The 76ers' 4-1 win over the Bucks showed their dominance in the East, but they were still slightly inferior to the Lakers. Knocking out the Trail Blazers 3-0 in the first round and sweeping the Kings 4-0 in the second round, they still make their opponents look vulnerable when it comes to the Western Conference Finals, and they are also the Spurs under Popovich, with the twin towers of Duncan and Robinson.

For the Lakers, no matter what team in the West, they will be swept up. Against the Spurs in the Western Conference finals, except for the second game where they only won 88-81, they scored more than 100 points in the other three games, 104-90 in the first game, 111-72 in the third, and 111-82 in the fourth game.

And because they play one less game than the 76ers, they also have two more days off. The only thing to be thankful for is that the 76ers have a better record than the Lakers, which also means home court advantage in the Finals, and the Lakers need to fly thousands of miles from Los Angeles to Philadelphia in the first game, which undoubtedly minimizes the 4-0 advantage.

Despite this, the 76ers coaching staff believes that this is not an easy opponent to deal with, and even Chang Wei does not dare to pack a ticket. Indeed, he used the memories of his past life to recruit a lot of helpers for Iverson and Mutombo, Lewis, Bale, Reed and Mason have all been able to contribute to the team and are indispensable members of the rotation, but he also doesn't know if this strengthened 76ers team will be able to defeat their opponents, and if the experience of being beaten 4-1 in their previous life and missing out on the championship will be repeated......

But these things are not known to the 76ers players, and they will only do their best in training sessions to prepare for the upcoming Finals. If they still have a psychological advantage in the face of the Bucks, then they are uneasy in the face of the Lakers, the two sides have already played each other in the regular season, the 76ers led slightly 2-1, but they won the second game O'Neal did not play, it can be said that the Lakers in full state are evenly matched with them, and no one is sure of winning.

For the 76ers, Kobe Bryant is not terrible, and although he has shown the potential to become a top star, the 76ers have a lot of outside defenders, whether it is Snow, Bale or Lynch, who can cause him problems. The only thing that worries the 76ers is O'Neal, Brown doesn't believe that Mutombo can carry this interior giant under the basket, and it is not bad if he is not directly overshot by O'Neal, after all, Mutombo is not the kind of meat shield type inside.

The whole conference room was full of smoke, and Brown wanted to call all the assistant coaches to ask questions, but it turned into a cloud-swallowing meeting, and even Chang Wei, who rarely smokes, put one in his mouth and pondered how to deal with O'Neal. With Mutombo's strength and experience, he is indeed one of the best defensive centers in the league, but he can't hold O'Neal with it.

The reason is simple, his weight limits his confrontation, and in the previous series O'Neal simply took what he wanted under the basket, but Mutombo was powerless. In fact, Chang Wei knows that he can exchange for higher-level power potions in the Miracle Mall, and his reputation can withstand such expenses, but one thing is that in order not to destroy the balance of the game, the system only allows the use of power potions once in the series, otherwise you use one for each game, wouldn't it be invincible in the world?

In other words, Chang Weineng can only use this prop for Mutombo in the deciding game, so that he can withstand O'Neal's impact at the most critical moment, but how to enter the deciding game can only rely on the 76ers themselves. If you are directly beaten 3-0 by the opponent, then do you use it or not in the fourth game? If you use it, you can only win this one, and if you don't use it, you will be shaved by your opponent, so the prerequisite for using props is that the 76ers must be able to hold the match point, even if it is a tie-break.

In the midst of the smoke, Brown coughed lightly and said, "Everyone should have seen it, right?" The point of beating the Lakers is to beat Shaq, and we don't have a player who can go straight to the basket and his hard top, and neither can Deacon Bey. I'll put my thoughts first, I want to put Deacon Bey on the bench and not start against Shaq......"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at Brown in surprise, thinking that the head coach was stimulated by the huge pressure and delirious. Everyone knows that O'Neal is the strong point of the Lakers, and it is the point that must be addressed, but you removed the team's main center from the starter? Doesn't that mean giving up the space under the basket to the big shark?

However, there were still someone's eyes lit up in the entire conference room, that was Chang Wei, when Brown opened his mouth, he already knew what the old coach was thinking, and he could even complete what Brown didn't say - let Lewis play center at the top of the fifth position, completely give up the interior offense and defense, and let O'Neal play under the basket alone!

Is this a good idea? Of course, but the margin for error is high. The Lakers' defense is much stronger than that of the Bucks, which also means that the 76ers can no longer shoot as recklessly as in the Eastern Conference Finals, but the most important thing to pull the inside line is to ensure the shooting percentage, otherwise all the rebounds will be snatched by O'Neal, reducing the number of shots they have while increasing the number of shots of the opponent, so how can they win? Besides, O'Neal's ability to cut points is not inferior, is it really good to let him go?

Chang Wei pondered for a while, and 1510 expressed his concern about Brown's idea. His words made the others nod their heads again and again, obviously everyone thought so, not to mention whether there is a thousand to kill the enemy with such a tactic, it is certain that the self-loss is eight hundred, and the loss may be much more than eight hundred, no matter how you look at it, it looks like suicide.

Brown rubbed his brow wearily, he wanted to do the same, but it was the most suitable method he could come up with. He was silent for a while, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you have any better ideas?" ”

Chang Wei smiled unnaturally and said: "Coach, we must not give up rebounding, giving up fighting for rebounds is similar to putting our lifeblood in the hands of the opponent." And Shaq can't be unguarded, you must know that he scored 61 points in a single game last season, and if we let him score desperately on the inside, he may not be able to win the game either......"

Through the smoke, Brown looked at Chang Wei and asked tentatively, "So what?" ”

Chang Wei licked his lips and said, "So I choose to believe in Deacon Bay......"