Chapter 152: Fighting

2007-08 Finals.

Philadelphia, Wajovia Center Arena.

The event was full of people, flags fluttering, a large number of media poured into the city, and cameras were set up on all sides to broadcast the event live in front of the world's audience in all directions.

It is reported that 200 countries and regions are paying attention to this year's NBA finals.

CCTV5 also specially dispatched on-site commentators to the stadium and found a suitable position, and Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia began to talk eloquently.

"Probably as we all know, Philadelphia is a city with a lot of history, but it wasn't that long ago that they beat the Celtics, who are much older."

"The Spurs, coming out of the competitive West, are reaching the Finals for the second year in a row and the fourth Finals since the 21st century."

"We can see that it's going to be a battle of the dragons, but whoever comes out victorious, we should give the other side a round of applause and thank them for the great performance they gave us."

Yu Jia's iconic magnetic voice, sprinkled with opening remarks, Zhang Weiping took his words and said,

"That's right, as far as today's game is concerned, I think both teams have won all the way to now, and as long as they give it their all, there will be no regrets."

The floor of the arena was shiny, and the staff had obviously dragged it all over.

The 76ers players are warming up in their respective halves, and Wang has repeatedly stressed not to be nervous, but .......

Wang Mingming's eyes narrowed slightly, and the ordinary warm-up training, Iguodala, Saflosa, and young players including Pau Gasol all looked a little nervous, with stiff hands, and the angle of the shot was off, and the "bell bell" was endless.

"It's a regular phenomenon in the first game of the finals."

Randy Ayes was quite worried, but felt understandable, "Like me and the Pistons entering the Finals for the first time, even Billups, who has a steady style of play, has times when he is not calm and abnormal, and it may be much better with the deepening of the game atmosphere, but at the beginning, there must be an impact." ”

"That's the first challenge you face against a team at the level of the Grand Finals, who are always a little more prepared and experienced than we are."

Wang Ming nodded, in fact, his heart was also very nervous.

Only this final step is needed for him to reach the top of the NBA championship and realize the highest dream of all NBA basketball coaches.

The camera is fixed on the faces of Wang Mingming and Popovich, one young and one old, two top coaches in the NBA East and West, their eyes are blazing at the moment, and they are all looking at the disciples on the court to warm up for training.

Soon, the fans filled the entire arena, and as the lights went out, the two sides had an opening ceremony before the finals began.

......

The referee is there.

Both sides left their starters and the players high-fived each other.

76ers Finals starters: Iverson, Saflosa, Iguodala, Gasol and Dyreham Porter.

The Spurs started the Finals, starting from No. 1 to No. 5: Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan and Fabricio Oberto.

Ginobili, who won Sixth Man of the Year, is in the Spurs' starting lineup.

Ginobili has mostly appeared as the sixth man of the year this season, but he has also started 23 of the 74 games he has played.

Especially when Mike Finley is not in good shape, Popovich prefers to have Ginobili as the starting point guard.

Kicking off, Durham Porter jumped to beat the Spurs' starting center, Oberto.

Oberto is one of the five Argentine tigers, and the players from the pampas all like to have long flowing hair, and when they walk out of the stadium and on the street, people may think they have met an artist.

In '05, Oberto signed a three-year contract with the Spurs for a total value of $7.5 million, but his value at the time should be more than enough to get a mid-level contract.

When it comes to getting players to take a pay cut and renew their contracts, the Spurs are the first in the league.

Amid the cheers of the full court, the 76ers attacked.

Up front, Iverson controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and after the crowd dispersed, Pau Gasol moved to the high post.

Pick-and-roll!

Iverson moved to the right with the ball, and Tony Parker, who was defending him, suddenly flashed his eyes and made a mistake in his foot, ready to defend in advance.

But Iverson reacted faster, and after stepping out with his right foot, he took his left foot as the axis, and his body turned like a top.

Step out and break through to the left of Gasol.

Parker's head turned around, and within his field of vision, he saw the white number three on the opposite side, which was already in the dust!

"Oops!"

Parker said something bad as the rest of the Spurs finished closing the pack.

Iverson is so fast that even with the Spurs' reaction speed, he can't catch up.

By the time Oberto pounced, Iverson had already finished throwing.

"Huh!"

Iverson hits on his first shot!

The crowd cheered even more, and fans high-fived each other to celebrate the 76ers' first offensive victory and first point in the Finals.

The Spurs players were expressionless, and Tony Parker advanced with the ball.

The Spurs' offense on the court has gradually shifted to the outside over the years, and there are also a lot of pick-and-roll offenses, and with Tim Duncan's high-quality covering skills, it is easy for outside players to form better offensive opportunities.

Tony Parker was passed by Iverson and turned back, but ignored Iverson's defiant look and passed to Ginobili on the flank.

Ginobili catches the ball with a trio and faces the defending Saflosa.

Saflosa did a good job defending against Ray Allen in the last round, and he was actually very confident against Ginobili, who is also a top scoring guard.

Ginobili saw that Saflosa's movements were standard and there were no loopholes, and he suddenly moved backwards.

"What?"

Safrosa looked stunned.

Ginobili took two steps back and started!

Under the acceleration, he formed a high-speed breakthrough, he suddenly sank to the left, and Saflosa moved the center of gravity to the right to defend.

At this time, Ginobili took the second step out and went to the right without slowing down!

In the high-speed movement, the front of the body changed direction, and the time of the basketball hitting the ground was extreme, and almost instantly, Ginobili completed the breakthrough of changing direction.

The fans only saw that Ginobili passed Saflosa in an instant!

Immediately there were exclamations.

At this time, the 76ers also formed a contraction, and on the way forward, there were two defenders of Pau Gasol and Dyrem Porter.

"Can you pass the ball?"

Off the court, Wang Tomorrow is also considering Ginobili's choice.

But in the moment when the double defense was closed, Ginobili plunged in, and in the narrow gap, he passed through the hole like a snake.

Gracefully stepped out of his right foot, leaned in the air, and threw the ball crookedly!

Hit the board into the frame!

Dareham Porter's mouth opened wide.