Chapter 56: Hesitation and Aggression

In the connection between the first and second quarters, the Pistons really wanted to increase the pace and speed of the game to catch up in points.

The Bucks provided the entire League with a method to deal with the Trail Blazers, which was to use speed and force the Trail Blazers to quicken their pace.

The Trail Blazers were not a slow team; Bill Walton was slow because of a foot injury, but actually, in offense, Walton's passes were quite swift—he was not a sluggish, plodding-type center.

The purpose of the Bucks speeding up the game was to create chaos in the match, disrupting the Trail Blazers' orderly offense, and that was the crux of the issue.

Chaotic play has always been the domain of point guards, and the Pistons had Thomas, "Microwave" Vinnie Johnson, and John Long—freeform fighting chaos of the game favored the Pistons.