Chapter 6: Wasp VS Mavericks (2)
"Aaron Iverson!"
"Aaron Iverson!"
"The Hornets actually signed Allen Iverson!"
The three of them stood up almost at the same time and shouted in unison! The amazement is palpable!
In the second half, the Hornets took the lead in attacking, and the players on the court were No. 1 Paul, No. 2 Iverson, No. 3 Ariza, No. 4 West, No. 5 Okafor, and the Mavericks' starting lineup was No. 1 Kidd, No. 2 Butler, No. 3 Marion, No. 4 Nowitzki, and No. 5 Haywood.
Paul dribbled to the front court and passed to Iverson who mentioned the line, all four players were pulled to the weak side, leaving room for Iverson to play alone, obviously this is an established tactic, defending Iverson is Caron Butler, this person is also ** Lake, Iverson's several crotch shakes have not deceived him, but when Iverson deliberately exposed the ball in front of Butler, Butler was finally fooled and wanted to reach out for the ball, Iverson made an ultra-low backhand make Butler pounce, and then all the way unimpeded, Easily hit the basket and go to the basket to score points.
The whole process seems effortless, just as simple as an adult beating a child on the court, these two points are easy, pleasant and comfortable, and the basket is carried with a whistle.
In the next round, Iverson did not play singles, but handed the ball to Paul, Paul and West played a traditional blocking, West couldn't shoot, Heywood protected the defensive rebound, looked around, looked around, and was slapped off by Ariza behind him, Iverson picked up the ball, raised his arms and toes, Heywood had already flown out, Iverson feint under the basket successfully, and threw two points again!
The score was 58-60, and the Hornets took the lead.
The Hornets' Iverson had a flash of inspiration, but the Mavericks' offense was methodical under Kidd's control, and Haywood stood at the free-throw line to block Nowitzki, who ran out of position, got to the ball, and Nowitzki hit a two-point shot.
This is the Mavericks' most conventional weapon, which is deceptively simple, but extremely lethal.
The score is tied at 60:60!
The scores of the two teams were staggered, and by the official timeout in the second half of the third quarter, the score was already tied at 81.
Iverson controlled the ball, West was ready to come up to block and dismantle, Iverson waved his hand and signaled to get out of the way, at this time the person standing opposite Iverson was not Butler, but a younger, stronger Sean Stevenson, if this person is a bandit, born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a full beard, it is not good at first glance, in the 2008 playoffs, he publicly called LeBron, claiming that the latter is the most overrated player in NBA history, this statement completely angered James, and the two exchanged a few verbal cannons, Not only that, Stevenson also had a physical altercation with James on the court, which shows that this person is a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and anyone dares to shout.
Iverson is 183 cm tall and weighs 81 kilograms, while Stevenson is 196 centimeters tall and weighs 99 kilograms, it can be said that these two people are in alignment, Iverson is not advantageous in terms of height, weight, and strength, and he has slammed Stevenson several times in a row, but he didn't get too good a chance, Stevenson shouted, "Come on, don't let me, you're going to fucking blow me up, once you could shake Jordan, but you can't shake me!" I'm your nemesis! ”
But when it comes down to the ability of these two men, it can be seen from the last offense before the end of the third quarter.
The ball in Iverson's hand traveled back and forth between his ten fingers, and Stevenson spread his arms and made a posture of full defense, and the offensive time was pressed to eight seconds, Iverson began to attack continuous cross-steps and large shaking, Iverson's breakthrough is incomprehensible, a big reason is that he can not only make feints in his hands, but also the shaking of his shoulders, waist, hips, legs, and hands in five positions may be feints, Stevenson's forehead sweat is falling drop by drop, and he is not sure whether Iverson is throwing or bursting.
Iverson suddenly activated, and the thin calves seemed to be equipped with a motor in a moment, bursting out with great power! Iverson broke through to the left with the ball, Stevenson hurriedly blocked Iverson's way, but Barria next to him made up the defense, Barria's defense of Thorton was empty, and there was no one two steps away, this position was Thorton's point, and the shot was more confident, Thorton was happy in his heart, waved his hands, and shouted, "Givemetheball!! (Pass me the ball!!) )”
Thorton shouted three times, but Iverson didn't look back.
Iverson pulled the ball from his left hand to his right hand with a back dribble, Stevenson secretly said that it was not good, and quickly stopped, Iverson shook his shoulder and pretended to break to the right in fact or to the left, Stevenson chased to the left, Iverson once again sacrificed a continuous crotch cross step, virtual and real, true and false dribbling shook Stevenson to a daze, and finally, Iverson chose to break through to the right side, Stevenson's footsteps have obviously not been able to keep up, can only grit his teeth and defend hard, the inside line Heywood stood in Iverson's offensive position, Iverson had to pull to the bottom right corner and stand outside the three-point line in the right bottom corner, and there were no defenders in front of Iverson at this time!
Iverson raised the basketball with both hands and stood on his toes! There are two seconds left on the clock, and he's going to shoot!
"I want to shoot! It's not that easy! ”
Stevenson shouted, rushed from the free throw line, and jumped up to block when he was two steps away from Iverson, Stevenson was really hard enough to cross his body in the air! As fierce as a tiger pounces on its food!
False! Move! Make!
Iverson quickly put away the basketball, and only when Stevenson's upper body flew over did Iverson jump and shoot, and after throwing the ball, he leaned back on Stevenson, which is the case, but what the audience saw was that Iverson's thin body was "hit" by Stevenson!
"Huh!"
"Toot toot!"
Three-pointer scored! Defensive fouls! Penalties! Three plus one!
The spectators in the stands instantly boiled, the dynamic music was noisy again, and Stevenson lay on the floor with a dejected face, his body pressing Iverson's feet!
Iverson pulled his foot out, held the winner's head high, and stepped over Stevenson's body with a helpless and lonely face! His face was as arrogant as a slave conquered by a victor! Show Iverson's kingly spirit!
On the bench, Sanguela and Peja desperately waved the towel.
This scene is destined to become a classic picture!
Free throws are in, the whistle blows at the end of the third quarter, and after a short break, the Hornets and Mavericks are about to start their final battle!
Seeing Iverson's performance, Lao Fu suddenly remembered a person, who also has almost the same hairstyle, the same height and weight, and the same style of play as Iverson, he is Ran Feng.
Ran Feng was not selected for Lao Fu's NBA player selection list because of his style of play and personality, but maybe he shouldn't be harshly criticized, players at that age have more or less Iverson's shadow on their bodies, not for anything else, just because Iverson's influence in China is too great, almost every player regards Iverson as an idol, and the style of play naturally develops in the direction of idols, but they including Ran Feng don't understand that the NBA is so big, four or five hundred players, everyone is technical, In terms of ability, you can find the corresponding template, but Iverson has only one, there are tens of thousands of Chinese players, and there are at least a few thousand of Iverson players, so Iverson is not worth anything.
The old man shook his head.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, according to the convention, the players of both teams were one starter with four benches, the Mavericks were Butler with Barria, Jones, Masimmy and Chandler, and the Hornets were Iverson with Belineri, Pondesek, Blings, and Sangeira, in this lineup, Butler and Iverson are undoubtedly strong points!
Hornets player Quincy Poundsek has outstanding reach and athleticism, and is a player with outstanding defense, facing the two-time All-Star All-round Caron Butler, Poundsek is not afraid of color, and the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger The momentum is also enough to fight Butler to a draw, Butler can't play this, and others can't start.
On the other hand, on the Hornets' side, the Mavericks sent the little-known Dominic Jones to defend Iverson, which is simply "abuse"! Facing this young man who was only born in 1988, Iverson is about to blow him up! All kinds of crotch breakthroughs, playing behind the back, breaking the ball like a ghost, breaking through concisely and effectively, in just two minutes, Iverson scored eight points in a row and led the Hornets to 86:78!
Seeing that the game was going in a direction that was going against him, the Mavericks asked for a timeout less than three minutes into the fourth quarter.
The head coach of the Mavericks is called Rick Carlisle, and he is a typical academic head coach, who pays attention to the team's combat system, strict court discipline, and his coaching philosophy is to focus on defense, play steadily, and step by step. With Iverson scoring eight points alone in less than three minutes of the game, Carlisle's face went up.
"Now, there are still ten minutes left before the end of the game, and everyone knows in their hearts that the last six minutes are going to be the starters, so you only have these four minutes in the last minute," Carlisle said while holding the tactical board in his left hand and waving a pen in the air with his right hand, "Jones, it turns out that your defense is still a lot worse, and you have to practice more when you go back, Stevenson, you go on, I don't ask Iverson to score more points, I just ask you to wrap him tightly!" Iverson is a great player, but he's thirty-five......
Stevenson listened to the order and stood up.
"No!" The person who spoke was Kidd, I saw a big towel hanging on his shoulder, Kidd rolled up the towel and wiped his shiny head, all the players of the Mavericks looked at Kidd, the boss and leader of the team is Nowitzki, but King Nuo Tianwang has a gentle personality and is not good at expressing opinions, and the responsibility of the leader of the locker room, of course, falls to the head of Kidd, who is the oldest, the most honored, and the most demonic, and Kidd's more than 20 years of playing experience is enough to be qualified for this role, between Kidd said, "Don't go Stevenson, I would suggest Barria to defend Iverson. ”
"Me?" Everyone looked at Barria with a look of surprise.
Barria was born in 1884, 183 cm tall, weighs 79 kg, and is almost the same as Iverson in size, but in terms of seniority, the two are very different, Iverson is the champion, 11 All-Star, 4 scoring champions, 3 steal kings, and an average of 26 points per game in his career, while Barria was an undrafted rookie in 2006, averaging only 7 points per game. On the court, rookie players, or players with relatively short careers, usually don't dare to make moves when facing this opposing superstar.
From the physical level, Barria is short in height and light in weight, although he has good agility but his defensive awareness is not high, and he will only stalk him, from a technical level, Barria is more offensive than defensive, and what he is best at is a very fast breakthrough and a three-point opportunity to run without the ball, although he tries his best on the defensive end, but he has no talent, and he is also lacking in goodness, no matter what aspect it is, Barria is not the best player to defend Iverson, but why did Kidd choose him?
Carlisle was also obviously puzzled, and looked at Kidd, who said softly, "Don't forget, the last sentence you just said, Iverson is already thirty-five years old. ”
Wake up the dreamer with a word, and Carlisle understands Kidd's intentions.
"Barria! You're on! Carlisle exclaimed.
"Me? Coach, you're not kidding, let me defend Iverson? Stevenson's defense is so much better than mine......"
"I don't ask you to be able to defend Iverson with many balls, I just ask you to ......"
Carlisle smiled a little on his gloomy face and said confidently, "I only ask you to ...... a little."