God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 370

With 4 minutes and 13 seconds left in the third quarter, Brown finally made the decision to substitute, and resorted to a purely offensive three-guard lineup that he hadn't used for a long time, allowing Iverson, Arenas and Ryan Germany debut at the same time, the inside combination is Lewis and Okur.The multi-point blooming of the Celtics has caused a lot of trouble for the 76ers. This is also the fundamental reason why Brown, as a defensive coach, intends to use offense to solve the problem. He hopes to use stronger firepower to destroy the opponent.

It may be because they have been holding back for too long in the previous game. As soon as they played, these five people started to shoot wildly from beyond the three-point line, ignoring the fact that they did not have a pure center fighting for rebounds under the basket.But unexpectedly, their shooting percentage is very high, and the occasional strikes can't affect their 11-2 scoring spurt. Personally, if the inside line is pulled to a high position for defense, then Iverson and Arenas, the two breakthrough masters, can teach them how to behave.

By the end of the third quarter, the 76ers had narrowed the point difference to single digits, which made Brown very satisfied. Obviously, the performance of the three-guard lineup has met his expectations.Therefore, Brown does not intend to change the lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter. He hopes that Iverson and the others can help the team even out the point difference or even directly complete the overtake.

But O'Brien is not a fool. After seeing that the opponent did not make any substitutions at all, he instantly understood what Brown was thinking, so he came to the sidelines and made a few gestures to Pierce. The latter nodded and started to play. In the gap, convey the coach's instructions to the teammates one by one.In fact, O'Brien's countermeasures are not uncommon to put it bluntly. It is to let the players strengthen running and harassment, and at the same time ensure rebounds to the maximum after the opponent shoots.

This is very simple to say, it is nothing more than everyone running faster and stalking a little more.However, this is not the beginning of the game, but the last and most critical fourth quarter. After the high-intensity offense and defense in the first three quarters, the physical strength of the players has bottomed out. Now the only thing that supports them to continue running on the court is the one who wants to win Each of them is clenching their teeth to implement the coach's tactics, just to be able to win the game.

The 76ers certainly want to win. If they can win this game, they will reach the Finals for two consecutive seasons.But the Celtics are already standing on the edge of a cliff, so their desire to win is much stronger than that of the 76ers. Since the head coach ordered to strengthen running, even if they can't run anymore, they must try their best. One's last effort to interfere with the opponent's shooting, even if the next second will end due to exhaustion of energy.

Under the frantic press of the Celtics players, the shooting team headed by Iverson fell into an unprecedented predicament. They felt that they could no longer find a gap in the opponent's system, as if no matter where they appeared, there was a player by their side. Guys in Celtics jerseys, no matter how they shake off, they can put their hands in their faces.

Except for a pitcher like Reed who has long been accustomed to special treatment, others can't guarantee their shooting percentage at all. It can be said that Reid is alone forcibly renewing the team's life at the beginning of the fourth quarter.Reluctantly, two fists are difficult to beat four hands, and the Celtics' protection of rebounds is quite in place, causing the score between the two sides to slowly open again.

In desperation, Brown can only send Dalembert and Okur to form twin towers in advance. The main task of the former is to protect the basket and grab rebounds.Dalembert did a good job in protecting the rim, but it was difficult for him to grab rebounds. Of course, this does not mean that his rebounding skills are not good, but whenever he wants to grab offensive rebounds, The five Celtics players will all rush up to grab rebounds with him, and whoever is stuck, who grabs the rebound and who supports it is simply performing their duties.In order to ensure maximum rebounds, they even gave up the opportunity to switch offenses. How could Dalembert alone win the opponent?

In fact, it's also because Brown didn't put the three guards on the field in advance, otherwise he wouldn't be suppressed by the opponent like now and couldn't overtake.If they were allowed to play earlier, the Celtics might not have developed such a targeted defense. The 76ers could also complete the overtake when the opponent was caught off guard, but now it is too late.

In the previous games, the morale of the Celtics had risen to a terrifying level, which made them play more easily on the court.However, the 76ers players who were eager to chase points played even more impatiently. Chang Wei wanted to call a timeout instead of Brown on the sidelines, so that the five players on the court could wake up. Opportunity seizes the opportunity when the opponent makes a mistake, but playing like the 76ers, no matter how good the opportunity is, they can't seize it.

Of course, Chang Wei will not lose confidence in the players he has trained because of this, but in his opinion, the psychological quality of the players really needs to be strengthened.In fact, this is also a disadvantage of young teams. In the absence of veterans, they are easy to get hotheaded, and then do some irrational things on the court, and they don't have much experience in facing adversity.

The 76ers can be said to be a wonderful flower in the league. It is really surprising that they won the championship last season as a dark horse. After all, this is a team with mostly young players. It is reasonable for them to become the final winner.As for this season, the 76ers who have experience in the finals have indeed become more mature, but this cannot change their weakness of lack of experience. When they are still behind in the fourth quarter, they are completely unable to maintain a stable mentality. It is obvious that they cannot tie the score. Reasonable.

In the end, the superior Celtics easily won a victory in the away game and tied the big score to 2 to 3. Obviously they are not willing to give up their efforts for a season.Looking at the dejected 76ers players, Chang Wei smiled with an unknown meaning. It seems that it is time to chat with these guys in the next few days.

As the team's chief assistant coach, Chang Wei naturally knows how strong the 76ers' players are, and losing to the Celtics, who only have Pierce and Walker, can only prove that the team has problems in other areas .In Chang Wei's view, what they need most is to temper their mentality. Although it seems like they are grinding their guns before the battle, at least it will benefit them. If they still fall behind at a critical moment next time, they will not panic. .

(End of this chapter)