Finding that the defense was not strong, the Celtics could only work on the offense, but this time they were not so lucky. Pierce and Walker were guarded by the 76ers, and the others couldn't help much, which was the worst for them, because they were used to the twin stars carrying the team forward, and the others just had to play.

But now O'Brien is desperate to have a third scorer to help the twin duo of Pierce and Walker take some of the pressure off their shoulders. Isn't this routine familiar? The Lakers thought the same thing after last year's Finals loss, and then they brought in Szebiak. O'Brien didn't expect the Lakers to work in the offseason, he just suddenly felt that the two men scored a little less, but it was enough to know that he had always claimed that the Celtics had twin stars.

Chang Wei didn't know that O'Brien had such a thought in his mind, otherwise he would have suspected that the crazy collection of stars in the league in his previous life was spread from the 76ers. Oh no, they caused it, after all, in the eyes of others, the 76ers didn't have stars at all, but ...... Is there a pile of star Chang Wei in his heart, he still has a bit of a B number in his heart.

The Celtics are like the Lakers last season, no, they're still a far cry from the Lakers, because Pierce and Walker are both outside players in the strict sense of the word, and they basically rely on shooting to solve problems. And because of O'Neal, the Lakers can always maintain at least one consistent way of scoring, which the Celtics can't do.

But what kind of player to bring in to support the twin stars of Pierce and Walker is something that O'Brien only needs to think about in the offseason, and the situation is that there is no one on the team who can help. In fact, the fact that such a team can reach the division finals is enough to make many people's jaws drop, but Pierce and Walker have really performed well in the playoffs, and it is not in vain that the Celtics have regarded the two of them as the core of the team's building and rebuilt around them.

Unfortunately, they met the 76ers, who were more dispersed and more championship-looking, and O'Brien drooled with envy for Brown to pull someone from the bench to contribute, but it was only drooling, after all, it posed a huge threat to the Celtics. In a sense, the 76ers are in a wheel battle, because they can always maintain super offensive firepower with constant substitutions, while O'Brien can only continue to put the twin stars on the court.

In terms of player configuration, the 76ers should be a very unrestrained team, but under Brown's tutelage, they have become a team with a variety of styles, fast and slow, offensive and defensive, for example, now they have deliberately slowed down the pace of the game. Of course, this is not a chance for the opponent to fight back, but they can't stick to a fast attack and defense for the whole 48 minutes, and slowing down the tempo will make it easier for them to play, and it can also wear down the momentum of the Celtics.

At the end of the first half, the 76ers had a 12-point lead, which didn't look like a big margin and wasn't enough to make the Celtics lose confidence in coming back to win. But in those two quarters, the 76ers showed great control, as if no matter how hard the Celtics tried, they couldn't turn the situation around, which is not good news for them. Of course, the most excited people in the audience were the Celtics fans, who not only did not stop because of the behind-the-court situation, but roared louder at the 76ers players who left the court through the tunnel.

"Uh...... Did we irritate them? Dareham Potter touched his head and asked with some innocence.

Iverson snorted: "Stimulation is stimulation, if we kill the Celtics, we must stab them in the heart, but so what? They're not fans of us, so I don't care what they think! ”

Chang Wei walked at the back of the team, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard Iverson's words, this guy is not rough, no team has to take care of the emotions of the fans when they play away, unless they don't plan to win. But the best way to do that is to use a bigger advantage to convince the fans directly, even if Boston fans are probably one of the toughest crowds in the league.

At halftime, Brown didn't make any special tactical arrangements, but just asked everyone to hurry up and recover. In the first half, the Celtics still caused some trouble, but it was quickly eliminated by the 76ers players with plenty of physical strength. In fact, this is also their style, and the 76ers' tactical system for the past two seasons has been basically based on high-intensity running, so they can play at the top of the league on both offensive and defensive ends.

I don't know what O'Brien said to the players in the locker room, anyway, after the start of the second half, they took turns attacking the 76ers' defense like chickens, and such a huge change also made Durham Porter on the inside scramble. In order to help him, Brown replaced Lewis with Hill, partnered with Durham Porter inside, and made the three-second zone an impregnable wall, although this will reduce the team's offensive firepower, but now the 76ers' scoring ability is a little overflowing, and it is still worth giving up some of it to convert into defensive improvements, and the effect is much better after Hill comes on the court.

In fact, Hill and Ballam Porter have always been Brown's most trusted interior pairing, and who made him a defensive coach? However, it is true that Hill's improvement in interior defense was immediate after he came on the court, and Dareham Porter was also relieved, he finally didn't need to come up and block every time the opponent broke through. After the interior defensive intensity came up, the Celtics scored more difficult, which also made the 76ers' players start to wave, and their actions on the court became more and more coquettish.

Even so, the Celtics were unable to tie or even overtake the score in the end, and were beaten 10-0 by the 76ers at the start of the fourth quarter. Of course, it wasn't because they were close to the score, it was purely because Arenas, who had just come on the court, suddenly broke out into the small universe, and shot inside and outside to cut points continuously, he didn't care how many points the team was ahead at this time, anyway, his task was to come up and score, as long as he had the opportunity, he would not hesitate to shoot, and he was happy to do it.

When the full-time whistle blew and the score was set at 97-82, the 76ers got the series point and won one more game to make it to the Finals for the second year in a row and compete for the golden championship trophy.