Normally, Brown would give his players a little bit off after an away trip, but not this time. Although the two sides battled fiercely until the end of the fourth quarter in Game 6, and the whole game was very tense, and everyone's physical strength was lit up, Brown only gave everyone half a day of rest and returned to the training gym on the evening of returning to Philadelphia.

There were no complaints about the head coach's arrangement, and the loss to the Lakers at the last minute of the game made everyone feel angry, and they urgently needed to vent on the training ground, and at the same time prepare for the big seven. But after arriving at the training ground at 7 p.m., Brown's first words surprised everyone except Chang Wei.

"Originally, I was supposed to split the list of players from the main team and the substitutes according to the previous lineup, but now I plan to adjust it and put on the main yellow vests - Deacon Bey, Rassad, Michael, Eric and Allen!"

When Brown read the first two names, everyone was just a little surprised why he started with the fifth position today, but they didn't pay attention to it. But it didn't take long for them to figure out why Brown was changing the order of the roster, because he was going to give the team a new roster that had never been used for a minute all season!

Everyone turned their heads to look at Iverson, Snow and Reed, but they found that these three were also confused, you must know that every time they played before, they were paired in pairs every time they played, either Iverson Gasno's fixed starting backcourt last season, or Iverson and Reed's pure attacking combination, or Snowgarid's rotation lineup, they have never played together this season, not once, even in training sessions Brown never put them together.

For the vast majority of the players and assistant coaches present, they thought that Brown was crazy, and it was already taboo to change the formation temporarily during the tie-break, but this time Brown did even better, he recreated a three-guard combination that he had never partnered together, if it weren't for Brown's words and deeds were still normal, everyone would think he was confused.

Seeing the shocked and even frightened expressions of the players, Brown smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm just experimenting with the new rotation lineup, it doesn't mean I'm going to start with this lineup." As you know, one of the key factors in deciding who starts is the physical condition and the attitude in training, and I won't be announcing the exact starting line-up until before the game. ”

Brown's explanation not only did not dispel the doubts in the hearts of the players, but only made them even more uneasy, if you are not going to send this lineup, then what are you going to practice? Nothing to do when you're full? But if Brown is telling the truth and he's only going to use this roster for rotation time, that's acceptable, at least without worrying about being blown up in the first place.

After starting training, everyone found out that Brown was just here to set the tone, and it was Chang Wei who really led the players to adapt to the new trio. In fact, Chang Wei had already figured out how these three people should settle down, and he had already obtained Brown's consent, so of course he couldn't come up with any exquisite tactics in a short period of time, as long as they got used to each other's existence, it would be considered a success.

It stands to reason that the placement of the horn tactic is very appropriate, Snow holds the ball at the top of the arc, Iverson and Reed stand in the two bottom corners, but in this way, Iverson's strong breakthrough ability is directly wasted, and he will be treated as a pure pitcher, although his shooting is also very good, but the breakthrough is the instinct that Iverson relies on to survive and penetrate into the bone marrow. Therefore, Chang Wei's position for the three of them is to let Iverson and Snow stand at the top of the arc, play continuous blocking and pick-and-roll, and Reed is cruising on the outside waiting for an opportunity to shoot.

The advantage of this is to give full play to Iverson's breakthrough characteristics, and Snow can also share the pressure of organizing the offense, and after Lewis and Mutombo block and dismantle them respectively, the interior line is undoubtedly empty, leaving Iverson and Snow with an incomparably large offensive space. And Lewis and Mutombo can take one outside and the other inside after blocking and dismantling, creating more points for the attackers, and as soon as the Lakers' defense is disrupted, Reed can get a shot from the outside.

As for the defensive end, Chang Wei can only ask them to do their best, except for Mutombo to protect the basket, others must change the defense in time on the outside and in the middle distance, and try not to change Iverson or Reed in front of Kobe, so that they will not only consume physical strength on the defensive end, but also make it easy for Kobe to get an easy chance to shoot and score.

At the beginning, the five people on the main side were still a little uncomfortable, especially Lewis, who was still too tender for Mutombo, when to go to the high post to block and dismantle, when to cover his teammates to cut in the air, he knew that he would always slow down when making moves, causing the offensive rhythm of the entire lineup to stumble. Chang Weihu yelled at him several times before he slowly mastered the timing of each link, and the attack of the main force began to become smooth.

In fact, it is Reed who is most suitable for this lineup, because his work is not much different from before, he is running on the outside and then catching and shooting. The only change is that there are not as many teammates who cover him as before, strictly speaking, only Lewis is alone, because after continuous blocking and dismantling, Mutombo has to go to the inside to respond, and it is Lewis who bounces to the outside, but Reed has not let Lewis cover before, except that it is easy to be pushed away.

Iverson was equally happy because Snow's presence gave him a large share of the organization's tasks, which allowed him to devote more energy to attacking. Although Iverson is the 76ers' starting point guard, he has a point guard heart in his body, and he prefers to do everything alone rather than combing the offense. Snow doesn't care, he's a team player in his own right, he's willing to do whatever is good for the team, he gave up the starting point guard position to Reed at the beginning, and now it's the same with Iverson and Reed to form a three-guard, he doesn't mind.

For Brown, as long as the combination can play decently on the court, it is very good, any tactics are aimed at creating shooting opportunities as the ultimate goal, it doesn't matter what the bottle looks like, as long as the wine in it is good, the same is true of the three-guard lineup, as long as you can create shooting opportunities, who will care how you stand?