sixers的八卦，Yahoo名人娛樂都在討論

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唔該！真係要繼續比美國人知道厲害！
（支持Free乜都好，睇黎先要Free US）

球迷攞”Free HK”牌响費城76ers主場被逐出場，參議員Josh Hawley問到底呢度仲係咪美國？睇黎今次美帝國民，的確可以切身咁感受到錢係比原則，甚至佢地立國精神重要嘅。

咁緊係睇埋「暴徒」之盟友參議員Marco Rubio寫比美帝嘅親筆信，背景唔多講喇，不如睇下佢要求美帝做乜？

引用七十年代冷戰時代兩條法律”prevent （防止）foreign governments and foreign companies from using their economic leverage （經濟力量）to impose their political views （強加自己嘅政治睇法）to Americans”。Rubio話建議制定反杯葛（anti-boycott）法規，對付參與或協助呢的海外杯葛的美國公司或人士，例如削減稅務優惠（denies specified tax benefits）。仲點名針對幾間公司，CCTV、Alibaba、JD同Tencent。

响美國費城主場，支持香港「暴徒」被趕出場報導傳送門：
https://6abc.com/sports/sixers-fan-supporting-hong-kong-ejected-from-preseason-game/5604293/

Macro Rubio給美帝的信傳送門：
https://twitter.com/senrubiopress/status/1182036629365678080?s=21

#FreeHK之前要FreeUS

看著Joel Embiid流淚走出球場，真的令人不捨。雖然他很臭屁、一堆人罵他敢臭屁就不要哭，可問題是，在場上臭屁、為勝負流淚，這些不都是在乎「比賽」的展現嗎?
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好，但這不是重點。話說從頭，對於這場比賽，我認為打到最後兩邊真的是旗鼓相當，招數用盡了。
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七六人一開場大量用Embiid高位hand off給J.J. Redick，抓Gasol的橫移速度出來打。問題是Redick太執著於投射，連續幾波沒能給到Embiid拆進籃下的大空檔。
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甚至就算給了，也往往因為慢一拍給、讓弱邊協防來得及反應去守住Embiid；又更甚者，Embiid接到球由於弱邊協防的干擾，也往往又慢一拍才找到弱邊外線空檔，讓暴龍來得及輪轉。
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所以上半場就是不停反覆上演這個畫面，看著七六人空檔一個個刷、刷、刷的出現又消失，球永遠慢兩秒到它該到的地方。
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但下半場後，Brett Brown重新調整打法，直接讓Tobias Harris錯位打低位，或是Embiid直接對Gasol低位持球，並且配合上Redick外圍的off screen跑位------是的，等於是回到七六人最早以前的打法。
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最早以前、也最熟悉的打法。
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在低位，七六人球員又更多時間慢慢地牽引跟觀察包夾動向，配合Redick繞掩護造成換防或追防的時間差，引出一次次的外圍機會，甚至是Butler接球後能夠突破的時間差。
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在更沉穩的傳導之下，七六人耐心的把比分一分分追回、一次次咬緊，直到比賽最後。
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而暴龍方面，不論陣容怎麼換，就是始終如一的Kawhi暴力輾壓。
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不過Lowry更多的擋拆持球、Ibaka的防守、籃板以及手感來得正好的外線，都讓G7比起過去幾場比賽，有著更多的質變。
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尤其是Ibaka的外線，之前我提過為了解決身材劣勢、籃板鞏固等問題，可以考慮擺Ibaka和Gasol雙塔，而這樣做的問題就是空間拉不開...
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但這場，Ibaka辦到了，5投3中的三分，成功讓暴龍的巨大陣容起了效用的同時，沒有為球隊帶來明顯扣分的項目。
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所以就如同最前頭說的。雙方能做的、能想的、能變的，都做盡了，效果也都出來了，比分也都難分難捨了。
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這樣的情況下，就如我前幾天的預測文中說的，最後就是拚球星的硬實力。
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而事實就是，最後幾分鐘的畫面，就是暴龍一直相信著他們的英雄、把所有責任託付給他，而七六人則是五位強者，你看我我看你，沒人知道誰該跳出來、沒人知道自己是不是該跳出來。
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而在這種刀刀斃命的時刻，你猶豫、你遲疑，你就結束了。
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是的，Kawhi接管了比賽，七六人怎麼夾他、他還是硬幹，然後真的把球幹進去。
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但七六人呢? 先是Bulter與Embiid擋拆後，Butler不在中距離出手、也不給到在罰球線有機會的Embiid，最後擋來擋去擋到時間用盡。
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結果暫停下一波回來，Brown又變回Redick高位hand off的戰術，最後變成所有主將全都在三分線外跑，跑跑跑全都沒hand offt出空檔，最後直接球亂傳被抄走。
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暴龍從頭到尾就擺明我們只剩Kawhi了，且我們信賴他。
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七六人最後則是重點不知道該放在誰身上，大家轉移球轉移得不乾不脆，你盤一下球、我在那邊拿著球多看了三秒、他又在三分線外找人找個五秒，24秒就到了，最後啥都沒有。
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為甚麼不像去年對陣賽爾提克被淘汰的那場，最後把球交給Embiid低位處理?
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就算他這場再怎麼雷，作為七六迷我也想像暴龍相信Kawhi那樣相信他啊! 他處理不好、我也心服口服啊!
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同時不只是最後的處理球權上，事實上下半場七六人一直都給我差一口氣的感覺。
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對比暴龍全隊上下一致、主軸明確，七六人下半場有多次在態度上閃神的時刻，最最最明顯的就是第三節末、第四節初，Simmons有多次沒有卡位，結果讓暴龍搶到二波籃板，直接導致暴龍得分。
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尤其是第四節有一回Kawhi在底線中距離出手，Embiid跟Simmons兩個人站在籃框下，沒有人動手卡位，結果Lowry直接鑽進去撿走進攻籃板。
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而即便是事後論，可從最後比分來看，那些因為一時偷懶而失掉的分數，代價竟是如此之巨大。
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當然，我不是要抓戰犯，因為Simmons整場其實也夠拚了，如果沒有他力扛Kawhi、各種協防，七六人也撐不到最後被絕殺。
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所以...well，總之這都是後話了。
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且七六迷要想的是，暴龍是顛簸了多少年才走到這步? 相比起來七六人，進程已經非常快了。Embiid三年級、Simmons二年級，他們還有薪資空間去思考該繼續留這套陣容還是轉移方向...
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七六人這季，已然足夠。
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同時更要提Brown，雖然這場最後他給出的解答------Butler和Embiid擋拆，完全沒有效果。但從這系列中他的見招拆招、板凳的運用，Scott和Ennis等人的奇襲，都讓人看見了教練的成長。
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這樣的成長，會讓我願意再多給他一年。
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至於七六人球團是不是這樣想? 就不得而知了。畢竟有風聲傳出要是輸了，Brown很可能會是第一個揹鍋的人。
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好的，能講的都講完了。接下來，就來瞧瞧暴龍和公鹿，能帶給我們怎樣精彩的系列賽吧!...
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我鹿總冠軍啦ㄍ...((被拖走
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#NBAPlayoffs #ECSF #Sixers #Raptors #TrustTheProcess #WeTheNorth #戰術設置 #籃板卡位 #NBA季後賽分析 #NBA逐場分析

Michael Jordan's coach pleaded with him to go back in the game, and the opposing coach made sure Jordan had the chance to end his career with a basket.

Jordan's last shot was a free throw, and like his final appearance in an NBA uniform, it was good.

One of the greatest players in NBA history played the final game of his illustrious career Wednesday night, not in the setting that he would have preferred but in a special atmosphere nonetheless. Jordan's final moment on the court ended with him receiving applause and a lengthy standing ovation from nearly everyone in the arena -- including the coaches and the other players.

He soaked it all up with a wide smile and a wave to the crowd after exiting for good with 1:44 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 107-87 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

``Now I guess it hits me that I'm not going to be in a uniform anymore -- and that's not a terrible feeling,'' Jordan said afterward. ``It's something that I've come to grips with, and it's time. This is the final retirement.''

Jordan finished with 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 28 minutes -- drawing several adoring ovations from the last sellout crowd that will ever watch him play.

``The Philly people did a great job. They gave me the biggest inspiration, in a sense,'' Jordan said. ``Obviously, they wanted to see me make a couple of baskets and then come off. That was very, very respectful, and I had a good time.''

Jordan's final points almost looked scripted, with Eric Snow of the 76ers fouling him in the backcourt for no apparent reason except to send him to the line.

``Coach (Larry Brown) told me to foul him, get him to the line to get some points and get him out of there,'' Snow said.

Both foul shots went in, and the Wizards committed a foul one second later so that Jordan could be removed from the game and receive the proper send-off. In a rare scene, the 10 players who remained on the court turned to Jordan and applauded, too.

The 40-year-old Jordan would have preferred to end his career in the playoffs, but the Wizards never clicked during his two years in Washington and finished 37-45 in both seasons.

But that was merely a footnote on this stirring night, the last time the basketball public was treated to one of the greatest athletes in history playing the game one last time.

Jordan finished his career with 32,292 points -- the third-highest total in league history, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. His final career average of 30.12 goes down as the best in NBA history, just ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.07.

``I never, never took the game for granted. I was very true to the game, and the game was very true to me. It was just that simple,'' Jordan said.

With the Sixers ahead by 21 points with 9 1/2 minutes remaining, the crowd began chanting ``We want Mike.'' The chant grew louder as the period progressed with Jordan remaining seated, and fans ignored the game to stand and stare at the Wizards' bench, wondering why Jordan wasn't playing.

This being Philadelphia, they eventually booed.

Jordan finally pulled his warmups off and re-entered the game with 2:35 left for his brief final appearance.

``I played here. I told him I at least have to be able to come back (to Philadelphia),'' Wizards coach Doug Collins said. ``I told him to go back in for a minute. He said, 'I'm stiff.' I said, 'Please. They want to see you.' He said, 'Larry Hughes is going to foul out soon, so put me in then.'''

Earlier in the game, Jordan showed his age.

There was a play in the first quarter when he looked like the Jordan of old, except for the result. Starting near the foul line, Jordan ducked his shoulder, lowered his head, stuck out his tongue and drove to his right, the ball rolling off his fingers ever so softly as it arched toward the net.

Rather than going in, though, the ball hit the front rim and missed -- one of several of his shots that came up a few inches short.

One of the exceptions was Jordan's final shot of the first half -- a one-handed dunk that came after he received a nice pass under the basket from Bobby Simmons.

Jordan hit his first two shots of the third quarter but didn't do much else positive in the period. On an alley-oop pass from Tyronn Lue, the ball hit him in the fingertips and bounced harmlessly away. A lazy crosscourt pass was picked off by Aaron McKie, leading to one of Philadelphia's 31 fast-break points. Jordan's final field-goal attempt was a missed layup with 8:13 remaining.

``I'm not embarrassed,'' Jordan said, ``but it's just not ... I've had better feelings in terms of playing a competitive game.''

The standing ovation that Jordan received lasted about three minutes, with Jordan smiling, nodding and chewing gum throughout. The group Boyz II Men sang ``It's So Hard To Say Goodbye'' between the first and second quarters as a montage of Jordan's career highlights was shown on the scoreboard.

Allen Iverson's eighth career 40-point game had a nice little unexpected bonus -- a victory for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Iverson scored 41 points, upstaging Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, as the 76ers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 105-90, for their fourth win in five games.

In two-plus seasons, Iverson had seven previous games with 40 or more points and the 76ers lost them all. On February 12, the NBA scoring leader had a league season-high 46 points in a 98-94 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

"When I score 40 points, we've lost," Iverson said. "Tonight, we won, and I guess I finally got the monkey off my back. I didn't know what I had until I came out of the game at the end and looked up at the scoreboard. I saw what I had and said, `I hope it doesn't come back to haunt me.'"

Working primarily against Philadelphia native Bryant, Iverson shot 17-of-36 from the field. He scored between nine and 12 points in every period and added a season-high 10 assists and five rebounds.

"I wanted to get off to a good start," Iverson said. "Some earlier shots were going off the rim, then all of a sudden, my shots began to drop. My teammates began to get the ball to me, they did a good job as always of getting me the ball in the right spot, and I was able to make the big shots at the end."

"The little kid was phenomenal," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "I had to take him out at the beginning just to calm him down because he was really wired. Yeah, he took a lot of shots, but for the most part, his selection was good."

With 55 seconds left, he exited to a thunderous ovation and a chant of "Beat LA" from the First Union Center crowd that recalled the rivalry between these teams from a generation ago.

O'Neal and Bryant scored 23 points each for the Lakers, who fell to 1-3 on their six-game road trip. Los Angeles has lost its last three meetings with Philadelphia, with Iverson averaging 34.3 points. The 76ers had not beaten the Lakers three straight times since the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons, when the teams met in consecutive NBA Finals.

"This team has come a long way," Brown said. "I hope we can keep a level head, where they can expect to play well against the good teams, as well as playing well against teams with records worse than theirs."

Lakers forward Dennis Rodman missed his fourth straight game due to an excused absence for personal reasons. With the mercurial Rodman in the lineup, Los Angeles is 9-0. Without him, it is just 8-9.

"We'll welcome him with open arms when he comes back," Lakers coach Kurt Rambis said. "But I have no idea when he's coming back."

"He's obviously a factor," O'Neal said. "He has personal problems, whatever that means, nobody really knows. I don't think about it. I know the organization will do what they have to do."

O'Neal was saddled by foul trouble, eventually fouling out with just four rebounds midway through the final period. He also missed 5-of-12 free throws and committed five turnovers.

Iverson thoroughly outplayed O'Neal and Bryant in the third quarter, when the Sixers took control. After a 3-pointer by Glen Rice -- his first basket of the game -- gave the Lakers a 56-54 lead, Iverson made a jumper and 3-pointer and set up two baskets during a 12-2 burst that gave Philadelphia a 66-58 lead with 5:50 remaining.

Iverson buried a 22-footer to trigger a 6-0 spurt. Tyrone Hill and Aaron Mckie made free throws before Iverson fed Theo Ratliff for a dunk and a 74-62 bulge with 2:02 left in the period.

"For the most part, we did what we wanted to do," Lakers coach Kurt Rambis said. "We forced him (Iverson) to take a lot of outside shots. Unfortunately for us, he made a lot of them."

"Coach Brown noticed that we didn't defend the pick-and-roll very well, so he let Allen run the pick-and-roll and they did a very good job of setting screens and getting him open," Bryant said.

O'Neal and Bryant combined for no baskets in the third quarter as the Lakers shot just 17 percent (3-of-18). Iverson scored 11 in the period, which ended with Philadelphia holding a 76-67 lead.

Iverson had a jumper and 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter before a 3-pointer by Rice and a dunk by Robert Horry pulled Los Angeles within 83-77 with 9:44 to go. Iverson made a pair of free throws and a technical foul shot on O'Neal. Matt Geiger hit a jumper and two free throws off O'Neal's fifth foul as the Sixers rebuilt the lead to 90-77 with 6:33 left.

Iverson crossover on Kobe in 1999 season~