God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 374
这边76人以4比2击败凯尔特人挺进总决赛，那边湖人和马刺的西部决赛却依然打得非常焦灼。76人在第六场比赛中屠杀凯尔特人的同一天，马刺也在自己的主场凭借邓肯最后时刻的中距离打板投篮以98比96险胜湖人，把大比分扳成了3比3平。

And unexpectedly, in this game, the young Duncan directly dealt with O'Neal inside. Although his body is not as strong as the opponent's, he is not inferior in terms of technology or mentality.In the end, Duncan scored a large double-double of 32 points and 22 rebounds. At the same time, he also sent out the team's second-highest 6 assists, and also scored 3 blocks and 1 steal.O'Neal also had a double-double of 27 points and 14 rebounds, but it was still slightly inferior to Duncan.

It is definitely good news for the 76ers to enter the tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals, which means that they can wait for work in Philadelphia and wait for the final winner to come to challenge.Regardless of whether the winner is the Lakers or the Spurs, most of their physical strength must have been consumed, and it is very likely that they will not be able to perform at a normal level after flying all the way to Philadelphia to participate in the game.

While paying close attention to training, the 76ers coaching staff is also paying attention to the last game of the Western Conference Finals. In fact, they don't know which team they should expect to become their opponents in the finals.The Lakers are old friends in last season's Finals, but this time they added Szczerbiak, a shooter who averaged more than 15 points per game.The 76ers did win the game against the Lakers in the first half of the season, but at that time Szczerbiak was still trying to integrate into the team. Now it seems that he has succeeded, averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game. He is fully qualified to be the third person after "OK ​​Group".

The Spurs are relatively easier to deal with than the Lakers. After all, their record ranking is lower than the Lakers, and Brown is also very familiar with Popovich.But their inside line also has an advantage, and to some extent even surpasses the Lakers. The twin towers composed of Duncan and Robinson cannot be carried by just any team. The starting lineup of Dalembert and Lewis The inside combination is very powerful, but it is not at the same level as the Spurs Twin Towers. If you want to play against them, how to minimize the influence of the inside is the first task that the 76ers coaching staff must complete.

In addition to the interior, the Spurs' backcourt is not bad. Parker has shown the quality of being an excellent commander. He can contribute 9.2 points and 4.3 assists per game in the regular season, and he is not stage-frightened when facing strong opponents in the playoffs; His partner, Steve Smith, made 47.2% of his three-pointers and averaged 11.6 points per game, which is the third scoring point for the Spurs besides the Twin Towers.Interestingly, the small forward of the Spurs is similar to the 76ers, and it is also a pure defensive player-Bruce Bowen, but compared with Bell, Bowen's defensive style is much dirtier, but it is undeniable that the effect is still very good .

Chang Wei is very worried about Reed if they play against the Spurs. He will definitely be Bowen's key defensive target. If he encounters a black hand during the game and gets injured, it will not be worthwhile. Chang Wei fully believes that Bowen can do this. things.So from this aspect, he still hopes that the 76ers will play against the Lakers in the Finals again.

Under the eyes of everyone, the seventh game of the Western Conference Finals officially started at the Staples Center. Brown also specially organized all members to use the big screen to watch the live broadcast of the tiebreaker in the conference room, so that no matter who the final opponent is , will have an intuitive impression, obviously the tiebreaker is the best way to observe and compare the strength of the two teams.

Perhaps it was because the previous six games were enough for Popovich and Zen Master to test each other. This time they still did not change their starting lineup. The Lakers are Fisher, Kobe, Szczerbiak, Walker and O'Neal. It was Parker, Smith, Bowen, Robinson and Duncan.This made Chang Wei have to admire Popovich's audacity. It is the best choice to be the team's sixth talent at Robinson's age, but Popovich still put him in the starting lineup.

Sure enough, the Lakers took him as a breakthrough as soon as he played. Walker kept asking for the ball in the low post and trying to play Robinson with his back.In fact, Walker's shooting percentage this season is still good, 51.2% can be ranked third in the Lakers, which also makes him full of confidence in bullying Robinson.However, as one of the four major centers of the year, even though Robinson has reached the end of his career, he is not a player like Walker who can beat him. Big hat, as a last resort, he can only hand the ball to his inside partner O'Neal to solve the problem.

However, before O'Neal opened up the situation in the interior, Fisher was blown away by the young French sports car Parker on the outside. His speed could not be compared with Parker at all.And with Duncan's selfless cover, Parker was like no one in the land. Although he hadn't developed the iconic small throw and spinning top in the future, it also caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs unexpectedly led 32 to 27, and Parker scored 8 points and 4 assists, and was the most dazzling player in the first quarter.Most of the Lakers' 27 points came from O'Neal's contribution. Although Kobe also wanted to help the team on the offensive end, what he encountered was Bowen, a well-known defensive master in the history of the league. Kobe, who is still very young, faced Bowen's The small moves were at a loss, and before the halfway point of the first quarter, they got a technical offender because of their anger.

The Lakers strengthened their inside offense in the second quarter. O'Neal basically caught Robinson very well in every round, and he did get a lot of points.It's a pity that looking back, Duncan basically recovered all the points he scored on the offensive end, and Duncan played more easily than him, and his continuous mid-range shots directly taught his opponents to be human.

After the first half, the scores of the two sides were tied at 61. The first half of the game was obviously worth the fare. The only thing that made the Lakers fans on the scene feel uncomfortable was that Kobe did not get any chance to play in the first two quarters. Bowen Sticking to him like a piece of brown sugar, and using small gestures to greet him in corners where the referee can't see.

Naturally, Bowen became the player who received the most boos in the audience, but with his thick skin, this is just a drizzle. In his opinion, it is enough to help the Spurs win the game. Whoever wants to say what he does Speak!
(End of this chapter)