The crazy fans in the Wachovia Arena continued to make huge noises. The presence of Allen Iverson with his gorgeous playing style allowed the 76ers to have a very high attendance even when their record was poor.
rate, and a group of fanatical fans.
Lin Yu stood in front of the technical stage, his tall figure blocking the view of some fans, and boos began to ring from behind his head.
Lin Yu didn't care at all. As a time traveler and a fan from the future, the louder the away fans booed, the more excited he became.
Because those boos behind his head will give him a sense of conquest, as if he has conquered this arena.
There was a buzz, the timer beeped, and the ball was dead on the field.
It looked like a Celtics mistake. Marcus Banks' pass went out of the baseline, and Lin Yu stepped onto the floor of Wachovia Arena.
He took a deep breath. After the game on the 25th, Lin Yu was about to make his NBA away debut again.
This was an extremely important moment. Zhang Jianwei in the media area adjusted the camera in his hand and took several photos one after another.
Yang Meng glanced at Zhang Jianwei in surprise. He felt that something was wrong with Zhang Jianwei. He did not look like a normal reporter from China.
Every domestic reporter who interviews and reports on Lin Yu will not be as dedicated as Zhang Jianwei, and they will always be perfunctory. Anyway, the report after the game is easy to write.
They have a set of templates. No matter how Lin Yu performs in this game, just follow the template.
"Lao Zhang, there is no need to take those photos. After the game, just ask two questions and write a short report. Lin Dayu is not worthy of your seriousness."
Zhang Jianwei laughed and didn't take Yang Meng's reminder to heart. His eyes were fixed on Lin Yu on the court. He watched Lin Yu run to the center of the court, and then actually stood in front of Iverson...
In the commentary box behind the technical table, Charles Barkley also widened his eyes: "Hey, man, what did I see? China Lin stood next to AI?"
Kenny Smith nodded in affirmation: "You are right, Doc Rivers is going to use China Lin to defend AI. This is understandable. Delonte West failed to defend, Tony A.
Lun also failed to defend, and the only card in his hand was China Lin."
"But I don't think China Lin can guard AI. His end will be worse than Delonte and Tony Allen."
If Lin Yu could hear Sir Ba's words, he would definitely thank Sir Ba and say: I would like to lend you your kind words...
Allen Iverson naturally would not underestimate Lin Yu in front of him like Charles Barkley. On the contrary, Iverson was very serious.
Kevin Ollie brought the ball across the half court, and Iverson remained without the ball. He kept spouting some vulgar trash talk to Lin Yu who was following him, such as: "Rookie, prepare to be abused."
Are you ready?"
And: "Come on, follow me, don't fall behind. If you fall behind, you will die in an ugly way, and Doc Rivers will definitely spray you so much that your mother won't even recognize you!"
Until he made a big circle and received a pass from Chris Webber at the top of the arc. He spat out the last trash talk of this round: "Well done, boy, you surprised me, but after that
Come down here and I'll hit the shot over your head and everything you do will be in vain!"
Lin Yu, who had been silent for a long time, smiled: "Then come!"
Iverson got the ball, and he switched to singles mode. Since Webber joined the 76ers, the 76ers' tactics have been like this. They will first give the ball to Webber for organization and support.
If there are about seven or eight seconds left in an offensive round and the offense is still not completed, the basketball will be handed over to Iverson for a single.
For Iverson, about seven or eight seconds is enough time. He can use his gorgeous crossover to pass all defenders.
Of course, this also included Lin Yu, who was standing straight in front of him.
Iverson carefully controlled the ball and suddenly stepped out with his right foot. Lin Yu focused all his attention on the basketball. He clearly saw that Iverson's basketball had no forward trajectory.
So, he didn't move at all.
But the next second, Iverson slapped the ball behind him, took the ball with his left hand, twisted his knee and moved sideways, and was about to break through.
Lin Yu's defensive anticipation and defensive positioning sense are already quite good. Even so, when he saw Iverson making moves on the road, he couldn't help but move a small step to his right side.
Then, the short Iverson pressed against Lin Yu's chest. After a gorgeous crotch dribble, he leaned against Lin Yu's body and made a 360-degree turn.
Then, he appeared on the left side of Lin Yu, stepped forward and accelerated, passing Lin Yu.
Lin Yu's ability to pester people was beyond Iverson's expectations. After passing Lin Yu, he thought that there was a vast area in front of him, but unexpectedly, Lin Yu turned sideways and pestered him again.
Seeing that the attack time was running out, he failed to get a good shooting space. In his eagerness, he could only brake suddenly to stop the ball.
Then, he took the jump shot regardless.
Lin Yu's defense was not out of position at all, and he also judged Iverson's emergency stop, not relying on defensive instinct, but relying on his brain, which should be called defensive awareness.
Lin Yu knew clearly that if Iverson continued to break through, he would hit Perkins who was guarding the penalty area. When the time comes, there would be a double team, one from the front and the other from the side. He and Perkins would definitely be able to hold on for 24 seconds.
Violation.
Iverson must also know this, so when there is no shooting space, Iverson has only one option left: a pull-up jump shot.
Or he can add a step back to get more space to shoot, but doing so will consume too much of his knees. From the beginning, this ball has already consumed enough of his knees.
Too bad, Iverson made too many sudden stops and changes of direction.
Therefore, Iverson could only make a sudden jump shot and complete this round of offense as early as possible.
Lin Yu, who clearly judged this point, jumped up at the same time, and directly covered Iverson's face with his huge right hand.
With a bang, the basketball hit the frame and came out. Perkins played steadily inside and got stuck in position to grab the rebound.
There was an exclamation on the sidelines. Obviously, many people did not expect that Lin Yu could make Iverson so deflated, and the cheers in the stadium stopped because of this.
"The defense was so good. China Lin's performance on the defensive end was amazing. From beginning to end, he didn't make any mistakes!"
"Allen Iverson was completely defeated. This is something neither Delonte West nor Tony Allen could do!"
"Perhaps we underestimated China Lin's defense too much!"
In the back row of the media area, Zhang Jianwei cheered for Lin Yu in the American way, while Yang Meng beside him frowned.
At this time, Yang Meng finally discovered that Zhang Jianwei and he were not from the same group.
At the same time, Yang Meng was also surprised and unfamiliar with Lin Yu on the court. This guy actually guarded Allen Iverson? Is it luck? No, it doesn't look like luck...
In the Celtics' offense, Marcus Banks brought the ball across half court. Lin Yu, who had slightly improved his open three-point ability, found his position with a clear mind.
He ran to the weak side corner and remained motionless, quietly waiting for his opportunity.
He was also playing against Iverson, and AI's defensive ability was not very strong, so this guy didn't have the habit of running out to cover up defense. He just stood quietly in front of Lin Yu, waiting for the Kai team's round.
The attack is over.
Ricky Davis caught the ball and broke through, and succeeded in a jump shot, narrowing the point difference to 9 points.
And Lin Yu, who had played a complete game, returned to the backcourt the moment the basketball hit the net, and then stood in front of Iverson again.
Iverson stopped spewing trash talk, but Lin Yu knew that this guy was just waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to defeat Lin Yu.
Kevin Ollie dribbled the ball across half court, and Iverson immediately reached for the ball without giving Webber any time to organize his response.
However, in the 76ers, Iverson is the king, and his words are more effective than the head coach. Therefore, Ollie handed the ball to Iverson obediently, and then the 76ers all pulled away and looked at Iverson with their hands on their hips.
singles.
"Hey, boy, this is a one-on-one, there's no way you can guard me."
Lin Yu didn't say anything, but stared at the basketball very seriously, with his arms fully spread out, blocking Iverson.
Iverson stopped talking nonsense. The reason why he wanted to beat Lin Yu in isolation was because he recognized Lin Yu's defense. In the last offensive round, Lin Yu's defense surprised him.
Iverson has only experienced defense similar to Lin Yu from a very small number of defenders.
Among them was Bruce Bowen, maybe Gary Payton and Kobe Bryant. Of course, he also thought of Tyronn Lue, that unknown little player.
In Iverson's view, Lin Yu in front of him seemed to be another unknown little character who suddenly jumped out and defended a ball that he shouldn't have defended.
Now, all Iverson has to do is to defeat Lin Yu's defense and prevent the little character in front of him from becoming famous with one goal.
The singles play has begun. Iverson controlled the ball and made two crotch dribbles in succession. It was still the same routine. A test step failed to shake Lin Yu away, and suddenly a large-scale attack came.
He made an emergency stop and changed direction, instantly gaining a breakthrough space.
Lin Yu took a step sideways and stood in front of Iverson again.
Standing 1.97 meters tall, Lin Yu faced Iverson, who was less than 1.80 meters tall. With his arms spread wide, Lin Yu completely covered Iverson.
Iverson followed the same pattern, turning around and passing by Lin Yu again, and Lin Yu also stuck to Iverson again.
But this time, Iverson made an emergency stop the moment Lin Yu approached.
Lin Yu reacted, turned around and rushed back.
Iverson had no intention of taking a direct shot. After shaking the ball for a moment, Iverson slapped the ball to the floor and broke forward again.
He thought that after the fake act of worshiping Buddha, Lin Yu would not be able to follow him again.
So, after taking control for a while, Iverson took action directly.
"Oh my God!"
There was an exclamation that shouldn't have happened in the arena, and a big hand that covered the sky appeared above Iverson's head. He exerted force from the side and smacked the basketball hard.
Snapped!
The crisp and heavy hit triggered exclamations from the audience and a whistle from the referee.
At the same time, the basketball was shot out of bounds.
"Is it a foul?"
Everyone had this question, and on the court, Lin Yu said as soon as the referee rushed over: "I didn't commit a foul!"
The referee signaled Lin Yu not to complain. At this time, the NBA was implementing a zero-tolerance policy (that is, players or coaches are not allowed to complain to the referee, otherwise they will be punished). Lin Yu also knew this, so he kept his mouth shut.
Then, he could only watch Iverson step to the free throw line.