Chapter 347 The Battle of Fools
Chapter 347 The Battle of Fools
Chapter 347 The April Fool's Day War
On April 4st, there was no rest on April Fool's Day. The Phoenix Suns played against the Philadelphia 1ers at home.
The Philadelphia 76ers currently rank eighth in the Eastern Conference regular season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses. It is very dangerous to hit the playoffs, and the desire to fight is very high.
In order to find a championship teammate for Iverson, the 76ers signed Chris Webber from the Kings. However, the running-in of the 76ers' lineup was very bad.
With the arrival of Webber and the growth of Iguodala and Korver, the 76ers have assembled a good lineup.The point guard is played by the 76ers star Allen Iverson. Needless to say, his strength and state, even in the All-Star Game where the stars shine, he is still the brightest star, leading the Eastern Conference strongly. The star team defeated the western star team and was selected as the most valuable player with outstanding performance.
The shooting guard is played by this year's No. 9 rookie Andre Iguodala.
He is 198cm tall and weighs 94kg. His physical fitness is very strong, his style of play is tough, and his offensive skills have not yet been polished. As long as he plays with his body, he can currently score 10.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. His performance is very comprehensive.
The most important thing is that his defensive potential is very good, and he can play well with Iverson. With this defensive advantage alone, he can start the game.
The small frontcourt is played by Kyle Korver. His shooting skills are gradually polished, and he is an unanswered shooter. Currently, he averages 12.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and has the potential to become a star shooter.
The power forward is played by Chris Webber. Although he has undergone surgery and his physical fitness has declined, this season, he can still average 23.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. His offensive talent is brilliant.
The center position is played by Samuel Dalembert, a blue-collar insider with an unpretentious style of play. Currently, he can contribute 8.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, after a simple appearance ceremony and a layup for the Heat, the starting lineups of both sides lined up and came to the middle circle of the court, ready to start a scrimmage.
The Suns starting five remain unchanged, lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Sean Marion, center Amar Ray Stoudemire.
Whoa! !
A crisp whistle sounded.
The referee threw the basketball in his hand high into the sky with the sound of the whistle, and the game began with a scrimmage.
In the scrimmage, Stoudemire showed off his physical talents to become a superstar, overpowering Dalembert and dialing the basketball into Nash's hands.
With long legs, Nash quickly advanced with the ball, arcing at the top of the three-point line, without any deceleration. During the march, he stepped down and dribbled the ball, changing direction and accelerating to the inside to break through.
The free throw line pulled the ball up, swung it to the sky, and after shaking Dalembert, he sent the basketball to the sky.
A loud bang.
Marion on the right came out from the bottom line, jumped up from the basket, made an alley-oop, turned 90 degrees, dunked with his back, dunked the basketball into the basket, and scored two points.
2 to 0! !
Nash showed his passing talent, Marion played his "hacker" physical talent, and Webb seemed to be unable to run, and the ball continued to land in the soft wind.
In the transition between offense and defense, Iverson dribbled to the frontcourt without stopping for half a point. He directly stepped down and dribbled the ball continuously.
Facing Stoudemire's supplementary defense, he made a strong shot.
Bang! !
There was a clear sound of smashing the basket.
Iverson missed a forced layup and the basketball bounced out of the basket.
Dalembert got stuck at the basket and grabbed the frontcourt basketball.
There was a clear snap, and he hit the ground with both hands, passing the basketball outside.
At the bottom corner of the left three-point line, Korver caught the ball, bent his knees and jumped up. The shooting posture was very standard, just like a textbook. With a flick of his right wrist, he pulled the basketball out.
Swish! !
The pure white net flowers overflowed, and Korver raised the knife with his hand and hit the bull's-eye with precision, piercing the heart into the net, and a burst of white net flowers appeared.
2 to 3! !
The Suns attacked, Nash pushed the speed very fast, directly broke through with the ball in the middle, played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire, and took advantage of the situation to distribute the basketball to Stoudemire.
In the face of Iverson's misplaced defense, Stoudemire did not miss the shot and hit two points steadily.
4 to 3! !
Iverson's offensive ability is very strong, but the dislocation of his height makes him a flaw in the defense.
With the loss of the 76ers' defensive ability, Iverson has been targeted.
However, the Suns attack Iverson like this, and the opponent is not easy to mess with.
Iverson carried out the offensive mode, using lightning-like speed to reach the three-point line, and then stepped down the dribble to change direction, then took the butterfly step, dribbled the ball to the basket, jumped into the air, stretched and stretched , After dodging Stoudemire's defense, with a hook with his right hand, the basketball spun and flew to the basket, wiped the backboard, as if it had eyes, got into the basket, and scored a two-pointer.
4 to 5! !
The Suns attacked, and Nash wanted to speed up, but was directly restrained by Iverson's pressure. Iverson's speed was very fast, and he had been the steal king in a row. Nash could only drop to the bottom and play positional warfare.
In the positional battle, the Dayang team played diamond tactics, and Nash organized support in the middle.
Marion and Stoudemire, one left and one right, pulled to the horn area, ready to cooperate with Nash on the screen.
Richardson and Joe Johnson separated on the left and right flanks, set up three-point line turrets, gave fire support to the inside, and nailed the 76ers' flank defense.
Nash passed the ball continuously in the middle, the top of the three-point line, a Buddha-style fake move, fake shots made a real breakthrough, accelerated into the three-point line, and played a pick-and-roll cooperation with Stoudemire.
Iverson quickly circled the defense, and Iguodala also let go of Joe Johnson's defense, and rushed to Nash, and together with Iverson, they double-teamed Nash.
Nash was bold, with a calm face. He dribbled the ball with a coquettish back, took a big step back, opened the distance from the defender, immediately pulled the ball up, and passed the ball to the right with both hands over the top.
Outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Joe Johnson caught the ball and tapped it into the sky, and immediately pulled the ball down, shortened his body, and accelerated to break through to the inside.
One step in the horn area, immediately drew the bow and set the arrow, opened his hand for a two-pointer and made an emergency stop jump shot.
Swish!
Joe Johnson's two-point jumper accurately hit the bull's-eye, and the two points were easily accounted for.
6 to 5! !
Next, the two sides fought wildly, both desperately attacking, and the offensive rhythm increased rapidly.
Iverson's hand feeling is not good. He hit the iron one after another, only 7 of 2 shots. With the same impact, he used the speed to get into the inside line, forced his shots to cause damage, went to the free throw line, and made 4 of 3 free throws before he scored. With 7 points, the offensive efficiency is quite low.
Chris Webber joined the Kings to assist Iverson. He didn't have many shots. He made 3 of 2 shots and played a good offensive efficiency.
Relying on his physical strength, Iguodala forcibly singled out Joe Johnson, 3 of 1, and only contributed two points.
The 76ers' offensive efficiency is not good. They only scored 24 points in the first quarter.
However, the offense of Richardson and Marion of the Suns did not open up. With Nash and Stoudemire's unsolvable pick-and-roll, and Joe Johnson's invincible individual singles, the Suns played a good offensive firepower.
After the first quarter, the Phoenix Suns led the Philadelphia 29ers by 24 points 76 to 5 by virtue of their home court and entered the second quarter.
(End of this chapter)
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