In tonight's game, the performance of Lefu and Wei Shao is still remarkable, and the combination of these two is still somewhat lethal, but in front of the Pirates, this lethality will definitely not allow them to win.

Wei Shao recorded 17 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, while Lefu had 21 points and 11 rebounds.

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As the schedule deepens, the All-Star Weekend is getting closer and closer, and Richard's previous warmth to the Pistons has also had a certain effect.

Because of Batum's joining, the Pistons played a big and four small positional battles, and the effect was still quite good, and the recent record was quite good, and it has squeezed out the Cavaliers and sat in the second place in the Eastern record.

The Cavaliers didn't say anything more, after all, there is no difference between the second or third record in the regular season, and if you rank second, it means one more home court advantage.

Just one home field advantage doesn't have a huge impact on the outcome of a series, at best, a five percent is good.

The Cavaliers have too many veterans on the roster, so they don't have the idea of making a force in the regular season, as long as they can keep the third place in the East, as long as they can avoid the Buccaneers in the first two rounds of the playoffs, then they are completely acceptable.

With an All-Star break a week to go, Raheem announced that he was handing over All-Star leadership to Richard.

This also means that Richard, if nothing else, will be able to get the eighth piece of the Supergiant set in a week.

……

In mid-to-late February, All-Star Weekend kicks off as usual.

Compared with the past, there is nothing special about this All-Star Weekend, and it is still the Eastern All-Star victory.

This can almost be regarded as forming an unspoken rule, generally speaking, if Richard does not lead the team to the All-Star, then the All-Star MVP is generally in the West.

And if Richard leads the Eastern All-Star, then the All-Star MVP will definitely appear in the East......

At times, it's clear how much Richard cares about All-Star Weekend.

Others couldn't understand why a bishop of Richard's rank would be interested in an entertaining All-Star weekend.

It stands to reason that when other coaches reach Richard's level, they generally dodge when they encounter All-Stars, but Richard seems to have poisoned All-Stars, and he makes all kinds of ups.

This year, of course, is no exception......

In the end, the All-Star MVP was won by Durant, who participated in this year's competition, and Richard received the eighth part of the supergiant suit......

What makes Richard a little painful is that he may have to take over the Clippers next year, and then the ninth component can be said to be far away, even Richard doesn't know when the ninth component will be available.

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After the All-Star break, Richard began to focus on adding some of Iverson and Szczebiak's playing time, both of whom will retire after the season, and Richard is also giving them a poor man's version of the retirement tour.

In the penultimate game of the regular season, Richard rested Durant and put Szczebiak in the starting lineup.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Richard is ready to give Szczebiak a perfect retirement ceremony.

The opponent is the Spurs, Popovich is also a face-saving team, and he did not let the players limit Szczebiak, and Richard's side can be regarded as a reciprocal reciprocation, only letting the main players play half the court, and sending a pure bench lineup to match Szczebiak for the rest of the time.

As a result, Szzzerbiak made 35 crazy shots and scored 42 points......

Naturally, the offensive efficiency is not very good, but being able to have such a game before retiring can be regarded as an explanation for his career.

In fact, before that, there was no retirement tour in the league, and even in the last game of his career, it was rare for the coach to make the players go crazy and the opponent would try their best to cooperate.

At the moment, Szzebiak is leading the way......

Under normal circumstances, if you really want to say the birthplace of this kind of atmosphere, it should actually be counted on Kobe's head, Kobe Bryant's last crazy score, and as a result, Wade, Nowitzki and others also enjoyed the same treatment.

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This penultimate game is Szczebiak's retirement performance, and the last game of the Pirates' regular season is naturally Iverson's exclusive performance.

Coincidentally, the Pirates played away to the Philadelphia 76ers in this game, and it seems that the league has really put a lot of effort into scheduling.

"Allen, don't have any pressure, even if the performance is bad this time, our playoffs don't mean that there is no chance, play those weak chicken teams, you can play casually." Richard saw that Iverson was a little nervous before the start of the game, and couldn't help but laugh and quip.

How could Iverson not be nervous, tonight could be the last regular season game of his career, and it was against his parent team.

It is not very appropriate to use the old club to describe the relationship between the 76ers and Iverson, and the parent team will be more suitable.

"No need, let's leave some opportunities for those young people, I will definitely not play after this season." Iverson shook his head and smiled.

The playoffs are very important for these new stars of the Pirates, how can he take advantage of these new stars' performance opportunities.

Besides, even if there is any big data in the playoffs, he doesn't feel that it makes much sense, he has already decided to retire, not to mention that he wants to play for a few more years.

The reason why he retired so decisively is actually because of Richard.

Richard had envisioned the BIG3 league before, and after Iverson came to the Pirates this season, Richard talked to Iverson a lot about the BIG3 league, and Iverson was quite interested.

Although this league is not saying that there is no place for Iverson at the moment, his current strength must not be said to be a top defender, since he is not the top, then it is not much point to simply retire, anyway, it is not much point to continue to consume.

Iverson is quite optimistic about the prospects of the BIG3 league, after all, he has the connections of West Lafayette's players, and he is not worried about not being able to open up his popularity.

And once the popularity is opened, it is definitely a very lucrative business.

In the end, Iverson and Richard decided that the buyer and seller would each have half of the shares, Richard would provide the initial start-up capital, and Iverson would be responsible for some of the day-to-day management of the alliance.

The start-up capital does not require much, Richard thinks that it is actually the cost of renting the venue, and the salaries of the players are actually not much, and maybe in the end Richard will be enough to pay millions of dollars.

Although Iverson's management ability is definitely not good, Richard will definitely keep an eye on it at all times and will not make any big mistakes.

At the moment, Iverson is thinking about waiting for the end of this season, after he won the championship, he will retire immediately, and then start to work on the BIG3 league.

But before that, he wants to finish tonight's retirement show perfectly.

"Don't worry, coach, I've been playing in this arena for more than ten years, and there will definitely be no problems." Iverson said confidently.

"Okay, then let's go for 60 points!" Richard said with a smile.

said that he was fighting for 60 points, but in fact, Richard knew that Iverson's score tonight would definitely not be lower than 60......

The reason is simple, although tonight is an away game, it is actually Iverson's home stadium.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been promoting this game for a long time, and there will be countless Iverson fans coming in tonight to watch the game, which makes the 76ers make a fortune.

Iverson's influence in Philadelphia goes without saying, as long as you are a 76ers fan, maybe nine out of ten people are Iverson fans.

In tonight's game, who on the 76ers' side dares to defend against Iverson? I'm afraid I don't want to mess around in Philadelphia......

In addition to not being exposed to a high-intensity defense, the Buccaneers will certainly be backing up Iverson tonight.

As long as Iverson has the fitness tonight, even if he takes all of the Pirates' offensive possession, there will be absolutely no complaints.

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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match.

Iverson fans on the sidelines shouted Iverson's nickname frantically as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Answer!"

"Answer!"

"Answer!"

If you want to talk about the nickname of the football star, Iverson's nickname can be said to be quite a compelling one, which is much higher than the nicknames of Peter Pan, Little Emperor, Little Prince, and Little Steel Cannon.

Embiid, the 76ers star of later generations, is estimated to follow Iverson's example, and then gave himself the nickname of "process".

Iverson called the answer, he called the process, or Embiid was a tease......