Chapter 225: Pure Point Guard
After getting Iverson, the strategy for the next game was basically decided, and Brown didn't expect to solve the most difficult problem easily. Then he laid out the tactics for the players, and this was the end of the internal meeting.
Chang Wei deliberately landed on the surface of the lake and asked in a low voice, "Will Aaron do what he promised?" I always felt that this was not his style, after all, there is an old saying in China called ...... It's called ......", which has been vulgar to a certain extent, really doesn't fit the situation, Chang Wei hesitated for a long time or stubbornly held back, but the words are not rough!
Brown smiled slightly, he already knew what Chang Wei wanted to say, he said leisurely while packing his things: "I know Aaron very well, either he doesn't agree, and what he promised will definitely be done 100%. If he didn't do it, it could only be external reasons, I never lacked trust in him, he was my trump card, I believed in him. ”
Chang Wei had no choice but to nod, and now he could only choose to believe Iverson, and knock him on the side in the training before the game. To be honest, Chang Wei doesn't believe that Iverson can play like a pure point guard, in the memory of his previous life, this guy has always liked to rush on the front line, and in the previous games, this guy has not once behaved like a pure point guard, and there are a lot of games in which he has given more than a dozen assists, but it is estimated that Chang Wei himself can also do it.
Of course, those who can organize attacks can give a lot of assists in the game, but those who send a lot of assists may not be able to sort out the team's attack. They have to find flaws in the opposition's defensive system and then use the pass to guide their teammates into the right position, even if they can't directly deliver assists, the goal has been achieved. And more importantly, if there are too many points on the team, the point guards need to allocate the number of shots to each person, which sounds incredible, but the top point guards can do that.
Of course, this is not a problem for Iverson, he is not the captain of the team, but he is the boss of the team, he has always occupied the most shots in the team, so there is no need to weigh the number of shots in everyone, this is also where he can be willful, after all, no matter how you say it, everyone's extra shots are basically divided from him......
After the game began, Iverson showed Chang Wei what it means to be a professional player. While he does have a strong desire to put the ball in the basket, he has promised the head coach that he will organize the team's offense, and he must fulfill his promise. Such a shift was something that Wilkens didn't anticipate before the game, and it also caused problems for the Raptors.
The 76ers' first goal of the game came from Iverson's breakaway shot, and Lewis, who was standing in the bottom corner, hit a fatal shot. Judging from the previous games, Iverson usually handled such a ball himself, although it is more secure to pass to the shooter in the bottom corner, but scoring with his skill is as simple as eating and drinking, and everyone does not feel that there is anything wrong. But today, Iverson set the tone for his full-game performance with a simple and effective assist.
With 3:57 left in the first quarter, Iverson was replaced by Brown, who hit 2 of 4 shots and dished out 5 assists at a time when the score was 35-28, and it looked like the 76ers scored more than 40 points in the first quarter of the game, which is undoubtedly the credit of Iverson. Under his organization, all five starters have scored, with Lewis hitting four three-pointers to score 12 points.
Iverson sat down in his place, took the towel handed by the staff and wiped his sweat, and began to enter the viewing mode with a smile on his face. Although the team is now leading by single digits, he feels relieved, as if the Raptors can't pull the score out anyway, in fact, because he played too smoothly in the first eight minutes of the first quarter.
Of course, in addition to Iverson and Lewis, the team's other hero was Bale, who restrained Maddie even better than in the previous game, when he went off the court with six points, three rebounds and two turnovers. The stats don't look unusual, but his shots have also dropped a lot, and it's clear that he can't do anything about being pestered by Bale.
After Bell went off, Maddie started to come alive again, but time was running out for him in the first quarter, and when the whistle blew, the score was 42-37, and the 76ers ended the first quarter with a five-point advantage. The point difference is not big, but a fool can see that the 76ers have an absolute advantage on the court, and they were chased back a few points just because they took a nap.
Not long after the start of the second quarter, Iverson returned to the field and continued to organize the team's offense. In fact, a player like him changes his style to make a wedding dress for others is the most annoying thing for the other party, you pass the ball when you go to the bag, you can only watch him score points easily if you don't go to the bag, at this time the opposing head coach often begins to hate himself Why don't he dig a defensive warrior in advance, just like Wilkens now, because the Raptors really don't have such a player in the team, you can't let Maddie defend, right?
Under Iverson's threading of the needle, the 76ers continued the ferocious firepower of the first quarter, which made the Raptors unable to parry. When it comes to organizing offense, Maddie can also do it, and he believes that he can do better than Iverson, but the environment of the two is very different, he has Bell's piece of kraft candy by his side, and Iverson is only 34 years old by his side, can this be the same?
By the time the whistle blew at halftime, Maddy could only look at the numbers on the scoreboard and secretly regret that the Raptors were already 13 points behind, which was a big blow to their morale. And he himself didn't take on the responsibility of organizing the forward, finishing only 11 points, five rebounds and three assists in the half, while also committing four turnovers, which is not at all his normal level. On the other hand, Iverson, the scoring maniac also only scored 11 points in the first half, but he has already delivered 7 assists, and even the overall shooting rate of the 76ers is more than 50%, and it is normal to have a large lead.
Wilkens also kept scratching his head on the sidelines, holding the tactical board and silently walking towards the players' tunnel, he didn't know how to deal with such a situation, this is of course a problem with the configuration of players, but no matter how you say it, you have to find a way to solve it!