Chapter Eighty-Five: The Wrath of Philadelphia
The 76ers fled New York like lost dogs, New Yorkers all celebrated, and even the Knicks players relaxed a little, and Iverson's scoring ability was always a mountain above them. However, Mo Xi was a little apprehensive, he knew that in the face of the humiliating defeat of the last game, Iverson was the most terrible, and his pride and dignity required him to fight back with a more explosive state.
Philadelphia is a city with a long history both in the history of the country and in the history of the Union, and the Declaration of Freedom was issued from here, and it was here that the "Great Beidou" began his road to killing, plus the "Dr. J" Julius Owen, Moses Malone and others, Philadelphia has always been famous in the league, and even today, when people face the combination of Iverson and Mutombo, they can't help but sigh.
New York fans have always been free-spirited, they are always enthusiastic, or they show their emotions, but Philadelphia is different, perhaps because of the historical difference, and the basketball atmosphere here is quite strong, but it doesn't have the madness written on the face like New York. However, in the face of the Knicks, who beat the team to a big score of 0:2, they still have nothing to look like.
However, this is not the most difficult situation for the Knicks to face, the most difficult thing is that they have to face an Iverson with 200% firepower.
This is the first time Arenas has experienced the power of the league's top guards, and although Arenas is confident and proud to the point of paranoia, there is also a voice in his heart that has been telling him that this is a goal that he will be difficult to surpass, at least for now, he simply can't beat this man, and he can't do it closely.
Iverson single-handedly beat the entire Knicks.
First, an acceleration directly passed Arenas, and then faced Sprewell, who hurriedly pounced to make up for the defense, a light crotch change of direction, and shook Sprewell over, but it was also delayed by Sprewell for some time, and was pushed up by Houston, in fact, now the Knicks' defense has already been completely torn apart by Iverson, but Iverson did not choose to break through, but continued to pass, in the face of Houston, Iverson took out his specialty, killer crossover, Houston was pinned to the ground, and Iverson went straight to the basket.
Mo Xi sat directly under the basket at this time, facing Iverson's impact.
The two faced each other again, only this time the battlefield was changed to Philadelphia, which Iverson was familiar with.
Iverson jumped up without fear, and like a praying mantis, he waited quietly, waiting for that moment, the time to decide the victory.
Seeing that Iverson was about to reach the highest point, Mo Xi flew up suddenly, opened his huge palm, and slapped directly at Iverson's head and face.
However, Iverson was already prepared, and with a small lever in the air, he tried to avoid Moxi's block.
However, even if it was possible for Iverson to make a move, with Iverson's lever, Mo Xi also adjusted his arms in the air, and the two started a magic battle in the air.
Theoretically, both sides have come to the air, and the bounce advantage is there, but it can be ignored under Mo Xi's huge physical advantage, but Mo Xi's arm span is still there, which is a link that Iverson can't avoid.
An unbelievable scene appeared, when Iverson's lever was halfway extended, Iverson suddenly changed hands in the air, and when Mo Xi was caught off guard, he used his left hand to score the ball from the side under Mo Xi's shoulder.
This time, it was the turn of the Wajovia Center Arena to ring out a tsunami-like cheer.
Iverson hit the Knicks hard with a miraculous goal.
And that's just the beginning.
At halftime, Mo Xi had already cut 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks with a very comprehensive statistic, and Arenas, who was the team's sixth man, also scored 14 points, and the Knicks scored 49 points in the half, but all this seemed so weak in front of the small No. 3 in Philadelphia.
Iverson scored 17 points in the first quarter, 27 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the half, and the 76ers scored 47 points in the entire half.
After the start of the second half, Iverson rushed into the Knicks position by himself like just now, and the 76ers also completely changed their tactical style, and the whole team of four people was defending, liberating Iverson and completely unleashing Iverson on the offensive end.
At the beginning of the second half, Iverson caused Mark Jackson to commit two fouls in a row, and then Van Gundy wanted Ward to go up to top it, but one minute after Ward came on the court, he was directly fouled by Iverson for a shooting foul.
Van Gundy thought about it for a while, decisively replaced Ward on the court, replaced Arenas, and used the response from the last game to deal with the 76ers.
But he still underestimated Iverson too much. The more critical time it gets, the more crazy Iverson becomes.
Arenas felt completely powerless, this time he really began to think about his defense, this was the first time he felt that the opponent had scored a goal, could he really return one?
After all, Arenas is only a twenty-year-old young man, and in the face of Iverson, who has been famous in the league for a long time, and encounters a game that completely explodes from the opponent, the proud but fragile Arenas begins to doubt himself.
"Smack~"
Mo Xi slapped Arenas directly on the head, causing the latter to glare angrily.
Mo Xi looked like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and said to Arenas, "Who are you?" ”
Arenas said angrily, "Lao Tzu is Gilbert Arenas!" You stupid melon! ”
Mo Xi pointed at Iverson again and said, "Then who is he?" ”
Arenas gritted his teeth and said, "He's Iverson......"
Mo Xi shook his head and said: "No, you are wrong, you are just a rookie, and the one opposite is the scoring champion, the best guard in the league at the moment, there is no one." ”
Arenas glared at Mo Xi and said, "Wait and see! ”
The interaction between the two was very short, but it all fell into Van Gundy's eyes, and the latter smiled with a little relief, the leader must be like a leader, not only on the field, but also in other places.
However, the Knicks' efforts still came to naught, and Iverson played his classic game again, scoring 51 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 4 of 7 three-pointers, which can be described as a big kill, and the 76ers defeated the Knicks 102-96 at the last minute with Iverson's two free throws.
Philadelphia was jubilant, but the New York fans were starting to get a little restless.
At this time, Mo Xi felt a little relieved. If the 76ers can only win on this situation, what about the next games? 10