Chapter 161: The Decisive Moment
Osborne was relaxed when he saw the basketball being picked up by his teammates, and he thought that he would be directly hatted by Iverson? But Osborne no longer dares to underestimate Iverson's height, it is enough to have a lesson, don't have a second time, this is thanks to not at a critical moment, otherwise he will definitely die of guilt.
After this goal, Iverson's opinion of Osborne has changed a little, although Osborne is very powerful, but he is indeed a system player, and he is definitely not as good as those superstars who have been famous for a long time. And this guy is always a little inexplicably confident, as if he looks down on those low-stating players.
This made Iverson very angry, and Iverson said: "Boy, no matter how popular you are in the league, you have to see yourself clearly, whether you have the strength to be arrogant. ”
Osborne didn't expect Iverson to talk to him, he had the impression that Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant were the kind of players who couldn't do it directly, but Osborne also reacted quickly and replied: "I think I have the strength to make a name for myself now, and in my opinion, this league is originally an alliance of the jungle, not an alliance that respects the old and loves the young, and I'm already so low-key, it's all so unscrupulous reporters touting me, and I can't help it, What's more, I still want to earn more benefits for myself when I am hot? Isn't life just about wanting to be popular for two or three years? ”
Iverson really agreed with Osborne's words, but Iverson wouldn't admit that Osborne was right, because he was a proud man, "In that case." Let's see the real trick on the pitch, compared to trash talk. I still like to convince my opponents. ”
Seeing Iverson become more resolute, Osborne's face also became solemn. "Me too, it's better to say it a thousand times, it's better to do it."
The 76ers began to counterattack, with Alex Snow controlling the ball to organize the offense, Iverson started his coquettish running position again, Osborne also followed closely and did not dare to slack off, but Osborne obviously couldn't keep up with Iverson's running speed, Iverson was small because of his small size. He can run around in the crowd, but Osborne, due to his height and weight, can't keep up with a nimble guy like Iverson.
Iverson, who ran out of the vacant position, received a pass from Snow, and directly stepped back to the three-point line to shoot the ball in, Iverson's score came to 63 points, at this time, the fans and spectators in the stadium are now not focused on the scores of the two teams, they are all concerned about how many points Iverson can get today, after all, the ball has reached this point, and it doesn't matter who wins and who loses. Anyway, people will only pay attention to the performance of the stars, as long as the stars play super performances.
Osborne is really helpless about Iverson, Iverson is in his prime, and it is basically difficult for anyone to defend Iverson one-on-one. Even Kobe Bryant only barely exchanged blows with Iverson, and most of the time he was blown up. All Osborne can do now is try to score points with Iverson, and he doesn't believe Iverson won't get tired.
Osborne is still quite frightened by Iverson's defense right now. Don't dare to take any chances, now is the decisive moment. And the Pistons are still three points behind the 76ers, and these three points are as difficult to cross as a moat. Osborne knows that there are no great three-point shooters in the team, basically they are defensive experts and mid-range shooting masters, and they are not sensitive to three-point shots, so Osborne still has to do it himself at this time, and he can't make mistakes like just now.
Osborne didn't dare to dribble more, Iverson's steals were first-class in the league, so after he received a pass from Chaunsibilups, he carefully observed the situation on the court, and finally Osborne remembered that he liked to show off his crotch dribble the most when he practiced, and the crotch dribble was not easy to be stealed.
Since this is the case, Osborne no longer hesitated, directly dribbling under the crotch, looking for opportunities, and he knew that Chaunsibilups would do his own blocking and dismantling cover for a while, sure enough, Chaunsibilups saw that Osborn's defense in the face of Iverson was stagnant, so he quietly ran to the only way to stand on Iverson's left side, Osborne seized the opportunity to break through from the left side, in fact, Osborne turned out to be a left-handed general, he liked to break through from the left side very much, and saw Iverson blocked by Billups, Osborne had space to shoot and no longer broke through to the front, taking a step back to retreat outside the three-point line and forcing a three-point shot at Alexno, he didn't believe that Snow could interfere with himself.
Not to mention this time, although Snow also tried his best to prevent Osborne from shooting three points like Iverson, there was no way to do it, so he could only watch Osborne's three-point shot. Osborne's three-pointer helped the Pistons stop the bleeding, and with more than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, there must be no mistakes in the final moments.
And the most important thing is that the main forces of both sides did not rest in this game, and Larry Brown on the Pistons' side did not dare to let the main team rest, because he knew how bad the Pistons bench was, and because Iverson was too rebellious in this game, he did not dare to be careless, and the 76ers did not want to rest because Iverson did not want to rest, and he had to keep letting Larry Brown see his strength and let him see how he defeated the Pistons.
The competition between the two sides also turned this ordinary regular season game into a gimmick and a battle for cutting points.
Iverson's current physical strength can be said to be exhausted, after all, limited by physical strength, and the opponent's desperate consumption, his physical strength is lost quickly.
And Osborne's side was also so tired that he couldn't do it, he was really sweating, he saw that Iverson was still running to find a gap, and he felt that since Iverson could persevere, I couldn't fall behind, and then Osborne was also trying his best to defend Iverson.
At this time, Chaunsibilups also deliberately wrapped up Iverson, he knew that today's game was so difficult, a large part of it was caused by his own poor defense, and now he must make his own contribution to make up for his mistakes.
Iverson saw Chauncey Billups also come over to cover him, and knew that this was the end of his scoring performance, and if he forced a score to miss, it would be bad, and then he made up his mind to create opportunities for his teammates through his deterrent.
Iverson took another step past Osborne, and then Billups made up for the defense, Iverson didn't care, he calmly made a dream step, deceived Billups, and then attracted Ben Wallace's supplemental defense, Iverson faced Ben Wallace directly with a fake pass and stuffed the ball to the center Mark Jackson, and then Mark Jackson dunked violently, and the game situation was on the 76ers' side in an instant, and the situation was very unfavorable for the Pistons. (To be continued.) )