Chapter 16: The End of the Hero
In this game, the 76ers' interior line was blown up by Dwight Howard, who scored 31 points and 16 rebounds on 11-of-13 shooting, and Courtney Lee, the No. 22 rookie in the first round of this year, played well, scoring 18 points on 8-of-17 shooting in the game, Alston and Rashad Lewis both scored 15 points, Iguodala who made a killer shot on the 76ers' side scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Andre Miller scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and Louis Williams became a wonder soldier, He scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Starting from this game, the little brother has walked towards a broad road born for lore!
In the second game, Andre Miller exploded, he scored 30 points on 12-of-20 shooting, Iguodala scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists on 7-of-14 shooting, and Thaddeus Young scored 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, but ...... The 76ers still lost 87-96 because of the weak bench, and their bench scored only 12 points, while the Magic played more evenly — in fact, better than you — with six players in double figures, and Courtney Lee scored 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting.
In the third game, the 76ers completed another stunner, 2.2 seconds before the end, Howard forced the basket to cause Willie Green's foul, Howard made two free throws to chase the score to 94, at the critical moment, the player who stood up this time was Thaddeus Young, he received the serve, and the ball hit the basket into the basket 0.1 seconds before Howard's cap, and it was a stunner!
In the whole game, in fact, Thaddeus Young felt cold, before the kill, he only scored 4 points, but he contributed the most lethal 2 points in the final moment, Andre Iguodala scored 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Andre Miller scored 24 points, 7 assists and 9 rebounds, Magic Howard scored 36 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and did not send an assist in the whole game, Alston scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Rashhad Lewis scored 14 points.
In the fourth game, it was still a stunner, but this time, it was the Magic team who had the last laugh, 1.1 seconds before the end, Turkoglou's fatal three-pointer outside the three-point line gave the Magic a 3-point lead at 84:81, Iguodala missed a three-point shot in a hurry, the team lost, Howard hit 18 points and 18 rebounds, Turkoglu and Lewis both scored 17 points, Andre Miller scored 17 points on the 76ers' side, and Iguodala scored 13 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.
Compared with the 76ers and the Magic, the Magic's lineup is more neat, and the purpose of the tactics is stronger, the fifth game of the two sides in this round of the series is a portrayal of the real strength of the two teams, the 76ers were suppressed by the Magic from the beginning, until the end of the game, the 76ers lost a total of 13 points in the whole game, their scores in each quarter are lower than the Magic, the Magic team is like a frog boiled in warm water, slowly stewed to death the 76ers, and Howard once again showed the strength of the league's No. 1 center throughout the game, He finished with 24 points and 24 rebounds, including 10 rebounds in the frontcourt alone, while the 76ers only had four, Rashad Lewis scored 24 points, 76ers leader Iguodala scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 7-of-17 shooting, Andre Miller scored 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting, Willie Green scored 16 points, and the others did not score double-doubles.
In the sixth game, Howard did not play, this was a golden opportunity for the 76ers, but unfortunately they did not grasp it, as soon as the game came up, the Magic was a tiger descending the mountain, leading the 76ers 30:19 in a single quarter, the Magic's point guard Ralph Alston was the maker of this wave of **, he scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting in a single quarter, and the second quarter became Rashard Lewis's show time, scoring 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, and without a turnover, In the end, in this battle of life and death, the 76ers were destroyed after only two quarters of resistance, losing to the opponent 89:114 in the whole game, and the Magic team scored six double-doubles, and the "Polish Hammer" Marcin Gortat, who replaced Howard, shot 5 of 8 in the game and scored 11 points, 15 rebounds and 4 steals.
In the six games of the whole series with the Magic, a fatal problem of the 76ers was exposed, that is, after Iverson left, there was no player in the existing roster who could attract the package defense on the offensive end, so as to create easier shooting opportunities for teammates, although Iverson's shooting percentage was not high, but his role in the game was irreplaceable, the current leader Andre Iguodala is an all-round player, defense, organization, and rebounding ability are very good, but only lack of sharpness on the offensive end, Judging from the current development, he is more suitable to be a second-in-command than a leader.
In the 2009 NBA draft, the 76ers selected Zhu Holiday from the University of California with the No. 17 pick in the first round, this person is the first post-90s to enter the NBA, he is a very, very standard college player, he has received professional basketball training since he was a child, so when he was drafted by Holiday Holiday, he has a very good ability to control the ball with both hands and shoot with both hands, has a good sense of passing, plays selflessly, and has a good impact, the disadvantage is that the shooting, especially the three-point shot, is not stable enough. This summer, Andre Miller became a free agent and switched to the Trail Blazers on a three-year, $21 million contract, Jrue Holiday averaged 8.0 points, 3.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game as the team's starting point guard, and shortly after the start of the 2009-2010 season, the 76ers completed a small trade, they traded Reggie Evans to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for two-time three-point king Jason Capono, in October 2009, Louis Williams, who was firmly in the start, was seriously injured and couldn't play for at least six weeks, and the team's No. 2 position was in a hurry, so the 76ers announced on December 2, 2009 that they would sign a free agent with a veteran base salary, and the former son of Philadelphia - Allen Iverson, when Iverson insisted on leaving the team, he was traded by the team to the Nuggets and Carmelo Anthony to form a golden double gun, and then he went to the Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, and the state was also getting worse, and the former boy with bright eyes flashed smart, Now I smile, the crow's feet are all over the eyes, the headband is still there, the ditch is still there, but it's not there in those green years when we were there.
On December 8, 2009, Iverson stood on the 76ers' home court for the first time in three years wearing the 76ers' uniform, the Wachovia Center, before the opening, the enthusiastic DJ introduced the 76ers' players in the highest voice, Iverson, he was the last to play, wearing a red training uniform, slowly ran out of the player's aisle, high-fived his teammates one by one, ran to the floor of the 76ers logo in the midfield, knelt on his knees, kissed the 76ers' logo, this scene brought tears to the eyes of many fans, Iverson, Always the most genuine Iverson, he never hides his joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, the stadium's ** reached ** when Iverson warmed up and threw the first goal, the cheers of the whole stadium were full of cheers, until now, they woke up like a dream, Iverson is really back, the son of Philadelphia who was once away from home is really back.
The 76ers' opponent in that game was the Denver Nuggets, the first team Iverson played for after leaving Philadelphia, Iverson first sent his own hug to his former teammate Carmelo Anthony, but the game still had to go on, playing 37 minutes in the game, scoring 11 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds on 4-of-11 shooting, it is clear that he is no longer the 2001 Finals with Snow, Mutombo, Dillon Hill, Matt Garrell, Aaron McGee, George Lynch, Iverson, who fought with the Lakers for 300 rounds in and out of the Staples Center, the Tigers will always have a day to go down, and when the hero finally ends, the era is no longer the era it used to be, the people are still there, things have become thoughts, and the only thing left is to remember the time that once was......
Iverson's return, its value is not only reflected in the game, but also represents a spirit, a never-say-die spirit brought by Iverson, the 76ers lost to the Nuggets in this game, suffered a ten-game losing streak of the season, but the fans in the stands have always maintained a high-pitched enthusiasm, and sent their warmest applause for every touch of Iverson throughout the game, before this game, the average attendance of the 76ers at home with a weak record was only 11,965, But Iverson's return to Philadelphia was the first full home game of the new season, with a total of 20,664 tickets sold, almost double the usual one, and the jerseys printed with Iverson's "I'mBACK" series cost $300 each, with a contract of about 1,800 yuan, and even so, the commemorative jerseys were sold out within a few hours......
Ten days after the 76ers signed Iverson, the 76ers made a small trade in which they traded two role players from the Bucks for a decent three-point shooter, Jodi Meeks.
Iverson did not show the glory of the 76ers that year, nor did he let the 76ers out of the quagmire of failure. He averaged only 13.9 points per game, less than half of his peak, Iguodala averaged 17.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, Louis Williams switched between bench and starter roles throughout the season, he averaged 14.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and the lack of offensive firepower made it difficult for the 76ers this season, and they only won 27 games all season, ranking third from the bottom in the East and sixth from the bottom in the league.
Just after the end of the 2009-2010 season, the 76ers re-finalized their head coach, Doug Collins, who was hand-selected by the 76ers in 1973, and spent a total of eight years in his career, all with the 76ers. Averaged 17.9 points per game, and then, the 76ers made a deal with the Kings, and the 76ers traded Samuel Dereembert, who had not improved much, to the Kings in exchange for Spencer Hawes and Andes Nocioni, and in the 2010 draft, the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Evan Turner, an all-round all-around guard from Ohio University, with the No. 2 pick in the first round, these are not the point, the point is that after last season, none of the 30 teams in the entire league could give Iverson a place to play--Not even the 76ers, Iverson was forced to announce his retirement on a friend's social networking site, and this year, Iverson is only 34 years old, far from the age of retirement, because of this, Iverson will travel around to prove that he still has the ability to play in the NBA, but unfortunately, last season was Iverson's last season in the NBA, although his real retirement news will not be officially held until two years later in 2013.
I have to say that Collins is a very capable coach, and he especially likes to train second-in-command players, 22 years ago, Scott Pippen, who later played the world with Jordan, was brought up by Collins, this time, Pippen was replaced by Iguodala, in the previous system, Iguodala as the leader of the team, had to become more of an offensive arrow, but everything changed after Collins arrived, Iguodala returned to the sapper nature of the Iverson era, to do what he likes and is best at, defense, The playmaking, rebounding, open three-pointers, and the role of rushing inside with the dynamite bag, or throwing the dynamite bar out if you can't rush in, is left to the two younger lads, Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner, but Iguodala is still the leader of the 76ers, and that is unshakable.
Elton Brand, the 76ers' team's most scorer this season, averaged only 15 points per game, but the whole team played unusually united, as many as six players averaged double-doubles per game in a season, and the 76ers achieved a 41-41 record this season, in all fairness, this lineup played a 50% win rate is considered a very good result, but unfortunately, in the playoffs, the 76ers' first-round opponent is Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, who just formed this summer. The Miami Heat of the Chris and Dr. Triumvirate lineup, the hard power of the two teams is indeed not on the same level, is it a surrender? Or is it a bright sword fight? The 76ers will give us the answer!