Chapter 231: This Is Also Learning
At halftime, neither Brown nor Carl gave further instructions to the players, but Brown was in control of the victory, and Carl was at a loss. The only thing the latter can do is play the tongue cannon and call on the Bucks' players to find their rhythm in the second half, not to get lost in the opponent's muscle forest, and to play with style as hard as they can.
In fact, in the face of the 76ers' shameless style, Carl felt a lot of headaches, before the start of the Eastern Conference finals, he and his coaching staff have been designing tactics based on the two sides' big fights, but people just don't play offense with you, but unexpectedly played hand-to-hand defense, the most important thing is that this is the home court of the 76ers, and the referee will be slightly biased, which makes the 76ers only one person received 3 fouls in the first half, or Mason, who came off the bench.
Karl was worried that his opponent would continue to play in this style in the second half, after all, he would have done it if he had changed it, and there was no need to change the tactics that had proven effective unless the opponent thought of a solution. As the opponent of the 76ers, he reluctantly said that he really didn't have any ideas for a while, which was style restraint.
Sure enough, after the start of the second half, Brown sacrificed a lineup that he had almost never used this season, point guard Iverson, point guard Snow, small forward Bell, power forward Hill, and center Mutombo. At first, Carl secretly rejoiced, thinking that the 76ers were self-tied, after all, judging from the performance in the first half, all five people in this lineup except Iverson had no scoring ability, which has greatly reduced the difficulty of the Bucks' defense in theory.
However, this is really just a theory, and an unexpected player stepped up to help the 76ers score like crazy, and caught the Bucks off guard, because they didn't expect this guy to be so crazy about scoring.
It's not Iverson who scores in a row, and even if Carl doesn't say it, the Bucks' players will focus on him defensively, and it's his backcourt partner Snow who helps the team steal points. This guy who has always shown himself as an outsider gate got Brown's instructions at halftime, saying that it was instructions, in fact, it was just a few words, Brown asked Snow to stand up and score when Iverson was involved in the opposing defense after announcing the starting lineup for the second half, which was also the first time he became the team's scoring point.
If it had been last season, Brown would never have done that, because Snow was a pure defensive player at that time, and his only task when he came on the court was to wipe Iverson's ass. But now it's different, since Chang Wei practiced shooting for Snowga, his average points per game have increased by 2.3 points compared to last season, although it is not much, but the increase in 7.6 percentage points of shooting percentage cannot be ignored, and Brown has the idea of making him the main attacker.
Iverson's breakthrough did open up space for Snow to shoot, and on the other hand, the Bucks' defense of him itself was not very tight, and Snow's shot was easy and pleasant when the two were combined. For the Bucks, Iverson's breakthrough cannot be ignored, after all, several of the team's guards are very average in defense, but the package means missing people, and missing people is equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to shoot calmly. They could indeed hand Iverson to Johnson under the basket to deal with, but Iverson, who has regained his composure, is not something that a single Johnson can handle, and a flashing layup can easily play the opponent.
However, Snow's consecutive hits failed to open up the gap again, because the Bucks had someone crazy with him to shoot three-pointers, and that was Ray Allen, the runner-up in this year's All-Star Three-Point Contest. In fact, if it weren't for Chang Wei's long-term training of Lewis's shooting, Ray Allen would be the three-point king of this year, which shows how terrifying his three-point shooting is.
Of course, his three-point shot is not as easy as Snow's at this moment, and Bell can always appear in front of him with all his strength, doing his best to interfere with his shot. Even if he can't interfere with his shots, Bale will fight Ray Allen physically after he receives the ball, and being able to squeeze him out of his center of gravity is the biggest win.
Although the 76ers limited the Bucks, because Brown cared too much about the performance of the players on the defensive end, Snow had to put his energy into the defensive end while scoring, and he was the outside gate of the 76ers all the time.
Fortunately, this is in Philadelphia, the home court of the 76ers, even if the team plays ugly, as long as it can win, die-hard fans will not care about the process, if it is the home court of the Bucks, maybe the boos have already topped the ceiling. Of course, neutral fans don't want to see such a match, preferring the kind of passionate duel rather than the two sides biting each other like beasts. But Brown doesn't think about their mood, he just needs to think about how the team can win the game, and for a manager, winning is the solution to all problems, as long as you win, nothing is a problem.
If there is one person on the sidelines who watches this game with relish, it can only be Chang Wei. Whether it's Villanova or Colorado State, the teams he coaches have always been known for their offense, as evidenced by the players he recommends to the head coach. From the NCAA to the NBA, it can be said that Bell is the only pure defensive player recommended by Chang Wei to the head coach, such as Maddy, Brand or supporting roles such as Korver and West, he has always adhered to the principle of offensive first.
But Chang Wei understands that defense is always an indispensable part of a championship team, as the so-called offense wins the box office, defense wins the championship, it is difficult for a team with an imbalance of offense and defense to go to the end to win the O'Brien Cup, and whether it is the history that already exists or the memory of his past life in his mind, a team with a weak offense is more likely to win the championship than a team with a weak defense.
Attacking is not a disadvantage, but it has to be defensive, at least not too far apart. So in a way, Chang Wei completely saw this game as a teaching, and he hoped that he could see from it what kind of quality players need on the defensive end. Maddie is a player who has the talent to perform well on both offensive and defensive ends is hard to find, although Chang Wei can poach people according to the memories of his previous life, but he basically can't dig this kind of new star, so training excellent offensive players and defensive players has become the only way for him to replace talented stars.