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The dispute between the two was quickly separated by the referee. Both of them received severe warnings from the referee. Then Stephen continued to stand on the free throw line and used free throws to score. The game lasted half a quarter, and most of the points came from free throws. For Stephen this season, it is a very rare thing.

And what Iguodala said to Stephen to limit Stephen's scoring to less than 76 points in this game is not just talking, and this is the defensive strategy formulated by the [-]ers during the season. , anyone knows that as long as Xiao restrains Stephen, it is basically equivalent to winning the game.

Because the Sonics team is Stephen's team alone, and one person's scoring accounts for more than one-third of the team's points, close to one-half. This kind of contribution is not only scoring, but also It's impossible to make up for it quickly in one game. Maybe the Sonics will have one or two players break out, but they won't reach Stephen's level.

And they didn't think about suppressing Stephen's score to [-] to [-] points. Although [-] to [-] points is undoubtedly a high score for most players, but for the season since the beginning of the season, the average of [-] points per game For Stephen, twenty or thirty points is a poor performance.

Although they designed a lot of defensive plans, they only wanted to suppress Stephen's scoring to less than [-] points, and at the same time make it more difficult for Stephen to score. In this way, Stephen will inevitably occupy more shots and further occupy the shots of his teammates. times, disrupting the team's offense.

This is the experience and lessons the 76ers learned during the Iverson era, but at that time it was used by others on them, but now it is used by them on others, except to arrange for Iguodala to give up everything and put all his energy In addition to using it on Stephen, it also made a lot of targeted arrangements for Stephen's offensive habits.

The coaching staff of the 76ers also know that it is impossible for Iguodala alone to restrain Stephen. Although Stephen's scoring ability is not as undefensible as others, he can do everything. , It cannot be restricted by defense alone.

In order to interrupt Stephen's offense, they designed different defensive tactics according to different situations. As long as the ball is in Stephen's hands, at any time, except for Iguodala, the two players closest to Stephen must Be prepared to flank or assist.

Once Stephen is out of Iguodala's defense, one of the two players must go to defend Stephen, and there is no need to hesitate at all. Prepare to foul.

The reason for doing this is that they also know that for a player like Stephen, there is no good way to prevent him from scoring except fouls, and Stephen's free throw percentage is close to [-]%. Once the opponent starts to attack and then fouls, there is no one. It's meaningless, it's just to give Stephen points.

Since Iguodala needs to defend Stephen throughout the game, his number of fouls needs to be kept within a safe range, so other players will foul. Iguodala only relies on personal defense to deal with Stephen.

Now it seems that although every player in the 76ers team except Iguodala was forced to foul on Stephen, the effect is obvious. Seeing Samuel Dalembert so Early two fouls, 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks face livid.

Although the strategy formulated before the game was like this, so that players in other positions should not pay too much attention to fouls, but they did not allow players to foul twice so early, and they are still the main center of the team. You must know that Coupard's offense in the interior is also One of the main scoring points for the Sonics.

With Dalembert off the field so early, Cheeks is worried that this point of Coupard will be activated, which will affect his own plan, but it is impossible to put Dalembert on the field with two fouls , had to replace Dalembert with Jason Smith.

Jason Smith is the NO.20 rookie in the first round of this season. He is even one centimeter taller than Coupard, but in terms of skills and game experience, he is far behind Coupard. After the blockade was in place, he no longer forced to get rid of the defense immediately, but tried to give the ball to the inside as much as possible to let Coupard show off.

After Stephen got the ball, he immediately pretended to break through to the basket. Although he hadn't gotten rid of Iguodala's defense, Jason Smithson had already focused on Stephen. At this time, Coupard saw Seeing Stephen's action, he immediately moved his feet, ready to step up and make a pick-and-roll for Stephen.

The purpose of the pick-and-roll is to cause a defensive change, but the 76ers didn't care about it at all. Seeing that Coupard was going to pick and roll Stephen, Jason Smith immediately came over to double-team Stephen with Iguodala. It was the coach's order, but he did it too aggressively and too early, leaving a large space on Coupard's side empty.

Although Reggie Evans had already pounced at the fastest speed, Stephen had already passed the ball to Coupard with a ground hit. After receiving the ball, Coupard turned around and then sent the ball to Into the basket, and this time Reggie Evans just came to him.

After easily scoring two points, the 76ers missed another offense. Although Iguodala was already the rightful leader of the team after Iverson left, he didn't have the urgency to score. He is an all-round player and also has a great team spirit. After getting the ball, he turned around and looked like he was going to break through the attack, but suddenly he flicked his backhand and made a pass across the half court.

But he ignored Stephen's bounce. As soon as the ball was shot, Stephen jumped in the air and blocked the ball with his long arms. However, the ball did not fall into Stephen's hands, but fell to one side. When it was about to fly out of the sideline, a blue figure suddenly rushed over and saved the ball.

It was Reggie Evans who saved the ball, but in a hurry, he couldn't control the direction of the ball, and at the same time he couldn't observe the position of his teammates, so it just flew into Stephen's hands, and after Stephen got the ball, he immediately stepped forward. Fast break, since the start of the game, Stephen has not scored a single sports game, so naturally he is very eager.

But his plan was still in vain. Seeing that Andre Miller had just surpassed Stephen, Iguodala didn't care about his own foul problem, and reached out to grab Stephen forcibly. This was just an ordinary Foul, if there is no player in front of you, then the foul is a technical foul.

Stephen had no choice but to suppress the depression in his heart, and continued to walk to the free throw line to make free throws. After making two free throws, Stephen glanced coldly at the 76ers bench, and continued to foul if he could. Anyway, it was enough for four fouls. Yes, as long as the foul is a free throw, see how many players you can commit.

At this time, Morris Cheeks made a gesture to the players on the field, instructing the players to slow down the speed of fouling. Anyway, if they foul again, they will be free throws. It is better to defend as much as possible. After Stephen assisted Coupard to score an alley-oop dunk, Taking advantage of the opponent's defense being a little lax, he forced his way to the basket and shot.

What made Stephen depressed was because he was worried about the opponent's foul. Stephen pursued the speed of his shot too much. The ball grazed the backboard, landed on the basket, and then bounced to the outside. However, Stephen took off again. Jason, who was [-] meters tall, Smith scored with a head tip.

Although it was just a tip-up, it was not a free throw. After Stephen fell down, he couldn't help shouting to the sky. The fans in the key arena also cheered for Stephen in unison. Seeing Stephen scored, Cheeks' face Se frowned, and immediately called a timeout.

As an all-star point guard, he knew very well that once a player like Stephen started shooting, it would be like opening Pandora's box, and it would be very difficult to stop him, so he immediately called Pause, rearrange new tactics.

After the game restarted, the 76ers relied on Andre Miller's three-pointer to widen the gap to double digits again. When Stephen was about to score at the basket again, he was caught by Jason Smith. Bumped out hard.

Stephen did not expect the 76ers to use such a fierce method. At the same time, Jason Smith did not face Stephen at the beginning, but leaned his body. When Stephen started to break through, he rushed over and hit Stephen. overturned.

The collision was not too serious, but it was undoubtedly an intentional foul. Cooper rushed over immediately and pushed Jason Smith, but Jason Smith did not show any weakness, and immediately pushed Cooper back. When the other people came to separate the two of them, the referee had already shown the two of them a technical foul gesture.

After offsetting each other's technical foul free throws, because Jason Smith fouled first, and Stephen's two free throws were to be punished, at this time, the Supersonics replaced Coupard, but the 76ers The team still let Jason Smith stay on the field.

After Stephen made two free throws, the 76ers began to attack. After several passes, the ball came to Jason Smith. Robert Swift had just entered the court, and his body hadn't moved yet, and he was caught by Jason Smith. The shaking made him lose his defensive position, but when Jason Smith was about to throw the ball to the basket, a big hand suddenly appeared and pressed the ball down abruptly.

After blocking the opponent's shot, Stephen was not a little excited. Sure enough, when it was the Sonics' turn to attack, Stephen was fouled by Jason Smith as soon as he received the ball.