In order to quickly extend the advantage, the Zen master put all the OK combinations on the court at the beginning of the second quarter. Originally, Brown wanted the benches to play the first three minutes, but seeing that the score difference was about to go to double digits, Brown had to put all the main players on the court just after 2 minutes and 17 seconds, regardless of whether they could win or not, at least to ensure that the difference was not pulled apart.

As soon as Reed came up, he hit a three-pointer in front of Kobe, and Kobe Bryant had already covered his eyes, but Reed still got his hand up and down, and the basketball went into the basket. He now feels like he's in a very wonderful state, the basket is as wide as the sea, no matter how you shoot, Kobe's blindfolded defense can't stop him from shooting threes.

Soon, however, the Zen master was on the sidelines to give Fisher a face-to-face lecture on his latest instructions to his teammates. Reed is now obviously the 76ers' most threatening scoring point, if you can strangle him, maybe you can make the 76ers stop a little, the Zen master hopes that Fox and Kobe Bryant will wrap Reed, after all, Bale is not a threat on the offensive end, and it is acceptable to let him go directly, which is much better than Reed constantly shooting on the outside.

In the face of the double bag, Reed is not hard, he is just confident, and he is not stupid, and he has to force the shot when he is trapped, that can only give up the ball to the other party, and you can't expect Mutombo to beat O'Neal under the basket to grab the rebound every round, right? So Reed's choice was to pass the ball and directly transfer the ball to the weak side in a wide area.

He didn't pass directly to Lewis, and now the Lakers are quite wary of several scoring points from the 76ers' outside, and passing to Lewis can only make the latter also fall into the trap of being trapped, so this time it was Bell who caught the ball.

As the 76ers' most relied on outside gate, Bale is not just a pure defensive player, although this is the role he plays most of the time, so many people forget that he was actually an offensive player before joining the 76ers. Although the performance is very average, there is no problem with breaking through with the ball, after receiving the ball, his first choice is to kill directly inside, now Kobe and Fox are by Reed's side, and no one can defend him in time.

O'Neal, who was guarding the basket, saw Bell rushing forward with the ball, and suddenly felt very conflicted in his heart, should he defend it or not? What if he gives the ball directly to Mutombo under the basket? O'Neal's hesitation gave Bell a chance, and he sent the ball to the basket with a small throw near the free throw line, and O'Neal had no choice but to spread his hands, and he had problems with whether he could prevent it.

Although Bell's sudden display of scoring ability surprised the Zen master, he did not intend to give up the bag on Reed, in his opinion, Reed could shoot the Lakers to death, but Bell couldn't. I have to say that the Zen master saw it very accurately, and Bale could only solve the team's offensive problems in a few rounds, and could not replace Reed to carry the whole team's attack.

Brown quickly called a timeout, and now the Lakers' way is to let go of the least threatening man, making it clear that they don't believe in Bell's scoring ability, and of course Brown himself doesn't believe it, so he has to make some adjustments.

Reed's position had been at the top of the arc or at a 45-degree angle on the wing before, and there was no one to help him draw the defense, but this time Brown intended to use a very classic horn tactic to help two pitchers get shots in the bottom corner. This strategy requires five players to stand in a V-shape, with two interior players standing in the corner position, which is the position of the two vertices of the paint area, the point guard holding the ball at the top of the arc, and the two shooters lying in ambush in the bottom corners on either side ready to catch the ball and shoot.

The initiation of the horn tactic is mostly for the point guard to judge the situation on the court first, such as the defensive pressure on both sides, etc., and then block and dismantle with the center or power forward in the horn position, and if the interior defensive pressure is less, you can directly cut into the basket to score. If the opposing corner player assists in the penalty area, the point guard will often choose to distribute the ball to the player in the bottom corner. If an opposing player is putting more pressure on the strong side with a weak side help or a supplement, the point guard can pass to the inside line after the block to score.

This is the most basic routine of the horn attack, but Brown made a small change to it, instead of putting Lewis in another horn position opposite Mutombo, he replaced it with Bale, and Lewis stood in the bottom corner as the shooter and waited to receive the ball. The idea of this set of tactics is to pursue more pass-cutting coordination and outside projection, which is very much in line with the 76ers' tactical system, and the use of horns allows them to destroy opponents with a fast offensive tempo, or at least put pressure on the Lakers.

Brown drew the tactics on the board and explained them to the players, and the timeout was approaching, and he finally added: "We don't have to play this strategy to end every game with a three-pointer, if you can open the inside, you can let Allen score under the basket with a pick-and-roll, or shoot from mid-range, remember, scoring efficiency comes first." ”

After the restart, Iverson received the ball directly at the top of the arc, and this time he did not rush inside as before, but patiently waited for his teammates to be in position at the top of the arc. Seeing the position of the 76ers players, the Zen master chuckled in his heart and began to be a little nervous, he naturally knew the horn tactics, although he had not used them, but he also knew that this was a tactic that could allow the opponent to give full play to the three-point projection, is the 76ers preparing a way to go to the dark?

However, what surprised him was that the original horn tactic was supposed to let the two interior players stand in the horn position, but the 76ers actually let Mutombo and Bell stand in the horn position, is there any deep meaning in this? Bell's cover wasn't of particularly good quality.

The Zen master quickly figured out the reason for Brown's playbook, and Iverson naturally chose to play with Mutombo, but as soon as he broke through the Lakers' first blockade, Bell quietly went around the weak side, let Lewis make an off-ball screen for himself, and then cut into the Lakers' three-second zone like a bolt of lightning empty-handed.

Grant, who switched defenses, had no way to keep up with his speed, only to see Iverson brake sharply in front of O'Neal and pass the ball to Bale very covertly. Grant saw clearly, but he was having a hard time getting back in place right now, so he could only remind O'Neal loudly to turn around and deal with Bale. However, before O'Neal could fully turn, Bale gave the ball to Reid in the bottom corner on the other side, and by this time Fox had already come to the inside to help defend, and Reid was completely empty.

He jumped on the spot with great ease, and the basketball arced in mid-air and obediently drilled into the basket.