As the team's main point guard, Eric Snow just dribbled across the halfway line and threw the basketball to the team's small forward Billy Owens like a hot potato, and started to run himself. As the 76ers' main point guard, controlling the team's ball control has always been Eric Snow's dream, and in the case www.biquge.info of the team having such a supergiant as Iverson who needs a lot of balls, Eric Snow is also nicknamed a dribble guard, although there are many such dribble guards in the league, but this title is by no means a compliment. In the second half, when Iverson gave up the ball and played without the ball, Eric Snow was unprecedentedly unwilling to control the ball, but in the few rounds of attacks just now, Meng Xu almost lost confidence in the defense, for Meng Xu, I can't break Iverson, can't I break you? After two consecutive steals, Meng Xu became more and more excited, and even began to press Eric Snow in the backcourt.

Billy Owens was stunned for 5 seconds outside the 3-point line with the ball, and when he saw Eric Snow just running out of a point guard, he immediately passed the basketball in his hand, but after receiving the basketball, Eric Snow was stunned for a moment, and then quickly passed the basketball back to Billy Owens.

Looking at Eric Snow, who had lost confidence on the field, Larry Brown scolded angrily, and had to call a timeout to replace Eric Snow, Eric Snow was also very interesting, seeing Larry Brown call a timeout, the original pounding heart calmed down, and he wrapped his head in a towel directly after the game, which means that it is also clear, I don't want to play in this game.

After the timeout, Larry Brown replaced Eric Snow as the scoring guard with the team's sixth man, Larry Hughes, and Iverson as the playmaker, attacking with the ball. At the same time, Popovich also replaced the main force of the Spurs, ready to suppress this wave of counterattack of the 76ers, the Spurs have a 14-point lead, as long as they withstand this wave of counterattack of the 76ers, then victory is within reach.

After Iverson came on the court, Meng Xu, who was confident because of the successful defense of Eric Snow in the past few minutes, was instantly poured a basin of cold water, compared with Eric Snow, Iverson's ball control skills are more skilled, and the protection of basketball is also more hidden, although he clearly knows Iverson's dribbling route and trajectory, there is no way to break the ball, basketball is like a part of Iverson's body, as long as Meng Xu dares to reach out to break Iverson's ball, then it must be Iverson who will be greeted by Iverson turning and changing direction, Then Meng Xu will be out of position and wiped behind by Iverson, but fortunately, the defensive core of the Spurs is not Meng Xu, but Tim Duncan, for a player like Tim Duncan with his own defensive system, as long as he stands under the basket, then it has a very strong deterrent effect on the entire paint area, not to mention that there is David Robinson on the side, the Spurs interior line composed of Tim Duncan and David Robin has always been a famous no-fly zone in the league, and now Meng Xu's appearance is equivalent to being on the periphery of Tim Duncan's defensive system, added another insurance, although it broke through Meng Xu's defense, but in the face of Tim Duncan's supplementary defense, Iverson also passed the ball out a little helplessly.

Seeing the situation on the court, Larry Brown's face became more and more ugly, and the biggest reliance of the 76ers against the Spurs was Iverson, so once Iverson could not tear through the Spurs' defense, then there was basically no hope of winning this game. Outside defense has always been one of the Spurs' weaknesses, and this is the only thing the 76ers can cause problems for the Spurs, and now that this biggest weakness is gone, it is undoubtedly a huge blow for the ambitious 76ers and Larry Brown.

"The 76ers' offense is in trouble, even Iverson is now restrained, Larry Brown needs to find a way, if he can't find a way to deal with the Spurs, then this game may not be in suspense." Looking at Iverson who was in trouble on the field, Michaels was also a little helpless.

"It's been five minutes into the third quarter, and if you count the second half of the first half, the 76ers haven't scored for eight minutes, and the Spurs' defense is really horrible." Since Larry Brown coached the 76ers, he has transformed the team into a team based on defense and switching to a slow-paced positional battle, although the average points per game has dropped significantly compared to previous seasons, but last season was also a team that averaged more than 93 points per game, and like today, nearly half of the third quarter was played, and the whole team scored 35 points, which has never been encountered before.

"After an eight-minute scoring drought, the 76ers finally scored a 3-pointer from Larry Hughes."

After watching Iverson break through the ball and hit a point guard by Larry Hughes for 3 points, Rally Brown's frowning brows also stretched a little, in addition to Iverson in this 76ers, Larry Brown is most optimistic about Larry Hughes, this rookie last year, and also the sixth man that Larry Brown focuses on cultivating, due to the conflict with Iverson's position on the court, Larry Hughes can only play the role of a substitute in the 76ers. Originally, in Larry Brown's plan, it was planned to let Iverson change from point guard to point guard, because Iverson's desire to attack the basket is too strong, and connecting teammates to organize the team is not what Iverson is good at, which is why as a point guard, Iverson's assists have been very low, only more than 7 times in his rookie season, and even less than 5 times in the last two seasons, and since last season, Larry Brown has let Iverson play point guard in some games, and the effect is also very good, Iverson even won last year's scoring title, but seeing the poor performance of Eric Snow, who was corrected by Larry Brown in this game, Larry Brown also retreated, and kept muttering in his heart, whether to let Iverson play back to his original position, straighten Larry Hughes, and play shooting guard.

"This game is over." Looking at the crimson score on the scoreboard, Michaels pronounced the death sentence of 76 in advance. When the two teams reached the official timeout in the third quarter, the Spurs had led the 76ers by as many as 18 points at 59-41, if it wasn't for Iverson and Larry Hughes hitting a 3-pointer each before the timeout, I'm afraid the difference would continue to widen, the important thing is that the 76ers ended up with mid-to-long-range shots several times in a row, and one team was defended by another team to the point that it was difficult to get close to the basket, which also shows that this team has lost control of the court, then failure is inevitable.

"Meng, well done." Although the data is not outstanding, Meng Xu's excellent defensive ability still brings a qualitative leap to the team's overall defensive ability, and he easily defeated the 76ers just by relying on defense. When Meng Xu returned to the bench, Popovich also praised Meng Xu, and even personally handed Meng Xu a towel, which also made Meng Xu a little flattered, because in the Spurs, Meng Xu only saw Popovich hand towels to Duncan and David Robinson, and other players did not have this kind of treatment at all.

"Well, thank you, Coach." After taking the towel, Meng Xu sat directly on the bench, glanced at the players around him, and wondered if he had a chance to play in the next game, Meng Xu had played for more than ten minutes before, but only 4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals were recorded, this data is really a bit shabby, and there must not be much experience and points after the game. Just after the start of this season, Popovich and Meng Xu had a separate conversation, including Meng Xu's future training content, playing time, and positioning in the team, etc., Popovich promised that with Meng Xu's current physical condition, Meng Xu will be given about 10 minutes of playing time in each game at the beginning of the season, and with the continuous improvement of Meng Xu's physical fitness, the playing time will continue to increase.