Chapter 33: The More You Fight, the More You Fight (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
On November 1, U.S. time, the 76ers stepped onto the floor of Verizon Arena in Washington for their first away game of the new season. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is John Wall's fourth season in the league and the last season of his rookie contract, when Derrick Rose, a third-year student, became the league's regular season MVP, and John Wall, who had just entered the league, said wildly, saying: What Derrick Rose can do, he can also do, and he can also become the league's MVP during his rookie contract.
However, two seasons have passed in a blink of an eye, and the Wizards have been spinning outside the playoffs, and John Wall is becoming more and more anxious, urging the team to bring in reinforcements.
This season, the Wizards kept their roster from last season, then strengthened the team's center and bench with Emeka Okafoga, a 2014 protected first-round pick from the Suns with Emeka Okafoga, who had expired in contract.
Coupled with the addition of Otto Porter, the Wizards in the new season are aiming for the playoffs, and Zach Lowe's season preview also ranked the Wizards sixth in the East, so it can be said that after Zach Lowe changed the 76ers' ranking, the two teams are equal opponents.
However, Brett Brown is very aware of the weakness of the Wizards, the weakness of the Wizards is that they rely too much on John Wall, although John Wall is now a well-known king of big words in the league, but this does not mean that John Wall has no strength, on the contrary, the current John Wall should be the top five point guards in the league.
Brett Brown opted to let Anxi defend John Wall, and the game could be won by locking down Wall.
After the game began, the 76ers suppressed the Wizards with a more reasonable tactical arrangement.
The opening game took the lead, and then the 76ers played steadily, gradually widening the difference, and by the end of the first quarter, the 76ers had already scored 10 points at 30:20.
The 76ers' excellent form won them a lot of praise, and at the end of the first quarter, Anxi scored 11 points, and the defensive Wall shot 0 of 4, only 2 points and 4 assists, Anxi proved himself again.
However, Randy Whitman is not an easy coach to deal with, at the beginning of the second quarter, he arranged a counterattack tactic, shifting the Wizards' offensive focus to the interior, and then, in the second quarter, he directly played the 76ers 33:21, and at halftime, the Wizards led the 76ers by 2 points.
At halftime, Brett Brown made adjustments again, replaced Cole Aldridge to strengthen the interior defense, and in the second half, the 76ers' performance finally recovered, and they regained their pressure on the court, 23:21 in the third quarter, and pulled back a two-point deficit.
Then in the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Anxi broke out, scored another 12 points in a single quarter, and scored 35:28 with the 76ers in the final quarter, and the final game ended with 109:102 and the 76ers won.
Anxi scored 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in the game, and was once again elected the best of the game.
On the 76ers' side, the much-talked-about McCarvey declined to a certain extent, and the game was guarded by John Wall, and finally shot 6 of 15, scoring 14 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.
Evan Turner, one of the pseudo-Big Three, continued to perform well, scoring 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 10-of-18 shooting from the field.
On the Wizards' side, John Wall was strictly defended by Anxi, and finally scored 12 points on 4-of-13 shooting in the game, and scored 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, and the overall performance was not bad, but the best performance on the Wizards' side was the new recruit Masingotatt, who shot 10 of 19 in the game, cut 26 points and 14 rebounds, and finished the 76ers' interior line.
And it was after this battle that Brett Brown came up with the idea of changing formations.
The 76ers don't have a head assistant coach this season, and according to Brett Brown, he learned it from the NFL, and the team doesn't need a head assistant coach, just a clear division of labor for each assistant coach. The team does not have a head assistant, but Lloyd Pierce is the team's real head assistant coach, and he took the team to the summer league, and in terms of external interviews, there are many times when Lloyd Pierce attends.
In addition, Lloyd Pierce is also the team's defensive coach, so Brett Brown approached Lloyd Pierce after returning to Philadelphia to discuss the possibility of a change in the team.
"Bright, if the team really wants to strengthen the defense, I suggest that Jack Crowder also start, so that Ann, Jack Crowder and Cole Aldridge can form a well-formed defensive lineup, and the starting defense will not be as bad as it is now. ”
Brett Brown thought with his chin propped up, then shook his head.
Lloyd Pierce also understands Bret Brown's concerns, which is nothing more than Evan Turner's excellent performance in two games, and his role on the offensive end is huge.
However, Lloyd Pierce still insisted on his idea: "Brett, you have to be clear that our defense now, in the league, should be at the bottom level. ”
Brett Brown nodded, he was naturally clear.
"If you put Cole Aldridge in the starting line-up, you can only move up three or four places. ”
Brett Brown nodded again.
Lloyd Pierce continued: "And if we start Jack Crowder, then we can create a great defensive system so that we can be in the top 15 in the league. ”
Brett Brown nodded again, and then suddenly shook his head: "Lloyd, Evan has performed well, don't let him go to the bench for the time being, the starter is so decided, let Spencer go to the bench, Kerr goes to the start, we take Kerr and Ann as the core to create a defensive system." ”
Lloyd Pierce was a little depressed, and after saying so much, he still couldn't convince Brett Brown in the end.
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The 76ers returned to Philadelphia for the third game, they welcomed the Bulls at home, another strong team, in Zach Lowy's authoritative ranking, the Bulls can be ranked in the top five in the East, which is a notch higher than the 76ers, so no one was optimistic that the 76ers could win before the game, although they have won the Heat and the Wizards in succession, but almost everyone believes that the 76ers will end a two-game winning streak in this game, and the odds of Bocai speak for themselves.
Although the outside world is not optimistic that the 76ers can win, the 76ers themselves are quite confident.
Under the leadership of Rose, the Bulls won one win and one loss in the first two games, but Rose's performance was not too good, the Heat only scored 12 points on 4-of-15 shooting in the first game, and scored 18 points on 7-of-23 shooting in the second game against the Knicks.
Therefore, the confidence of the 76ers to win this game also comes from Rose's poor form, which is an opportunity for the 76ers.
However, at the beginning of the game, the Bulls relied on their high-pressure defense to get the 76ers to lose their armor, and the 76ers trailed by 12 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two sides switched to the bench, and the 76ers kept Anxi on the court, and Tom Thibodu saw this and also left Ruhr Deng on the court.
But the result was that Anxi completely blew up Luer Deng, in fact, counting the Olympics, Anxi has beaten Luer Deng several times, from this point of view, Anxi can be regarded as the bitter master of Luer Deng. In the second quarter, with Anxi's excellent play, the 76ers played a 33-19 in the first quarter, which in turn led the Bulls by two points.
In the third quarter, the two teams were once again entangled, and the scores exchanged scores, and after three quarters, the Bulls led by one point, and the two sides entered the decisive stage of the fourth quarter.
In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, the 76ers stood up again with Anxi, with 12 points in a single quarter, plus McCarvey's 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the 76ers finally won 107:104, 3 points narrowly defeated the Bulls!
The 76ers' victory was beyond everyone's expectations, Anxi's key 12 points in the final quarter of this game, and another 28 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in the whole game, plus McCarvey, who broke out again, he also scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, plus Evan Turner's 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, it is not surprising that the 76ers won, because the pseudo-big three broke out again.
Of course, the 76ers can win, and it has nothing to do with Derrick Rose, in the third game after returning from a serious injury, Derrick Rose scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 8 turnovers on 4-of-14 shooting. (To be continued.) )