God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 354 Small Universe Explosion

When the two sides replaced the bench lineup, the 76ers temporarily fell behind 23 to 25 by 2 points, and compared to the entire game, 2 points in the first quarter were nothing.However, O'Brien did not replace all the Gemini stars, but let Pierce continue to play on the court with a substitute lineup.

Brown didn't think too much about it, and sent a purely offensive lineup. Arenas and Reed partnered in the backcourt, Hill and Okur topped the interior, and the only defensive player was Lynch at the third position.Of course, this is not purely aimed at Pierce. The main reason is that there are not many qualified wings in the team. Bell can only be regarded as a swingman, and Lynch can only be used as a substitute.

Because Arenas and Reid took on the heavy responsibility for the team's scoring, Lynch switched defenses to Pierce whenever the Celtics were attacking, reducing Reid's defensive pressure.This is also his consistent role in the team. Lynch has no confidence in defending Pierce, but in any case he must entangle this guy who even Bell was helpless before.

But even Bell was powerless, how could Lynch stop Pierce?Although Arenas and Reed cooperated tacitly with each other, in everyone's eyes, Pierce was the most dazzling person on the court at this moment.His movement is very simple, there are not so many fancy moves, and he doesn't look like a star, but he can put the ball in the basket.

Faced with Lynch's defense, Pierce scored consecutive points from outside shots, and even Reed came up to help defend him, but couldn't stop him from continuing to score.The other four players of the Celtics naturally followed Pierce's lead. They consciously opened up space for the boss to play singles with the ball, and as long as there was a ball they couldn't handle, they would pass it to Pierce.

To a certain extent, Pierce is now a blamer. When his teammates are at a loss, they will choose to give him the ball, but he is justified in this blame, and the effect is quite good.Seeing Pierce's continuous increase in points, Arenas became anxious and began to fight against Pierce, but he felt average today. After several missed shots, he was already opened up by his opponent.

When Arenas went to the basket again but failed, Reed frowned and said to him, "Gilbert, you have to pass the ball. We all have chances outside. It's not good to be singled out." Get used to it, if you want to compete, there are still many opportunities!"

Arenas nodded, and he was also a little downcast, so he could only obediently hit a breakthrough point.If it was changed to when he just joined, he would definitely scoff at Reid's words and continue to do his own way, but this season Chang Wei has been communicating with him in private to help him get rid of his personality problems, although Arenas occasionally still has some Proud, but in general there have been great changes, so this time Reed gave up the idea of ​​continuing to compete with Pierce as soon as he said it.

But this can only stop the bleeding in time for the 76ers. If they want to even out the difference, they need to do better. It's a pity that Pierce didn't give them this opportunity.At the end of the first quarter, 76 still trailed by 35 points 39 to 4, and Pierce scored 14 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter to help the Celtics take the lead. Although not big, it is already very good.

Brown's face was a bit ugly. He didn't expect the Celtics to be so difficult. Of course, it's not like he didn't try to be led by his opponent in the first quarter of this year's playoffs, but Pierce's performance became a problem in his heart. prick.Facing Davis in the first round and Kidd and Jefferson in the second round, he restrained the opponent very well, but Pierce is different. He is neither as immature as Jefferson nor as lacking as Kidd. The offensive ability is much stronger than Davis.

So Brown didn't get angry during the break in the first quarter. He knew that his players had done well enough. It wasn't that they didn't try their best, but the opponent was too strong.Brown's idea is to let Snow and Bell double-team first to see if Pierce can be restrained. Although this will liberate Walker, at least his threat is much smaller than Pierce.

However, Walker is not easy to deal with. He didn't feel good before because he was restricted by Bell. Now that Pierce has attracted two people's defenses in one go, it is a bit unreasonable for him to fail to make shots.In fact, this season Walker averaged 22.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Although the shooting percentage is not as high as Pierce, as long as he is given enough space to shoot, it is still no problem to make a few open shots. Opponents' attention was on Pierce.

Every time Walker hits a shot, Brown's heart pumps, and he's the lesser of two evils.Pierce's offensive skills are better and his scoring efficiency is very high. Instead of letting him continue to score crazy points, it is better to let Walker do this. At least Dalembert and Lewis can grab a few rebounds in the paint. Let the Celtics keep scoring.

This method is still effective, much better than when Pierce was the main offensive point before, but the pressure on Iverson and Lewis is even greater, because everyone can see that the 76ers have no other scoring points, as long as they are slightly targeted One click, and their offense will be deadlocked.To make matters worse, Lewis' touch was not as hot as in the first quarter, and Dalembert became the busiest person on the court. He was busy protecting the basket and grabbing rebounds, including offensive rebounds and backcourt field rebounds.

Fortunately, Chang Wei has been strengthening his rebounding ability almost all season. The 76ers don't need an inside scorer. Last year's selection of Okur was just an option for the team. As a team with a lot of scorers, a team that can An interior big man who defends, rebounds and picks and rolls is what they need, and Dalembert fits the bill.

At this time, Dalembert showed his value. Although Batty is difficult and experienced, he still strives to grab every rebound. He knows that every defensive rebound means that the opponent is less. He got an offensive opportunity, and every offensive rebound means that his team has one more offensive opportunity, so he played very hard.

Under his frantic fight, Batty flinched, and it became difficult for the Celtics to score. After all, Walker is now the main attacker. When a team cannot maintain a high scoring efficiency and cannot grab rebounds If it is, then it is predictable that they will be in trouble on the offensive end, and now they may only be able to count on Pierce to come out again to save the world.

(End of this chapter)