God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 245

The 76ers eliminated the Bucks 4-1 to demonstrate their dominance in the East, but they are still slightly inferior to the Lakers.They eliminated the Trail Blazers 3-0 in the first round and swept the Kings 4-0 in the second round. Now in the Western Conference Finals, they still make their opponents look vulnerable, and they are still the Spurs under Popovich, with the duo of Duncan and Robinson. tower team.

For the Lakers, no matter what team in the West comes up, it will be swept.In the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs, except for the second game where they only won 88-81, they scored more than 104 points in the other three games. The first game was 90-111, the third game was 72-111, and the fourth game was 82-[-]. It was a complete sling, leaving Popovich helpless.

And because they played one game less than the 76ers, they also had two more days of rest.The only good thing for the 76ers is that their record is higher than that of the Lakers, which also means that they have home court advantage in the finals. In the first game, the Lakers need to fly thousands of miles from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, which undoubtedly minimizes the 4-0 loss. the advantages brought about.

Even so, the coaching staff of the 76ers believed that this was not an easy opponent to deal with, and even Chang Wei did not dare to guarantee it.Indeed, he used the memory of his previous life to recruit a lot of helpers for Iverson and Mutombo. Lewis, Bell, Reid and Mason have all been able to contribute to the team, and they are still indispensable members of the rotation , but he doesn't know whether this enhanced version of the 76ers can beat their opponents, and whether the experience of being defeated 4-1 and missing the championship in the previous life will be repeated...

However, the 76ers players will not know these things. They will only do their best in the training sessions to prepare for the upcoming finals.If facing the Bucks, they still have a psychological advantage, then facing the Lakers is uneasy. The two sides have already played against each other in the regular season. Without playing, it can be said that the Lakers in full condition are evenly matched with them, and no one is sure of victory.

For the 76ers, Kobe is not terrible. Although he has shown the potential to become a top star, the 76ers have a lot of perimeter defenders. Whether it is Snow, Bell or Lynch, they may be able to give him Create trouble.The only thing that worries the 76ers is Shaquille O'Neal. Brown doesn't quite believe that Mutombo can carry this big mac under the basket. A meat shield insider.

The entire conference room was filled with smoke. Brown wanted to call all the assistant coaches to ask questions, but it turned into a puffing meeting. Even Chang Wei, who rarely smokes, put one in his mouth, thinking hard about what to do. How to deal with O'Neill.With Mutombo's strength and experience, he is indeed one of the best defensive centers in the league, but he is powerless to hold O'Neal.

The reason is simple. His weight limits his confrontation. In this round of the series in the previous life, O'Neal could get anything he wanted at the basket, but Mutombo had no power to fight back.In fact, Chang Wei knows that in the Miracle Mall, you can exchange for higher-level strength potions, and his reputation can afford such expenses, but one thing is, in order not to disrupt the balance of the game, the system only allows it to be used in series matches. A potion of strength, otherwise, if you use one every game, wouldn't you be invincible?
In other words, Chang Weineng can only use this prop for Mutombo in the deciding game, allowing him to withstand the impact of O'Neal at the most critical moment, but how to enter the deciding game can only rely on 76 man himself.If you were directly beaten 3-0 by your opponent, would you use it or not in the fourth game?Use it, and you can only win this game. If you don’t use it, your opponent will shave your head. Therefore, the prerequisite for using props is that the 76ers can hold the match point, even if it is a tie-break.

In the midst of the smog, Brown coughed a few times, and said, "Everyone should have seen it? The key to beating the Lakers is to beat Shaq, and we don't have any players who can fight him directly at the basket. Neither can Kembe. Let me put forward my idea first, I want to put Dikembe on the bench and not let him start against Shaq..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room was shocked. Everyone looked at Brown in amazement, thinking that the head coach was delirious due to the huge pressure.Everyone knows that O'Neal is the Lakers' strong point, and it must be resolved, but you removed the team's main center from the starting lineup?Doesn't this mean that the space under the basket is completely given up to this big shark?
However, someone’s eyes lit up in the entire conference room, and that was Chang Wei. When Brown spoke, he already knew what the old man was thinking, and he could even complete what Brown hadn’t said—let Lewis Play the center at the top five position, completely give up the offense and defense inside, and let O'Neal play alone under the basket!

Is this a good idea?Of course, but the margin for error is high.The defense of the Lakers is much stronger than that of the Bucks, which also means that the 76ers can no longer shoot as unscrupulously as they did in the Eastern Conference finals. However, the most important thing to pull the inside line is to ensure the shooting percentage, otherwise all the rebounds will be taken away by O'Neal , While reducing the number of shots taken by oneself, it also increased the number of shots taken by the opponent. How can you win in this way?Besides, O'Neal's ability to score points is not inferior. Is it really good to let him go?

After pondering for a while, Chang Wei expressed his concerns about Brown's idea in detail.His words made the others nod their heads again and again. Obviously everyone thinks so. This kind of tactic kills the enemy not to mention if there is a thousand, it is certain that the self-inflicted damage is eight hundred, and the loss may be even more than eight hundred. No matter how you look at it, it looks like suicide.

Brown rubbed between his brows wearily. He also thought about these situations, but this was already the most suitable method he could come up with.He was silent for a while, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Then do you have any better ideas?"

Chang Wei smiled unnaturally and said: "Coach, we definitely can't give up on rebounds. Giving up on rebounds is almost like putting our lifeblood in the opponent's hands. And Shaq has to be guarded. You must know that he will He scored 61 points in a single game this season, and if we let him score desperately inside, he might not be able to win the game either..."

Through the smoke, Brown looked at Chang Wei and asked tentatively, "So?"

Chang Wei licked his lips and said, "That's why I choose to believe in Dikembe..."

(End of this chapter)