103-119, Philadelphia negative Heat, series 0-2. The lack of Embiid has led to a sharp decline in the team's strength, but Harden has 20 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, And Maxi has exploded with 34 points, and the team can still bite the game (84-92) in the last 10 minutes, and then collapse in the next 5 minutes, And Rivers "abandoned 2 people" is a failure.
Harden 20+4+9; Maxie scored 34 points, and Philadelphia still lost to the Heat
G1 battle, Rivers started with Jordan Jr., the consequences are well known to fans, he became the Heat's cash machine, the offense does not have tactical weight (too old, limited finishing ability), the field efficiency value -22; that said, Embiid is absent, no one, 23-year-old Reed 13 minutes, 4 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, the field efficiency value - 3; and, 206 cm height of 218 cm arm span, from the mobile flexibility can keep up with the Heat's five small system.
Adebayor helped Butler regain the buckle
The losing team will adjust, and the result is Rivers? Jordan Jr. continued to start until the third quarter, and Reid was not just a substitute, playing only 17 minutes in the first three quarters, and worse: two minutes in the final quarter, rivers changed sides when the team was only eight points behind 84-92, taking Reed and letting Harris play the fifth position, consequences: Oladipo made a strong layup, Adebayo re-dunked, Hiro 3-pointer, Adebayo was pictured and Butler re-dunked, Audi scored another three-pointer, a wave of 12-2 fixed the score at 104-86.
Adebayor buckled heavily
No jordan jr. can be understood, but Rivers let the 23-year-old Reed, who only committed 1 foul and played only 15 minutes, actually played at the decisive moment, but put Harris's main five-position mi you lineup, not to mention the height and Adebayo gap, only defensive habits, his entire career defense is a short board. For example, this defense, has occupied the paint area in advance, when Hiro breaks through, whether to directly supplement the defense, or lean on Adebayo behind him, Harris is in a "blindfold" state.
The abandonment of Reid has caused the team's interior defense to collapse, and Rivers has left speechless in terms of outside adjustments.
A digression. When a manager is repeatedly staged by his opponents to stage super big reversals, the problem illustrated is that his ability to adjust on the spot is limited, taking today as an example:
Iron forest, iron
In the first three quarters of the game, Tielin 1 of 7 outside the three-point line, 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 mistake, the performance at both ends of the attack and defense confirmed that it was completely out of state, not to mention, the 35-year-old veteran was difficult to keep up with the rhythm of the Heat.
Harden gave Tielin a tactical lesson
How bad is Tielin's state? Rare footage, Harden rushed to take the electronic tactical board from the assistant coach during the timeout and personally explained the tactics to Tielin.
According to the theory, the state of the players is good or bad, the head coach can see at a glance, but, Rivers's choice? Tielin continued to play for 7 minutes in the last quarter, and concentrated on the 10 minutes to 5 minutes mentioned above, the consequences: at 86-99, Tielin three-points, iron; 86-101, Tielin three-point, iron; 89-104, holding the ball to break through the line error...
In the whole game, Tielin made 10 of 10, 1 of 9 from outside the three-point line, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 turnover, and the efficiency value of the game was -18 the lowest in the game. And Sable on the bench, 0 shots in the whole game, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 mistake, the efficiency value of the game is -6.
Admittedly, Sebel's offensive ability is limited, but letting him throw 9 three-pointers in the whole game is not necessarily worse than Green, not to mention, from a defensive point of view, young Sable is more practical than Green!
Harden burst onto the layup instantly
So, even if Harden has given everything he has, Maxi has a strong outbreak, including Harris in the second half, but Rivers's deployment on the inside line, the substitution on the field, especially in the middle of the last quarter 5 minutes, the intermittent "abandonment of Reed and Sebel" two, so that the game has an instant turn, completely unbalanced.