After the press conference, the parking lot, board the team bus to the airport.

Before he could find a chair to sit down, he heard Durant and others laughing, and found out that it was because the Heat Big Three lost.

On the first day of the new season, the league has arranged three games in total. In addition to the Thunder vs. Bulls, Lakers vs. Rockets, the other game is the Heat vs. Celtics. The highlights of the battle between the old and new giants attracted a lot of attention and the ratings exploded.

Perhaps with the idea of ​​self-proving, the elderly Celtics made a desperate move in the first quarter and directly used the most brutal defense, which allowed the young Heat to score only 9 points in a single quarter. The key team only had 2 fouls in the first quarter, which was a pure defensive effect.

The Heat really have no good idea, because LeBron and Wade are core ball holders, and a large number of scores are obtained through ball breaking through. When they encounter Celtics' attacks on the ball holder system, and the Heat's team lacks three-pointers, it's really a miserable game.

After the game, various discussions quickly emerged on social networks such as Twitter. The mainstream direction was to swear the Thunder to belittle the Heat, mainly because the Thunder played against the Celtics, and performed much better than the Heat, which made many fans who had hope for the Heat disappointed.

There are also a large number of fans who angrily criticized Wade for 14 points in the game and Bosh for 8 points, which is simply a drag on LeBron.

Major bookmakers in Las Vegas have also lowered the Heat's odds to win the championship, and the Thunder rose to the first place in disguise.

Su Yang felt emotional when he looked at the news: This really proves that famous saying once again, and it is entirely based on his peers.

While feeling moved, Durant and others were still talking excitedly, obviously they were very happy about the Heat losing. After all, the Heat was despised before, and the Heat were also a potential finals opponent. Su Yang felt it was unnecessary, but he didn't stop him, just playing.

The team bus arrived at the airport quickly, and the whole team flew to Detroit overnight and entered the hotel at midnight.

When he woke up at noon, Su Yang pulled the coaching team to have a meeting as usual and formulated a strategy against the Pistons based on the scout report.

Considering the back-to-back game and the players are consumed a lot, Su Yang decided to increase the number of rotations and chose to activate Livingston to the roster, thereby reducing the time for Durant and Westbrook to play, and at the same time trying some new tactics in the substitute lineup.

The game officially started at 7 o'clock in the evening.

The Thunder's regular starter, and the Pistons' starting five starters are Starkey, Hamilton, Prince, Dayer, and Big Ben.

Seeing Austin Dayer as the Pistons starting power forward, Su Yang was a little surprised. The Pistons power forward positions include Villanueva, Mark Hill, and Thunder former player Wilcox. Why did it make a non-strong second-year rookie take the post?

Su Yang doesn't understand what Pistons head coach John Kushite thinks, but considering that he once made the Pistons win the championship last season, Richard Hamilton, the hero who gave the outsider a zero defense, Ben Gordon, who has been playing as a substitute for a long time, is normal.

After the Thunder won the opening jump and simply passed the run, Ibaka hit the iron from the free throw line.

The Pistons grabbed the rebound and failed to score in a fast break. They turned to the position. Prince broke through Durant with the ball, and stopped and jumped in the right waist position, holding his right hand high and gliding in the air, skillfully threw a hook, and scored steadily.

Durant actively defended, but Prince's arm-span was outstanding and failed to cause effective interference.

The Thunder attack made an attack, and Durant may feel it necessary to respond, and also break through and layup, but unfortunately he smashed the basket and made a blacksmith. The main reason is that the big book stands on the edge of the reasonable collision zone. The 35-year-old has big muscles, which forces Durant to take a long shot.

The Pistons' offense and defense were converted, and they ran the most basic floppy tactics. Starkey assisted Hamilton to make a mid-range shot.

Immediately afterwards, Westbrook made a shot, Big Ben grabbed the rebound, the Pistons changed their position, and Starkey scored a mid-range shot with the cover.

The Pistons started with a 6-0 attack wave, which was not because of how good the defense was, but because the Thunder generals were too anxious.

Su Yang knew that the Thunder generals despised the Pistons, and the Eastern Conference only regarded the Heat as their opponents. This game was a bit casual.

After thinking about it, he felt that he would not do anything badly. He decisively requested a short 60-second suspension and reminded the whole team not to underestimate the enemy. Even if he ranks last in the league, he may defeat the league first. NBA-level competitions must not develop bad habits.

The Thunder generals took the order sincerely. First, Ibaka made a jump shot, and then Ibaka successfully rotated to make up for defense, interfering with Austin Dayer's three-point shooting, allowing Chandler to grab the rebound, and handed it to Westbrook to make a fast break, causing a big blocking foul.

The Thunder kicked off for a second attack on the sideline. Durant used the cover to get the ball from his right waist, and a strong burst in front of the basket caused Prince to foul.

After making both free throws, Ibaka interfered with Austin Dayer's long shot again, and Westbrook grabbed the rebound and scored a fast break.

In a 6-0 wave, the Thunder tied directly.

Su Yang also understood the Pistons' intention to arrange Austin Dayer to start, which was to use its range advantage to involve space.

Dayer does have that ability. In the 2009 draft, he was described by scouts as: a small forward with a power forward height, who is thin and flexible overall, can shoot anywhere in the half court, has a very skilled sense of ball, accurate pass, and a high ball quotient...

If you cover the scout's name, you may think it's a description of Durant, a genius who is chosen from thousands.

Unfortunately, Daye can pass and position shooting well during training, but it is not possible in the NBA level game because he does not have the strong coordination and explosive ability as Durant, and his overall value is not as good as that of small forward Novak, who is of the same power forward height.

After the Pistons tied, they were not idle. Hamilton first broke through and committed a foul, and Prince then slid the baseline to catch the ball and make a layup.

The two teams tied 14-14 in a blink of an eye, and the game immediately entered an official timeout, and each made a slight adjustment.

According to the scout report, Su Yang speculated that the Pistons might make and provided a cracking strategy in detail.

After the timeout, the Pistons were indeed the one who allowed Staki and Dayer to frequently launch pick-and-rolls, intending to fully utilize Staki's ability to hit the basket and Dayer's ability to shoot long shots, but the Thunder first had three defenses and two locally, then quickly rotated and grabbed them directly.

Just like that, the Thunder fired an 8-0 attack wave.

Pistons head coach John Coosht hurriedly replaced Vilan Newell and asked Prince to give up the others and focus on Durant.

That adjustment has worked, and it is difficult for Durant to get the ball, while Green replaced Ibaka on the court and made 1 of 5 shots in a bad way, resulting in the Thunder leading the Pistons 26-21 after the first quarter, failing to establish the victory.

In the second quarter, Villanueva, who claimed to be in the best state of his career, and Ben Gordon, who had the lowest career statistics last season, did not defend so strongly against the Thunder's second team, and played like returning to the peak.

After a few rounds, the Pistons chased to 30 levels strongly, and the cheers in the Auburn Palace were deafening.

Su Yang did not call a timeout, but only let Harden fight one more singles. The one who bullied the Pistons' second lineup as the point guard was Ben Gordon, who had insufficient height and strength in the shooting guard and insufficient speed in the defense and control guard. Harden continued to hit the basket and efficiently scored 6 points in a row.

The main players of the two teams then returned to the court, and Durant and Chandler cooperated continuously to help the Thunder lead five points in the first half.

After returning from the break at halftime, the Thunder strengthened their defense and expanded their strengths to suppress the Pistons' outside line and deliberately put the inside line.

Stucky and Hamilton were very uncomfortable, but Daben and Dayer were unable to score efficiently in the inside, causing the Pistons to spend four minutes with Prince quietly slid into the bottom line and scored, but the Thunder only expanded the lead to 12 points.

The Pistons are in a crisis moment, and Stucky, as the absolute core of the team, cannot stand up at all. He almost wastes two years of training for Pistons President Joe Dumas, with no improvement in overall situation and sense of rhythm, and his long-range shooting rate has not improved.

However, veteran Hamilton made a personal breakthrough and shot, and made 5 of 7 shots in a short period of time, forcibly stabilizing the situation.

Prince may have been inspired to defend Durant three attacks in a row, and it seemed that he would return to the top.

The Thunder entered the last quarter with a 4-point lead. Harden and Jordan Jr. played well, but Green suffered a little loss in defense, which made Pistons Villanueva make 4 of 6 shots in the substitute stage, causing the Thunder to never establish a winning streak.

Fortunately, in the last minute, Durant finally found an opportunity to score two goals in a row, forcing the Pistons to use the foul tactic.

But Su Yang really didn't expect that Vilanueva used a three-pointer to help the Pistons take the lead with 7 seconds left.

And the reason why he was able to hit was because Green lost his defense.

Green's face was nervous when he paused.

Su Yang saw it and decided to bet on the game, cultivate Green's good mentality, and directly ignore Green's previous poor performances: "Jeff, we need you to complete the final goal, KD will act as bait to attract defensive attention..."

In fact, it is not pure gambling. It mainly uses Durant's hot feel and is sure that the Pistons have all their strength to defend Durant.

There is also the Pistons' winning moment. According to the scout report, Mark Hill, who is only 201, will most likely be arranged as the power forward.

After the words came to an end, Durant and others expressed their support, and Green nodded seriously to accept the challenge.

The sound of the whistle that ended the pause was followed.

The players of the two teams returned to the field, Harden stood at the top of the arc, Chandler stood at the left waist position, Green stood at the right elbow area, Durant stood at the right bottom line, Westbrook stood at the left side line waiting outside the boundary, and the Pistons stared at the man, and it was indeed Mark Hill responsible for defending Green.

Beep! The referee whistle whistle is ticking.

Chandler immediately lifted it from the elbow area and gave Harden a back cover of "running to the bottom corner on the left".

A moment later, Durant started from the right bottom line, and with the help of Green's positioning cover, he rushed straight to the top of the arc.

Because Harden had run away from the top of the arc, Durant got the ball space. At the same time, because Chandler mentioned, Green also had the ball space, and the Pistons were defensively focused, so Mark Hill also put his eyes on Durant.

Amid the booing, Westbrook made a strong pass toward his right elbow.

Green jumped up and received the ball, landed and rushed forward, carrying the short and strong monster Mark Hill, and raised his right hand to make a basket.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and Su Yang shouted to the field to return to defense, and the Thunder generals quickly turned around and ran back.

With only two seconds left, the Pistons did not pause, and the backcourt made a quick attack, Stucky failed to complete the attack.

The whistle sounded in the end game, the Thunder defeated the Pistons 107-106, and Green made a layup to fight the final result.

At the end of the game, in the TNT studio, Barkley quipped: "I think MVP should consider Su Yang. His tactical design is bold, efficient and innovative. Anyway, I didn't expect that it was not KD's final shot, he is the real MVP."
Chapter completed!