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Green Kai Philadelphia s offensive and defensive game at critical moments

12:07am, 3 November 2025【Basketball】

The Celtics chose Tillman to play at a critical moment today. In addition to considering the defensive movement and defense changes, it also has something to do with Tillman's certain shooting tendency. At least with Tillman's performance in a few rounds, the Celtics successfully opened the score.

When the game entered the last five minutes, the Celtics' offensive logic intention was obvious, which was to let Jaylen Brown find as many opportunities as possible to take advantage of the mismatch.

In this round, Brown went to cover Pritchard to catch Maxi's opponent. Embiid always stayed on this side. Tillman took advantage of the situation and asked for the ball and played a blind pig with White. White caught the ball and hit a mid-range shot.

Tillman's value continued to be demonstrated in the next round: Embiid was still blocking Brown's screen launch from behind. This time Tillman was completely left open and decisively hit a three-pointer.

The Celtics changed their offensive thinking in the subsequent round, directly using Brown to initiate a reverse pick-and-roll with the ball. It seemed that the 76ers did not want to switch defense directly but let Oubre pursue. Embiid's assisting defense gave Tillman a chance to score at the basket.

The Celtics relied on these three waves of offense to open the score to 10 points. Looking back, the 76ers were actually trying to use Tillman to make a fuss. In this round, they used a not-so-fast weave (continuous hand-off) to catch Tillman's lead, and finally Grimes made a three-pointer.

The Celtics were still called down by Jaylen Brown and quickly responded with a three-pointer.

However, in response to this attack, the 76ers still did not choose to switch defenses. When White broke through, VJ assisted in the defense. The Celtics' offense encountered a dead corner. After Pritchard restarted, he could only hand it over to Minot, who was unguarded.

In the next round, the 76ers completed a peel switch. Maxey blocked White's breakthrough line in advance, and Embiid defended nearby.

In these few offenses and defenses, the Celtics' offensive efficiency began to decline. They did not want Jaylen Brown to end the round, but to test White and others' options after breaking through.

Mazzula even asked the team to take the initiative to speed up in some rounds, but Minot's handling was obviously not mature enough.

The 76ers continued the suspense of the game with two consecutive three-pointers. The second time was Embiid's main attack to attract defense and assist VJ.

The Celtics still used downward roll call in a key attack. This time Oubre wanted to help Maxi defend against a direct foul.

After Brown made one of two free throws, the two sides came to the final game. With a three-point lead, the Celtics still had Minot, who had better coverage, to cover Maxi, but here the 76ers had an early flare screen, and the Celtics took advantage of the opportunity to let White switch to defend against Embiid and replace Tillman. The Celtics' priority was still to prevent Maxi from using the screen to find space for a three-point shot, so Maxi used Embiid's protective breakthrough under the basket to score points.

In the most critical penultimate attack, Tillman switched defense well to take over Maxi's breakthrough.

After Minot missed two free throws, the 76ers still had a chance to reverse the game, but they had some problems with the details of the last out-of-bounds ball:

Embiid asked for the ball due to Maxi's movement It did not play the role of a screen and a wall. When Maxi ran to the receiving point, Brown quickly took over the matchup, so the ball could only be given to Grimes in the backcourt. Grimes was intercepted by Pritchard and Brown, and in the end it could only be given to Embiid for a hasty shot.

In the last few minutes, the game always revolved around Jaylen Brown's call and how the 76ers created shooting space. During key defense, the Celtics and Tillman withstood the pressure.

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