Chapter 209 Miller Moment
Miller was not afraid of Iverson at all when he dribbled the ball, and he kept provoking Iverson with trash talk in the water.
"I heard that you are the number one pick this year, so let me see how strong you are. I hope you won't be a weakling in front of me."
While talking, Miller quickly changed direction and passed Iverson, got inside and immediately scored with a pull-up jumper.
After scoring, he also taunted Iverson, "Man, it seems you are really a rookie. Don't think that just because you have played a few preseason games and scored relatively high, that's great."
Iverson was very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it. Miller just said that he was indeed very simple.
Zhao Qiang was very unhappy. Iverson was also his brother now. He might not be able to bear being so humiliated.
However, generally this kind of revenge must be avenged by Iverson himself. If he wanted to avenge him, it would be disrespectful to Iverson, so he decided to humiliate and humiliate Jackson.
Zhao Qiang dribbles the ball to organize the 76ers' offense.
Jackson came up to defend Zhao Qiang.
The Pacers are not a good team, or the team that could compete with the Bulls in 1996 is not a good team.
Jackson began to taunt, "Man, your defense is good, but I don't know how your offense is, but I think your offense is like a weakling. Come on, use your strength to break through me."
Jackson believes that rookies like them generally have only one ability that is more prominent, either they are strong in attack and weak in defense, or they are weak in defense and strong in attack.
Just now Zhao Qiang has shown his ability to defend well, so his offense will naturally be weaker, so Jackson thinks Zhao Qiang's offense is weak.
"Rookie, don't move your basketball around. Pass it to the rookie No. 1 pick."
Zhao Qiang will not save face for Jackson. I will only take Reggie Miller seriously in your Pacers team. As for you, Jackson.
"I'm sorry, crossing you is as easy as crossing the road."
After saying that, Zhao Qiang immediately broke through to the right. Jackson immediately defended him, but Zhao Qiang immediately changed direction to the left.
At this time, Jackson was still able to react and immediately blocked the attack to the left. Unfortunately, Zhao Qiang's ankle was too strong and he immediately changed direction.
Jackson couldn't keep up with Zhao Qiang's movements at this moment, and could only watch Zhao Qiang break through.
Since the entire lineup has been stretched, Zhao Qiang entered the inside with no one to block him, and Davis came over from the bottom line to defend.
Zhao Qiang had already jumped up, and Davis blocked the shot from the side. Zhao Qiang did not dodge in the air and relied on his own strength to dunk the basketball into the basket.
When running back to half court, Zhao Qiang taunted Jackson, "Man, your offense is not very good, and your defense is not very good either. I don't know why you can stay in this bad team. Is it because you are mediocre?"
Jackson was very angry. He had only been in the NBA for a long time, and this was the first time he had been ridiculed like this.
Jackson dribbled the ball halfway and hooked his fingers at Zhao Qiang. Obviously, when Jackson wanted to retaliate for the ball just now, he also had to fight Zhao Qiang in a one-on-one duel.
One-on-one? Your level as Jackson is really not good enough.
Zhao Qiang would not give in and immediately moved towards Jackson.
Jackson began to constantly try to break through in his own way, but no matter which direction he went, he was blocked by Zhao Qiang.
At this time, Zhao Qiang did not forget to taunt you: "What's wrong, old bird? Why can't you break through my defense? Do you have no training or are your legs weak? It's not that I look down on you, otherwise you should replace Reggie Miller."
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Zhao Qiang's mocking of murder and heartbreaking made Jackson even more angry.
But such anger also made Jackson lose his mind. With such a chance, Zhao Qiang immediately cut off Jackson's ball and started a fast break.
Zhao Qiang carried the ball at extremely fast speed to the opposite basket for a powerful dunk.
Zhao Qiang has already scored 4 points, which surprised the Pacers. This rookie has something good and actually scored 4 points in the opening game.
Reggie Miller walked up to Jackson and said, "I guess this kid will let me take care of him. You go deal with the No. 1 pick. The No. 1 pick basically has no defensive ability."
Although Jackson was very unhappy, Miller was the boss of the team, so it was Miller who had the final say.
Jackson continued to dribble, but passed the ball to Miller after halftime. It seemed that he did not intend to attack Zhao Qiang.
Iverson felt a little uncomfortable at this moment because Miller kept attacking him at this point, which made him very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Miller's defense did not prevent Iverson from scoring. Iverson also scored 4 points with his own ability.
This aspect is enough to prove how powerful Iverson is.
However, when Zhao Qiang was dribbling to organize the offense, Miller stepped forward to defend him.
Miller, if you want to say how strong his defensive ability is, it is really not that strong, but one thing about him is that his defensive methods are relatively dirty.
Relying on the small movements of Zhao Qiang's hands, he kept pulling Zhao Qiang's clothes, and kept pushing his knees against Zhao Qiang's thighs.
However, Miller obviously made the wrong idea. Zhao Qiang ignored Miller's little trick and used his strength to push Miller into the inside lane.
Miller was shocked, not expecting this rookie to have such strong power.
You must know that the fifteenth pick in the first round is not worthy of the attention of stars like them, but it is obvious that this high-ranking draft pick is indeed very strong.
Miller was pushed away and it was clear that he was not willing to be taught a lesson by a rookie. Miller saw the opportunity and immediately reached out to steal Zhao Qiang's basketball.
Zhao Qiang had already guessed what Miller was thinking. With his current reaction ability, he could react quickly and it was no problem at all.
To avoid Miller's steal, Zhao Qiang turned around and left Miller behind, and got inside for an easy layup.
So far, Zhao Qiang has scored 6 points.
Miller's face darkened, he didn't expect that they really got off to a bad start.
Miller said a few words next to Jackson's ear, which seemed to be making tactical arrangements.
Jackson dribbled the ball past half court and immediately handed the ball to Miller. Then the Pacers' inside line gave it to Miller for a pick-and-roll.
Miller stepped forward to pick and roll, and without any hesitation, Miller immediately hit the two-pointer.
Miller's two-point shot is really accurate. He no longer attacks one-on-one, but chooses a more team-oriented offense, using pick-and-roll attacks.
Chapter completed!