NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Can't score in play, can't defend in defense, the Lakers quickly chased back the point difference in a short period of time!
Seeing this, the 76ers coach Rivers reluctantly called a timeout again, and then lined up the starting lineup, wanting to resist one by one.

But at the same time, on the Lakers side, head coach Vogel also did his best to bring out the most offensive lineup.

After the timeout expires, players from both sides return to the field.

The Lakers have the ball, and James holds the ball and advances to the frontcourt.

The current Philadelphia 76ers are at the end of their strength, and all members of the Lakers know this truth. Now is the best time to defeat the 76ers. Therefore, the way of playing in the next two rounds will determine the final outcome of this game.

The Lakers must not take it lightly. You must know that although Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers has completely fallen into a trap and there is no threat, the Philadelphia 76ers still have Harden, the core outsider!

Today's Harden does not feel very good, but no one can guarantee that he will not recover in the next game!
If Harden finds his form, then it will be enough for the Lakers to drink a pot!
Therefore, in order to avoid this from happening, the Lakers' subsequent strategy is to chase Harden!
James also understood this truth. After holding the ball to the frontcourt, he quickly glanced at the situation on the scene, and then quickly passed the ball in his hand to Powell.

At this time, Powell, the defender in front of him is Harden!
Powell quickly received a pass from teammate James, and then immediately switched to an offensive state.

Facing Harden's defense, Powell is confident that he can score the ball.

To be honest, Harden's defensive physical condition is actually not bad, and he even has a good performance in resisting the attack of heavy forwards in the low post, but his defensive attitude is very problematic.

Defensive conditions determine the upper limit of defense, and defensive attitude determines the lower limit of defense.

If the defensive attitude is poor, the defensive conditions are useless!
Soon, Powell on the field moved!
Seeing that there were no teammates to help Harden defend, Powell decisively took a tentative step. After mobilizing the defensive center of gravity, he quickly stepped past Harden with a cross step.

Powell's offense is not weak. Although his first step is not very fast, his offensive rhythm is very, very good. This set of actions made Harden unable to react.

One didn't pay attention and was suddenly rushed by Powell in front of him.

After successfully reaching the inside lane, Powell had a smooth road in front of him. He made a three-step layup and was about to successfully put the basketball into the basket.

But at this moment, Embiid, who came from the bottom line to defend, rushed to the horse, jumped high, and waved his palm to give Powell a big hat.

Seeing this, Powell decisively retracted his stomach in the air, and threw the ball out in the air.

Because of Embiid's size, Powell is firmly covered, and there is no way to pass the ball to teammates who are open on the bottom line.

As a last resort, Powell's ball can only be thrown into the hands of James at the top of the arc, and then James will conduct it.

Soon, James received a pass from teammate Powell.

After receiving the ball, James didn't hesitate, and immediately threw the ball hard into the hands of his baseline teammate Brother Nongmei.

Brother Nongmei received the ball and shot directly and confidently.

Brother Nongmei has carefully trained his three-pointers this season. Although he shot poorly at the beginning of the season, Brother Nongmei's touch has returned now, otherwise he wouldn't be so resolute in his shots!

The basketball was pulled out from Brother Nongmei's fingertips, drawing a graceful arc in the air, like an extremely precise missile, and fell into the basket at once.

Brother Nongmei scored 3 points!
With this three-pointer, the already precarious momentum of the Philadelphia 76ers immediately collapsed by a small half.

If this continues, this game will really be about to raise the flag and surrender!

Rivers on the sidelines thought of this, and immediately couldn't sit still. He rushed to the sidelines and said to Harden, the team's point of possession:

"Hey, Harden, play tactics, stop playing alone, play tactics!!"

It stands to reason that the outcome of a regular season is actually not that important to the team.

But now is different, now is the critical moment for the team to hit the record!
In the current NBA league, not only the battles in the west are fierce, but the battles in the east are also particularly tense. Now for the team, the outcome of every game is very important!
Especially the Philadelphia 76ers, a team that pursues playoff results, pays more attention to the playoff ranking.

"Okay, coach!"

At the same time, Harden, who was holding the ball and rushing to the frontcourt, immediately responded quickly after hearing the coach's order.

After that, Harden quickly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, carefully observing the Lakers' defensive strategy.

At this time, the Lakers' defense is to adopt a man-to-man defensive strategy. The five players are all of sufficient size. It is not so easy for the Philadelphia 76ers to cause dislocation through tactics.

Unless Embiid is allowed to face Powell of the Lakers, this can be regarded as a misplacement.

But when the current Lakers face the pick-and-roll initiated by Embiid, they adopt a strategy of resolutely not switching defenses, that is, they are determined to let Brother Big Eyebrow deal with you Embiid!
In fact, this strategy of the Lakers will give Embiid a chance to shoot, but now Embiid feels very poor due to his physical decline.

Harden quickly thought about these issues, and then made a decisive decision, he can only play some off-ball tactics!

After making the decision, Harden quickly raised his right hand and made a tactical gesture.

The players of the Philadelphia 76ers moved quickly. Maxi started running from the baseline, and quickly used the cover of his teammates at the free throw line to continuously intersperse.

Find the right opportunity and go to a 45-degree angle to the right.

At this time, Maxi has already appeared open, and Harden also sent the ball in his hand in time.

Maxi received the ball, and there was no one in front of him. Without hesitation, Maxi decisively shot a three-pointer.

The arc of this three-pointer was very positive, and the basketball fell straight to the basket.

Unfortunately, the high-speed spinning basketball did not fall directly into the net, but turned around the inner circle of the basket!

After spinning for a long time, the basketball was thrown out and spun around the edge of the hoop.

In the end, the basketball was turned out, and the ball with a very positive arc did not turn into a score in the end.

All the spectators of the Philadelphia 76ers were about to stand up and celebrate for Maxi in the team, but they didn't expect this to happen. Sigh deeply.

Listening to the helpless voices of the audience, 76ers coach Rivers shook his head silently. This ball was a great blow to the confidence of the Philadelphia 76ers.

It was about to collapse, but now that Maxi made a fuss, the players of the Philadelphia 76ers became more emotional.