Chapter 154: Larry Brown vs. Alan Iverson
The Pistons didn't stay too much after the victory, and they went directly to the Philadelphia 76ers the next morning, the time was pressing, and it would definitely not work if they didn't prepare in advance, after all, the 76ers were still a very strong offensive player, and they were crazy and even scared of themselves.
So Larry Brown also attaches great importance to the offense of the 76ers, after all, the Pistons are generally considered to be a defensive team, and for this evaluation, Larry Brown also agrees, he also believes that only defense can win the championship, and Larry Brown also has a very complex emotion in his heart in the face of his former disciples.
Especially for Allen Iverson, a talented disciple, Larry Brown doesn't know how to deal with it, after all, they used to work hard together for the championship, and the two of them were still close partners at that time, but now they have parted ways and become strangers.
However, Larry Brown always felt that he did not owe the 76ers or Allen Iverson, but the 76ers drove himself out of the legislative city for Allen Iverson. This is a huge insult to a proud man like Larry Brown.
So this time Larry Brown came to his hometown of Philadelphia as an Avenger, Larry Brown looked at the place where he had struggled, the team that brought him to the finals, and the disciple Alan Iverson who he once cared for, and his heart was actually mixed, and an indescribable mood surged out for a while. After a while, he collected his mind, and this time he had to show the place that had broken his heart, and I, Larry Brown, were back.
Just as Larry Brown was sighing, in a very modern stadium in Philadelphia, tall and mighty people were constantly training, and it was funny that a small player was pointing and doing some coach-like things, and this small player was constantly honing these big men who looked clumsy. And he also seemed a little irritable, constantly using verbal sarcasm and even scolding, but it was very strange that none of these big players dared to ignore the instructions of this small player, they were all training seriously, and they didn't dare to anger the little man at all.
This little man doesn't look tall and mighty at all, but he can command these big men. Why? Nothing else, as he called the answer Alan Iverson.
Allen Iverson, a small player, has set a number of NBA records, becoming the champion and shortest of the 96 golden generation, and scoring 30 points in his NBA debut, while winning the MVP of the NBA Rookie Challenge for the best rookie. The following year, he was named to the NBA All-NBA team, and in his third year, he won the title of the league's leading scorer and led the team to the playoffs.
In the 2000~2001 season. Allen Iverson is even more unbeatableThis year is Allen Iverson's peak year, both in terms of individual honors and team records have reached the best level, he won the regular season MVP with the first record in the East this year, and averaged 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.5 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game. Won the league's leading scorer, steals and was once again named to the All-NBA team. His personal achievements are several streets behind the rookies of the same class, but Allen Iverson's personal honors as a player have been fruitful, even the peak, but as the league's highest honor championship, he has to be said to be a very sad thing.
The defeat in the 2001 finals made Allen Iverson very sad. In his opinion, the lucky 13th pick kid in Los Angeles was blown up by himself, but his side was blown up by the big fat man of the big shark. This was unacceptable to Allen Iverson, but the following year Iverson started again, only to stop in the first round of the playoffs, although Iverson once again won the scoring title. But Iverson began to grow dissatisfied with head coach Larry Brown's actions, and eventually fell out with Larry Brown, ending with Larry Brown leaving the country.
This is the grudge between Larry Brown and Iverson, both of whom are proud people, but the NBA league has always been a league of players, especially a league of superstars, once the head coach of the team falls out with the star, or the team's poor record is the first to be excluded Most of the blame for the blame are the head coach, so the status of the head coach in the team is not as high as imagined, especially in the team with superstars.
Now they both have this mentality, Larry Brown wants to prove that he can still win a championship even without a superstar, and Allen Iverson wants to prove that he can win a championship without a manager like Larry Brown, but unfortunately, Larry Brown finally proved that his philosophy was correct, and Allen Iverson proved that he was a super scorer and became an uncrowned king. Of course, that's all for later.
Therefore, Larry Brown and Allen Iverson are very optimistic about this competition, excluding other factors, the team that Larry Brown doesn't want to lose the most is the Lakers, and the player who doesn't want to lose the most is Allen Iverson. In the same way, Allen Iverson also doesn't want to lose to the Lakers and Pistons, so every time he plays these two teams, he works very hard, and it is Allen Iverson's strongest idea to show his strongest state to blow everything up.
For their attitude of wanting to win, it can be seen from some small details, such as the Pistons' side, Larry Brown, not to mention others, from the perspective of his lineup, they are the most secure, first of all, he wants Chauncy Billups to act as a scoring guard to mainly defend Allen Iverson, put Osborne to the point guard position, and give him unlimited firing rights, and told Taysa Ann Prince to defend Glenn Robinson, Ben Wallace to defend the 76ers' big center Kenny Thomas.
Osborne knows that Larry Brown is desperate to win, and he himself is a little excited, after all, although Osborne was half James and half Cormi in his previous life, he also admired Allen Iverson, after all, Allen Iverson is a miracle of small professional players, and his existence proves that small people can also be champions, can also win scoring titles, and can also win MVP, all of which greatly inspired Osborne, but it is a pity that in the sky. Such a miracle is unlikely. No matter how good your skills are, you can't make yourself a professional, let alone the core of the team.
Larry Brown and Allen Iverson were engaged in non-contact confrontation and pre-war preparation before the game, and a big battle was about to break out. (To be continued.) )