Chapter 137 [Living a Fun, No Return Road]
The 76ers scored, the players passed patiently, Kukoc missed the jump shot after 24 seconds, and O'Neal grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and passed it to Guo Xu.
Without the coach calling a timeout to adjust, the Lakers players spontaneously played the tactics against the Spurs.
Guo Xu controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and Horrila went to the middle to cover him outside the three-point line, creating a misplaced offensive opportunity to block and dismantle. O'Neal stood in the low post on the right side, and Kobe Bryant and Ryder were 70 degrees on the right side and the bottom corner on the left side respectively, and the formation was fully stretched out to play a triangle attack.
Guo Xu held the ball and rushed to the right side to attract Kukoc to change the defense, the ball passed to the middle, Iverson chased Guo Xu and vacated Horry.
Horry received the ball very quickly, did not waste the opportunity, and the ball went into the net hollow! 22 to 22.
The big man who covers when Iverson chases a defender will have a chance to catch the ball, and Horry is best suited for the job.
Horry's overall shooting percentage is low, less than 40 percent, and he's actually quite efficient, with all his shots coming from mid-to-long-range on catch, and his 35 percent three-point shooting percentage is an excellent one among big men in this era.
And Horry is a very selfless team player, never messing around, let alone occupying the ball, in the peak 95-96 season, he played 37.1 minutes per game with the Rockets and only took 10.3 shots, and in these two seasons, he averaged less than 5 shots per game in 20 minutes. The Lakers Trident needs this kind of person as a teammate the most.
The 76ers attacked, and McGee broke through with the ball, causing Ryder to foul and hit both free throws. 22 to 24.
During the dead-ball period, Jackson made another substitution, with Brian Shaw coming on to replace the absent-minded Ryder on the defensive end. In this game, Jackson doesn't plan to let Ryder play again.
Although Ryder vowed to be a new man when he joined the Lakers, he disappointed everyone again and again, not only did he not become a replacement for Rice, but he was almost a qualified substitute. Now that Guo Xu is here, the Lakers can guarantee a bench offense if they don't play Ryder, and it will be better if he doesn't defend.
On the 76ers' side, Todd Makloch came on to replace Teylon Hill.
Teylon is 206cm tall and weighs 109kg, and it is difficult to limit O'Neill with a single defense. Todd is 213CM tall and weighs 127 kg, and is a heavy-duty blue-collar insider.
The game continued, Guo Xu and Horry opened up space, Kobe Bryant ran to the left side of the back to receive the ball, and singled out the 191CM Snow turned around and made a jumper. 24 to 24.
The 76ers attacked, Iverson singled out Guo Xu, dribbled the ball to the left hand under the crotch, shook his left shoulder lightly, and then changed direction to the right, the first time Guo Xu followed, Iverson retreated with the ball, and the same action was done again, and the second time Guo Xu moved half a beat slower, and the two opened a position.
Iverson didn't wait for the Lakers to come up on the wing to make up for the defense, and made a pull-up jumper. He shot very fast, and threw himself to the basket without jumping to the highest penalty, Guo Xuqi jumped a little slower, and the eye sealing was invalid. 24 to 26.
Iverson used the same standard jumper in his rookie season, jumping to the top of his body and shaking his wrists. However, with the 76 team's dependence on him on the offensive end and the opponent's strict defense, he no longer has room to shoot calmly, and gradually changed his shooting hand to an irregular ultra-fast starting style, and he has completely abandoned the orthodox style of play for the speed of shooting this season.
His shot resembles a low-handed shot, with an extremely high arc, and often adds lateral drifts of various difficulty MAX movements, combined with lightning-fast stops and starts, and evades opponents' blocks with extremely strange rhythm changes.
This offensive style of play lacks formal shooting action guidance, and there is no follow-up action after the shot, relying on Iverson's soft touch to ensure the shooting percentage. Gradually, he developed this weird shooting habit even for open shots and free throws, so he didn't shoot some simple open shots that were not very consistent.
There is no second person in the NBA who can face the bag in the opponent's restricted area like Iverson, and shoot calmly, he can guarantee a 40% shooting rate in the 76ers, and he will feel that he is a genius when he watches the game.
The current Guo Xu's personal ability cannot be compared with Iverson, and he can only pass the ball when he encounters a bag.
The Lakers attacked, Guo Xu attracted the defense and passed to Kobe, and Kobe hung to O'Neal. O'Neal hit second-year rookie Todd in the low post with his back, turned around and hit a board. 26 to 26.
The 76ers attacked, Iverson continued to dribble under his crotch and change direction, got rid of Guo Xu by speed, and then plunged headlong into the crowd.
Guo Xu has been smooth sailing since he entered the league, although the offensive end is not very stable, but the breakthrough of the defensive frame has been good, and the opponent generally relies on his height advantage to jump shots, and this is the first time he has been played. Without the help of his teammates, Iverson doesn't know how many points he can score in a heads-up fight.
The box was blocked by Lakers players, Iverson was forced to split the ball to the perimeter, and Snow missed the basket in the open space.
The 76ers' blue-collar players are as good as they are on the defensive end, and their shooting percentages are touching. If Iverson is surrounded by a bunch of 3-and-D players, it won't be so easy for opponents to contain him.
It's a pity that as long as coach Larry Brown is around, the 76ers can't have 3-and-D players, and they rarely practice three-point shooting when they practice.
It's not appropriate to describe Larry Brown's team as having a lack of three-point shooting, and it's only right to say that he doesn't shoot. He strictly demanded that every member of the team who made more than five three-point shots in a game would be like Brown's father-killing enemy, and he must die.
Iverson averaged 2-of-6 three-point attempts per game in his rookie season, and although he shot only 41.6 percent overall, he was more efficient than he is now, and he likes to shoot three-pointers. Then Brown joined the 76ers, and Iverson's three-point shooting in his second season plummeted to 2.9, and his overall shooting percentage rose to 46.1 percent.
Iverson was later injured, which is directly related to Brown's style of play, a man who is 183cm tall and weighs 75 kilograms is a little watery and kills seven in and seven out of the penalty area every game, and is knocked over several times by tall opponents, unless it is a robot, he has to be injured.
In the 1995-96 season, when John Lucas was the coach of the 76ers, the 76ers averaged 17.5 three-point attempts per game, in the 96-97 season, John Davis coached, the team averaged 16.5 three-point attempts per game, in 97-98 Brown took over the 76ers, and the team made 9.9 three-point attempts, which decreased to 7.4 in the 98-99 season and 7.8 last season.
After Brown completed the revamp of the 76ers, they shot fewer three-pointers than the Jazz and twice finished last in the league. Brown limited Iverson to three-point shooting, and after his rookie season, Iverson never practiced three-pointers again.
Iverson has a thirst for three-pointers in his bones, and he participated in the three-point shooting contest last year's Star Weekend. During the game, he played inaccurately but still laughed at the audience.
Well, it's not an inaccuracy, he only scored 6 points, and he just went to play.
Iverson was awkward to shoot with the ball, couldn't find his rhythm, and finally ran out of time, he didn't finish the shot, and it was impossible for a shooter who often practiced three-point shooting to make such a low-level mistake.
In a sense, Brown hurt Iverson, and if Iverson had been practicing three-point shooting, he would have been able to get the right shot with his soft touch. If he mainly shoots three-pointers from outside the three-point line and retreats for three-point shooting, Guo Xu will definitely be unlucky to use a one-and-a-half-step defensive approach to face him......
This is only assumed that Iverson has embarked on a path of no return that is spiritually invincible and inefficient.