This striker is not serious

When Horry came on the stage, Lin Ying looked over unconsciously.

Horry is one of the most successful role players in NBA history. He has 7 championship rings, one more than Jordan.

On the one hand, he has a strong psychological quality that is rare among role players and can always hit key shots; on the other hand, he can always find a team with championship potential and eventually join it.

But Lin Ying paid attention to him not because of these, but because of Nash.

I was really impressed when I saw Nash's crooked nose that was damaged during the previous workout. That wave was made by Horry.

Especially now that the game has only started for more than three minutes, this rotation is obviously a bit early.

Horry made great achievements as soon as he came up. Duncan turned to the basket and was double-teamed to the top of the arc. He caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.

11 to 8.

The Spurs took the lead again.

After returning to the defensive end, Popovich stood up and walked to the sideline to yell at the players.

During this period, the Spurs were a defensive team. He was obviously dissatisfied with the team's defense when the Nuggets scored consecutively.

His shouting quickly had an effect.

The intensity of the Spurs' defensive confrontation was increasing, and Anthony's one-on-one shot with the ball finally went wide.

At the critical moment, he made a contribution inside and grabbed the defensive rebound and then passed it to Iverson who cut through the middle.

Iverson jumped up and dodged with a lever to avoid Duncan's block and hit the board!

11 to 10!

This match was quite exciting!

But Popovich was even more dissatisfied. His shouts turned into roars and he waved his fists.

Lin Ying was stunned. You are even more irritable than Karl!

Duncan pulled out to screen Parker. Parker's throw missed and the Spurs' offense was stopped.

The defense failed to hold, the offense failed to score, and Popovich's face became increasingly ugly.

It was at this time that a thrilling scene occurred on the field.

Iverson passed Bowen on the wing and broke through. Horry came to help defend... and knocked him off the court!

Iverson was knocked directly into the audience!

There was chaos on the sidelines, and the audience's popcorn buckets were knocked over.

Fortunately it was not a technical station, otherwise this would have been another Nash tragedy.

There was an instant conflict on the court, and Anthony and Martin looked ready to go to Horry.

The Nuggets are a bad-tempered bunch.

Seeing a repeat of the Madison Square Garden brawl.

In the end, Horry had the experience and got behind the referee in advance.

Players from both sides were out of contact, and the conflict was gradually subsided.

Iverson was also helped up by Carter and the audience at this time.

When he got up, he held his chest with his hands and grimaced in pain.

The impact just now was obviously serious.

The game entered a technical timeout and Iverson also returned to the bench.

After he sat down, he lowered his head and took a deep breath.

Karl came over to inquire about the situation and asked Iverson if he wanted to go back to the locker room.

"No."

Iverson raised his head, his expression still a little painful, but he answered affirmatively.

Because of his relatively short stature, he was violated a lot during the game and suffered a lot of injuries.

Before the 2001 finals, he already had more than 20 injuries on his body.

But he is a typical "slightly injured but not out of the line of fire" type.

The most classic representative is the "blood-swallowing battle" in G5 of the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals.

Because the NBA stipulates that you cannot play if you have blood, so when the corner of his mouth was bleeding, he just swallowed it in one gulp to avoid leaving the game.

Karl nodded and said nothing. He also understood Iverson's character.

Of course, it wasn't like he didn't do anything. Instead, he turned around and walked to the end of the bench and called Weaver up.

Weaver entered the active list tonight, but theoretically, unless it is garbage time, he is basically unavailable in the rotation order.

But this wave of Karl is obviously not a regular rotation!

Moreover, after Karl called Weaver up, he pulled him over and whispered for a while.

This made Lin Ying excited.

Anyone who is not stupid can see that Horry bumped into Iverson intentionally.

Even if it wasn't Popovich's instruction, Popovich's irritable old man's performance just now was the catalyst.

Most teams don't do anything when faced with this kind of thing.

After all, this is playing basketball, not fighting, and it is really difficult to define intentionality or unintentional behavior in a basketball game.

As a result, Karl's substitution intention is now more obvious!

Simply summed up in one sentence: If you want to play, I will play with you!

This is when a bad guy meets a bad guy!

After the timeout, the referee gave the final penalty, and Horry was called a level one.

The referees did a pretty good job of controlling the field this time.

Because according to Iverson's past "special" penalty standards, this ball would be called a defensive foul at most.

But the Nuggets are a group of bad-tempered people, and bragging like that will definitely lead to greater conflicts, so a malicious bragging can calm the anger to a certain extent.

A flagrant foul resulted in two free throws and Iverson took a technical free throw.

He is indeed very durable and seems to be in good condition after resting for a while.

He adjusted his breathing and hit the two free throws steadily. This was the best response.

But just after the free throw, Popovich made another move. He replaced Horry with Ginobili!

This wave of operations stunned Carl.

I have already pulled out my gun, and you want me to blow the air?

Play or Popovich will play...

Karl hesitated for a moment and asked Old Carter to replace Weaver again.

It can be seen that there are still some differences between him and Popovich.

The game continues on the court and the Nuggets have the ball.

Iverson held the ball and attacked with a wave of shots.

But looking back, he made a gamble-like steal and intercepted Ginobili's pass.

He easily scored two points in a personal fast break show.

Because of his durability, Iverson is known as the "Iron Man" by fans.

This wave of performance is worthy of its name.

11 to 14!

The Nuggets took a three-point lead!

At the critical moment, Duncan stood up for the Spurs. He sent a wonderful pass from the double team, and Ginobili cut into the middle and flew for a layup and scored 2 points!

13 to 14.

The game on the field has entered a fever pitch.

Then there was Iverson. He carried the ball into the paint and was knocked to the ground by Oberto and won two free throw opportunities!

Pulled up by Anthony and Martin, Iverson continued to the free throw line.

Despite the boos from the fans, Iverson made two free throws.

13 to 16!

The Nuggets regained their 3-point lead!

Looking back, Anthony prevented Ginobili's pick-and-roll breakthrough!

The Nuggets are getting ready!

Even Anthony can defend. With both guns in this state, the chances are endless tonight!

"beep!"

Then, something happened again on the field.

When Bowen was switching to guard Iverson, he almost poked Iverson in the eye with his hand, but the referee called a foul!

Karl frowned as he looked at the field.

At this moment, Popovich sat on the bench and did not move. This wave was Bowen's habitual blackmail.

Nuggets frontcourt sideline ball.

Iverson caught the ball and made a breakthrough from the right when facing Ginobili!

Duncan saw it and quickly came over to defend him.

Nene is empty inside!

Iverson did not choose to pass the ball.

What is a pass?

After facing Duncan's jump ball, he turned around 360 degrees and made an underhand layup to score the ball, which also caused Duncan's defensive foul!

Awesome!

Horry's collision not only didn't hurt him, but made him even more brave!

Iverson took the initiative to slide in order to avoid injury. He sat on the ground and nodded after seeing the ball go in.

The scene was filled with boos.

The fans at the scene felt that the referee should not have given the whistle just now.

After all, this was home court, and Duncan didn't directly attack, and... that was Iverson!

This whistle gave too much tonight!

Iverson stood up from the ground on his own this time.

After hearing the boos at the scene, he directly put his hands behind his ears.

Iverson's classic celebration: listen!

His personality is quite quiet, even in his celebrations.

This listening action has two meanings. One is There.should.be.applau, which translated into Chinese is "There should be applause here".

This meaning is relatively recognized, because Iverson basically uses it at home.

There is another one, which is "Speak.louder,I.heard.nothing", which is translated into Chinese as "Speak louder for me, I can't hear you!".

The most classic example of this is when the 76ers beat the Wizards in 2004. Iverson stole the game in the away game and faced the boos of the fans at the scene. He rarely roared and listened.

The action Iverson is doing now obviously has a second meaning.

This wave is a bit shocking.

Because the fans don't know whether they should continue to boo or not.

Popovich didn't get up and yell again, but his face was a little gloomy.

At the same time, the Nuggets bench was in a state of excitement, and even Lin Ying stood up and waved his towel a few times in excitement.

No wonder Iverson has so many fans. Although the offensive choice just now was terrible, it was really cool to score!

And this follow-up celebration is just right!

Iverson went to the free throw line and hit the extra free throw steadily.

13 to 19!

The Nuggets also opened the score to 6 points!

And all 19 points came from two guns, and Iverson even scored 13 points by himself!

This state is even better than in the opening game!

And Iverson's celebration before was not just because of the ball.

He was in hot form in the opening game, but his shooting percentage was not high in the next five consecutive games, and his mood was a bit depressed.

Tonight he was released all at once.

Bowen received a pass from Duncan from the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer!

Not everyone is Horry.

Even the biggest difference between superstars and all-stars is their mental quality.

For details, see the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics. Durant is the one who hates the most when playing against the wind, but Durant is the one per capita who plays against the wind.

The Spurs are in a bit of danger.

The ball is still in Iverson's hands.

At Popovich's signal, Bowen switched defense directly!

This is a professional muzzle plug.

But it does work.

Bowen's defensive experience, as well as his speed and height and wingspan, did make Iverson a little uncomfortable. He tried twice and couldn't get rid of it.

Martin saw it and pulled out of the screen.

Using the pick-and-roll screen, Iverson made a signature acceleration breakthrough from the right to the free throw line.

However, Bowen was still experienced and retreated early to block Iverson's breakthrough route.

And he knew that at this distance, Iverson could take action at any time and started making small moves.

Before Iverson started the second time, he secretly grabbed Iverson's clothes with his left hand, and then pushed his whole body out.

Iverson's strength is breakthrough. He couldn't get up when he was pulled by his jersey, and his center of gravity soon became unbalanced. He reluctantly took the shot and finally struck the iron.

The referee did not blow the whistle.

After Iverson landed, he pointed at his jersey that was pulled askew and protested to the referee, but this time the referee did not give a whistle.

The fans cheered loudly at the scene.

Right, this is the penalty scale that Iverson should have!

Taking advantage of Iverson's opportunity to protest to the referee, the Spurs launched a fast break.

Ginobili avoided Anthony's defense while advancing and gave the ball to Parker who followed up.

Parker's flying layup.

"Bang!"

He was still chased by Anthony!

Good guy, Anthony in the dual-gun era had 100 million points of agility!

Moreover, after the ball was missed, the offensive and defensive transition pattern changed again. Iverson had just returned to the midfield and went directly to the fast break after receiving Anthony's long pass.

In front of him was Bowen, who had just returned like him.

A lesson learned. This time he took the ball a big step forward and then chased the ball, leaving Bowen behind.

Do you know how to make small moves?

I gave you no chance to even make a small move!

Lin Ying was a bit attracted by Iverson in this section.

Unlike watching Duncan learn skills before, watching Iverson is just admiration.

On the court, Iverson got rid of Bowen and rushed to the frontcourt, slowed down and made an underhand layup.

Although Bowen fought hard to catch up, it was still a little late.

"Bang!"

Iverson's shot bounced off the board and fell into the net.

His 15th point of the quarter!

Completely crazy!

Dreaming back to 2001!

However, just as the Nuggets bench was preparing to celebrate, another accident happened on the court.

Iverson stepped on Bowen's foot when he landed!

Although he reacted quickly and fell to the ground, looking at the way he bent his knees and held his ankles, he must have been seriously injured.

The Nuggets players immediately went berserk on the court, and the grumpy old man couldn't bear it any longer!

However, because this wave was a fast break, Bowen was far away from them, and they were stopped by the referee before they could rush forward.

On the Nuggets bench, another group of grumpy guys also looked unhappy.

Lin Ying clenched her fists unconsciously.

Dirty, so dirty!

No matter how high you fly or how fast you run, there will always be a time when you land?

He recalled the scene when Durant was kicked off by Noah in the NBA Finals.

Although Iverson is not Durant, but thinking about the time he came to Denver, Iverson was the person who helped him the most on the Nuggets.

It's a pity that he is not here now!

Otherwise, he would definitely let Bowen try the boxing skills he learned from Zhu Ba!

The game entered a technical timeout again.

Iverson was supported by his teammates and returned to the bench again.

Counting the previous knocks and eye pokes, this was the third time Iverson was injured.

Sure enough, he is the person with the highest injury frequency in the NBA.

And this time the team doctor communicated with him and determined that he would not be able to play.

Iverson looked frustrated and slapped his leg hard.

But there is no way, no one is truly made of steel.

Finally, Iverson returned to the locker room with the support of his teammates.

Karl's whole face was green at this time.

He made another substitution adjustment, but this time he replaced not Weaver, but Lin Ying!

Before going on stage, Karl and Lin Ying looked at each other for a few seconds.

It felt like it said nothing, but it seemed like it said a lot!