Chapter Twenty-Eight: An Easy Race
The next night, the Pacers hosted the 76ers at home. The 76ers have never rebuilt their glory team since losing Iverson, although in 2012, the Philadelphia 76ers were just one win away from making the Eastern Conference Finals.
But the team's management didn't want to stop at that level of success, so that summer, they broke the mold with a big trade for former All-Star center Andrew Bynum. The gamble didn't pay off, Bynum didn't even play a minute for the 76ers, and the team missed the playoffs in 2013 and was 14 games away from winning a 50 percent win rate.
The 76ers traded their All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to New Orleans in '13, also coaching the team with new head coach Brett Brown this season. In Philadelphia, there will still be some young talent, but they are nowhere near enough to make the Eastern Conference playoffs, or even come close to the playoffs.
To be fair, Uncle Sam, the new general manager of the Philadelphia team, is so deliberately trying to get Andrew Wiggins in this summer's draft, but in the short term, the 76ers are a tragedy, and it may even be a historic tragedy. The offense, led by Thaddeus Young and Evan Turner, is not a good thing, and Michael Carter-Williams will have as much freedom to make as many rookie-level mistakes as he wants.
For the 76ers, there's no motivation to win this year, which is why it's a little surprising if they reach 20 wins this season.
In the face of such an opponent, the Pacers will be very relaxed, and there is no tension in the last game like a big enemy. At the beginning of the game, the young 76ers began to make continuous mistakes, first McCarvey accidentally dribbled the ball at his foot when dribbling, and then Nolens Noll slipped his hand and did not catch the ball when he asked for the ball on the inside, and fell behind by 8 points in just 6 minutes.
At the end of the advertising pause, Ye Xuan was sent up, not only did he shoot suddenly, scoring 8 points in two minutes, but also McCarvey shot 0 of 3, and once took the ball away from the opponent's hand. Facing the 76ers who had no intention of fighting, Ye Xuan was also happy to relax, while relaxing his defensive intensity, he began to exert his power on the offensive end, "Hehe, I will loosen my defense a little bit, so that the opposite side can easily score a little bit, so that the score will not be pulled away too quickly, and then work hard when attacking, brush up a few more points." The opponent didn't know Ye Xuan's dirty thoughts, and when he saw his own attack open, he felt that he had the possibility of turning the tables. In this way, Ye Xuan played 12 minutes on the court, brushed 19 points and 4 assists, and was replaced in the middle of the second quarter, when the difference between the two teams was only 13 points.
In the second half, Ye Xuan was finally not ready to stay any longer, and appeared on the court with 4 minutes left in the third quarter, leading a substitute to beat the opponent 19:6 within 5 minutes, Ye Xuan not only scored 7 points himself, but also assisted 6 times, all 19 points were related to Ye Xuan. Not long after the start of the fourth quarter, Frank replaced Ye Xuan, and by this time the Pacers had stretched the difference to 29 points, and the game lost suspense. After the whole game, Ye Xuan played 18 minutes and efficiently got a double-double of 26 points and 10 assists.
After the victory, the Pacers will be on their way to Texas because the next day, they will travel to Houston for back-to-back games, and then the Mavericks the next day, and the Grizzlies on the road. Although the Spurs were defeated at home before, showing off the muscles of the Texas powerhouses, the arduous three-game trip still made the Pacers miserable.
On the plane to Houston, Ye Xuan inquired about the harvest of the game against the 76ers, "Ding, congratulations to the master for completing the first double-double of his career, 10 assists in a single game, and winning the victory, and receiving a reward of 55 days of survival time, and now has a total of 240 days of survival time." ”
Do you have 240 days to survive, then I'll draw two prizes" Xiaokong, draw me twice. ”
"Good master, ding. Bite.. Bite. Ding Ding Ding... Bite! Congratulations to the master for drawing the 'Manu Ginobili's tactical layout talent' talent level A" I don't know why, as soon as Ye Xuan saw this talent, he unconsciously appeared in his mind When the Copa America was on the bench of the Argentine team, Ginobili kept supporting his teammates with a tactical board, while the head coach of Argentina opened his mouth wide and listened attentively on the side.
"Damn, this talent is simply for LeBron James, after all, he is the man who played from the No. 1 position to the coach's bench, eh, when I become the team leader myself, if I am not satisfied with the coach's arrangement, I can also replace him. Not bad, not bad, next. ”
"Ding. . . Bite.. Bite. Ding Ding Ding... Bite! Congratulations to the owner for winning the 'Russell Westbrook's Talent for Dressing in Style' Talent Level A. ”
"It's an A-level talent, but why can't I be happy...
Coming to the Toyota Center in Houston is very different from the rockets in Yao Mai's period in Ye Xuan's memory. This year's Rockets got Howard through Morey's skillful hand, allowing Houston to remake another Yao Mai combination - the modern combination of Harden and Howard is not inferior to Yao Mai. The good news is that Howard's future partner, James Harden, is now one of the league's two best shooting guards, and Houston is on the books.
A year ago, Jeremy Lin, Omir Asik, Chandler Parsons and a handful of role players quickly made this team stand out, and it's easy to see why so many people are now grouping them into one of the West Conference powerhouses. The bad news is that they are in the most competitive southwest division, and the road to the overall championship of Aerotropolis will have a long way to go. However, we can't deny that Howard's arrival has moved the Rockets up at least one notch in the power rankings.
As a result, Frank convened an intra-team meeting to study the tactics against the Rockets. "The engine of the Rockets is James Harden, Ye, I ask you to start the game, contain Harden, I don't ask you to score 20 points or 30 points on the court, you just need to cut off Harden from his teammates, and the rest, just leave it to your teammates." Ye Xuan was burdened with a heavy responsibility and nodded, indicating that he knew.