Pierce didn't rush to attack after coming on the court, but made the ball for his teammates. In fact, he is much better at making the ball than Walker, first of all, Pierce's independent offensive threat is much greater than Walker's, and the offensive means are changeable, unlike Walker's boring low-post back-to-back singles every time he attacks with the ball, which also makes him have more passing possibilities.

The rest of the Celtics' players lived up to Pierce's trust, and while they couldn't score every ball and Barty wasn't guaranteed to grab every offensive rebound, they were able to give their best on every turn. When there is a gap and Pierce passes the ball, the player who receives the ball is able to take a decisive shot, rather than thinking about whether he can take the final blow, and this self-confidence is actually the most important thing for the player.

Even so, the 76ers players did not dare to relax their grip on Pierce, and as soon as he got the ball, Bell and Reed wrapped it up one after the other, eyeing the basketball in his hand. No way, Pierce has already proven himself in the previous games, he is the kind of player who can decide the outcome of the game, and no manager dares to let him go.

As a result, Pierce began to brush up on assists uncontrollably, and his passing gave the Celtics a 60-52 lead at the end of the first half. The reason why the margin was reduced to single digits was simply because Iverson scored six points in a row in the final minute of the second quarter, otherwise the gap between the two sides would have reached a point where the home fans booed.

Brown looked bad, but he didn't criticize his players, and criticizing them at this time is likely to provoke rebellion. Everyone knows that they played like shit in the first half, and putting pressure on them will make them worse in the second half, which will not help to win this game at all, but will backfire.

So at half-time, Brown said to the frustrated players: "You know how you played in the first half, this is our home stadium and the fifth game of the division finals, if we win, then we can reach the finals for the second year in a row, if we lose, then the result is not settled, everything is possible." ”

'If you only used 80 or 60 per cent of your strength in the first half, then I would ask 100 or even 200 per cent for the second half. I think you should be able to do it, and it won't give your opponent a chance. ”

Brown's words made everyone start to show their determination, but Chang Wei, who was standing on the sidelines, was a little worried, and it was clear that the all-for-all Celtics were more difficult to deal with than the Celtics, who only relied on the twins, especially when their role players started to get into shape. The overall strength of the 76ers is indeed above the opponent, but with their current state, it will take a lot of work to win the game. No, if it continues like this, it's hard to say whether we can win this game!

It's clear that O'Brien is happy with the performance of the role players, but he also doesn't have the brains to pin all the twins to the bench. At the beginning of the second half, it was still Pierce and Walker who started at the same time, except for replacing Rodgers with Eric Williams, there was no substantial change in this lineup, and after the substitution, Williams and Rodgers played the same role, the only difference is that Williams prefers to play in the low post, he is a short big forward after all.

Yes, Pierce and Walker are shooting guards and small forwards respectively, and almost every team in this era can score at the two positions, and this arrangement makes it difficult for Bale to choose, and he doesn't know whether he should target Pierce, who has been guarding before, or Walker, who is positionally opposite him. The result of his indecision was that neither side could be defended, he couldn't carry Walker himself, and Reed couldn't do anything under Pierce's back push.

That forced Brown to make a substitution just two and a half minutes into the second half, replacing Reed with Snow to bolster his defensive intensity from the outside. But in doing so, it weakens the firepower of the perimeter, which is something that Brown has always been worried about: why can't the team find an outside player who is very good offensively and defensively? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

At that time, he mentioned his thoughts to Chang Wei, and Chang Wei said that he could only hehe, at present, the league is an excellent outside player at both offensive and defensive ends, and in Chang Wei's opinion, there are only two people, one is Kobe, the other is Maddie, and even Carter is a little worse. Of course, if Brown persists for a few more seasons and gives Chang Wei a high signing, he will definitely be able to get some guys who are tough on both offensive and defensive ends for the team, such as James, Wade, Paul and Howard.

But now he has to endure the constant hesitation between offense and defense, because that's how the team is built, and when he keeps fighting in his head, the situation on the field changes. The Celtics' perimeter players instantly turned into sharpshooters, and Pierce, Walker and Anderson combined to hit five three-pointers to open up the deficit in one fell swoop.

The saddest thing is that Brown is too focused on defending the twin stars, resulting in only Iverson and Oku on the court at three-point points, and Iverson can't maintain a high shooting percentage under Anderson's constant harassment. Oku himself was clearly no match for so many, hitting two three-pointers piecemeal, but to no avail.

Brown just woke up from a dream, and it is true that the twin stars are very strong in scoring, but in this game they were more about making the ball to their teammates, and now the third quarter is not over, and the two have combined to deliver 8 assists, which is rarely seen in previous games. Under their leadership, Celtic is on fire, Brendan Rodgers has scored 11 points, and the other players on the court have more or less scored, and it is clear that their firepower has been dispersed to the point that it is difficult to guard against.

This makes Brown feel a little subtle, you must know that the firepower point dispersion has always been the style of the 76ers, but this time their scoring is basically concentrated on a few players, and the others score completely negligible. In a way, the Celtics relied on their role players rather than their stars to gain an advantage, which was a small man victory.

What about the 76ers' scoring points? Well, they're all still sitting on the bench, and now that the squad is close to nothing, and no one except Iverson can get the ball to the point where the opposition feels pressure, so it seems like it's time to make adjustments.