This year's Philadelphia 76ers is the first time that Allen Iverson has made it to the playoffs in his career, and this is also the first appearance of the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA playoffs in the Iverson era.

And this debut was indeed very effective. In his first playoff appearance, Iverson eliminated the Orlando Magic of the post-O'Neal era and advanced to the second round.

This year's Iverson is indeed stronger, but if you want to say why the 76ers can make the playoffs this year, the primary credit should be given to the newly appointed coach Larry Brown!

Larry Brown creatively let Allen Iverson, who is only 1.8 meters tall, play the second position, and let Eric Snow, who is better at defense, play the first position.

Such a move greatly released Iverson's scoring instinct, allowing the Philadelphia 76ers, a team with only Iverson as a scoring point, to win consecutive games in the playoffs.

In the first round against the Magic, except for the second game where Iverson was double-teamed and scored only 13 points, he scored 30 points, 33 points, 10 steals, and 37 points in the other three games, leading the team to eliminate the Orlando Magic 3:1.

The last person who delivered such a crazy performance in his first playoff appearance was Han Yi last season!

And this time, the two scoring maniacs, the Georgetown University twins who became more and more courageous in the playoffs, finally met in the playoffs!

Starting lineups of both teams:

Philadelphia 76ers:

PG: Eric Snow, SG: Allen Iverson, SF: George Lynch, PF: Theo Ratliff, C: Matt Geiger.

Boston Celtics:

PG: Joe Dumars, SG: Dell Curry, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Han Yi, C: Ben Wallace.

The current Philadelphia 76ers are actually following the future 76ers team of one offense and four defenses. Although Iverson is said to be bad at defense, his defense at the No. 1 position is not bad at all. As for the other four, any search will show that their personal profiles are full of "defense".

Especially Matt Geiger, before Han Yi entered the league, he was known as the only man on the earth who could make O'Neal shudder!

The reason is that this white strong man broke O'Neal's thumb with an iron sand palm in the 1995 preseason, and he went home to recover for a month and a half before he could play again.

And this 1998-99 shortened season was exactly the highlight of Matt Geiger's offense. Maybe because this 76ers team really didn't have players who could digest the inside offense, so this guy with a blue-collar label and a career average of 9 points per game took on a lot of inside offense. The result was unexpectedly good performance.

After the first round of the series, Matt Geiger averaged 17 points with a hit rate of 48%. Of course, a hit rate of 48% is not high for the inside line, but in the harsh scoring environment of the 76ers, such a hit rate is completely acceptable.

After all, the hit rate of the core player Allen Iverson is only 41%!

He is also an authentic Philadelphia blacksmith! And he is the one with the largest iron production in the league!

At the start of the jump ball, there was no surprise. Han Yi easily jumped over Matt Geiger!

Joe Dumars, as usual, was not in a hurry to find Han Yi at the beginning, but to feed other players.

The playoffs are not like the regular season. For the Celtics, if other role players besides Han Yi can score at the beginning of this playoff, then this game will be a winning game!

So, just after halftime, McGrady was given a chance to play alone!

McGrady's three-point shooting is also very bad now. At the beginning, the 76ers played very open because they were afraid of the Celtics' space. Only Matt Geiger was guarding the basket. He simply rushed in with the big white bear in the interior!

In the current NBA, more and more white interior players have been labeled as soft eggs, but Matt Geiger is not one of them. He is burly, lacks defensive skills, and is more than fierce!

McGrady's interior confrontation did not take any advantage of Matt Geiger. After the physical confrontation, the moment the basketball was shot, his hand strength was small, and the basketball finally went out of the basket!

Matt Geiger received the rebound and the Philadelphia 76ers launched an attack!

For the Philadelphia 76ers, the idea was not so complicated. As soon as Eric Snow dribbled across half court, there was only one sentence left in his mind:

Find Iverson, find Iverson, find Iverson, I have to say it three times!

Once Iverson got the ball, there were no teammates or defenders in front of him, and the only thing he could see was the basket!

With a "whoosh"He turned into a shadow and flashed to the heart of the Celtics. Facing layers of defenders, he threw himself into the air and then looked for the basket!

A flick of the wrist!

The ball went in and the man flew!

2:0!

The Philadelphia 76ers scored first!

However, although he scored, Iverson got up and scolded the referee:

"Are you blind? Foul, foul, can't you see it?"

The referee said that I was not only blind but also deaf, otherwise I would definitely give you a technical foul.

To say whether Iverson was fouled just now, he was really fouled, but could he not blow the whistle?

In this era, it is completely feasible not to blow the whistle, it all depends on the mood of the referee.

However, the white referee was already annoyed by a bad boy like Iverson. How popular Iverson was among the people, how annoying he was in the league!

Obviously, a small superstar with super strength and good looks should be the darling of the league's star-making, but this guy goes against the league's rules and regulations everywhere, completely reversing the NBA's current pursuit of money and turning the NBA into a gentleman's sport that white gentlemen love to watch.

We didn't call a foul on him because he is small, and he wants to take advantage of us by calling a foul?

Compared with Iverson, Han Yi's skin color is also not pleasing, but at least he is not as outrageous as Iverson, and his strength is obviously stronger!

When Iverson's complaints were not over yet, Han Yi had already completed a powerful one-handed slam dunk in a fast break!

2:2!

Facing Han Yi, Iverson remembered everything that happened in college. He witnessed how Han Yi went from a basketball idiot who could only block shots to the current basketball demon!

How he and himself faced the crazy enemies that came like a tide in the NCAA arena together!

How did he lead his team to win the highest honor of NCAA after entering NBA!

How did he get so close to me in NBA draft, but finally took off the 76ers cap and parted ways!

Everything in the past is in the past, and only the reality of each serving their own master remains!

In order to succeed, Iverson could safely leave his back to Han Yi, but today, if he wants to reach the top, Han Yi is the insurmountable mountain!

"Han Yi!"

Iverson vowed: "I will definitely beat you!"

But this is not a 1V1 duel!

Han Yi never thought of fighting Iverson:

"Adults should not be as stupid as children. Why fight alone when you can fight in a group?"

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