In the First Game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Heat and the 76ers, both teams came up with a near-suffocating defensive intensity, limiting each other's shooting percentage to a rather ugly level: the South CoastErs at home shot only 25 percent from the outside, while the away team's outside projection efficiency dropped to 17.6 percent. Three points apart, the two team managers invariably sacrificed the joint defense Dafa - the difference is that the Heat's one-stare four-in-one laugh came to the end, while the 76ers only tasted the sweetness in the second quarter.
Here, do not mention Adebayo, who has turned the river and the sea on the inside, nor do I mention Hiro, who has taken a hundred steps through Yang on the outside line, and highlight the praise of the 36-year-old PJ Tucker. Old Tucker got 10 points and 7 rebounds today, in addition to the two bottom corner three-pointers are the housekeeping skills, quite a spiritual empty cut also makes the 76ers extremely uncomfortable, more valuable is that the old Tucker spelled out a full 5 offensive rebounds, many times the balance between the two sides is because of the efforts of a player, gradually tilted.
As the candidate to take on the heavy responsibility of keeping an eye on Harden in the fourth league, Tucker has done his best, with the rocket's understanding of Harden, PJ Tucker has blocked the most threatening first step of the beard, in fact, the beard can only play well when it is replaced by players such as Taylor Hiero through the blocking.
In the end, Harden's stats were fixed at 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, even better than Jimmy Butler's 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. But the Heat, with their stronger integrity, were able to find a way to crack the joint defense when the feel was not good, and the Philadelphia 76ers lost Embiid, and Rivers also said that because Harden could not play more advanced tactics shortly after coming to the team, he could only hope that the beard would attract the bag and pass the ball to the pitcher in the empty position.
Unfortunately, today's basket seems to have been covered, the first round G6 outside the three-point line like a god Maxi out of 6, champion shooter Danny Green 5 of 1, Ha Big Brother although the overall 18 shooting 11, but outside the three-point line is only 4 of 1. The most absurd is that Ofan, who can play with one hand projection, and there is no white shooter with a shooting rate of less than 50% in the first 6 games of the playoffs, and today he actually lost 7 shots in a game, as long as he plays is a harm to the team.
The group of outside shooters is sluggish, and Harden, who has a weak heart, has gradually lost his mood. Playing in the third quarter, I don't know if the coach deliberately wanted To let Harden save physical strength, or the beard did have some emotions, and there were multiple rounds of Maxi organizing the attack, and Harden began to run without the ball. Harden's effect of playing without the ball is well known, and 4.6 seconds before the end of the third quarter, when Maxi was replaced to perform the final attack but directly made a mistake, the bearded man's puzzled expression was worth playing.
For Philadelphia, the biggest headache for the elder Rivers was the choice of the fifth position. Because of Embiid's injury, Lao Li hardened his scalp to let Jordan Jr., who did not have a second of playing time in the first round, start the first round, so the coaching staff must be a thousand instructions for Uncle Huang. However, Jordan Jr.'s performance was indeed "not disappointing", playing 4 minutes in the first quarter, his plus-minus was -12, and Harden was very excited to discuss something during the break, but there was still no good effect.
Because Adebayor is also not a heavy center, Paul Reid is an ideal choice. But the latter had five fouls in 10 minutes, forcing the elder Rivers to choose between Jordan Jr. and Millsap. The hidden worries of the fifth position may haunt Philadelphia until the emperor returns. In fact, the South Coast Army side also had this problem, this battle Dedmund quickly led 5 fouls in 4 minutes, and the old Tucker was stunned to return to his old business and top the fifth position for a few minutes, and completed the task well. Witnessing this, I don't know how the Rockets and Bucks, who believe that he is too old to give a decent contract, will feel.
Compared to the South Coast Army's already very mature tactical system, Philadelphia still has a lot to adjust. Unlike Coach Spoo's unchanging response, the elder Rivers needs to find a way to help Harden break the shackles of a four-link, let the shooters on the outside find the rhythm of shooting, and most importantly, finalize the rotation order on the fifth position as soon as possible. When Embiid returns, I am afraid that the broccoli will be cold.