NCCnovel Chapter 372
Chapter 372
Chapter 372
To be honest, Brown didn't take Chang Wei's interviews with individual players to heart, which is also a characteristic of old-school coaches.Moreover, the role of Chang Wei's psychological counseling will not be reflected in the training sessions. Brown will not feel any difference for a while, but Chang Wei is willing to do it, and he is also willing to delegate power. Anyway, it will not make the team worse. up.
After flying to Boston, the 76ers team was surprised to find that the city had turned into a green ocean. God knows why the Celtics have such a large number of fans. When they took the bus to the hotel to stay, almost every few seconds Zhong can see a fan wearing a Celtics jersey. It seems that their spending power is still considerable.
However, the 76ers players are just a little surprised. They don't feel much about the middle finger and scolding of the Celtics fans. After all, they have played two away games at the North Shore Garden Arena before, and these can only be regarded as a piece of cake.Originally, Brown thought that the team members would feel nervous, but now it seems that this group of guys are a little too relaxed. Some listen to music, some look at their mobile phones, and some are even still immersed in the fun of video games. Take the game to heart.
But Chang Wei knows that they still attach great importance to the game, so they choose to relax now, and in fact, excessive tension does not help much in the game, and may cause the whole body to tense and lose shape.To a certain extent, Chang Wei belongs to the kind of person who is more tolerant. As long as you can play at a high level in the game, it doesn't matter how you relax before.
The performance of the players also proved Chang Wei's idea. After the training session, they did not go back to the room to sleep or wander around outside immediately, but went to the gym to practice strength consciously, even including Lewis and Players like Iverson, who are usually repulsed by strength training, obviously want to end this round of the series in the opponent's territory.
In this game, Brown still dispatched Iverson, Reid, Bell, Lewis and Dalembert as regular starters step by step. The old coach no longer wanted to passively deal with the Celtics' tactics. He decided to stick to himself. style of.Unexpectedly, the 76ers had the upper hand at the beginning of the game, and it was Reed who helped the team take the lead. In this game, his touch was so hot that he hit 3 shots at the top of the arc three times in a row A three-pointer opened the score in one fell swoop.
And it was Iverson who gave him assists. He didn't play like his previous style, constantly breaking through and creating opportunities for his teammates.Thanks to Iverson's breakthrough to attract the defense, Reid was able to hit a three-pointer from the outside.
Of course, the 76ers' lead is not just due to Iverson and Reid. Dalembert's screen and Lewis' containment also put a lot of pressure on the Celtics. Of course, there is also Bell. Determined not to let Pierce have a hard time, the latter sticks it like a piece of brown sugar every time he catches the ball, completely denying him the chance to play the ball or even take a shot.
Chang Wei is naturally a little dumbfounded about Reed's performance. In the chat before, he once joked that the best way to avoid pressure is to never let the opponent take the lead. Obviously Reed took his joke seriously.But there's nothing wrong with that. Don't create difficulties and kill yourself when there are no difficulties in the game.
However, the Celtics quickly recovered and launched a counterattack amidst the cheers of the home fans.But Bell played a super-level defense, and it was difficult for Pierce to get an easy chance to score. Even if his teammates set him a screen, the 76ers players can immediately switch defenses, and always keep at least one person in front of him, waving his arms to interfere with him. shot sight.
So the Celtics' counterattack was handed over to Walker and Rogers.Yes, O'Brien did not change the starting lineup of the previous game, and continued to let Rodgers be the starting small forward, hoping that this master of chaos can break the deadlock when the team needs him.But after Pierce is entangled by Bell, the 76ers don't need to spend too much energy on him. Walker and Rogers naturally won't get as many shots as they did in the previous game without Pierce attracting defense. .
Relatively speaking, Walker is better. After all, he is the team's second-in-command, and he can be regarded as a quasi-first-class star. Without Pierce to restrain the defense, he can still score with his singles skills.Rodgers is different. He is not weak in his own offensive ability, but he is a bit restrained in the face of the 76ers' defense. He was able to score frequently before to a large extent because Pierce got involved in the defense and gave him the opportunity to make an empty cut layup from the bottom line. And now he can pretty much only play transition offense.
But there are not so many transitional offenses for him to play. Dalembert spared no effort in fighting for offensive rebounds. In addition, the 76ers' retreat speed is very fast. Originally, the Celtics' transitional offense was somewhat difficult. Rogers has a lot of abilities but can't use them.The most embarrassing thing is that he was blocked by Iverson during a fast-break layup. Although he didn't tear up the humiliating nail-board hat, he was also thrown away by the interference of the 1-meter-small man. face.
At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers took the lead 37 to 30. Although the gap was only 7 points, they always firmly occupied the advantage on the field in these 12 minutes. If it weren't for Lewis' three-pointer at the buzzer Coming out of the basket strangely, the 76ers are now leading their opponents by double digits.Despite this, Brown is still very satisfied with the performance of the players. He believes that this is the positive impact of his hair dryer after the last game. Chang Wei's work...maybe it also played a role?Of course, Chang Wei doesn't care what Brown thinks, as long as he can help the team win the championship.
In the second quarter, the 76ers did not relax, but continued to chase hard. The substitute players who did not get much playing time in the first quarter, led by Arenas, helped the 76ers to expand the point difference to 15 points. as much.But this also reflects to a certain extent Brown's predictability of putting Snow in the second team. It would be nice if someone stepped on the brakes for them.
The Celtics' rotation was directly stunned. Obviously, the 76ers' substitutes in the last game were not so cruel. What happened this time?Well, in fact, to some extent, they just want to save face. After all, at the end of the last game, the 76ers' bench score fell behind by 32 to 57.
(End of this chapter)