shooting guard era

Chapter 132 160. Peak Iverson

jump ball.

Webber won the jump ball and the 76ers took the lead in attacking.

As in the past many years, the 76ers' offense belongs to Iverson.

After halftime, Iverson started singles directly. He was not used to passing the ball at the top arc.

Ye Han lowered the center defense. Iverson's three-pointers have always been average. He doesn't worry about Iverson shooting outside the three-point line, he just defends against breakthroughs.

But can Iverson's breakthrough be prevented if he wants to?

Iverson dribbled the ball cross-legged in front of him, found a gap in Ye Han's defense, accelerated instantly, and passed Ye Han in one step.

I can't react at all!But Ye Han didn't give up, turned around and chased after him, only to find that Iverson's acceleration after the explosion was completely different from others. The speed of the explosion was very fast when others exploded, but Iverson was always so fast!From explosive acceleration to breaking through the basket, the speed has not weakened at all.

After Iverson got to the basket, he lightly pulled the bar to avoid Okafor's block and sent the ball into the basket.

Can't help it!

The 29-year-old Iverson is in his golden age. In terms of personal strength alone, he is stronger than when he defeated O'Neal alone. Especially in recent years, the stability of his shooting has become stronger and stronger. No one can guard him.

What can hinder Iverson is probably his character and style of play, which has led to a ball market as big as Philadelphia, but no top stars have ever joined.

The 76ers under Larry Brown were the most suitable for Iverson. The defense was strong, and it perfectly integrated Iverson's high-quality one-on-one defense and stealing ability, and then cooperated with the offense that completely revolved around him. , If the OK combination is not too strong, the team that wins the MVP, the best defensive player, the best sixth man, and the best coach has every chance to win the Spurs or the Kings.

In the transition from offense to defense, Ye Han controlled the ball.

Iverson tentatively steals Ye Han. To his surprise, Ye Han has made great strides in dribbling since he hasn't seen him in just two months. He dribbles past him beautifully!

Iverson gives people the impression that his defense is not good, because he loves this kind of gambling steal. In fact, he honestly uses his speed and strength and toughness that do not match his body to defend. Kobe, who is much taller than him, often suffers.

Ye Han couldn't keep up with Iverson's super fast pace after passing, and Iverson couldn't do anything about Ye Han's stride forward after passing.

The 76ers' inside combination of Chris Webber and Samuel Dalembert didn't do well defensively. Dalembert had a vicious face in the air, and his throwing movements were also very vicious, but Ye Han gently sideways to dodge, the latter soars into the air, dragging the ball into the basket with one hand.

As for Wei Bo, when he saw Ye Han rushing in, he dodged directly.

Except for the opponent's hard attack in the low post, Weber's defense is basically a loophole, and he is completely defenseless.Seeing Ye Han go straight to the basket, Weber simply flashed to him. What he is most worried about right now is getting injured.

As for the flopping fouls that Weber used to do in the peak years of the Kings, he no longer does that anymore. The flopping caused a lot of damage to his knees and waist, and many of his injuries were related to flopping. .

The 76ers attacked, and Iverson's breakthrough can only be described as unsolvable, forcing Gerald Wallace to double-team, but Iverson was too flexible and passed directly through the gap between the two!
Iverson easily broke through the two and came to a mid-range emergency stop, flying Ye Han and Gerald Wallace who thought he was about to make an emergency stop for a jump shot, then got up again and entered the interior and leaned on Okafor for a layup hit.

Okafor didn't dare to take off either. He could easily pass Iverson to Dalembert for a dunk when he jumped. He could only watch Iverson hit a layup.

Offensive and defensive transition, Blake possession, today the 76ers starting shooting guard is their rookie Andre - Iguodala, a guard with excellent physical fitness, he uses his body to suppress Blake.

Not passing the pass to Ye Han immediately was Blake's biggest mistake in this attack. Iguodala was still a rookie, he didn't understand at all and was not afraid of fouling, so he used his physical advantage to directly suppress Blake and stop the ball.

Iverson rushed over decisively and took the ball down!
The 76ers fight back!Iguodala and Iverson double counterattacked, 2 against 0!The former caught the ball and scored with a beautiful back dunk.

Bickerstaff was stern on the sidelines. He wasn't dissatisfied with Blake's ball. Generally speaking, the point guard is the core of the team's offense, and he was right to control the ball.But usually the point guard who controls the ball has first-hand offensive ability, like Blevin Knight's breakthrough with the ball, or Parker's running and shooting ability, or he can learn from Kidd to control the game without sticking to the ball.

Of course, having Kidd's ability is harder than having an offense.

And Blake is actually good at dribbling, and his speed is not bad, but he is too thin and too weak, much weaker than ordinary white outsiders.Like ordinary white players, they are not explosive enough, but they are often very powerful.The blacks may not be as strong as the Great Pyrenees in pure strength, but they have excellent explosive power.The yellow race is somewhere in between.

Of course there are exceptions, and these exceptions are called geniuses.

Sure enough, the thing that Bickerstaff was most worried about appeared, and the other party spotted Blake and strangled him!
Few teams are so extreme, two backcourts go to double-team a point guard with little offensive ability.

But the 76ers, a team that has been playing non-mainstream since reaching the finals, did just that. The non-mainstream here is not a derogatory term, but rather that they dare to innovate and do things that others don’t want or dare to do. .Who told them to have a love and mainstream against superstar!

Facing the sudden double-team at halftime, Blake was terrified: "What's going on?"

Just when Blake lost his mind, Iverson made another steal and trotted to the frontcourt for a passer-by layup.

In the past two years, Iverson has fewer and fewer dunks, more and more injuries, and his body protection has gradually increased.

If there is one, there are two. Blake made mistakes in the next few attacks. Has he ever experienced double-teaming since entering the NBA?When passing the ball, I was so nervous that it passed into the opponent's hands.

A wave of 2 to 14 starts came so quickly, and the Bobcats were caught off guard.

Bickerstaff finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout.

Who is most anxious now?Not Bickerstaff. Although this situation came suddenly, it was also a special situation that the coach could foresee.

The occurrence of this kind of situation does not mean that Blake is not good enough. When Blake was traded, the role given to him was to play tactics according to the rules, pass the ball according to the tactics, and have the average organizational ability of a point guard. A strike counts as a surprise.Originally, a player of Blake's type is suitable to play as a backup point guard. When the team rotates the lineup, it is impossible to let the substitutes stabilize and stop playing randomly. Let him play the starter.

Ye Han was most anxious. He wanted to fight Iverson, but he didn't expect to be Iverson's one-man show. How could he bear it!

Blake is the most frustrated now, with 5 turnovers and 5 turnovers in a row. He is very worried that the coach will be dissatisfied. After all, the Bobcats point guard has changed several people, and he finally became the main force.

Ye Han inadvertently saw Blake's frustrated expression, and walked over to pat him on the head: "It's okay, I'll handle the ball next, you open up space and cooperate with me."

(End of this chapter)