The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 134 Iverson Returning to the Peak
On June 6, the Eastern Conference Finals tiebreaker officially began.

"Li, according to the experience of the previous six games, tonight is our home game, and you may be disappointed."

The happy big boy Howard greeted Li Xun before the game.

"Dwight, don't be too happy."

"We have a surprise for you tonight."

Li Xun smiled mysteriously at Howard.

After the game started, the smile on Howard's face couldn't be suppressed. Is this the surprise that Li Xun was talking about?

Just let Jordan face himself?
I have to say, this was indeed a surprise.

In the first six games, Howard averaged only 11.2 rebounds per game for Li Xun.

It doesn't look too small, but you must know that he averaged 17.2 rebounds per game in the Cavaliers series!
Now switch to Jordan Jr., Howard feels that the Pistons are doomed.

Without Li Xun's rebound protection, how can the Pistons win?Why win?
In the first offensive round, Jordan helped the Pistons get the ball.

Li Xun hit Lewis with a high back, failed to score in the mid-range shot, and Howard grabbed the rebound.

Turning around, Turkoglu scored a three-pointer.

The whole thing got off to a bad start.

"Slow down and hit!"

"Don't worry!"

At the critical moment, Iverson made a sound to appease the young people on the court.

As a veteran, he is well aware that maintaining a good mentality is crucial in this tiebreaker.

Li Xun took a deep breath and took the pass from Iverson.

It happened that this offensive round refreshed a good three-pointer.

He pointed to the spot and then made a three-point gesture to Lewis.

Then he took a step, rushed into the circular area, and made a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Li Xun hit a three-pointer and stabilized the Pistons' morale.

"Hey, Li Xun is really brave!"

"It's already the occasion of the Eastern Jue, and he dares to play like this!"

"It's reasonable, that's the way to fight, so that the opponent knows that he will make a move here, but he can't defend against it."

"Destroy the opponent's morale!"

Zhang Weiping was in the commentary room, happily explaining tonight's tiebreaker.

It's the Magic's offensive round again.

This time Lewis used Turkoglu's pick-and-roll to make a three-pointer.

Li Xun's face changed, and he felt that something bad happened tonight.

The Magic's touch is so good that it is a bit scary, and they scored all three-pointers in the first two games.

This is definitely not a good sign.

If they are allowed to continue this feeling, the Pistons will undoubtedly lose tonight.

In the next few offensive and defensive rounds, Li Xun played two shots, 2 of 1 from the field goal.

Efflalo and Prince each made a three-pointer, but both missed.

On the other hand, the Magic made four three-pointers and hit two again.

In just 4 minutes of the opening, the Magic had already beaten the Pistons with a 12:5 scoring surge.

Michael Curry called a timeout.

After Li Xun and others returned to the bench, before he could speak, Iverson spoke first.

"Li, in the next time, I will make a breakthrough."

"You just follow me, and I will either force myself to make Howard's foul, or give you the ball."

"Even if you don't score, you can still help Uncle Huang grab an offensive rebound."

Iverson stepped forward at a critical moment and took the initiative to admit that he had taken on a heavy responsibility.

Li Xun looked at Iverson solemnly. At his current age, holding the ball to break through the penalty area guarded by Howard?

That would be tantamount to suicide!

But Li Xun also knows that this should be the best choice for the Pistons at present.

Even if Iverson is old, his speed is definitely not comparable to that of Li Xun.

The key point is that his scoring and fouling experience is better than Li Xun's.

Michael Curry applauded quickly, which is exactly the tactic he wanted to deploy.

If the six criminals made by Howard can be removed from the field, then everyone will be happy.

Even if he fails to make his six fouls, a few more fouls on his body are enough to make Howard restrained.

Li Xun could only nod silently, and now he could only let Iverson take risks.

With the tiebreaker and the finals just around the corner, no chance should be given up.

"it is good!"

"Aaron, don't worry, I will support you by the side."

Li Xun nodded and said.

The timeout ends and players from both sides return to the court.

Howard was all smiles, and the Magic had a great start. In addition, this is their home court, and they already have more than [-]% chance of winning.

Pistons possession.

Facing Alston's defense, Iverson directly changed to extraordinary and headed towards the basket.

Alston was still Yao Ming's teammate in the first half of the season, and was later sold to the Magic.

His defensive level is absolutely black hole level.

Under normal circumstances, in this year's finals, facing Lao Yu, who is bullied by everyone, he would be blown away.

Li Xun hurriedly stepped forward, followed Iverson not far away, and rushed towards the restricted area together.

After passing the free throw line, Howard rushed out to defend.

Iverson was unafraid. After touching Howard with a fake move, he leaned forward slightly to shoot the ball.

When Howard fell, he made Howard a thug foul.

The referee's whistle sounded and the ball missed, but Iverson also got two free throws.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Made both free throws.

The aged Iverson still had fuel in his fuel tank, and his first proactive attack left Howard deflated.

Li Xun applauded vigorously, applauding Iverson's attack.

Next, the Magic missed the shot and the rebound was protected by Jordan.

From the beginning to the present, Jordan has actually played very well, at least he has no obvious disadvantages compared to Howard on the rebounding end.

Iverson is still holding the ball.

Still changed direction and passed Alstom.

Facing Howard who rushed out to make up defense this time, Iverson chose to divide the ball, and it was distributed to Li Xun not far away.

Li Xun is only less than three meters away from the basket at this moment.

The mid-range shot went into the net hollow.

Waiting until Iverson's third offensive round, this time he shot on his own and missed the basket.

Li Xun shot out from nearby, grabbed the offensive rebound before Howard, hit another basket, and scored two points.

For three consecutive rounds, Iverson's breakthroughs had miraculous effects.

The more Li Xun beat him, the more he sighed in his heart.

This is Iverson who is about to retire. If he is in his prime and cooperates with him, as long as the current lineup configuration of the Pistons is maintained, there will be no opponents in today's league.

Although the two of them didn't have many matches in the same field, they only played [-] games at full count.

But the old and the young played with a tacit understanding, like a golden partner who has joined forces for many years.

Iverson became more aggressive as he played, and he seemed to have regained the feeling of leading the team to the finals in 01.

In the Eastern Conference Finals that year, Iverson's opponent was the Bucks led by Ray Allen and the Big Dog.

It was also a tiebreaker.

In the tiebreaker, Iverson scored 44 points and made 33 of 17 shots from the field, including 6 of 4 three-pointers, leading the team to advance successfully.

This also made Iverson tied with Barkley as the player with the highest score in the tiebreaker of the conference finals.

Seeing that Iverson became more confident as he fought, Li Xun took the initiative to undertake the job of escorting him and acted as Iverson's deputy.

At the end of the first quarter, Howard was charged with three fouls.

Iverson has scored 8 points, 6 assists, 1 rebound and 1 steal.

Most of these six assists were assists for Li Xun's close-range shots at the basket, allowing Li Xun to score 17 points in the first quarter.

The magic's first quarter still feels very good.

But Li Xun can be sure that the balance of victory has gradually tilted towards their Pistons.

Howard has already committed three fouls, and there are three quarters left in the game. He will inevitably start to be restrained on the defensive end.

Sure enough, the next second quarter game.

Iverson broke through the basket with the ball, and Howard didn't even dare to come out to defend, so Alston could only deal with it alone.

Even so, Howard still found a chance for Li Xun in the second quarter, and his foul count rose to four times.

At the end of the half, the Pistons didn't lead too much because of the excellent touch of the Magic shooters. They only led by six points at 54:48.

Iverson scored 15 points and 13 assists in the halftime, which was quite the style of the peak period that year.

(End of this chapter)