With 4:13 left in the third quarter, Brown finally made the decision to make a substitution and offered a pure offensive three-guard lineup that he hadn't used in a long time, with Iverson, Arenas and Reed on the pitch at the same time, and Lewis and Oku on the inside. The Celtics' multi-point blossoming has caused a lot of problems for the 76ers, which is the fundamental reason why Brown, as a defensive coach, intends to solve problems with offense, hoping to destroy opponents with more firepower.

Maybe it's because they've held back for too long in the previous game, and as soon as they got on the court, the five men began to shoot frantically outside the three-point line, ignoring the fact that they didn't actually have a pure center fighting for rebounds under the basket. But unexpectedly, their shooting percentage is very high, and the occasional few hits of iron can't affect them to play a wave of 11-2 scoring climax, no matter how strong the Celtics' outside defense is, it is impossible to prevent five people, if the inside line is pulled to the high post to defend, then Iverson and Arenas, the two breakthrough masters, can teach them to be people.

By the end of the third quarter, the 76ers had narrowed the margin to single digits, much to Brown's satisfaction, and it was clear that the three-guard lineup had lived up to his expectations. Therefore, Brown does not plan to change the lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and he hopes that Iverson can help the team erase the difference or even complete the comeback directly.

But O'Brien wasn't stupid either, and after seeing that his opponent didn't make any substitutions at all, he instantly understood what Brown was thinking, so he came to the sidelines and made a few gestures to Pierce, who nodded and began to relay the coach's instructions to his teammates one by one between games. In fact, O'Brien's response is not unusual, to put it bluntly, is to let the players increase their running and harassment, while maximizing the rebounding after the opponent's shot is ironed.

It's very simple to say, it's nothing more than everyone running faster and stalking a little more. However, this is not the beginning of the game, but the last and most critical fourth quarter, after the first three quarters of high-intensity offense and defense, the players' physical strength has bottomed out, and now they continue to run on the court is only the desire to win, each of them is gritting their teeth to implement the coach's tactics, just to be able to win this game.

The 76ers certainly want to win, and if they can win this game, they will reach the Finals for the second consecutive season. But the Celtics are already standing on the edge of the cliff, so their desire to win is much stronger than that of the 76ers, since the head coach ordered to increase the running, then even if they can't run, they must do their last effort to interfere with the opponent's shooting, even if they will be exhausted in the next second.

Under the frantic pressing of the Celtics players, the shooting team led by Iverson fell into an unprecedented predicament, and they felt that they could no longer find a gap in the opponent's system, as if no matter where they appeared, there was a guy wearing a Celtics jersey next to them, and no matter how they got rid of it, they could seal their hands on their faces.

Except for pitchers like Reed, who have long been accustomed to special treatment, others can't guarantee their shooting percentage at all, and it can be said that Reed was alone at the beginning of the fourth quarter to force the team to renew his life. Helplessly, two fists are difficult to beat four hands, and the Celtics' protection of rebounding is quite in place, resulting in the score of the two sides slowly opening up again.

In desperation, Brown had no choice but to send Durham Porter and Oku to form a twin tower in advance, with the former's main task being to protect the basket and fight for rebounds. In terms of protecting the basket, Durham Porter is still very good at protecting the basket, but it is a little difficult for him to grab rebounds, of course, this is not to say that his rebounding skills are not good, but whenever he wants to grab offensive rebounds, the five players of the Celtics will rush up to grab rebounds with him. In order to ensure that they grabbed the rebound to the maximum, they even gave up the opportunity to switch offense, how could Daim Porter steal the opponent alone?

In fact, it is also blamed that Brown did not put the back three on the court in advance, otherwise he would not have been suppressed by the opponent as he is now, and he would not be able to overtake. If they had been put on the court earlier, the Celtics might not have developed such a targeted defense, and the 76ers could have completed the comeback when the opponent was caught off guard, but now it is too late.

In previous games, Celtic's morale has risen to a terrifying level, which has made them more comfortable on the field. The 76ers players who were eager to chase the score played even more impatiently, Chang Wei wanted to call a timeout on the sidelines instead of Brown, so that the five people on the court could not be in a hurry at this time, and they had to play steadily to have a chance to seize the opportunity for the opponent to make mistakes, but like the 76ers, no matter how good the opportunity was, they couldn't seize it.

Of course, Chang Wei will not lose confidence in the players he has trained because of this, but in his opinion, the psychological quality of the players does need to be strengthened. In fact, this is also a disadvantage of young teams, in the absence of veterans to press the line-up, they are easy to get hot-headed, and then do something irrational on the field, and they are not very experienced in the face of adversity.

The 76ers are arguably one of the league's wonders, and it was a real surprise that they won the championship last season, after all, this is a team with a lot of young players, and it stands to reason that they will not be the ultimate winner. As for this season, the 76ers with Finals experience have indeed become more mature, but this does not change their lack of experience, and they are completely unable to maintain a stable mentality when they are still behind halfway through the fourth quarter, and it is obvious that they cannot tie the score.

In the end, the high-skilled Celtic won comfortably on the road to level the score at 2-3, and it was clear that they were not willing to give up on a season's hard work. Looking at the dejected 76ers players, the corners of Chang Wei's mouth showed a smile of unknown meaning, it seems that it is time to chat with this group of guys in the next few days.

As the team's chief assistant coach, Chang Wei naturally knows how strong the 76ers' group of players is, so that losing to the Celtics, who only have two players, Pierce and Walker, only proves that the team has problems in other areas. In Chang Wei's opinion, what they need most is to temper their state of mind, although it looks like grinding a gun in battle, but at least it can help them, and if they fall behind at a critical moment next time, they will not panic.