Chapter 153: A Challenge from Iverson

When Allen Iverson first entered the league, he was a star of hope in the eyes of everyone, a cornerstone of the 76ers' resurgence, a fighter in the eyes of fans, and a righteous man in the eyes of friends.

What Iverson didn't expect was that by the end of last season, he was no longer the focus of attention, no longer a star of hope in the future, and his limelight was stolen by one person, and that person was Liu Han. Iverson also tried to score as many points as possible in the game, but the end result was always a defeat for his team, and he scored 40 points in five consecutive games, but could not win a single game. Iverson even gave up his habitual style of play for a while, but in the end he was defeated. Deprived of his aura, Iverson is like a lone wolf who wants to get the most meat, but there is always a lion around him.

On January 4, 1998, the Lakers hosted their opponent for today's game, the Philadelphia 76ers, at home.

After a season, Iverson is no longer the focus of media attention, and no one will mention the question of who is stronger Iverson or Liu Han, because there is a clear answer to all this, but Iverson thinks that this is not his answer, and he hopes to use today's game to tell everyone what the real "answer" is.

Liu Han and the Lakers didn't think today's game was so important, it was an ordinary regular season, just like the other 81 games, all they had to do was get on the court and win.

After the end of last season, the 76ers fired the original coach, and they hired the legendary coach of the NBA, Larry Brown, although Larry Brown has not won any championship ring so far, but this does not prevent him from becoming a well-known coach in the league, think about how many coaches this coach who has not won a championship has trained, and the current head coach of the Spurs, Popovich, is the coach who learned from Larry Brown.

Larry Brown has always followed the principle of playing the right way, and while he can't say exactly what is the right way, that doesn't stop him from shining on some lackluster teams.

However, the arrival of Larry Brown made Iverson a little uncomfortable, this gentleman-looking senior coach has a stubborn personality that ordinary people do not have, in his hands, some ordinary players can play very beautiful games, but some stars with full personality cannot be used normally. Iverson was a young man of personality in every way.

Before the start of the game, Iverson approached coach Larry Brown in the hope that the coach could arrange how old he was, but Iverson did not directly state the reason.

What Iverson didn't expect was that Larry Brown directly rejected Iverson's request without asking any reason, which made the young Iverson very angry, even if you are a well-known coach, you can't ignore my dignity.

Iverson decided to come on his own when he got on the field.

The game started with O'Neal winning the jump ball, and now there are very few teams in the league that can beat O'Neal in a pick-and-roll.

Jim Jackson was a player who participated in the draft with O'Neal in 92, he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the fourth pick, just after entering the team, Jackson used his excellent three-point ability to get coached reuse, in his rookie season, Jim Jackson averaged 16.3 points per game, if it weren't for O'Neal who was really perverted that season, then the best rookie might be who.

Originally, Jim Jackson had a very happy life with the Mavericks, and since the team selected Jason Kidd with the second pick in '94, he had a good time with Jim Jackson and Jemel Mashburn, but he didn't expect a nightclub trip to finally break up the three, just because of a striptease dancer.

Just halfway through the '96-'97 season, Jim Jackson was traded by the Mavericks to the New Jersey Nets and then to Philadelphia. Originally, Jim thought that he would be the boss when he arrived in Philadelphia, but he didn't expect Iverson, who was only in his second year in the league, to give him face.

After O'Neal won the jump ball, the ball was dialed into the hands of Ray Allen, who did not directly break fast, but handed the ball to Nash, and Nash organized the attack.

Liu Han and O'Neal ran through the half-court and settled down, Liu Han himself walked to the bottom corner of the weak side to open up space for O'Neal, the 76ers are not strong inside, O'Neal can play strongly.

Nash dribbled the ball past halfcourt and hoisted it to O'Neal, who received the ball and turned around to squeeze 76ers center Derrick Coleman behind him, and then flew to dunk to score two points. Coleman is two meters and eight meters tall, and he is no match for O'Neal at all.

Larry Brown had a detailed understanding of the Lakers team before the game, although the Lakers' tactics were very novel, but Larry Brown did not think that the Lakers' extreme tactics would have the possibility of success, and Larry Brown felt that as long as the Lakers' point guard was choked, the rhythm of the game would be in his own hands. However, to Larry Brown's surprise, the Lakers started attacking from the inside.

Iverson dribbled the ball past halftime and met Nash's defense, and although Nash's defense was really not good, his attitude was at least serious.

Iverson threw Nash behind him with an acceleration change, and then he picked up speed again to hit the inside, O'Neal quickly filled in the position, and it would be a good opportunity if Iverson passed the ball to Coleman, who was already empty, but Iverson chose to go straight to the basket as if he didn't see Coleman at all.

Iverson obviously underestimated O'Neal's bounce and stillness, he originally thought that his throw could allow O'Neal to do useless work directly, but after losing weight, O'Neal's bounce was still very outstanding, and he touched the ball with his fingertips, causing the ball's trajectory to change.

The ball that popped out of the frame was grabbed by Horry, and Liu Han and Ray Allen had already started to break fast.

Horry didn't hesitate, he threw the ball directly at Liu Han, Liu Han didn't catch the ball and handed it directly to Ray Allen, and then ran an arc around the basket himself. Lei Allen understood that he would throw the ball high in the air, and Liu Han fell from the sky to take the ball with his left hand and directly slammed his arm into a big loop, and a wonderful air windmill was completed.

The Lakers fans in the audience cheered as soon as they saw such a wonderful goal at the beginning, and at the same time, the MVP shouted again.

Although there was nothing in one round of attack, it made the jealousy in Iverson's heart burn even more fiercely.

Iverson quickly started after receiving the ball on the bottom line, and just after half time, he directly ignored Nash's defense and rushed to the inside again, Nash felt a little helpless, but he was not afraid, but pasted Iverson from the side, his defensive action was very large, but Iverson lost his center of gravity.

The referee blew the whistle and awarded Nash a foul, but did not take the free throw. Iverson glanced at Nash and smiled disdainfully.

The game continued, and the 76ers served from the sideline. Iverson received a pass from his teammate and faced Nash again, Nash let Iverson take two steps to prevent the opponent from breaking through, but Iverson did not hesitate to shoot directly after receiving the ball.

Iverson was in high form today, but he had a good touch and the ball flew straight into the net. Iverson, who returned to the half, didn't forget to stretch out three fingers to Liu Han, meaning that I scored three points, what about you. Iverson directly provoked Liu Han to his face. (To be continued.) )