God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 454 Unlimited Switching
Although the 76ers have a guy like Iverson who likes to make crazy breakthroughs with the ball as the first position, they actually run a lot. Even if O'Brien uses Hill to replace Lewis in the starting lineup, the two big inside The division of labor is relatively clear. One guards the basket, and the other cruises around the penalty area. It is no problem to cover the opponent's small man.

However, O'Brien's judgment before the game was actually very correct. Brown knew the 76ers too well. Not to mention that he remembered every tactical move, but at least he knew the personal style of the 76ers well. .After Brown left the 76ers to coach the Pistons, he knew that if he wanted to win the championship, the 76ers were an opponent that the Pistons could never ignore. It made him feel very sorry.

Because Brown has been building the team's defensive system for the 76ers' style, and this defensive system is actually universal.Of course, Chang Wei's opinion was also sought for this, otherwise it would only be a trick.

The defensive system or defensive concept they created for the Pistons is actually very simple, that is, unlimited defenses, but such a defense is easy to say, but very difficult to do.Players must have a lot of physical strength, and at the same time have the ability to displace defensively, and more importantly, they must not hesitate when changing defenses, and must change players as soon as possible.

Now that Brown has this idea, Chang Wei will turn this idea into reality.Under his training, the Pistons' starting lineup basically has the ability to switch defenses infinitely. The substitute, Haywood, is a little bit more difficult, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Facing such a Pistons that can change defenses infinitely, the 76ers players are very troubled. They really have never encountered such a situation where they can not gain the upper hand in any matchup.Although this does not mean that they cannot score, it is definitely not as smooth as the regular season. For an offensive team, it is definitely not a good thing to stumble on the offensive end. After all, they do not have a second The way can win, and Bell's defense alone can't support so many people.

The offensive end can't start the situation, and the 76ers are going to do something on the defensive end. In O'Brien's view, if they can prevent the Pistons' top scorer Hamilton, it will be half the battle.However, when he instructed Bell to defend Hamilton, the latter was indeed blocked, but his running greatly involved the 76ers' defense, and by the way created a lot of open spaces for his teammates.

Thomas decisively took the gun in Hamilton's hand. After he frequently pulled to the high post and Billups covered him, he continued to pop out to the outside of the three-point line to catch the ball, which made Hill very entangled.If he defends out, Dalembert is the only one left inside. If he doesn't defend out, Thomas can easily catch and shoot the ball in the open. There seems to be some problems in how to do it.

O'Brien naturally also discovered this problem, but he didn't plan to send Lewis with a similar style, but let Hill shrink to protect the basket.This is also his consistent style, otherwise how could Lewis fall out of favor in his hands?

But Thomas quickly told him with practical actions that an inside big man who can shoot three-pointers is a terrifying existence.For three consecutive rounds, Thomas received a breakthrough from Billups at almost the same position, and hit two of three shots. In addition, they let the 76ers frequently hit the iron on the defensive end. The difference between the two sides was between the two. After scoring a three-pointer, it opened to 11 points.

The performance of the team on both offensive and defensive ends made O'Brien frown, but before he gave an order, the 76ers players who were accustomed to using offense to determine the outcome began to put more energy on the offensive end. They were like a tide Wave after wave hit the Pistons' defense, hoping to quickly open up the situation with shots and regain the initiative on the field.

It's a pity that their offensive frenzy was shot against the iron wall of the Pistons. The team's slow increase in points basically came from forced shots. Of course, this can reflect the individual strength of the players, but it is of no benefit to the team as a whole.O'Brien is now very grateful that Brown has left so many singles players for the team, otherwise the team has fallen into a scoring drought.

Even so, the point difference between the two sides has always remained at about 12 points. Of course, this is not because the Pistons suddenly softened and wanted to let the opponent go. The main reason is that after they focused most of their energy on the defensive end, they played more healthily on the offensive end. If there is no suitable shot opportunity, it can completely grind to the last second of the offensive time, which also makes the 1ers feel helpless.

They have always liked to speed up the pace in the game, and then directly bring down the opponent, but the Pistons are obviously an exception.Every time they attack, they are consciously suppressing the rhythm, playing as slowly as possible. Firstly, this is the style of play they are good at. Second, they can minimize the speed of physical exertion during the slow attack, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Under such a strange rhythm, the 76ers were completely out of temper. At the end of the first half, they trailed 42 to 55 by 13 points. The 42 points in the half is also the lowest halftime of the 76ers in this year's playoffs. Score.When going to the player tunnel after the game, the faces of the 76ers players are not good-looking. Although they are facing the former coach, it is too aggrieved.

It's a pity that Brown doesn't care about whether they are aggrieved or not. Maybe he will hug Reed and the others after the game, but he will definitely let the Pistons do their best to defeat their opponents during the game.Although O'Brien spoke a lot to his players in the visiting team's locker room during the halftime break, and even gave them bloody blood by the way, but the restraint in style cannot be reversed in at least one game.After the start of the second half, the 76ers were like a drowning man. After a few bubbles appeared on the water surface to prove their presence, they soon fell silent again.

In this game, the 76ers really played very aggrieved. In the end, they only scored 76 points, and their shooting percentage was as low as 32.5%.As for the Pistons, although the top scorer Hamilton scored only 18 points under the entanglement of Bell, there were six other players in the team who scored in double figures besides him. The team scored a total of 3 points. The Eastern Conference semifinals got off to a good start, and at the same time proved their strength.

After the game, although Brown also went to hug his former disciple, but Chang Wei could see clearly from the sidelines that the old man still had a smile on his lips. It seemed that it was very important for him to beat the 76ers. meaningful.

(End of this chapter)