The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 440 Doctor J\'s Finale
Of the three games in the first round, the most respectable game for the 76ers was Game 2.
The 76ers' defensive intensity on the ground made it impossible for the Knicks to open the score.
Dr. J played the best performance in the three games in the series, 24+8+8, and he also had a dunk with his arm that looked like he was 5 years younger.
It's just that the strength of the 76ers is not as good as in the past after all.
In the past, once the 76ers encountered Dr. J's explosion, they would definitely be invincible and play the most wonderful fast break in the league.
Now, Moses Malone is gone, Bobby Jones is retired, Andrew Toney is injured and can't play, Cheeks is not a player who affects the situation after all, Bowie looks older than the doctor himself, young people from New York look You can't make a big deal just by looking at it.
Around this group of people, the Doctor ages very quickly.
In the fourth quarter of the second game, the Knicks opened the score to 14 points, and the outcome was decided.
Game3
The stadium moved to the Spectrum Arena, home of the 76ers.
Everyone knows that this will be Dr. J's final battle.
From the beginning of the game, he was given the opportunity to perform.
The 76ers concentrated the shooting power in the hands of the doctor, allowing him to attack as he wished.
Here, no one can take his possession of the ball.
In the whole game, he took 24 shots, scored 10 goals, and scored 24 points in another game.
Opposite him, a young Benjamin Wilson made 11 of 18 shots and scored 28 points in an easier, more efficient fashion.
Gone are the days of Dr. J.
The Philadelphia fans who came to the spectrum were very sad, and everyone was immersed in low emotions.
Louie could feel that emotion. Taking the NBA in 1987 as an example, even if it only counts the results of the NBA, Dr. J is the top 15 in NBA history.
It is normal to feel sad when witnessing such a figure recede.
Because of the family's financial problems, Dr. J didn't go through four years of college like many players in the early 1970s.
But the NBA does not allow college students who have not studied for four years to enter the league. Therefore, he contacted the Virginia Gentlemen of the ABA privately and negotiated a "good price." The contract amount agreed by the two parties is 500,000 for four years, of which 200,000 is a delayed payment-if Irving can help the Gentlemen's team survive until seven years later.
However, many people underestimated the young Irving, including Irving himself.
Because of the dunk ban caused by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Irving couldn't dunk as he wanted. Then in the first training game of the Gentleman Team, he dunked a dunk that made many teammates "crab! This is the best game I have ever seen in my career. slam dunk". It is conceivable how many times the best dunk of their career will be refreshed because of Irving's existence.
This scared the management of the Gentleman Team. They immediately ordered everyone in the team not to foul Irving during training. Anyone who dares to hurt him... does not need to be shot by the management, and other teammates have to get rid of them Down. Soon, other teams in the ABA league had similar regulations, and they could not let Irving get injured. At that time, the ABA was already in a precarious situation and could close down at any time. In 1972, it was discussed to merge with the NBA. If Oscar Robertson thought that this would allow the NBA to form a monopoly and initiated an anti-monopoly lawsuit, the era of league mergers would come earlier. . But that's not necessarily a good thing. If the merger was completed at that time, 10 ABA teams would join the NBA.
Imagine the NBA had 28 teams in 1971? No matter how many basketball talents the United States has, it can't afford it.
The merger failed, and the ABA team needed to persevere, so Dr. J's ticket guarantee became everyone's savior, and he started playing in a wonderful environment.
In the long run, this is not conducive to his development.
To Louie, he was a crooked James. Perfect business image, fan-attractive style of play, the earliest owner-type player, but in a place where no one dares to foul him hard, everyone will get out of the way and let him dunk when they see him, even if it will make his own The fans defected.
His ABA peak years, no one can shake his throne, and then come to the NBA, the old set of regulations to protect Dr. J is not working, there are a bunch of jerks in the NBA who don't take him seriously.
Louis didn't know how much the ABA career lowered Dr. J's upper limit, but it was during that time that people saw him in the NBA. A Greek monster who can fill the data column and play like a big short, also lacks long-range shooting, and can't attack tough, but with a suitable team, he can lead the team to the finals, as long as he doesn't meet Wharton Ruthless people like , Bird, and Magician have a chance to lead the team to win the championship.
In all fairness, this leadership achievement is hard enough.
But that may have only fulfilled the lower limit of his talent.
Seeing everyone cheering for him at this moment, even a few young people off the Knicks field wanted to go up and shake his hand.
They were stopped by Louie.
That's what you do at the end of the game.
On the last night of his career, Irving was still playing "Dr. J", the **** in the eyes of fans in the last decade.
Louie knew this wasn't the real him.
The real him is the one who realized that his value was much higher than 500,000 in 4 years, so he did not hesitate to use himself as a bait to lure the Atlanta Hawks into the water. At that time, the Hawks had Pete Maravich. Just think about Maravich being on the same team as Dr. J, and nobody wouldn't be crazy about it.
Sued the ABA, claiming that he was under the legal age of 21 when he signed the contract, and the contract did not fully reflect his personal wishes, and then flew to Atlanta to participate in the Eagles' preseason training game. To add to the chaos, he didn't know that the Bucks spent a first-round pick on him in 1972. As a result, this triggered a whole year of complicated lawsuits, involving two leagues and several clubs. After a series of draft picks and money deals, the ABA did whatever it took to keep its top pick, but at the cost of sending him to the New York Nets—one of the few profitable franchises in the ABA—in the future. The Nets gave him a five-year, $2 million contract.
As the protagonists of this series of incidents, the doctor and the general manager of the Gentleman Team accused each other of lying and cheating in court, and attacked each other with all kinds of words. You know, during this period of time (a few months), he was still playing in his second season with the Gentlemen, averaging 31.9 points + 12.2 rebounds + 4.2 assists per game, becoming the league's scoring leader.
After the dust settled, the doctor went to the Nets, and his old club, who had quarreled with him in court, thought he was very professional and had no complaints against him.
Dr. J is a gorgeous slam dunk performer on the court, with beautiful scoring data, and he goes all out to take off and fly. Off the court, he also has slick diplomacy, ruthless calculations, and the ability to balance the interests of all parties without falling behind.
Do you really not think of another person decades from now?
In Louie's eyes, Dr. J is a vain existence, and in the fan's imagination, a fanatical, reckless performer who can dunk on five people at will. He has the passion of fans, teammates, reporters. But he himself was never moved by it, he just stood on the field and played the role everyone wanted him to play.
Dr. J had to be flawless and flawless, so he made himself look like a saint on and off the field.
Even in the 1977 Finals, they won two games first, and the Blazers took the initiative to fight, it seemed that their mentality had collapsed. During the high-profile battle between Lucas and Dawkins, many people from the Blazers stepped forward to help, and Dawkins' teammates all looked at Dr. J, according to the memory of Mike Bibby's biological father Henry Bibby , At that time, they all had the same idea, and they would not move unless the doctor went up to help.
Do the Doctors fight? He has to be perfect, how can he fight? In the ABA, he has the privilege not to fight, and no one will take the initiative to beat him, because ABA players know that if they hurt Dr. J and make him unable to play, the façade that ABA relies on for survival will collapse immediately. will be unemployed.
That was the doctor's first season in the NBA, and he didn't know what kind of place it was.
So his reaction was astonishing, sitting on the ground, hugging his knees reservedly, like watching two fierce beasts biting each other in the Colosseum, it has nothing to do with him.
As a result, you know, Dawkins returned to the locker room and was furious because he had no teammates to help him. He smashed the locker room and destroyed the 76ers' championship prospects by the way.
He was stuck in his character, forever, and the only time in his life that he stepped out of it was the 1983-84 regular-season game against the Celtics.
He was savagely humiliated by Byrd and finally utterly **** off by the **** redneck's trash talk.
This is so far the most impressive game for Louie in his rookie coaching season. He even ranked second with 81 points in killing the Mavericks.
Now, the drama has come to an end.
When the drama came to an end, the 76ers lost by 24 points.
Dr. J took 30 shots in the last game. Hit 10 goals and scored another 24 points.
He hugged everyone, including his own opponents, and beat up his team's opponents.
He maintains his usual demeanor and humility, as if he really is a perfect being.
Just like at the beginning of last year, a girl in tennis clothes found Dr. J. In fact, she was the doctor's illegitimate daughter, but he never met her. Because this illegitimate daughter was an unexpected gift after he and a female reporter sparked overnight.
But the doctor knew her, because the female reporter sent him pictures of the girl every year, hoping they would recognize each other.
When the girl came to the doctor in person~www.mtlnovel.com~ wouldn't the doctor recognize her? No, he is still Dr. J, just like treating an ordinary little girl, asking with a friendly smile: "Girl, do you want my autograph?"
The scene cheered for Dr. J, who was obviously swept away, but also gave a speech for this failed season.
Louis watched from a distance, he hoped that Wilson and Ewing would stay away from this guy.
Players should never be locked into the image created by the team. Once they get stuck in it, they can never come out again.
This is one of the biggest problems of the age of print media.
You really can't vent your negative energy by driving a trumpet like Durant.
PS: I think the fact that Byrd provoked Dr. J to take the initiative to beat him is definitely underestimated. Everyone only remembers that Barkley pulls out of the frame and Bird is beaten, but they don’t expect that it is the only time that the doctor breaks the defense and shows " QTMD, I'm going to **** this **** bumpkin to death today"
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