redvbooks Chapter 335 The Philadelphia 76ers were beaten! The first round of the playoffs!
Chapter 335 The Philadelphia 76ers were beaten! The first round of the playoffs!
In the first round of the NBA, the system is still 3 wins from 5 games.
The Celtics had their strongest starting lineup in their first playoff home game.
Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Lin Long, Larry Sprewell, Chauncey Billups.
On the Philadelphia side, the elites are also doing their best.
Point guard: Eric Snow.
Small forward: George Lynch.
Power forward: Theo Ratliff.
Center: Matt Geiger.
And, of course, their Philly son, the team's revival hope, city hero, 'The Answer' Allen ~Iverson!
The 76ers this season is a complete one-man team. Iverson's firepower has been fully released. His vitality, agility and unyielding spirit have also allowed the 76ers to return to the season after many years. playoffs.
Before the game, almost everyone thought that the 76ers were no match for the Celtics at all and would be easily swept by them.
Even the media and players in Philadelphia are full of frustration with their playoff journey.
Only Iverson, he told reporters in an interview:
"We won't accept failure so easily, we won't be swept away so easily, let's watch, even my brother Lin Long, don't even think about stepping over my body easily!
Iverson's unyielding and brave, so that all the people of Philadelphia were mad at him.
Before the start of the game, Lin Long warmly hugged and greeted Iverson: "Sorry Allen, your first playoff trip is only 3 games."
"Stop dreaming, Lin, I'll let you know how good we are!
Iverson did not give in at all, moving his limbs, his eyes full of desire and excitement, if he could overturn the Celtics in the first game of the playoffs, how wonderful it would be!
Iverson is full of yearning for the game, but unfortunately, the reality is the reality! It is much more painful than the ideal.
Lin Long defeated Geiger, who was 213 cm long, on the jump ball and shot the basketball directly to Rasheed. Billups had taken the opportunity to get rid of Snow and sprinted toward the frontcourt. Sri Lanka was attracted, and when he was about to quickly return to defense, Rasheed's pass flew in the other direction.
Lin Long caught the basketball 2 steps beyond the line, and there was not a single defender in front of him!
Without hesitation, Lin Long pulled it up and made a 3-point shot!
"Shh!"
With a crisp sound, this round of the series officially kicked off!
Iverson encouraged his teammates: "It's okay, it's okay! He won't be so accurate all the time, as long as we can also score!"
It's a pity that Iverson's agitation did not bring too much motivation to his teammates. The absolute gap in talent and the huge gap in hard power made the 76ers struggle for everyone except Iverson.
Neither the shot-blocking king Ratliff nor the well-known Snow, could help Iverson at all. They were completely suppressed by Rasheed and Billups in the matchup.
Not to mention George Lynch, who is opposite Lin Long.
The poor small forward had one of the worst beatings of his career.
Lin Long slapped Lynch from the inside out, from the 3-point line to the basket, almost flipping over the flowers, but Lynch couldn't give any response.
Even Iverson, facing Sprewell and Bowen's stalking and disregarding the dog-skin plaster-like defense, is still struggling, and it is difficult to play to his own advantages.
In the first quarter, the Celtics scored 36 points, while the 76ers only scored 18 points.
In the second quarter, the Celtics' Barkley, Curry and other substitute players set off another wave of scoring frenzy, completely suppressing the 76ers' bench bandits led by Hughes, and they were hit by a wave of 7 in 3 minutes in the second quarter. :0. After Iverson hurried into battle, he found that his opponent became Aaron Bryant, who was shorter and thinner than himself, but not inferior in speed, and even had a fighting spirit.
Under Aaron's crazy close pressing and aggressive defense, Iverson did not realize the ease of Bowen's absence, but because of Aaron's terrifying speed, he was more careful when dribbling.
Although Iverson's early appearance stabilized the situation of the game and prevented the point difference from further widening, when Lin Long and other main players returned to the court, the 76ers immediately collapsed.
The Celtics first changed their 1-to-1 defense against Iverson, allowing Bowen to stick to Iverson, not giving him a chance to shoot, but letting him break through.
But when Iverson easily passed Bowen to the middle distance...
Here are two strong men, Lin Long and Billups, who are staring at him. They will directly block Iverson near the free throw line like a sandwich, so that he can't find a suitable shot.
Even Iverson, when he was double-teamed by Lin Long, Bowen and Billups, had no chance of making a shot and could only look for opportunities to pass the ball.
When Iverson was limited to only passing, the 76ers offense was completely abolished.
They fell into a five-minute scoring drought late in the second quarter.
The Celtics played a crazy 17:0, which completely opened the score.
The suspense of the game also ended.
・・・・For flowers・・・
The whole game, the Celtics beat the 76ers 121 to 89 with 32 points, no one in the team played more than 30 minutes, all 12 players played and all scored, and 6 scored in double figures.
Among them, Lin Long, who played the longest and highest score, only played 28 minutes. He generally scored 31 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks.
The 76ers were much more miserable. Only Iverson scored in double figures. The little elf played in 36 minutes and scored 29 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, but only 10 of 27 shots and 7 turnovers.
Iverson was completely contained by the Celtics' defense.
The second game is almost a replica of the first game.
The 76ers only resisted for a while in the first quarter, and then they were quickly pulled away and lost. The whole game was once again 110:77, and lost 33 points.
In this game, the Celtics once again played all 12 players, and all of them scored points, and again, no one played more than 30 minutes, and even 8 players scored in double figures in this game, except for Lin Long's 25. Except for points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks, no one in the team scored more than 15 points.
Balance, the balance of terror.
Crush, absolutely crush!
After two games, the Celtics' terrifying dominance and powerful strength once again shocked the United States.
In particular, everyone knows and can see that the Celtics didn't use their full strength at all. They only played with all their strength for two quarters, and then began to show off their rotations, show off their bench lengths, and play with various lineup combinations. Even so, the 76ers couldn't put up any decent resistance.
The Celtics released even more water than the Great Lakes stored, making it impossible to believe that this was a playoff matchup.
It's more like an NBA team vs an nbdl team.
Otherwise, you will not be able to tell where this terrifying strength gap comes from.
At the same time, the nation's football critics and the media once again took a serious look at this team.
To their amazement, the team seemed to have no flaws in the roster!
Inside line, striker line, back line, offensive lineup, defensive lineup, positional warfare lineup, and assault lineup for fast offense.
No matter what lineup you send to play against them, the Celtics can put up their own lineup to play against you.
In the end, the national media came to a conclusion for the Celtics.
Maybe it's really only an All-Star team that has been running for a whole season to play a full series with them and win big.