After Wei Guo jumped, Hamilton was unable to block him!

All eyes turned to the basket...

Instead of shooting, Wei Guo shoved the ball into Jefferson's hands. Jefferson caught the ball, slipped to the basket, and easily scored a layup.

2-0!!!

Head coaches generally discourage players from passing the ball after jumping, as it easily leads to mistakes.

but...

This rule doesn't apply to Wei Guo, because Wei Guo can accurately judge his teammates' positions after jumping, and as long as his teammates can keep up, Wei Guo can pass the ball to them.

After scoring, the Nets quickly retreated on defense!

The Pistons played with great patience. Brown is a very strict coach. The Pistons brought Brown over after they learned that Wei Guo had joined the Nets.

The Pistons have a lot of troublesome players...

For Brown, these troublesome players on the Pistons weren't even troublesome. Could there be any troublesome players like Wei Guo or Iverson? Brown had coached both Iverson and Wei Guo, so when he first arrived at the Pistons, he managed to subdue these troublemakers, and they obeyed his tactics without question.

The Pistons patiently played a half-court game, looking for scoring opportunities!

There are 7 seconds left on the 24-second shot clock...

Anthony received the ball under the basket, backed down Kenyon, and made a turnaround jump shot!

2:2!!!

For some players, the Nets-Pistons game is just a boring defensive battle.

There were fewer than three attacks per minute...

The Nets were on offense. Wei Guo broke through but was double-teamed by Rasheed and Ben Wallace, so he had to pass the ball out!

After Jefferson received the ball, he was defended by Anthony, who protected the ball in his arms. Hill circled to Jefferson's left side, and Jefferson passed the ball to Hill, who caught the ball and shot!

"bang~~~"

The basketball bounced off the rim!

Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound with a strong effort, and the rest of the Pistons players quickly ran up the frontcourt. Billups received the ball and dribbled past midcourt!

Billups is the engine of the Pistons. After he dribbled for more than ten seconds, Hamilton had a shooting opportunity, and only then did Billups pass the ball out, allowing Hamilton to catch and shoot!

Ben Wallace and Rasheed are positioning themselves under the basket, ready to fight for the rebound!

"Whoosh!!!"

The basketball went into the net.

2:4!!!

The Pistons quickly retreated on defense; they weren't going to celebrate this one basket, they were going to win the game.

......

Every player on the Pistons played defense like a mad dog, coupled with Anthony's scoring ability.

The Nets started to struggle...

Hamilton kept Wei Guo on his toes. Even if Wei Guo got past Hamilton, Rasheed would quickly come to his rescue and then another big man would come to the basket, which made Wei Guo's scoring efficiency drop!

Hill failed to score again!

The Nets' offense came to a standstill for a time.

certainly...

The Pistons weren't much better off; Hill and Weiguo provided solid perimeter defense, while the Nets had Kenyon and the tough Mourning inside!

The first quarter lasted 7 minutes!

13:15!!

The Nets only scored 13 points, while the Pistons scored 15. At this rate, it will be difficult for either team to score over 100 points in this game!

The league's officiating is very lenient now and encourages physical contact. If this were ten or twenty years from now, with the kind of defense that the Nets and Pistons have, five or six players would probably foul out before the fourth quarter!

......

Gentry called a timeout to make some adjustments to the lineup!

"Since the Pistons are going to play a half-court game, we'll play a half-court game too. If we really can't find an offensive opportunity, we'll try to pass the ball to Wei Ge."

"Hey Wei, just shoot as soon as you get the ball... Mourning and Kenyon are there to grab the rebounds for you!"

Gentry kept talking...this was his best tactic!

As for defense, the Nets' defense wasn't a big problem, but rookie Anthony's outstanding performance still surprised Gentry. The rookies of 2003 were all formidable. They faced Wade in the second round, Anthony in the Eastern Conference Finals, and this season's Rookie of the Year, James, as well as Gu Tao, nicknamed "The Mathematician".

......

The Nets substituted Stockton for Tyronn Lue.

Stockton's experience was important to the Nets, but in the games, especially in the Eastern Conference Finals, Stockton was clearly struggling to keep up with the intensity of the competition. Billups started posting up Stockton from beyond the three-point line.

Several mismatch defenses...

Stockton couldn't stop the Pistons players.

Tyronn Lue's defense is often overlooked, perhaps because he was faked out by Allen Iverson in one Finals game. But how many players can defend Iverson in this era? Being faked out actually shows that he was playing seriously. Tyronn Lue's defense is still at a certain level.

For example...

Wei Guo always respected those who were knocked down by him.

Only serious defense will allow you to be faked out. When defending, if you give your opponent a step and a half of space, no matter how skillful their dribbling is, they won't be able to fake you out.

But with a player like Wei Guo, no one will give him even a step or two of space when defending him. If you give Wei Guo that space, he can score 60+, 70+... or even more points in a game.

Wei Guo shook down many people.

In the previous series, he faked out streetball legend Alston, but after Alston fell, Wei Guo kindly reached out to help him up, but Alston didn't appreciate it.

......

The Nets are on offense, and Tyronn Lue dribbles the ball up the court.

Billups' defense didn't pose much of a threat to Tyronn Lue. Lue passed the ball to Kenyon, who took a mid-range shot!

"bang~~~~"

The basketball bounced off the rim!

When Kenyon took the shot, Wei Guo had already moved towards the basket to fight for the rebound. He grabbed the rebound, but the Pistons already had three players double-teaming him!

Wei Guo had no chance to make a move!

Hill and his teammates quickly moved into position, signaling Wei Guo to pass the ball out. Only Wei Guo knew that the ball couldn't be passed out, and even if it was, it would be a mistake, so he forced a shot!

"bang~~~~"

The shot missed again, and Ben Wallace grabbed the defensive rebound!

After Big Ben grabbed the rebound, he threw the ball forward. Wei Guo Bi Billups was a step faster and intercepted the ball in the middle. He then dribbled to the three-point line and shot!

"Whoosh!!!"

The basketball swished through the net!

16:15!!

The Nets are leading by one point; their defense in this game was suffocating!

After scoring...

Wei Guo made no celebrations, retreated to the backfield, and reminded Tyronn Lue, "Just guard Billups and don't let him shoot!"

Billups' scoring ability should not be overlooked!

However, the Pistons have a strong scoring threat, Carmelo Anthony. They will pass the ball to Anthony for one-on-one when the ball is not being passed around properly, so Wei Guo's defensive focus must be on Anthony.