Washington, D.C., April 2, 2006.

In the MCI Center Arena, a ranking match for the Eastern Conference playoffs is underway.

The Wizards at home have a certain record advantage, and the 76ers who came to challenge them have a good record after the All-Star break.

At the moment, the Wizards are sixth in the East, and they are only half a game away from the fifth-place Pacers, and they could catch up at any time.

The 76ers, on the other hand, are 10th in the East and are still some distance from the playoffs.

In terms of the strength of the two teams, in many pre-match analyses, critics believe that the gap is huge.

At the beginning of the season, the Wizards and the 76ers were not on the same level, and at the time, commentators believed that the 76ers could only get about 35 wins, while the Wizards could win 45 games and become the seeded team in the East.

However, the evolution of things is not as accurate as predicted at the beginning of the season, and Arenas, the core of the Wizards' backcourt, has indeed made great progress, replacing the steal king Larry Hughes, and Butler, who came to Washington from the Lakers, has given people a lot of surprises.

In addition, other young players are also growing rapidly, and Jamison also plays the role of anchor.

However, Haywood, the pillar of the interior line, did not advance but retreated, and Etang Thomas was caught in the endless struggle with Haywood for the starting position, and his performance also regressed a lot.

With the two offsets, the Wizards did not go further than last year, but instead showed a small regression and slipped in the rankings.

The 76ers, on the other hand, had an extremely bad start to the season, even worse than the pundits thought. Especially after the injury of starting center Durham Porter, who was almost reimbursed for the season, everyone thought that the 76ers would definitely be bad this season.

However, the arrival and strong rise of Chinese kid Chen Mu gave the team a chance to breathe.

Now, these two teams with completely different directions and styles collide, and the sparks that burst out are bound to be dazzling.

Back in the field.

Arenascar hit a free throw to complete a two-plus-one performance, and retreated to the cheers of the fans, his expression as arrogant and indifferent as ever.

On the 76ers' side, Hunter was replaced by Chen Mu, returned to the bench dejectedly, took the towel and wiped his head, and then threw the towel on the ground as if he was angry.

"These guys don't want to go to the basket normally at all, they have to make fouls for every ball, and their confrontation ability is really strong......

The "guys" in Hunter's mouth are the outside trident of the Wizards.

Arenas, with a mahjongboard-like figure, an upper body that almost breaks through the sky, two chest muscles that are as boxy as an electric meter, and whose arms are ridiculously thick, looks like a black version of the White Devil Bibi during the king's time.

This extremely strong body gave Arenas a strong ability to fight, as well as the ability to shoot and force shots in an instant. However, it also became a burden on his knee in the future, which brought him a lot of injuries until he retired.

Kaloon Butler, who is physically aggressive, extremely mobile, and well-rounded, is an excellent candidate for an outside deputy.

But outside of these characteristics, few people have noticed that Butler's confrontation ability is at the top level at the second and third positions, and his ability to make fouls is also superb under a small number of balls, and his free throw crosshairs are a terrifying 87%.

In contrast, Jamison, a pseudo-inside and true outside, is not too outstanding in his ability to make fouls. However, as far as Jamison's style of play is concerned, 3.6 free throws per game are not too few.

In addition, there is another foul-making god sitting on the Wizards' bench, Antonio Daniels, who has already shown a unique talent for foul-making during the supersonic period, playing more than 20 minutes of playing time, a small number of ball possession, and a height of 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm), he can actually average more than 4 free throws per game, which is not amazing.

Combined with Arenas' more than 10 free throws per game, the Wizards are averaging 22.2 free throws per game with just those four players. Coupled with the piecemeal play of other players, the Wizards ranked second in the league in free throws per game and first in the league in terms of field goals in the 05-06 season.

Combined with the league's third-most frontcourt rebounds and the league's third-most steals (right on the 76ers' heads), the Wizards have developed a very distinct tactical characteristic, with a tough and impactful style of court.

With such impact as the dominant factor, the three-point shots of the Wizards' outside musketeers have become a secondary option, just as a containment threat to prevent the opponent from shrinking the defense.

With the combination of inside and outside, the Wizards' offense has a strong sense of layering, making it difficult for all opponents to guard against.

This is the spell of the wizard.

"Chen!"

After Chen Mu came on the court, the 76ers had a new choice on the offensive end, and under some transmission, the basketball came to Chen Mu's hands. He took a quick look around to make sure his team-mate was running and suddenly a lateral pass shifted the ball to the weak side.

Three-point line Surgery Wall catches the ball, doesn't hesitate to make a three-point shot, and the basketball spins and burrows into the net.

7-5, the 76ers clung to the score.

"Defend and defend!"

Webb shouted at everyone's defensive focus, the Wizards still had Arenas in possession, teammates rotated their positions, and Butler appeared on the weak side for the third time.

In order to prevent Butler from receiving the ball again, Korver desperately grabbed it, but Arenas's pass target was obviously not Butler, only to see the basketball in his hand hit the ground, and Jamison received the ball steadily outside the three-point line.

Iguodala was quick and quickly approached Jamison, who didn't have a chance to shoot and looked at Jeffries in the bottom right corner, but the basketball in his hand went over Iguodala's head.

"Defense!"

Webber shouted, he had been pulled by Jeffries to the bottom corner near the three-point line, Jamison's pass was very penetrating, and it was just sent to Arenas, who relied on his strength to force the inside line, to stop this ball, you must rely on Chen Mu to make up for the defense!

Arenas used his power to carry Iverson away and took three steps to make a layup after receiving the ball. On the weak side, Chen Mu hurriedly grabbed it, flew up, raised his hands high, and wanted to bring the ball down.

"Don't do ......!"

As soon as Hunter's shouting came out of the stadium, the referee's whistle sounded.

"76ers No. 5, defensive foul!"

“YEAH！！！”

The fans chanted, and Arenas gasped and walked straight to the free throw line, with only the basket in his eyes.

"Hell ......!"

Chen Mu shook his head secretly, knowing that he was too aggressive, Arenas didn't have many chances for this goal, even if Chen Mu didn't block it, he might not be able to score.

However, after the aerial confrontation with Arenas, the feeling of power collision between muscles somehow gave Chen Mu's body the illusion of fighting against an inside player.

This illusion made Chen Mu's body react automatically, almost involuntarily reaching out to block it, but Arenas seized the opportunity to rub his arm and cause damage.

In both free throws, Arenas nodded slightly, arrogantly defended, and kept muttering: "Rookie, full rookie, you can't stop me, it's completely impossible, I'm the strongest second-round show!" ”

Chen Mu knew that these words were Arenas's war letter to himself, although the two were in very different positions and could not attack and defend against each other, but in this aerial confrontation, both of them read a trace of breath in each other:

This guy is a tough guy who would rather die than lose!

To defeat such an opponent, in addition to fighting back on the court, you need to put a lot of pressure mentally, otherwise you will definitely suffer a rebound.

The 76ers attacked, Chen Mu blocked Iverson in the high post, and then went down to the weak side near the baseline.

Iverson rushed to the free-throw line, faced Heywood's defense, and passed the ball to Webb.

Webb didn't think about it, a trademark back-hitting pass, the basketball almost pressed the edge of the baseline and passed through to Chen Mu on the weak side.

"Good pass!"

Chen Muzhang hit the shot in his hand and went back to defense.

When he walked past Arenas, Chen Mu also made a silent gesture towards him, causing the latter's face to change, and he instantly became a little irritable.

"What a rookie......!"

Seeing Chen Mu's movements being played on the big screen, a flame ignited in Arenas' eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's not okay if you don't give some color!" ”

As he spoke, Arenas took the baseline pass, dribbled to the front court like the wind, and suddenly stopped outside the three-point line, jumping and shooting.

The basketball rose rapidly in the air, then fell rapidly, fell into the basket fiercely, and scored three points!

“AGENT！ AGENT！ AGENT！ ”

The home fans were completely ignited by Arenas' goal, shouting loudly, and countless Arenas' big heads were constantly waving, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"YO, this is a ...... with me!"

Chen Mu knew that he had to make a counterattack at this time, and there was no mercy on the NBA court, and after passing the baseline ball, he expressed his intention to Iverson to play singles, and Iverson made an OK gesture, and then controlled the ball and went to the frontcourt.

Chen Mu landed on the weak side, Iverson made a tactical gesture that only the 76ers players understand, all the players understood, one side was empty, and then the basketball was handed to Chen Mu.

With Heywood's defense in front of him, and facing Dampier with a very similar style, Chen Mu knows very well how to deal with this kind of interior player who is not too fast, has an amazing height and arm span, and has a strong defensive style.

Without hesitation, he dribbled sideways and cut in from Haywood's ribs, Chen Mu was like a giant scalpel, stabbing into the Wizards' hinterland and forcibly jumping out on the side of the basket.

"Huh"

The basketball got into the net, and the 76ers players were all excited, and they high-fived Chen Mu to celebrate.

12-9, 76ers trail by 3 points!

In Arenas's eyes, the calmness at the beginning was long gone, and Chen Mu's continuous scoring stimulated his fighting spirit, and he hurriedly asked for the ball in his hand.

Coming to the front court against Iverson's full-court defense, Arenas suddenly stopped when he was half a step away from the three-point line, and then opened his hand to shoot a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

There was no deviation, the basketball was accurate into the frame, Arenas didn't say anything, it seemed that what he had just done was just an ordinary thing, and he went back to defense with an expressionless face.

"Come again!"

Chen Mu was also ignited with fighting spirit, and when he came to the front court, he immediately opened his hand to ask for the ball.

Iverson didn't hesitate, the basketball had just passed the ball and an arm appeared in the air.

Caron Butler had already judged that the 76ers would let Chen Mu attack, ambushed the passing route early, and took advantage of the moment Iverson was blocked by Arenas to make a successful steal.

"Back to the defense!!"

Iverson shouted, the 76ers all returned to defense, Butler dribbled a few steps, Iverson chased him like a wind, Butler immediately passed, and the basketball was sent to Arenas.

At the moment when Arenas received the ball, Iguodala was already defended and his steps did not deviate in the slightest, and no matter which direction Arenas started, he would be stopped by Iguodala.

However, Arenas was not ready to launch at all.

One step away from the three-point line, Arenas glanced at Iguodala in front of him when he received the ball, and immediately made a shot.

"No, it won't......?!!!"

Iguodala was so startled that he forgot to stop him, and watched as Arenas made a three-point shot from a long distance, and the basketball slashed over his head, almost touching the sky with a high arc, and then fell suddenly.

"Huh"

The basketball went into the net, and Arenas was still expressionless, turning around and going back to defense.

When passing by Chen Mu, who hadn't had time to return to the backyard, Arenas said with a nonchalant face: "See, rookie." ”

"That's the ...... strength!"

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