510. Stalemate

Although the 76ers' bench lineup is not well-known and not much attention has been paid attention to, if it weren't for the arrival of Isaiah Thomas to give them attention, many of them would probably have disappeared in the NBA after playing for the past two years. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 However, the offense and defense they played were really good, and they didn't fall behind at all in the bench competition with the Lakers.

Sometimes a team has a superstar-caliber player and the difference can be earth-shattering.

Just like the team James goes to, the people on that team are very confident, even at the end of the bench.

Just like Thackeray of the Lakers, seeing Duncan and Howard dare to fight one by one, the whole heart became bigger.

It's just to be tough, anyway, the barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, and by the end of the first quarter, the Lakers' proud second lineup didn't take much advantage, and the score was tied at 29!

"Change Liu to settle the game?" D'Antoni came up with the idea and immediately rejected it himself.

D'Antoni did not opt for substitutions, but continued to play with the lineup of Jeremy Lin, McCollum, Nick Young, Antetokounmpo and Whiteside.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers attacked first, Nick Young came up and tried to feel the second shot but did not shoot, Henry Sims showed excellent rebounding ability and stuck Whiteside to grab the defensive rebound.

The 76ers attacked, Chris Johnson big man pulled out to shoot a three-pointer, but didn't score, this time Whiteside didn't miss, one arm blocked Henry Simms to get the rebound.

Jeremy Lin pushed, McCollum and Nick Young opened up space, Whiteside stuck under the basket, and Antetokounmpo went up to cover Jeremy Lin.

For the defense of Whiteside, Henry Sims chose to go around the front defense, the 76ers lineup except for the power forward, the others are on the short side, once Whiteside gets the ball under the basket, they have no way at all.

Jeremy Lin borrowed Antetokounmpo to block and cut into the inside, Antetokounmpo ran back from the other side, Antetokounmpo's reverse run was really scary, the height of the center point guard's speed, both defenders were taken away, Jeremy Lin rushed into the three-second zone, Henry Simms had to defend it, and Jeremy Lin immediately passed to Whiteside.

The 76ers also have the advantage of being short on the lineup, that is, they shrink quickly, and the two players who chased Antetokounmpo and Henry Himes rushed inside to block Whiteside.

At this time, the benefits of the 76ers' small man lineup are reflected, the 76ers' lineup is short, relatively fast speed, defense is an attitude problem, they are now very focused on defense, rotation defense is fast, Whiteside was wrapped up and just passed out Jeremy Lin, the 76ers switched defenses, Jeremy Lin passed to McCollum, and Imel Smith, who had just shrunk into the interior, pounced again.

The 24-second offensive time was approaching, and McCollum had to choose a strong stop-and-go jumper.

The shot was a bit hasty, not in the rhythm, and McCollum didn't score this mid-range shot.

Whiteside is really no way to face a player like Henry Sims who grabs rebounds when he is under the opponent's basket, and his physical fitness is not comparable, so Henry Sims fights with his life!

Henry Sims was able to gain a foothold in the NBA, and even get a mid-class job, relying on this kind of desperate play, and Whiteside saw that Henry Sims's eyes were too similar to the look he had when he first returned to the NBA last season!

Whiteside knew that this guy was playing with his life, and it was not a wise choice to fight with the other team, and he knew how important his role was with the Lakers, and he couldn't afford to fight the other side for a few offensive rebounds.

The 76ers attacked.

After the start of the second quarter, the scoring efficiency of the two sides declined, Imel Smith held the ball high, Henry Sims and Chris Johnson two big men pulled away, because Henry Sims hit a mid-range shot at the end of the first quarter, Chris Johnson was the main offensive means with three points, Antetokounmpo and Whiteside had to defend.

Bamot fell to the low post and asked for the ball to single Nick Young!

Bamot knocked Nick Young to the ground with three or two clicks, and then pressed Nick Young to hook the ball into the basket.

D'Antoni felt that something was wrong, and he glanced at Coach Brown, who had a calm expression on the 76ers' bench, as if he was ignoring the world, and appreciated Coach Brown's arrangement even more.

D'Antoni didn't expect the little-known coach to send four pitchers to open up space and single-handedly use a tough small forward to single out the biggest weakness of their second team - the small forward defense!

The Lakers' three players who often play small forwards: Liu Ren, Nick Young, and Korver, the defense of the three is very different, Liu Ren's defense is the top outside in the NBA, and Nick Young and Korver are ATM level, and the attitude is also there this year, but it is useless.

Coach Brown, who was admired by D'Antoni, was thinking about what to eat at night at this time...... The expression of the cloud and the breeze ignoring the world? In other words, it can also be described as sluggish......

Organize an offensive with Jeremy Lin...... The impact is enough, but the deterrent power is indeed much smaller, not because of Jeremy Lin's strength, but because of his past history.

When the Knicks were crazy, everyone once thought that the yellow race had another superstar, and then the next year when he arrived at the Rockets with a contract of 3 years and 25 million, all opponents targeted him, and then found that he was actually an ordinary starter, not that his ability was not good, but the main reason was that the psychological gap was too big, which led to people not paying so much attention to him, and even taking him to organize the offense was greatly affected, just like he and Antetokounmpo blocked just now, and both of them ran away with Antetokounmpo.

The Lakers understood this best, so Jeremy Lin discussed it with McCollum and decided to change the focus of the organization and let McCollum control the ball.

McCollum's organizational talent certainly isn't as great as his scoring talent, but it's actually not bad, averaging at least 20 points and four assists per game starting the 2015-2016 season.

McCollum is very different from Jeremy Lin, he doesn't rely on his own breakthrough ability, he is not the best speed, and the most important thing for him to get rid of the defense is his ball control skills! McCollum doesn't usually get many opportunities to get the ball, except for when he is asked to play in the second team alone, he almost always plays without the ball, so not many fans notice his ball handling skills, but he can often easily use the change of direction to get rid of the opponent's defense in one-on-one.

McCollum singled Jason Richardson, Jason Richardson moved laterally, especially now a 14-year veteran, lateral movement was more general, and the lateral movement in McCollum changed direction like a stake, which was passed by McCollum.

McCollum entered the interior, and sure enough, the 76ers defense was very different, in addition to Henry Raheem defended it, Imel Smith, who was originally defending Jeremy Lin on the other side, also came in to make up for him, and immediately came over to make up for him after McCollum passed the ball to Whiteside, Henry Simms and Jason Richardson went in to wrap Whiteside, Whiteside threw the ball to Jeremy Lin who was at the top of the arc, Bamot went over to make up for the defense, Jeremy Lin passed to Nick Young, and Nick Young made a three-point shot!

Finally in!

It was so tough, it was a long time since the start of the second quarter and the Lakers finally scored their first goal.

However, the 76ers also scored only one goal.

32-31, the Lakers started the game and led for the first time now.

"It's too slow!" D'Antoni couldn't think of a way to solve it, the speed couldn't be improved, and his on-the-spot command was poor.

Seeing that Coach Brown on the 76ers' side was still indifferent, D'Antoni was even more impatient.