Nba: I Really Didn't Come To Fight!

This time the Suns will have a long road trip that lasts for half a month. They will first play three games in the East, namely the 76ers, the Knicks and the Nets, and then they will return to the West to play against the Southwest Division. The Rockets, Grizzlies, and Hornets played three games. After six games, the Suns will return to the home court and wait for a rare break.

The Philadelphia 76ers are the Suns' first opponent in this Eastern Expedition!

The 76ers are also one of the teams with the longest history. They have been officially formed since 1963. They also have a glorious history. In the 1980s when the black and white heroes were fighting each other, they won a championship once.

Among them, the championship in the 1980s was a very famous Boston fan in history. When the team's defeat was already decided, the whole audience shouted BEATLA to cheer for the Philadelphia 76ers, hoping that they could beat the Lakers to win the championship. It was also from that time. Beginning in 2010, BEATLA has become the unified slogan of fans who hate the Lakers in the United States.

The 76ers team, which has won the championship twice, also has a very large number of top stars in the history of the team. Among them, the most famous are undoubtedly the "prophet" Moses Malone who led them to the championship, Jordan's idol "Dr. J" Julius Irving, and 'Flying Pig' Charles -- Barkley.

Generation after generation of stars, although Philadelphia has not been able to create a dynasty, nor has it become a top giant, but it has always maintained its own competitiveness. No matter what era, you can always see them in the list of top teams. !

For today's fans, the most famous and exciting event for the Philadelphia 76ers is undoubtedly the trip to the Finals 5 years ago, that is, in 2001!

At that time, Allen Iverson, the son of Philadelphia, won the mvp and scoring champion in the regular season, his teammate Mutombo became the best defensive player, the head coach Larry Brown was elected the best coach, and the sixth man Aaron McGovern Base won the league's best sixth man.

The smug Philadelphia hero fought all the way in the east, eliminated the Toronto Raptors led by Vince Carter and the Milwaukee Bucks led by the Three Musketeers in seven consecutive battles, and reached the finals with the pride that only belongs to the Philadelphians!

In front of them is the Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe and O'Neal. The Los Angeles Lakers have not lost a single game in the powerful Western Conference. They swept all the way to the Finals with three sweeps. OK, met the proudest Philadelphia Elf.

Just when everyone thought that the Lakers would continue their sweep and take down the 76ers easily, Iverson exploded with unparalleled strength. In the first game of the finals, he was like an undefeated The lone brave scored 48 points frantically and led the team to victory in overtime, which dealt a head-on blow to the proud Los Angeles people and shattered their dream of winning the championship.

It's a pity that reality is not a cartoon, let alone a fairy tale.

The story belonging to the Philadelphians reached its peak, but it also came to a screeching halt, and it ended there.

The gap in strength was so large that the 76ers could only win this game. In the next 4 games, the 76ers were like ordinary people who were lifted and beaten by giants again and again, even if they were unyielding, even if they tried their best. With all his strength, even though he was still full of pride, he was easily defeated by the Lakers in four consecutive games. He could only watch the Lakers lift the championship trophy.

Even more painful, just when Philly fans thought 2001 was just the beginning!

No one would have imagined that this is their only peak this time. Since 2001, the 76ers seem to be Wang Xiaoer's new year, and every year is not as good as every year.

Injuries, infighting, aging players, people coming and going...

Since then, the 76ers have not only failed to enter the finals, but even played in the conference semifinals only once. After 2001, they have only won one series until now.

And the Philadelphia heroes who surrounded Iverson back then have already scattered their things. Only Iverson is still in the team.

The team didn't do nothing, the selection of Iguodala, the trade of Chris Webber and other operations have also attracted the attention of the league.

But this series of operations failed to play a real role.

Not only did the 76ers fail to make it back to the finals, even last season, while Iverson averaged a career-high 33 points per game... the team... missed the playoffs

This is why the relationship between Iverson and the team management is getting worse and worse.

Iverson wanted to win, but the management wanted to take the draft pick and send Webber away to save the team a fortune.

For the 76ers this year, Iverson is still able to average 30 points per game, but the team has only 1 win and 3 losses since the start of the game. The atmosphere of the whole team is like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless and hopeless , Today's Philadelphia 76ers are definitely in a precarious situation, and they may be completely dismantled and rebuilt at any time.

Iverson himself has been repeatedly involved in various trading rumors. Both Iverson himself and general manager Billy King no longer actively deny the matter of trading Iverson. They have accepted it. This matter, even if the fans are reluctant, they have to accept this fact.

The fate of Iverson and Philadelphia is coming to an end.

Lin Zhan knows very well that in another month, around Christmas, Iverson will be traded to the Nuggets by the 76ers, and he will form a golden duo with Anthony, which will be the last glory of Iverson's career Yes, after that, Iverson will be traded to the Pistons, and then fall quickly. From the All-Star start to leaving the league, Iverson took less than 2 years.

In the arena, Lin Zhan looked at the 76ers who were warming up, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional, Allen Iverson, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver, Chris Webber, Deller Mbott, including the rookie Louis Williams who has not yet entered the team's rotation, these players all have good skills.

But they just can't knead together, they just can't play a chemical reaction, they just keep losing. This feeling must be terrible.

No wonder, from the faces of the 76ers players, there is no smile or communication. They seem to be just colleagues who go to work together.

Compared with the Suns, the group of funny guys are joking and teasing each other almost all the time. The good atmosphere is like attending a party. The strength of the two teams can be seen almost without a game.

Although the team is not in a good state recently, and the team's core trading rumors are entangled, they may leave the team at any time, but as one of the best cities in the United States, the attendance rate of this game is still very high, and more than 19,000 seats are occupied. It was packed to the brim, and countless fans wearing No. 3 jerseys were yelling at the top of their lungs to cheer for the team.

Perhaps in the hearts of the fans, Iverson's game is one less game to watch.

Lin Zhan saw Iverson, who was autographing a group photo for a small fan, and walked over without holding back: "Hi, Allen, how are you?"

Lin Zhan and Iverson only met once at last year's All-Stars. Although they had a good chat, they didn't have a good relationship. The friendship between the two was only 3, which is barely higher than that of passers-by.

"You know Lin, I'm not fine." Iverson smiled wryly, and didn't hide it, and there was no need to hide it: "Maybe this is my last game in Philadelphia, maybe the next game is my last A game, anytime could be, anytime I could leave, and I don't know where I'm going."

"Didn't you designate a few destinations for them? Even if you change teams, you can still go to a strong team that has a chance to win the championship." Lin Zhan is a little puzzled. With Iverson's position, if he wants to go Where, the team will definitely satisfy him as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, Iverson shook his head and said: "I haven't brought the championship to the team, so I don't have the qualifications to ask for it. Look at Billy, I believe he won't lie to me.

Seeing Iverson's appearance, Lin Zhan couldn't hold back, patted him and said:

"Allen, don't let loyalty hurt you. The team doesn't necessarily need your loyalty, nor does it necessarily deserve your loyalty. Sometimes leaving is the best choice.

"Maybe. But I'm not loyal to the team." Iverson shook his head, suddenly turned his head with a bright smile, took a photo with another small fan, and signed his autograph before turning around again Said: "I am loyal to them! You know what? I have to tell these little guys every night, I will not go, I will always be here.

"Thinking of me always cheating on these cute little guys, sometimes I really have nightmares!" Iverson smiled bitterly, and continued: "I know that business is business, and I also know how to treat myself better. But so what? After I leave, will I never go back to Philadelphia? What if I won a championship somewhere else?"

"How am I going to face them when I go back to Philly, face Jerry, Chris, Michael and Kevin? I know you don't know them Lin, but they're kids from the neighborhood that I've been going to, they're They like me! If one day I can't go there more often, even if I come back with a championship trophy, they will hate me.

"Even if they don't hate me, I don't know how to face them, how do I tell them? I tell them: Look, this is the championship trophy I won in Los Angeles, I am good! Sorry Lin, I do No such thing.

Iverson shook his head, and when another expectant child came over, he put on a smile and took a photo with him to sign.

Lin Zhan sighed, he didn't know how to comfort Iverson, he could only pat Iverson on the shoulder and said: "Don't be like this, Allen, you are a billionaire.

"Of course, I only do this occasionally. Tonight I have a big party at the Dancers Club in Philadelphia. Lin, are you coming too? You can call Amare and the others, and all your teams can come! In Philadelphia, Alan is always the most dependable guy!"

Seeing that Iverson regained his mood a little bit, Lin Zhan also relaxed a little. He smiled and said: "If you can still have a party after a defeat, we will all go."

…… Ask for flowers………

"Fuck you! I just thought you're a good guy." Iverson rolled his eyes, waved his hands at Lin Zhan in disgust and said, "Let's go, get out, I'm afraid I'll wait I can't help but beat you for a while."

"I KO'd Tyson, are you sure you want to fight me?"

"Even if you beat Rambo by KO, I will beat you when I'm upset." Iverson said: "It's one thing whether you can fight or not, and it's another thing if you can fight well. If you think about the result first , I am probably still selling leaves in the slums.

Farewell to Iverson, Lin Zhan returned to the Suns half, Stoudemire looked at Lin Zhan and said with a smile: "What's the matter? I was moved by that guy, will you be embarrassed to make a move later?

"It's a little touching, but I just want to do my best to kill him, so that I can show my respect." Lin Zhan shrugged his shoulders, no matter how good the relationship is, no matter how good the relationship is, it's never his style to show mercy to his temper .

"That's good, and, let me tell you a secret." Stoudemire said with a smile: "Don't look at the literary and sentimental look of that fellow Allen, it's just his game mode

"Is there a mode that isn't a game?"

"Did he invite you to his party at night? Then you can see tonight, the party carnival version of Allen! That's a brand new version you've never seen before!" Stoudemire smiled, turned around and said Walked towards the midfield.

Lin Zhan heard Xiao Si say this, and suddenly remembered a story!

That's what Matt Barnes told a certain show about his rookie season.

At that time, Barnes was playing for the 76ers.

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But because he was undrafted, Barnes did not have a guaranteed contract, and his salary was very low, only a few hundred thousand dollars a year.

In this case, Barnes's favorite thing is to attend the party organized by Iverson after the game.

It's not how much Barnes likes to play, but Iverson's party is an opportunity to make a fortune.

Because Iverson really knows how to mess up stacks of money and throw them into the sky for others to pick them up!

Barnes would lightly step on a few banknotes with his foot, and then secretly pick up the banknotes under his feet while no one was paying attention.

Picking up a few casually is enough for Barnes to live for a few days!

Lin Zhan, who remembered this story, looked at Iverson in the distance, and finally understood...

Why did this guy go bankrupt almost as soon as he retired?

Just such a way of playing, there are still a large group of younger brothers to raise, and Iverson is a big brother who is loyal enough and likes to cover others. It is not normal for him not to go bankrupt!

Lin Zhan's cranky thinking is over, the referee has already stepped onto the center of the court, signaling the players of both sides to come over, the game is about to begin!

With the whistle of the referee, the basketball was thrown into the air again, gradually adapting to the rhythm of the game, Stoudemire's physical condition is getting better and better, this time he did not make the mistake of the first game again, he easily defeated the opposite Deller Mbott grabbed the first wave of offensive ball.

The starting lineup for the 76ers is Iverson, Korver, Iguodala, Chris Webber and Dalembert.

This lineup seems to be star-studded, but in fact it is very problematic! The first is the defense in the backcourt. Korver's physical fitness is extremely poor. He is a pure shooter, and he can hardly defend against anyone.

Although Iverson has a lot of energy, and his strength is also close to the BUG level, his height is a fact that cannot be changed. He is destined to become the focus of the opponent's attack, and he will continue to shoot on his head shoot.

In addition, Iverson always likes to gamble on steals. Although this kind of steals can make his steal data look good, it can always make him complete fast breaks and enter the top ten goals, but it has no effect on the team's defensive system. Any help, even more failed steals, will directly cause holes in the team's defense, requiring teammates to make up for it.

The two people in the backcourt are almost non-defensive. The 76ers' inside line still has Chris Webber.

Even in his peak period, Webber is not an elite defender. Whether it is defensive skills or defensive bias, he cannot be called excellent. He is a pure offensive insider similar to Stoudemire! He is not very good at his peak Defensively, Webber is getting old now, he has already reached the late stage of his career, and he has undergone countless surgeries on both knees

It is more likely to count on Weber's defense now than to expect Korver to become a devilish muscular man overnight, able to withstand all incoming enemies.

In the starting lineup of the 76ers, there are three players who are almost non-defensive. Although the remaining Dalembert and Iguodala can be called excellent defenders, neither of them has reached the elite level. There is no ability to support an entire line of defense.

The opponent in this situation happens to be the Suns' favorite opponent!

I recommend the author's old book "nba: Man of Steel, Reshaping the Glory of the Green Army".