Chapter Ninety-Four: The Highest Courtesy
Wachovia Center Arena.
The final game of the 2005-2006 season for the Philadelphia 76ers is underway.
On the court, the Bucks, who came to challenge, performed well at the beginning, and it was difficult to solve the game with the 76ers.
Mike Reid lunged with the ball, perished the ball at the three-point line, and then quickly reversed the ball and cut into the air.
Although the Australian champion Bogut on the inside is a heavy tank, he has a good passing skill in the inside, quickly scanning the ball after receiving the ball at the free throw line, and then sending a high pass like embroidery.
Reed jumped up inside and scored on an empty dunk.
The left-handed shooter is known for his accurate and fast three-point shots, but at the beginning of his career, he was a true no-brainer breaker. Even in college games where the three-point line was closer, Reed never shot more than 30 percent from three-point range, but he won a lot of free throws after physical contact.
Today's three-point shooting is a skill acquired through hard work in the future.
The 76ers are still Iverson attacking with the ball, and after Webb blocks in the high post, Iverson stumbles with TJ Ford, who is extremely fast, and then hits a shot.
“AI! AI!! ”
The fans erupted in thunderous cheers, and in the team's most difficult moment, in this eventful spring, the fans knew that it was time to stand up and cheer for the team's ace and city totem.
Every time Iverson holds the ball, whether it's scoring or giving an assist, or making a steal, even if it's just grabbing a backcourt rebound, it triggers cheers from the fans in the stadium. The "STAY" in his hand kept shaking, expressing his respect and retention to the team heroes.
This scene was not only for Iverson to let him know that the fans in the city were still supporting him, but also for Billy King in the VIP box.
"You trade Aaron, I burned Billy!"
The camera shows an avid Iverson fan, waving a sign in his hand that reads the following phrase.
Seeing such a scene, Billy King couldn't help frowning slightly, countless thoughts were intertwined in his heart, and he couldn't think of a point in time to trade Iverson so as not to trigger a large-scale protest from fans.
"Beep"
On the court, the referee blew for a foul on Magloyer, and Iverson gasped for breath and walked to the free throw line to the cheers of the fans in the stadium to hit the first free throw.
"Chen."
Cheeks gave an order, the 76ers made personnel adjustments, and Hunter got off the court, high-fived Chen Mu, and completed the handover.
“WOW!!!”
At the moment when Chen Mu stepped on the court, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out, causing Chen Mu to be stunned, and when he raised his eyes to see Iverson waiting for the second free throw, he said to himself: "Allen's popularity is really strong, a free throw is like completing a stunner, Philadelphia fans are really loyal!" ”
Walked to the three-second zone and stood up, Iguodala, who was standing opposite Chen Mu, looked at Chen Mu and said loudly: "You kid, you can, you have captured the hearts of Philadelphia fans so quickly!" ”
"What ...... you say??"
The scene was really noisy, Chen Mu was not sure what he heard, but the referee sent the ball, Iverson was about to execute the second penalty, Chen Mu and Iguodala did not say more, and devoted themselves to the game.
"Dang!"
The second free throw missed, and Chen Mu had already seen the flashing green ring, a Magloyer who turned around the card position, jumped a little in the air, and then jumped a second time to pocket the rebound.
“WOOOOW!!!”
As soon as he won the rebound, the fans broke out in thunderous cheers again, Chen Mu was stunned, and was almost cut off by Ford, who was snatched, and hurriedly passed the ball to the outside.
“STAY! STAY! STAY! STAY! ”
For some reason, the fans in the audience once again shouted in unison, and under the incessant shouting, the 76ers found an opportunity, Chen Mu sent an assist, and Iguodala hit a layup.
“STAY! STAY! STAY! STAY! ”
When he returned to the defense, Chen Mu was still shouting in his ears, faintly, he seemed to feel a little wrong, and when the bucks shouted a timeout, he was completely stunned.
I saw that in the entire stadium, 20,000 seats were full, and even on the highest stands, there were fans standing up and shouting uniform slogans loudly.
In the hands of the fans, the banners and slogans were pulled open and displayed again, and the words "STAY" were still on them, but the matching photo of the head changed from Iverson to Chen Mu himself.
"This ...... Are they shouting for me and wanting me to stay......?! ”
Chen Mu instantly felt a tremor in his heart, and an indescribable emotion surged out.
"Chinese boy, stay! Break into the playoffs with the AI! ”
"Rebounder, we need you! Don't leave Philadelphia, we've got the patience to wait for you to grow up! ”
"Don't be a coward! Stay! With the AI and Andre, go and bring that damn O'Brien Cup back to Philadelphia! ”
The fans cheered loudly, constantly retaining Chen Mu, and the entire stadium almost turned into a sea of shouts.
Half a season of hard work, several games of highlight performances, the soul of a fighter who does not hesitate to give everything for victory.
Chen Mu, who has the same undying fighting spirit as Iverson, has actually won the trust of Philadelphia fans.
In this city, which represents the spirit of the United States and the immortal soul of freedom, only true fighters can be recognized, and only true fighters can be respected.
At this time, Chen Mu has become a real fighter in the hearts of Philadelphia fans!
“STAY! STAY! STAY! STAY! ”
The shouting continued, Chen Mu's eyes were almost filled with tears, and he looked back at Iverson, who had just sat down on the bench, and the latter also had a determined look in his eyes.
"Hey, rookie."
Iverson's eyes were full of unyielding flames, and he said, "StayWithMe." ”
Chen Mu did not answer, but lightly punched his fist with Iverson, and the two smiled tacitly, and at the same time got up and turned around, waving to the fans.
On the side, Iguodala watched all this silently, his eyes glanced back and forth on Iverson and Chen Mu several times, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't say anything.
After some tactical set-up, the timeout ended quickly, the players from both sides returned to the field, and the game resumed.
In the next game, as soon as Chen Mu or Iverson catches the ball, the fans will burst into cheers, and if they can score or contribute, this cheer will add another level and instantly detonate the whole stadium.
The Bucks are in the middle and lower reaches of the league both offensively and defensively, but the interior combination is very sharp.
Both Magloyle and Bogut are defensive stalwarts who are not mobile enough but have a good ability to protect the box.
To counter the inside pairing, Chen Mu and Webber have resorted more to the tactics they often use in the middle of the season.
The front court is controlled by the outside line, and Chen Mu and Webb no longer hold the ball in the waist position as an axis, but make layers of cover for the outside players running on both sides.
Under the accumulation of the strong side, Korver began to start from the bottom corner, Webb and Chen Mu blocked and dismantled twice in a row, giving Korver space, and the moment it fell to the bottom corner of the weak side, the basketball roared, and Korver received the ball and hit a three-point shot steadily.
In turn, the sixth man who just came on the court of the Bucks, Mo Williams, received the baseline ball and made a quick raid, and went to the front court to shoot easily in the cover.
Back on the offensive end, Chen Mu and Webb looked at each other and ran out of the classic strong and weak side coordination, and Chen Mu scored an open jump shot near the bottom line on the weak side.
The Bucks fell to the ground, Bogut responded with a high position, and Bobby Simmons scored a basket to win a foul and hit both free throws.
The 76ers counterattacked, the same running position, Chen Mu received the ball on the weak side and plugged it down, passed it back to the basket, and Webb hit a layup.
The Bucks missed the attack, Chen Mu picked up the rebound in the backcourt, launched a quick counterattack, and Iguodala ran and scored.
There was a mistake on the defensive end, and Magloyle was let go by Chen Mu, and scored with both hands under the basket.
……
The two sides went back and forth, and the game time passed quickly, gradually replacing the bench in the second half of the first quarter, and gradually changing the main force in the middle of the second quarter, and at halftime, the two sides played 49-44, and the 76ers led by 5 points at home.
"Good ball, nice play!"
"Keep up the good work in the second half and beat them completely!"
"In the last game, if you dare to lose, I will block your bus!"
As they passed through the players' tunnel, fans kept reaching out and shaking hands with the 76ers players.
Walking in the middle of the team, Chen Mu stretched out his hands, high-fived and celebrated with the fans, and when he walked past a fan, he was suddenly pulled by the other party.
"Chinese boy, you're not leaving, are you?!"
Chen Mu raised his eyes and saw that the other party was an old man with gray hair, wearing Dr. J's retro jersey, obviously an old fan.
"This ...... It depends on the feedback from the team and the market, and I will try to stay. ”
Chen Mu didn't know how to answer the old man's question, so he could only vaguely fool the past.
"Stay, it's been 23 years, we haven't won a championship for 23 years."
The old fan's hands trembled slightly, grabbed Chen Mu's big hand and said in a trembling voice: "I have seen it, I have seen the future!" Aaron is a combination of Cheeks and Tony, and Andre can definitely be the next Dr. J, and you ...... It's the next Moses Malone! ”
The old man's eyes showed a frenzy, and he pulled out a finger to the sky above the arena and said loudly: "Your jerseys will be hung there, and sooner or later they will be hung in the Hall of Fame in Philadelphia!" ”
Chen Mu took advantage of the situation to see that in the corner of the stadium, the jerseys of Dr. J, Chamberlain, Barkley and other superstars were hanging and fluttering gently with the breeze in the stadium.
Suddenly, Cheeks also walked over, grabbed Chen Mu's arm and dragged him into the player's tunnel.
"Stay, you must stay!"
The old fan reluctantly let go of Chen Mu's hand, and was still leaning out to look into the passage, shouting loudly.
"It's the first time I've been treated like this."
Seeing that Chen Mu was upset, Cheeks, who also retired his jersey with the 76ers, said with a smile: "I played here for 11 years, a full 11 years, until I entered the All-Star in the fifth year, and it was a contract year, that I had this kind of treatment." ”
"And you, it's only taken less than half a year."
Cheeks glanced at Chen Mu, patted the latter's thick back, and said with a smile: "Come, in the second half, I will arrange some offensive tactics for you and Alundo, give them a good performance, and make the fans happy!" ”
“…… Well! ”
Glancing at Cheeks gratefully, Chen Mu nodded heavily, quickly caught up with his teammates, and ran to the locker room.
The second half of the game, which is also the last 24 minutes of Chen Mu's rookie season, will start soon.