God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 193
To be honest, from the 20s to the first decade of the 90st century, few teams could have such a strong three-point firepower like this 21ers. In other words, it is difficult for many coaches to come up with anything Reasonable countermeasures come.Of course, if it was the 76ers in the previous life, they would not focus on the three-point line, but now they have Changwei.

In many cases, Chang Wei felt that his greatest contribution was not to cultivate many first-class stars for the NBA, nor was it to enable the 76ers to have the strength to compete with the Zijin Army, but to promote the progress of professional basketball in advance.Whether it is the emphasis on three-pointers or the introduction of shooting power forwards, what Chang Wei is doing is beyond the current era. It is normal to catch opponents by surprise. Who told them that they have never seen such a routine?Not seen means no defense.

The 76ers' three-point firepower has always been quite strong, which is also determined by the age structure of the Spurs. When these old guys are simply and roughly drained of their physical strength, the team's defensive strength can no longer be maintained.Of course, the young Duncan still looks energetic, but he is hard to beat with two fists, and he is helpless in the face of the 76ers' extremely layered offense.

Seeing the players running out of breath on the field, Popovich felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He deeply felt the team's lethargy. It seemed that it was time to start the process of rejuvenation.In fact, without Chang Wei, the Spurs would have selected the French sports car Parker in 2001, and in 2002 they would have signed Ginobili, the Argentine demon knife they had picked up in the 1999 draft, and then formed a possible team with Duncan. The greatest trio in Spurs history.

But now Chang Wei's appearance is likely to break the inertia of history. Although Ginobili is no longer able to get his hands on it, it is not impossible to intercept Hu Parker in next year's draft. good choice.Besides, with Iverson's personality, one day the team management can't bear it anymore, just like what happened in the previous life, relatively speaking, Parker is more well-behaved, and it is also acceptable to let him replace Iverson .

But Chang Wei didn't intend to think about it that much, he focused entirely on Lewis.Instead of thinking about next year's draft, it's better to look at how to beat the thriving Lakers to win the championship this season, or how to win the current game. These two questions are more real than Parker's ownership many.

Fortunately, Lewis doesn't need him to worry.Perhaps it was the three-point shooting rate in the first quarter that made Lewis full of confidence again. After being replaced by Brown again, his running became more active and his shots became more confident.Under his infection, the other four starting players of the 76ers, except for Mutombo who really has no three-point ability, everyone began to subconsciously look for shooting opportunities outside the three-point line, even being regarded as Lynch, who is a defensive winger, also tried to take one shot.

Why will the future Warriors and Rockets make any team defenseless after playing crazy?The fundamental reason is that they have countless outside shooting points, and continuous outside shooting, as long as they can guarantee a considerable hit rate, it can completely destroy the opponent's psychological defense, because you have no way to defend at all, you can only watch helplessly. The opponent bombed indiscriminately.

Of course, this 76ers is still a little bit worse in three-point shooting, but it can already be said to be the most powerful three-point team in this era, so they are also difficult to defend.Brown didn't realize that his lineup was similar to the extremely fashionable ones and four juniors in later generations. Lewis, who always kept shooting from outside the three-point line, could be regarded as a wing player rather than an insider.

After hitting 7 three-pointers in the first quarter, the 76ers players made another 6 three-pointers in the second quarter. Although the shooting rate was not as scary as in the first quarter, it was still a considerable amount of more than 40%. high standard.The powerful three-point firepower also allowed them to lead 63 to 50 at the end of the half, which made Popovichton speechless. He has always been proud of the team's defense. The opponent scored 63 points?In his opinion, even the Lakers may not be able to do it.

But the 76ers did it. Based on Popovich's understanding of his teacher, this kind of aggressive style of play is definitely not his style. He couldn't help but think of Chang Wei who was calm on the sidelines.But soon Popovich gave up this idea. He admitted Chang Wei's strength, but he absolutely did not admit that Chang Wei's strength could reach such a level.

In fact, the option that seems impossible in many cases is the correct answer, but now it doesn't matter who is the founder of this team. Popovich wants to know how to reverse and win.It's a pity that the 76ers didn't give him any chance at all. Almost everyone had already shot crazy. At the beginning of the third quarter, Snow and Lewis jointly hit 3 three-pointers, further widening the gap.Especially Lewis, now he dares to play three-pointers in the face of the Spurs' defense, and more importantly, he actually made a hit.

Of course, this is also one of the characteristics of the three-point team. When they make a straight shot, that is how they make the shot, no matter if it is empty or open, the shooting rate will not differ too much.Coupled with the fact that there is Mutombo on the inside who is responsible for reloading the bullets that did not hit, the others are even more unscrupulous in shooting three-pointers, which also improves their shooting percentage.

In this game, the Spurs were powerless to fight back. If they can rely on Duncan's dominance on both ends of the offense and defense to compete with the 76ers in the first half of the first quarter, then they will take the 76ers three times in the next period. There is no way to sub-projection.As the top defensive team in the league, the Spurs scored 76 points by the 105ers in this game, including 33 of 16 three-pointers. This is an unbearable pain for the Spurs team, because it means their The defense is useless.

As for the 76ers, Brown finally saw the power of the three-point firepower, and he was still in shock until he defeated the Spurs.Lewis regained his confidence. He scored 11 points on 7 of 25 three-pointers in the game, which proved his talent and strength in three-pointers. qualified.And his physical strength is no longer a problem. He played 37 minutes in this game, which is the highest record so far this season.

(End of this chapter)