God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 341 Point Guard Showdown
In Chang Wei's view, Iverson's luck in this year's playoffs is very bad. He just played against Davis and will soon face another top point guard, Kidd.Indeed, Davis can grow into an excellent point guard if there is no accident, but the height he can reach is far from Kidd. The latter's achievements are beyond the reach of all point guards in NBA history.

When Chang Wei crossed, Kidd had already chosen to retire. Although he only won one championship ring with the Mavericks throughout his career, this was not enough to conceal his greatness.While off the court, Kidd ranks second all-time in assists, second in steals, third in triple-doubles, sixth in [-]-pointers, six-time All-NBA, nine-time Selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team, selected to the All-Star ten times, and won the NBA assists leader five times.

His regular season data this season has come to an average of 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game, both offensively and defensively.Although Kidd's shooting rate is not high, he can use his ghostly pass to tear apart the opponent's defense and create opportunities for his teammates. This is why their team still ranks in the East with no one scoring more than 15 points per game. The key factor for the top four is that they were the regular season champions of the East this season in their previous life.

Chang Wei has never denied that Iverson is an excellent point guard, but compared with Kidd, he is still much inferior, even though his scoring ability is much better than Kidd.Although there is a big gap in the impression, Kidd and Davis are actually about the same height and weight. This is completely bad news for Iverson, because he has to face the strength of the opposing players.

Obviously, Iverson knew how good Kidd was. After all, the two teams belonged to the same division, and they played each other quite a few times each season. Therefore, before the start of the second round, Iverson sighed and sighed almost every day. Loveless look.Brown is also a little helpless. Kidd has the league's top perimeter defense ability. Iverson will definitely encounter a lot of trouble at that time. The only thing he can do now is to formulate more tactics for Iverson, and strive to make Kidd an opponent. His influence is minimized.

However, Chang Wei is not optimistic about Brown's actions. Kidd's golf quotient is quite terrifying, as can be seen from his ability to quickly switch careers to become a head coach after retiring.Moreover, Kidd's strength can not fall behind when facing shooting guards. Simply helping Iverson solve the problem is of no use. Maybe it will be Reid who will be in trouble at that time.

The insider Chang Wei is not very worried. Although the team's backup center Mark Rocky joined the Nets after being waived last season and became the starting center, the inside line formed by him and Martin is more than tough but lacks mobility. If Martin wants to If he relies on his excellent physical fitness to defend Lewis at a high position, then the inside line guarded by Mark Lodge will definitely be smashed into a sieve.

Therefore, whether the 76ers can win this round of the series depends on Iverson. If he fails to complete the exchange with Kidd, then the 76ers will definitely spend a lot of energy even if they succeed in the final promotion. This will affect the next game. Very unfavorable.

When warming up for the first game, Iverson seemed very nervous. After all, Kidd entered the NBA two years earlier than him, and he has already played well. Neither defense nor versatility can be compared with him.When facing Kidd in the past few seasons, Iverson has basically won less and lost more. Although he will not be overwhelmed by his opponent, he has been restrained during the game. Obviously Kidd has caused him a lot of pressure.But in this round of competition, the 76ers absolutely cannot afford to lose. Their goal this season is the championship.

Seeing Iverson as if facing a formidable enemy, Chang Wei wanted to go up and tell him not to be so nervous, so as not to affect his performance in time.But Brown stopped him, and said optimistically: "Allen can solve the problem by himself, so it's good to make him nervous, so that every game doesn't feel like his opponent is vulnerable. This idea is very dangerous."

Chang Wei is right when he thinks about it. After all, this is the fifth season of Iverson's career, and he led the team to the summit last year. There shouldn't be any major psychological problems. He is still a little too nervous.

Sure enough, Iverson returned to normal at the beginning of the game, but returning to normal does not mean that he can compete with Kidd.Under the efforts of Martin, the Nets got the first wave of possession, and Kidd directly dribbled forward. Iverson couldn't stop his progress at all, and the proud steal couldn't take the ball out of Kidd's hands at all. Walking, I can only watch the latter command his teammates to move at the top of the arc calmly.Compared to Davis, it may have been the best result for Kidd not to play low singles.

Kidd's offensive desire is not as good as Davis, or even many guards in the league, but his threat is greater.Lewis, who was in charge of man-marking Martin, was accidentally stuck behind his opponent. Martin jumped high with his abnormal physical fitness. At this time, Kidd's pass appeared in the most suitable position. Martin hardly needed to adjust After receiving a dunk in the air, he did not forget to thump his chest hard after landing, which caused a burst of boos from the scene.

In fact, Martin's technique is very rough. Throughout his career, he almost likes to use bounce and strength to solve problems.It stands to reason that such a rough guy can become a qualified blue-collar player, but Martin was lucky enough to meet Kidd, and he became a top power forward in the league, and he will be selected as an All-Star in the future. Nor is it.

Looking at the figure of Kidd and his teammates high-fiving, Iverson was rarely angry, and there was deep helplessness in his eyes.Kidd's pass just now was very sudden. He didn't have any precautions at all, so he let the opponent pass a beautiful alley-oop. Although it didn't depress the morale of the 76ers, it must be a big hit for the fans present. Very upset.

But what can I do?Kidd's movement of protecting the ball is quite stable, leaving almost no flaws, and his upper body strength is also very strong. It is obviously difficult for Iverson to complete steals like facing other point guards.The only thing he can do now is to get back on the offensive end, but Iverson doesn't have much confidence. Kidd's 2.1 steals per game is not for nothing, although it is lower than his 2.8 steals per game. But it is also very good data, you have to be careful when you attack with the ball.

(End of this chapter)