The match began.
Genius VS Mosaic.
Both teams sent their starting lineups for the new season.
Genius-
Number 5: Duke, 216cm;
Number four: Kristen Leitner, 211cm;
Third position: Michael Jordan, 198cm;
Second position: Jerry Stackhouse, 198cm;
Number one: Tyrone Lu, 183cm.
Mosaic-
Number five: Todd McLoach, 213cm;
Number 4: Kees Van Horn, 208cm;
Number 3: Aaron McGee, 196cm;
Second position: Eric Snow, 191cm;
Number one: Allen Iverson, 183cm.
In terms of position, the Wizards had a slight advantage in height and were stronger in the backfield.
However, they had Leitner at the fourth position, and the Mosaic had traded Van Horne from the New jersey Nets.
The Nets made it to the finals last year, but they were swept clean by the Los Angeles Clippers.
This season, they learned the painful lesson of having no one inside to compete with Shaq. They sent away Van Horn, who was thin and liked to float outside and shoot, and got Mutombo.
However, Mutombo had just been completely defeated by Shaq in the 00/01 season finals. The Mosaic had only won one of the five games with Iverson's 48 points.
Mutombo was obviously no match for Shaq.
However, the Mosaic had traded Van Horn. The inside defense was reduced to a certain extent, but it supplemented the lack of firepower.
It could be said that both sides took what they needed.
In the backfield and the third position, the Wizards were a complete mess except for the first position.
Although Jordan was no longer the number one player at his peak, he could still play against Aaron McGee.
At his peak, he only scored 12.2 points per game, which was not on the same level as Jordan.
Stackhouse was a star guard who had been famous in the league for many years. The gap between him and Eric Snow was the same as that between Jordan and McGee.
At Snow's peak, he only had an average of 12.9 points and 6.6 assists per game. He was considered an auxiliary guard.
Duke's opponent tonight was Todd McLoach, an ordinary blue-collar center who had only played in the league for four seasons.
It could be said that apart from the number one position, Tyrone Lu might not be able to handle Iverson, the Wizards had the advantage.
Iverson obviously thought so too.
When he realized that the Wizards were all starting, he looked at Jordan with resentment.
The preseason results were not important, but no one wanted to start the game with a dark side.
The only thing he could hope for was that the team's inside players could help, especially Todd. The opponent was just an unknown rookie.
Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Todd McLoach was also an unknown noob to Duke.
Duke was a noob who could not even leave his name in the history of the league.
Almost at the moment when the other party was about to block, he suddenly turned around and slipped into the bottom of the basket, making a slam dunk.
Duke displayed his mobility against Mark Loki, catching him off guard.
Then, when his teammate couldn't even shoot, he grabbed the front court board over and over again, and then he made a shot.
In the first eight minutes of the first quarter, Duke had scored 8 points and 10 rebounded from McLoach's head, which was almost a double-double. He had even grabbed 5 front court boards, completely crushing the latter, who only had 2 and 3 points.
His crazy rebounding ability was vividly reflected in the weak inside of the Mosaic.
Iverson frowned even more.
The other positions on the team were already weak, and now that the paint had been blown up by a rookie, he felt that he was in danger.
Even if he had scored 14 points in the eight minutes, he could not make up for the loss of the inside lane.
29:19. They were 10 points behind before the first quarter ended.
This rookie…
Iverson finally looked at Duke, who he had looked down on before, and looked at him seriously.
In those eight minutes, Duke's strength, athletic ability, and excellent protective frame had left a deep impression on him.
In front of him, Todd McLoach was like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any time.
Where did Michael find the treasure?
Why had he never heard of such a person before?
After just a few minutes of playing, Iverson began to envy him.
He knew how weak the team's inside players were.
In the second quarter, Duke returned to the court in the last five minutes.
With or without him, the Wizards were like two teams, lacking enough defense and scoring ability.
Although it looked like Brown was going to be abandoned by Jordan and the coaching staff, he could still beat Haywood in the rotation and become the fifth position.
However, the attributes of the butter hand had not changed. Three or four out of ten balls fed to him from the outside might be lost or could not be held.
The others would either choose to brainlessly attack the iron or be directly destroyed out of bounds.
Compared to Duke's outstanding performance, he was a clown.
The Mosaic team relied on him and Iverson, who was currently playing, to create a 13:2 shock wave, closing the gap to only two points.
This made Jordan frown.
Collins also shook his head and smiled bitterly. He felt that Bu Lang was about to be crippled.
Ever since Duke was promoted to the starting lineup, Brown seemed to have lost his direction. He was muddleheaded and did not know what to do.
Moreover, the more he did this, the more he would worry about his gains and losses, and then…
His performance was getting worse and worse.
Jordan, who could not stand such an irritating performance, called for Collins to make a substitution. He and Duke returned to the field together.
As soon as the two of them entered the arena, the situation instantly reversed.
Duke's defensive frame might not be top-notch, but his ability to rebound was definitely top-notch.
Although Oakley's S-grade rebound card was not as high as Rodman's and other rebounding monsters, which was S , with Duke's height and wingspan, it could be said to be the devil's rule.
With Duke's guarantee of a rebound, the Wizards bombarded them with a wave of attacks.
After halftime, the Wizards led by 11 points with a score of 63:52.
Duke scored a double-double of 17 points and 17 rebounding, which was the best in the game.
Even though he sat on the bench in the second half and had no chance to play, his performance was still amazing.
At the same time, Jordan was satisfied!
Collins was satisfied!
It made Iverson drool even more.
In the first half, Duke crushed their inside line and could not fight back.
Where did this rookie come from?
Even after Iverson left the court, he still looked at Duke with lingering eyes.
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