Chapter 48: Defenders!)
Allen Iverson, this name inspired a generation of young people, but if Kobe opened low and went high, then Iverson was famous for opening high and closing low. On June 26, 1996, on the NBA draft, Allen Iverson took over the jersey representing him in David Stern's hands. He belonged to the Philadelphia 76ers and was only the shortest No. 1 pick.
Ai, who had just entered the league, dared to compete with Jordan. He beat Kobe and became the NBA's best rookie. In 2001, he became the NBA's most valuable player and even won four consecutive scoring champions, namely 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2005.
And he was also the most valuable player in the All-Star Games in 2001 and 2005. He once became a non-sale product in Philadelphia.
However, his perverse surname made it difficult for him to integrate into the team's normal system. Only Larry Brown developed his offensive system, attacking one by one, defending four by one, and successfully reached the finals. Although he lost to Kobe in the end, Iverson's name was always above Kobe until Kobe led alone, even if he had not won the championship.
But this year, no, it should be said that in recent years, Kobe has gradually become the strongest player in the league.
The person who challenged his position was James, which had nothing to do with Iverson. He left Denver for the championship, but he died miserably in the end and was sold to the Pistons by Denver. He was not happy with the Pistons.
This year, the Pistons' wounded soldiers are full of camps, and his position overlaps with Hamilton. Iverson is a pseudo point guard. He takes offense as his absolute goal, but unfortunately, the positions of the two people are still overlapping together.
If you want to play comfortably, you have to make sacrifices, and Iverson is obviously not the kind of person who likes to make sacrifices on his own.
Iverson controlled the ball and instantly used the legendary Butterfly Step in front of Zhang Kong. Although the Butterfly Step no longer has the strong combat power as before, after all, is he old, and his explosive power and speed can no longer be compared with before.
However, its strangeness is even better than before. The experienced Iverson knows how to walk, which makes the defenders most sad.
Zhang Kong's prediction is very strong and arrogant, but even though he knows Iverson's pace, it is difficult for him to successfully defend the opponent's breakthrough route as before. Ai is AI. Even when he reaches the Pistons, even when he reaches the tomb of his professional life, his combat power is still there and he will never be easily defended by his opponent.
Zhang Kong looked at Iverson in front of him, and his feet began to stumble. Iverson's footwork was really hard to grasp. Zhang Kong was shocked when he looked at the situation in front of him, and at the same time, he was also secretly ruthless in his heart and fell straight backwards.
Everyone thought that Zhang Kong was knocked down by Iverson, and the Pistons' home audience couldn't help but feel thunderous.
Iverson also took this opportunity to break through directly towards the inside, but just when Iverson thought he was about to break through Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong's right hand was on the ground, and he actually flipped a backflip in front of everyone.
When he landed, he landed just one step ahead of Iverson. At this time, the butterfly step just ended. At this point at Zhang Kong Station, the fulcrum where Iverson's old power was about to be exerted and the new power had not yet emerged.
If it was ten years, no, Iverson five years ago, he could have defeated Zhang Kong by forcibly changing directions.
After all, Zhang Kong had just fallen and his sense of balance had not been fully mastered, but Iverson had no choice but to hit Zhang Kong. At this time, Zhang Kong still had time to look at his feet, and did not stand in the reasonable collision zone, protecting the vital points with both hands. Iverson had just hit him, and Zhang Kong fell to the ground as if Buzhou Mountain was hit by Gonggong.
"Shh!" The referee's whistle also sounded at this time, and he accurately made an offensive foul gesture.
It can be seen through the slow-motion replay on the spot. After Zhang Kong jumped, although the balance had not been adjusted yet, he successfully stood firm. Then Iverson bumped into him. Looking at the situation in front of him, Zhang Kong breathed a sigh of relief, and the rest of the team also walked over with a smile. Zhang Kong would always give them a miracle.
"Damn it!" Seeing Zhang Kong on the TV, he actually made such a move like a circus juggling, and causing Iverson's foul, Maluf's face was swollen. He made the opponent's foul like a closure, which was 50,000 yuan.
"Good boy!" This is just one of the small episodes. With Salmons' shot in the last moment, the first quarter ended, and the Pistons led the Kings 29-16, 13 points. The players who broke out in the Pistons today were not Zhang Kong's defense.
After more than two minutes of rest in the first quarter, he became Kenny Knight's curse concert. He scolded the players who played besides Zhang Kong. He was so incompetent that he only scored 16 points in the first quarter. Is this still a team?
Perhaps NCAA's team scored more points than the current Kings. I don't know if it was Kenny Knight's scolding or the Kings really had momentum. At the beginning of the second quarter, Salmons and Martin teamed up to score ten for the team. After only four minutes of the game, Thompson narrowed the gap between the two teams to five points with a dunk. 28-33. The Kings played very passionately at the beginning. While defending Iverson, Zhang Kong also moved his position slightly to the inside.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Kong blocked the water in the water in the inside, Kwame Brown, and then when Iverson and Mark Hill were playing pick-and-roll, he blocked Mark Hill's jump shot. With Zhang Kong's help, the Kings' defensive strength in the inside rose sharply. The Pistons could only rely on Prince and Stark to score some scattered points on the outside.
This style of play made the Pistons' head coach full of sorrow. He really had no choice.
Rashid Wallace and Antonio McDace, two inside players, are injured and cannot play.
Kwame Brown, Mark Hill and others could only recharge on the court. The lack of inside line made the Pistons gradually transfer the initiative to the Kings. Thompson and Martin continued to attack the inside line, creating free throws, and maintaining offensive efficiency. Salmons broke through and shot, scoring four points in a row. With Martin's buzzer-beating two points, the Kings scored 44-45 in the first half, only one point away.
The original 13-point gap came back with a 12-point win in one quarter, and then a smile appeared on Kenny Knight's face.
Although he is Maluf's lackey, he is also the team's head coach, and no coach wants his team to lose.
Kenny Knight is also a normal person, and no normal person will like to lose!
In the second half, the Pistons made effective adjustments first. They saw through the Kings' defensive loopholes. Whether it was Thompson, Miller, Moore, Hawyth, or Dante Green, their defensive abilities were not very strong.
In the case of one-on-one, that is, Miller may also cause some lethality to them, and others are not enough to see it.
When the Kings recovered it in the second quarter, it was Zhang Kong who had been helping defend the situation inside, which was the effect.
At this time, the Pistons' head coach remembered the moves the Spurs used against the Kings. Now it seems that the person Zhang Kong is sticking to today is Iverson. Because of the contract, Zhang Kong would not be too far away from his defensive players in the whole game.
This seems to others, but Iverson is a fatal weakness now, and he has to bow his head.
After playing halftime, he hadn't scored a goal, and now the head coach asked him to stay away from the basket, he became even more depressed.
But no matter how depressed it is, it still needs to be executed. I pulled Zhang Kong and Iverson took Zhang Kong to the weak side.
On this side, Stark began to show his power, continuously hitting the inside line. Without Zhang Kong's restraint, the loopholes in the power forward's fourth position emerged instantly. Mark Hill also began to show his power in this position. Prince began to fire fires frequently on the outside. The Pistons regained the balance between internal and external offensives. Although it was still four-for-four, for the Pistons, they were used to four-for-four! After all, when the Pistons were the most awesome, when Big Ben was there, Big Ben was like Zhang Kong, and he could hardly attack. His free throw level was almost the same as the Sharks. After the sharks were successful, the Tactics for Cutting the Book came into being.
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