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After waiting for a while, after Stephen opened the mailbox, he saw that in addition to the letter from Mordens, there was also a letter from an unusually unfamiliar address in the mailbox. It was different from the address suspected to be Johnny last time, but the tone or format was very different. Similarly, in the letter, he excitedly praised Stephen for yesterday's game.

It must be Johnny. Stephen tried to reply to this address, but it was still a return letter. After thinking about it, Stephen tried to send a letter to the email address that Johnny's father gave him, and asked about it. , As a result, before noon, the reply letter was sent from another email address, and Stephen realized that the original letter must be sent to that address, but his reply letter was sent from a random address, probably something in the middle links.

Johnny's reply letter was very cryptic, and Stephen wisely didn't write too much, just asking Johnny to take care of himself, and if there is a chance, come to watch his game live, Stephen originally wanted to write his phone number, but thought about it Wanted to give up the idea again.

After more than a day of rest, the Spurs have regained their vitality, but the regular season has reached the middle, and the physical fitness of many players has reached a critical point, especially for older players like Robert Horry and Van Exel. For the players, their physical condition is no longer enough to support them to maintain a good performance throughout the game.

In the long regular season, the All-Star Game is a very obvious watershed. Many teams, especially young teams, played very well in the first half of the season, with a record high in the league. But once the All-Star Game is over, As those old and experienced teams start to exert their strength gradually, they will slowly fall behind, slipping from the record list, and then in the last [-] games, it will be a stage of big waves, and they can persevere Yes, you can enter the ranks of the playoffs, but if you can't, you have to continue the lottery.

For a team like the Spurs that fails to win the championship, they naturally don’t need to hide their clumsiness. They just need to continue on the path of inertial victory while maintaining the physical fitness of the main team and reducing the occurrence of injuries. For Popovich, this problem generally does not require him to be too embarrassed, because he has enough cards in his hand to make a replacement.

But sometimes this is not the case. Three hours before the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, there was a very bad news from the team doctor. Both Robert Horry and Oberto's bodies were detected as potential injuries. Oberto, in particular, participated in the America's Cup and was injured in the game. He has not recovered until now, and his physical strength has not fully recovered.

Both of them were inside players in the substitute lineup. Popovich still had a headache when he injured two of them at once, so he had to put both of them on the injured list and activate Sean Marks from the injured list. But even so, it still makes his employment a bit stretched.

The inside players of the Spurs usually start with Duncan and Nesterovic, and the three substitutes, Muhammad, Oberto, and Robert Horry, are used to rotate. Muhammad is usually used to rotate with Nesterovic. Sometimes I also play on the bench, and in the bench lineup, if you play a junior and a junior, it is Robert Horry. If you play an orthodox bench lineup, it is Oberto or Muhammad with Robert Horry.

Among these few people, Robert Horry's tactical role is huge, especially in the substitute lineup. Only Robert Horry can propose high-position support or play internal and external passes. His injury means that the substitute lineup is weak. More than half of the tactics can't be played.

Popovich originally intended to play the first and fourth juniors, but Muhammad and Max were relatively slow. If they practiced often, it would be hard for them to adapt to such a tactic. So Popovich thought about it and decided to follow it. Playing with orthodox tactics, anyway, the 76ers' bench lineup is not very good.

The 76ers are also one of the old strong teams in the league. Whether it is "Marshal" Chamberlain in ancient times, "Dr. J" Julius Owen, Moses Malone, or Charles Barkley in the Mesozoic era, the 76ers are all strong Mark, although they have been hindered by the Celtics and Lakers, they still won a championship.

In 76, the 1.8ers used the No. [-] pick to select the "Wonder Boy" Allen Iverson, who was only [-] meters tall. This was the first time since the establishment of the league that the No. [-] pick was used on such a short player. However, Allen Iverson did not disappoint. Under his leadership, the team's record has improved year by year, and they killed the finals in the [-]-[-] season. Return with brake feathers.

Although the performance of the 76ers has declined in recent years, as long as Iverson is there, no one dares to underestimate this team. You must know that Iverson also won the scoring title last season. This season, he averaged 33 points per game. If he hadn't encountered another crazy Kobe, the scoring champion would still belong to this man nicknamed "The Answer".

However, the right to shoot is too concentrated on one player, which is not a good thing for a team. This is the case with the Magic in the McGrady era, and it is also the case with the 76ers and Lakers today. The record of the 76ers is very poor. Stable, relying too much on Iverson's performance. If his performance is good, he can drive the team to improve together. Once his state is not good, he will waste a lot of shots and the team will naturally not win.

For a player like Iverson, Popovich will not use Stephen even if he is marking. No matter how flexible and fast Stephen is, that is what his opponents at the same level say, so Stephen did not start like he did in the last game. Instead, he stayed on the bench.

Tony Parker was able to keep up with Iverson in terms of speed and was assigned to defend, while the point guard of the 76ers was assigned to Mike Finley. , which is aligned according to the standard position.

Bruce Bowen played Iguodala, Duncan played Chris Webber, and Nesterovic played Dalembert. The game entered the script set by Popovich from the beginning, Tony Parker The defense against Iverson is just to make it difficult for him to shoot as much as possible, and try to limit his passing as much as possible, while others are strictly guarding against his teammates and let him fight alone.

The tactics worked very well. After the first quarter, the Spurs led by 76 to [-] by three points. Except for Nesterovich, the Spurs didn’t score. Bruce Bowen only scored two points, and the other three scored very well. On average, six points were recorded, but for the [-]ers, except for Chris Webber who scored three points, Iverson alone scored [-] points, which was almost as good as the score of the Spurs team.

Iverson was originally one of Stephen's idols. Watching his idol play at such a close distance, Stephen watched very carefully. In Stephen's view, it's no wonder that Tony Parker's defense is not good. Aveline's shots are fast and accurate, and he only needs a small space to break in and cause damage. If you don't foul him, he will shoot, and if you foul him, he will be a free throw.

His breakthrough was engraved in Stephen's mind long before he joined professional basketball. Although Stephen couldn't do the cross-step breakthrough like a butterfly, he imitated it. In order to learn this kind of breakthrough, he even performed slow motion decomposition by hand. When I was doing it, I shook myself upside down, and in the end I didn't master this kind of pace proficiently.

But now what Stephen is looking at is his shooting. Iverson's shooting is very simple and fast. The opponent blocked shots, especially his emergency stop jump shot in the breakthrough, which was fast and accurate. Six of his [-] points were scored by this method. Tony Parker had no way at all.

And Iverson's ability to control his body is even more superb. No matter how you foul, he can always send the ball into the basket while you foul. In one quarter, except for Tony Parker who got two fouls on him. , Bruce Bowen also lost once.

Stephen really wanted to defend Iverson in person and experience his offense at close range. Although the Spurs had started to replace the bench lineup, Popovich asked Van Exel to defend Iverson. Stephen His task is to defend Iguodala, a defensive player like Stephen, there is nothing to defend, but Stephen only dared to mutter in his heart, after all, Popovich's authority cannot be challenged.

"Hello, junior." As soon as he stood on the opposite side, Iguodala spoke first, and it was a very friendly sentence before Stephen spat out trash talk.

"You also came from the University of Southern California?" Stephen asked in surprise, it shouldn't be, if he came from Southern California, at least the school should have his records. Stephen remembered that this guy seemed to be the ninth in the first round of last season. No. show, if it is from the University of Southern California, it is impossible for you to know nothing about it.

"I'm from the University of Arizona Wildcats, at least we're from the same league." Iguodala talked to Stephen while running with Stephen.

"He's from the University of Arizona. It's okay to be called a junior." Stephen finally realized that this guy came from the University of Arizona, and he was from the same school as Channing Frye. Kessel passed the ball, but he didn't even dribble it. He was slapped away by a sudden hand, and then he saw a figure wearing the No. 3 jersey flying towards his basket like lightning. , a light layup completed the fast break.

"Do you dare to fuck me?" At this time, Stephen saw the smile on Iguodala's face, and he still didn't know what was going on. He deliberately chatted with himself to make himself distracted and was intercepted by Iverson. This is too bad .

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I wish all laborers a happy holiday. Writers are also considered laborers. Not to mention mental work, it is not easy to type thousands of words every day. Why is no one wishing us a happy program, and there is no vacation or anything. .

Well, the rant is over, please vote and collect.