Joe Hay finally decided to let Maddie respond to Iverson.

It's also a good way to motivate the fight, otherwise Iverson would be too boring to have him alone.

The NBA is like that, where there is a provocation, there is a response.

As such, the interview with Hoop Sports was sent out three hours before the game and was reprinted by ESPN, Fox Sports and NBC.

Maddie's response was simple: "I won him in the All-Star Game, even though I only won by one point, and this game is the same, and the final winner will still be me." ”

"He's the top scorer, that's right, but in this game, I'll prevent him from crying dad and calling his mother......"

"What about the offensive end?"

"On the offensive end? There's not much to say on the offensive end, as long as I play normally, I win the direct duel! ”

The war of words officially started, and as a result, the game was completely popular.

"The battle of Mai Ai is about to be staged!"

In the NBC commentary seat, McBrin came first and shouted.

Then, there was an official opening statement: "Welcome to the live NBA regular season brought to you by NBC Sports TV, I'm your old friend McBlin!" ”

Then came Marv-Albert: "I'm Marv-Albert!" ”

With just over an hour to go before the start of the game, the atmosphere in the Centro de Vagiovia was already very lively.

In the away team's locker room, Qiao Hai glanced at his watch, and the time was almost up.

He clapped his hands: "Okay guys, the game is about to start, let's briefly talk about the opening style of this game......"

As the season progressed, Qiao Hai's pre-game arrangements became simpler and simpler, and every Grizzlies of the other 28 teams in the league played against each other.

"Tracy, you go to the opening against Allen Iverson, put your energy on the defensive end, and kill him!"

Maddie nodded: "Got it, boss!" ”

Qiao Hai made Maddie and Iverson one-on-one, because the Grizzlies' real defensive strategy was to split Iverson and the rest of the 76ers, leaving Iverson in an infinite number of singles.

Therefore, Qiao Hai did not have the luxury of expecting Maddie to prevent Iverson.

As long as you can restrain Iverson a little bit and prevent Iverson from exploding, Iverson will not kill a team alone.

Then, Qiao Hai repeated a few words: "Our offense doesn't need to change, and on the defensive end, except for Tracy staring at Allen Iverson, no one's mission needs to change." ”

"Give your best form, we have to win this game!"

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The door to the locker room opened, and Qiao Hai led the Grizzlies to the court.

In an ordinary regular season, there was no appearance ceremony, but when the Grizzlies ran out of the players' tunnel, there was still a burst of boos from the scene.

Especially Maddie, he was the last to appear, the boos on the scene reached a high court, and the abuse also sounded, Maddie was unmoved, put down his backpack on the sidelines, and then found a basketball and began to warm up.

During the warm-up time of the players, Qiao Hai was also a little bored, he was looking for someone to chat with on the sidelines, and just chatted with the Grizzlies' press officer, and then, Craig Sager came to the door.

"Joe, do you have time, come over and have a chat?"

Qiao Hai smiled, he knew that Craig Sager was chatting with him, which meant to interview him for a few sentences, the man in color is now the leading courtside reporter of NBC, and sometimes he will make a cameo commentator, his interview, Qiao Hai still can't refuse.

And Qiao Hai really didn't have anything to do, so he nodded and walked to the camera, the photographer made an OK gesture, and the interview began.

NBC's TV footage also cut to Qiao Hai.

"Joe, tell me what you're looking forward to in this game?"

Facing the camera, Qiao Hai naturally couldn't answer the question in that perfunctory way, so he replied very seriously: "Are you looking forward to it?" I'm expecting a win. ”

"Be specific, Joe, be specific."

"To be specific?" Qiao Hai thought for a moment. "Well, our goal is a win, a win with no suspense, and we're going to completely kill Allen Iverson......"

The footage of Qiao Hai's interview was broadcast to the big screen above the stadium in real time, and the Wajovia Center Court was immediately booed!

Qiao Hai even heard a few loud shouts.

"You still want to kill Aaron? Don't! ”

"Aaron is going to blow your asses!"

“……”

Qiao Hai was still smiling and didn't care, and he continued to answer Craig Sager's next questions.

When the warm-up on the field was almost over, Qiao Hai also returned to the coach's seat, holding his hands on his chest, waiting for the game to start.

The referee of the game walked to the center of the court with a basketball in his arms and blew the whistle.

This means that the game is about to start and the starting XI of both teams is on the line.

"The race is about to begin...... Let's take a look at the starting ...... of both teams" McBrin looked at the court and immediately reported one name after another: "The Grizzlies' starting lineup has not changed, point guard Chancey Billups, scoring guard Tracy McGrady, small forward Sean Marion, power forward Wang Zhizhi and center Patrick Ewing. ”

Mav Albert followed: "There was a change in the 76ers' starting lineup, the starting point guard was changed from Eriksno to Aaron McGee, and the other positions, the shooting guard was Allen Iverson, small forward George Lynch, power forward Dillon Hill, and center Deacon Bemutombo. ”

There was a change in the 76ers' starters, and McBrin frowned and guessed: "Aaron McGee started?" What does Larry Brown think? Did the 76ers completely abandon the rotation lineup? ”

Qiao Hai guessed some reasons.

He smiled at Stamreford and said, "Larry Brown is also putting too much emphasis on defense. ”

Stanreford was a little puzzled: "What do you say?" ”

"Aaron McGee started, obviously, he thought that Iverson, who is 1.8 meters tall, could not defend Tracy, who is 2.03 meters tall, so he chose to let Aaron McGee, who is 1.96 meters tall, start to defend Tracy."

"Isn't that a change of guard? Aaron McGee defends Tracy, and Allen Iverson goes to Chauncey? ”

Qiao Hai nodded: "That's right, it's such a counterpoint." ”

"So do we need to make a change?"

Qiao Hai shook his head again: "No, let's play first at the beginning, anyway, we have a lot of back-ups." ”

Qiao Hai's words are not empty words, there are indeed a lot of Grizzlies behind this season, especially on the offensive end, even if Maddie and Billups can't open the situation, there are also Mike Bibi and Manuginobili on the bench, plus Raheem, there is always one that can open the offense.

And so the game began.

The 76ers won the jump ball, Iverson took possession of it, controlled it at the top of the arc, and then he faced Maddy.

Joe didn't go against what he said before the game, Maddie did play in the No. 2 position, so he played against Iverson, who also played in the No. 2 position.

McBrin said excitedly: "Maddie is up against Iverson, and the game has just begun!" ”