Chapter 347: Back on Track
Brown's beating was effective for everyone else, but the key problem was that it wasn't anyone else who needed to be hammered now, but Iverson, who had always been a bit unruly. After the restart, his attitude improved, but it was still far from what Brown wanted, and more importantly, he didn't contribute much on the offensive end, which made people feel speechless.
Seeing Iverson's passive and slacking appearance, how could Chang Wei not know what this guy was thinking? Iverson is still very professional under normal circumstances, but his self-esteem is also very strong, and now paddling on the court is likely to be Brown hurting his self-esteem at some inadvertent time, but Chang Wei doesn't know what it is.
In fact, he also had a share in the blow to Iverson's self-esteem, after all, the last game was his suggestion to let Kidd attack by himself, and at that time he and Brown thought that Iverson must be willing to make sacrifices for the team's victory. However, he didn't expect Iverson to be obsessed with this arrangement, but even if he knew that Chang Wei would persuade Brown to take a plan, in his opinion, the team's victory is of course the most important, although Iverson is the star of the house, he doesn't have to take it seriously.
If nothing else, Chang Wei at least knows what new players can be the core of the team in the next many drafts, Iverson is indeed stubborn, and he is also a symbol of Philadelphia, but he also has many shortcomings. If you put James, Wade and even Paul, Durant and other players in front of you, Chang Wei will definitely give up Iverson.
Before Chang Wei could say anything, Brown angrily asked the technical table for a substitution, and when the next chance of a dead ball came, he decisively replaced Iverson with Snow. The latter walked off the field with a gloomy face, did not high-five his teammates, and just sat back in his place, and then covered his head with a large towel, obviously sulking.
A big name like him will definitely be followed by the camera when he leaves the game, and his outstretched hand to his teammates is also unexpectedly presented on the big screen, although the staff is quick to make this scene just a flash, but there are always a number of fans and media reporters in the stadium who did not miss this shot. The fans felt very angry, after all, Iverson did this very ungracefully, but the reporters who saw this scene were secretly happy in their hearts, and today's report was not worrying about the highlights.
Brown was also a little angry at Iverson's behavior, but he quickly turned his attention back to the game, and now how to recover the disadvantage on the court is the most important thing for him to think about. Iverson's temper is certainly not small, but Brown thinks he is not unreasonable, and maybe a deep conversation after the game should solve the problem.
If Chang Wei knew what Brown was thinking, he would definitely scoff at it, Iverson is indeed the kind of star that many teams love and hate. He is an idol of countless teenagers because of his excellent skills, flashy style of play, and leading the league's hip-hop style, but in turn, his arrogant, self-centered personality has made many people scratch their heads. It would be naïve for Brown to try to convince him through an innocuous chat that Iverson was not a good talker.
After replacing Snow, the 76ers' offense finally became fluid. It stands to reason that replacing Iverson with Snow will greatly reduce the team's offensive firepower, but today's Iverson is in a very average state, and he is not as sharp as before on the offensive end, and Snow can at least catch the ball and shoot on the outside, and the 76ers' scoring firepower has increased instead of decreasing.
The change was a relief to Brown, and while he wasn't sure when he would tie the score, he wasn't at least not as purely pressed by his opponent as he had been before. In this way, Brown's attitude towards Iverson is even more unhappy, in his opinion, if it weren't for Snow's limited talent, where would it be Iverson's turn to become the star of the house? This guy's personality is just too fucked up.
Without waiting for the two sides to change the bench lineup, the 76ers had already chased the score to 28 draws, which greatly annoyed Scott. In fact, at the beginning of the game, he found that the opponent's star Iverson was not in the right state, and Kidd was also very keen to seize this point and chase hard, and once achieved a large lead. It's a pity that Brown soon replaced Iverson with Snow, this small man who is not amazing has a simple style of play and is not attractive, but he has not made many mistakes, and even the offense with the 76ers has returned to normal. Scott has a high vision, he doesn't really like such a point guard, but he has to admit that he is the best fit for the current 76ers.
Snow's presence puts a lot of pressure on Kidd, who is not as inferior in height and strength as Iverson, and he has been the 76ers' number one outside gate before Bale joins, and Kidd will inevitably have to use more energy in the process of dealing with him. So when it came time to change the rotation lineup, Scott had to choose to replace Kidd to create more rest time for him, and now that there are just over 2 minutes left before the end of the first quarter, there shouldn't be any major problems.
But he soon found out that he was wrong, and this time Lewis was on the bench because Brown had Teylon Hill start, and he was joined by not the veteran Mutombo, but the Turkish centre-forward Oku. What does it feel like when both of the opponent's interior lines are turned into three-point batteries? Others don't know, but Scott knows now.
This may seem like less protection for rebounding, but in reality, the Nets' bench interior is very average, and it is almost entirely up to Jefferson as a small forward to grab rebounds, and Lewis and Oku are not both outside the three-point line at the same time, and they always have a man standing near the elbow zone, ready to fight for offensive rebounds. And as a shooter, they also have a fairly high shooting percentage from mid-range, and even if they don't appear outside the three-point line, they can still be a huge threat to the Nets.
Arenas, Lewis and Oku's offensive combination is a wild bombardment as soon as he gets on the court, directly beating the Nets to the north, although Jefferson is also trying to score, but he has no choice but to beat four hands with two fists, his scoring efficiency alone is far less than three people, not to mention that the 76ers players have cooperation, and he can only hold the ball and then barely shoot in front of the defenders, the shooting percentage is clear at a glance, and the difference between the two sides has also come directly to double digits.
The first quarter ended with Oku hitting a buzzer-beating three-pointer, and the 76ers scored a staggering 43 points and limited the Nets' scoring to 32 points, ending the first quarter with an 11-point lead.