The 76ers are back in the playoffs, and the audience attendance at the Phu Quoc Center has gradually recovered, reaching the highest level in recent years.

More than 80% of tickets are sold for each game.

Fans are willing to grow with the team, but only if they ......

You can give the fans hope.

Now the 76ers are doing just that, so the Phillies are gradually returning.

The last time there was such an enthusiastic Phu Quoc Center Arena was in 01, when the absolute core of the team was called Allen Iverson...... Originally, he suffered a hand in the Pistons, and then fell quickly, although he was not snubbed by his teammates in the Pistons this time, but he slowly lost his voice, but this is the process of history, if it is not left at the most glorious time, even if it is a "supergiant", their fall, is always silent.

I don't know when, this league is without the voice of Aaron Iverson.

And Philadelphia, twelve years later, finally saw two talented young people: Embiid and Ben Simmons!

It can be seen that Ben Simmons is a little more popular than Embiid.

It's no wonder that the average data of 15 plus 8 plus 8 per game, no matter how you look at it, is going to "the next man who averages a triple-double per game", compared to Embiid who is "20 plus 10", this future is much brighter.

It's the same as online dating, the excitement brought by the unknown is not comparable to Embiid, who has played for the third season and whose data stops at "20 plus 10", that is, Embiid can play some "tricks" on the court, otherwise, I'm afraid the core position of this team will be snatched by Ben Simmons.

The "new darling of Philadelphia" also came to say hello to Li Wan before the game began.

Li Wan already knew that this guy had praised himself fiercely before the game, so he was looking forward to Ben Simmons' look after this game.

The reporter next to him hurriedly took this photo of Li Wan and Ben Simmons in the same frame, and they had already thought of countless titles in their minds, waiting for the end of this game to further intensify the "contradiction" between Li Wan and Kobe.

The big screen on the scene also gave the starting lineups on both sides at this time:

"Columbus Explorers: No. 1 Levan, No. 2 Wiggins, No. 3 Anthony, No. 4 Sabonis Jr., No. 5 Adams;

Philadelphia 76ers: Ben Simmons at No. 1, JJ Redick at No. 2, Covington at No. 3, Dario Saric at No. 4, Joel Embiid at No. 5; ”

Speaking of which, the shortest player to start the Columbus Explorers this season is Wiggins, but he is 2.01 meters tall!

In other words, the entire Columbus starter is more than 2 meters, so it is called the "Columbus Death Five" by the media!

In terms of height, the starting lineup of the Philadelphia 76ers is really not bad at all, except for Redick, who is only 1.93 meters tall, everyone else is more than 2 meters tall, and it is more exaggerated than the Columbus Explorers, Ben Simmons is 2.08 meters tall, Covington is 2.06 meters tall, Saric is 2.08 meters tall, and Embiid is 2.13 meters tall.

It can be said that except for the No. 2 position, the starting lineup of the Columbus Explorers has no height advantage.

At the same time, regardless of height, Covington and Saric are both forwards in line with the trend of the "small-ball era", and both of them have a three-point shooting rate of nearly 40% per game.

In addition, Embiid's three-point shooting rate is also about 30% per game, which is a bit but not much, but the opponent can't keep putting it.

So the Philadelphia 76ers' offensive system is very simple, that is, Ben Simmons uses the breakthrough to cause the opponent to wrap up, and then divides the ball to his teammates to shoot three-point shots, if the opponent does not wrap up, he uses his tall height to break through and complete the basket to score......

When the opponent can't shoot, they can rush to grab the rebound together.

It's such a simple and rough style of play that allows Ben Simmons to average 15 plus 8 plus 8 all-around stats per game......

In fact, it can also be seen from here that Ben Simmons really met a good teammate.

Why doesn't he need projection ability?

Because his teammates have shared the burden for him, he only needs to repeat the breakaway ball to easily make his stats flashy and win the game at the same time.

Therefore, for some rookies, it is really not a good thing that the team lineup is too good, which is easy for him to have the illusion that "Lao Tzu is invincible in the world".

That's probably why LeBron sent Ricky Davis away when he entered the Cavaliers.

For the sake of not being proud and complacent, he really, I cry to death!

The game started quickly, and after Embiid grabbed the first offensive for the team, he immediately went to the basket.

To say that Embiid's style of play when he was young was similar to his appearance, although his skills were good, his style of play was very rough, and he was all pushed to the inside to play strongly, probably because of too many injuries, this guy played more and more away from the basket, and he had to simply regard himself as an outside player.

This is not the only case.

When Griffin first debuted, he was as violent as he wanted, and after several major injuries, he also began to stay away from the basket......

It can only be said that injuries do make people involuntarily change their playing style.

But......

You can change the style of play, but you can't be soft!

Ben Simmons faced Lee Wan in the front court and was about to break through, only to find out how this guy ......

It's so far away from me!

The "telescope defense" reappeared on the court, and Rajon Rondo on the bench, the "poker face" twitched slightly, and he was disgusted by this trick back then.

The disgusting expression wasn't going away, it just shifted from his face to Ben Simmons' for now.

Perhaps, a little more ugly......

You're ......

What is the meaning?

Ben Simmons has doubts on his face!

Aren't we in this group!?

I just praised you before the game!

Ben Simmons, who had mixed feelings, wanted to shoot directly and make Li Wan pay the price for preventing him from doing so, but ...... This ball is grasped in his hand at the moment, as if it weighs a thousand pounds, and he can't lift it.

He finally decided to grit his teeth and rush to the basket, but Rao is that he is 2.08 meters tall and rushes up like a truck, but in the case of a buffer distance, Li Wan accurately predicted his position, stood firmly, and waited for him to rush over.

This is......

Want to make me an offensive foul?

I'm damn it!

Ben Simmons' heart was full of 10,000 grass and mud horses, but he only braked sharply and quickly transferred the ball from his hand to Redick's hand.

Redick didn't get rid of Wiggins, so he didn't have a chance to shoot at all, and was shrouded by Wiggins, and the ball almost came out of his hands.

hurriedly passed, and finally Covington hit a three-pointer at the whistle, but he didn't even touch the basket, and the ball fell off the line.

The auditorium, which had been cheering, was silent at the moment.

Tonight's conversation with Columbus, in the eyes of many media, is a tough battle to test the new team of the Philadelphia 76ers, and they are also looking forward to this collision, but the result is ......

In the first round, was it so ugly?

Ben Simmons looked at Leewan, who was holding the ball in front of him, and his expression was no longer as friendly as he had just been. On the contrary, it was full of resentment.

Li Wan was not surprised by his reaction.

This is a baby who is spoiled by the media because of his talent.

How outrageous was he then?

Let's put it this way, even Rivers, the head coach who specializes in "making chicken soup", failed to let him focus on the game. Instead, he didn't play a game, and asked the team to pay his salary accordingly.

Such a person, do you expect him to have a good face for Kobe?

Do you expect him to have respect for Li Wanneng?

It's impossible!

But......

No one cares if a person who has been beaten up hates him, because for Leewan, it just lets Ben Simmons know how far he is from the best guy in the league.

As for whether this can "wake up" Ben Simmons......

Li Wan had only one answer:

Shut me down on the hammer thing!

When Li Wan was about to force a breakthrough with the ball, Adams quickly stepped forward to make a block for him.

Ben Simmons was solid, but Embiid switched well to Leewan, delaying with his excellent reach.

But Li Wan had long considered that such a thing would happen, so after he bypassed Adams, he chose to step back and shoot directly outside the three-point line.

It was a step back that Embiid hadn't expected, even if he tried to straighten his arm, the distance between him and Li Wan could pass through a train.

"Huh!"

Easy three-point shot.

3-0！

Once again, it was the turn of the Philadelphia 76ers to attack, and Ben Simmons wanted to respond, but seeing that Li Wan took out a "telescope-style" defensive method again, his face was full of confusion, and he hesitated about the next move.

Even the audience on the sidelines couldn't help but shout, "Hey, man, let this damn guy see your shot!" ”

Ben Simmons glanced at the basket a few times, and seeing that Li Wan still didn't make up for it, the final choice was ......

Pass the ball to Redick next to him.

He still didn't dare to vote!

The Philadelphia at the scene almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

They knew Ben Simmons had a problem with his projection, but they didn't think it would be so outrageous.

It's so far away, and I don't dare to shoot!

A slight boo rang out, and it was gone in a flash, but it was still heard by Ben Simmons, who glanced at Li Wan resentfully, and in his opinion, if it weren't for Li Wan, he wouldn't have been booed at all.

Redick gives the ball to Embiid.

"The Great" set of gorgeous steps, from the side of Adams into the inside, successfully completed the goal for the 76ers.

2-3！

There was a lot of cheers at the scene.

Judging from these two rounds, it seems that the "Emperor" can better support the future of the 76ers.

Simmons, who was enraged, came up and used his body to confront Li Wan.

This is another Simmons strength!

His defensive ability is very good, and with his tall stature, he can play with ease even if he is out of position.

At the moment, he also wants to give Li Wan a little color through defense.

Li Wan turned a half, sideways shoulders against him, waiting for his teammates to open up space, he immediately turned forward to accelerate, trying to force a breakthrough, Ben Simmons showed his excellent physical talent, a beautiful sliding step, well intercepted in front of Li Wan......

Well, this is the picture he imagined!

Because after he slid and moved sideways, he realized that Li Wan's front turn and breakthrough was just a feint.

A step back opened up a larger distance, and Li Wan raised his hand to hit a middle distance, steadily!

5-0！

Barkley looked at Simmons, who was shaken back, and shouted excitedly: "Wow, this is the gap between the new star of the league and the first person in the league!" ”

As a rookie, Ben Simmons's statistics in the first season of his career are certainly very gorgeous, but look at his embarrassed appearance in front of Li Wan now, the gap between the two sides is really not a star and a half, but obvious......

And this, in the following time, Simmons also noticed that as the first quarter passed, Li Wan put more and more pressure on him, and he was still as powerless as ever in the face of Li Wan.

4 minutes and 35 seconds in the first quarter, I finally couldn't help Li Wan let him go so far Simmons and tried to jump, this stiff jump shooting posture made people feel that what was thrown out was a brick, and even smashed on the basket, it felt like the sound was louder than others.

He also discovered something......

Li Wan, this damn guy......

Is it deliberately attacking only with projections?

Kenny Smith also found out about this: "Li Wan basically didn't break through the basket in this game, and he was able to break through several times, but he still chose to move sideways and shoot with a jumper, is this proving the importance of shooting to Ben Simmons?" ”

Ben Simmons, who finally couldn't stand it, chose to hold the ball and play the outside block, but when he faced Wiggins in the second position, Barkley couldn't hold back and laughed directly.

No......

That's too scary, isn't it?

Barkley really didn't expect that just Li Wan would use a "telescope" to defend Ben Simmons, and even Wiggins chose to take two steps back, just looking at him like this, with that honest face, as if he was saying: "Vote, I'll let you vote!" ”

Damn!

Ben Simmons really wanted to smash the ball hard.

Everyone is a "champion", is it necessary to catch other people's sore spots and poke their wounds so violently?

The shot he made in the face of Li Wan just now really spent all his courage, even if Liang Jingru came and sang "Courage" to him ten times, he didn't dare to make a move.

The terrible posture was embarrassing even to himself.

Hey!

I don't believe it yet!

Ben Simmons continued to play pick-and-roll with his teammates, this time switching to the man in front of him......

It's Carmelo Anthony!

It wasn't just Barkley who laughed, but Kenny Smith and Shaq O'Neal laughed.

Because Anthony stood directly in front of the reasonable collision area, looked at him with a "listless" face, and made a urging action towards him: You hurry up and shoot, I still have to grab the rebound!

Three people in a row, all far away from him, give him room to shoot.

Ben Simmons was so angry that she wanted to cry.

These defending champions are so rude!

After hesitating for a long time, he still chose to pass the ball, which completely disgusted the Phillies on the field.

It's all like this, and you still don't want to prove yourself and respond?

No......

In that case, Kobe Bryant is not wrong, right?

You should practice this projection, why do you ......

They instantly began to feel that Ben Simmons was a bit "down".

I really liked this newcomer!

In this way, Ben Simmons almost finished the game in humiliation.

129-101, the Philadelphia 76ers ended tonight's home game with a 28-point loss.

The fans in the audience all left by the third quarter of the game.

Some of them were fans who came for the name of Philadelphia's "Geminis" and left the scene with "what the hell is this" expressions.

The guy who shouted "believe in the process" was not bad, and this guy who yelled at Kobe Bryant "I have my own way of dominating the game" was really unsightly.

The moment the whistle blew, he only felt that he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, and he greeted Li Wan happily before the game, and at the first time after the game, he quickly left the scene through the home team's player tunnel, and also refused all interviews.

What he did proved the saying:

The ability is not big, and the temper is not small!

If this talent is given to Chris Paul, there will definitely be another "supergiant" in this league.

As for what kind of success can be achieved......

Then I don't know!

Chris Paul's personality is actually a "double-edged sword"!

Carmelo Anthony looked at his puffing appearance, and almost wanted to laugh, just confronting Kobe?

After the game, when a reporter asked, "Is it good to discuss this time, let's defend Ben Simmons like this", he did not give a positive answer, but said: "When you expose your own shortcomings and don't plan to correct them, don't blame others for targeting, this league is like this!" ”

Li Wan heard the same question, and he didn't answer it directly, he just finished what he didn't finish in the last interview: "It's a good thing to have character, but the premise of having character is that you can settle anyone's doubts about you, and this league relies on game performance after all!" ”

It was also at this time that the media understood what Li Wan really wanted to say. - "If you have the ability, just like me back then, you will use all the doubts to push back with performance!" ”

When those words reached Ben Simmons' ears the next day, he almost replied, "Even he didn't make a 15-plus-8-plus-8 in his rookie season, did he?" ”

But because last night's game he was so bad, hitting just 3 of 12 shots, shooting 25% from the field, and also had 4 turnovers, just 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Where can you still say anything hard.

The main thing is......

The Philadelphia 76ers have only played one game against the Columbus Explorers this season, with two games to go.

This guy just choked Kobe Bryant back, and gave him such a play on the court, if he choked him directly, maybe the next game will meet on the court, how will he torture himself.

Ben Simmons had to admit that he coaxed!

The report about the match also made a lot of headlines the next day:

"34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, only 4 breakthroughs in the whole game, Li Wan told Ben Simmons with practical actions how important projection is! 》

"34 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers, Li Wan is angry for Kobe! 》

"28 points of victory, 16 years of "champion Lang" was humiliated, Li Wan: This league speaks by game performance after all! 》

……

The happiest of them all is undoubtedly the Los Angeles media.

Of course, they don't want to see Li Wan fall out with Kobe.

And it can be seen from this game between Columbus and the Philadelphia 76ers that Li Wan can be regarded as a bad breath for Kobe.

Kobe Bryant happened to have an event that afternoon, and when he appeared in front of the camera, he talked about it: "Yep, I watched the live stream, well, I think this game proves what I said, if Ben Simmons had better projection, he wouldn't have this kind of thing!" ”

I could tell he was in a good mood......

What the reporters didn't notice was that when they talked about it, Vanessa next to Kobe Bryant rolled her eyes slightly.

Because last night, Kobe Bryant did watch the live broadcast.

And I watched it with little Snake and Gigi.

When he saw Li Wan humiliating Ben Simmons with a "telescope" defense, Snake Jr. said: "Dad, the godfather must be afraid that I will be sad that I know this!" ”

He learned that some media said that Kobe Bryant had a falling out with Li Wan.

Seeing Li Wan doing this on the field at this moment, he felt that his godfather was taking care of his emotions.

Kobe Bryant snorted coldly: "Little guy, you think of yourself too much, he just thinks it's more fun to do this......"

Snake Jr. thought about Kobe's words seriously, and finally insisted on his idea.

Kobe Bryant added: "Even if it's not for fun, it's not because of you, you've only met him a few times!" ”

"Dad, do you want to say that Uncle Li Wan is doing this to make you angry?" Gigi spoke at this time.

Kobe Bryant laughed, showing a ridiculous expression, his expression was exaggerated: "I didn't think so, how could I think so?" ”

Little Snake was about to take the opportunity to say that it was because of him, and he was caught by Kobe Bryant with his eager expression, and immediately spoke: "Anyway, it's not because of you, Snake!" ”

In the end, the bickering ended with little Snake crying.

Thinking that Kobe Bryant died last night and made his son cry, Vanessa was really angry and funny.

"So, are you going to invite him as a guest at your retirement ceremony?"

A reporter mentioned about Kobe's retirement ceremony.

After communicating with the Lakers management, the time for Kobe Bryant to retire his jersey has also been set, which will be placed on December 23, the day before "Christmas Eve".

It was also the Lakers' home game against the Columbus Explorers this season.

Kobe Bryant shook his head: "No, I didn't plan to invite Li Wan ......"

"I have a decent relationship with him, he's my son's godfather, but we haven't played together for too long, and in my basketball career, I think there's more important things I have to be thankful for!"

In a nutshell:

He doesn't matter to me at all!

"So, retiring your jersey against the Columbus Explorers, is that management's idea, or is it your opinion?"

Just this sentence directly made Vanessa laugh, she knew the inside story, and retired her jersey in the game against the Columbus Explorers, which was Kobe's idea.

He did not choose to retire his jersey in the game against the Spurs, but chose to retire his shirt in the game against Columbus, which is equivalent to saying ......

Between Pau Gasol and Levan, he chose Levan!

Kobe Bryant was "silenced" and could only repeat: "He is my son's godfather." ”

In the end, he said directly: "This interview is pinched!" ”

This time, even the two reporters couldn't help but laugh.

On December 18, the Columbus Explorers took on the Jazz away.

Levan ran into Lillard.

Last season, Lillard averaged a career-high 27 points per game and officially became one of the best scorers in the league, and this season he is still averaging around 27 points per game, but his efficiency is not good, shooting only about 43% per game.

He's a bit like Aaron Iverson, the kind of offensive player who trades shots for stats.

But players like them often can't judge their performance in a given game by their scoring percentage. Because a lot of the games are won by them making so many shots.

You can't blame him for his style of play just because he lost a game and his efficiency was sluggish.

That's what Allen Iverson was like back then, and that's true for Lillard now.

After averaging 27 points per game for two consecutive years, Lillard is also at the peak of his career.

The Jazz, led by him and Gordon Hayward, finished in the top six in the West this season.

This is the best ranking the Jazz have achieved since they had him.

But there is no way, as soon as I entered the alliance, I encountered this kind of "super giant era"!

It is difficult for the average "Big Three" to play well in such a league, let alone a team like the Jazz that no "supergiant" wants to join......

In this game, he can be regarded as showing his style of play in front of Li Wan.

The guy who regarded Li Wan as an idol back then scored a career-high score of 55 points tonight and led the team to defeat the Columbus Explorers by 6 points!

After this game, the media was blowing at Lillard.

In fact, Lillard's later entry into the "Big 75" was largely influenced by his style of play.

A player like this with amazing explosiveness in an instant is really attracting fans.

It's just that in terms of the ability to lead the team, there is really something missing.

Originally, he stopped in the Western Conference Finals, but now he has only made the playoffs once, and then he has been up and down in the "demons" of the West for so many years before he returned to the playoffs this year.

Columbus suffered his second loss of December, and the time also came on December 19, four days before the day Kobe Bryant retired his jersey.

The eyes of the entire media are also focused on Los Angeles at this time.

Kobe Bryant's retirement jersey is undoubtedly a big deal for this league!

But until Dec. 23, the media still didn't know who Bryant invited to speak at his retirement ceremony.

Li Wan has responded to this question several times and has not received an invitation from Kobe.

Originally, he didn't want to know who Kobe Bryant invited, but after this group of media reporters asked questions, he was really a little curious.

On December 22, after Li Wan arrived in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to drive Li Wan to his home for a meal, and Snake Jr. asked: "Godfather, did you teach the champion in Philadelphia for me?" ”

Li Wan was stunned for a moment: "Huh? ”

He didn't know why Snake said that suddenly.

Kobe coughed awkwardly and asked Snake Jr., "Have you finished practicing your crotch dribble today?" If you haven't finished practicing, go now! ”

In a word, little Snake left with an aggrieved expression.

Li Wan asked, "Man, who did you invite tomorrow?" ”

Kobe's expression was strange for a moment, and then he showed a thoughtful expression: "Man, should you ...... Angry, right? ”

After saying that, Kobe Bryant's face showed a "big win" expression.

Li Wan: "......"

He really didn't expect Kobe's current brain circuit to be like this.

Bryant didn't end up telling Li Wan who he had invited.

But Li Wan didn't care, and he didn't expect Kobe Bryant to tell him.

On December 23, the much-anticipated Kobe Bryant jersey retirement ceremony officially arrived.

The auditorium that night was star-studded.

Iverson, Pearce, Fisher, Butler, Scott and other Kobe Bryant's teammates and friends were all on the scene.

Interestingly, Phil Jackson, who has left the Lakers, did not show up, he just posted a message congratulating Kobe Bryant and calling him "a great player for the Lakers".

As for the reason, many media speculated that he had too deep a contradiction with Kobe.

Of course, these are all speculations that go to the gimmick.

Many media outlets in Los Angeles have given the real answer: Phil Jackson left the Lakers in a dishonorable way, leaving voluntarily after a failed entry into management, and he has broken up with Jeanie Buss, and in either of these two ways, he is unlikely to be on the Lakers' home court.

It is worth mentioning that Bill Russell and "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar were also present.

To say that Abdul-Jabbar, as a famous legend of the Lakers, attends such an occasion for a reason.

Didn't you see that "Lord Belle" is also here?

But Bill Russell has rarely traveled around the road in recent years because of his advanced age, except for the award ceremony of the finals, it can be said that it is a very incredible thing to see the "Lord of the Rings of History" in other places.

But he showed up at Kobe Bryant's retirement jersey ceremony.

It can be seen what kind of recognition Kobe Bryant has received......

When Kwame Brown saw Bill Russell, he stood next to Li Wan and sighed, he regretted it: "If I knew that Bill would be here tonight, I would have brought all the Finals rings!" ”

The group photo of the active "Lord of the Rings" and the "Historical Lord of the Rings" is something that can be bragged about with one's son and grandson!

Li Wan: "......"

This b is really getting more and more slippery now.

However, although he didn't bring the ring to Los Angeles, Kwame Brown finally couldn't hold back and ran to take a photo with Bill Russell.

Not to mention, the media are really giving face, and they really just "click" around them and shoot non-stop.

All right......

Even Li Wan has to admit that this photo is indeed very trafficked!

You know, if Kwame Brown wins another championship trophy, he can become "the third-most player with championship rings in NBA history", behind Bill Russell and Sam Jones.

He is also the only player who is not from Celtic!

But Kwame Brown obviously didn't stop at this "little target", after taking a photo with Bill Russell, he returned to Li Wan's side, with a bit of fanaticism in his eyes, which made Li Wan subconsciously stay away from him.

He said: "Li Wan, I have a dream......

(End of chapter)