With Durham Potter's playing time increasing, Mutombo's playing time will certainly decrease accordingly. And he's reduced even more, as Brown is also developing Oku, and the Turk is not at all inferior to Durham Potter.

Compared to Durham Porter, Oku is a little lacking in protecting the basket and grabbing rebounds, but his offensive firepower is much stronger. Brown even fielded the 76ers' theoretically strongest offensive lineup in some inconsequential games — Iverson, Snow, Reed, Lewis and Oku, which was the most advanced lineup Chang expected. When all five have outside projection capabilities, the opponent has no way to defend against it, which can be a big killer for the 76ers.

It's a pity that these five people are playing at the same time on the field for the first time, and everyone is not very comfortable, as soon as they get on the field, they hit the iron five times in a row, but they were beaten by the opponent with a small climax of 8 to 0. If it weren't for the fact that they had already led their opponents by more than 20 points, the 76ers might have capsized in the gutter, so Brown hurriedly replaced Delham Porter and Bell.

Chang Wei felt very regretful, if the tacit understanding of these five players could be cultivated, it would definitely be the 76ers' trick to press the bottom of the box, and once it was used at the critical moment of the game, it would definitely be able to catch the opponent off guard. However, it seems that Brown may not have much confidence in this lineup now, and even if it exists in the playbook, it can only be regarded as an ornament.

Of course, the current league has not yet entered the era of the future three-point king, even if the 76ers don't come up with such a lineup, it doesn't matter, as long as they can train Oku to be a qualified backup center. However, Oku can only be regarded as a surprise, and Brown still has most of his mind on Dareham Potter, and the Haitian has basically met his requirements.

On November 27, local time, the 76ers played at home against the Kings, which is another team with a top interior combination, Webb and Divac may be the most flashy style of play and the sharpest passing combination in the league. It was clear that Mutombo couldn't handle them, so Brown decisively chose to change the line-up and put Durham Porter in the starting line-up, which was also the first start of his career. With Lewis partnered with him, Brown wasn't crazy enough to put two rookies in the starting line-up.

Despite Bowler's previous performances, he was mostly playing against other teams' substitutes, and Brown pulled him around before the game to talk about some of the game's notes. "Don't always foul the opponent when you first come on the court, learn to play with your brain and interfere with the opponent's scoring in the most effortless way. Your teammates are all good scorers, so the first thing you have to do is defend, and don't hesitate to do it whenever you get the chance......"

Dalem Potter nodded again and again, although he already knew about these things, but since it was specially explained by the head coach, he had to listen carefully, after all, it meant that the coach valued himself. Chang Wei's words were much simpler: "Samuel, show the results of your training to the fullest, I believe you can do it." ”

At the start of the game, 76ers fans were surprised to see Mutombo, who helped the team win the championship last season, sit on the bench and be replaced by this year's rookie center, Daimpoter. Although they won't boo Durham Potter directly, they don't give him as many cheers as other players, after all, he is still a rookie, how can He De start instead of Mutombo?

But unexpectedly, the opening king's first attack was fruitless on Durham Porter, Christie's breakthrough layup was interfered with by Damham Porter, and directly smashed out of the frame, the latter quickly grabbed the defensive rebound, followed by a long pass more than 20 meters across the court, Iverson, who had already rushed to the frontcourt, easily received the ball and scored a layup.

The ball undoubtedly drew thunderous cheers from the audience, some of which went to their spiritual leader Iverson, of course, and the other to Hellam Porter, who interfered with the opponent's shot and then grabbed the rebound to complete a precise long pass. In fact, this is also one of the contents of Durham Porter's practice, although the proportion is not large, but the accuracy of his passing has improved a lot, this kind of cross-court long pass after winning the defensive rebound can only be regarded as a piece of cake, and there is no pressure on him.

With 3:27 left in the first quarter, Hellam Porter was substituted and was greeted by the whistles and cheers of the home fans at 27-20 and the 76ers leading by seven points. The reason why the Kings, an offensive powerhouse, was able to score only 20 points in 8 and a half minutes, and Durham Porter played a key role in protecting the basket on the inside.

When the Kings' top scorer Peja is targeted by Bale, the rest of the team has to open up the game from the inside. But whether it was Webber and Divac's back-to-back singles, or Bibby and Christie's breakthrough layups, they were all interfered with by Durham Porter, and the overall shooting percentage of the whole team did not even exceed 40%. Although Bowler only had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, his limitations on opponents are not statistically displayed, and anyone in the industry can see his value.

When Dylimpoter came off the field, Mutombo calmly high-fived him, his eyes both disappointed and somewhat relieved. He knows that the NBA is actually a very cruel place, survival of the fittest is one of the most basic laws, if you are awesome, you will play, if you can't, you will play, it's as simple as that, any player must show his value, otherwise who will let you play for no reason? Now it's clear that Durham Potter has outdone him, and it's only natural that he'll start the game.

In fact, getting a championship ring is already a surprise for Mutombo, you must know that last season was the 10th season of his career, and he entered the league at the age of 25 This year, he is not young, and he has no regrets in his career to win the championship. So now that he can be said to be playing purely out of love, what is there to be nostalgic for in the starting position?

In contrast, Daim Porter was very excited, he found that the so-called star interior line was not as strong as he imagined, and he still had the strength to fight. If Chang Wei knew what this guy was thinking, he would definitely beat him up, and if he hadn't had special training before, how could Dyrem Potter be able to compete with Webb and Divac right now? It's good that you haven't been directly hit by others.

However, Durhamport's performance still comforted Chang Wei, and it was time to replace Mutombo as the starting center with Durham Potter, and as long as Brown was not old and confused, he would definitely make that decision.