Only two days after the Sun’s Western semi-final was out, Sun boss Ishbia made a decision to “change the handsome”. Last year, Monti Williams, who just got the best manager of the year, finished class sadly.
Doug Rivers, who led the team in Boston to prepare for the Eastern semi-finals and robbed seven, has also smelled the danger. If 76 people lose seven and stop the eastern semi-finals for the third consecutive year, Rivers will also face the crisis of class completion, even if he has 2 years left in his contract with 76 people.
At present, what Rivers should consider is not his own future, but how to help 76 people win and Rob seven away. In the sixth game, marzula changed the array and played the first game with Robert Williams III. The Celtics tied the big score in the series. Battle for life and death, does rivers have the courage to respond?
In the semi-final division, “variable array” is one of the themes.
In the series between Warriors and the Lakers, Steve Cole changed in the 2nd game and started with jiemai Kerr Green. The Warriors won a big victory and tied the big score. When the effect of jiemai Kerr-Green playing starting lost, Cole replaced jiemai Kerr-Green playing starting with Gary Peyton II. In the sixth game, it was Ham’s turn to play. He replaced Vanderbilt with Dennis Schroeder to play the first game. The Lakers won and advanced.
There is no need to change the matrix for nuggets, and there is no condition for the Sun to change the matrix because of the influence of injuries and insufficient depth.
In the series between the Knicks and the heat, sibodu also took back a city after replacing Hart with Grimes.
In the series between the Celtics and the 76ers, Zula played the first game in the 6th race with Rowell and regained the twin towers. Lowe is responsible for assisting the defense and sweeping, and the effect is remarkable. There is no need to repair the ones that are not broken. If you grab seven Celtics, you will definitely insist on letting Lowe start. Will Rivers remove the strategically targeted Tucker from the start?
Tucker is tough. This is true. In the 4th game of the series, Tucker grabbed the offensive rebound and played 2+1 at the critical moment. He also ran to enbide and gave a mouth to him, trying to wake up enbide who faced Hoford’s sleepwalking, his fortitude was the main reason for Rivers’s willingness to ignore space issues and insist on his starting.
“The biggest difference between us and the past? Because we have Tucker now.” Rivers once said after the 4th victory.
But what made 76 people Tangled was that Tucker’s drag on space on the offensive side was too serious, especially after Lowe started. In the first five games, Lowe substitute played either against Paul Reed or against enbide, which was not effective in both anti-Reed blocking and anti-enbide singles. When Horford was a single center, Tatum or other players were responsible for defending against Tucker, and the power of defending could not be maximized. However, after Rowell started, Horford continued to confront enbiad. Rowell emptied Tucker to take charge of the defense and maximize the power of the defense.
In the sixth game, 76 people were hit at the beginning, and the situation that the attack could not be opened was obvious. Although rivers threatened that “we had expected Rowe to start early, so we practiced targeted tactics early in the morning”, it was really in the competition, whether it is Harden’s break-down or Maxi’s break-down, they will eventually encounter Luowei’s defense. These rounds are transformed into mistakes and iron strikes.
Rivers thought of changing tactics, such as replacing Tucker with Niang, and the space of 76 people was instantly open. Lowe changed to opposite enbide. Horford was pulled to the outside line to opposite tobaias-Harris. The threat of 76 people blocking the Demolition attack increased, which was the key to the success of their pit filling.
But in the fourth quarter, Call of Duty Rivers repeated the “touch award” among Tucker, Niang and Melton, and you can clearly feel his Entanglement:
Tucker was present, and the problem of space blockage made Harden, enbide and Maxi extremely uncomfortable.
Niang replaced Tucker and the space problem improved, but 76 people lost a player who could match Tatum. Niang’s defense is very hard and has not been exploded. Tatum likes to find maxi instead of Niang by name, but Rivers always distrusts Niang’s defense.
Melton also replaced Tucker, but he caught up with Melton’s poor hand feeling, and his defensive and secondary handling ability was not obvious.
In this round of series, Tucker’s toughness could not make up for his problems at both ends of attack and defense, yes, including the defensive end. The longest time for Tucker’s counterposition was not Tatum, but Jay Brown, who shot 16 of 23 shots against him, with a hit rate of nearly 70%. The Celtics shot 77.3 percent of the shots within 6 feet of the Tuck defense opponent’s basket.
When Tucker was present at the same time as the other four, 76 people had a net negative of 20 points, which was the worst lineup of 76 people present at goal difference. On the offensive side, 76 people scored only 108 points in 100 rounds. On the defensive end, 76 people lost 120.7 points in 100 rounds. No matter how serious the defense problem was, no matter how unstable Melton was, 76 people performed better when they replaced Tucker.
Rivers repeatedly “touched the prize” among the three, essentially because he could not make up his mind to make a choice.
Cole dared to start with jiemai Kerr Green or Peyton. He chose to transfer Anthony Davis from the basket with the decisive choice of sacrificing defense or space. Marzula dared to play the first game with Rowell, which also strengthened his determination to ensure defense even if the offensive space was dragged down. Hamm knew that he might be hit defensive rebound, but he still dared to lower the height and replace Vanderbilt with Schroder. One more player with fast steps chased Curry, the main goal is to free DeAngelo Russell from the blockade of Peyton with one more ball holding point.
The three coaches all distinguished the priorities of the tactical game and made a choice after figuring out what they wanted. However, Rivers is entangled between ensuring defensive strength and pursuing offensive space. What made rivers more upset was to keep Tucker present to ensure the strength of defense. The defense of 76 people did not meet his expectations.
How will rivers be laid out when it decides the team’s fate for the whole season? In theory, both Niang and Melton are suitable for replacing Tucker’s starting. But every coach has his own insistence. Rivers didn’t let Tucker play a substitute for the whole season. Will he do this in life and death? Although the possibility is not high, what if Tucker responded to the Celtics’s emptying with a precise bottom point? Even if Rivers changes, under great pressure, it is unknown whether the player who replaced Tucker as the starting player can become a strange soldier.
Of course, the factor that decides to grab seven is not only whether Tucker will continue to start, but there are too many X factors that can decide to grab seven. Once the outside feel of Tatum and Horford is recovered, no matter how 76 people change the array, it is of little significance. However, if Harden and enbide entered the kill model, Harris and macsey could hold up the attack like the fourth game, and 76 people could continue to ignore the space problem brought by Tucker.
Since the West semi-finals in 2015, Rivers has experienced 9 matches that can enter the division finals as long as he wins, and his team has lost all these 9 matches.
Can Rivers break the spell? This may directly determine his future in Philadelphia.