God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 369 The Little Man's Victory
After Pierce came on the field, he didn't rush to attack, but made the ball for his teammates.In fact, he is much better at playing the ball than Walker. First of all, Pierce is much more threatening to attack independently than Walker, and his offensive methods are changeable. Unlike Walker, every attack with the ball is a very boring low post single, which also makes He has more passing possibilities.

And the other Celtics players did not live up to Pierce's trust. Although they couldn't score every goal, and Batty couldn't guarantee to grab every offensive rebound, they could do their best in every round. full strength.When there is a gap and Pierce passes the ball, the players who receive the ball can shoot resolutely, instead of thinking about whether they can take on the heavy responsibility of the final blow. This kind of self-confidence is actually very important for players. the most important.

Even so, the players of the 76ers did not dare to relax the double-teaming of Pierce. As long as he got the ball, Bell and Reed would cover it one after the other, eyeing the basketball in his hand.No way, Pierce has proved his strength in the previous games. He is the type of player who can decide the outcome of the game. No head coach dares to let him go.

In this way, Pierce began to brush assists recklessly, and his passing made the Celtics still lead 60 to 52 at the end of the first half.The reason why the point difference was narrowed to single digits was entirely because Iverson scored 6 points with a sudden shot at the end of the second quarter. Otherwise, the gap between the two sides would reach a level that made the home fans boo.

Brown's face was very ugly, but he did not criticize the players under his command. At this time, criticizing them is likely to arouse rebellious psychology.Everyone knows that they played like shit in the first half, and putting pressure on them will make their state worse in the second half, which will not help win the game at all, but will be counterproductive.

So during the intermission, Brown said to the dejected players: "You know how you played in the first half. This is our home court and the fifth game of the conference finals. If we win, then we will We can make it to the Finals for the second year in a row, and if we lose, it's not settled, anything is possible."

"If you only used 80% or even 60% of your strength in the first half, then my requirement for you in the second half is [-]%, or even [-]%. I think you should be able to do it, and this will not give your opponent any regrets." Take advantage of it."

Brown's words made everyone express their determination, but Chang Wei, who was standing aside, was a little worried. Obviously, the Celtics who are all soldiers are more difficult to deal with than the Celtics who only rely on Gemini, especially when their roles When the player starts to enter the state. The overall strength of the 76ers is indeed superior to that of their opponents, but in their current state, it will take more work to win the game.No, if it continues like this, it's hard to say whether we can win this game!
Obviously O'Brien is happy with the performance of the role players, but he's not stupid enough to put all the Gemini on the bench.At the beginning of the second half, Pierce and Walker were still starting at the same time. Except for the replacement of Rogers with Eric Williams, there was no substantial change in this lineup, and the roles of Williams and Rogers were similar after the substitution. Yes, the only difference is that Williams prefers to post up in the low post. He is a short power forward after all.

Yes, Pierce and Walker served as shooting guard and small forward respectively, the two positions that almost every team can score the most in this era. Such a formation made Bell fall into a difficult choice. What about Pierce, who has been marking before, or Walker, who is facing him in terms of position.The result of the indecision is that neither side can defend, he can't carry Walker by himself, and Reed can't do anything under Pierce's back push.

This forced Brown to choose to make a substitution just two and a half minutes into the second half. He replaced Reid with Snow and strengthened the defensive strength on the perimeter.But in this way, the firepower of the perimeter is weakened, which is what Brown has always been worried about: Why can't the team find a perimeter player who is both offensive and defensive?Isn't this the best of both worlds?

At that time, he mentioned his thoughts to Chang Wei, and Chang Wei said that he could only hehe. At present, the league can be regarded as an outstanding outside player on both ends of the offense and defense. In Chang Wei's opinion, there are only two players, one is Kobe and the other It's McGrady, and even Carter is a little bit worse.Of course, if Brown persists for a few more seasons and gives Chang Wei a high pick, he will definitely be able to get the team some tough guys on both ends of the offense and defense, such as James, Wade, Paul and Howard.

But now he has to endure constant wandering between offense and defense, because the team configuration is like this, and when the heaven and man are constantly fighting in his mind, the situation on the field has changed again.The Celtics' outside players instantly turned into sharpshooters. Pierce, Walker, and Anderson made 5 three-pointers together, opening up the point difference in one fell swoop.

The saddest thing is that Brown pays too much attention to defending the twin stars, so that there are only two three-pointers on the court, Iverson and Okur, and Iverson can't maintain a high shooting under Anderson's constant harassment hit rate.Okur himself is obviously not the opponent of so many people. He hit 2 three-pointers piecemeal, but it didn't help.

Brown just woke up like a dream. It is true that the Gemini stars have strong scoring ability, but they still play for their teammates more in this game. Now the third quarter is not over yet, the two have sent 8 assists together. This is rarely seen in previous games.Under their leadership, the Celtics are fully fired, Rodgers has scored 11 points, and other players on the field have more or less scored points. Obviously, their firepower has been dispersed to the point where it is difficult to guard against.

This makes Brown feel a little subtle. You must know that the firepower dispersion has always been the style of the 76ers, but this time their scoring is basically concentrated on a few players, and the scoring of others is completely negligible.To some extent, the Celtics have gained an advantage by relying on their role players rather than their star players. This is a victory for the underdogs.

So what about the 76ers' scoring points?Well, they are all still sitting on the bench now. The offensive ability of the lineup on the field is close to none. Except for Iverson, no one can attack with the ball to the point where the opponent feels pressure. It seems that it is time to make adjustments.

(End of this chapter)