God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 267
The horn tactics have a huge bonus to the 76ers. It not only mobilized the firepower of the two shooters Lewis and Reed, but also made the Lakers' defense useless.If Grant and Fox continue to keep an eye on Lewis and Reed, Iverson can score a layup by himself, or give it to Mutombo who follows up, or Bell who cuts in. The score is not too easy.

Zen Master is also very helpless. He has analyzed the 76ers game video more than once, but he rarely sees them playing such a tactic, so he was caught off guard.With the current configuration of the Lakers, it is difficult to completely defend against the horn tactics. They do not have enough defensive players, and the movement speed of Fox and Grant does not meet the requirements.Zen Master can certainly let them guard near the baseline, ready to close in or jump out at any time, but their movement speed cannot compare to the speed of passing the ball.

The only way for the Lakers now is to score more points than the 76ers. After Reed hit the three-pointer, the Lakers still lead by 2 points. From the point of view of the score, they still have the advantage.Zen Master did not intend to change the team's offensive system, but only asked the players to run more on the defensive end, try to cause pressure on the ball holder, and even directly cause pass errors.

Because Kobe spent a lot of energy on the outside defense, the Lakers' offensive power was handed over to O'Neal.The teammates all know the dominance of this behemoth inside, so as long as they can get the ball to the inside smoothly, they will all open up very consciously, leaving the inside free for O'Neal to play singles with the ball. The latter's shooting rate is also quite impressive.

Although Chang Wei used props to restore Mutombo's state to the peak level, he still couldn't handle O'Neal, let alone an enhanced version with a full score of +2.O'Neal almost made one shot in the paint. Every time Mutombo tried to block the shot, it was in vain. He could only watch O'Neal abuse his own basket.

As a result, the Lakers' offensive rhythm has become very slow, in stark contrast to the 76ers.Of course, the slow offense doesn't look so good, but every time O'Neal catches the ball, the audience shouts MVP. Amid the cheers of the fans, O'Neal gets more and more excited as he plays, fully demonstrating his various inside offensive skills. Dike Mutombo is miserable.

Fortunately, the 76ers' own offense has not been hindered. The Lakers can't do anything about their horn tactics. Reed and Lewis get a lot of shots in the corner, and for most shooters, the corner has the highest hit rate , because from the data point of view, the three-point line in the bottom corner is the closest to the basket, and the high shooting rate is understandable.

The two sides have been taking the lead alternately, neither can defend the other, and neither can further open the score. This situation is acceptable to Brown, but Zen Master has a somewhat ugly face. After all, the team is playing at home now. He hopes to see The players under his command can quickly kill the opponent, and use a big victory in return for the crazy shouts of the home fans.

Brown and Zen Master continued to dispatch troops to try to break the deadlock, but to no avail.Whenever one of the teams has the momentum to widen the point difference, the opponent will immediately respond and directly cut off the momentum.By the end of the first half, the 76ers and the Lakers had a 64 tie, which means that the 76ers recovered the point difference in this quarter.

Brown expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance in the second quarter. He first praised the performance of the players during the intermission, but then put away his smile and said seriously: "Everyone played well in the first half." , but this does not mean that we can continue to maintain this state in the second half. Besides, what we want is to win, and there is nothing to be proud of in a draw."

"We have to continue to maintain the horn tactics. In my opinion, Rashad and Michael have put a lot of pressure on the opponent outside the three-point line in the first half, which will make them dare not continue to shrink the defense. If they put the defense outside the line If you want to expand, then Allen, in the second half, I hope you can hit the basket more and score directly if you have the opportunity."

And in the locker room of the home team, Zen master is also giving the players some advice, and he is also having a headache for the opponent's horn tactics.He looked around and said loudly: "We did not do well on the defensive end in the first half, yes, I am trying to save face by saying that, in fact your defense may be better than the scarecrow. "

"In the second half, I will adjust the starting lineup. I hope that the guys with more athletic ability will seize the opportunity to do a good job of defense. We must move faster in the face of the bullhorn tactics, so that we can intercept their passes and block their shots. As for the offense , Shaq and Kobe still need to work harder, our offensive rhythm is still too slow, try to speed up!"

This is Zen master's style. He likes to feed the players chicken soup and adjust the players psychologically. As for tactics, he always believes that the tactical understanding and execution ability of the players under his command are no problem. It has something to do with coaching the top teams in the league. There is no doubt about the tactical execution ability of Jordan Pippen or the OK combination.

Both Fox and Grant are over 1969 years old. Fox was born in 1965, and Grant was born in 76. Facing the young and energetic [-]ers players, not only can they not keep up with the speed of basketball transfer, but they can't even match up. The speed of the players can't keep up.In order to make the lineup more dynamic, Zen Master decided to replace Fox with Devin George, and Horry was the power forward. Although the latter is not much younger, his technical characteristics are similar to Lewis, so he is very suitable for perimeter defense. He won't feel helpless like Grant because he often has to go to the perimeter to defend.

As soon as the Lakers started in the second half, Brown knew what Zen master was going to do. Obviously, he planned to use his athletic ability to make up for the lack of defensive system, and put pressure on the 76ers players through high-intensity pressing.But Brown doesn't think Zen Master's routine can be successful. Although this is the most normal and effective way, it may not be effective for the 76ers.

From 24 minutes in the first half, Brown found that the team's main firepower points were in a very good state. What does it matter if the Lakers press?As long as the ball can be passed before the opponent arrives, and then continue to move, the so-called pressing will no longer exist, and it will even greatly consume the opponent's physical strength and morale.

At that time, it was the opportunity for the 76ers. Although they were also not afraid of playing against the wind, wouldn't it be better to play with the wind?
(End of this chapter)