The first second of the game began, the determination of both sides was revealed.

If you don't want to lose, you have to win.

Once you have such thoughts, you are not allowed to give up. The intensity of the confrontation has risen to the boiling point from the beginning.

"Humanity is like the tide in the sea, rising and falling. Everyone, I mean, everyone will follow the trend and chase a victory at this moment."

Bobby Leonard described the confrontation that opened tonight.

The Pistons seemed to have forgotten Xie Hou's touch in the previous few games, and he let him shoot three-pointers at the beginning. Xie Hou's mood was hard to describe. He wanted to win the game for Miller and extend his career. He took action with too many distractions and the strange idea of ​​"not allowing himself to lose".

"Bang!"

Fortunately, the home basket does not favor the home team, nor does it favor the away team.

In the second shot, Xie Hou still missed and bounced a long rebound in the frontcourt. He could have easily grabbed the rebound, but for some reason, he stretched out his hand, but the rebound flew away from his fingertips. In fact, if he took the initiative and took a step forward, the rebound would be taken away.

After a moment of negligence, Anthony quickly stepped forward, caught up with the defensive rebound, and then launched a fast break counterattack of 1-for-0.

Finally, in the first three minutes, Anthony's counterattack dunk broke the scoring drought between the two teams.

The person who scored the first goal for the Pacers was Austin Crohill, a substitute for Kirilenko. Due to the Pacers' regular season fights and multiple injuries, he became a stable starter. He dribbled at the high position, turned around at the basket, raised his right hand, and hit the hook.

"When this young man came to Indiana, Larry Bird was the head coach of the team."

"He is the witness of Reggie Miller pushing away Michael Jordan to hit a winning three-pointer!"

"Eyewitnesses of sharks ravaging Indiana in the first year of the new century."

"He's a real walker!"

Xie Hou did not score a goal, and he confirmed three times before and after, all of which were long shots.

This is a big problem. If he can't make a shot, the Pistons will become more bold in his defense. If others can't make a shot, the space for him will be very small.

It is not enough to win.

Anthony's counterattack dunk broke the deadlock, and Rashid and Billups' three-pointers established a lead for the Pistons.

Halfway through the first quarter, the walkers' peripheral particles were not harvested. If this continues, they will repeat the same mistakes.

Thinking about how he lost before, Xie Hou was anxious and started calling the tactics and prepared to make a breakthrough.

Someone must make a three-pointer, Xie Hou failed to make a shot, Papalucas was stared at - O'Neal Jr.'s cover came to Miller.

If he regards this game tonight as the last game of his career, will he let go of a must-scoring goal?

Xie Hou broke through, cut off the Pistons' defense, and threw the ball out of the three-point line without looking at the one hand.

"It's Reggie!"

The audience was calling out, and Miller was familiar with the cheers here. He looked certain, jumped up three-pointers, and his shooting posture remained unchanged for 18 years.

"Swish!"

That was the Pacers' first three-pointer tonight.

Just like before, when Xie Hou failed to make a three-pointer, Miller needed to show his power. Only when Miller made a three-pointer could he make a comfortable breakthrough.

He always said that even if the space cannot be opened, he could break through.

Of course, it's just a bit tired. For a ball holder with poor physical fitness, if you have to make a breakthrough with re-consuming at the beginning, you will definitely not be able to support it until the end.

Miller's three points are like a sweet spring to the hungry and thirsty.

Sweet and delicious.

Miller's three-pointer indirectly helped Xie Hou open the situation.

That was the most difficult time for the Pacers, and the cooperation between Shehou and Miller often did.

Miller just shot from the outside, and Xie Hou drove the ball into the kill.

During that difficult period when O'Neal, Kirilianko, Artest and others could not fight, the Pacers struggled with victory after such an attack.

Overall, the well-staffed Pistons perform better than the Pacers.

The final score of the first quarter was the same: 22 to 19.

The Pacers were 3 points behind, and Claire boldly replaced Xie Hou to rest.

Xie Hou played the first quarter and Claire planned to give him five minutes to rest.

"At this point, Rick also seems to know that Arthur can no longer be allowed to participate in the competition with high load for a long time."

"Andre is a lesson from the past. If Arthur is used badly, losing is just a trivial matter, and what is hurt is the Pacers' future."

Claire told Xie Hou to stay patient and not be anxious no matter how much he lost.

Later it turned out that Claire was very foresighted. Xie Hou was not there, and the Pacers' offense was paralyzed. O'Neal's low post back-attack was a conventional tactic, but the shooting percentage was only around 40%.

Not being able to make a move is not a problem, but retreating and defending is the problem.

If the Pistons run, it will be difficult to defend against each other at the same time. Within five minutes, the Pistons scored 8 points by counterattacking. Anthony performed two successful clearances on one side and pulled out a single challenge.

Frenchman Dior's defense has no climate in front of him. No matter how good his physical fitness is, he can solve it with a tentative jump shot.

The gap continues to widen.

4 points, 6 points, 9 points.

After five points, the Pistons used defense to lead the offense, blocked the Pacers, and activated the entire team's offense.

Anthony is the leader of this attack, 34 to 23.

What's scary is not that the Pacers fell 11 points, but that they only scored 4 points in 5 minutes.

"Andre is not here, the Pacers' defense is as fragile as a newborn baby, as if anyone can kill us."

"A few minutes after Arthur's exit, the Pacers' offense beat even worse than the amateur basketball league in small East Asian countries."

Xie Hou took a five-minute break and Claire told him not to be angry, but the longer he sat, the more angry he became.

He is not angering teammate, he is angering Piston.

If that didn't happen to Auburn Hills, many things would change.

Claire lets him play, and he goes up with murderous intent.

"You don't think we were defeated so easily, do you?" The first sentence that Xie Hou said to Anthony after he came on the stage was also the only one.

For the remaining seven minutes of the first half, the fire-opening Xie Hou allowed the Detroiters to review last year's Eastern Conference Finals.

They will definitely remember the Battle of Tianwang Mountain last year, and how misaligned Xie Hou used to defeat them.

Within 7 minutes, Xie Hou scored 18 points.

Larry Brown called two pauses during the period, and the most repeated sentence was: "A person must come out to stop him!"

Brown did not specify who that person was, Anthony knew it was him.

Only he has the chance, and only he has such ability.

He is the one who wants to stop King Arthur.

Under Xie Hou's fierce attack, Anthony's defense was broken through, but he responded on the offensive end.

Anthony scored 6 points in this 18-point impact.

At the end of the half, 46 to 45, the Pacers overtook the Pistons by 1 point.

Xie Hou scored more than half of the team in the first half, scoring 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

It is worth mentioning that Miller scored second in the team in the first half and hit three three-pointers.

In the second half, the Pistons returned to their old business, and both sides knew each other very well.

The Pistons knew how to win, and the Pacers lacked a Kirirenko, the original defensive system had collapsed.

The ability to play back and forth in the first half was related to Miller's three-pointer shot, Xie Hou's outbreak, and Hamilton's inaccurate offensive performance.

Without Kirirenko's assisted defense, Hamilton only scored 2 points in the first half, which was actually a very bad performance.

The pistons continued to prevent attack and super high-strength pressure. Miller would sooner or later lose his accuracy, and Xie Hou's long shot was not available.

When Miller began to miss the mark and Hamilton was able to make an open goal, the situation completely reversed.

This was true. Miller couldn't score a goal and couldn't keep up with Hamilton.

Xie Hou made a breakthrough, and two Wallaces flew around the basket. He passed the ball but failed to get a shot.

The lead was 1 point and was quickly overtaken by the Pistons.

Overtakes by 2 points, overtakes by 4 points - Xie Hou dunks to stop the bleeding, and the score difference returns to 2 points.

Miller missed a three-pointer, and the Pistons counterattacked.

Xie Hou dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and continued to look for the three-pointer touch, went out of bounds, turned around and threw a buzzer-beating three-pointer.

The Pistons' stable offense and defense have regained their initiative. The Pacers requested a timeout, and Claire disputed Miller and replaced Vujasic.

Under the heavy pressure, the Slovenians felt like a big stone on the beach, smelly and hard.

And, worse, 20-year-old Vujasic is not as good as Miller's defense.
To be continued...