Iverson holds the ball and plays on Maddie.

Then it's time for Maddie to prove himself, he has to guard against Iverson, once he can't prevent it, the pre-game war of words, Maddie immediately loses half of it.

So, but when Iverson lowered his head on the outside and controlled the ball and aimed at the basket.

Maddie had also entered the first level of security, he opened his long arms, and stared at Iverson without slackening at all.

Iverson dribbled the ball under his crotch twice in a row, and Maddie glanced at the basketball and quietly moved his left foot.

Sure enough, in the next second, Iverson flashed from his right side, that is, Maddie's left side!

That's a big change of direction! Under normal circumstances, Iverson can get past most defenders with a change of direction, which is also his signature offensive single.

But this time...... Maddie is on guard, a sideways! Maddie stood in front of Iverson.

Iverson couldn't stop the car, he came directly to an emergency stop, and then shot directly!

"Iverson made a shot, two points from a distance, with a slight back, and in front of him was Maddie, who also jumped high, and his fingertips were infinitely close to the basketball!" McBrin paints the scene for that second.

In the next second, with a bang, Iverson shot the iron!

"On the first shot of the game, Iverson faced Maddy's defense and shot iron!" As if announcing Iverson's defeat, Mav Albert announced the result of the first goal.

Patrick Ewing and Mutombo on the inside competed for rebounds, but in the end, Sean Marion rushed into the interior and picked up a leak.

After taking the rebound, Sean Marion immediately counterattacked.

Three steps in a row, Sean Marion rushed directly to the halfway line, and then a pass to Billups.

In this game, Maddy needs to focus on the defensive end, so the main attacker on the offensive end of the Grizzlies becomes Billups.

Billups already has the ability to carry a team's outside offense on his own, and this season, before Maddy's return, he averaged 15.8 points per game, and after Maddy's return, that statistic slipped slightly to just over 15 points.

However, the assists have not changed, Maddy averaged 6.5 assists per game before his return, but after his return, it rose to 6.9, and his average assists per game are about to break 7.

Obviously, Maddy's comeback makes it easier than Lupps' assist.

This also reflects from the side that Billups is capable of leading the team's offense.

In this fast break, Billups rushed to the front, and after receiving a pass from Sean Marion, Billups rushed straight to the basket and was surrounded by the 76ers.

Then, he took a look at the midfield, picked up the ball with one hand, and flicked it directly towards the basket.

In the end, Maddie jumped up, clanged, and buckled!

"The Grizzlies' fast break was successful! An assist from Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady opens with a dunk! ”

The opening 2:0 continued.

The 76ers still singled Iverson, but this time it was slightly different, with Dillon Hill popping up and giving Iverson a cover, and Iverson quickly passed Maddy.

But soon, Iverson was near the free throw line and was defended by Sean Marion, and then, Maddie also posted on it, and Iverson couldn't move.

He wanted to pass the ball and looked around, George Lynch on the sideline was empty, but he couldn't pass it because the target was too obvious, as long as he passed, there was a high probability that the Grizzlies would cut the ball.

So, he could only give the ball to Dillon Hill.

Dillon Hill has been roughly withheld and has few chances, and after another ball, the Grizzlies' defense rotated back and Maddie reconnected to Iverson.

For the 76ers, offensive time is running out.

Iverson rewound to the perimeter, received the ball, and in the last four seconds, he shot straight away.

Bang, striking iron again.

In the opening two straight games, the Grizzlies' defensive strategy against Iverson seemed to be successful.

Then, the Grizzlies' offense, this time, their counterattack didn't work, turned into a positional attack, Billups held the ball, controlled the rhythm at the top of the arc for a while, and then used a very slow break, rushed past Iverson's block, and shot directly from mid-range.

Iverson interfered, but the goal went in, because the mid-range was Billups' range, and his mid-range shot was still accurate.

At 4:0, the game went well.

Qiao Hai was still standing on the sidelines at the beginning, and at this moment, he had already sat back.

The 76ers had two consecutive irons, and Iverson knew they had to change.

So, for this ball, Iverson sought a cooperation, he first gave the ball to Aaron McGee, and then ran without the ball, circled the bottom line, passed Mutombo's cover, went around to catch the ball again, and Maddie was a step slower.

So, Iverson shot directly.

It was still a bang, but this time it was different, the basketball smashed the frame and bounced into the basket.

It was finally a goal, and Iverson breathed a sigh of relief.

But in reality, his nightmare had just begun.

Maddie missed a ball, Qiao Hai didn't blame Maddie, he stood on the sidelines and shouted: "Defensive rotation!" Switch guards quickly! Don't leave anyone out! ”

The meaning is very simple, Maddie is no problem, the problem is to change the defensive player, in that case, the player who changes the defense must press Iverson who holds the ball, even if it is a cover player who misses the bottom line, he will not hesitate.

The game continued, Qiao Hai shouted two sentences from the sidelines, and the Grizzlies' defense of Iverson became tighter.

In this game, Maddy was in good shape, and his defense against Iverson was in place, and although he didn't show much on the offensive end, he was good enough on the defensive end.

He nearly killed Iverson.

At 5:22 of the first quarter, Larry Brown called a timeout.

At this time, Iverson shot 2-of-6, and the 76ers trailed the Grizzlies by 8 points at 6:14.

The opening strategy was successful, and Qiao Hai knew very well that the 76ers could only rely on Iverson on the offensive end, so many teams would choose to simply and rudely pinch Iverson.

But this will die faster, because Iverson is also a passer, and if the bag is too hard, Iverson will also choose to use the pass to connect the team's attack.

Therefore, Qiao Hai's defensive style is the most successful, Maddie single-handedly defends Iverson, and if he loses it, he will change the defense.

Don't pinch shots, just change defenses, and prevent Iverson's shots.

If you have an Iverson who has a bad shot, the defensive strategy is successful, such as in the game that is going on right now.

In the first five minutes, Iverson made 2 of 6 shots, and his hand felt extremely bad.

Larry Brown called a timeout, and after the adjustment, Iverson cut back on his shots, but he was still hitting the iron.

The 76ers' offense improved slightly, but at the end of the first quarter, the 76ers still trailed the Grizzlies by as many as eight points with a score of 19-27.

Iverson's first-quarter shooting was frozen in 2-of-8, which couldn't have been worse.

The key problem is that in the second quarter, the Grizzlies went on a rotation lineup, and the 76ers' bench lineup was not strong, so Larry Brown could only let Iverson continue to play.

As a result, Iverson was followed by Mike Bibby, and the poor hand continued.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led by 15 points at 55-40, and the game was directly one-sided......