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On May 2008, 5, the Pistons challenged the Celtics in an away game, ushering in the first game of the series, and the North Shore Garden Arena once again stepped onto the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals after many years.

Pistons starters: Billups (pg), Hamilton (sg), Prince (pf), McDyess (pf), Rasheed Wallace (c).

Celtics starting: Rondo (pg), Ray Allen (sg), Pierce (sf), Garnett (pf), Perkins (c).

At the beginning of the game, Wallace and Perkins jumped the ball in the middle circle. The Pistons got the ball first. Billups advanced with the ball. One speeds up and throws off the defense, and at the same time Wallace bounces outside the three-point line. Perkins comes up and switches to Billups. Billups passes back to Wallace outside the three-point line. Shot, ignoring Rondo's defensive interference, the ball went out of the frame, and Garnett received the rebound.

The opportunity for this goal came out completely, but it was a pity that Wallace failed to hit it, and there was no problem with the tactics.

The Celtics attacked, Rondo pushed forward with the ball, and marched to the top of the arc to signal Garnett to raise the pick-and-roll. Billups was blocked by him. Rondo accelerated past the defense and went straight to the basket. McDyess Recovering the basket guard, while Garnett cut inside the basket, Rondo passed the ball to Garnett who followed up, and succeeded in a one-handed dunk, 0:2, Green Kai won the first place in the Eastern Conference Finals ball.

Billups quickly advances with the ball, Rondo leads the defense, marches to the top of the arc to signal his teammates to move, Hamilton and Prince run without the ball, Ray Allen and Pierce quickly chase, Wallace suddenly goes up Provided a cover for Hamilton without the ball, Hamilton ran back to get rid of Ray Allen's entanglement, came out from the bottom corner to catch the ball, Billups got the ball, Hamilton took the ball and made a three-pointer, and made a steady hit, 3:2 , The Pistons responded strongly with a goal.

Rondo continued to push forward with the ball, Billups stepped forward to lead the defense, and passed to the top of the arc to Garnett in the low post. Garnett held the ball with his back and singled McDyess. , 3:4, Lukai overtook the score.

The Pistons had the ball, Billups continued to advance with the ball, Rondo led the defense, and passed to the top of the arc to Wallace in the low post, Wallace held the ball and singled Perkins, Perkins kept coming up Physical confrontation, top defense, Wallace also turned over and made a fadeaway shot, and made a steady hit. 5:4, the Pistons overtook the score.

Rondo quickly advanced with the ball and passed it to Pierce at the free throw line at the top of the arc. Turning forward and taking a jumper shot, the ball brushed into the net, 5:6, and Lukai led by 1 point.

The Pistons attacked, Billups quickly dribbled the ball across half court, marched to the top of the arc to signal Wallace to pick and roll, and used the screen to make a three-pointer. Special received the rebound.

Rondo catches the ball and launches a counterattack quickly, Ray Allen and Pierce immediately go down, Lukai makes a fast break on the third line, Ray Allen is in the bottom corner, Pierce is in the free throw line, Prince has chased back, Rondo Seeing this, he immediately passed it to Ray Allen, who was open at the bottom corner. He raised his hand and scored a three-pointer. He made a steady hit, 5:9, and the Celtics led by 4 points.

Looking back, Hamilton received a second pass from Billups in response to a three-pointer, 8:9, and the Pistons narrowed the gap.

Not to be outdone, Garnett made a mid-range shot and dunked back, scoring four points in a row. At 8:13, the Celtics led by 5 points.

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At 17:22, the Celtics led by 5 points, and the first quarter ended.

In the second quarter, the two teams replaced the substitute lineup, and the Pistons were led by Stuckey, Lynch Hunter, Jason Ma and Ratliff.

The Celtics were played by Pierce with Eddie House, PJ Brown, Leon Powe, and James Posey.

The Celtics have the ball, House advances with the ball, Stuckey goes forward to lead the defense, advances to the top of the arc and passes it to Pierce in the low post, Pierce holds the ball with his back and singles Prince, and makes a throwback shot, hollow Into the net, 17:24, the Celtics led by 7 points.

Hunter advanced with the ball and passed the ball to Prince when he reached the top of the arc. Prince singled out Pierce with the ball. The shot was shot from a distance and made a steady hit. At 19:24, the Pistons narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

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The game completely entered the stage where Prince and Pierce faced each other, and neither of them could defend the other, and the two attacked frequently.

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40:41, the Pistons narrowed the point difference to 1 point, and the first half ended.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Celtics had the ball, and Rondo advanced with the ball, marching to the top of the arc to signal Garnett to raise the pick-and-roll. Billups was blocked by him, and Rondo accelerated past the defense. Going straight to the basket, McDyess still recovered the basket, Rondo blocked the block against McDyess, made a fake move, stopped and pulled back, the ball passed back to Garnett at the free throw line, Garnett received The ball was shot from mid-range, ignoring Billups' interference, the ball went into the net hollow, 40:43, the Celtics got the first goal in the second half.

Billups pushed forward with the ball, Rondo led the defense, and marched to the top of the arc to signal Wallace to come up for the pick-and-roll. Billups accelerated to throw off the defense, stopped in the middle of the shot, and made a steady hit. 42:43, The Pistons continued to narrow the point difference.

Perkins came out of the switch and was a step slower, giving Billups a step away from the shot and making a shot.

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In the middle of the third quarter, the Pistons' offense suddenly misfired, and the Celtics took advantage of the opportunity to play a wave of 10:0 offensive climax to open the score.

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57:69, the Celtics led by 12 points, and the third quarter ended.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pistons had the ball, and Billups assisted Hamilton and Wallace to score 5 points one after another, continuing to narrow the point difference.

Looking back, Pierce and Garnett frequently succeeded in the pick-and-roll, scoring 4 points in a row to fight back and stabilize the score advantage.

The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and no one could guard against the other. They scored 22:19 in a single quarter, and the Pistons recovered 3 points.

79:88, in the end the Celtics defeated the Pistons by 9 points and won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals!

Prince scored 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists; Hamilton 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists; McDyess 14 points, 11 rebounds; Wallace 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 times Assists; Billups downturn only scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Garnett scored 26 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks; Pierce 22 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists; Rondo 11 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals; Perkins 5 points, 10 rebounds, Ray - Allen sluggish performance only scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.