Carlisle's gaze was intense, and no one knew better than him what the Pistons had gone through initially and how they had gradually grown into the team they were in 2004.
"They won't be easily defeated, the tougher it gets, the more it fuels their fighting spirit, so we need to maintain one hundred percent focus; the real game starts now!"
As it turned out, Rick Carlisle wasn't wrong; this Pistons team, troubled from the outside, displayed a fierce fighting spirit in the third game of the series. Plus, it was evident; they had thoroughly studied Su Wan's "Fixed-point Passing," which clearly limited his passing throughout the game.
Just like how in 2007 LeBron was stifled by the Spurs in the finals.
When shooters couldn't receive the ball at the right time, the Pacers' fast-paced style immediately slowed down.
The Pistons successfully dragged the pace into a "Position War."
