Lakers head coach Harris began to arrange tactics against Zhao Qiang, so double-teaming tactics had to be arranged. It was okay to leave other players alone. It was enough to have O'Neal and Campbell inside. Harris was relieved.

However, Coach Brown was not a fool and immediately made tactical adjustments. Iverson came on to continue the attack.

Just now in the players' box, Coach Brown did some ideological work for Iverson, telling Iverson that no matter how strong one person is, he can't lead the team to victory. Do you think O'Neal is great?

Very powerful, right, but he can't score every goal. He always has to pass the ball to his teammates, because he himself knows that one person cannot win the game.

Although I don't know what you are thinking, I can tell you that if you continue to play like this, the 76ers will soon have no place for you.

Iverson is also a smart player. He naturally knew what coach Brown was referring to. He nodded and said that he would definitely do a good job, so he was sent on the court after the timeout.

Coach Brown affirmed Zhao Qiang's offense and continued like this.

Zhao Qiang continued to organize the Sixers' offense. Zhao Qiang made a gesture to make air cuts to increase the team's offensive speed. Everyone immediately understood Zhao Qiang's purpose. Now that the positional battle is at a huge disadvantage, they need to continue to attack.

Use running to find opportunities.

Of course, other players also need to avoid O'Neal to attack. Iverson quickly moved around and ran to the left side of Zhao Qiang through Ben's pick-and-roll. Zhao Qiang passed the ball. It was too difficult to double-team the two.

Too much affects the shooting feel.

Iverson and McGee were working together in a pick-and-roll, and Iverson made a pull-up jumper and scored.

The team's performance finally became somewhat normal.

The Lakers continued to attack, and Iverson's defense became more serious. Kobe was still a rookie at this time. Although he scored some points, he was still a little impatient.

Mistakes began to appear one after another, and shots were missed.

It's just that O'Neal's rebounding ability is really strong. He won most of the offensive rebounds and scored on the second offense.

Originally, Lakers head coach Harris wanted to replace Kobe, but seeing him keep hitting shots, his face turned ugly now.

As a result, Jones suddenly sprained his foot when he stood up. There was nothing that could be done. There were not many shooting guards in the lineup, so Kobe could only continue to play.

Zhao Qiang continued to lead the Sixers' offense. Iverson and Ben continued to run. Due to Iverson's involvement, McGee was left open. Zhao Qiang immediately passed the ball to McGee, who scored a mid-range jumper.

Don't think that McGee has no shooting percentage. McGee takes a lot of mid-range shots in daily training, and McGee is a very smart player.

He knows where he should do what kind of things, and through the head coach's attention to rookies, he knows what kind of offense the team will focus on later.

So he himself also practiced the mid-range shot diligently in private. Not to mention the effect was really good, and he hit a two-pointer with this shot.

Only then did Lakers head coach Harris realize that he had made a huge mistake, that is, he underestimated every player.

There was no way to make any adjustments at this time, as the second half had only just begun.

Van Exel immediately directed Kobe to defend McGee. At this time, he could only rely on the players' temporary command on the court.

Van Exel sat on the bench for half the game because he sprained his foot in the previous games.

For the sake of his health, Lakers head coach Harris still kept him firmly on the bench, but something is wrong now, and the Sixers are chasing points faster and faster.

Van Exel couldn't sit still anymore and immediately asked to play.

Lakers head coach Harris also agreed. His playing requirements are just to strictly control his playing time.

Van Exel is the brains of the Lakers. With him on the court, the Lakers' offense will run much smoother.

In this case, there is no way to let McGee shoot again.

No one double-teamed Zhao Qiang, which was equivalent to liberating Zhao Qiang. As soon as Van Exel came on the court, Zhao Qiang noticed the situation and was afraid to use his left foot.

Zhao Qiang immediately took the ball to attack him and passed him with a quick change of direction.

Van Exel immediately chased after him, but Zhao Qiang did not immediately attack the inside as he imagined.

Instead, when he caught up with him, he immediately stopped and then stepped back to take a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

The basketball drew a wonderful arc in the air and entered the basket.

Zhao Qiang knows that if he wants to continuously close the score difference between the two sides, he can only rely on three-pointers.

Smith in the TT commentary box said passionately: "Zhao, this player is very smart. He knows that if they want to catch up with the Lakers, they can only rely on three-pointers. From the previous few regular season games, we

You can see that his three-point shooting percentage is really high."

"According to our statistics, his three-point shooting rate reached 75%. Although we think shooting three-pointers is a more effeminate behavior, shooting three-pointers is indeed a better choice in this case.

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"And the Sixers did sound the clarion call for counterattack under his leadership. They began to use this method to score scores, and it was not limited to Zhao Qiang's offense alone."

"This is when the Sixers are acting like a normal team, the same team we've seen in the last few games."

Smith has a high opinion of the Sixers. He is very optimistic about the future Sixers. If these rookie players grow up, they will have the opportunity to compete for the championship.

At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides reached 86 to 75, with the Lakers still leading by 11 points.

Zhao Qiang knew that if O'Neal continued to perform like this, the Sixers' chances of winning the game would be very low, and they must find a way to limit O'Neal's performance. O'Neal had already scored 42 points in this game.

During the break, Zhao Qiang proposed an idea to Brown, "Coach, if we want to win this game, we must limit O'Neal's performance."

Head coach Brown nodded helplessly and said: "Zhao, I know it too, but we don't have players who can compete with O'Neal right now, so we can't solve him well."

Zhao Qiang proposed a tactic that will be famous in later generations, "Coach, I have a tactic that I have been thinking about for a long time. I think it can very well restrict players like O'Neal."
Chapter completed!