Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 609 Highly disadvantaged rebounding emergency!
Iverson hugged his daughter, waved to the fans, and sat down in the front row.

It took a long time for the cheers in the auditorium to subside, and the media reporters on the side also pointed their cameras at Iverson and kept pressing the shutter.

Iverson returned to the 76ers last season, which made many 76ers cry. Unfortunately, his daughter suffered from a strange disease, and Iverson had to say goodbye to the team and concentrate on taking care of his daughter.

Ten months later, Iverson returned to the Wachovia Center again, even though he was a fan, not a player, but still excited fans.

In the locker room.

The 76ers players are ready for the game, and Coach Collins is cheering up the players: "We must win this game today, and we will never allow any mistakes. I have only one request for you, give me your all, If anyone can't do it, come down to me."

"Today, we are only allowed to win but not to lose, understand?"

After he finished speaking, the players opened their mouths and responded loudly: "Understood!"

A series of losses, a disgraceful six-game losing streak, every player on the 76ers is aggrieved, they are all NBA players, who wants to lose all the time?

Today, they have to win.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and someone could vaguely hear someone shouting "AI".

Qin Hao's heart moved, and he looked at the door of the locker room. With a click, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and assistant coach Luca walked in.

For a while, the voice became clear.

The eyes of Lu Wei and others are bright, but they are no strangers to Iverson, and they played together last season.

Qin Hao, on the other hand, was excited. He looked at assistant coach Luka and asked, "Assistant Luca, is it Allen Iverson?"

"Yes." Luka's assistant coach nodded and said with a smile, "He's just outside."

"Great." Qin Hao was overjoyed, and made up his mind to ask Iverson to sign his name later.

9 years ago, Qin Hao also watched the finals between the 76ers and the Lakers.

At that time, Qin Hao was only 11 years old and had just started playing basketball. He also saw that game by chance and was immediately shocked.

Since then, Qin Hao has fallen in love with basketball.

Because Qin Hao was not tall at that time, he didn't like O'Neill. He always felt that O'Neill was too fat, his ass was too big, and he didn't look good when playing.

At that time, he liked Iverson and Kobe. These two were the NBA stars Qin Hao first liked. At that time, he didn't even know who Jordan was, but he was obsessed with Iverson and Kobe.

Iverson was Qin Hao’s idol in his youth. When he came to the 76ers, Qin Hao always regretted that Iverson did not stay on the team. He thought that if Iverson was still there, he would be able to play with his idol. How fragrant is it?
Today, he can finally see Iverson!

For a moment, Qin Hao couldn't wait, wishing he could rush outside immediately.

"Okay." Coach Collins also smiled a little more on his face. Iverson's arrival will also be an encouragement to the players. He clapped his hands and said loudly, "Let's go, it's time for us to play."

By this time the Knicks players had arrived, and the boos from the fans gradually dissipated.

The players of the 76ers came out, and the auditorium suddenly became noisy, and the fans burst into loud cheers.
Qin Hao walked out of the player tunnel and immediately searched the crowd, and soon saw the familiar figure, Iverson was holding his daughter, sitting in the front row, next to the 76ers dugout.

"Allen." Qin Hao hurried forward, wanting to give Iverson a hug, but suddenly he was a little nervous and at a loss.

Seeing Qin Hao's appearance, Iverson laughed, let go of his daughter, got up and gave Qin Hao a hug: "Qin, nice to meet you."

"Me too." Qin Hao said hurriedly.

After that, Iverson took the initiative to chat with Qin Hao and encouraged him to play hard.

Players from both sides warmed up and looked at each other, and they both saw sparks in each other's eyes. The 76ers have a poor record, and the Knicks are similar. This game is an opportunity for both sides.

After some warm-up, the players returned to the sidelines, the head coach arranged tactics, and the game started soon.

The game has already started, so Qin Hao focused on the game and watched the field.

The Knicks' starting lineup is center Timofey Mozgov, power forward Amare Stoudemire, small forward Danilo Gallinari, shooting guard Landry Fields, and Guard Raymond Felton.

Qin Hao couldn't help frowning when he saw the opponent's starting lineup. Lu Wei sat next to him and said worriedly: "Our starting lineup is very tall."

"Yes." Qin Hao nodded, thinking that it was not only a disadvantage, it was simply too much a disadvantage.

The 76ers center Hawes and the Knicks center Mozgov are the same height, both 216cm, but starting from the power forward position, the height gap comes out.

The Knicks power forward is Amare Stoudemire, who is 208cm tall, while the 76ers' Nosinho is only 201cm tall.

At the small forward position, Brand, who is 203cm tall, is also five centimeters shorter than Gallinari of the Knicks. Iguodala, a shooting guard, is 198cm tall, while Fields is 201cm tall.

It seems that the Knicks' players seem to be a circle older.

In the position of point guard, Holiday is taller than the opponent's Felton, who is only 185cm tall.

When the game started, the Knicks also took advantage of it. With their height advantage, they had an absolute advantage in rebounding.

At the same time, the inside line of the 76ers has once again become a loophole.

Stoudemire has just come to the Knicks from the Suns, and he is still the same Stoudemire with a strong style of play, flying into the sky and escaping from the ground. Nosinho is completely abused when he faces him, and he has no power to resist.

In less than 3 minutes, Coach Collins had to call a timeout, replacing Nosinho with the taller and stronger Speights to guard Stoudemire.

After this substitution, there were some effects, but it was not obvious. After all, there is still a big gap between the strength of Speights and Stoudemire, and it is difficult to guard Stoudemire.

At the same time, the Knicks' superiority in rebounding also made the 76ers very passive. The opponent grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds and lost a lot of points.

Only 6 minutes into the first quarter, the 76ers have fallen behind by 7 points.

This start made the home fans feel very depressed. They thought this game was an opportunity to end the losing streak, but the result
In a blink of an eye, 8 minutes had passed in the first quarter. Coach Collins' face was dark and he called a timeout. He replaced Holiday and Iguodala with Qin Hao and Lu Wei.

But this didn't solve the problem. Although Qin Hao and Lu Wei played well, they still suffered from rebounds and only narrowed the point difference a little.

When the first quarter ended, the score was 29:23, and the 76ers were still 6 points behind.

PS: I made a mistake in the last chapter. In the 01 76ers vs. Lakers match, it was not F4, but the OK combination. Sorry!
(End of this chapter)