God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 190 Stone Buddha
The 76ers won this game without any suspense, thanks to their excellent performance on the defensive end.Under Brown's target, the Bucks only scored 82 points, while the 76ers scored 95 points. Among them, Iverson scored a game-high 35 points and 7 assists, which was the biggest victory in this game. heroes.

In contrast, Lewis's performance is not enough, but 15+6+5 is already a good personal data, and his playing time is only 25 minutes and 42 seconds, which is also the time Brown set for him before the game started. limit.But Lewis is still very satisfied, compared to his playing time of less than 20 minutes in the previous few games is very good.

This once again stimulated his enthusiasm for training. Chang Wei felt very relieved. He even thought that Lewis would be able to reach the level of averaging 30 minutes per game in less than a week.Obviously, what restricts him now is not his skills, but only his physical strength. Brown can also see it very clearly, which makes Chang Wei train Lewis well, hoping that he can make more contributions to the team.

When Lewis was playing, Brown deeply felt the benefits of having such a shooting power forward. Few people could defend his shots from the outside. If he could defend, he gave the 76ers other players a chance to score.Although Lewis's performance on the defensive end is mediocre, in Brown's view, the other four players in the starting lineup can defend, and he is not missing. Alignment is fine.

Chang Wei also thinks that there is no need to pay attention to Lewis' defense for the time being. In his previous life, his defense was not good and he was often bullied with brute force.However, Chang Wei does not think that Lewis' defense can be ignored. In his opinion, any player must reach an average level on both ends of the offense and defense, especially the players trained by himself. However, based on his judgment of Lewis, this guy Should be able to become an above-average defender, after all, there is a big difference between the defensive end and the offensive end.

In the basketball world, offense can rely on talent. As long as you are talented enough, have great physical fitness or have a good shooting touch, then you can become a good scorer.But defense is different. Although defense also pays attention to talent, it also pays more attention to attitude. As long as you are willing to defend and use your strength to entangle with the opposing players, then one day you will become an excellent defender. This is The biggest difference between basketball players on the offensive end and defensive end.

In the next few games, the 76ers won and lost. In fact, this is also normal. It is impossible for any team to win and not lose forever. The longest winning streak in NBA history is the 33 consecutive victories created by the Lakers. The best record is 72 wins and 10 losses created by the Bulls. Even such two extremely strong teams cannot guarantee to win all games, let alone the 76ers.

In these games, Lewis' playing time was stable at about 25 minutes, and at most no more than 28 minutes, he averaged 14.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 37.4%, which has already made him Brown was satisfied.But at the same time, he also regrets that if Lewis is given more playing time, his statistics will definitely be more than that. However, Brown still puts Lewis in the starting lineup, which is also out of trust in him.

Soon the 76ers ushered in the challenge of a strong enemy at home, and this strong team has a lot of connections with Brown and Chang Wei. It is the Spurs coached by Popovich, and Lewis, who is the team's starting power forward, will Facing another No. 21, Tim Duncan, who has become the league's top insider and will also become a historical power forward.

Duncan's defense is very different from Garnett's. Although his physical fitness is also very good, his defense is relatively low-key, and he only pursues the final effect. As for whether it looks good or not, it is completely out of his consideration.From the nickname "Stone Buddha" given to him by Chinese fans, it can be seen that this guy is a calm, low-key but extremely powerful existence.

Chang Wei is not very optimistic about Lewis' performance. Although his current physical strength score has exceeded 80 points, in Chang Wei's view, Duncan should put much more pressure on him than Garnett, and he is also a player who can defend to the three-point line. outside players.Although the three-point shot has not yet fully emerged, and there are very few projection-type power forwards, the monster inside still exists. It is not surprising that their defensive range covers the entire three-point line. This is what Lewis has to face. of.

This game is very important for the 76ers. At present, their record is almost the same as that of the Lakers in the West, but they are slightly behind. If they can beat the Spurs in the West, the improvement of team morale is unparalleled.But the Spurs are obviously not an easy opponent to deal with. Popovich is better than blue in coaching. Although he is still a little immature now, he has gradually shown his skill in coaching and wants to beat his team. It takes a lot of effort.

And Lewis is obviously the most important part of the starting lineup. If he can hold Duncan, the team's chances of winning will definitely improve a lot.But basically no one thought about it, and everyone even cast a sympathetic look on Lewis. They all thought that Lewis would be blown up, even Lewis himself felt very troubled.

But Chang Wei said to him privately: "We don't expect you to be able to defend Duncan, so you have to spend more energy on the offensive end. As long as you can offset Duncan's score with your score, it will be considered a success."

Lewis breathed a sigh of relief. He knew his own defensive level well, and it was absolutely impossible to defend Duncan.Fortunately, now he only needs to score crazy points, which is relatively simple. Of course, facing Duncan's defense, scoring is still a difficult task, but it is still an area he is relatively familiar with.

He nodded at Chang Wei and said firmly: "Don't worry, I will try my best to score, but I hope the head coach of this game can let me stay on the court for a while..."

Chang Wei shrugged: "It's not up to me, it still depends on your performance on the court. If you are directly beaten by Duncan, you will continue to be on the bench in all likelihood, and you want to play one more game." Yes, you have to fight for it yourself."

Lewis also shrugged his shoulders like him, and said, "I know that, just wait and see, my stamina has increased a lot now, and it should be useful." Move, giggle.

(End of this chapter)