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With Redick on Korver, there is not much change in the lineup for the 76ers.

Korver, like Redick, is based on off-ball running tactics on the offensive end.

Coach Brown's substitution shows that he doesn't want to adjust, but wants to keep the style of play of the first two games as much as possible.

His idea is correct, but Korver is a defensive colander like Redick. Although it is a bit higher, the confrontation speed is slow, and it is also attacked by various surprises.

In less than two minutes, Mitchell and George made two thugs in a row, and gave the Nets 4 points in vain.

Brown looked on the sidelines and couldn't help it, and was finally forced to go to Covington.

Covington is a standard 3D, which allows the 76ers to solve the problem on the defensive end.

But such a substitution also means that they lack a tactical starting point on the offensive end, and the Nets can safely let Irving defend Covington and Butler defend Simmons.

Butler's assisted defense is much better than Irving's. He left Simmons on the three-point line and wanted to supplement the defense. The 76ers' offense was even more obscure, and they could only rely on James and Embiid's sporadic singles to score.

After being suppressed at the strategic level, Coach Brown really seemed helpless.

To put it bluntly, this is not just a question of the coach's ability. The starting players of the 76ers all have obvious weaknesses that can be targeted, including Redick, Simmons, and even Covington.

But on the Nets side, except for Irving, they are both offensive and defensive, and it is this Irving, who can be played against Simmons, or Covington who has no independent scoring ability.

Just like what Tang Tian said to Frank at the beginning: They have weaknesses, but we have no weaknesses for them.

The 76ers couldn't hold on to the situation, no matter how much James has personal ability, it's a drop in the bucket, not to mention his current physical strength can no longer guarantee his efficient performance throughout the game.

103 to 86, the Nets finally defeated the 76ers in the away game, rewriting the big score to 2 to 1.

James had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, Embiid had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Simmons had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, Saric had 11 points and 6 rebounds, and no one else scored in double figures for the 76ers.

For the Nets, George scored a game-high 31 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. He started with five players, plus Yi Jianlian who was on the bench. Six players scored in double figures.

"We found the best way to win."

"We'll find a way to win."

At the post-match press conference, Tang Tian and Brown had completely different tones, and these two tones also represented the current situation of the two teams.

Redick can still be removed from the starting lineup, but if Simmons is removed, the strength of the 76ers will be reduced by at least one-third.

Two days later, the fourth battle between the two sides continued in Philadelphia.

Coach Brown removed Redick and started with Covington, which was the only adjustment he could make.

Not long after the game started, Covington got a good three-pointer.

He has a quick shot.

"boom!"

However, the first attempt was unsuccessful.

Irving made consecutive changes in the frontcourt and passed Simmons to score a layup, giving the Nets the lead.

Looking back, James was double-teamed and found Covington.

Irving's defensive awareness is still a problem, and Covington has another good opportunity after receiving the ball.

This time he glanced at the box before shooting.

"boom!"

Still strike!

There was an uproar at the scene.

After James came, coach Brown put Covington on the bench. He didn't have a stable playing time, and his outside touch was always absent from time to time, with great ups and downs.

You can't expect a role player like him to be like a superstar who didn't play much for a season and let him play now.

This has been proven in the last game. He was forced to play and made 0 of 4 shots from outside the three-point line. This game seems to have no signs of improvement.

However, the 76ers were forced to do so. The results of Redick and Korver being targeted were even worse than Covington's strike.

Jokic took off the defensive rebound, the Nets counterattacked, and George staged a flying dunk in the fast break.

The Nets made another 4-0 strong start.

The 76ers pushed to the frontcourt again, and the Nets directly defended the 2-3 zone defense.

Simmons didn't shoot from the outside, and Covington was inaccurate. This shrinking defense seemed to be mocking.

The inside line is overcrowded, James is double-teamed when he holds the ball, and Embiid has no room to catch the ball.

In the end, Simmons made a trial shot when he was shorted.

"boom!"

The ball was outrageously deflected. It hit the edge and popped out, and George reached out and took it down.

The Nets counterattacked again, and Irving's flying layup caused James' pulling foul.

James looked very angry after being called for a foul, and yelled at the sidelines. He didn't scold the referee or the audience, but was really upset.

Irving made two free throws and the Nets led 6-0.

In the frontcourt, James leaned back against the double-team and missed a goal. Embiid grabbed an offensive rebound and scored Simmons, and Simmons made another shot from outside the three-point line.

"boom!"

With a crisp muffled sound, Simmons turned into a little blacksmith in Milan, and he and Covington played in harmony.

Coach Brown just shook his head on the sidelines.

The outside touch completely paralyzed the 76ers' offense. At halftime, they were already behind the Nets by as much as 20 points.

In the third quarter, when Brown came back to make adjustments, Saric was removed and McConaughey was placed, directly playing a lineup of one big and four small.

This lineup has received miraculous effects. Although McConaughey is almost defensive, he has a stable outside firepower and three-pointers. In addition, the four small lineups have done a good job in defense. The 76ers are led by James and Embiid. A wave of counterattack climax was played, and the point difference was once narrowed to about 10 points at the end of the third quarter.

But when they rested, Anthony went berserk again during the substitute period. He succeeded in singles against Gortat and Saric, and staged a grandpa-style teaching series. Yi Jianlian also took on Fultz and Saric on the defensive end. Give your opponent a bunch of little stars.

Only more than four minutes into the fourth quarter, the Nets had a wave of climax and widened the point difference to 20 points.

Redick and Korver were unable to play in the starting period. After their loss of functionality, the 76ers lost two important rotations who could play, but the Nets have too many players who can play this season.

Last season, he was forced to play Wade. This season, the inside combination of Anthony and Yi Jianlian on the bench can start for ordinary teams.

The main force of the 76ers sat off the court for nearly a whole quarter, looking at the widening point difference, with a rather confused expression.

Desire to kill the enemy, powerless to return to heaven.

In the end, the Nets beat the 76ers 116-92 in the away game, rewriting the big score to 3-1.

No one expected such a result. After four games, James' lore game turned out to be the only game the 76ers won.

"This is the gap in strength. When the Nets seized the 76ers' weakness, they looked helpless. The 76ers made a big change next season. So did Simmons. It's time to think about what he should do this summer." Barkley said bluntly on the TNT program after explaining these two games in a row.