Aaron Iverson's style of play doesn't look like anything has changed.

Exactly, that's the style of play since he played basketball. That's why when Brown left for Philadelphia, people were generally unfavorable to the pair.

How can a high-quality scoring king with a gorgeous style of play and countless shots, and a grumpy coach who puts discipline first and treats all players like dogs, how can they come together?

Incredibly, in the end, it was Brown who complied with Iverson.

The 76ers, who finished second in the overall season, reached the finals with Iverson's ultimate and simple offensive and defensive system of attacking the other four people. However, as the roster aged, and Iverson's offensive instability became apparent, Brown traded for Van Horn from the Nets as if asking for help.

The 76ers' regular season performance did improve, but Iverson still played that way, just from him alone XJBD to someone else with him XJBD.

Brown didn't look like him at all, especially since he entered the Hall of Fame — Iverson was bothered by the attack and didn't show up — and it looked like it would affect their relationship, but so far this season, Brown has talked about trading Iverson far less often than in the past.

Optimists will say that they have finally adapted to each other, while pessimists, especially those who know Brown well, know what Brown does when he completely loses hope in something.

Iverson still shoots like a superhero.

In the second quarter against the Bucks, Iverson made 10 shots in a single quarter and hit only 3 of them.

Larry Brown ignores Iverson's XJBD as if he were stunned, reprimanding the others with terrifying expressions and asking why they can't do more to help the AI.

Derek Coleman looked left and right, and there was a sentence that he didn't know whether to say or not.

He felt that Iverson was shooting too much.

It's not just him, most of his teammates think so.

Larry Brown wouldn't have indulged Iverson so much before. As long as Iverson makes too many shots, he will open his mouth to persuade him.

But I don't know when Brown gave up on transforming Iverson. This left Iverson's teammates helpless, and they didn't dare to confront the shortest man in the field and tell him to pass the ball more.

Because this man almost killed his own wife last summer.

What can't a man who can hunt down his wife with a gun?

The 76 remained as it was.

Iverson came up to make a breakthrough, but it was still very fast.

"Busy, Fry!" Iverson clapped his hands and shouted.

The morale of Reebok's number one basketball star is still strong.

Yu Fei believes that many of Reebok's top executives are watching this match, which is why Iverson keeps playing singles.

He wants to prove that he can still take on the whole world alone, and that he is still the indomitable fighter.

"Damn, don't tell me you don't want to call back!" Mason looked quicker than Yu Fei, "Fuck you have to call back!" ”

If I don't call back, will I be deducted from my salary or what?

Yu Fei said: "Make a block." ”

Mason serves and provides advice: "Don't block and dismantle, the soft egg only plays the block and dismantle all day long, real men are one-on-one like Michael!" ”

"Fuck you!" Yu Fei turned his face and said, "Don't mention that person in front of me!" ”

“okok… Are you going to block and dismantle? ”

As soon as Mason's words fell, Yu Fei accelerated forward and threw him behind, and the 76ers now no longer let Monty Williams defend him.

Although Larry Brown and Monty's grandmother greeted him, he had to admit that asking Monty to keep Yu Fei at bay was like asking the Huns to reject the murder.

Very unrealistic.

There aren't many people in the league who can defend themselves in height, speed and physicality.

Brown chose a player who is a little shorter for Fly - Aaron McGee.

McGee is a knife guard next to Iverson, and one of the main promoters of the 01 Finals indirectly helped Kobe Bryant "return home".

It's just that McGee's defense now can't be compared to back then.

In the face of flying, McGee did not suffer a loss when he moved horizontally, but he changed his direction and shook his head, and although he reacted in the follow-up, he was still crushed by the other party with his body.

Yu Fei simply and brutally broke through McGee's defense, walked in a tiger's step, rushed into the paint area alone, grabbed the ball with his right hand, like a mythical fire stealer, and handled it lightly, and the 76ers were unmatched.

"Huh!"

"Good, good!" Mason, who didn't do anything to help, exclaimed happily, "Good singles! A few more, I love to watch them! ”

Usually when Yu Fei plays too many singles, the most anxious thing is Mason, and his whole play today is something that everyone didn't expect.

Yu Fei ignored him, just looked at Iverson, although he was speechless, the provocation in his eyes didn't need to be said.

Iverson believes that Yu Fei's future is ambitious, but he is only 28 years old, and it is delusional to want him to hand over the "country" now.

In the next few minutes, Iverson took over most of the 76ers' offense, and although the efficiency was not as good as flying, his kind of "QTMD!" Lao Tzu will take care of it all today", which is really eye-catching.

Yu Fei also played alone, but by no means one person did everything.

He's only so headstrong when he's dealing with the Wizards.

But for Iverson, it was one of his privileges.

Larry Brown doesn't have an opinion, so his teammates don't dare to have an opinion either.

What kind of times is this?

Yu Fei felt unreasonable.

The management of the 76ers must know that it is almost impossible to win a championship according to this model.

Having a scoring champion who averages more than 40% of his shooting per game and is only 183 centimeters tall as the core, giving him unlimited firing rights, others do everything they can to help other than stand-up singles.

The 2001 finale was the culmination of this style of play.

Now they are still fighting like this, and in front of the Bucks, Iverson's individual offense is not enough to influence the overall situation.

His attack, while ferocious, was not efficient.

Yu Fei presents a different style.

Timely singles are more about making balls for teammates under the guise of singles.

As a result, Iverson had 28 points and 3 rebounds in the half, and Yu Fei had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the half.

At the end of the first half, the Bucks led the 76ers by 17 points.

Yu Fei asked George Carr: "Who do you think is better between me and AI?" ”

"What are you talking about? We have a 17-point lead, and of course you played well! ”

Karl did not convince Yu Fei.

Yu Fei fell into the strange circle of "how to use Kobe's spear to penetrate James's shield" that was talked about at the end of the first decade of the new century.

Except for the championship number, James probably hung Kobe Bryant in all basic and high-level statistics, but Kobe's supporters never admitted it.

This is not only a clash of basketball aesthetics, but also a divergence of basketball philosophies.

Yu Fei walked into the locker room with doubts, and saw Mason yelling, so he asked him, "Why do you want me to continue playing singles?" ”

"Is this hard to understand?" Mason blinked, "Since he's going to turn the game into a one-on-one, you should take it." ”

Indeed, Yu Fei felt that he had received it well.

"Do you think I caught it?" Yu Fei asked.

"It's so-so, but it's an AI after all, and it's not a 40-year-old man..."

"You want to die, don't you? I told you everything, don't mention that person! ”

Mason said with a big grin: "Anyway, you will continue to take the move in the second half, and we will play how he wants!" ”

Mason didn't let Yu Fei understand the reasoning behind it.

The reason is simple.

Iverson tonight is the first superstar other than O'Neal and Kidd to have the strength to beat Yu Fei but take him very seriously as a competitor.

Yu Fei didn't mind the Reebok derby gimmick, but Iverson regarded it as the highest honor, like the crown James had to wear.

At the beginning of the second half, it was still Iverson, who found Yu Fei with the ball in a dislocation, and said "Kang busy!" Busy!

Then he changed direction sharply, shook off Yu Fei's defense and made a quick stop jumper.

He scored his 30th point of the night.

At this rate, he could score 50 points.

If Iverson gets 40+ in a single game, and Yu Fei gets a 30+ triple-double or quasi-triple-double, then this is an evenly matched battle.

It's a different story to let Iverson score 50 points in a single game in the playoffs.

Yu Fei won't let that happen.

From this round onwards, Yu Fei was truly fully committed to the alignment with Iverson.

George Karl used a combination of defense based on Iverson's play, while allowing everyone who defended Iverson to put half a metre of space.

Because Iverson's three-point shooting percentage is not the best among guards, at least it can be regarded as the best among superstars - as a small man who cuts points, he has only 27% three-point shooting this season.

The Bucks' defense changed from the slack state of the first half, and in addition to staying excellent on the offensive end, the defensive end also began to make Iverson's offense weak.

Iverson's strong burst will be limited by the joint defence, which will lead to him passing.

If he wants the Bucks players to defend from close quarters, he'll need to prove his three-point threat.

Unfortunately, Iverson tonight is the standard one-step sharpshooter.

Inside the three-point line, his jump shot accuracy was okay.

Outside the three-point line, he basically gave for nothing.

On the other hand, Yu Fei on the opposite side does not look like a six-foot-nine-inch striker at all in terms of style and style of play.

Yu Fei's first shot in the second half was a three-point chase while the 76ers were unstable in their defense.

Then there is a dribble stop-long two points.

After fully demonstrating his projection threat, Yu Fei began to dribble inside.

The 76ers' interior couldn't do anything about his throw.

Larry Brown cursed everyone standing in the paint zone. But when the big screen at the scene played back the moment of Yu Fei's throw, Brown realized that this throw was unsolvable.

The only solution is not to let Yu Fei throw as he pleases.

As a result, the frequency of the 76ers' bag clips for flying began to increase.

However, Yu Fei's pass activated Ray Allen again.

Iverson, on the other hand, also suffered from the contraction of the defensive line, and his pass was not reciprocated by his teammates.

Because Iverson has been playing alone for too long, his teammates have already consumed game form and shooting touch in switchback runs and physical confrontations.

This situation can only make them shoot more, and slowly, the feeling will naturally come back.

But the 76ers ran out of time.

At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks entered the fourth quarter with a 26-point advantage.

For a team that doesn't average more than 100 points per game, 26 points is higher than their quarter average, which is an impossible gap to recover.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Brown wanted to replace Iverson, who had not been rested since the opening game.

As a result, Iverson strongly refused: "Coach, I can't rest, for me, the game is not over yet!" I'm going to keep fighting! ”

"I know, but you didn't rest a minute tonight, and I can't let you keep playing," Brown said. ”

"I've rested." Iverson emphasized, "Enough halftime! ”

"That doesn't count."

"Coach, I really can't get off the field!" How can two strong and stubborn people fight for a result? Brown worked hard for six years, but Iverson will always be Iverson.

Brown heard that some people called Yu Fei the chosen son, and even had a related tattoo on Yu Fei's back.

However, it is Aaron Iverson who is truly the chosen one.

That's how Iverson himself, and all who believed in Iverson, saw him.

Iverson's mother, Ann Iverson, was pregnant when she was 15 years old, and when the doctor told his grandmother the news, the old woman was struck by lightning, and even more unbelievable was the doctor's second sentence: "She's still perfect." ”

When Ann Iverson became pregnant with Aaron Iverson, she was still in perfect shape (1).

As a result, Iverson's family believed, "God must have brought him here for a special reason." ”

Larry Brown wasn't interested in the 1 in 10 million story, he just wanted to steer Iverson in the right direction.

Apparently he has failed.

It's not just tonight that has failed, it's the past six years.

Watching Iverson attack with no one in his eyes, shooting as if he were a god, these glaring images were so horrible to Brown, but he would never let Iverson pass the ball at the top of his throat again.

So be it.

Iverson's perimeter shooting shortcomings prevented him from punishing the Bucks' defense, and the limitations of the combo defense rendered his breakaway ineffective, and he couldn't shoot his teammates when he passed the ball.

In the end, Iverson could only pin his hopes on himself.

He forced a gap out of the pack defense to make a super difficult shot when the tide was gone.

Suddenly, a figure much taller than him appeared in front of Iverson.

"Frye Yu blocks Alan Iverson's !!!!"

Yu Fei caught up with the ball that no longer belonged to Iverson, like a strong wind blowing, like a lightning flash, and within a few seconds, his defensive counterattack exploded to bring the difference to 30 points.

Larry Brown stared at the young man who was not yet 21 years old.

The legendary megalomaniac of Michael Jordan who was undisciplined, Shaquille O'Neal hated, and Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin who gritted their teeth when they said it, resisted the urge to dance with Iverson on this night of crazy "charisma" and did what a core player should do.

He understands what AI can't understand for the rest of his life.

At this moment, Larry Brown was in a trance, his limbs were weak, and he suddenly realized that the person who was truly chosen by God did not need to be led.

He will go on the right path.

(1) According to Iverson's mother's account: she and AI his father made an appointment to do something special on her 15th birthday, but at the critical moment, Iverson's grandmother came home, and his father was just outside OB and did not take the last step. (I don't know, is this really possible?) ）

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