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Therefore, during the intermission at the end of the first quarter, Rivers first encouraged Embiid's way of playing, and asked Embiid to continue to maintain firepower, and then specifically explained the team's defense.

He even replaced Maxi and let Sable play to improve the Philadelphia 76ers' backcourt defense!
At this time, on the Lakers bench, unlike Rivers of the 76ers, Vogel looked relaxed at this time, and just encouraged the players present:

"Guys, we played very well and our strategy was executed beautifully!"

"When we play in the second quarter, our offensive and defensive strategies will remain the same!"

"Oh, by the way, at the beginning of the second quarter, Covington and Boucher will leave the field, and Johnson and Dyke, you two will enter the field!"

After explaining, Vogel waved his hand to signal the players to start resting, and then ran aside to mutter with the young male assistant.

"How about it, did you record the data you were asked to record just now?"

The young male assistant nodded slightly, and then quickly replied:
"For the record, in the first quarter just now, under our defensive strategy, Embiid has a lot of shooting space on the outside, so Embiid took a lot of shots from the outside throughout the first quarter. Throughout the first quarter, his Only two shots were made to draw fouls and go inside, otherwise they were all outside shots."

"His outside touch is very hot, and his shooting rate is very high from the outside. The data I got shows that his shooting rate is as high as 65%!"

After saying this, the young male assistant hesitated for a while, and then said softly: "This hit rate is really too high. If we still let him make such a shot, I'm afraid we can't stand it!"

Vogel smiled contemptuously: "Don't worry, he won't let him shoot so comfortably for the whole game, I have my own arrangements."

The young male assistant looked at Vogel's confident look, nodded silently, and then stopped talking.

Soon, the second quarter began, and the lineups of both sides re-entered the field.

After the inter-section adjustments of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia 76ers pulled up the defensive strength at the beginning of the second quarter. The outside defense composed of Sable and Harden has been moving crazily, and Embiid on the inside is also He is constantly moving inside the three-second zone, making defenses back and forth.

On the offensive end, the Philadelphia 76ers adopted a strategy of letting Embiid complete the shot.

Embiid got a lot of shots and kept firing from the outside.

As for the Lakers, although the lineup has been adjusted a lot, the defensive strategy and offensive strategy have not changed.

On the offensive end, the Lakers used their lineup height advantage to frequently hit the 76ers' inside line to consume Embiid's physical strength.

On the defensive end, the trap strategy is still adopted, that is, to deliberately give Embiid some outside shot space.

Of course, it doesn't mean not to defend at all, it just increases the difficulty for him to attack the inside line, and appropriately reduces the difficulty for him to shoot from the outside line, so as to achieve the goal of allowing him to shoot from the outside line.

Under the defensive strategy of the Lakers, Embiid is very competitive, and he has a good grasp of outside shooting opportunities. Seeing this, Harden also frequently passes the ball to Embiid, making Embiid shoot wildly.

With Embiid's excellent touch, it is normal for the Lakers to lag behind in the score, but they are not far behind. After all, the Lakers have James and Big Eyebrows on the offensive end.

In this way, the time came to the middle and late part of the second quarter, and the Lakers trailed by 10 points.

At this moment, Lakers coach Vogel smiled mysteriously, and then hurried to the technical table to apply for a timeout from the referee.

During the timeout, Vogel gathered all the Lakers together, and then whispered:
"Guys, you're playing well, we're going to start making adjustments now, Covington, you'll come on in a while and replace the thick eyebrows, Boucher, you'll go on the field in a while and replace Deckard."

"Howard, take a break too and let Cousins ​​replace you!"

"Brogdon, you also play to replace Johnson!"

After talking about the personnel adjustment, Vogel pulled the tactical board over, and then began to talk about the strategy:
"You guys will play in a while, on the offensive end, Brogdon, you have to pay attention to sharing James' organizational pressure, and attack more inside!"

Having said that, Vogel turned his head to James, stared at James, and said softly:

"James, when Brogdon is organizing, you should be a shooter, pay attention to grasp the opportunities of catch-and-shoot and air-cut attacks, and you don't have to participate in some complicated off-ball tactics."

Hearing Vogel's words, James nodded and smiled slightly.

As the top ball-handling core in history, James' off-ball level is really not that strong, especially James, who is at the beginning of his career, has not yet developed his three-point ability, and his off-ball level is really not flattering.

But now James has the three-point ability, and the off-ball end has also evolved, at least above the league average.

But the reason why Vogel put Brog on the field was to let James rest, so there is really no need for James to participate in some complicated off-ball tactics.

"Okay, now let's talk about the defensive end. We need to make more adjustments on the defensive end!"

"Covington, Boucher, you go on the court, and stick to Embiid for a while, so as not to let him have a comfortable shooting space on the outside."

"As for him breaking through and killing the inside line, let him kill him, and just try to block it."

"Others pay attention to the perimeter defense, pay attention to Embiid's passing route, and don't let him have a comfortable passing opportunity!"

Having said that, Vogel turned his head slightly, and his eyes fell on Cousins' face:

"Cousins, you can just squat in the three-second zone, pay attention to defend for three seconds! Facing Embiid's attack frame, you should try your best to defend!"

Hearing Vogel's words, Cousins ​​nodded with firm eyes, and replied ably:
"Okay, coach, I understand!"