Chapter 365: Battle Iverson!
"The Magic have been a really different season because they're a completely different team than last season." Bulls coach Skels faced this situation and stood helplessly on the sidelines.
Skels is intimidating when he doesn't smile, with his hair down, piercing eyes, and the style with which he speaks to his players, described by the Detroit Free Press as "like a clenched fist", and of course, he is approachable to reporters.
Last season, in the first round of the playoffs, the Bulls met the Magic, and in the playoff matchup, they also led the score for a while, they played a lot of games with the Magic last season, and they were familiar with this opponent, but now, the Magic has become unfamiliar to them.
In just one season, the Magic have hardly changed in the lineup, still Sun Zhuo, Howard and others, but today, playing against them again, Skeys felt a sense of pressure that he had never felt last season.
In the regular season opener, it is too difficult to win a team that won the championship last season, unless they are the opponents of the previous Finals, and the Bulls gradually feel that this first win will not be able to win, but they did not expect that the Magic is not just about winning, they have to win many, many points.
In the second half, Sun Zhuo didn't need to shoot at all, Monta Ellis, Ariza's three-point shots, one after another, Paul Millsap and Howard also continued their crazy combat effectiveness, and the score difference also widened, from 26 points to 30 points, from 30 points to 40 points!
"Wow! The Magic have really gotten stronger this season! In the playoffs last season, it felt like the Bulls and the Magic still had the strength to fight, and now it feels like it's a two-level team! ”
"Haha, what have these two teams gone through, haven't the Bulls strengthened?"
Ben Wallace felt very shameless, and he lost by 40 points in the first game he joined the Bulls? How could he endure it?
Next, the Bulls did not give up the game, and Ben Wallace led the team to catch up, from 40 points to 28 points, but in the end, they still lost by 32 points.
After this game, Skeles secretly said in his heart: "We must not meet them again in the playoffs this season!" You can't even meet them even if you meet the Heat! ”
Skyles' idea is still very correct, the Magic were able to beat the Heat last season, this season, the overall strength has increased, and the Heat, others may not know, but Sun Zhuo knows that their strength has been greatly reduced this season, first of all, O'Neal was injured, relying on Wade to barely support, the team once fell out of the quarterfinals, and then, Wade was injured again, and they lost to the Bulls team today in the playoffs, and they were eliminated 0:4.
"Miami Heat? The Miami Heat, who were swept by this Bulls? Can I still see you as an adversary? Two brothers......"
After the game, the Magic beat the Bulls by 32 points, which made Sun Zhuo feel unbelievable, this opening game was like a dream, you know, the opponent they beat by a big win, but the playoffs will sweep the existence of the Heat!
"This season in the East, we should have no opponents." Sun Zhuo said secretly.
The Big Three of the Eastern Celtics have not yet been formed, the little emperor LeBron James still lacks helpers, and the Heat's combat effectiveness has declined......
After the game, Sun Zhuo thought that their big win over the Bulls would make headlines today, but no.
"What? Kobe Bryant scored 82 points today? Back in the locker room, when Sun Zhuo heard the news, he was stunned, and the others were also dumbfounded.
"Kobe Bryant...... Did you do this for me? Sun Zhuo hasn't seen the specific situation of the Lakers' game today, but it is such a coincidence that Kobe's score happens to be one point more than Sun Zhuo's record of 81 points last season, and Kobe Bryant just lost to Sun Zhuo in the finals, anyone can feel it, Kobe Bryant is venting his anger that he did not win the championship, and he wants to use this record to once again announce to fans all over the world that he is the strongest in the league!
Since Kobe Bryant can score 62 points in the third quarter and 81 points in a single game, then there is no doubt about scoring 1 more point in a single game.
"In order to get that one more point than Sun Zhuo, Kobe Bryant is really playing hard."
"Chamberlain: A second place, as for such a fight?"
"Everyone said, will Sun Zhuo score 83 points in the next game? The next game is against the 76ers. ”
Allen Iverson is still in the 76ers, Kobe Bryant scored 82 points, not only for Sun Zhuo is a stimulus and provocation, but also for Iverson, so fans are looking forward to it, will Iverson and Sun Zhuo's next game be extremely crazy?
The next day, the Philadelphia 76ers were already preparing to rush to Orlando to challenge the Magic and start their second regular season game.
Allen Iverson is not in a very good mood, and so are others, since 01, Iverson has never entered the finals to compete for the championship, plus the birth of the younger generation of Sun Zhuo, James, and Howard, people seem to have gradually forgotten Iverson.
Moreover, he has a bad relationship with the team's coach and management now, and he already has a premonition that he is leaving the 76ers.
"Back then, I didn't even pay attention to Kobe." Iverson silently closed his eyes and didn't communicate with his teammates for almost the entire day.
On November 3, the Magic's home court, the scene of the Magic's game with the 76ers.
"Long time no see."
"Long time no see, that piano piece you wrote is good, I've been cycling the single song for the past two days."
Before the game, Sun Zhuo and Iverson first greeted each other in a friendly manner, when Iverson said these words, his expression was cold, not that he was not enthusiastic about Sun Zhuo, but he didn't seem to have any spirit, Sun Zhuo also knew his relationship with the coach of the 76 team, and knew that Iverson would soon be traded to the Denver Nuggets.
"Today may be my last matchup with 76ers Iverson." Sun Zhuo attaches great importance to today's fight with Iverson, because Iverson is also a player that Sun Zhuo likes to admire, and when he goes to the Nuggets, he may not be so happy.
In Iverson's prime, as long as he stood there in a 76ers jersey, he was the unquestioned boss.
"Allen Iverson looks average today, I don't know if I can play a wonderful game with Sun."
"I hope AI can give Sun more motivation, Sun is going to challenge 83 points today!"
Before the game started, the audience was very excited, and there were a lot of spectators who came to the scene today, because Kobe Bryant scored 82 points before, and everyone thought that Sun Zhuo would immediately score 83 points to prove himself.
In fact, Sun Zhuo didn't plan to do that.
This kind of thing to get 80+ in a single game is not something that can be done, not to talk about the problem of ability, the Magic team atmosphere is very good now, in the last game, it is by relying on these role players and substitute players that the Magic can beat the Bulls by more than 30 points, Sun Zhuo does not want to take away the opportunity that belongs to other players because of his own selfish desires, and he takes 80+ in a game, which is too dominant.
Who knows, as soon as the game started, Iverson was the first to go crazy, he looked listless, but when he got the ball in his hand, he completely changed his appearance, and scored two mid-range shots and a three-pointer in the opening game, scoring 7 points in a row.
Seeing that Iverson was in a very good state today, Sun Zhuo did not hesitate any longer, and immediately forced Iguodala and scored 4 points in a row.
The two teams faced off directly against each other, and this game was as everyone expected, Iverson and Sun Zhuo were stimulated by Kobe's 82 points, and then it was indeed as everyone expected, both of them stood up and took charge of the team's offense.
It's just that there is a gap between the overall strength of the 76ers and the Magic team after all, the Magic is a championship team, and there is a defensive gate like Howard on the inside, and Iverson has made several shots, all of which seem a little reluctant.
When Iverson scored 17 points in the second quarter, it was obvious that he was a little weak.
At this time, Sun Zhuo's attack seemed to have just begun.
"Rebounding!"
The Magic team grabbed the rebound, Howard passed directly to Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo quickly launched a fast attack, Iguodala followed closely, and Sun Zhuo didn't take Iguodala in his eyes at all, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and hit the basket is a dunk!
"Beautiful! Sun's fast-break dunk this season seems to be more decisive! ”
Since it was just an ordinary dunk action, everyone didn't realize that this was the result of Sun Zhuo's dunking ability.
"You'll have to jump a little higher to stop me." Sun Zhuo turned around and said to Iguodala, who failed to chase the hat.
"Sun, this guy...... It's obviously an AI who is attacking him today, so why do you keep spewing trash talk at me. Iguodala was depressed, and he found that the number of times Sun Zhuo talked to him had increased significantly this time.
Iverson is about to leave the 76ers, and Iguodala will soon become the boss, so Iguodala has also received more respect from Sun Zhuo.
After a fast break success, Sun Zhuo relied on speed and made another steal, because he wanted to hide his dunk strength, it was just a simple layup score, at this time, Sun Zhuo had already scored 23 points.
"Although it was Alan Iverson who took the lead, Sun surpassed him so easily, I feel that Allen can't catch up."
"AI is 31 years old, and I have a lot of respect for him, but he may be really old."
Iverson and Sun Zhuo's personal score has just progressed to 17:23, and everyone agrees that Iverson will lose this matchup, and even feels that Iverson is no longer at his peak, and there is no way to compare with Sun Zhuo, who is in full swing.
Not only the audience at home Magic thinks so, but even Iverson's teammates also give Iverson this feeling in terms of eyes and behavior.
"Can AI beat Sun? The only one in the league who can win Sun is Kobe Bryant, right? The AI scoring ability is indeed very strong, and if he is given enough shots, he can score a lot of points, but Sun is a guy who can score 81 points. The 76ers' Chris Webber shook his head, not optimistic that Iverson would win.
Iverson was still silent and expressionless, but a fire had already burned in his heart.
"What's wrong with 31? When Michael Jordan was 31 years old, he was still the number one in the world. At the age of 35, he still won the championship! "Iverson has admired Jordan since he was a child, he is stubborn and strong, and he doesn't believe he can't do what Jordan can do.
Suddenly, Iverson broke through the defense quickly.
"Are you going to kill again?" Howard, the Magic's interior players, also took precautions.
Who knows, after Iverson broke through, he passed the ball with one hand to Iguodala behind him, Iguodala appeared vacant, made a shooting feint, shook the defenders who came in a hurry, and immediately began to break through, seemingly to kill the basket, Magic also focused on Iguodala who was a great threat to the basket, especially Howard, he knew that Iguodala's dunk was powerful, and he didn't want to be dunked by Iguodala.
However, no one expected that Iverson, after passing the ball, did not flash to the side, but ran to the basket and took the initiative to ask Iguodala for the ball!
Iguodala saw that the boss wanted the ball, although he was also a little worried about Iverson, but he still passed it out without hesitation, and the ball he passed was an empty catch!
"What? Didn't he buckle it himself? "Everyone was amazed, Iguodala was so slammed in with a dunk, not himself, who was the empty pass?
Chris Webb?
"Oh my God, that's Alan Iverson!"
I saw that the long-famous "answer" had already flown up, he received a pass in the air, and dunked to the basket with both hands!
Howard jumped up for the block, but it was already a step too late, and he was still successfully dunked by Iverson.
“yeah!” The 76ers' entire bench is jumping, how long has it been since they've seen Iverson dunk like this? And this time it also caused Howard's foul, which can also be counted as a dunk!
On the court, Iguodala and Chris Webber also excitedly pounced on Iverson to high-five Iverson in celebration, and Chris Webber even wanted to jump up and bump shoulders with Iverson.
However, Iverson, who completed such an amazing dunk, was still expressionless, and coolly reached out to high-five his teammates one by one.
Sun Zhuo was also very touched in his heart: "He could have slipped into the bottom corner to shoot three points just now...... But he has to play under the basket, and he still plays an empty catch, if Howard is not too jealous of Iguodala's dunking ability, Iverson is 100% capped for this ball, hehe, he is still the man who is not afraid of anything. ”
After this dunk, Iverson seemed to be reborn, his feet became more flexible, the dribble became more ghostly, and he didn't reluctantly shoot himself, assisting his teammates again and again, and his teammates trusted him more, and Iverson's scoring slowly increased when the 76 team played better and better.
Iverson led the 76ers to play such a game, which made Sun Zhuo feel in a trance that they were simply here to compete for the championship this season!
In the third quarter, the 76ers were already 9 points ahead of the Magic, and Iverson's personal score reached 33 points, not much inferior to Sun Zhuo.
76ers coach Morris Cheeks looked at the team from the sidelines with some confusion, as if he was looking at a team he didn't know at all.