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Chapter 167 “Iron Blood” and Iron Blood

Remember Kenny Smith's smile...

Because the brighter he smiled at this moment, the more awkward his performance would be two days later...

On the 4th, after losing to the Bullets at home, on the 6th, the 76ers continued to be at home to face the Atlanta Hawks, who are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Facts have proved that this old car needs some time to start...

Just like in the future, many young people will always be curiously asked by some older folks after sending out a string of mysterious codes:

What is this?

License plate number?

But once these older folks understand that this license plate is not that license plate, their experienced selves will quickly prove to those young folks what real driving is.

Smith, who has been managing the water fountain for most of the season, obviously still needs some time to regain his competitive state.

And the Beast Chess Alliance once again proved on this night...

The "African Mountain," Su Feng, is currently unable to split it...

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the NBA during this period is that, except for the Clippers, most teams have their own signature.

And the Hawks' signature is their balanced overall offense and defense.

Brellock, the former All-Star guard who looks like "Jordan," is still no match for Iverson, but don't be afraid, Mutombo at his peak, to put it exaggeratedly, is:

His defensive zone is within the three-point line.

Of course, Mutombo cannot be as unsolvable as "cheating basketball."

However, because of the existence of this "African Mountain," the Hawks can expand their defensive zone unscrupulously to limit the 76ers' "Golden Double Guns."

However, speaking of which, Su Feng dragged the Hawks' star guard Smith into a "Cycle of Missing Shots" in this game:

Ready~;

Don't want to miss shots, can't do it;

I said, miss shots, listen;

There will be more and more misses, gradually, gradually...

Well, heaven knows what Steve Smith encountered on this night.

Smith, with a sore back, aching legs, and cramps, supported his lower back after the game and silently applied an ice pack in the locker room for a long time before he had the strength to get up.

The key to the Hawks' victory on this night was Laettner.

In this game, this "sissy" general fiercely output a wave under the elbows of his teammates.

To be honest, there is a reason why this guy can play the peak of his career with the Hawks.

Because at least half of the Most Defensive Player awards Mutombo received should be credited to Laettner.

In this way, the 76ers suffered a losing streak.

The final score of this game was 96 to 88.

Losing is naturally unpleasant, but Iverson's almost empty gas tank was refilled by Smith, the gas station manager, and his playing time was finally controlled.

After all, if Iverson is not allowed to slow down, then the 76ers will definitely be out of the game next.

It's just that Kenny Smith's performance on this night was even worse than that Smith on the opposite side.

After the game, with zero out of five three-pointers and zero points scored, he touched his bald head and said with a wry smile, "My engine had some problems tonight. You have to let me fix it first."

Su Feng was amused. Seriously, you really don't need to worry about whether this kind of veteran has a thick enough "skin."

……

On the 9th, after resting in Philadelphia for two days, the 76ers flew to Washington to play against the Bullets.

In this game, Weber and Uncle Huo once again sacrificed their "kite tactics," and as a result, Ben Wallace and Ratliff's mentality collapsed again.

Shoot, shoot, shoot your mother!

If you have the guts, come in and have a good fight!

Weber, Uncle Huo: Fight a hammer, isn't it great to fight and retreat?

There is no way, Weber and Uncle Huo's style of play is like Zhang Qing, the "Featherless Arrow" in "Water Margin." Those heroes and good men who are ranked higher than him will be knocked off their horses if they are not careful.

So, in Washington, the Bullets made those strong teams extremely depressed and completed a season sweep of the 76ers...

No...

Does this mean that the Bullets are also a championship team?

Van Gundy closed himself off because, in his opinion, Ewing...

Is also an inside player who can fly kites for others!

Can that be the same, Jeff?

Everyone in the world knows that your Ewing is going to bounce like a rabbit.

The Bullets rely on Strickland to launch the offense, and Weber and Uncle Huo are horns to each other, one attacking and one feinting.

This future godfather of Kyrie Irving can be said to have contributed greatly to the team's victory over the 76ers in these two games.

Of course, the main reason why he can suppress Iverson is because Iverson's waist has not recovered yet.

Smith still needs time to repair the parts. At the moment, this 76ers team can only be supported by Su Feng.

However, the 76ers, who have suffered a three-game losing streak, are still sitting on the throne of seventh in the Eastern Conference, because the season has reached this point, and they are not the only ones who are tired.

But after looking at the schedule...

Su Feng knew very well that for this 76ers team, the real test might have just begun...

……

In March, the 76ers' schedule was even more difficult than in late February.

Because next, they have to fly to the freezing cold Minnesota, and then go back-to-back to Chicago to usher in the third battle with the Bulls this season.

Although Minnesota in March is not as cold as in winter...

But on the 10th, when the 76ers arrived in Minnesota, most of the 76ers players subconsciously cursed an American national curse.

Before the Timberwolves were tamed into huskies, this season, they are currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference.

Garnett, the talented high school student selected by the Timberwolves in '95, made the All-Star team in one go this year.

Garnett, who is tall and has long arms, is still some distance away from his peak, but Su Feng will not underestimate him like he did when he was blacking him out in front of the keyboard.

Because Garnett maintains an absolute advantage in the career records of his confrontations with both Ben Wallace and Ratliff.

Garnett is not heavy. At this time, his weight is around 108 kilograms, which belongs to a light inside player.

However, the lighter weight also makes his lateral movement speed far surpass that of ordinary inside players.

In addition, in addition to his speed and agility being far superior to those of ordinary inside players, Garnett's jumping ability is also very outstanding. In the legend, he even touched the top of the backboard during training.

Although there is no video to prove such a legend, his vertical jump and continuous jumping ability were definitely at the level of cheating during his peak.

The "Wolf King" has a nearly 70% finishing rate under the basket in his career, relying on his jumping ability and long arms, being able to do whatever he wants in front of you.

At this time in the 96/97 season, Garnett's unique skills are three moves:

Cutting in, leaning back, and stepping out to shoot.

These three moves seem ordinary, but combined with Garnett's exaggerated dynamic and static talents, you can simply understand it as:

This style of play is just cheating.

He shoots, and ordinary people can't block him. If you want to fight him physically, he can run around with you, and when you are tired, he will suddenly cut in and make various dunks under the basket.

Moreover, Garnett has excellent vision and has played cheating data of "20+10+5+2+1.5" at his peak.

Plus, his partner Gugliotta is also an inside player who likes to play like a kite. With these two guys, Su Feng feels that Ben Wallace and Ratliff will definitely be played like they were against the Bullets tomorrow night.

So, in order to avoid Ben Wallace being played badly, and in order to protect Ben Wallace's brutal roar, Su Feng specifically hinted to Davis before the game.

Coach, you see, I seem to have grown taller recently!

My height is definitely seven feet now!

201 centimeters with shoes on, plus 6 centimeters for hair, Su Feng feels that he is not much different from Yao Ming now.

And coincidentally, because the 76ers were once made very uncomfortable by the Bullets' retreating play style before, Davis is also worried about tomorrow night's game...

You say, how can this Garnett be solved...

Headache.

Hey, wait a minute.

Jason, Rick, what do you think about letting Su Feng play the power forward position against Garnett tomorrow night?

This idea, tell me if it's great?

I am such a genius!

Looking at Davis, whose thinking is becoming more and more agile recently, Su Feng feels extremely gratified.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. How can a Saint Seiya overturn five, six, seven, or eight times in the same gutter?

This season, after being swept by the Bullets, Su Feng discovered during the review that it is impossible to rely on Ratliff and Ben Wallace's elbow power to deal with this kind of inside player who likes to fly kites for his own tank.

So, after thinking carefully, Su Feng felt that if he wanted to break the situation, he still had to rely on himself.

In Su Feng's previous life, Van Gundy had a brilliant idea and let McGrady defend Nowitzki.

And you know what, the effect was not bad.

How is it possible to completely defend this kind of technically comprehensive inside player?

What Su Feng wants to do is...

Limit Garnett from receiving the ball.

Garnett can rely on his talent to receive the ball, he can turn around, and he can choose to shoot regardless, but the premise is...

He must pay a sufficient price.

Since you don't want to fight us head-on, who says that we must play with you like this?

At this time, Garnett's turnaround fadeaway is not stable enough.

Su Feng tried to hold off Kemp at the All-Star Game, and he doesn't need to completely hold off Garnett at all, because he only needs to buy time for his teammates to help defend.

Defense is not necessarily successful only if you block a shot. Su Feng's wingspan is also very long, and at this time there is also the HC rule. He only needs to disrupt Garnett's shooting rhythm.

Without rhythm, even Michael Jordan can't guarantee his shooting percentage.

Garnett can use his speed and movement to get rid of Ben Wallace and Ratliff, but he can't get rid of himself.

For the playoffs, Su Feng has long forgotten what he said before the start of the new season about whoever enters the inside is a dog.

Therefore, don't set a flag randomly.

……

Target Center, on the 11th, during the pre-game warm-up, Su Feng was originally preparing to instill some mental chicken soup into Iverson, but he found...

Hiss, how come this AI has brought its own Super Saiyan special effects tonight?

After thinking for a while, Su Feng realized.

Because Su Feng's attention was all focused on how to deal with Garnett, he actually forgot that this game...

Is the first career confrontation between Iverson and Marbury.

In Su Feng's previous life, Marbury joked in an interview in the future that he was not afraid of Iverson in one-on-one duels.

Well...

The fact is indeed like this.

In the career confrontation records between Marbury and Iverson, these two have always been about you exploding me once, and me exploding you once, and the two have also teamed up to stage shootout battles many times.

From the win-loss record, Marbury is slightly better with 14 wins and 11 losses.

And from the data, the shooting percentages of the two are almost the same. Iverson scores slightly more, and Marbury's assists are higher.

As early as last summer, Su Feng had been a sparring partner for Iverson and Marbury, and you say Marbury wouldn't have thoughts about not being the No. 1 pick in '96?

If it weren't for Su Feng's appearance, in the original historical trajectory, Marbury would have launched a Best Rookie battle with Iverson.

However, despite being envious and jealous, Marbury has never made any remarks questioning Iverson this season.

Isn't it a surprise?

Isn't it unexpected?

Wake up, in this league, not everyone is as petty as Su Feng and Kobe.

In fact, Marbury and Iverson are very good friends in private, and even the career trajectories of these two have a strange similarity, that is...

They have all been sprayed by Larry Brown, and then in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, these two also joined forces to save Larry Brown...

Marbury's envy, jealousy, and hatred are real, but his admiration for Iverson is also real.

Because not long after entering the league, the ignorant young punk Marbury once ran to provoke a black gang boss's...

Wife.

As a result, when he was almost terminated his career with a headshot, it was Iverson who helped him solve this mess with a phone call.

Su Feng had heard Iverson mention this matter.

Of course, different from the versions in the future that exaggerated Iverson's social background, Iverson told Su Feng at the time that the gang boss let Marbury go purely because he admired his identity as a black hero.

Because of the Hampton incident in those years, Iverson has always been extremely popular among black people, coupled with his various free remarks, the American black people's worship of Iverson is simply like a continuous flow of river water.

Don't think of Iverson's background too exaggerated...

Because the really exaggerated social melon is still holding his Chicago typewriter into the league...

You can see from the fact that Stern is willing to support Iverson but not Anthony that Iverson is taking the same face fruit as Red Hair.

And my Melon in the future will be a real big shot.

Ahem, let's get down to business.

From the special effects that Iverson brought with him, Su Feng knew that he attached great importance to this contest with Marbury.

Therefore, in Su Feng's opinion, there is no need to instill mental chicken soup for the time being.

Because if he wants to end the losing streak in Minnesota tonight, Iverson must pick a magic weapon from his armory.

And it is worth mentioning that before the start of this game, Garnett took the initiative to run to the 76ers' half and chatted with Su Feng for a while.

If you understand Garnett's career, then you will know...

This guy is also a clever person.

In Su Feng's previous life, Garnett's mouth was famously stinky, but after Yao Ming became famous, Garnett had repeatedly expressed his appreciation and admiration for Yao Ming in public.

In the 97/98 season, after Kobe became an All-Star starter, Garnett took the initiative to pass the ball to Kobe during the fast break in order to repay Jones's feeding him the ball last year.

Garnett is the kind of person who sprays people, but he also looks at people.

Su Feng is now extremely popular, and he is also a high school player like himself. How could Garnett be willing to spray Su Feng?

If you don't forge a bond now, how can you form a Big Three or a Big Four in the future?

However, during the chat, Su Feng did not give Garnett the opportunity to touch his head, because he now needs hair volume to maintain his height.

……

Target Center, after the players from both teams finished warming up, the big screen on the scene showed the starting lineups for both teams tonight.

Timberwolves: Gugliotta, Kevin Garnett, Doug West, Sam Mitchell, Marbury.

76ers: Ratliff, Su Feng, Harris, Stackhouse, Iverson.

In the early stages of his career, Garnett was often arranged by Flip Saunders to play small forward. Now, sitting on the Timberwolves' bench tonight is a player named Dean Garnett.

That Garnett is the real inside player, and this Garnett that Su Feng is going to solve tonight is a fake inside player who plays small forward moves.

Tonight, Saunders arranged for Garnett to play the 4 against the 76ers because he found the inspiration to defeat the 76ers from the Bullets.

It's just a pity that Davis had already made adjustments before him.

In this game, whether Garnett plays the 3 or the 4, the player guarding him is Su Feng.

Da Tianchao TV broadcasted this game. After the All-Star Weekend, now that Director Zhang is praising Su Feng, he really doesn't need Director Sun's help.

"Oh, Su Feng is playing the second center tonight." Director Zhang said with a smile.

At this time, the power forward position is generally called the second center in China. Looking at the starting lineups of the two teams tonight, Director Zhang said: "Su Feng's height is not an advantage tonight, but it is not so easy for Garnett to play Su Feng."

On the side, Director Sun echoed: "Garnett is also a high school player. This season is the second season of his career. He is 211 centimeters tall, but it looks like... he doesn't seem to be much taller than Su Feng."

It is a pity that Su Feng can't hear Director Sun's commentary, otherwise he will definitely tell Director Sun...

Garnett's height is really not watery.

And 211 centimeters is still his height when he first entered the league.

The reason why it makes people feel that Garnett is not much taller than Su Feng is entirely because Su Feng's hairstyle is too eye-catching.

On the court, seeing that the 76ers sent out their strongest defensive player to deal with him, Garnett felt that he was respected.

When facing Su Feng in the center circle, he smiled and wanted to reach out and touch Su Feng's head several times.

However, how could Su Feng, who is full of evasion talents, be so easy to grab?

On the court, after this little episode, Gugliotta and Ratliff's jump ball started the game.

Ratliff didn't give Gugliotta a chance and successfully jumped for the first attack for the 76ers.

Iverson, who is full of energy tonight, showed his butterfly step as soon as he came up.

Iverson, whose oil volume is gradually recovering, can finally have a good time with Marbury.

Marbury failed to defend this ball, and Iverson shook off Marbury and scored with a mid-range shot.

2 to 0.

After scoring the goal, Iverson felt that his legs were much lighter even when he retreated.

On the side, seeing the relaxed and comfortable Iverson tonight, Su Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the 76ers have already suffered a three-game losing streak, as long as Iverson can find his form, Su Feng knows that the Philadelphia Thugs will be back.

On the court, it's the Timberwolves' turn to attack.

And the smile that Garnett had on his face before quickly disappeared...

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ps: The guaranteed first update of 5,000 words is here! I'm sorry... I actually slept for six hours this afternoon. My God, I haven't slept so comfortably for a long time... Bah, the code word tool person is in place! Second update, Aqiao, get it done quickly!