Generally speaking, when the seventh game of the series is played, it is no longer about the tactics and lineups of both sides, but about the uncontrollable things such as form, will and mental outlook, so many times the more resilient teams tend to play better in the tiebreaker. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

To be on the safe side, McMillan did not change the team's starting lineup, and although the sixth game was very intense, the physical fitness of the two veterans Miller and Camby was not greatly affected, and it was no problem to finish the game with their usual playing time. Phil didn't have the idea of using Bynum off the bench either, and still lined up a set of starting lineups that were used very frequently: Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Odom and Gasol.

At such a critical time, Phil still prefers to trust the veteran, which is why he abandoned Blake, who had played nearly 30 minutes per game before, and put Fisher back into the starting line-up. After all, Fisher and Kobe Bryant are already the two most experienced people on the team, and they know what needs to be done at this time.

But letting Fisher start also means giving the Trail Blazers a breakthrough that they can exploit, after all, his movement speed is not at his peak, and it is easy to be directly blown up by Miller. But then again, it seems that Fisher didn't do much when he was in his prime......

With the tiebreaker taking place at the Staples Center, the Lakers started the game with a mercury-pumping offense on the go, but to the relief of the Trail Blazers, the Lakers didn't work on the defensive end, which gave them plenty of space to score.

However, soon the Lakers quickly changed their style under the command of Phil, and they began to play full-court marking and one-on-one defense, and the sudden increase in intensity made the Trail Blazers very uncomfortable, and the offense instantly lost its previous fluidity. To McMillan's surprise, after holding on for most of the quarter, the Lakers' players didn't look tired at all, knowing that most of them are veterans!

If he didn't believe in the management level of the league, he would really think that the Lakers were doping the whole team......

Taking advantage of the Trail Blazers' scoring drought, the Lakers quickly stretched the gap to 8 points, which does not seem to be large, but it has a tendency to continue to expand, and in the current state of the Trail Blazers. It seemed difficult to equalise, let alone overtake.

On the offensive end, as soon as the Trail Blazers players get the ball, the opponent rushes up like crazy, and most of the time they go straight to the bag, completely regardless of whether anyone else will be let go or not. With Ye Feng and Miller's passing ability, they can indeed find teammates who are in the gap, but the Lakers' rotation speed is very fast, and often the ball just passes to the hands of teammates, and the Lakers' players are reluctant, and then there is a repetition of the previous scene.

When some of the Lakers' starters begin to breathe, Phil will quickly replace them with more energetic substitutes, and even keep the Lakers' defense at a high intensity, which is completely unfortunate!

McMillan certainly knew that the Lakers' starting lineup couldn't maintain such a high defensive intensity for long, but Phil's rotation solved the problem well. In fact, in his opinion, if you want to break the Lakers' defense, the best option for the Trail Blazers is to run up until the opponent can't keep up at all. The team's offensive tempo is not very fast now, largely because of the two interior lines of Aldridge and Camby, so what if there is no interior on the court?

This strange idea startled McMillan himself, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was still more reliable. Although the team does not have an all-round interior line with fast movement, it is completely possible for Ye Feng to play the No. 5 position in the small lineup! Maybe strictly speaking, this lineup has no interior at all, and rebounding can only rely on the collective efforts of the players on the court, and it can drag the Lakers down anyway.

McMillan, who made up his mind, switched to a lineup that blinded fans, reporters and commentators four minutes into the second quarter, with Mills at No. 1, Matthews at No. 2, Batum at No. 3, Cunningham at No. 4, and Ye Feng at No. 5. But as long as those who are familiar with the Trailblazers know, how can these five positions be so clearly divided? Even if you get two positions, this is a lineup of two defenders + three forwards.

Although McMillan chose to change the lineup passively because of the Lakers' high-intensity pressing defense, it doesn't mean that his lineup is used to hold up time. He used such a small lineup last season, of course, compared with that time, many players have changed, but Ye Feng, who needs to go to the inside, has not changed, which is enough, and now he needs his ability to contain on the inside.

The Trail Blazers' lineup is a fast word, otherwise it would not be Mills' turn to appear as a master of chaos, let alone activate Cunningham, who previously averaged only 7.6 minutes per game. McMillan is hoping to use the speed of this roster to drag down the Lakers' physical fitness, allowing them to maintain a high-intensity defense for a long time and collapse themselves, so that this game will be much better.

As for Ye Feng, McMillan has unconditional trust in him, he knows how perverted Ye Feng's ability to predict the landing point of rebounds is when he is training in the team, and the reason why he hides clumsily in the game is largely because the team does not need him to grab rebounds, and it is enough to have Aldridge and Camby inside. But now Ye Feng has no chance to hide, and he must help his teammates grab more rebounds.

It was in order to share the pressure on Ye Feng and attract the defense that McMillan brought Cunningham up. And he's ready to put Ayres on the pitch if Cunningham can only play soy sauce on the court. While Ayers is a stout interior player, there's no denying that his movement speed and impact are decent for any player in his position, and it makes sense for him to play as a number five on a small lineup.

After all, it is impossible to shoot every ball, not a single rebound, and having a rebound means that Ye Feng must go up and fight with Gasol and Odom on the Lakers' inside, even if there is support from Cunningham, it seems like an impossible task. The Trail Blazers fans in front of the TV are all staring at that No. 3 with wide eyes, can he really do it?