For the most part, Brown was a resolute man, and even when he needed reinforcements, he made a decision and immediately asked the team for it, but this time he hesitated. Snow's defense is indeed very good, Iverson and Reed's defense can only be considered mid-range, and their simultaneous appearance will definitely take the 76ers' overall defense down a notch.

It's not Brown's style at all, every team he's coached before that has been known for their defense, and even if it's not a defensive team in the first place, Brown has made his mark. This season's 76ers are already the result of his compromise, but no matter how much he used the starting set for a long time, there were only two offensive players, Iverson and Lewis, and Reed did not play much as a starting point guard in the regular season, and he has already reached the playoff stage when he completely entered the starting lineup.

But it's hard to get him to go further, and in Brown's opinion, Bell and Mutombo are already under a lot of pressure on the defensive end, and wouldn't it be a direct explosion to replace Snow again? If Snow replaced Lewis instead of Bale, it would be even more doomed, and the average height of the team would drop to an unacceptable level, which would also be the result of being blown up.

Brown was still hesitating on the bench, where the Lakers had already begun to exert their strength, and the Zen master was much more aggressive than him, and he quickly replaced Grant with Horry in order to strengthen the team's outside firepower. Of course, this also has something to do with the position of the two teams, if the big score is the Lakers, the Zen master may not dare to let go at this time, after all, Grant in addition to being an inside station, his defense is also stronger than Horry, the Zen master obviously hopes to compete with the 76ers on the offensive end, for which he can completely give up defense, anyway, O'Neal's deterrence under the basket is far above Mutombo.

After Horry came on the court, although the Lakers' defense has declined, but their firepower on the outside has increased a lot, Horry is certainly not the kind of player who scores like chopping melons and vegetables, but first, he provides his teammates with outside containment, and secondly, he is not afraid to take the pot at the end of every offensive round, after all, he is a famous big heart player in the league. He and Kobe Bryant have become the last guarantee for the Lakers, even if they can't find a chance to shoot in the first 23 seconds, as long as they successfully give the ball to these two people in the last 1 second, they will not necessarily return in vain in this offensive round.

With Horry's help, the Lakers quickly hit a 6-0 mini-climax and stretched the deficit to 8 points. This margin may seem acceptable in the first three quarters, but with more than a minute left in the game, it could easily be the straw that breaks the camel's back, and maybe the Lakers can use this small surge to decide the final outcome of the game.

Seeing that the Lakers are about to stretch the point difference back to double digits, Brown is anxious, and it is obvious that the current 76ers' on-court lineup is not only bad at defense, but also loses offense. While the Lakers played a wave of scoring climaxes, the 76ers missed consecutive shots, and even Reed, who had a good hand before, returned from outside the three-point line. The reason is very simple, these few shots they are all forced to shoot against the defense, and they are still shooting under interference at such a critical moment, and the shooting rate can be imagined.

This dilemma made Brown decide to replace Bell with Snow and let him go up to comb the offense, with Iverson, Reed and Lewis going all out to attack. The only good thing for the 76ers is that Reed moved to the No. 3 position, he doesn't need to face Kobe Bryant when he is attacking, Fox's defensive intensity is completely incomparable to Kobe, although he has a certain advantage in height, but the flexibility is obviously not as good as Reed's No. 2 player, which undoubtedly gives the latter a lot of space to shoot.

But it also had to allow the ball to be passed, and Reed himself was relaxed, but Snow, who was responsible for organizing the offense, fell into Kobe's one-man defense. Originally, Iverson's pass only needed to be given to Reed, and he didn't have to worry about being stolen in the process of passing, and it was up to Reid to get Kobe Bryant to complete the shot. But now Snow must first dodge Kobe's interception before he can seize the opportunity to get the ball into Reed's hands, which greatly reduces the quality of the pass.

Fortunately, Reed received special training from Chang Wei before, and he also has some experience in all kinds of strange passes, so as long as he keeps focused, he will never make mistakes. But Bryant's defense of Snow still slowed down the pace of the 76ers' game again, and when a team's playmaking point is restricted, it can be difficult to run smoothly.

Although Reid and Iverson were able to free up their hands to attack, it didn't work very well, and with less than a minute left before the end of the game, they didn't have much time to adjust. However, Brown's professional eye can still see that this combination does have a lot of potential to tap on the offensive end, but unfortunately he has never thought about this before, after all, the back three is relatively deviant for most managers, and he has never used such a lineup in training.

Yes, Brown hasn't used a back three even in training, and Iverson, Snow and Reed have never played a minute at the same time this season, and they've often been staggered in games because it doesn't meet Brown's requirements on the defensive end. And now that Brown is rushing to switch to a back three, they don't have much time to get used to it, and even if they have the potential, they can't convert to instant power in such a short period of time, so it won't help much for this game.

Although Iverson's breakthrough and Reed's shooting caused some problems for the Lakers, thanks to their 6-0 spurt, they always maintained a certain advantage, and the score lead gave the Lakers players more confidence. In contrast, the 76ers players seem to be a little impetuous, sometimes they don't have the patience to run a game seriously, and the ball handler will choose to shoot at any reluctant opportunity, and the end result can only be to watch O'Neal pick up another rebound on the inside. Although the Lakers are not very efficient in scoring, they continue to maintain the advantage in a piecemeal situation.

The Lakers won 103-97 on their home court, stubbornly making it 3-3 and dragging them into the tiebreaker, believing they could complete a comeback on the road in the final game and defend the O'Brien Cup title once again.