Chapter 104: Aaron-Iverson
Iverson signed a three-year, $9 million contract with the 76ers, scored 30 points in the first game, and won NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Rookie Challenge MVP in his rookie season.
On April 12, 1997, in the 76ers' game against the Cavaliers, Iverson scored 50 points, along with 5 rebounds and 6 assists, which was the first time in his career that he scored 50 points.
In the 1997-1998 season, Larry Brown served as the head coach of the 76ers, and in that season, Iverson was named to the All-League First Team and led the team to the playoffs for the first time.
In the 1998-1999 season, Iverson won the season scoring title with an average of 26.8 points per game, and led the team to the playoffs again after eight years.
We're just halfway through the season, and it's still unclear!
After all, Usilis had been with the 76ers for a year, so he had naturally heard of Iverson's legend.
In the real world, in the 00-01 season, Iverson and Mutombo led the team to the finals, and played five games against the OK combination of "Big Shark" Shaq O'Neal and "Peter Pan" Bryant Bryant.
At the time, everyone thought the 76ers would be swept by the OK group, but Iverson didn't think so.
The final result was that Iverson defeated the OK group in the first big game, shocked the whole United States and shocked the world, thus becoming a generation of world basketball idols!
Lonely Fighter!
Proud Iverson!
Iverson with unparalleled righteousness!
Under Iverson's fame, he has been taking care of the children from the slums, and this brotherhood is very touching!
This gang brought Iverson a precious friendship, but it also brought a lot of troubles, that is, they had no financial ability, and tricked Iverson into continuing to enjoy a luxurious life, and soon lost the billions of dollars Iverson had worked so hard for.
Later, Iverson was too unruly, fell out with Larry Brown, and couldn't lead the team to good results on his own, so he was abandoned and traded to the Nuggets and then the Pistons.
He refused to come off the bench again, and he was even more miserable on the Pistons, being restricted from playing and sitting on the cold bench.
In 2013, Iverson declared bankruptcy, shocking the world!
Although he is good at layups, the average shooting percentage of three-point and mid-range shots is very inconsistent, always hovering below 40%, and he has become a blacksmith if he takes too many shots.
No head coach in the NBA can tolerate a player wasting the ball with such impunity.
Ay!
Usilis is from the academy, so naturally he doesn't want to be a partner with Iverson, but he wants to secretly help his seniors.
Once he had made up his mind, he came to the two managers.
Michael Jordan may have grown old and his athleticism has declined in terms of bounce and airtime, but he has never stopped exercising, and his sheer strength can still have the absolute upper hand against any of the top outside players in the NBA.
Larry Johnson is still stubbornly guarding Michael Jordan and not giving him a chance to pass the ball.
Michael Jordan singled Larry Johnson, pushed all the way to the three-point line, immediately used a turn and stepped back, opened up a step, and then jumped; His bounce ability is not as good as before, but the bounce height of about 40 cm is still there, and the arc of the shot is very high, which can still give many players a headache in the outside attack.
Larry Johnson lacks the power to bounce and plays a trick of poking his eyes.
Of course, poking in the eye is just a defensive skill, no one will really use this kind of malicious injury, the key is to see, your sense of self-protection and combat awareness is a little stronger.
Hit the basket, 3 points!
The home and away teams started the game in a good start, and the next games gradually entered a stalemate.
During this period, the outside players became the mainstream of the attack, while the inside players were entangled, and no one let anyone shoot easily.
Mutombo against Alonzo-Mourning, Barkley against Olajuwon, Oakley against Rodman, these six All-Star interior players, began to play close defense, one by one small movements, like a conjoined baby, difficult to separate, not allowing the opponent to find a chance to shoot.
You cloth pocket array, and I also cloth pocket array!
If you play blocking, I'll play backblocking!
5 big men plus Barkley, three-point shooting ability is very poor, naturally crowded in the inside, you push me and I retreat you, with pure strength in defense, who wants to play breakthrough, there is no door!
You play full-court pressing defense, and I play full-court pressing defense.
All in all, the tempo was very slow, almost 23 seconds to complete an attack
The inner line is completely blocked, and you can only rely on the outside line to solve the problem.
Hardaway, the visiting point guard, was fast and had great passing ability, and after relying on blocking or slipping the baseline to break through to the interior again and again, he passed the ball out and created wonderful assists.
Marbury, the home team's point guard, showed his quality as a top swing guard, and he was obsessed with individual offense, shooting well in the opening game, scoring 12 points and four assists on 5-of-11 shooting.
Michael Jordan only received two passes from Marbury, and the rest of the time had to entangle with Larry Johnson again and again, making futile switchbacks.
Hardaway and Larry Johnson also made frequent long-range shots.
At the end of the first quarter, the home team scored 23 points to the away team, and the two sides played a draw.
On the home side, Michael Jordan is the interim captain.
On the away side, Olajuwon is the interim captain.
At the timeout, Michael Jordan volunteered to be off.
He has just retired for half a year, and his current form is still there, and he has no big problem playing for about 25 minutes.
The home team's coaching staff, Larry Brown and John Thompson Jr., have given Michael Jordan enough face, and the next step is to move into a normal rotation of players.
Marbury was also given a tactical task by the home team's coaching staff to make 0 shots and help Usyriss pass the ball.
Marbury, known as the "lone wolf", is a point guard who likes to shoot and break through, and he is very selfish in distributing the ball, and when he has a poor hand, he also shoots frequently, which is a bad problem for coaches.
Michael Jordan went off the court, Usiris came off the bench and played as a shooting guard, and his main task was to break through the blockade of the interior line and have unlimited fire.
Unlimited firing rights means that the ball is concentrated on one player, and the whole team serves one person!
Oakley, Barkley, and Mutombo should pay attention to the left waist position, the right waist position, and the top of the arc area, and block and cover for Usiris in the three high positions.