The pattern of the West being strong and the East being weak has lasted for many years in the league. Eastern teams often have to pick up their skins when they come to the West, and there are no longer a few that end in a losing streak. Western teams often end in victory when they go to the East. .
However, in this game, the second-to-last team in the Western Conference challenged the first team in the Eastern Conference. The audience was suppressed. In the fourth quarter, a wave of chasing points reduced the maximum 29 points to 4. Points and eventually lost the opponent by 5 points.
This dramatic reversal did not present a natural gap between the strengths of the two teams. This team from the bottom of the Western Conference, because of the defeat in this game, rose by one place, which is extremely important for the ranking of the Western Conference. irony.
After this game, the Rockets, Thunder and Heat have all recorded 11 wins and 17 losses. During the Rockets’ losing streak, the Thunder also continued to lose. The first round of the two teams this year, the Thunder have a draft swap. However, this draft swap right is protected by the Rockets’ top 4 picks. After Wood and Tucker return, the record of the two teams is not necessarily worse for the Rockets. This first-round swap is due to the current situation of the Thunder and the current situation of the Rockets. The injuries of the two teams have added a lot of uncertainty to the future choices and judgments of the two teams.
This game is a good example of the struggle between the strong and the weak. The configuration and play style of the two teams are particularly obvious.
The reason why a strong team becomes a strong team must have its advantages. The reason why a weak team becomes a weak team must have problems in some aspects.
The strength of the 76ers is reflected in their shooting average rate of 48.1%, ranking fifth in the league, averaging 45.6 rebounds per game, ranking seventh in the league, averaging 8.7 rebounds and 6 blocks per game, all ranking in the league Third, averaging 114.6 points per game, 8th in the league, 1st in the league in free throw attempts this season, 15.8 points in fast break, 2nd in the league, 73.2% in fast break field goal percentage, and second in the league. 1.
Judging from the above data, the 76ers are a team with excellent rebound protection and frame protection. They are also a team good at steals, a team good at fast breaks, and a favorite. The team that hits the inside and attacking the frame is a team full of impact and lethality.
All of this really hit the Rockets’ weakness,The Rockets are a team with poor rebound protection. They averaged 43.57 rebounds per game this season, only ranked 23rd in the league. The Rockets are a team with a lot of turnovers, averaging 15.3 per game, ranking fifth in the league, and the Rockets averaged 15.3 per game. The score was 109.4 and the three-point percentage was 34%, making him 29th in the league.
From the data point of view, the 76ers are very restrained on both offensive and defensive ends. The Rockets are not very efficient in three-point shooting and are good at attacking the frame. The 76ers' inside defense is extremely good. The Rockets' inside defense is not good, and the 76ers score inside. High efficiency, extremely lethality, the Rockets are not good at defensive conversion, the 76ers like to play offensive and defensive conversion.
The root of the capital of the 76ers is that the team has the foundation stone Embiid, Embiid is the most comprehensive offensive player for active inside players, and is also a very dominant player in active defense, and the Rockets just have it. Resources match Embiid, who happens to be the former superstar Cousins. Before his injury, Cousins was characterized by a comprehensive offensive and defensive power on the defensive end. It can be said that when Embiid sees Cousins, he may be able to see To myself many years later.
In this game, Silas’ rotation is that Embiid and Cousins are the same as above. Embiid is a glass man, and Cousins is also a glass man. The two were on the court for 37 minutes at the same time. The data comparison between the two is quite valuable.
Cousins played 37 minutes, shot 6 of 12 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 fouls, 2 steals, 1 turnover, 2 blocks, positive and negative values on the court For -4.
Embiid played 37 minutes, shot 10 of 21 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 10 of 12 free throws, 31 points and 11 rebounds (1 offensive rebound), 9 assists, 4 fouls, 2 steals and 6 steals. A turnover is blocked, and the positive and negative value on the field is +4.
On the offensive end, Cousins exists more as a space point. In the internal confrontation, Cousins does not have many opportunities, and the Rockets do Without Cousins as his main point of attack, Cousins can't beat Embiid in the current confrontation, but Cousins can move Embidra to the outside, which is of great strategic significance.
Embiid played Cousins mainly in the interior, with 21 shots in the game, only 3 shots were outside the three-point line, and 12 shots were within the three-second zone.The most important two mid-range shots outside the three-second zone, all hits, we can see the diversity of Embiid's offensive end. For this reason Embiid made 12 free throws in the game, except for the Rockets' tactical foul at the end, Embiid In the Rockets, it is also a matter of expectation.
On the defensive end, when Cousins was defending Embiid, the Rockets used Cousins for single defense. Other players doubled or assisted in time to force Embiid to play the ball. When the game started, Embiid asked for the main game. Cousins can see the focus of the 76ers' tactics, but Embiid's two fouls in the first quarter disrupted the 76ers' tactical arrangement. With the Rockets using this tactic, the effect is very good. Cousins singles The effect of defending Embiid was good, and the other players of the Rockets assisted and supplemented the defense, which brought certain steal gains to the Rockets.
On the defensive end, Embiid was pulled outside by Cousins, which greatly reduced the value of the inside line protection and rebound protection. Wall kept breaking through to the inside with the ball in the second half, and Embiid was not under the basket. The value of it is greatly reduced.
From this perspective, Cousins is facing Embiid, the Rockets win strategically, Cousins loses on the data, but Embiid wins at a critical stage.
Everyone knows that the Rockets are an offensive-poor team, but when the 76ers Embiid, Harris, Danny Green and Seth Curry are off the field, the 76ers' offense is even poorer than the Rockets during the rotation phase.
In the replacement phase, the 76ers' lineup is Kolkmatz, Howard, Scott, Maxi and Joe. This lineup is matched by Gordon, Sterling Brown, and Tate. , McClemo Nouaba.
This is the connection period, the 76ers have at least three time periods where they cannot score for a long time. The biggest advantage of the 76ers in this period is the inside. At this stage, the Rockets have no substitute inside, and more of Tate swings inside. But the 76ers' ball is basically no more than Howard's hand, throwing randomly from the outside, also can not make it, the score is quickly reduced by the Rockets.
. At the end of the first quarter, at the beginning of the second quarter, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the 76ers were unable to score points. The five-on-five-under lineup caused the gap between the starter and the bench to be too big. The 76ers have a polarized performance, why Rivers will use extreme rotation, is also a question worth pondering.
The 76ers are too strong in the starting lineup. Seth Curry and Danny Green burst three-pointers in this game. They can shoot three-pointers with the ball while the Rockets are defensive, and Harris is in the lead. The performance of the festival is too good, it can be said that Harris beat most of the Rockets players.
In this matchup, Harris has an advantage on the offensive end against Cousins, Wall, Tate, and Nuwaba, and the advantage is obvious.
Looking at the Rockets, Wall was in a downturn in the first half and broke out in the second half, but Wall couldn’t beat Danny Green, so he needed more pick-and-rolls to defeat Seth Curry, who was not well-defending. Er's ball-holding breakthrough efficiency is high, and Wall's limitations on the offensive end are too obvious.
Although the Rockets lost this game, it was the most awe-inspiring game of the 7-game losing streak. Wall’s second half of the game still showed the Rockets’ lack of offense, but even though the Rockets lost in this way , But the fans can also accept, after all, in the case of limited strength, the process of hard work is far greater than the result.
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