Rivers had said before the game that Milicic and Al Jefferson would play again at 9 minutes into the first quarter, but obviously Iverson did not let Rivers get what he wanted. Milicic and Jayson
Ferson came on the field more than a minute early. Although this more than a minute seemed nothing to outsiders, there were still some problems in the tactical layout and the physical distribution of the old players. With the two of them coming on the field, Rivers once again adjusted
The team was replaced by Gary Payton. In a team full of young people, an experienced point guard was needed to control the rhythm.
Gary Payton made a downward gesture, which meant that everyone should slow down and play positional warfare. It would be very unwise for two big men with solid inside skills to follow each other. Payton went down not long after the start.
It didn't expend any physical energy. Instead, it was used as a warm-up. Now the state is better than when it started.
Payton has been able to use his strong body to beat the opponent's point guard many times in the past. When he was young, he could even use his point guard's body to defend Jordan alone. Payton used his butt to nudge Ai who was trying to grab him.
Ferson, the big mouth started talking endlessly again: "Aaron, judging from your body that is as thin as a girl, you have done well, now are you going to guard me or are you going to touch my sexy ass...
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It is not that easy for Iverson to steal Payton's ball. Payton can always use his body to cover the ball. At this time, the 2.08-meter Jefferson inside has squeezed the 2.01-meter Kenny Thomas behind him and is heading towards
Payton wanted the ball. Payton made a fake move and passed the ball directly to Jefferson who was in a good position. After holding the ball, Jefferson turned around and faced the basket to attack. Milicic on the side pretended to step out of the three-second zone.
Give Jefferson room to shoot. As soon as he stepped out of the three-second zone, Milicic turned around and entered again. This time, Dalembert, who was following the defense, was stunned. Jefferson passed the ball directly in.
Milicic rushed to the basket and easily made a reverse layup.
The on-site commentator Heinsohn shouted loudly: "The ball has been scored! Mi-Li-Si-Qi! The big man scored the ball with his first touch when he came to Boston. That ball hit
Very smart, I felt like I saw Bird."
The score gap returned to single digits of 8 points.
Iverson smiled and dribbled the ball toward the half court. After the 76ers settled into position, Iverson made a gesture to the inside. Dalembert came out to cover, and Milicic also followed, picking and rolling.
After switching defense, Iverson faced Milicic and dribbled the ball under his crotch twice, as if preparing for a breakthrough. In order to prevent him from breaking through, Milicic subconsciously took a step back. Iverson directly
He pulled up a jumper on the spot and hit the ball again!
If this was an international competition, there would be someone in the narrow three-point line who would delay the attack, and the player rotation would be faster. Milicic thought quickly in his mind that the experience of the Olympics is different from that of the NBA.
After Iverson scored the ball, he said to Payton: "I'm sorry, I don't have the habit of taking care of the elderly. I'm not afraid of Jordan. You are not even qualified to carry Jordan's shoes." After that, Iverson smiled and walked to his half.
Retreat.
The two most uncomfortable things in Payton's life are that he did not win a championship, and the second was that he was left behind by Jordan. When he was at his peak, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Jordan many times, even in terms of salary and contract.
Jordan wanted to get closer to show off. Iverson's words just now clearly touched his sore spot.
Payton said to Milicic who was sending the baseline kick: "Darko! Give me the ball, I'm going to kick that little guy's ass!" After receiving the ball, Payton was still chattering to himself. This was his anger.
Sign. Gary Payton has been having a hard time in recent years. He was originally a superstar, but was first dumped by the team to the cold Milwaukee, and then he took a salary cut to beg for a championship ring, but he just caught up with O'Neal and Kobe.
The conflict has become more and more serious. The old guy Malone is still teasing Kobe's wife, and the role of the point guard in the triangle tactics has been infinitely reduced, requiring the point guard to have a good level of fixed-point three-pointers, and although Payton occasionally shoots three-pointers.
He has a stroke of genius, but his career average is less than 30% of his three-point shooting percentage. Now that he has come to Boston to retire, he is still being humiliated endlessly by Iverson, and it is not so unethical to beat a drowned dog with a stick.
Payton still showed off his unique skills, facing Iverson sideways, squeezing Iverson's hips and hips, making him unable to exert force. At this time, Jefferson came out with a pick-and-roll, and Payton took advantage of Jefferson's move.
Iverson blocked the gap behind him and passed around Kenny Thomas. Facing Dalembert's defense, instead of hiding, Payton faced a throw and the ball hit Dalembert.
Due to Porter's interference, there was some deviation and the shot came out. At this time, a figure flew up. The unattended Milicic caught the ball in the air and directly poured it into the basket.
The cheers of the fans at the North Shore Garden Stadium reached a climax. Even the on-site commentator Gorman said with admiration: "It's Milicic again. I like this kid. Compared with him, Dalembert is more like a body."
High school students with good quality.”
Iverson was facing Payton sideways with the ball. While observing the movements of his teammates, Payton started to shoot to the left to steal the ball. Iverson hurriedly collected the ball to the right, but he forgot that this was the old man's move.
Payton's stunt, a fake defensive move, was all about Iverson holding the ball to the right. Payton slapped the ball down and grabbed the ball before Iverson to counterattack. Iverson returned to defend.
The speed was not slow, and he was about to catch up with Payton's dribble not far from the basket, but Payton threw the ball to the backboard at the moment Iverson took action to destroy the ball, and Pierce followed up and dunked the ball.
Got in.
"Hey! Boy, you are indeed not afraid of Jordan, because you can't even reach Jordan's hair!" Big Mouth attacked and defended Iverson twice in a row. How could he let go of this opportunity?
Iverson walked up to Payton and said, "Damn it, do you still remember the 41 points I scored on you in 2001?"
"I don't remember, I just remember how you looked like a girl when I intercepted the ball just now." Payton smiled with his mouth wide open.
"Then I want you to remember today that scoring 41 points on your head is just the beginning!"
Iverson and Payton would have kissed each other if it weren't for their height difference. The referee came over and 76ers head coach O'Brien quickly called a timeout to slow down the Celtics' pursuit of points.
Milicic came off the court and high-fived the Celtics players one by one. For the first time, he felt that he was so recognized in the NBA.
Heinsohn said at the scene: "The two most gratifying things this year are that the first is that Gorman's unreasonable thoughts about me were dispelled, and the second is that Boston finally made the right deal and brought back Milley.
Xiqi, this guy reminds me of that kid Bird."
Milicic stood on the sidelines and looked up at the cheers of the fans. Pierce patted him on the shoulder and said: "Man, you have to get used to the cheers coming for you in the future. Welcome to Boston!"
