The main player pulled his crotch, the supporting actors did their best, Philadelphia ended another season year after year, although the heart has done enough psychological construction, saying that there is no disappointment, that is false, but despite the emotions in the heart, we still need to first review the valuable parts of the G7 from the technical and tactical level, very simply - because there are not many, and then summarize this series with different shapes.
The time when the G7 actually "died" was the third quarter when Harden pulled back for a three-point round at 7 minutes and 58 seconds, and since then, Philadelphia's offense has been at a standstill, so we went from here to go back and see what happened to the G7.
(By the way, at the end of the previous article, I said--- really gave Tatum a response to understand, the game was spent, what a joke...) ）
The Green Army used their twin towers to start, but Coach Masura started with a different tactic.
G6 Embiid-Lowe's set of counterpoints still more or less restrained the Celtics' offense, so the Green Army came up to let Lowe hold the ball, Tatum did positional cover, forced Embiid to go out of the three-point line, and actually had the opportunity to cover the Browns on the weak side.
In fact, this tactic is not complicated, and the last chance is not very good, but I want to come out and say, it is to compare Philadelphia's opening tactics, which is a start that almost I can already backboard: Maxi Harden hand hand hand - Embiid took cover out to receive the ball high - Maxi empty cut - Embiid + Harden strong side double turn.
Then Harden plunged into Lowe's arms, and Brown even went to make up for Harris, and the tactics were completely dead.
Since G3, the change in this tactic is only the difference in the starting position, the running position is exactly the same, G6 A tactic that has been dismantled by the twin towers, Philadelphia can actually think of the opening game and run again, it is simply the same as the tone of the series--- no adjustment, nothing new.
Although Mazura does not attach importance to defense, although he likes the magic ball, but he at least knows the changes, Philadelphia, the players seem to rely on instinct to complete a set of series, the effect of all tactics, not depending on the degree of execution, but on the player's feel This ethereal thing, so the loss can indeed be simply summed up as--- we just can't shoot.
Another point of contradiction in Philadelphia throughout the series has finally fully exploded in G7, what kind of offensive form should be followed?
Is it Embiid's ball-carrying compression?
I have to say, I also thought this was the right path at one point, because only Embiid has the ability to continue to change the formation of the Green Army - at least in terms of regular season performance, Harden handed over 3 games with five errors in this round, the assist-to-loss ratio is substandard by the standards of his assist king during the regular season, Philadelphia's measure of Harden's blocking effect is often the number of assists, in other words, Harden may lose a game or two less, which is the wrong basketball method in the eyes of the Philadelphia uniform group.
But Embiid's premise of holding the ball is that --- point Horford, and only after the point is there is a pinch shot, the pinch shot has a rotation, and the rotation has a loophole.
Two thunderbolts of the G7 exploded thoroughly.
Embiid showed his true face in the first quarter, and after he couldn't run and fell into position, he couldn't handle Horford's single defense, so Harden took over to organize some Philadelphia offense after 2-8.
In a game with such a bad smell, Maxi's bottom corner three-point shot is my favorite combination, this time similar to hammer tactics, perfectly replicating what I said in the previous review, as long as the position is more fine, take advantage of the time difference between Harden starting and Lowe to make up for defense, and play the effect of no ball.
Unfortunately, Philadelphia only did it this once, because obviously, it wasn't a regular tactic, like I said, it was just Tucker's basketball instinct.
Philadelphia also tried to save Embiid.
When Horford came off the break, Melton gave Embiid cover, allowing Embiid to misplace at the free throw line to Tatum, and then Embiid's second Thunder --- Clip shot.
When I went back to the articles I wrote during the regular season Enyo encounter, I found that there was a mistake in the point of view, it cannot be said that individual offense is the base, passing and scoring are never separated, and a player's offensive threat ceases to exist when passing or scoring is missing.
The whole game was lost until the third quarter lost suspense, the ball in Embiid's hands basically repeated the above two situations, Horford could not handle, misplaced and missed, in fact, Philadelphia could hold the half, relying almost entirely on piecemeal shots and Tucker's highly responsive 11-pointers, the scene had little to do with Embiid.
It seems that in this series, as long as Embiid wants to highlight his presence, nothing good will come of it.
In G7, I think that's all I can say.
When you flip through the video, it is obvious that Philadelphia has reached the last game of the series, and it still cannot clarify a set of effective offensive patterns in the position, even if Harden's effective blocking launch has gradually become the back of the pass after convergence, passing for the pass, reasonable, but sounding like the man --- Ben Simmons.
However, Mazura should not be rejoiced after the game, the Celtics also did not show any cross-division advantage tactically, after Horford lost accuracy, the Celtics took Lowe before the start, it was the price Mazura paid for superstitious offense, Rivers gave the Green Army the opportunity to try and make mistakes, and now the Celtics had better pray that Spoo will too.
So far, it seems that the essence of this series is that the Green Army has dominated Philadelphia from number two to number four for most of the time, and these gaps have maintained the series, and in the most powerful game, they waited for Tatum, and the gap between the top cards became a lore.
Even more significant to the 76ers than this seven-game loss is the problem of their team-building thinking.
I don't want to use Jokic's comparison, which seems suspicious, but the lingering ball in my head is Jokic's three-point line after Gordon eats the misalignment.
I have always criticized Philadelphia for sometimes not being able to run out of the air around Embiid and take advantage of gravity, in fact, these things should start with Embiid himself, before Lowe was not on the starter, when Harris misplaced to eat White, Embiid went from being caught to being a spectator he hated himself.
But it seems that Embiid failed to realize that judging from the remarks of postgame training ball control, he was still running wildly on the road of the big Durant, and if Philadelphia does not correct this cultivation method, the way to accelerate the process is to introduce a large enough No. 5 with a certain number of shots, like the Timberwolves did, to completely turn Embiid into a slow version of the No. 4 position, and hit the choice inside Embiid's pass.
Harden, Harris, and even Tucker can't be part of this lineup, and Philadelphia needs three full-size players with excellent mobility in the No. 1 to No. 3 position, which is probably the optimal solution I can think of so far.
Because, at present, this style of play has no future in the No. 5 position, maybe Embiid can survive to Horford's old level and drop another step, and survive until the Green Army can't find a reliable single defense candidate, but as long as the team of Smart, Brown, and Tatum is there, he still has to face the problem of pinching, not to mention, considering the "confrontation" level of the No. 5 position every year, staying healthy is almost impossible to do.
As for Harden's case, I'll probably write another review after the season, and here are a few quick remarks. In the regular season, although Harden is sometimes regarded as an indispensable "pendant" of Embiid's MVP season, his number of assists is also due to Embiid's strong finishing ability, and what determines his future may be what he calls "scoring sacrifice" to what step and how much gas is still in the tank, but one thing is certain, the contract and the prospect of competing championships are incompatible for Harden.
The series is over, and the storm has just begun.