God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 189 False debut?
With more than two minutes left in the first quarter, Lewis was finally replaced by Brown.However, this is fundamentally different from the first game against the Timberwolves. This is the timing of Brown's usual substitutions, and Snow and Mutombo will end up with Lewis, leaving Iverson and Lynch behind. The two starters led the bench for the remainder of the first quarter.

In less than 10 minutes of playing time, Lewis's performance was not satisfactory. He scored 4 points on 2 of 6 shots from beyond the three-point line, and also grabbed 2 rebounds. He ranked third in the team in scoring in a single quarter. Second only to Iverson and Lynch, more importantly, he did not feel as tired as before, which can be seen from his enthusiasm for running.

Sitting down on the chair, Lewis grabbed a bottle of sports drink and drank it in big gulps. Si Nuo, who was sitting next to him, patted him on the shoulder and jokingly said, "Rashad, you finally didn't become soft-footed. Shrimp? It seems that regular training is still very effective, but it is difficult for the coach to let you play for more than 30 minutes, you still need to continue to work hard!"

Snow's qualifications are not much better than Lewis's, but he is the captain of the team, and it is normal to make one or two innocuous jokes.Lewis didn't think there was any problem either. He said with a silly smile: "At least this is a good start. I think I can get more playing time from the coach soon, if I can continue to train."

Lewis' voice was not low, and despite the loud noise from the sidelines, Brown could barely hear what he said.He put down the tactical board in his hand, nodded at Lewis and said, "Yes, young man, I can give you more playing time, but you have to prove that your physical strength can last, I will take a look at this game first." situation."

The Bucks are not an easy team to deal with. Their three musketeers Cassell, Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson are all players who can score points, but the 76ers use Snow and Lynch to limit Two of them, and the rest of Kassel had to beware of Iverson's ubiquitous harassment. At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers still led 28 to 23.This score is obviously low in future generations, but the pace of NBA games is very slow now, so it is still acceptable.

With 8 minutes and 13 seconds left in the second quarter, Lewis was replaced again, this time his opponent was not Thomas, but Bucks backup power forward Mark Pope.Of course, Thomas also wanted to go up and fight Lewis, but he could only think about it. When and who to replace are things that the head coach considers, and he can't intervene.

Facing Pope, who was a level lower in strength, Lewis played easily because the opponent couldn't defend from outside the three-point line.Even if the head coach Karl gave him instructions, with his moving speed, when Lewis catches and shoots from the outside, when he runs to the high post to interfere, the day lily will be cold, so there is no defense at all. Big open.

This forced Robinson to switch to defend Lewis. Although he is not tall enough, he has an amazing bounce. Karl believes that he can still have a certain impact on Lewis' shooting.However, Lewis has already run out of experience at this time, and the 76ers now have a numerical advantage on the outside. At worst, pass the ball to other open teammates.

At the end of the second quarter, Lewis only took 2 shots from beyond the three-point line, but all of them hit the basket, and he also sent 4 assists to his teammates, which was rare in the past.Of course Carl is not stupid. He saw that Pope was completely eaten to death by Lewis, so he quickly replaced Thomas, but Thomas couldn't stop Lewis from sending assists to his teammates.

During the intermission, Chang Wei asked with a smile: "Coach, didn't you say that Rashad should play a false start? Now this is simply the starting treatment! What about the second half? Still let him play?"

Brown flipped through the statistics and said: "12 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists in the first half. These statistics are already good. Now I only hope that he can perform like this in the second half. It’s okay to give it to him.”

Chang Wei smiled strangely: "I think this is still a bit difficult..."

Sure enough, as Chang Wei expected, Lewis' shooting percentage dropped after he played in the third quarter, and his enthusiasm for running was also greatly reduced.Thomas was keenly aware of the changes in Lewis. He felt that the difficulty of defending himself was not as high as before. He glanced at Chang Wei on the sidelines from time to time, with a wonderful expression on his face.

Chang Wei was also very helpless. It was beyond his expectation that Lewis's physical strength could survive the high-intensity running and confrontation until now. It is very likely that he is using his mind to support himself now, but no one can sustain it for a long time. In such a state, after all, the team is far from reaching a critical moment, and he is not the one who carries the team forward.

Brown finally understood what Chang Wei said during the intermission. In desperation, he could only replace Hill, and Lewis' statistics were fixed at 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. .It can be seen from this that Lewis himself is still very capable, but it is indeed a bit cheating to stay on the court for a long time and cannot guarantee efficiency.

He looked at Chang Wei, who was helpless, and said in a deep voice, "I'm starting to trust your vision now, Chang, but you have to be responsible for training Rashad's physical strength. I think he will become a very useful four number."

Chang Wei thought about it for a while, and said with certainty: "No problem, give me another week, and I can let Lewis maintain a normal level of performance in more than 30 minutes of playing time, and then he can take on more responsibilities. .”

"Oh? Is what you said true?" Brown was a little surprised. He didn't have a system like Chang Wei that could observe the ratings of players' abilities in all aspects at any time, so he was shocked and inexplicable by the one-week guarantee.Chang Wei smiled and didn't explain too much. This is the result of systematic analysis, and he can just copy the conclusion to Brown.

Chang Wei never doubted the system's conclusions. The system said a week was a week, and a month was a month.And Chang Wei is also full of confidence in Lewis. He has seen Lewis' crazy training this week. This guy's self-motivation can be seen. With such a mentality, nothing else, it is absolutely possible to improve his strength Guaranteed.

If such a performance can be guaranteed, the fake word in front of the fake starter can be removed.

(End of this chapter)