God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 356
At the press conference after the game, O'Brien took all the responsibility for the team's loss on himself. He told reporters: "Paul (Pierce) and Antoine (Walker) both played at a normal level, but I Didn't give them too many tactics. Of course, rushing from Boston and not getting enough rest time is also an important factor in our loss. Believe me, we will use the best state to deal with the second game, proving We're second in the Eastern Conference with real stuff."

Undoubtedly, the local media in Philadelphia scoffed at O'Brien's remarks. They believed that the home team had already demonstrated their superhuman strength in the first match.Although the Celtics are ranked second in the East, you must know that the 76ers are the regular season champions of the league. As supporters of the 76ers, they don't believe that the Celtics can cause any trouble to the home team.

The 76ers players also didn't take the opponent's head coach's battle declaration to heart. If these words can still be regarded as a battle declaration, they seem to have forgotten the strength Pierce showed in the first game.Of course, Brown will not take it lightly like them, but it is still difficult to make him nervous. The only one who is vigilant against the Celtics is Chang Wei, because only he knows what kind of player Pierce is. Decide the outcome of the game!
When urging the players to train, Chang Wei has been trying to make them nervous and face the second game with the most cautious attitude.But he soon discovered that his reminder was of no use. Of course, it was not his fault. Human nature was firmly in the driver's seat. He couldn't help but relax. In the playoffs and even the division finals, this mentality is undoubtedly a ticking time bomb.

The explosion of this time bomb did not make people wait too long.At the beginning of the second game, the Celtics quickly entered the state, but the 76ers players seemed to have not woken up, let alone missed consecutive shots, and the defensive end was directly sieved by the opponent. Bell, who has always been conscientious on the court, also rarely appeared distracted.

The consequence of everyone's absent-mindedness was that the Celtics played a perfect start of 13 to 2. Among them, the 2 points were fouled by Iverson after a breakthrough and made two free throws, so the 76ers didn't even score a goal in sports.It was a disaster for a top offensive team in the league, and Brown had to call a timeout less than five minutes into the first quarter.

The 76ers players all bowed their heads when they left the court, but this was not enough to help them avoid Brown's indiscriminate bombing. "Look what kind of game you guys are playing? Let my grandson play better than you! Do you think everything will be fine if you win the first game? With your current state, I still wait to be eliminated by my opponent Better."

After spraying, Brown made substitutions without hesitation. Of course, he didn't intend to go up and down, but he still replaced Reed and Lewis, and replaced them with Arenas and Tyron Hill.In fact, Brown planned to replace Bell, but he gave up when he thought that Lynch could not compete with Pierce at all. He could only expect Bell to get back to his form quickly.

In fact, Bell has come to his senses amidst the coach's criticism. Originally he thought he might be replaced, but he didn't expect to be able to stay on the court. He secretly made up his mind that he must not disappoint the coach's trust in him.

It's a nice idea, but it didn't work out that well.Pierce, who is in charge of his defense, has found his shooting touch. After the game restarted, he was still rampaging under Bell's close defense, not afraid of physical confrontation at all.This time he didn't use his big butt anymore, but used his skillful footsteps to tease Bell, and when the latter was dizzy, he sent the ball into the basket with a not so stretched but very standard shot, and the hit rate was also high. quite high.

The offense of the 76ers has also improved a bit. Iverson and Arenas' alternate breakthroughs have created a lot of shooting opportunities for teammates, or after attracting the defense, they can play with Hill and Dalembert to ignite the audience. alley-oop.But without Lewis as a pinch point, the Celtics' defensive pressure is not even as great as before. They can shrink the defense and force the 76ers to shoot from the outside, and they did.

On the defensive end, the 76ers can't limit Pierce's performance at all. He seems to want to vent all the frustration of losing the lore in the last game. After getting the ball, no matter who is facing him, he always subconsciously turns on the singles mode. Difficult to share possession with teammates.But such a simple and crude attack is very effective.In the first quarter, Pierce didn't rest at all, and scored 60 points in a single quarter with a shooting percentage of more than 19%. Under his leadership, the Celtics entered the second quarter with a 41-32 lead of 9 points.

For Pierce's runaway, Brown seemed a little worried, which seemed like a replica of the previous game, but this time Brown was not sure whether the team could have the last laugh.Although it is not his style to have such thoughts at the end of the first quarter, Brown has a vague feeling that this game is definitely much more difficult than the last one, and the outcome is also more unpredictable.

Chang Wei was more worried than Brown. After all, he was the one who knew Pierce best in the team.Although Pierce won the championship trophy for the first time after forming the Big Three with Garnett and Ray Allen in his previous life, his personal strength should not be underestimated. In fact, Pierce can be said to have the most offensive means in this era. One of the people, although the style of play is not gorgeous but quite practical, which is why the Celtics regard him instead of Walker as the star of the team.

Brown can't blame the players. In fact, their performance has been much better since the timeout ended. The reason why they failed to take the lead was purely because Pierce was too abnormal.You must know that no player from the 76ers scored in double figures in the first quarter, and Pierce scored nearly 20 points alone, which is obviously a big gap.This makes the scorers of the 76ers feel very humiliated. In their opinion, even if the defensive end cannot limit Pierce, they can also find the field on the offensive end, but in the end they can only watch helplessly. Time was behind the opponent and looked worse than the last game.

So in the second quarter, whether to limit the opponent on the defensive end first, or to play against the Celtics on the offensive end, this is a very difficult choice, and if you are not careful, you may be doomed.

(End of this chapter)