basketball dreams

Chapter 17 Atypical Tactics

After the official timeout ended, Brown took the initiative to replace Tang Yin and put Fultz on the court.

Tang Yin's end was expected by Yunchen, because he really didn't have any advantage in front of Heywood.

But what puzzled him was, what's the use of going to Fultz at this time?His athletic ability is indeed higher than Tang Yin, but he can't score goals by running fast and jumping high in front of Heywood's strong defense.

On the Celtics side, Irving came off the field and Rozier came off the bench.Their physical distribution is very balanced, and Irving, who just returned, didn't play for too long.

The game continued. Without Tang Yin, the 76ers began to slow down their offensive rhythm. In the first round, they fell into positional battles. Embiid relied on his personal ability to score another 2 points, 20-19.

But looking back, Tatum on the opposite side made a breakthrough and dunk immediately, and Covington who was defending him was passed clean.

In this way, the two sides came and went and entered the offensive battle again, and soon reached the end of the first quarter. At this time, the score came to 28-31, and the Celtics led by 3 points.

With 12 seconds left in the first quarter, the 76ers had the ball. Simmons dribbled the ball quickly and broke through to two steps inside the three-point line, and then played back to waste time.

In the last few seconds, he turned over and made a fadeaway jumper, but unfortunately he missed.

End of the first quarter, 28-31.

Embiid and Simmons played the entire quarter, but they did not achieve the expected results. Although they were biting the score tightly, their physical strength was also consumed a lot. If they continue to play like this, the third The chain will definitely be lost at the decisive moment of the four quarters.

Moreover, the champion Fultz, who re-entered the field, did not make any major contributions. He only scored 2 points and 1 assist, and his performance was not as good as Tang Yin.

How to limit Heywood?This problem urgently needs them to solve.In the first quarter, Haywood scored 8 points alone. No matter who changed to match him, he couldn't defend and attack.

In the playoffs last season, when the Celtics did not have the two cores of Irving and Haywood, the 76ers failed to win them, and they were swept by the gentleman. There are many reasons for this.

One of the most important reasons is that the team does not have a reliable outside ball holding point.Last season, Brown, who had no cards in his hand, could only use Redick to face Tatum, but was severely educated by Tatum.

By this season, Fultz and Tang Yin have already had two masters at the outside ball-holding point, but their strengths and weaknesses are too obvious, and the opposing Heywood is too strong, which greatly limits their passing and cutting Cooperate.

"Brown certainly dare not use Fultz's enigmatic state, Tang Yin, this is a good opportunity for you to perform... It depends on whether you can grasp it!"

The second quarter started quickly. In this quarter, the 76ers replaced the substitutes, leaving only Covington and Fultz as starters.Fultz was moved to the first position, and his partner at the second position turned out to be Redick!

The veteran who was infinitely targeted in the playoffs was actually sent to the field at this time.

"Is Brown making the last attempt?" Yun Chen frowned, he couldn't figure out what Brown was thinking.

The game starts, the Celtics have the ball.Standing here are the three rising stars, Rozier, Jaylen Brown and Tatum.

After all, young people are young people. As soon as these three came up, their offense immediately became different.

If Irving and Heywood's offense was smooth and reasonable when they were on the court before, then these three people were unreasonably tough!
As soon as he came up, Jaylen Brown singled out Redick with the ball without saying a word, the oldest and oldest player on the field.

With continuous changes of direction and physical confrontation, Redick retreated steadily, and was almost thrown by Akira's unstable center of gravity.

A breakthrough layup scored two points, 28-33.

The 76ers attacked in the next round. At this time, the influence of Simmons and Embiid was reflected. Fultz held the ball and couldn't find anyone who could pass the ball.

Embiid's influence is lacking on the inside, Redick is defended close to the outside and can't run out of position, so he can only play alone.

But his feeling today...

Sure enough, he made a breakthrough against the defense and hit the iron. The opposite center took the rebound and sent a long pass to Tatum, who was already about to lay down. The fast break dunk was successful, 28-35!

"Beep!" After only one round in the second quarter, Brown called a timeout again. It wasn't that he didn't cherish the opportunity of a timeout, but that the situation had already become one-sided. If he didn't make adjustments, he could only wait for death passively.

On the bench, Tang Yin was called up by the head coach, and Saric was also called up.Redick was replaced, and the point guard was still Fultz.Before going on the field, Brown said a few words beside Tang Yin'er.

Before that, Tang Yin had rested for a long time, so now he has no problem with his physical strength.

The game continues, the Celtics have the ball.

Fultz continued to hold the ball, and Saric quickly ran to the inside to get a position after serving the ball. It seems that Brown's tactics should be to attack the inside.

Saric hits in after receiving the ball, and the opponent naturally comes to double-team, but at this time a person suddenly ran out from Saric's side.

Tang Yin!

He got rid of the defense and ran into the three-point line. Saric made a decisive pass to Tang Yin. Tang Yin scored a mid-range jumper, 30-35.

Without Heywood, Jaylen Brown couldn't defend against Tang Yin at all, and was easily thrown off by Tang Yin.

But in the next round, Rozier was fouled during the breakthrough, and Stevens replaced Heywood again in the first place!
His meaning is also very obvious, as long as you put Tang Yin on the court, he will let Heywood play to restrict you.

But this time Tang Yin played again, but changed. After Rozier made two free throws, the 76ers attacked.

Tang Yin kept running outside the entire three-point line, even if he couldn't get rid of Heywood, he was still running, and he kept receiving passes from his teammates.

If he didn't have a chance to make a shot once, he would pass it back and run again. If it failed twice, it would be three times, and if it failed three times, it would be four times!
In one attack, Tang Yin ran four times outside the three-point line!He also caught the ball four times, but what is surprising is that it was not he who made the shot in the end, but Saric from the inside made a jumper. 32-37.

"Huh? What kind of tactic is this for the 76ers?" The corner of Yunchen's mouth twitched. It was the first time he had seen such a tactic. The shooting guard kept running without the ball and kept catching the ball. Even the most active player of the Warriors Strong off-ball Thompson wouldn't play like this!

This tactic consumes too much energy, and so far, it seems that it is really ineffective.

But in the next four or five rounds, the 76ers kept insisting on this tactic. Tang Yin kept running, and his teammates kept passing, and every time at the last moment, someone else took the shot.

Looking at the screen, Yun Chen touched his chin and lowered his head to think for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out.Brown is the coach of the Spurs. Every coach from that team can be said to be sophisticated. He must have his reasons for doing so, but...

"Huh, could it be..." Suddenly, Yun Chen thought of a certain possibility.

He was deliberately consuming Heywood!

It seemed that Tang Yin was trying to find an open shot every time, but he didn't think about attacking at all. All he wanted was you, Heywood, to follow me and run all over the field.

Heywood has just returned from injury, no matter what his physical condition is, his physical strength is definitely not as good as someone who has been playing games and insisting on training. What Tang Yin is doing is to increase your consumption!
Sure enough, when the second quarter was halfway through.Stevens called a timeout, and he replaced Heywood. Heywood was sweating profusely when he was off the court, and he was still panting. Haywood only scored two points in a few minutes.

Brown's tactic was successful. Without Haywood, their perimeter defense and offensive firepower would drop significantly!

Although this tactic is not very bright and aboveboard, it is worth trying in terms of the results.

After the timeout, the 76ers started again, Embiid and Simmons came back, Covington, Saric and Fultz took a rest, and Tang Yin continued to stay on the court.

This summer, the results of Tang Yin's doubled training are also reflected at this time. Although the consumption is also a lot, it is much better than Heywood.

The game continued, the Celtics attacked.

On the opposite side, Irving returned to the court. After more than half a quarter of rest, Irving was still in the same state. He passed the ball and assisted the inside Horford to score two points. At this time, the score came to 42-46, and the Celtics led by 4 points.

Offensive and defensive transition. This time, Tang Yin, without Heywood's restrictions, seemed to have lifted the seal. He was still playing singles, and the opponent was replaced by Tatum's defense, but the effect was not much different from that of Jaylen Brown. "Tricked him away, broke through for a layup and scored the ball against Morris's defense. 44-46.

The charm of singles has been perfectly interpreted at this time. Tang Yin is like Kobe back then, with various offensive methods emerging one after another, stepping back jump shots, making a big change of direction, and making three-pointers from the outside...

The 76ers' offense was almost arranged by him alone. In the rest of the second quarter, Tang Yin made 7 of 4 shots and scored 9 points with one single shot!
The 76ers finally overtook the score at the end of the second quarter.

However, after the overtake, they did not widen the point difference, because there is still a superstar in the opposite lineup.

Kyrie Irving, even if teammate Tatum Rozier misses both doubles and misses long-range shots one after another today, he can use his incomprehensible personal ability to help the team stabilize the situation!
At the end of halftime, 54-52, the 76ers led by only 2 points. In the first half, Tang Yin made 12 of 7 shots and scored 16 points. His performance was quite amazing, but he was too physically exhausted, and he could continue to be so superb in the second half play?
(End of this chapter)