, it's easy to say, but what if you can't make it?

His field goal percentage is poor and his defense is unstoppable. In that case, even if Richard is one of our own, it may be difficult to give him too many opportunities to play.

Then my career is over...

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"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The starting players from both sides began to appear.

The Pacers' starting lineup: Brad Miller, Jeff Foster, Jaylen Rose, Reggie Miller and this year's rookie Kareem Tinsley.

The Golden State Warriors' management completely lost patience during this offseason, made large-scale personnel adjustments to the team, and sold Brad Miller.

It just so happened that the Pacers lost Schmitz and took over Brad Miller.

Seeing Richard standing on the opposite side of the court, Miller felt sad...

Time flies, five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

When he entered the league with Ben, Raheem and Iverson, all four of them had lofty ambitions and were preparing to play in the NBA.

Just as Richard predicted, this group of players will all become All-Star players in the future.

But now Richard's prediction has not been fully realized, because Brad Miller has not been selected as an All-Star.

Big Ben is already a hot super insider in this league. He has won two DPOYs, two rebounding titles, two blocked shots titles, two All-Star lineups, one of which even started once, and countless All-NBA selections. The lineup and the best defensive lineup, and even won the honor of double first team!

Of course, the most important thing is to win the Finals MVP once!

Although Iverson has never won a championship, he has won two All-Star MVPs, two scoring titles, one steals title, and was also selected to the All-NBA Team.

He even won the regular season MVP once.

Right now, Iverson is already one of the top two super guards in the league!

As for Raheem, his achievements are indeed not as good as those of Iverson and Ben, but his key statistics are gorgeous, and now he has also entered the All-Star lineup...

The only poor guy, Brad Miller, not only didn't make the All-Star list, he was also abandoned by the team.

Quite miserable...

You can imagine how uncomfortable Brad Miller feels now.

Everyone entered the league in the same batch, and their draft picks were not low, at least much higher than Big Ben's. In this case, he was the worst off.

This sense of gap is not acceptable to everyone.

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Richard stood on the sidelines and nodded to Miller. He, the earliest and most proud disciple, was indeed doing quite unsatisfactory at the moment.

However, Richard doesn't have any good ideas. At most, he can wait until he leads the All-Star team and use his connections to get Miller into the All-Stars, which can add some luster to Miller's dull career!

…

Birdman Anderson walked right up the midfield line to meet Miller for a jump ball.

Okur's athletic ability is a bit poor, and such large insiders generally don't have decent jumping ability.

The ball in the hands of the referee was thrown high, and then Anderson called it to his own goalkeeper Nash.

Nash advanced with the ball, and as soon as he reached the frontcourt, Okuti came up and set a high pick-and-roll for Nash.

Nash used Okur's pick-and-roll to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, and then heard the crisp sound of the basketball hitting the net.

Okur and Nash's double pick-and-roll tactics have been practiced for a long time in the past half month. Judging from the situation just now, the effect is quite good.

The main reason is that Okur also has a precise three-point shooting skill. The pick-and-roll partnership between the two is a great offensive threat.

While Okur and Nash were playing a pick-and-roll in the high post, Birdman Anderson rushed into the opponent's penalty area and was responsible for the upcoming rebounds.

As for the remaining Laga Bell and Gerald Wallace, they are on both sides, waiting for Nash's pass at any time.

This is almost the most reasonable tactic the Pistons can come up with right now...

The main reason is that the inside lacks an attack point like O'Neal or O'Neal. Although Okur has good offensive capabilities, he is an outside player and has limited offensive firepower under the basket.

If Okur has good offensive ability at the basket, there is no need to pull out to play a pick-and-roll with Nash, just let Nash pass the lob ball to Okur...

It's a special matter. Without a top offensive lineman at the basket, the Blazers can only play pick-and-roll tactics like the Utah Jazz.

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Richard watched the Pistons hit a three-pointer in the opening game and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

The effect of pick-and-roll tactics is pretty good, mainly because both Nash and Okur have good golf intelligence. Nash, especially, is suitable for any offensive system. Now he can use pick-and-roll tactics with ease.

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Pacers head coach Thomas saw the Pistons' pick-and-roll tactics from the sidelines and didn't take it too seriously.

This pick-and-roll tactic can basically be said to be the most stupid tactic, and any team can use it.

Of course, the results will definitely be different.

Thomas doesn't take the current Pistons too seriously. After the introduction of Brad Miller, his confidence has swelled a bit and he feels that he can reproduce Bird's previous achievements.

In other words, leading the team to the finals...

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It's the Pacers' turn to attack, and Thomas is quite confident in the Pacers' offensive level.

In this game, he is confident that he will completely defeat the new Pistons on the offensive end.

But before he could react, the Pacers' possession of the ball was gone in the blink of an eye...

The Pacers served from the backcourt. Before this year's rookie point guard Tinsley could dribble the ball to the frontcourt, he was directly intercepted by Nash who came out from the side.

Nash, who successfully stole the ball, turned around and rushed toward the Pacers penalty area.

There was no dunk, just a layup...

It would be really difficult for Nash to dunk. He has played for so many years and has never completed a dunk in an official game.

Unofficial history records that Nash dunked an empty basket against the New York Knicks in 1999, but there is no video of this incident, so the credibility is not high.

Of course, Nash can dunk. There is a video of him dunking in training when he was young, but it seems quite reluctant...

…

This layup was easily hit, and Nash had a smile on his face.

He was in good form tonight and could be said to be quite hot. In less than twenty seconds after the game started, he scored five points in a row.

The most important thing is that the defense, which had not been very good before, seemed to suddenly come to its senses tonight.

Normally, he felt that his stealing action would only scare newcomer Tinsley at best, and it was unlikely that he would succeed in the steal...

But when I made the steal just now, I just felt an inexplicable force coming out of my body, and I succeeded in stealing it quite easily!

Although Nash has a nickname that he can't guard against, in fact, this nickname is a bit insulting to Nash...

It's not that he doesn't defend, but his physical fitness is so bad that he can't guard anyone.

As time went on, he became known as Na Bu Feng, which was a perfect match for Ji Bu Gong.

To be precise, Nash should not be called Nash, but should be called Steve - no one can guard - Nash.

The physical quality is there, even if he can't prevent it, there is nothing he can do. There is nothing bad about this.

…

Nash's successful defense just now aroused a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

Nash's poor defense is actually quite famous in the league now...

The biggest reason why Nelson was willing to give up Nash was because Nash's defense was not good.

Pistons fans were originally worried about this, feeling that Nash's defense might drag down the team.

But judging from the opening situation, it seems that Nash's defense is not as bad as rumored.

However, the target of the steal was rookie Tinsley, who was also making his NBA debut. It seemed quite normal for a rookie to be intercepted when he was nervous.

Now it depends on whether Nash can play a decent defensive intensity in this game.

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It's another offensive round for the Pacers.

This time Tinsley still controlled the ball and advanced. He had just been intercepted by Nash. He must have been smarter this time. Even if the speed was a little slower, he tried his best not to give Nash a chance to steal.

An An steadily advanced to the frontcourt, and Tinsley called Miller to pull up to the high post to set himself a pick-and-roll.

The Pacers' current main tactic is the pick-and-roll tactic. After all, Brad Miller exists. It would be a pity not to use the pick-and-roll.

But what made Thomas dumbfounded was that Miller had already moved to the high post to prepare a pick-and-roll for Tinsley. As a result, Tinsley was intercepted by Nash when he dribbled around Miller...

After successfully stealing the ball, Nash went to full speed, that is to say, he did not have long hair at the moment. Otherwise, he would have been quite cool with long hair flying all the way...

A dragon went to the backcourt and made another layup, successfully hitting!

The entire audience was silent. Are you kidding me? It seemed like the game had just started in less than thirty seconds, and Nash had already scored seven points? !

Is this a joke...

Richard was dumbfounded. This terrifying offensive efficiency was really too scary.

That's 30 seconds and 7 minutes!

In just thirty seconds, Nash scored 7 points and 2 steals. He was simply invincible...

Thomas didn't react for a while, so he didn't even have time to fart, and the team was seven points behind? !

Is God kidding himself?

Are your Pistons being a little too bullying? They hit a 7:0 climax without saying a word!

"Dudududu!" Without thinking, Thomas directly replaced newcomer Tinsley and replaced him with the team's veteran point guard Best.

Originally, he really wanted to train Tinsley. This newcomer's organizational skills and overall outlook are quite good, and his defense is also good, which means that the offense is almost meaningless. Otherwise, the Pacers would not be able to get it.

As a result, Thomas poured cold water on Thomas just as the main game started...

Being intercepted twice in a row by a defensive black hole player would be unbearable for any head coach.

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"Sit down and watch, see how the old players play!" Thomas said coldly to Tinsley.

He was born as a point guard, and he is still a pretty old-school traditional point guard. The thing he despises the most is a point guard who can't even hold the ball...

Now Tinsley is obviously a disappointment to Thomas.

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Best came on the scene and the situation improved a lot. The veteran must be experienced in handling the ball. Even if Nash's defensive strength is good at the moment, it is definitely impossible to steal Tinsley as easily as possible.

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The Pistons played a few good rounds at the beginning, and it can even be said that the performance was quite amazing.

But as time went on, the team's problems were gradually exposed.

However, Richard did not call a timeout in a hurry like Thomas. He wanted to see if the team's problems could be corrected on his own.

He sat on the sidelines, just watching the game quietly, making substitutions from time to time...

Until the end of the first half.

The Pistons, who started with a 7-0 spurt, fell behind by 10 points at the end of the first half.

You read that right, in just two quarters, the Pistons were beaten by 10 points.

Richard was trying to suppress the anger in his heart, fearing that it would explode accidentally.

If he was playing as a substitute or a fringe player, then Richard would be able to accept being beaten like this...

But the problem now is that Richard has already brought out the main lineup of the team, but he is still beaten. How can he accept this!

Among the starting five, Nash's performance made Richard unable to find any fault, but the other four players made Richard a little crazy!

In Richard's opinion, these four people's fighting was really worse than shit.

It was so bad that it didn't produce the effect Richard had imagined!

With this starting lineup, Richard wants a super strong defense. Even if the offense is a little weaker, he can still accept it.

But now not only the offensive end cannot be played, but the defensive end is also as loose as a piece of loose sand!

Richard was now very dissatisfied, quite dissatisfied. With a livid face, he led a group of players back to the home team's locker room.

The players were all silent and chatting. Looking at Richard's livid face, they felt that something was wrong.

Richard was angry, and it seemed that he was angry because of the poor performance of his group of players!

Everyone knows that angering Richard has serious consequences!