God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 222 tit for tat
Looking at Bell who was waiting in front of him, the always proud McGrady couldn't help but frowned slightly. This guy was like a piece of brown candy that couldn't be chewed or shaken off.Although it looks immature, as the game passed, his performance on the defensive end became better and better. This growth rate surprised McGrady.

Bell became more and more excited. He had been abused by Iverson on the training ground before, and he got used to it. However, he came off the bench in most of the games he joined the 76ers. He has never tried to fight against the opponent. The number one star head-to-head.When Brown sent him on the court, he was still a little confused, and because he was not used to it, his movements were still a little stiff, but now he was surprised to find that he could compete with a star like Tracy McGrady, which he could not have imagined before.

In fact, these are all subtle. Although Bell seems to be being abused during training, his skills, vision and predictions are constantly improving. Now he is just using what he has polished.

In the first quarter, Wilkens didn't let McGrady take a break at all. Although he knew in his heart that doing so was not good for the players and the team, but now that McGrady is the actual organizer of the team, he was afraid that after McGrady was replaced, the team His offense has been greatly reduced, so he has been put on the court.Fortunately, McGrady is young and energetic. It is common for him to play the first quarter, but he is still more tired than the first quarter of any previous game. Bell is undoubtedly the most important factor.

McGrady was tired, and Bell was having a hard time. Although he was still excited inside, he was physically tired.Chang Wei could tell at a glance that the kid's arm muscles were trembling constantly, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Only then did Chang Wei understand why the attacker is always the one who takes the initiative, while the defender always takes the initiative. It is always passive, because the defender has too many things to consider, and some clues can be seen from Bell's appearance like a dead dog.

But what is good for the 76ers is that they now lead 33 to 27 by 6 points in the score. Although the gap is not big, it also gave the game a good start.Under the entanglement of Bell, the main player of the Raptors, McGrady, only scored 8 points and 3 rebounds in the first quarter, and also made 3 turnovers, which is not very common under normal circumstances.

During the intermission, Brown just gave Bell a simple verbal praise, and then began to arrange tactics for the players in the second quarter.Bell didn't feel disappointed either. Everyone saw his performance in the first quarter. It doesn't make much sense to praise him or not. Besides, the rest time between quarters is relatively short, and the first priority is to seize the time to arrange tactics.

Brown intends to let Bell rest off the court in the first half of the second quarter, and let Snow, Reed and Mason bring the second team on the court to support them.Bell has no objection to this. He really needs to rest now. If he is forced to appear on the field, it will not be an outside gate, but a loophole in the team's defensive system. This is completely unacceptable to him.

There is a clear gap between the Raptors' bench and the 76ers. The highest scoring average per game is just a shooter named Dell Curry.Although Chang Wei is not very familiar with him, he has long been in love with his son, Stephen Curry, the top shooter in history, but now only Curry's father is on stage, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Can you kill your opponent with a three-pointer?

Originally, the 76ers' bench was strong enough, but now Snow, the starting shooting guard, is added in, which is simply devastating.Although Snow is the team's starting shooting guard in name, he is actually the organizer. With him sorting out the offense for the substitute players, the two outstanding rookies, Reed and Mason, can undoubtedly play [-]%. One hundred and two strengths.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wilkens quickly replaced the two leading stars Tracy McGrady and Carter with the substitutes, so that the team's scoring could be guaranteed anyway.However, because of Reed's powerful three-pointer, the Raptors didn't get much benefit. Whenever they wanted to chase points, Reed would hit a three-pointer from the outside, directly strangling the sign in the cradle. .

As a very experienced old coach, Wilkens never realized that the three-pointer is still so powerful, and he didn't even know where to start.The only thing he can count on is the twin stars of Carter and McGrady. Their consecutive scoring can at least stop the team from bleeding, so that the score will not be directly opened by the opponent.

Seeing McGrady scoring consecutively on the field, Bell couldn't sit still. He said eagerly to Brown: "Coach, please let me play! Now that I have completely rested, I think I can help the team resist McGrady's offensive !"

Brown patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, now Eric can easily lead our substitute lineup, and it will also consume McGrady's physical strength to a certain extent. Then you will be more relaxed when you play, isn't it? ?"

Bell is not the kind of pedantic person who insists on competing with McGrady who is in full form. For him, as long as he can help the team win the game, when he plays and what he does after he plays, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.What's more, if his teammates consume part of McGrady's energy first, he can more easily entangle McGrady and limit his offensive firepower.

When there were 6 minutes and 21 seconds left in the second quarter, Brown replaced Bell on the court. At the same time, there were three main players, Iverson, Mutombo and Lewis. At this time, the scores of the two teams It was 47 to 45, and the Raptors chased the point difference to 2 points little by little, which is why Brown replaced the main players on the field at this juncture.

At this time, McGrady was feeling hot, and he was holding back his energy to help the team complete the overtake, but unexpectedly, Brown suddenly put Bell up.If he is afraid of Bell's entanglement, that's not necessarily the case, but he does feel very annoyed by Bell's close defense. Of course, any offensive player feels the same about an opponent who is dedicated to defending him.

As soon as Bell came on the court, McGrady turned off the flames without saying anything. At least his scoring was not as unscrupulous as before, and his shooting percentage also dropped significantly.But the most important thing is that he no longer dares to score as he pleases. Bell did not give him any easy shots at all. Almost every shot is difficult, which also reduces the scoring efficiency in another aspect.

Wilkens saw the immediate effect of Bell playing, and began to doubt his vision of signings. How can someone just poach a free agent to guard against his own star?

(End of this chapter)