Chapter 55: In the front court, the rebounding monster is infested
The Philadelphia 76ers have quickly become an exciting team in the league since the arrival of Allen Iverson. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Iverson has unrivalled speed, dazzling dribbling, freewheeling scoring ability, and an exuberant fighting spirit on the court.
Since '96, Philadelphia has built a team around Iverson, until two years ago, in the 01 season playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers relied on Iverson's courageous play. Eliminated the Pacers 3-1, 4-3 epic vs. Carter-led Raptors, and 4-3 eliminated the Bucks to advance to the Finals.
The first time in 83 years to reach the Finals, that was also the highlight of the 76ers in recent years.
However, in the past two years, the team's personnel has changed significantly, and after Mutombo and other heroes left the team one after another, although the 76ers were thrown into the ranks of the strong teams in the East, they did not see the domineering spirit when they won the championship in 01.
It's a night in Philadelphia, the lights are bright, and the Delaware River is flowing.
Every noisy night represents the loneliness and comfort of the city being swallowed up. On the long streets where there are no people, there will always be frustrated people shaking wine bottles and swaying around.
There are frustrated people, and there are smug smiles.
Spotlights, cameras, high-profile events, chaotic and fierce confrontations.
"Bang!"
Yang Di grabbed the rebound with one hand, the black shadow swept past the corner of his eye, he turned his head, his fingers flicked slightly, the ball arrived, and No. 3 rose into the air and bombed the basket.
"Toot ~" 76 people called a timeout.
"He grabbed the rebound in the front court again!" The audience was lamenting in the depths of their hearts, and in just a few minutes, they had seen the No. 8 player on the opposite team more than once, with a body that was not like a rookie, going deep into the 76ers' frontcourt hinterland again and again, grabbing frontcourt rebounds again and again.
In the frontcourt, rebounding monsters are infested!
The 76ers went from leading to trailing, and morale took a hit.
"Well done!" Van Gundy is impeccable, and although Jan Dee is an unstable factor who could explode at any moment, he is doing a good job on the court at the moment, and as a player who loves the traditional interior line, Van Gundy wants to see players protect the rebound.
Yang Di is so good at grabbing frontcourt rebounds, which is indeed beyond his expectations.
"Hey, good luck." He was rarely humble.
Everyone laughed, modest? In the second quarter, he had already grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds, plus 2 backcourt rebounds, Yang Di had already got 6 rebounds, and instantly became the player with the most rebounds on the court.
"It's a bit fierce!" Odom patted Yang Di on the shoulder, no wonder this guy can knock out Grant, just this tendon meat, he can have a boxing match on the sideline.
On the other hand, the 76ers' bench was a little awkward.
The current head coach of the 76ers is Randy Ells, the assistant coach promoted by the team, on the one hand, he does not have a glorious record in his coaching resume, which is a bit unbearable for these millionaires or multimillionaires of the 76ers, on the other hand, the 76ers also know that Randy is not the right person, and are still actively looking for a replacement coach after Larry Brown leaves.
"How can you let a 19-year-old hairy boy grab this look, it's so unseemly!" Randy barely put on a serious posture, and the 76ers players also listened very carefully, and indeed felt a little embarrassed to be robbed like this by Yang Di.
"Strengthen his card position, and when protecting the backcourt rebounds, you can double the card position, after all, he is the only Heat player who stays in the front court to grab rebounds."
"Don't let him jump, he's good bounce." Iverson then added, speaking to the two insiders.
At 4:57, the timeout came back, and the Heat led the 76ers by four points at 41-37.
The ball is in the hands of the 76ers, Iverson has not yet opened to score in this quarter, and after taking the ball, he flanked Wade, and the 76ers pulled away, ready to give Iverson a single.
Iverson took a tentative step with his left foot, then withdrew his left foot, stepped to the right side of the stride, and protected the basketball with his right hand, with an extremely fast cadence and amazing speed.
Wade stepped back to defend, there was no way to defend, the opponent had broken through, and he had to defend like this.
But at that moment, Iverson pulled his right hand back to his crotch, twisted his body, and the whole person dribbled under his crotch to the left with an exaggerated amplitude, and then accelerated, and instantly opened the position between him and Wade.
This change of direction is exciting enough and not complicated, but there are few people in the world who can do what Iverson does.
Wade forced a reversal of the center of gravity, and Iverson did not go deep into the line after breaking through, and the position left and right of the free throw line went directly to the mid-range pull-up jumper.
At this point, Wade followed, jumping up and trying to block Iverson.
When the palm covered it, Iverson had already thrown the ball, the basketball failed to throw, and the basket bounced off the basket, and under the basket, Yang Di looked at the rebound and bounced to the left, and Odom took off the rebound.
Aggro!
Odom grabbed the rebound and could dribble directly, and after a turn to wipe Kenny Thomas, Odom dribbled and advanced, and the Heat immediately formed a fast offensive momentum.
In the front court of the 76ers, Odom dribbled to the basket, knocked away Snow, who weighed only 86 kilograms, and scored easily on the board.
The Heat led by six points at 43-37.
Yang Di had just crossed the halfway line at this time, and it was obvious that Odom could dribble, he turned his head and turned back to defense, and the 76ers passed extremely fast, and immediately formed an attack point on the flank.
Iverson blocked and passed to Kenny Thomas, who spun into the corner and into Salmons' hands.
John Salmons was unguarded and shot from a jumper.
Then Rasol-Butler's defense caught up, but it didn't matter, the basketball still missed, and it bounced high.
Jandy was dominated by veteran Derek Colmanka, and with the power of the bounce, the basketball bounced to the side, which was picked up by Eddie Jones.
The 76ers fans sighed again and didn't go in again.
When Van Gundy saw that the Heat missed the offense, there were more than two players in the position of Kajandi, and knew that Yang Di would not be able to solve such a problem in a short time.
With a wave of his hand, Marik Allen, who was more attacking, replaced Yang Di.
During this time, the 76ers were not in a good mood, and it was a good time to strengthen the offense.
It's just that the Heat's shooting percentage is not high, and until the end of halftime, the Heat only led the 76ers by 3 points at 46-43.
Yang Di didn't have any offensive opportunities, he scored 1 point by making free throws, scored 2 points by grabbing the second offense after grabbing the frontcourt rebound, and reorganized the ball with two frontcourt rebounds, got 3 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, and played more than 8 minutes, and his performance was remarkable.
The TV commentator who broadcast the game locally in Miami exclaimed that Yang Di was a fighter full of energy.
"This 19-year-old boy is amazing, in fact, Mark Jackson or Kenny Smith who is in the position with him are old players who have been in the league for a long time, they are experienced and good at rebounding, even so, by the young people who have come up after him have grabbed so many frontcourt rebounds, just with this frontcourt rebounding kung fu, I think the Heat is worth signing this Chinese player with a second-round signing."
"Off-the-counter factors aside." He then added.