The 76ers' side are still Embiid, Simmons, Sharic, Covington and Reddick.

There has also been a change on the Pacers side, and Gordon began to enter the bench, and in which they chose Bogdanovic, a more stable three-pointer, on the court. In the lineup, with more scoring points than last year, they often do not need Gordon's scoring ability in chaos, and it is better to use his ball-holding ability on the bench. Especially when the overall lineup of the 76ers on the opposite side is very tall, it is not a good choice for the Pacers to use two small defenders.

Oladipo and Bogdanovic partnered in the backcourt, Grant and Garynalli had two forwards, and Linson was the center.

The game-winning change made O'Neal and Barkley who were commenting tonight a little surprised. If there were no injuries, it would be very rare for the Pacers to replace the lineup that was very used to playing in the regular season in the playoffs.

"The Pacers' overall height is higher, and it is indeed higher on the defensive end, but their outside ball holding point has become one." Barkley is a little unfavorable for this substitution. "The Pacers are the first in the league and lead 3:1 in the regular season. There is no need to change their team because of the 76ers."

It seems that there is nothing wrong with this. Shouldn’t it be a weak team that changes the team’s tactics to restrain the strong team? Why did the Pacers make changes here?

But at the beginning of the game, the Pacers' defense made the 76ers particularly uncomfortable. Grant targeted Simmons like in the regular season, while Bogdanovic faced Covington.

The game I lost in the regular season this season was Covington's explosive style, because on the defensive end, the original small forward went to the team's highest point guard Simmons, so Covington used his height and impact to hit Gordon.

Although Embiid was almost fainted by Lin Sen's trash talk, at this time, his unexpected rationality made him not ask for it, but gave the ball to Simmons.

Grant was staring very tightly, and his hands were also interfering with Simmons' dribbling breakthrough. Apart from not being lazy, Simmons had almost no big shortcomings in other aspects.

He may be the best dribble among players with a height of nearly 21ocm besides Durant, crossing, changing directions, and emergency stops.

Simmons used many methods, but he did not pass Grant safely. It was not easy for him to forcibly pass Grant in a positional battle. However, his pass was not bad, but every time he moved, the Pacers could match the position.

The core of the 76ers are Embiid and Simmons, but these two are basically all guys who make a living in the penalty area. Embiid is not bad, and there is at least a three-pointer of about 3o%, which can at least prevent the opponent from completely ignoring his existence, while Simmons simply does not have three-pointers.

So on the outside, the 76ers had to assign three players who could shoot on the dual core. Reddick needed to say more. The label he played on this player was to be able to shoot. If you don’t talk about anything else, there would definitely be no big problem in shooting. Moreover, he is not the kind of player who can only catch the ball and shoot. He is good at many difficult shots.

Covington is also a 3D player. He is good at 3 points, but he is definitely the kind that cannot be emptied.

Sharic is a space-type No. 4 position. This power forward and the inside-level No. 5 core are also the best match for the outside-level core, which mainly breaks through and passes. There is almost no problem except that their team lacks a defender who tears the defense in the positional battle. All that remains is that these players themselves need to evolve their original characteristics.

But the Pacers themselves are the best team to defend three-pointers, and Bogdanovic's defensive attitude is obviously better than Gordon. He is taller. As long as he stands here and stretches out his hand, it will have better results. Let him guard the opponent Covington, which will not make Covington's shot as if he was as refreshing as the game he had won the Pacers before.

The Pacers' defense has achieved great results in positional battles. The pick-and-roll break-and-break tactics that the 76ers played the most in positional battles this season have no effect at all. Each attack basically has a defensive man of about 2 meters in front of him. The only one who is not tall enough is another good stealer. If you take a slow move, you will easily be stealed.

"Charles, can you discuss what you think about Nate's replacement now?"

In the past quarter, most of the 76ers had few tactics to successfully play. The Pacers defended very well almost every time. Now the 76ers have only scored 14 points. Most of the scores are not opportunities for their usual tactics, but their personal abilities.

Only talking about strong three-pointers, the evolved Oladipo and Bogdanovic, plus Gallinari, who made the more successful the shots in the playoffs, were not opponents at all.

The 76ers' defense is also very good, and the defensive characteristics of the two teams are similar. The No. 2 position is a shooter and defensive weakness, the No. 3 position is a 3D player, the No. 4 position is a space power forward, and the No. 5 position is a top frame protection center.

But the Pacers were misaligned on the defensive end, using Oladipo to chase Redick. At the same time, on the offensive end, Oladipo, a player with moderate and breakthroughs, is indeed a player who has no way to compete with the opponent.

Using Redick to defend? That's probably not much different from being unpredictable. Using Simmons and Covington? These two tall forwards are OK one-on-one, but when they encounter pick-and-roll, Oladipo's horizontal movement can easily solve the problem.

Lin Sen is the dominant ball in training, but this also made Oladipo play in a better form during the game, especially in this game.

Oladipo's three-pointers in the training these days were used, and he did not make a breakthrough, just after Lin Sen took the ball and shot three-pointers.

Lin Sen and him have taken action on the training ground in this way many times these days, and now Lin Sen’s solid pick-and-roll makes him feel that there is no difference between attacking on the training ground.

He made 3 three-pointers in a single quarter! If this was shot by Gallinari or Bogdanovic, the Pacers fans were not that surprised, but now this is Oladipo. Oladipo, who has been criticized for the most three-pointers this season, was completely unexpected to them. However, Oladipo was in double 8 minutes alone, which was almost the same as the score of the entire 76ers team.
Chapter completed!