Although Thomas's offense was inexplicable, he couldn't help the Bucks equalize the score. Lewis sensibly didn't shoot against his defense anymore, but passed the ball to his teammates as a stopover, and Iverson and Snow couldn't limit Thomas's scoring, and the 76ers narrowly maintained their lead.

By the time the two sides sent the bench lineup, the 76ers still had a 5-point lead, and Brown originally thought that the bench could help the team extend the lead, after all, the rotation lineup was a big advantage for the 76ers in the previous game. But soon he was extremely surprised, the Bucks benches led by Hunter seemed to be playing chicken blood and could do everything on the court, while the 76ers' benches looked a little at a loss after losing Reed, the main scoring point, and were pressed by the opponent.

If it weren't for Aaron McGee's consecutive breakaways, perhaps the 76ers would have been equalized by the opponent by now, which is unacceptable for the 76ers. But there is no way, Reed has played most of the quarter, although the Bucks' outside defense is really bad, but it does not mean that he can shoot unscrupulously, running and physical confrontation are still necessary items before shooting, in order to keep Reed physical, Brown had to replace him for a period of rest.

In fact, with Bell's shooting skills, he could have been used as a scoring point in the bench lineup, but McGee's passing is far from Iverson and Snow, and he himself prefers to attack with the ball, which makes Bell spend most of his time on the court doing switchback runs, except for sliding to the baseline and making layups and outside defense.

However, McGee's shooting percentage under the basket after the breakthrough was not low, which is why Brown did not shout on the sidelines for him to take the initiative to pass. Since everyone's ultimate goal is to score, what difference does it make who will deliver the final blow? As long as you make sure you shoot from the field, and although McGee is a point guard, he can maintain a good shooting percentage and have no problem not assisting.

In the last four minutes of the first quarter, McGee scored eight points personally, which undoubtedly impressed everyone, and even Brown pondered whether he should be given more playing time. But that doesn't mean he's going to have McGee on the floor with the rest of the starters, and in fact the back three, consisting of Iverson, Snow and Reed, showed plenty of offensive firepower in the first half of the first quarter, and replacing any of them with McGee didn't look good.

In the second quarter, Brown didn't plan to test again, he felt that the most important thing was to gain a quick advantage with offense and offense at this time, and he didn't want to watch the benches on both sides score piecemeal. That is, Brown is not an offensive head coach, otherwise he would probably have put Mutombo on the bench.

Iverson and others did not spare their physical strength at all after they came on the court, after all, under Chang Wei's training, most of them had enough physical strength to support the 48 minutes of playing time in the whole game, and there was no problem in letting go of the attack at this time. The Bucks have no choice but to play against them, but they can only attack, and defense is not what they are good at.

Throughout the second quarter, Brown made sure that at least three players were on the court in the starting lineup, but kept changing one or two players to take turns off the court. The players are also people, and it's not without players who can really play the full 48 minutes, but it's hard for them to be efficient in the back, and now it's only the third game of this series, so there's no need to be so nervous.

Under the frantic offense of the 76ers players, the team led the Bucks by 11 points at the end of the first half, and Brown breathed a sigh of relief, which was the normal rhythm he expected. However, the Bucks players did not have too much frustration on their faces, 11 points is not an insurmountable gap for them, and Carr believes that the 76ers players should not have such a performance in the second half, so he can also accept such a score, and it is good to catch up in the third quarter.

At halftime, Brown waved his arms in the locker room and spitted: "After the second half starts we have to go all out to destroy the opponent, 11 points is not a safe gap, the Bucks shot very well in the first half, if we can't keep it up, they will soon tie the score!" ”

Then he looked at Reid and said apologetically: "Michael, I'm very sorry, I can't let you start in the second half because the firepower of the bench needs to be strengthened. You played very well in the first half, but the rotation needs your contribution, and hopefully you can keep your shooting touch when you come off the bench! Reid shrugged, having no objections to the arrangement.

Finally, Brown concluded: "Everyone has heard it to me, we have to crush our opponents with our powerful firepower at the first time, and don't give them any idea that they can turn it around, and I believe you can do it!" ”

At the start of the second half, Brown fielded the team's most regular starting lineup in the playoffs: Iverson, Snow, Bale, Lewis and Mutombo. Ever since Bale showed good defensive prowess, he quickly became Brown's No. 3 pick, and although he played most of the regular season as a substitute, he has already started a number of games for the team in the playoffs, and it is only natural for Brown to choose to play at this time.

But Bale's main task this time around isn't defense, but rather as a corner three-point shooter. Bell is not very suitable for such a role, but his skills can still be guaranteed, the corner three-point shooter only needs him to appear in the bottom corner at the right time, and then receive a pass from his teammates to hit a three-pointer, which is what he is very good at, after Chang Wei's special training, his three-point shooting rate has exceeded 35%, and the corner position is more than 40%.

However, the task is still quite heavy for Bale, and his firepower is far from Reed, and although others can make up for it with scoring, it just doesn't feel the same. He can only hope that he can cause some problems for Ray Allen and them on the defensive end, and the restriction on the opponent is a bonus to his own offense, which is a truth that fools know.

The only thing he hopes for now is that Ray Allen will no longer have the same anti-natural touch as he did in the last game, no matter how he defends, or he will be a tragic offensive player who is not good at it.