God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 242
Chapter 242
For Carl, there is nothing to tap into the potential of the lineup, and he never thought that he could suddenly pull out a powerful player from the end of the bench who can block and kill Buddha.If there really is such a No. 82 player, [-] games in the regular season plus the first two rounds of the playoffs have already been exposed. Now don't expect them to suddenly explode into their own small universe.

So the only thing Karl can change is the team's main attack point.Ray Allen and his outside shooters are indeed the scoring points that the team relies on the most, but the 76ers' outside defense is not vegetarian. Many times, Carl is very envious of Brown's men who can put together such an outside rotation lineup. With Iverson, there are Snow, Bell and Lynch on defense. The most important thing is that Snow and the others also have good scoring ability, and they can make great contributions to the team on both offense and defense.

The Bucks are pure scorers on the outside, so Robinson's defense looks a little more reliable, but it's just the average level at the same position. They are powerless to resist the 76ers' outside players.Carl had a whim, shouldn't the focus be on the inside players and let the outside players do their best to interfere with the opponent's outside shots?
This is something the Bucks have never tried. You must know that the three major shooters are the biggest attraction of this team, but to be honest, their performance is relatively average except for the second game. The power forward who can play outside has performed very well, and it seems logical to shift the focus of offense to the inside.

The change of the Bucks was reflected in the first second of the fourth game. After they got the ball in the first offensive round, Cassell did not give the ball to Ray Allen as before. , Instead, after avoiding Iverson's interception, the hit land was given to Thomas.Seeing Thomas catch the ball, Mutombo signaled Lewis to go to the basket, and he went to the strong side near the bottom line to prepare for Thomas' post-up singles. Lewis's small body would definitely not be able to handle it.

But the development of the matter completely deviated from Mutombo's expectations. Thomas just played a few symbolic backs and singles, then turned around and retreated, and threw the ball very easily. The basketball passed Mutombo's fingertips. Straight into the basket.Obviously, Thomas is also more afraid of Mutombo's blocking, so he chose to turn around and step back to avoid his blocking. Judging from the results, this is undoubtedly a very wise choice, and it can be regarded as an opportunity for this game. The tone was set.

But looking back, Iverson hit a three-pointer from the outside. Although Cassel stepped forward to interfere very hard, Iverson wisely called Lewis to come up as a screen, and directly stepped outside the three-point line. With an easy shot, the basketball went into the basket precisely.Compared with the Bucks, the 76ers can't play a pure inside offense. Except for the small players' breakthroughs and the big players' pick-and-rolls, don't even think about low-post singles with the ball. Lewis is directly used as an outside line in use.

Although the Bucks' perimeter players are already working hard to defend, they can at most interfere with the opponent's shooting. It is really difficult for them to say that it is completely restricted.And Thomas feels good now, playing every offensive round with great joy in the interior, and has no intention of passing the ball to the interior. Keep running back and forth that seems pointless.That is to say, these players have a gentle personality, otherwise they can really put on a bad face every minute, and it is not impossible for them to fight for the ball after the game.

Thomas played a full 12 minutes in the first quarter, and his data has come to 11 points and 5 rebounds, but he is not very happy, because the Bucks are still 27 to 32 behind.In fact, they had already been opened to double digits by the 76ers, but when the two sides replaced the substitute lineup, Karl still left Thomas on the court. While scoring 11 points, it also helped the team narrow the gap to 5 points.

His performance also made Carl firm up his determination to continue his main attack in this game, so he replaced Thomas again just after 3 minutes and 23 seconds of the second quarter, hoping that he would continue to help the team score in the paint .I have to say that Thomas was in very good form in this game, and he still maintained a very good shooting touch after playing.

Chang Wei was very emotional. The guy who cried bitterly after losing the NCAA Finals finally grew up, and his skills were not behind at all. It can be seen that he has maintained a high-intensity individual after joining the NBA. train.If Thomas can only be regarded as a second-rate power forward in his previous life, then he has every chance to become the top four in the league in this life. Although he may still not be as good as a historical four like Duncan, it is still enough to kill the Quartet up.

Thomas kept catching the ball in the low post, making small hooks with half-turns, turning layups after post-ups, and pull-up jumpers after tentative steps. He unscrupulously demonstrated his skillful and diverse inside offensive methods.Although Mutombo can occasionally interfere with some of his shots, he can't limit Thomas' scoring in the paint at all.

However, the 76ers' outside line is not inactive, because Thomas put most of his energy on the offensive end in this game, which made his performance on the defensive end not as strong as before. A lot of offensive opportunities, and he also grasped the opportunities his teammates created for him.

At the end of the first half, the 76ers still led 62 to 54, thanks to their shooting percentage of more than 50%.But the Bucks were able to control the point difference to single digits, but it was entirely because of Thomas' strong performance. He had already scored a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds in the half game. The data of the game, but he got such data in half of this game. It is obviously a wise decision for Karl to regard him as the main attack point.

Thomas certainly enjoyed the first half, a bliss he has rarely experienced since leaving Villanova.It's not a big deal for the team to fall behind by 8 points. Thomas has confidence in himself, but when he thinks of the shooting percentage of the 76ers' outside shots, he can only sigh secretly. Although the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage, but like the 76ers The abnormal team seems to have no need to abide by such common sense at all. The disadvantages of two-pointers and three-pointers are simply clear at a glance.

(End of this chapter)