"A bunch of soft eggs, not as good as the girls who shook the team, it's a shame for Detroit!"

On the evening of May 24, 2004, the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals kicked off at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the home of the Pistons, because after a lapse of 13 years, the Pistons finally returned to the division finals again, so Joe Dumas, then president of the Pistons, invited almost all the Pistons celebrities to the scene, while reliving the glory, but also for the Pistons in an unfavorable situation to boost morale.

It's just that as an important member of the bad boy team that terrified the entire league, Bill Lambir, the head coach of the NBA Detroit Shock at the time, had no good impression of the current Pistons, from the moment Ranbier sat on the sidelines, Bill Ranbier constantly criticized the Pistons' style of play too soft, and head coach Larry Brown had no offensive talent, especially when the third quarter was about to end, when Meng Xu continuously broke through to the Pistons' basket, Ben Wallace and Rashid Wallace's joint blockade continued to narrow the gap between the two sides, and after blocking Rashid Wallace in an attack, Bill Lambier couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up directly from his seat, regardless of his personal image, pointing to the field and began to scold.

The first two games between the Pistons and the Pacers, although Bill Ranbier did not go to watch the live broadcast, but he also watched the live broadcast at home, two games in a row, the Pistons lost without any temper, whether it was personal ability, or in terms of team tactics, the Pacers steadily suppressed the Pistons, but in Bill Ranbier's view, these are not the key to the Pistons' loss, the reason why they lost was because it was too soft, and you couldn't prevent the opponent You won't foul? Dare to score on my head, it costs a price, if it were the piston of the year, as far as Meng Xu did just now, he would have been fucked down a long time ago, I care about you three seven twenty-one, and I want to separate me, let you eat two old punches first, and then talk about it, and make it twice in a row, so as to ensure that the opponent will avoid you when he sees you in the future. Why is it that no one in the league is trying to dunk or dunk O'Neal in a game? It's not that O'Neill has built up a reputation with constant malicious fouls, I don't care who you are, as long as you dare to fly over my head, I will directly drag you down from the air and fall to the floor.

"Bill, it's not our era anymore, if you follow the current penalty scale, with your style of play, you can play 6 games in 10 minutes at most." After Ranbir yelled at the arena, Isaiah Thomas, who was sitting next to Ranbier, stood up and forced Ranbir to sit down.

Isaiah Thomas also knew that his old fellow had a grudge in his heart, but why shouldn't he be? At that time, after the end of their careers, they all hoped to stay in Detroit and continue to contribute their heat to the Pistons, but neither Isaiah Thomas's dream of being a manager nor Bill Ranbier's coaching dream failed in the end, on the contrary, Joe Dumas became the president of the Pistons directly after retiring, and Joe Dumas invited these old people to Auburn Hills Palace, which did not mean to show off.

It's really more popular than people, so after his hopes were dashed, Isaiah Thomas went to Canada to build an NBA team there, and then moved to the Pacers and Knicks to finally realize his dream of running a team. And Bill Ranbier did even more exaggerated, this guy went directly to the NBA and served as the head coach of a women's basketball team, and what is even more incredible is that Bill Ranbier also led the team to win the NBA championship as the best head coach, bringing a second-rate team to the championship in just two seasons, although it is only the NBA championship, but it is enough to prove Bill Ranbier's ability.

"The NBA is simply merging with the NBA, and I think the girls under me are more like a bunch of men than these sissies." After being pulled down by Isaiah Thomas, Lambir's mood calmed down a little, but although he sat down, Bill Lambir's mouth was still chattering.

Seeing Ranbir's appearance, Dantley and the others on the side also shook their heads helplessly.

After years of sinking, the Pistons finally saw the hope of revival, under the leadership of Larry Brown, the Pistons reached the division finals again after 13 years, but in the eyes of the older generation of Pistons players, the current Pistons lack a trace of blood, not only Ranbir who is mad today, even Isaiah Thomas, Dantley and others in an interview with reporters, they all expressed similar views to Ranbier today, their views are summed up, there is only one, That is to hope that the Pistons can be tougher, otherwise they will not be able to defeat the Pacers in front of them with their current strength alone.

In the history of the NBA playoffs, there have been many series in which the weak defeated the strong, among which the Finals between the Pistons and the Celtics against the Lakers were the most classic, and the Eastern Conference Finals this season, the Pistons and the Celtics were far inferior to the Lakers, so before the Finals, most people were not optimistic about them, but in the end they achieved a counterattack in the Finals. And the Pistons and the Celtics have one thing in common, that is, tough defense and the so-called "iron and blood" spirit, the Lakers, who have always regarded themselves as nobles, will naturally not fight hard with these mud legs, so the final result is that the Lakers' glorious history has added two overall runner-up trophies.

"We're not going to give up, we've never wanted to give up on this series, whether we're 2-0 down or 3-0, we're going to make it to the end." This is Larry Brown's declaration in an interview with reporters before the game starts, and the Pistons are all in the same mindset as Larry Brown at this time.

The Pistons, who had no way out, finally had some different momentum in the first game after returning to the home court, relying on excellent defensive rotation and Billups' ultra-high three-point shooting rate of 8-of-11 shooting in the first half, the Pistons finally entered the second half with a 9-point lead.

The Pacers, who fell behind in the score, also launched a counterattack in the third quarter, although the Pacers' full-court pressing caused great difficulties to the Pistons, but several Pacers players on the court obviously lost their accuracy, and even Meng Xu lost all 3 shots after the start of the third quarter, and the more this is the case, the more resolute the Pistons' shrinkage defense becomes, and the more the Pistons shrink, the more the Pacers can't shoot.

The game was dominant, but the score never narrowed, so from the second half of the third quarter of the game, Meng Xu gave up the plan to attack on the periphery, and began to constantly impact the Pistons' basket, and after several consecutive breakthrough layups, the Pacers finally narrowed the difference to within 5 points.

As for Meng Xu's dunk of Rashid Wallace, it was purely an accident, because when Meng Xu got rid of Artest and rushed to the basket, Rashid Wallace had his back to Meng Xu because he wanted to defend NN-Hilario, and when Meng Xu shook Ben Wallace, he noticed that Rashid Wallace, who was abnormal, was turning around to make up for the defense, and he was just blocked by Meng Xu.

Meng Xu, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, will naturally not be afraid of Rashid Wallace, there are only a handful of big men in this alliance who have not been detained by Meng Xu, but because the name of the Roaring Tianzun is too loud, so Meng Xu will be a little more careful after deducting Rashid Wallace, after all, be careful to make the Millennium Ship, if this guy is like O'Neill Lane Carter, I will take care of you 3721, and I will talk about you first, it will not be good.

Originally, Meng Xu thought that Rashid Wallace would definitely be mad at himself after being isolated by himself, after all, Rashid Wallace was notoriously hot-tempered, but Rashid Wallace's next performance made Meng Xu lose his glasses, because Rashid Wallace just clenched his fists and glared at Meng Xu through gritted teeth, and there was no follow-up, even Ron Artest, who wanted to hold grievances for Rashid Wallace and rushed over to find Meng Xu to "theorize", They were all pulled by Rashid Wallace.

"Rashid is doing well, very well." Seeing that Rasheed Wallace pulled Ron Artest, Larry Brown, who had already clenched his fists and began to secretly pray that they would not be impulsive, finally breathed a sigh of relief, the Pistons are still in the lead, and if there is a conflict with the Pacers at this time, it will definitely not be a wise thing to affect the game because of a technical foul, or even be sent off.

It's just that in Larry Brown's eyes, Rashid Wallace's big-picture approach is a complete soft-egg performance in the eyes of Bill Lambier and Isaiah Thomas.