"Only now do we see the true nature of the Great Flood Era lineup."
"It's all about the ultimate three-point shooting, the ultimate individual offense, the ultimate defense, and the ultimate fast break."
"Put these four extremes together, and they'll sweep away the opposition like a flood."
"So the so-called Great Flood Era doesn't just mean that their three-pointers come in like a raging flood."
"It means that when these four extremes combine, they create an incredibly powerful dominance that sweeps away the opposition like a flood."
"That's the true Great Flood Era."
By the third game, the Pistons had stuck to their usual approach.
They hadn't let the first two games dampen their spirits.
In fact, they came out with their energy high in this game.
And because the Raptors couldn't find their shooting touch early on, the Pistons went on a 12–0 run.
That got the Pistons' home fans incredibly excited.
The crowd's restlessness and enthusiasm were almost as intense as they'd been during a championship run.
But 12–0 was as far as it went.
After the Raptors called a timeout, Head Coach Dak and Wang Yi both stressed that the team needed to tighten up on defense and launch fast-break counterattacks.
And so the Pistons ran into the same predicament they'd faced in the previous games.
When the Raptors tightened their defense, the Pistons had a hard time responding.
All they could do was watch their team turn the ball over again and again and miss shot after shot.
Meanwhile, the Raptors launched one fast break after another, and the 12-point deficit disappeared in no time.
Even after the score was tied, the Raptors didn't let up on defense.
They kept up the high-intensity pressure for another three minutes.
Those three minutes were enough for the Raptors