redvbooks Chapter 336 Iverson - The Solo Philly Elf!
Chapter 336 Iverson - The Solo Philly Elf!
With the confidence of winning, the Celtics team came to Philadelphia, where they will play the third game of the series.
The Celtics players who have won the match point and continuously bloodbathed Philadelphia are extremely confident that they will easily win this game again and complete their lofty ambition to win the championship in 15 games!
Not only Celtics players, their fans, audiences across the United States, commentators on major TV stations, and even Philadelphia 76ers fans, almost everyone thinks so.
They did not think that the trapped beast of the 76ers still had the strength to fight.
The Wachowia Center, the top five in the league in attendance this season, has sold out their tickets for 42 consecutive games this season!
Their home this season, every game is full.
But tonight, the arena that can accommodate 19,887 spectators came to less than 16,000.
Obviously, this is the protest of the fans. No one wants to watch their beloved team be eliminated almost humiliatingly in the playoffs, and no one wants to enjoy a game that is almost guaranteed to lose. .
This is going to be a torment for the whole of Philly.
Only the most loyal and die-hard fans will choose to come to the arena this evening and walk with the team for the last time of the season.
In the locker room before the game, Iverson with a pair of eyes full of sadness, wearing his trademark big headphones, sat quietly in the middle of the locker room, without saying a word.
This is completely inconsistent with the style of Iverson, the leader of the locker room. In the past games, Iverson will always be the craziest, most talkative and funny guy on the team. With him in the locker room, he will never be It will be cold.
The teammates know what Iverson is thinking. This guy who will never admit defeat must be very uncomfortable. He will try his best to send the team to the playoffs, and try his best to let the team see the hope of revival. Theirs was such a thorough beating.
No one dared to talk to Iverson, no one dared to comfort him, all the Philadelphia players, just quietly changing their clothes and equipment, as usual, want to finish the last game of the season.
"We won't just say goodbye to the season like this." Iverson, who didn't know when to take off his headphones, suddenly said something.
Although the sound is not high, it is unusually loud in the quiet locker room.
"I said, we will never just say goodbye to the season! So humiliated, looked down upon, swept out of the game like trash, absolutely! We will never just let it go!" Iverson stood up , Looking at his brothers who have been fighting with him for a whole year, he patted his chest and said: "I will do my best to be worthy of the more than 10,000 spectators outside. If they haven't given up, we will never give up!
"I think Allen is right, we must not give up, even if we can't beat the Celtics, we can't win this series, but for our fans, for the outside world not to treat us as garbage, we should at least win. One game." Snow, the most mature and prudent in the locker room, stood up and echoed.
"For the freedom of Philadelphia! For our dignity!" Snow raised his arms and took the lead in shouting the slogan.
"For freedom! For dignity! 35
The morale of the 76ers team withered, and the last trace of courage and desire to fight surged.
In the locker room of the visiting team, Lin Long took the initiative to find Bird, and he told Bird: "Larry, I hope I will be the main defender of Allen today."
"You come? Why? We have to have a reason." Bird, who believed that he was sure to win, didn't know why Lin Long said that.
"Because I know Allen, he won't give up or give up the game. The 76ers in this game will definitely play at a level they have never had before, bursting with unimaginable energy! The leader of all this, It must be Allen! So I have to hold him down and let this fire they ignite go out sooner.35
"Also, I'll always remember that game we played in Chicago last year, our underestimation, our carelessness, our self-righteousness, almost got us into the red, and I'm not going to let that happen again, saying 15 championships, that That's 15 wins!
Seeing Lin Long's determined eyes, Bird nodded and said:
"No problem, I'm going to tell Tralier that he's going to guard Lynch and we're not going to give the 76ers any hope or chance!"
The Celtics, who have learned from the past, did not relax. They also took to the court with the idea of winning.
But this time, they were different.
For the first time this season, Lin Long did not appear on the jump ball, but instead stood with Iverson.
Iverson was a little surprised: "What's the matter, Lin, you want to talk to me? Why don't you go to the jump ball?
"I'm going to tear you apart Alan! This is my respect for you, I know you'll never give up tonight, you'll do your best to fight us, so I'll defend you! I'll let you I gave up completely and went fishing successfully tonight.
"Great!" Iverson was surprisingly not disappointed or shocked, on the contrary, he was excited!
Lin Long doesn't look down on me, Lin Long thinks I still have the strength to fight!
Lin Long has no plans to release water, he will go all out and use his full strength to prove his respect for me!
"Lin, thank you! You really are a good guy! But this victory belongs to us! I will definitely win this game!" Iverson's eyes erupted with unparalleled fiery. He didn't need any mercy and water, he stepped onto the court and wanted only one thing.
Kill you, or be killed by you!
As the referee threw the ball into the air, Rashid and Matt Geiger were evenly matched, jumping at almost the same height, but in the end Rashid came out on top and threw the basketball into Billups' hands. ...
Snow immediately posted it quickly, giving a defensive intensity that had never been seen in the previous games.
"You sure didn't give up!"
Billups smiled and turned his back. As a point guard, he would never underestimate any opponent!
Billups steadfastly dribbled the basketball through half court and handed it to Lin Long.
This is the rule of the Celtics, the first ball, to the team's boss to play.
Facing Lynch, Lin Long showed no mercy, and immediately started to break through.
Then a shoulder hit Lynch backwards, and after several steps back, he took off and shot with ease.
"Shh!
Lin Long hit 2 points at the start, continuing his usual touch.
On the 76ers side, Iverson was about to start going down almost the moment Lin Long scored, and Ratliff was also the first to go out of bounds and sent the ball quickly.
After Iverson got the ball, he didn't hesitate at all. He lowered his head like a quick advance in the frontcourt.
Iverson knew that he had no advantage in positional warfare. The Celtics' tall body could exhaust all their advantages and expose all their shortcomings.
The only way to win is to speed up!
Even if this will make the team's 2-3 scorers Guyger and Ratliff completely uncomfortable and unable to play their own rhythm, this is still the only possibility for the 76ers.
Iverson accelerated frantically, trying to bring the team's speed up.
But Lin Long was like a 3.3 gangrene of the tarsus, which had been lying in front of Iverson, making him unable to get rid of it.
No matter how Iverson tried his best, Lin Long always stayed in front of him and wouldn't let him take a step.
Seeing that the two were about to enter the Celtics' 3-second zone after a rush and a defense, Iverson suddenly made a sudden stop, then picked up the speed again, and then stopped and retreated again, the basketball started from the left hand, a range of The unbelievably large and extremely large change of direction directly wiped Lin Long sideways and came to his side.
Regardless of the magnitude, speed, or completeness of the direction change of Iverson's signature, they are all amazingly perfect. Even Lin Long couldn't keep up with it, and Iverson swayed half his body.
It was in this half position that Iverson took off the basketball directly and made a quick mid-range shot.
"Shh!
Iverson scored 2 points to tie the score for the team!
"How about Lin, you come to guard me!" Iverson clenched his teeth and looked at Lin Long defiantly.
"It's a good ball, but how many can you play like this? You'll be exhausted sooner or later!".