God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 241
The Bucks were still able to compete with the 76ers in the first half of the third quarter. With Thomas' three-pointer, they really maintained the advantage on the scene for a period of time.But soon the firepower of the 76ers suppressed their momentum of chasing points. Although the point difference between the two sides returned to single digits, the Bucks could no longer continue to catch up to the point difference.

The biggest contributor during this period is undoubtedly Iverson. Before that, he has been suppressing his desire to score. Finally, the head coach made it clear that everyone should attack wildly. How could he continue to organize the offense?That must be to attack with the ball by yourself!Fortunately, with Snow on his side, the team's offense was not affected.

The 76ers maintained a very high offensive efficiency throughout the third quarter, scoring 34 points in a single quarter, which is a relatively rare score under the current rhythm of the game.At the same time, their shooting percentage is close to 50%, and their three-point shooting percentage has reached 43.1%, which fully proves that the Bucks' defense is not much different from paper.

On the other hand, the Bucks, their shooting percentage is not at the same level as that of the 76ers. The only advantage is that the referee takes care of them.The Bucks scored 12 free throws in a single quarter, and the 76ers only scored 5 times, which is not half of the opponent's, but this does not allow them to narrow the point difference between the two sides.

At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers led 75 to 62, which is relatively a relatively safe point difference.In the previous games, the 76ers had never had such a problem as a fourth-quarter crash, thanks to Brown and Chang Wei's emphasis on physical fitness.Of course, the two of them have different ideas. Brown hopes that players will spend more energy on the defensive end, which undoubtedly requires physical support. Chang Wei analyzes it purely from the perspective of a trainer. Whether it is offense or defense, he believes that the team needs to speed up the pace, which also requires enough physical strength to do so.

However, 13 points will not make the Bucks lose confidence in resistance. They are also full of confidence in their offense, not to mention that this is not an ordinary game. There is a loss, otherwise what is the point of winning the second game?If you want to win the series with downs and downs, you can't relax in any game.

Carl was completely desperate in the fourth quarter. He put Thomas on the fifth position, and put Hunter, Cassell, Ray Allen and Robinson on the outside. A crazier offensive lineup than the 76ers.In fact, Carl never likes to rely on defense to decide the victory. He only likes to use a crazier attack than the opponent to fight to the death. He either wins or loses worse. like.

Brown did not intend to replace Mutombo. He did not believe that the Bucks' offense could destroy his team's defense. For him, he only needed to put Reid on the field.As for Mutombo, he can control the rebounds inside. Although Thomas is tall and strong, his accomplishments in rebounding are not as good as the veteran Mutombo. If the other four of the 76ers can stand up The firepower of the Bucks, then keeping Mutombo on the court is a good move.

The Bucks players were obviously a little anxious. They kept shooting from beyond the three-point line and from mid-range, and they didn't dare to break through to the basket to score.Mutombo has already built a no-fly zone under the basket. Originally, they really planned to break through and score, but after Mutombo gave them a hot pot feast, no one dared to continue to rush inside .

However, the Bucks are indeed worthy of being a shooting team. As long as they can find the shooting touch, they are unstoppable.Relying on the shooting like a storm, they had an advantage on the court for a while. The 76ers could only resist with all their strength. Seeing that the point difference between the two sides returned to single digits again, Lewis, who had been suppressed by Thomas throughout the game, stood out.

His physical exertion was not small before, but Chang Wei has been conducting targeted training on his physical fitness, so now he still has the physical strength to run and hit shots.Fortunately, Mutombo is still on the field and can provide him with high-quality screens. Thomas is obviously exhausted after the previous fight. Waiting for him to squeeze through Mutombo's screens to interfere with Lewis's shooting , The day lily is cold, let alone fanning out Lewis' shot.

While Lewis appeared to be one against one team, the odds looked to be in the Sixers' favour.Because the physical strength of the Bucks players seems to be reaching the limit now, this has caused their overall shooting percentage to drop significantly, and Mutombo performed well when protecting rebounds, and did not give Thomas any chance at all.

With a low shooting percentage and no offensive rebounds, the Bucks suddenly became difficult to score. Lewis played like a duck to water, and the space he pulled out was unprecedented.If someone comes up to defend, he even tries to transfer the ball to the inside. Although Mutombo's ability to attack independently is average, he can still turn around and dunk after receiving the ball.

The point difference between the two sides opened up bit by bit. Although the range was small, it was like straws pressing on the Bucks. The point difference, which was once narrowed to about 5 points, slowly widened to two points. digits.However, the Bucks still persisted until the last moment of the game. After all, this is their home court. If they raised their hands and surrendered in advance, the fans would not agree.

However, the cheers from the fans were of no use. The Bucks still lost the game 92-101. In the end, Robinson had cramps and still didn't bring the team a victory.When the final whistle sounded, the Bucks players looked like frosted eggplants, with very frustrated expressions on their faces.Although they seemed to have an advantage in several stages of the game, but looking back, they found that this was just an illusion. Obviously, there is a big gap between the two teams.

The defeat of this game also made the whole Bucks understand that the victory in the last game might really be just an accident. They won the game entirely by virtue of their suddenly fiery touch.And in this game they lost that heaven-defying touch, so they lost the game. This logic seems to be completely fine.

Could it be that this round of the series just admit defeat?Karl still wants to make the last resistance. Although they are only behind 1 to 2 now, if this is still the case, then there will be no surprises in the remaining few games.

(End of this chapter)