nba championship predators

Chapter 48 A Great Season

After the short awards ceremony ended, everyone quickly started a battle between Gatorade and champagne. Even Larry Brown, who usually pays attention to appearance most, was sprayed with chills.

Zhao Ke suffered a head injury and received extra sympathy from the whole team. He was responsible for keeping the trophy.So, Zhao Ke held the two big trophies and watched his teammates laughing and making noise like children in the locker room...

The 76ers have won three championships in history:
The first time was the 1954-1955 season, when they were still called the Syracuse Nationals. The core of the team was Dolph Shays, an All-Star center who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

12 years later, in the 1966-1967 season, "Zhang Twenty Thousand" Wilt Chamberlain, who transformed from scoring champion to assisting champion, led his team to end the Celtics dynasty's eight consecutive championships (otherwise they would have eleven consecutive championships), and defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the second championship.

16年后的1982-1983赛季，J博士外加超级中锋摩西马龙在常规赛中取得65胜17负，高居全联盟之首，摩西马龙蝉联常规赛MVP。在季后赛，76人队三轮比赛中分别以4-0，4-1，4-0的大比分横扫尼克斯、雄鹿和湖人，最终12胜1负创纪录夺冠。

Today, 18 years later, in the 2000-2001 season, the 76ers finally won the championship again.

The 76ers have received a lot of honors this season:
Coach of the Year: Larry Brown

Regular Season MVP: Allen Iverson
All-Star Game MVP: Allen Iverson
Finals MVP: Allen Iverson
Scoring leader: Allen Iverson
Steals leader: Allen Iverson
Rebound leader: Dikambe Mutombo

Defensive Player of the Year: Dikambe Mutombo

Sixth Man of the Year: Aaron McGee

Block leader: Theo Ratliff (injured after 76 games with 50ers, traded for Dikambe Mutombo)
Such a strong ability to win even surpassed the 72-win Bulls. That season, Jordan personally won three MVPs in the regular season, the finals, and the All-Star Game, and won the eighth scoring title of his career; Rodman won the fifth rebounding title of his career; Phil Jackson won the Coach of the Year Award;

The Bulls lost the steals king, blocked shots king, and best defensive player.

This is the greatest season belonging to the 76ers, and it is also the greatest season belonging to Iverson.

Iverson achieved the single-season MVP Grand Slam of regular season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, and Finals MVP!
In NBA history, only three people have done it:

The first time was Knicks star Willis Reed. The 1969-1970 season was Willis Reed's peak season, averaging 21.7 points, 13.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and won the regular season MVP, All-Star MVP and Finals MVP in one fell swoop.

Then there is Gang Leader Qiao, he is indispensable in all honors, and this time is of course no exception.

The 1995-1996 season was the first comeback of the gang leader. Although he has been wandering in the baseball field for the past two years, this does not affect God's basketball level in the slightest.The helper averaged 30.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in the regular season, won the scoring title, and completed the MVP Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

In the 1997-1998 season, the boss once again won the scoring title and became the only player in history to win all MVPs in a single season twice.

The third is O'Neal. The 1999-2000 season was the brightest season of O'Neal's career. He averaged 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3 blocks per game.

It is worth noting that Willis Reid only won the MVP Grand Slam, and the leader and O'Neal are the MVP Grand Slam + scoring leader.

Iverson is an unprecedented MVP Grand Slam + scoring + steals!
There is no doubt that after this season, Iverson will become No.1 in the league!
The world-renowned basketball god Michael Jordan has retired for two years. While the rising superstars are vying for popularity, the four most famous shooting guards in the early 21st century, "Xi Ke Dong Ai Bei Kan Nan Mai" are rising!
However, McGrady and Kobe are still a little lacking in heat.

In 2001, McGrady had just left his cousin's wings and won the first honor of his career in Orlando: "Most Improved Player in the 2000-2001 Season".

As for Kobe?

Kobe's popularity should have risen sharply since the Lakers' two consecutive championships in 2001, reached its first peak after scoring 2006 points in 81, and reached its peak after two consecutive championships in 2009-2010.

These two are still growing up, while Carter and Iverson are already at their peak.

Carter and Iverson fought seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals a month ago. This was the most heroic matchup at the beginning of this century. Two super scoring machines showed the world their omnipotent scoring methods on the 28-meter court.

One threatened that "the basket is as big as Lake Ontario", and the other claimed that "the basket is as big as the sea".

So "Answer" scored 54 and 52 points in the second and fifth games, and Carter responded with 50 points in the third game.

Until the seventh game of life and death, 2 seconds before the end, the Raptors trailed by one point, Carter missed the lore, and the Raptors lost.

Carter's popularity is not inferior to Iverson's. Although he lives in a "bitter cold place" like Toronto, he gained a lot of popularity by virtue of the 2000 All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest champion and the 2000 Sydney Olympics against France.
And Iverson is the favorite of fans in this era. He is rebellious, he fights against the league, he challenges the tradition, he says no to rules and regulations, he is a maverick, and he is the coolest "answer"!
Iverson's life story is a history of struggle to climb up from the bottom of society. His height is similar to that of ordinary people. To some extent, this is the basketball version of the "American Dream".He came out of the slums, spent a childhood of drugs and gun violence, and worked hard to become an NBA superstar by basketball.He is not perfect, but he has touching courage and tenacity. His legendary life is full of blood, tears and glory.

He has lost, but never surrendered!

It was this man who brought the furrow hairstyle into the NBA, he was the first to wear knee pads and arm pads, and it was he who created the precedent for NBA players to participate in activities without wearing suits.In addition, the Hip-Hop gene in Iverson's bones, diamond earrings, and clothes with wide sleeves have all been brought to the NBA by him. With his flamboyant personality, he took the lead in combining hip-hop style with basketball.

Iverson is a guide. He is himself, walks his own way, and tells everyone that if you want to be a basketball star and an idol in the world, you don't have to do what Jordan did. You have to show yourself more authentically.

Philadelphia is the city of liberty, and it fits so well with Allen Iverson's style.Perhaps it is God's best arrangement for Iverson to leave his best years to Philadelphia.

This is the greatest season in NBA history, dedicated to Philadelphia, and also dedicated to Iverson.

(End of this chapter)