king of defenders

Chapter 1448 The Problem of the 76ers

"What the hell is Embiid doing?" The head coach of the 76ers had a dark face. If the game hadn't just started, he would have called a timeout to ask.

However, Embiid was only a little abnormal when facing Meng Yun. He was still very domineering when facing other players, such as Nets center Noel. Against Noel, he just dunked with both hands, full of momentum, It made the 76ers head coach feel a lot less angry.

It's just that when I saw Embiid facing Meng Yun, he still seemed a little lacking in momentum, which led to the fact that there were twin towers on his side, but Meng Yun repeatedly broke through and scored.

The head coach of the 76ers still couldn't help it.

He called a timeout, and when the players came down, he immediately called Embiid: "Joel (Joel Embiid), what's the matter with you today, Meng Yun broke through several times and you obviously have the opportunity to block him. Why didn't he move, but deliberately avoided it, didn't this make him score easily?"

Embiid said seriously: "Coach, to be honest, I don't think I can block him. Meng Yun is tall, jumps very well, and he is very smart. Since he dares to layup in front of me There must be a way to prevent me from blocking the shot, and it may even be planned long ago to make my foul, so I didn't block the shot." As he said, he spread his hands, "I just don't want to pay for the fearless foul .”

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The head coach of the 76ers was speechless for a while.

Is this still the Embiid I know? Where is the momentum of the "Great Emperor"?

Taking a deep breath, the head coach of the 76ers said in a deep voice, "Joel, are you worried too much? Meng Yun has height and bounce, but you are also taller than him, and your arms are longer than his. Well, even if it is Can't block shots, at least interfere with his layups, can't you?"

Embiid thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll try."

"Try?" The head coach of the 76ers was depressed for a while again. I said so much, you just try it out, are you so unconfident?He even wondered if Meng Yun cast some weird oriental spell on Embiid, making Embiid look like this.

The pause ends soon.

The game continued, Meng Yun broke through again, Embiid won, Meng Yun raised his eyebrows, and quickly passed the ball to Anthony on the outside, Anthony hit a three-pointer.

Embiid looked at the head coach on the sidelines, as if to say, "Look, it's useless."

In the next few minutes, Meng Yun still made frequent breakthroughs, but he reduced his personal shots and passed more to the outside to provide assists for his teammates. The outside players of the Nets played very well. Joe Harris and Anthony both had three-pointers The ball was hit, including Yang also scored, and he played a lot of flowers.

Relying on multiple points, although the Nets are at a disadvantage in the interior, they are not behind the Nets in score, and even lead by a few points.

In a blink of an eye, more than half of the first quarter passed, and the two sides began to rotate.

The head coach of the 76ers looked at Embiid and didn't know what to say. During this period of time, seeing Meng Yun break through Embiid, he went up to defend, but it really didn't work.

"It doesn't matter, Embiid is only a little less fierce when facing Meng Yun, but he is still the same when facing other players, and his performance on the offensive end is still good." The head coach of the 76ers comforted himself and looked at the court. , His brows could not help but wrinkled again.

At this moment, both sides have changed their rotations. The Nets will replace Meng Yun, and the 76ers will also replace Embiid. However, Simmons is still on the court, but the situation is that the 76ers are at a disadvantage.

The 76ers' starting lineup is well-balanced and strong, with good players at every position, but the lack of bench depth has always been a problem for them.

In fact, the 76ers sent Okafor, Noel, Saric and others away in exchange for some good players and supplemented the bench lineup, but the result was not satisfactory.

Today, the 76ers have no outstanding players on the bench lineup. A group of substitute players are almost mediocre. Compared with Dinwiddie, LeVille, Allen and others on the Nets side, there is a difference in talent and strength. Quite a lot.

That is to say, the 76ers kept Simmons and Harris on the court, otherwise the 76ers' bench lineup would be hanged.

For fans, a team's bench players and bench lineup are easily overlooked. Their attention is on the stars, and they may remember a few starters by the way, but there are not many people on the bench. Follow, not many people even remember them.

But in fact these people are very important, they are a very important part of the team.

This will not be particularly obvious in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, the depth of the bench and the strength of the substitute players will become very important, because in the playoffs, the intensity of the game will increase. If the strength of the substitute players is not enough, It will appear that what looked okay in the regular season can't play a role in the playoffs.

It's also because the playoffs are more intense and last longer, and you have to play several games in a round. If the bench is deep enough, you can continue to adjust and have more changes; but if the bench depth is not enough, then left and right If there are several players, even if a certain player is not in good condition, you can only use him.

So for a playoff team, the depth of the bench is very important.

For example, Meng Yun did not leave the previous Heat, only Meng Yun is a superstar, but the bench lineup is deep enough, the overall strength is strong enough, and can even compete with the Cavaliers and Warriors.

Another example is the current Bucks. There is only Antetokounmpo as a superstar, but besides him, there are a group of outstanding players such as Middleton, Bledsoe, the Lopez Brothers, and Hill. The lineup is deep enough, so their strength is so strong. Strong, favored by the outside world.

The depth of the 76ers' lineup is obviously not enough. They spent too much money on the starting lineup. Embiid, Simmons, Horford, and Harris all have contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The average annual salary of the four has reached 3000 million, almost the sum of these four people, the salary is close to the salary cap.

This left the 76ers with insufficient capital to sign some other outstanding players, resulting in a lack of depth in their lineup.

Like them, so did the Lakers.

Because the salaries of James, George, and Davis are too high, the Lakers can't sign more high-quality players. The previous game against the Nets exposed the problem of their lack of substitute players.Of course the Lakers know the problem, but there is no way to solve it.

For the Nets, the 76ers' lineup is not deep enough and the bench is weak. This is a point they can take advantage of.

(End of this chapter)