Chapter 328: Fight to Fame

When Mutombo came on the court, the Kings also happened to send their own rotation lineup, and Pollard obviously couldn't compare with Divac and Weber, Mutombo could still withstand when he was on the court, and even could suppress Pollard with experience. The rebounding advantage gave the 76ers a double-digit lead at the end of the first quarter at 35-25.

Such an outcome is happy for Brown, but not for Kings head coach Adelman. Webb and Divac are his proud inside aces, plus Bibby and Peja, and that's the King's Big Four. However, in the first quarter of the game, Peja was always limited by Bale, and Webb and Divac were helpless to have a rookie center, which was obviously unexpected.

However, the break was not enough time for Adelman to blow the wind on his players, and he had to lay out the second quarter as soon as possible. Adelman doesn't quite believe this is normal, so he still hopes that Webber will open up the situation inside at the start of the second quarter, and if not, then play more inside and outside to create some three-point shooting opportunities for Bibby and Peja.

Brown, by contrast, have barely asked his players to make any adjustments, as they are the ones who are leading now. Brown focused on praising Delham Porter, who started for the first time for the team, the big man did a really good job in the first quarter, if Brown was still skeptical of him before the game, then now he fully believes that Delham Porter can be the team's starting center, after all, it is not a random person in the entire league who can play against the Kings' interior combination.

At the start of the second quarter, Durham Porter returned to the game, and he sent another block at the beginning, and the victim was Christie. Christie, nicknamed the scalpel, is actually a breakthrough master, even stronger than Bibby, who is known as the White Devil, but Daimporter is still undaunted to meet it, relying on his own judgment to directly make Christie's layup useless.

This made Christie feel very aggrieved, but Durham Potter's defensive moves were so clean that even if he tried to report to the referee, it was useless. Brown clapped softly from the sidelines, looking at Durham Potter with a smile in his eyes, and it seemed that he was right not to make adjustments during the break, and the Haitian centre-forward could have left any attacker in vain.

Christie's breakthrough didn't work, and Webb's singles hit hard bones. Although he and Durham Porter are about the same weight, the latter is 5 centimeters taller than him, and can easily lock up his shooting space. And Dyreham Porter's style is quite tough, Webber is indeed a gorgeous insider, but what he is most afraid of is this kind of opponent with a hard bridge and a hard horse, under the physical contact of Durham Porter, intentionally or unintentionally, his ability can only play seventy or eighty.

Divac is relatively better, but he's not much of a tough interior player, and he's having a hard time getting the ball to the basket under Lewis's constant harassment. In desperation, he could only move to the free throw line to act as a command tower, sharing the responsibility of Bibby's organization, allowing the White Devils to focus more on outside projection in order to increase the team's firepower.

Adelman's idea is good, but he overlooks the fact that Bibby is not a player who can score like a melon and chop vegetables, and in fact he has not averaged more than 15 points per game so far this season. With Iverson on the side, waiting for an opportunity to steal, Bibby, who was originally passable with three points, was also a little embarrassed, and many shots eventually turned into Durham Porter's defensive rebounds.

Seeing that the team was never able to keep the score close, Adelman's face was very ugly, especially after he thought that Durham Porter was a player selected by the 76ers with a draft pick traded by Mason. Adelman is a head coach who likes to develop young people, and Mason has made a lot of progress under him, averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this season, but compared to Damham Porter, who is solid on the inside and fighting for rebounds, Adelman feels that he has lost a lot.

But this is already an established fact, and Adelman can't change it no matter how unhappy he is, so he can only walk around the sidelines irritably, and yell a few words into the stadium from time to time. In contrast, Brown was very calm, he watched the game and said something to the other assistant coaches around him, which was a pleasant thing, and the Kings would not be able to tie the score for a while anyway.

By halftime, the 76ers had an eight-point lead at 60-52, and it was because Peja hit a three-pointer at the end of the first half, which narrowly controlled the difference in single digits.

Chang Wei deliberately fell to the back and asked Dareham Potter with great concern how he felt, and the latter smiled innocently: "I don't have any special feelings, anyway, I just try to do my job, I believe my teammates can do what I can't do well." Chang Wei nodded with satisfaction, Pierham Porter and Arenas seem to be two extremes, but he is not lacking in confidence, such a mentality is undoubtedly very decent for rookies, otherwise they may expose psychological problems after encountering the rookie wall.

In the second half, the Kings continued to see no improvement, and it was a good time for Brown to put Teylon Hill on the court and partner Dyrem Porter, improving his rebounding control with a tough attitude, while also making the interior a solid wall. Webb and Divac were very uncomfortable with the style and played a full game in the third quarter, with the pair combining for just 12 points and six rebounds, while Durham Porter and Hill combined for 10 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks.

Seeing that the game had come back to the sky, Adelman removed all the starters after more than 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, and by this time the difference between the two sides had reached 18 points, and the Kings players were already full of fighting spirit, and no matter how stubborn they resisted, there would be no good results. Coupled with the fact that the Kings are going to play the Pacers on the road tomorrow, it's always good to conserve some energy.

However, Brown did not plan to replace Hellam Porter, and still let him gain experience on the court, and at this time Adam Porter's statistics have come to 16 points and 12 rebounds, while also delivering 3 assists and 3 blocks, acting well as an interior barrier, including 16 points second only to Iverson's 23 points and Reed's 19 points, which is also commendable.

Watching his team-mates being substituted, Durham Potter was not unhappy with the lack of time to rest, and now what he needs most is playing time, whether it's crunch time or garbage time, he hopes to use it to improve his experience.