God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 240 Don't Start
Although Thomas' offense was unsolvable, he still failed to help the Bucks equalize the score after all.Lewis sensibly did not shoot against his defense, but passed the ball to his teammates as a transfer station. The scoring of Iverson and Snow could not be restricted by Thomas. The 76ers barely maintained themselves. leading edge.

When the two sides put on the bench lineup, the 76ers were still leading by 5 points. Originally, Brown thought that the substitutes could help the team expand the lead. After all, the rotation lineup in the previous game was a big advantage for the 76ers.But soon he was very surprised. The Bucks' substitutes headed by Hunter seemed to be full of chicken blood, omnipotent on the court, and the 76ers' substitutes seemed a little at a loss after losing Reid, the main scoring point. , was beaten by the opponent.

If it weren't for Aaron McGee's continuous breakthroughs to cause damage, perhaps the 76ers have now been equalized by their opponents, which is unacceptable to the 76ers.But there is no way, Reid has played most of the quarter, although the Bucks' perimeter defense is really bad, it does not mean that he can shoot unscrupulously, running position and physical confrontation are still necessary items before shooting. For Reed to maintain his strength, Brown had to replace him to rest for a while.

In fact, with Bell's shooting skills, he could have been a scoring point in the bench lineup, but McGee's passing is far from that of Iverson and Snow, and he himself prefers to attack with the ball. It makes Bell spend most of his time on the court doing switchbacks, and has no other contributions except for bottom-line layups and perimeter defense.

However, McGee's shooting percentage at the basket after breaking through is not low, which is why Brown didn't shout for him to pass the ball actively from the sidelines.Since everyone's ultimate goal is to score, it doesn't matter who executes the final blow?As long as the shooting percentage is guaranteed, although McGee is a point guard, he can maintain a good shooting percentage, and there is no problem if he does not assist.

In the last 4 minutes of the first quarter, McGee personally scored 8 points, which undoubtedly made everyone look up. Even Brown was thinking about whether he should be given more playing time.But this does not mean that he will let McGee and other starters appear together. In fact, the three-guard lineup composed of Iverson, Snow and Reid showed strong offensive firepower in the first half of the first quarter. It doesn't look too good for McGee to replace any of those players.

In the second quarter, Brown didn't plan to try again. He felt that at this time, it was most important to quickly gain an advantage through offense and offense. He didn't want to watch the substitutes on both sides score piecemeal with one hammer and one stick.That is to say, Brown is not an offensive coach, otherwise he would probably put Mutombo on the bench.

Iverson and others did not spare their physical strength at all after playing. After all, under Chang Wei's training, most of them had enough physical strength to support the 48-minute playing time of the whole game. It is no problem to let go of the attack at this time.The Bucks have no choice but to play against them, but they can only attack, and defense is not what they are good at.

Throughout the second quarter, Brown ensured that at least three players in the starting lineup were on the court, but kept replacing one or two players to let the players take turns to rest.Players are human too. There are many players who can really play a full 48 minutes, but it is difficult for them to guarantee their efficiency in the end. It is only the third game of this round of the series, so there is no need to be so nervous.

Under the crazy offense of the 76ers, the team led the Bucks by 11 points at the end of the first half. Brown breathed a sigh of relief. This is the normal rhythm he expected.However, there is not too much frustration on the faces of the Bucks players. 11 points is not an insurmountable gap for them, and Karl believes that the 76ers should not have such a performance in the second half, so he can also accept this. The score, just catch up in the third quarter.

During the intermission, Brown was waving his arms in the locker room while spitting and said: "After the start of the second half, we must attack and destroy the opponent with all our strength. 11 points is not an insurance gap. The Bucks shot in the first half It feels good, and if we don't keep it up, they'll be able to level the score soon!"

Then he looked at Reed and said apologetically: "Michael, I'm very sorry, I can't let you start the game in the second half, because the firepower of the substitute lineup needs to be strengthened. You performed very well in the first half, but the rotation lineup needs your contribution, I hope you can continue to maintain your shooting touch when you play off the bench!" Reed shrugged, and had no objection to this arrangement.

In the end, Brown concluded: "Everyone, listen to me clearly. We must use our powerful firepower to crush our opponents in the first place. Don't give them any idea that they can reverse. I believe you can do it!"

At the beginning of the second half, Brown sent out the team's most regular starting lineup in the playoffs: Iverson, Snow, Bell, Lewis and Mutombo.Since Bell showed good defensive strength, he quickly became Brown's first choice at the third position. Although he played as a substitute for most of the regular season, he has already started for the team in the playoffs. Played in many games, it is normal for Brown to choose him at this time.

But Bell's main task this time is not to defend, but to act as a corner three-point shooter.Bell is not very suitable for such a role, but his skills can still be guaranteed. The corner three-point shooter only needs him to appear in the bottom corner at the right time, and then receive a pass from his teammates to hit a three-pointer. He is very good at it. After Chang Wei's special training, his three-point shooting percentage has exceeded 35%, and his corner position has exceeded 40%.

But for Bell, the task is still quite heavy. Compared with Reed, his firepower is far behind. Although others can make up for it with scoring, it just feels different.He can only hope that he can cause some troubles to Ray Allen and the others on the defensive end. Restricting the opponent is a bonus to his own offense. This is a truth that every fool knows.

The only thing he expects now is that Ray Allen and the others will no longer have the feeling of scoring goals no matter how they defend like in the last game, otherwise he can only be a tragic offensive player who is not good at up.

(End of this chapter)