Chapter 108: Hidden Mission
In the end, it was Da Z who relied on his absolute height to help the Cavaliers score the first goal.
2:0。
Offensive and defensive transitions.
The 76ers attacked.
The strategy was simple, four people pulled away, and Iverson singled. Iverson shoots, and everyone rushes for the rebound. Grabbed, continue to hand over to Iverson singles. If you can't grab it, retreat.
This is the core tactic of the 76ers after selecting Iverson, and it has not changed for many years.
Iverson held the ball, held it steadily across the half, and then suddenly accelerated.
James spread his arms of terror and tried to stop Iverson.
But Iverson didn't think about it and broke straight down the right flank.
James immediately moved sideways to block.
Iverson changed direction elegantly, a crossover like a big shift, pulling the ball directly from the right to the left, and breaking through from the left instead.
James moved back horizontally.
Iverson made a big change of direction for the second time and returned to the right to break through.
This time, James couldn't keep up.
After all, he is 203 centimeters, 111 kilograms, and his height and weight make his lateral movement speed not fast.
Usually defending others is not obvious, but in the face of a star like Iverson who eats by speed, this point is vividly highlighted.
With two big changes of direction, Iverson broke through James, hit the paint area, and scored easily with a throw before the big Z made up the defense.
2:2。
In two rounds, one offense and one defense, Iverson defeated James.
At the Quick Loan Arena, many fans cheered for Iverson, which made James's face a little ugly.
With the ball again, James hopes to get back on the field.
However, Iverson continued to lower his center of gravity and pestered James with his speed to prevent James from accelerating.
As we all know, James's strongest strength is not the tonnage of a tank, nor the speed of an airplane, but the speed plus tonnage, transforming into a tank with the speed of an airplane.
Once James adds up the speed, it's almost incomprehensible.
But tonight, Iverson froze James' speed, turning James into a "snail-type" tank with empty tonnage, but unable to run.
In this way, James's breakthrough ability was frozen by at least seventy percent.
James was very uncomfortable, and if he didn't break through, he couldn't score. If you don't break through, you can't break through and you can't organize.
For a while, neither scoring points nor organizing an offense, James began to become invisible, almost useless.
Iverson, on the other hand, used his invincible breakthrough to hit the Cavaliers' paint area again and again, or stepped back to shoot jumpers, making James unguardable.
Seeing this, Paul could only shout a warning and change his strategy.
Davis played the No. 1 position to organize the offense, and James pushed to the No. 2 position.
In any case, Davis's dribbling skills are much better than James's, and he also has a memorable mid-range shooting percentage.
If Iverson dared to defend him like that, Davis would have been able to pull up a jumper that would have made Iverson doubt his life.
Of course, the 76ers aren't stupid.
Davis played the No. 1 position, and the 76ers let Snow defend Davis to prevent Iverson from being forced by Davis.
Snow is a defensive stalwart, extremely fierce and aggressive.
Under his oppression, Davis is also tied up and inefficient.
The entire Cavaliers team is relying on Big Z and Boozer to score points with difficulty, and the backcourt combination of Davis and James are all out of flames.
On the other hand, the 76ers still adhere to Iverson's single-play strategy, and the effect is also good.
James couldn't defend it, and Paul replaced it with Davis.
Davis couldn't stop it, and Paul sent McGinnis.
But McGinnis still couldn't keep up with Iverson.
Iverson used his beautiful super change of direction to open up space again and again, or break through, or jump shots, or passes, and hit the Cavaliers backcourt unable to take care of themselves.
Ye Feng sat on the bench, also dizzying.
It's a real pleasure to watch Iverson play.
There are many wonderful things in the NBA, such as Kobe's picturesque jump shot, Jordan's unnatural stagnation, Big Dream's dreamy footsteps, Maddy's flowing rebounding and pull-up jump shots, Carter's invincible dunks, Bibby's gorgeous dribbling, and Nash's and White Chocolate's passes that tricked themselves......
But compared to Iverson's change of direction, these things can only be subordinated to others.
"Zen Master" Phil Jackson once said, "Iverson's dribbling is a work of art!" He's the kind of young guy I'm willing to pay for a ticket to see him play. ”
This statement is not an exaggeration, but a truth-telling statement.
Throughout the decades of the NBA, no one has played a more gorgeous style of play than Iverson.
And Iverson's gorgeous change is not only good-looking, but also top-notch practicality.
His big change of direction is not for aesthetics, but to help himself open up space with only 183 centimeters.
His direction can change to the left, to the right, forward, backward..... You never know what he's going to do next time.
In order to defend against Iverson, defenders can only guess.
If you guess correctly, you may be able to stop Iverson. Once you guess wrong, the moment you get deceived, Iverson will accelerate past you or score a jumper.
Obviously, neither James nor Davis nor McGinnis got it right.
With four minutes left in the first quarter, Iverson shot 3-of-6 and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line to score a game-high 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
Led the 76ers to a 19-15 lead over the Cavaliers.
On the Cavaliers' side, the outside play was seriously abnormal, purely relying on the two inside lines of Big Z and Boozer to score points and bite the difference.
The two inside players played well, and the score difference was not large, so it looked okay.
But Paul is already having a headache, Iverson can play 48 minutes, but can Big Z and Boozer?
As an inside line, physical strength is the natural enemy, once they play too much, the state of the two will decline, and staying on the court is not only useless, but drags them back.
So, Paul had to find a new way.
Let the Cavaliers score, or limit Iverson.
After thinking about it, Paul looked at Ye Feng, the fastest defender in the team.
"Ye, you have only one task tonight, to defend Iverson, just like you did before defending Marbury."
"Yes!"
Ye Feng had already prepared.
James, Davis and McGinnis are not on the move, and Paul will definitely send him to guard Iverson.
Di Di Di ......
At this moment, the long-lost ##超级巨星系统##响了起来.
The system publishes the fifth mission.
(It seems that Ye Feng's mission tonight is not one, but two!) To defend against Iverson, you also have to complete the system mission. )
##特别提示: This quest is hidden, so there will be special rewards.
(The trigger condition for this hidden mission: the host is in the rookie stage, encounters the rookie wall, and is in confusion.) )
##任务内容: Do what you have to do against the 76ers.
##任务奖励: 1 player stat point + 1 effect card.
##最后提醒: The damn rookie wall isn't scary at all, if you can't get around it, smash it!
Pls do you want to accept the assignment.