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Artest also seemed to be incensed by Gu Yu.

"Gu Yu! You'll know right away, I'm awesome! 55

"Then you show me the show!

Gu Yu didn't care about Artest's harsh words at all.

Artest came to the 76ers, although nominally the third giant of the team, but in fact the tactical status is indeed not high.

Iverson is the core outside, Dayao is the core inside.

The team organizer is Iguodala, and a lot of the ball is in Iguodala's hands.

So what does Artest do?

Although from the data point of view, this season Artest averaged 16.9 points, 3.4 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game.

He remains the team's third-leading scorer, behind Iverson and Dayao.

But from the tactical position, Artest is more and more inclined to the role of defensive gate, rather than a perimeter core.

The number of times Artest has attacked with the ball this season has been significantly reduced.

Actually this is normal.

Just as in the original history, the Celtics three giants formed a team, and Junzilei changed his style of play and integrated into the team.

Artest's sacrifice is also a normal phenomenon of the Big Three.

18......

A player has very few possessions per game.

After a long time without the ball to attack, suddenly let him start to attack with the ball, can he still play the performance with the ball before?

At least Gu Yu didn't believe it.

"Humph! Gu Yu, I'll let you know how good I am right away!"

Artest is also confident that Iguodala wants the ball at this time.

Then....

Boom!

Artest in Pierce's defense, three-pointers hit the iron directly.

Artest is 35.8 percent from three-point range.

This hit rate was not the level of a marksman, and he was still playing Pierce with the ball.

553 Under the interference of Pierce, it is normal for Artest to miss.

Fortunately, Dayao grabbed the rebound.

Dayao just wanted to attack again, Gu Yu's pincer attack has arrived.

Dayao noticed Iverson from beyond the three-point arc, and a long pass was sent to Iverson.

After Iverson catches the ball.

Use crossover, also known as the "butterfly piercing flower step" in the mouth of Longguo fans, to shake off the gentleman's thunder queen.

An acceleration, a direct breakthrough success.

Then a mid-range pull-up jumper shot.

Swish!

Basketball hollow into the net.

"Beautiful! Allen Iverson showed offense at the top scorer level! Another mid-range hit!

"The Celtics started to counterattack, Gu Yu drove the ball to the low post and made a layup!""

"Iguodala and Yao were in the high post for the pick-and-roll, and Iguodala chose to break through. 99

"Iguodala misses a pass, Paul Pierce makes a steal, and the Celtics start to fight back!

"Paul Pierce entered the penalty area, Ron Artest chose to foul and directly hugged Paul Pierce!"

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As the live commentary Barkley's voice continued to sound, the game gradually entered the white-hot.

For the Celtics, the most difficult to deal with is Iverson. (cdee)

Dayao is actually not considered impossible to contain.

Whether it is Okur or Perkins, they can defend Dayao in the low post.

With the help of Gu Yu, even if he is as strong as Dayao, he will be limited in the low post.

Iguodala and Artest have not been top ball handlers in their careers.

For the Celtics, the most difficult player to deal with is Iverson.

Iverson is a scoring star in his own right.

The most important thing is his height.

Iverson is only 1.83 meters, which leads to a very low center of gravity when Iverson breaks through.

Gu Yu, Pierce, Shane and others are all over 2 meters tall.

The center of gravity is already high. In the face of Iverson's breakthrough, because of the center of gravity, it is indeed difficult to defend.

Junzilei's own defense is definitely not at the level of a colander.

But definitely not a defensive fighter.

Naturally, Iverson can't help it.

The biggest problem with Long's guidance is his lack of experience.

It's only Takashi's first season coaching after all, and he needs to grow.

Tony is the best player to guard Iverson right now.

But Iverson this season, is also playing without the ball.

Even if Tony is desperately chasing and defending Iverson, Iverson can also use the cover of his teammates to get rid of Tony's pursuit.

This has led to the fact that the current Celtics, for Iverson's defense, are indeed not very effective.

But in turn, the 76ers' defense was gradually dismembered by the Celtics.

The 76ers' roster depth is really scary.

The bench has sharpshooter Korver, the future best sixth man Reed, and Samuel․ Dalemport, Shaverick Randolph, Willie Green and others.

Samuel․ Dalem Potter is the starting center for the 76ers.

He averaged 10.7 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 30.9 minutes per game.

Shaverick. Randolph, as the first backup at No. 4, is a typical white power forward.

The shooting is still accurate, but the defense really breaks down.

Willie Green is a name that many Pelicans fans will be familiar with.

Willie Green just took over as the Pelicans head coach before Gu Yu crossed over.

In the original history, Willie Green became the 76ers' starting No. 2 after Iverson was traded away.

Averaged 11.3 points, 1.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 41.1% from the field and 32.5% from three-point range.

But these players have a big problem, and that is the familiarity of the defensive end.

Willie Green is only 1.93 meters tall. Although his defensive attitude is not bad, his lack of height and wingspan determines that his energy on the defensive end is very low.

Not to mention Korver and Reed, they are both typical offensive and defensive players.

Most of the bench are such players, Andre Iguodala and Artest is the defense no matter how strong.

It is impossible for one person to make up, two or even three loopholes.

The 76ers started well, but as the two sides began to replace the bench.

The 76ers had a slight lead and began to gradually lose their lead.

There is no way, Reed and Korver are really players like cash machines.

If the opponent is the kind of Heat, the core of building the team is to use both internal and external cores.

After Iguodala entangled Wade alone, everyone else was a role player, and the offensive ability with the ball was not good.

The defensive end may not see much of a problem yet.

But when you meet the Celtics, you have Aldridge, Tony, Diaw, who have a lot of role players who can handle the ball.

Even Long coach has the ball, although it is a driving layup.

But the colander is enough for Korver and Reed.

And the Celtics' bench is also offensive and defensive.

At the very least, under Tony's defense, Reed turned into a blind fight.

Barkley, who was annoyed by the on-site commentary, immediately started spraying reeds.

"Louis Williams misses again from mid-range!"

"Why didn't I find out that 76ers bench players were so brainless?"

"It doesn't matter if there is no defense, Tony Allen knows that he can't score well, why should he shoot hard? 35

"I know Tony Allen is good defensively, but can you stop playing some balls?"

"The 76ers' original lead has directly wiped out both you and Kyle Korver!"

Looking at the angry Barkley, Smith also comforted.

"Charles, cool down, you know, Louis, he's just a second-year rookie.

"If Korver defends well, he's not a player for this price, and we need to understand them.

"And the 76ers still have time, they can at least make up for the bench after the winter trading market opens.

When Barkley heard Smith's words, his anger dropped a little.

But when I saw the big score, I felt my anger rising again.

There were 4 minutes and 15 seconds left until the end of the first half.

The Celtics led the Sixers by five points 45:40.

Seeing that the hole on the bench was getting bigger and bigger, Sanders had to call a timeout at this time.

All the main players except Dayao were replaced.

Iverson began to lead the team to chase points, and the 76ers began to stabilize the situation.

The two sides struggled until halftime.

The Celtics lead by 1 point with 53:52.

Inside the 76ers locker room.

Sanders first praised everyone's performance in the first half.

"You guys did a great job!

"Lewis, Kyle, don't be discouraged by your performance in the first half, the game is not over! 35

"In the second half, we have to start adjusting our defensive tactics, first of all we have to cut off Gu and the rest of the Celtics players.

"Try to force the Celtics into singles...  

Sanders found in the first half that the Celtics' restrictions on Iverson were not good.

On the contrary, the 76ers have two perimeter defensive gates, Artest and Andre Iguodala.

Moreover, the game whistle is relatively loose.

Artist's restriction on Gu Yu is still good.

Therefore, Sanders will be relieved to start competing for stars in the second half.