Chapter 221: Overstretched
The second round of the playoffs started as scheduled, and the 76ers were sadly one of the teams to play on the first day. However, Brown is ready, and the first two games are the home of the 76ers, and his attitude is to adapt to all changes, first put out the 76ers' regular starting lineup, play the conventional tactical system, and see how the opponent responds.
Chang Wei knows that this is one of the safest ways, no one knows what kind of tactics the Raptors' head coach Wilkens will offer, you must know that this veteran coach has more seniority than most head coaches in the league, he has coached NBA teams since the 1969-70 season, what storms and waves have not been seen in many years? Maybe there's a killer feature.
But what Chang Wei didn't expect was that Wilkens was equally cautious not to make any changes, in fact, the Raptors' unchanged was already targeting the weaknesses of the 76ers. No, it can't be said to be a weakness, this weakness can't be called a weakness when facing other teams, only when facing the Raptors, the original strength will become a weakness, that is, Snow's existence.
In fact, the 76ers' starting backcourt is relatively short, Iverson is 1.83 meters tall, Snow is only 1.91 meters, and the Raptors have always been unfixed in the second and third positions because of the technical characteristics of Carter and Maddy, and these two players can switch at will. What's more, Carter is 1.98 meters tall, and Maddie is 2.03 meters tall, no matter who faces Snow, he can directly hold the ball and shoot directly on his head, which is not a good experience for Snow.
Wilkens naturally saw this point too, and for this weathered veteran, grasping the weakness and killing it with one blow was simply his basic skill. In order to ensure the best suppression effect, he deliberately told Medido before the game to play against Snow after the rotation, and use dry pull-up jumpers and low-post back-to-back singles to score in a way that can give full play to the height advantage.
At the beginning of the game, Maddie scored consecutive points on Snow's head, although the latter has done his best, but the height gap is often unbridgeable with technology, if it were not for Iverson and Lewis also maintaining an extremely high shooting rate, the 76ers would have been dismounted by the Raptors. Brown saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, he didn't want to see his captain being blown up directly by the opponent, but was there anyone else on the bench who could use it now? He instantly felt that his defenders were stretched thin. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Brown caught a glimpse of a guy with a fighting spirit in his eyes, which was a good candidate......
Brown looked back at Chang Wei and asked in a low voice, "Do you think Raja can help the team by going up now?" ”
Chang Wei's eyes lit up: That's right, there is this guy! As the Kobe terminator in his previous life, Bale's achievements on the defensive end are undoubted, not to mention that during this time, every time the team trains Iverson, he will conduct offensive and defensive drills with him, intentionally or unintentionally, and his strength is estimated to improve much faster than in his previous life, so it is undoubtedly a good choice to change at this time.
So Chang Wei hurriedly patted his chest and packed tickets for Bell, and praised Bell's current defensive strength. Although it was a bit exaggerated, he knew that Chang Wei never lied, and since he had promised Bell, let him try it!
Taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, Brown replaced Snow and put Bale up as a shooting guard, forming the team's perimeter defense with Lynch. Snow felt a little confused about Brown's substitution, he knew that his performance just now was not very good, but he also gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and there was no credit and hard work, right? What's more, he is also the captain of the team.
But after listening to Brown's explanation, Snow said that he understood that he had seen Bale's improvement in defense, and after the battle just now, he believed that Bale could be qualified for the position of shooting guard. However, he is still a little worried, because Bale has always been on the bench before, will he be a little unaccustomed to starting now?
However, Snow soon relented, and Bale was a little uncomfortable at first, but soon put Maddie under pressure on the defensive end. His height is not too much of a disadvantage compared to Maddie, although he can't make Maddie's every shot useless, but at least it can allow Maddie to score in the most difficult way to score, and it also significantly reduces the shooting percentage.
After Bell joined the 76ers, the Raptors have not played against the 76ers, and Maddie has not played with Bell. Originally, he was a little contemptuous of the other party sending such an obviously inexperienced guy, but Bale's veteran defense suddenly made him vigilant, this is not a guy who can be sent casually, and now he can ensure that he does not make mistakes, besides, looking at Bale's hand speed, if a little flaw is revealed, then nine times out of ten he will be stealed.
Brown didn't expect Bale to adapt to the pace of the game so quickly and perform well. Maddy is now the obvious Raptors' main scorer, and has also stolen the job of starting point guard, and after being entangled by Bell, his threat quickly declined, and the score quickly returned to the same running line. However, Chang Wei is still not very satisfied with Bell's performance, in his impression, Bell is not only a pure outside gate, but also a good three-point threat, but this time his first two three-point shots smashed out of the frame, and it is obvious that he has not been able to focus on improving his three-point shooting for the time being.
But Brown feels that Bell is already playing very well, and now that the 76ers have no shortage of scorers, not even three-point shooters, Bell can shoot three-pointers better, and not being able to shoot doesn't seem to be a big problem, and now he can cause problems for Maddie is enough. However, Brown still decided to calm Snow after the game, although he believed that Snow himself could figure it out, but for any player, it is impossible to encounter such a thing without guilt, and it is important to untie the knot.
However, let's focus on the game now, Bell's appearance has made Wilkens frown, according to his original idea, the 76ers should not have a player who can cause trouble for Maddie, I didn't expect a little guy who has never heard of it to make his number one big man disgraced, it seems that the 76ers are really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!
But the Raptors have only two strong points, and at this time Wilkens realized that it was really difficult to find a third guy who could lead the team forward. That's really not that much......