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On May 2008, 5, the Celtics challenged the Pistons away to usher in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. The current series score is 31:3, and the Celtics lead. They are only short of returning to the finals again. A game of victory!

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

Pistons starting: Billups (pg), Hamilton (sg), Prince (sf), McDyess (pf), Wallace (c).

At the Palace of Auburn Hills, Perkins and Wallace jump the ball in the middle circle. The Pistons get the ball first. Billups advances with the ball. In the pick-and-roll, Billups accelerated to throw off the defense, Perkins recovered the basket guard, made an emergency stop for a mid-range shot, and made a steady hit. 0:2, the Pistons took the lead and scored the goal.

Rondo advanced with the ball and passed it to the top of the arc to Garnett in the low post. Garnett singled McDyess with the ball behind him, turned over and made a jumper with a fadeaway, and went into the net hollow, 2:2, the Celtics were strong Responded with a ball.

Billups advanced with the ball, Rondo led the defense, and passed to the low post Wallace at the top of the arc. Wallace singled Perkins with the ball behind him. Kings walked to the basket, turned around and made a low-handed layup, 2:4, and the Pistons led by 2 points.

Rondo continued to advance with the ball, Billups stepped forward to lead the defense, marched to the top of the arc to signal his teammates to run, Ray Allen and Pierce crossed running, Garnett raised to cover Pierce without the ball, Pierce ran back from the baseline Get rid of Prince's entanglement, come out from a 45-degree angle on the right to catch the ball, when Rondo gets the ball, Pierce raises his hand and makes a three-point shot, making a steady hit, 5:4, the Celtics overtake score.

The Pistons attack, Billups advances with the ball, Rondo leads the defense, advances to the top of the arc and passes to Wallace in the low post, Wallace hits Perkins with a back single, a jumper shot with a turnaround, and it hits the net hollow , 5:6, the Pistons overtook the score.

Then the two teams attacked frequently and succeeded, and the score took the lead alternately.

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At 24:21, the Celtics led by 3 points and the first quarter ended.

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At the beginning of the second quarter, the Celtics lineup: Cassel, Posey, Pierce, pj-Brown, Davis.

Pistons lineup: Stuckey, Hunter, Prince, Mark Hill, Ratliff.

The Celtics have the ball, Kassel advances with the ball, and moves to signal PJ-Brown to step forward to pick and roll, Stuckey is blocked by him, Cassel speeds up and throws off the defense, makes an emergency stop for a mid-range shot, and shoots Hitting the iron, Maxiel received the rebound.

Stucky received the ball and advanced quickly, marched to the top of the arc and passed it to Mark Hill in the low post. Mark Hill singled PJ-Brown under the basket, turned around and shot a layup with a low hand, and went to a bridge. Davis accepted rebound.

Davis immediately threw the ball to Cassell, Stuckey stepped forward to lead the defense, Posey came to cover for Cassell, Cassell sped off the defense, and at the same time Posey bounced outside the three-point line, Cassell Erle passed back to Posey. Facing Stuckey's defense, Posey shot a three-pointer from the outside and went out of the frame. The shot was obviously short, and Ratliff received the rebound.

Stucky catches the ball and pushes forward quickly, Cassel stepped forward to lead the defense, marched to the top of the arc to signal for Maxhill to go forward to pick and roll, Cassel was blocked behind, Stuckey accelerated to throw off the defense, and made an emergency stop to shoot from mid-range , out of the frame, Pierce received the rebound.

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In the second quarter, the two teams fought wildly until Pierce received a wonderful pass from Cassel at 8 minutes and 10 seconds, and succeeded in the middle distance, breaking the scoring shortage.

Then the two sides switched back to the starting lineup, the offensive end improved slightly, and it was difficult to score.

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At 40:37, the Celtics led by 3 points, and the first half ended.

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At the beginning of the third quarter, the Celtics had the ball. Rondo advanced with the ball and passed it to the top of the arc to Garnett in the low post. In the confrontation, he pushed McDyess to the basket, turned around and threw off the defense, and succeeded in one-handed dunking. 42:37, the Celtics led by 5 points.

Billups pushed forward with the ball, Rondo stepped forward to lead the defense, marched to the top of the arc to signal Wallace to pick and roll, accelerated to throw off the defense, and at the same time Wallace bounced outside the three-point line, Billups saw it Wallace returned a pass from outside the three-point line, caught the ball and made a three-point shot, ignoring Rondo's defense, and the ball went into the net. 42:40, the Pistons narrowed the point difference to 2 points, a gap of one goal.

Rondo quickly advances with the ball and goes to the top of the arc to signal his teammates to run. Ray Allen and Pierce cross-run. Garnett steps forward to cover Ray Allen without the ball. Ray Allen runs back to get rid of Hamilton's entanglement. Came out from the bottom corner to catch the ball, Rondo got the ball, Ray Allen raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, making a steady hit, 45:40, the Celtics stabilized the score.

Billups pushed forward with the ball, Rondo led the defense, and went to the top of the arc to signal Wallace to step forward for a pick-and-roll. Billups used the screen to pull up a three-pointer. Perkins recovered the basket and the ball was hollow. Into the net, 45:43, the Pistons continued to close the score.

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In the third quarter, the Pistons' offensive firepower was fully fired, and they scored a 31:20 lead in a single quarter, completely reversing the situation!

60:68, the Pistons led by 8 points, and the third quarter ended.

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The fourth quarter begins, the Celtics lineup: Rondo, Ray Allen, Posey, Pierce, Garnett.

Pistons lineup: Billups, Stuckey, Hamilton, Prince, Wallace.

The Pistons had the ball, and Billups assisted Hamilton to score two three-pointers in a row, widening the point difference to more than 10 points in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, the Celtics' Big Three attacked with full firepower, breakthroughs, three-pointers, mid-range shots, dunks, layups, etc., succeeded frequently and successfully equalized the score.

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In the fourth quarter, the Pistons' offense suddenly misfired, with only Billups and Hamilton struggling to score points. On the other hand, the Celtics played a 29:13 under the leadership of the Big Three and won 16 points in a single quarter.

89:81, the Celtics defeated the Pistons by 8 points, the series scored 4:2, and the Celtics advanced to the finals.

Pierce scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Ray Allen 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; Garnett 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks; Rondo 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Billups scored 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists; Hamilton 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists; Wallace 10 points, 10 rebounds, Prince 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.