Chapter 576: Iverson

(Ask for a commuter pass)

"Coach, just received the news that Keith Van Horn may not be able to play in the next game"

On April 17, 2003, when Zhuang Fei walked into his office, he saw that the team's assistant coach Stephen Green was almost waiting for him in the office with an excited face. ,!

The game between the Boston Celtics and the 76ers is on April 19ri, so the time is also extremely urgent, which also makes the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics Stephen Green has been extremely busy recently, in general, Zhuang Fei and Green, the two neighbors are commuting together at the same time, but recently, Green, it is obvious that he needs to leave work later and earlier than Zhuang Fei, when a team starts the NBA playoff journey, it may be easier for the head coach, After all, in the regular season, because the opponent is different every day, it is a great test for the head coach in terms of tactical changes and personnel changes, but in the playoffs, the same opponent has to play at least four games in the playoffs, and will play seven games at most, in this case, all the head coach needs to do is make a detailed change to some of the team's poor performance after each game, so after the playoffs, although the atmosphere within Boston and the Celtics is more tense, But Zhuang Fei is the same as usual, and for Green, he is not like this, in the regular season, he doesn't need to stay up late every day to watch the opponent's game video, nor does he need to deal with scouts all day, plus he is also responsible for the team's training, it can be said that this guy has been almost unable to sleep for a few hours a day recently.

In the NBA, I'm afraid only Green, an assistant coach, is so unlucky, because most NBA head coaches have more than one assistant coach, a famous coach like Phil Jackson has four assistant coaches, and even a general head coach such as Carlisle of the Pistons has two or more assistants, so recently Zhuang Fei is even considering that if he renews his contract with the Celtics next season, he can ask for double the annual salary of his disciple. At least now his annual salary of more than a million dollars is not worth his labor. Of course, the matter about Stephen Green's salary raise is only a matter for the future, and the most important thing for the Boston Celtics right now is about the 76ers, the next opponent in the playoffs.

"This is a very unexpected situation" Zhuang Fei smiled and took a report handed over by Green, sat down in his office chair, and after saying a word, he buried his head in the report, and just now Green said that Van Horn may not be able to play the next game The news was said by a 76ers 76ers physicist who was bought, the second leader of the 76ers this season, the all-round forward sprained his ankle during a recent training session. Of course, Zhuang Fei does not fully believe in the matter mentioned in the report, this kind of thing is difficult to be completely correct, the Celtics can buy the 76ers physical trainer, and the 76ers can also instruct their physical trainer to release fake news, so for Zhuang Fei, he is not worried about the news that a player of the 76ers has an accident before the game starts, and Zhuang Fei really cares about the tactical analysis of the 76ers in this scouting report and some of their data analysis this season.

"It looks like Doug Collins is doing a very good job with the 76ers," Zhuang Fei looked at the team report in his hand for a while, then raised his head lightly and said to Green with a smile, from the report Zhuang Fei clearly saw that this 76ers is a little different from the Larry Brown period, especially the difference between the team's average assists per game and points per game in the two periods listed in the report, after Collins took over the 76ers, the team's average points per game is rising, but the average assists per game is declining, Just such a statistic is very telling.

"Yes, after Collins came to power, he made it clearer about the 76ers' style of play, Iverson is playing more and more, when Larry Brown coached, he had a lot of requirements for Iverson, whether it was off-court training or on-court games, especially for Iverson in scoring and organizing teammates, he needed Iverson to be able to fully drive the team, not just ask him to score, but after Collins came to power, he only needed Iverson to score" Green was not at all surprised that his teacher could see the core content of this report at almost a glance, and quickly explained it to Zhuang Fei. And when Green finished explaining, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded.

In the final analysis, the 76ers are just a one-man team, whether it is Larry Brown or Collins, neither Larry Brown nor Collins is the protagonist of this team, for the performance of this team depends on whether Iverson is happy and ziyou, for Larry Brown, he is a head coach who led the team to the finals, for him, whether it is for the 76ers or for Iverson, the requirements are naturally in accordance with the requirements of the finals and even the championship. In this case, his inhibition and shackles on Iverson are getting heavier and heavier, and finally led to the collapse of the 76ers, and after Collins came to power, his goal is very simple, he only needs to take this team into the playoffs, for a team with a player like Iverson, the goal of entering the playoffs is too simple, just need to give all the ball to Iverson, and he only needs to watch Iverson play by himself, in this case, Iverson's attack after Collins came to power is the No. 1 among all players in the league, if Iverson averaged 27 shots per game last season and can contribute 31 points per game is almost against the sky, then this season, the 76ers player averaged 30 shots per game, and contributed 35.2 points per game to reach the extreme of a backcourt player, for now, but no backcourt player is as crazy as the 76ers, even the second-released Carter is only an average shot per game? p>

He averaged just over 31 points per game on four occasions, and Kobe Bryant, who is third on the scoring list, has also averaged only 24 shots per game this season, and his average is only 30 points per game.

"This may be the best positioning of the 76ers," Zhuang Fei finally thought of the little man who had played under him in the Olympics and said with some emotion, for the 76ers, let them compete for the championship as Larry Brown expects, it is impossible, such a positioning is almost an impossible task for such a team, in this case, this team needs a more pragmatic goal, Collins is better than Rally Brown in this regard.

"It's just that such an Iverson is also a greater threat to us, it seems that James will suffer in the next game" Stephen Green saw Zhuang Fei, who was a little emotional, and said with a little teasing, for the Celtics, they are really not afraid of Iverson creating opportunities for teammates to share the offense, because for the current staffing of the 76ers, except for Iverson, it is basically impossible for anyone else to be able to cause too much damage to the Celtics, and on the other hand, Iverson is James Posey's most feared opponent, and this small man has more than once beaten James Posey in the No. 1 position, and in this case, the intensity of the Celtics' game against the 76ers depends on how Iverson can play James Posey.

"Hehe, this is also a test for James, isn't Terry of the Grizzlies also difficult to defend?" Zhuang Fei finally nodded with a smile and said, for these two people, the reason why they can talk about such a problem so easily, I'm afraid most of the reason is because even if Iverson can carry the 76ers forward, but in the face of the Celtics, I am afraid that the distance forward is very limited

Since the difference between the Celtics and the 76ers has been extremely clear before the game, then for Zhuang Fei and Green, there will naturally be arrangements for xing, in fact, yesterday Zhuang Fei has been deliberately strengthening James Posey's defense in the face of small players to adapt to xing, although such a short period of assault training can not really increase a player's defensive strength, but it can also allow this player to adapt early, although the Boston Celtics do not have a player like Iverson, but Arenas is still good at simulating Iverson, at least in terms of attack, the Boston Celtics backup guard does a good job.

In the NBA playoffs, there is a gap in strength between teams, but this gap in strength is not an insurmountable barrier, here is the NBA, there is the best group of basketball players in the world, so it is normal for any possibility of the result of each game here, in this case for a team that is completely superior in strength, the most rational and sensible way to maintain their advantage is to still keep their clear head, At the very least, there needs to be adequate preparation at all times. In fact, Zhuang Fei has always done a good job in this regard, although he has won more and more championships over the years, but his mentality has not changed much.

Even at this time, Zhuang Fei's attention to the 76ers made the team's assistant coach Stephen Green extremely shocked, in his eyes, the Boston Celtics and Zhuang Fei did not need such a thing at all, of course, for the assistant coach of the Celtics, he did not dare to say such doubts about Zhuang Fei. In this case, the Boston Celtics players began Zhuang Fei's first destruction, for the Celtics who had been rested in the last week of the season, now Zhuang Fei is not ready to give them a chance to rest during training, it can be said that Zhuang Fei has completely brought the Celtics into the playoff mode since April 17ri.

Now the Boston Celtics players are suffering from Zhuang Fei's devil training, and two days later, on April 19ri, the first round of the playoffs between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers also started

"I can't wait for this year's playoffs, I went to the road of honor yesterday and saw that some guys had actually played the 'the-17' sign in advance, I was going to put it up as soon as the team won the championship, I had booked it with the mold company a month ago, but in the end it was preempted"

"Haha, a lot of people are waiting, don't say 'the17', I think after we win this year,' the18's brand will appear as soon as possible, you must know that we are now a 72-10 team, only four teams in the league have appeared 5 times, except for the Lakers' 00-01 season 74-8 to the Timberwolves' 75-7 to suppress the championship did not win the championship, before the team that played a 70-win record, whether it is the 9596 Bulls or the 99-00 Timberwolves, it is easy for us to win the championship, for us, this year is a 100% chance, we are not the unlucky Lakers and the unlucky Phil Jackson”

"yes, 100 percent, haha, so we don't have to wait any longer"

North Shore Garden, home of the Boston Celtics, today is the first step in the Boston Celtics' playoff journey this year, during the regular season, it was full, even more so in the playoffs, and before the game started, the Boston Celtics fans were also extremely lively, obviously for these fans, they have a lot to say between them, and in the North Shore Garden stands, there is a special fan, this fan is a little different from those Boston Celtics fans around him, Because this fan's face is not at all as crazy and joyful as other Celtics fans, but a haze.

"Mr. Adkinson, I don't think we can do without this game"

Recently, Adkinson is very depressed, as a rich second generation of gambling kings who have been controlling the fate of others and playing with the pleasure of others, this person who has always regarded himself as an absolute strong man among his peers has suffered a setback in his hometown, because the Boston Red Sox he just bought last year was completely ignored by the people of Boston after the start of this season, at this time the eyes of all Bostonians only have the Chinese and the Celtics, this person, the rich second generation who plays professional sports for his own pleasure and sense of achievement, is extremely aggrieved, Especially the fact that he was teased by the bosses of the stupid x Celtics not long ago made him extremely depressed.

Regarding the setbacks he received in Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, this rich second generation did not exert his strength, he was still dormant, and compared with the average rich second generation, the descendants of this gambling king have more cities. So after hearing his assistant's words, the rich second generation just frowned under the frantic shouts of the surrounding Celtics fans, and then looked at the Boston Celtics and the Chinese figure again. (To be continued.)

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