In order to show the importance of the playoffs

Young once again stood in the center circle

After a few seconds, the winner of this duel was decided.

Facing Hornets center Cody Zeller

Young won this jump ball duel with all-around advantages.

Although Young is a point guard, he leaves the ball-handling job to Grant.

Grant, who has been practicing distributing and holding the ball for a year, was not disappointed by the 76ers' training this year. He spent half the game safely under Lamb's harassment.

Hand to hand hand to hand

Because it was the playoffs, Coach Brown specifically emphasized before the game that the ball must be protected when handing over.

"Bang"

Nicolas Batum, who was mainly defending Young, directly ran into the screen set by Grant. Facing the God-given opportunity, Young directly pressed the breakthrough button.

Facing Young's breakaway, Cody Zeller is embarrassed

If you choose not to leave the penalty area, the opponent will undoubtedly use a pull-up jump shot to solve the problem.

If he leaves, the penalty area will be sieved; in a flash of lightning, Cody Zeller chooses to exit the hole after the judgment is completed.

Looking at the Hornets center who was pulled out because of his own shooting threat

Knowing the opponent's thoughts, Yang directly hit the ball in his right hand towards the left bottom corner.

Why not the bottom right corner?

Because Kemba Walker is staring at Moore in the right bottom corner, it is impossible for the Hornets to involve him in filling the position.

The only option is to let Marvin Williams, who is staring at the left corner, fill in for the empty basket after Cody Zeller left.

"Wonderful pass, Young calculated everything." Marvin Williams just took a step away from Covington, and Young's pass reached Covington.

"Wow!" After 4 years, Wells Fargo Center once again ushered in a playoff goal

0:3

High pick and roll

As the most used weapon in the regular season, the Hornets' first offense in the playoffs will naturally believe in what they are good at.

flanking

Richaun Holmes is not tall enough, and the 76ers can only flank the high pick-and-roll.

But as the fourth pick-and-roll ball handler in the world, Kemba Walker is not afraid of this group of attacks at all.

Back to the basket

Young, who was guarding Marvin Williams, directly placed the opponent at a 45-degree angle.

Trust or distrust

Kemba Walker chose the latter

"It's finished." Looking at the arc thrown by Kemba Walker, Young knew that the ball must have been scored.

2:3

"Is our defense too easy to break?" defensive assistant Billy Ranch frowned.

"It is indeed possible to replace Courtney Lee and lock Kemba Walker. But then we will lose Moore's tactical creation and his stable three-pointers. Against the Hornets, we should focus on offense and defense. We should focus on offense.

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"Because Young's efficiency is better than Kemba Walker, so we only need to work on the offense." Chief assistant coach D'Antoni, who has basically decided on his next job, said.

"Speed ​​up, speed up." After all, the team only had an insignificant big man in the starting lineup. Brett Brown confidently let Yang add full power to drive the offense.

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Brett Brown, who is a bright player on the defensive end, and Clifford, who only has the pick-and-roll card in his hand,

The two teams were evenly matched in the first 6 minutes of offensive duel.

McConnell takes Grant, JaMychal Green replaces Holmes

Because McConnell couldn't be used much against the Cavaliers, McConnell's rotation time was relatively early.

With McConnell as a passer, the 76ers immediately started the duo of Moore and Young.

Moore rolls up to catch the ball, and Young covers Moore. This tactic is common.

But Young's broad shoulders directly led to a serious scratch on Lamb, who switched to targeting Moore after McConnell came on the court.

Lamb was unable to grab the position, which directly led to Batum, who was not a defensive master and only defended Yang because Marvin Williams was too bad, and was about to face a 1v2 situation.

That's not bad

The bad thing is that Moore is too threatening, and Batum has to stop Moore's curling cut first.

"Passed the ball?" Moore knew Batum's proficiency in throwing the ball regardless of help defense, but he didn't know the pass.

As a small forward with a standard center body, taking advantage of the situation is not a new skill that is difficult for Young to develop.

"Yang~~~~" The Philadelphia DJ also gave the best treatment to this new darling of Philadelphia.

one minute later

Although in this minute, the 76ers successfully counterattacked twice

But the inevitable position battle still came.

In view of the success of the last tactic, the 76ers once again adopted the same starting strategy in this round:

Moore used Young's size advantage to curl and cut

around cover

Lamb, who hit the screen last time, chose to go around this time.

At this moment, the Hornets' problem of not having an excellent defender at the second position is completely exposed: because going around the screen will give Moore, who hit 397 three-pointers in the regular season, a huge space to shoot.

God has given such a gift, so there is no reason why Moore would not accept it.

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59:66

The two teams that fought against each other showed their offensive talents in the first two quarters.

as well as:

Poor defense

"In the second half, Courtney started instead of Richaun." As a false starter who played only 15 minutes, Holmes had no complaints.

"When Kemba Walker plays the pick-and-roll, Jerami and Robert go to the line to delay. While delaying Kemba Walker's speed, pay attention to controlling the passing line."

"I'll take the next player." Without Embiid, Brett Brown can only use Young's defensive end as Draymond Green.

"If Kemba Walker can still drive the whole team or kill everyone, then switch defenses in the pick-and-roll."

"I?"

"You don't need to change, just block and wait for Lee, who is guarding Kemba Walker, to return." Because Moore is the defensive weakness of this lineup, the 76ers will naturally avoid him being picked to play."

76ers changes

The effect was seen in the first possession of the second half

Facing Robert Covington's Big Delay

Kemba Walker lost the ball

The 76ers made adjustments to Kemba Walker's defensive strategy. The Hornets, who could see the shadow of victory, naturally would not take advantage of the situation. They launched a pincer attack on the 76ers who controlled the 329 usage rate.

Seeing the Hornets attacking him, Yang especially wanted to complain:

Teams like the Cavaliers who love to double-team on the line don't love to double-team Paul George.

How can you, the Hornets, have the courage to flank a 2.11-meter ball-handling wing with almost full passing and control skills?

Is it Nicolas Batum?

Sorry, his ability is not enough for you to give him courage.

As the 76ers limited some of the Hornets' offense, and the Hornets' defense did not affect the 76ers' offense, the point difference slowly increased from 7 points to 12 points.

After the score difference reached 12 points, Ishmael Smith, who faced his old team, suddenly took action and scored three consecutive points. The narrowing of the lead did not panic Brett Brown because he believed that Young could solve the problem.

indeed

Without a defender of Iguodala's level
To be continued...