On ESPN's commentary bench, Mike Brin is carefully flipping through the information of the players on both sides of the upcoming game, although years of commentary experience has made him know enough about the vast majority of players in this league, but pre-game preparation has still become a habit that he can't shake, especially when the attention of this game is so high, he prefers to be able to figure out every detail that needs to be paid attention to before the game starts.

As mentioned before, today's game is very noteworthy both in terms of gimmick and substance, especially the recent performance of the 76ers has become a must-have keyword in major basketball forums around the world, and among this team, the most talked-about player is undoubtedly less than two months after landing in the NBA. But Ding Wei, who is already averaging 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, is enough to even contend for the rookie of the season award, if he qualifies.

is not only the eye-catching individual performance, but also the failed rookie who entered the NBA through a short-term contract, but also made the 76ers, who were already considered rotten to the bone at the beginning of the season, crawl out of the pit of the bottom of the league, and now they can even look forward to making the playoffs in the East in two months, although the possibility that they can enter the top eight in the East only exists in theory, but if they really have the ambition to enter the playoffs, Then any team in the league will probably have to be careful when facing them.

"It seems that a person can really change a team, even if he is not a star, he can still do it." Mike Brin sighed as he marked a red line on the 76ers' roster, with McCarvey, Norlens Knoll, Robert Covington, Hollis Thompson, Henry Sims...... He has commented on the 76ers game more than once this season, and his interest in Ding Wei has also made him pay close attention to the recent movements of the 76ers.

Just as Mike Brin finished his pregame homework for the 76ers and picked up the Cavaliers' roster, the studio door opened, and the two guests, one old and one young, walked in almost front and back.

"I didn't expect it to be so congested, I even thought I was in New York or Los Angeles," Larry Brown pulled a random chair and sat across from Mike Brin, "It looks like the winds in the league have really changed, right, Allen." ”

"Well," said Allen Iverson, the son of Philadelphia, who has never been unruly on the court, compared to Larry Brown, "It's a new era." He walked over to the other side of the booth and sat down, keeping the furthest distance from Larry Brown.

Mike Brin frowned slightly, and he also raised some objections when finalizing the invitation list for this game, but in the end ESPN still chose this slightly risky but very gimmicky combination: in 1996, the Philadelphia 76ers won their only team soul and totem in 20 years with the first pick in the draft - the eternal "answer", Allen Iverson, the following year, the meritorious coach Larry Brown entered the 76ers coaching staff, and the grievances between the two began, The complexity of it is that even for many people who are immersed in the scene, it is difficult to tell whether these two people are in love with each other or love and kill each other. However, many people who think that the relationship between the two is very bad often ignores the seemingly unimportant fact that Larry Brown has coached seven teams in his career, and the longest time of them is none other than Allen Iverson's 76ers.

In a word, this is the ultimate pair of enemies who can hit the earth when they are torn apart, and can laugh at the enmity when they are bearish, and you can never tell whether they are at war or at peace at this moment.

Hopefully, when the game starts, they don't cold each other off like that. Mike Brin looked at the still awkward pair with some concern, and he was now worried about ESPN's ratings for this game.

The chill on the commentary bench continued, and the atmosphere on the court was getting more and more intense, and the 76ers' surprising performance on the court made the home team and the away team fans who came to the quick loan center to watch the game increase a lot, which also made the 76ers' already full of fighting spirit instantly improved to a burst state.

"In the end, it is the real king of the east, this face, tsk!" Henry Sims looked excitedly at the ant-like crowd in the stands and whistled, "I can't wait to play now." ”

"Relax, Henry, you can't start this game." Nolens Knoll is squeezing his rival and partner, and while Simms' progress this season has been evident, Brett Brown is unlikely to make any changes to the starting lineup in a game like this.

"Don't talk nonsense, Nolens, hurry up and warm up, it's not a joke if you're injured at this time......," Asker shouted next to him, compared to the players' fighting spirit, he was much calmer as an assistant coach, this game is not a problem that can be solved by fighting spirit alone, the opponent is the Cavaliers who start all the big three with a full lineup.

"OKOK," Knoll casually agreed, holding his head high and walking towards the center of the court, where many teammates were already warming up, "Robert, give me a goal!" He pointed to heaven.

Hearing Knoll's words, Robert Covington, who was about to shoot the basketball in his hand, spun the ball high above the basket, and Noll rushed forward with a lunge, and when the ball flew directly above the basket, he was already jumping in the air and began his warm-up with a one-handed tomahawk dunk that smashed down.

"......" Esker's face instantly turned blue, you must know that Noll has not warmed up yet, and it is easy for him to get hurt if he makes such a move now.

"Brett!" He shouted out to Brett Brown in the dugout.

"Nolens! What are you working on? Don't hurry up and do the preparatory activities! Brett Brown grimaced at the fans on the field who were waving at him with the same loud voice.

Noel scratched his head and smiled, nonchalantly moving his body.

"Even though I just experienced a major injury, I was still so careless...... It's a real headache. Asker shook his head and walked to the coach's box, in fact, it was not only Noel who was making a funny show, even Hollis Thompson, who has never done anything out of the ordinary, couldn't help but show off his half-court three-pointers, not to mention that the shooting rate is really good, he has scored three goals in a row, and it is of course a good thing to have a strong fighting spirit, but if you vent all your energy now, it may be cold when the game really starts, how to maintain and adjust your state in the actual game time of more than two hours, It's a very important lesson for NBA players, and in Esker's view, the 76ers today are almost all failing in this homework.

"It doesn't matter, after all, the game is so long, and no one can guarantee that you will get into the groove quickly at the start of the game, and no one can guarantee that you will be in this state from the beginning of the game until the final whistle, which is not a calculation problem at all," Coach Brett Brown took every opportunity to teach his assistant coach his philosophy, "and most of them are still young lads, and they will not be depressed because the pre-game warm-up is a little too much." , but middle-aged and elderly people like you and me often do this. ”

"Well, anyway, I still hope that the game can start early so that they can use all that extra energy on the pitch."

Brown shook his head, no longer engaging in pointless verbal battles with his partner, this kind of thing is originally a practice that is applicable to most occasions, and may not be able to play much role in this game, but if you gamble desperately, it seems that it is easier to win.

"Hollis! Don't vote! The three-point line is your shooting point! Seeing that Brown didn't agree, Eske simply thought that the head coach had acquiesced to his opinion, and vented all his anger on the players on the court, "No dunks!" Robert! How long are you going to play the air relay like this?! And you, Tony, stay on your bench since you're injured......"

Just as he wanted to rush up and pull down Tony Roten, who was dribbling and juggling in the middle of the court in a suit, he suddenly saw a basketball fly over his head and fly into the basket in a very high arc.

"Whew-" Ding Wei put the fingers of his right hand to his lips, like a western cowboy blowing green smoke on the muzzle, just out of the player's tunnel when a ball rolled to his feet, he suddenly got playful, stood in place and threw the ball, and it turned out to be in, you must know that this is still a few meters away from the sideline. In the past, he could only see this kind of shooting in the highlights, but he didn't expect that now he can also play such a fine (zhuang) color (bi) shot.

"Ding!" Asker pointed to Ding Wei, who was expressionlessly accepting the cheers of the fans, and he didn't know what to say.

"Wow-" Looking at the basketball flying straight into the basket from outside the court, Mike Brin in the commentary box almost instantly entered the game mode, "Ding sniped the basket in the player's tunnel successfully!" The distance of this goal is probably two or three meters farther than the half! ”

"However, the probability of hitting this kind of ball in a game is almost zero," Larry Brown said with a straight face, the kind of show-off of pure personal heroism that he has never been interested in, "Allen, you seemed to be very fond of throwing this kind of ball back then. ”

"I chose to make a move just because it was going to happen," Iverson said lightly as he looked at the close-up of Ding Wei on the screen, "I think he probably thinks so too." This "he", of course, refers to Ding Wei.

"Any player thinks they're okay to shoot the moment they decide to shoot, but that's often not the case because the vast majority of them are shooting less than 50 percent. So since it's the same shot, why not choose a more reasonable way? ”

"Everyone's reasonableness is different, and they should all have the right to choose."

Seeing that the bickering between the two was intensifying, Mike Brin had to pinch a cold sweat and start the round: "Mr. Brown, Allen, what you said is very reasonable, but in the NBA game, many times we can see that the performance of players is difficult to measure with reason, and many times the turn of the situation requires this irrational performance." But since that's the point, I have an idea that you can bet on the outcome of this match. ”

"I'm rooting for the Cavaliers, and even though I've been a part of the 76ers and they've been doing well lately, the former is still better than the latter in terms of strength, and even if the 76ers are against the Hawks they've already beaten, I still think so." Larry Brown looked at Allen Iverson across the street and looked confident of winning this match.

"The Cavaliers may be strong, but the 76ers will win in the end." Iverson's tone was still as calm as before, but Mike Brin clearly saw the fighting spirit in his eyes, just as he saw in the eyes of the 76ers' players on the court, it seemed that the soul of this team still left an indelible mark on his body, whether he left or not.

"Okay," anyway, at least this game is finally a gimmick, Mike Brin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, it seems that the homework that needs to be done in this game is probably not limited to the field, he now regrets why he didn't collect some information about the commentators, "The game is about to start in five minutes, let's look forward to a miracle together." ”

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