Chapter 65: Peak Division
The history of basketball is inseparable from some of the greatest stars.
For example, in the post-Jordan era, a large number of scoring masters have emerged in the league, and the most outstanding of them are the four major quarterbacks - Iverson, Kobe, Maddy and Carter.
At the beginning, Iverson was the hottest and shortest champion in history, and won the title of scoring champion at a young age.
Later, Carter made a splash in the '00 Slam Dunk Contest and became the darling of the media and fans.
Then Magic Maddie became a superstar in the league with his elegant style of play, his scoring ability, and Curly-haired Kobe Bryant's three-in-a-row championship.
One person, one team, one person, one city, the league has entered the most personalized and exciting era.
Rocket Maddie is not regressing, but in terms of court dominance, it is indeed inferior to his teammate Yao Ming, who is the league's No. 1 center after Shaquille O'Neal, a super low-post killer.
The game between the Rockets and the 76ers attracted a lot of attention.
In terms of ratings, CCTV5 also broadcasted.
Before the start of the game that night, Zhang Weiping and Yang Jian had already begun to be in the studio, routinely like cross talk, and began to explain word by word.
"The Rockets have a big chance of winning."
When the guests or hosts of the imperial court station are commenting, they generally broadcast the Rockets' games, and they must support a wave of rockets first, as if the Rockets are the Chinese home team.
"How so?"
"Mainly because the Rockets' offense and defense are more balanced, and the Rockets' winning rate at home this season is very high, they still limit the opponent's average of only 92.7 points per game when Yao Ming is away, only 0.9 points more than when Yao Ming is there, and they are still the best defensive team in the league."
"The Rockets are much more stable than the 76ers, the 76ers, although the offense is good, but the defense is very bad, and when encountering a traditional defensive team like the Rockets, there is not much chance of winning."
"Director Zhang is right!" Yang Jian agreed, and then took out a series of data to testify against Zhang Weiping's words: "This season, the Rockets' home win rate is as high as ........"
The starters from both sides came on.
The 76ers lineup is: Allen Iverson, Kyle Korver, Andre Iguodala, Al Harrington and Hellam Porter.
The Rockets' lineup from No. 1 to No. 5 is: Ralph Alstom, Tracy McGrady, Sean Battier, Juwan Howard and Decampbe Mutombo.
The Rockets are very standard players at every position, and they don't have as many swing men as the 76ers.
Offense is offense, defense is defense, the organization of the organization, the positioning of the shooting.
Such a lineup is almost the epitome of successful basketball in the league for three decades.
Wang walked up to the halfcourt tomorrow and shook hands with Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
Van Gundy is an easy-going coach with a smile on his face.
"Wang, I'm finally fighting you, I'm actually looking forward to it."
Wang Mingming continued his usual statement: "The Rockets have the hope of winning the championship this season, optimistic about you!" ”
"Uh." Jeff Van Gundy hurriedly waved his hand and didn't answer Wang Mingming's poisoned milk, "No, no, it depends on Yao Ming's recovery, we have suffered some injuries this season, and we can indeed go further." ”
"Yao Ming will come back before the end of the season, he can do it."
The two exchanged a few words, looking like the guests and hosts were happy.
The whistle blows, the opening scene.
Mutombo went from strength to strength and beat Durham Potter to win the kick-off.
Mutombo is a very strong player, according to the data, he should be 41 years old this year, the oldest player in the league.
But after Yao Ming was injured, he successfully carried the banner of the team's frame protection.
Although he played less than 20 minutes in each game, he still grabbed nearly 7 rebounds efficiently and averaged 1 block per game.
The only time Iverson made it to the finals was with Mutombo, who was nearly 35 years old at the time.
The Rockets attack, Maddy holds the ball at the three-point line.
Mutombo went to the line to block the pick-and-roll, and Maddie walked the pick-and-roll unhurriedly, finding that Andre Iguodala, who was defending him, was still following him.
He was also in no hurry to attack, passing back to Alston at the top of the arc to reorganize the attack.
The Rockets slowed down for nearly 20 seconds before Mutombo turned low and missed a hook to end the round.
Dyreham Porter grabbed the rebound.
"Is the defense good?" Wang Tomorrow thinks that it is not likely, with this kind of round speed, he can also let the 76ers limit the opponent to less than 95 points.
Iguodala advanced rapidly, and under the guidance of Wang tomorrow, now the 76ers are the first to possess the ball over half court is Iverson, and the second is Iguodala.
Iguodala hands the ball to Iverson in the elbow zone.
Alston defends Allen Iverson.
Facing the "Street King", Allen Iverson made a big change of direction in front of his body, as if he was about to break through to the bottom line, but at a moment parallel to Alston's body, he pulled back over, dribbled the ball under his crotch, exchanged to his left hand, and closed his right hand with his hand.
"Shot!"
After Alston was shaken out of position, he immediately felt that Iverson was about to make a move, and jumped up subconsciously.
But when he looked down, Iverson pulled the ball sideways and shifted a step, ghostly, and had already shot from a distance elsewhere.
In the entire 76ers, only Allen Iverson was granted the privilege of mid-range shooting by Wang tomorrow, because Iverson's mid-range shooting is really accurate and is a big killer.
Unguarded, easy hits.
2 to 0.
Switching offense and defense, Maddy passed the ball to Alston to break through, and under Iverson's interference, there was no room to shoot, and he was forced to give the ball to Juwan Howard at the free throw line.
Howard was a playmaker, and Harrington had just shrunk so he had a split second chance to catch the ball.
Decisive shot!
Harrington interfered, deflected.
The rebound was still taken by Bowler and turned to Allen Iverson to advance with the ball.
All of the 76ers' players were running around the court, including Hellam Porter, who had just grabbed the rebound, and the 76ers were pushing quite fast.
The Rockets were in a chaotic formation on the retreat, and Allen Iverson was pushing forward while observing the situation on the court.
Alstom, who was defending him, followed Iverson's gaze and happened to see Iguodala cutting in, moving his feet to make up for it.
Iverson was outside the three-point line, suddenly pulled up, and chased three points!
"Is Iverson fighting like that?"
Jeff Van Gundy was moved, is the 76ers still the 76ers?
"Huh!"
What's even more troublesome is that Iverson's three-point shot turned out to be hollow into the net!
I scored 5 points in a row, and it felt hot and hot.
The skinny figure only left the No. 3 jersey in the wind.
Maddie's eyes narrowed slightly.......