作者JustCold (學習海的寬容)
看板Sixers
標題[回顧] 七六人的這一球季
時間Tue May 10 17:49:16 2005
寫在前面:這一篇是官網的球季回顧,跟 changyiyao 之前寫的比起來,遜色許
多,堪稱小品文一篇罷了。因為這是官方制式文章,總感覺少了一點感情吧。:P
或許很多球迷在季後賽被淘汰、確定球季結束放暑假去時,心裡有很重的失落感
,或是對某某球員(不管是現在在球隊名單上,或是以前在球隊名單上)、教練
的責難、不爽,甚至列出所謂的戰犯名單... 但是我卻認為這個球季收穫頗豐。
這個球季我看球、跟球賽的時間超級少,所以叫我寫七六人的回顧、展望,我不
會。但就結果論來說,歐比王做得不錯,掌兵符第一年就把七六人送回季後賽;
雖然 C-Webb 在轉隊後數據全方面下滑,可是看得出來他與七六人的系統磨合可
以說是漸入佳境(我應該沒說錯吧...? ^^||),與當年空降的木桶伯類似,只
配合了少少的 20 幾場比賽,然後就要打季後賽了,更何況他的腳上還有傷呢?
小艾就不必說了,沒啥好挑剔的。大帥哥 KK 季後賽手軟,沒有季賽前半段球隊
第二人該有的穩定,因為這是他第一次面對季後賽嘛(我不是因為他帥就偏心袒
護他喔!:P),震撼教育繳繳學費明年會打得更好呀!第九順位選進來的 #9 新
秀 Iggy 是七六人未來的希望所繫(不管基於戰力或是利益的考量都一樣。),
什麼都會,球迷要的(實用的 -- 防守、有觀賞價值的 -- 高空轟炸籃框)他通
通有,這應該是老王 King 這些年來所做的決策中唯一沒有人批判的一次了吧!
小戴雖然已經四年級了,但是也是季後賽初體驗,我認為他幹得不錯。很希望他
繼續留在七六人,如果 C-Webb 還在,趕快多學一點,別老是把腦袋忘在家裡冰
箱沒帶上球場。真男人 Marc 在季後賽的表現不甚理想,可是他的吵、他的拼命
、他的硬頸,對費城來說還是很重要的元素。其他人... 我就不再多講了(因為
快要下班了,而正文卻還沒開始翻譯咧... 我真的不是故意那麼多話的 T_T)。
七六人的未來,是光明的。球迷應盡的義務,就是永遠對支持的球隊保持樂觀。
說了那麼多廢話,到底是要不要開始翻譯啊?呃... 我看今天來不及了,各位若
等不及了,就去看看原文,編輯如下;裡頭有這個球季關鍵時刻的照片,還有致
勝一擊獲得勝利的精彩片段,也值得再複習一遍(或更多遍)。
翻譯嘛... 看我今天晚上有沒有時間和心情囉。^^||
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[回顧] 七六人的這一球季
76ers Year In Review
by
Brian Smith
posted May 9, 2005
http://www.nba.com/sixers/features/year_in_review_050509.html
The 76ers knew they were getting a solid all-around player when they
drafted
Andre Iguodala in the 2004 NBA Draft. But as the season went
on, they discovered his skill of flight. It all started sometime in
the fall, when
Allen Iverson lobbed a pass to Iguodala near the
basket, and a nice alley-oop developed.
As time went on,
Iverson and the rest of the Sixers realized how good
Iguodala was at that. In one game, a pass sailed a good two feet
above the rim, seemingly headed out of bounds. But
Iguodala rocketed
up and got it, and slammed it home with one arm behind the backboard.
From there,
Iguodala’s dunks just became prettier and prettier, as
his teammates just set him up more and more.
Air Iguodala began to
establish a hub in Philadelphia.
“It’s fun to play with him, because you can just throw up those
lobs,”
Kyle Korver told the Philadelphia Inquirer. You know that all
you have to do is put it up there by the backboard somewhere, and
he’ll get it.”
As the years go by, the 2004-05 season could be remembered for many
things. It could be remembered for when
Iguodala came on the scene in
Philadelphia. It could be remembered for the many comebacks the
Sixers put together over the season, or for another year of feats
performed by
Iverson. Maybe it’ll be
Korver’s unprecedented
three-point proficiency. But whatever it is, 2004-05 was definitely a
year full of defining moments.
It started in April, when the Sixers hired
Jim O’Brien to be the
19th head coach in 76ers history. The Philadelphia native came back
to his hometown to lead the Sixers, and eventually brought most of
his staff with him from his last stop in Boston.
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Billy King and Jim O'Brien met with the media at an introductory
press conference on April 21, 2004.
Jesse D. Garrabrant /NBAE/Getty Images
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The team’s first move of the
O’Brien era was to select
Iguodala
with the ninth overall pick in the draft. A forward who chose to
enter the draft after his sophomore season,
Iguodala was labeled by
some as having Scottie Pippen-type qualities to his game.
“[Draft day] was a great day for the city of Philadelphia and the
76ers because we were able to get a player in
Andre that will fit how
we want to play,”
King said at
Iguodala’s introductory press
conference. “We’re excited he was there. We didn’t feel he was
going to be there. We were going to try to move up to get him. And
this is probably the first time in my eight years that we really
liked the player targeted and were able to get him.”
After a week-long training camp at Duke University and a three-week,
eight-game preseason schedule during which the team went 6-2, the
Sixers started playing for keeps at Boston on Nov. 3. In that game,
the Sixers went down by 18 in the third quarter before roaring back
for a 98-95 win, giving
O’Brien his first Sixers coaching victory
against his old team. The erasure of a big deficit would develop as a
theme for the Sixers throughout the season – the team erased five
more double-digit leads for opposing teams, including another
18-point comeback against Denver on Feb. 14 and a 17-point rally
against Indiana on Nov. 12.
That Nov. 12 game also marked the start to another trend that has
made a mark on the 2004-05 season – game-winning shots, and big
shots in general. There were two in that game – first, in the “big
shot” category,
Korver sank a three-pointer with 3.7 seconds
remaining in regulation to tie the game and send it to overtime. It
was in the extra period that
Iverson shook free from a defender and
made his first-career game-winning shot, a 14-foot jumper at the
buzzer that gave the Sixers a 106-104 win.
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http://www.nba.com/media/sixers/iverson_308_041112.jpg
Iverson shoots the game-winning shot vs. Indiana on Nov. 12.
Jesse D. Garrabrant /NBAE/Getty
Video:
http://tinyurl.com/azc8o
More game-winning video:
11-26-04 (vs WAS):
Iverson Steals The Game:
http://tinyurl.com/9ab73
1-31-05 (IND):
Korver hits game deciding fadeaway jumper with 6.5
seconds:
http://tinyurl.com/boj4e
2-14-05 (vs. NYK):
Iverson pass to
Marc Jackson for game-winning
layup:
http://tinyurl.com/8wd4f
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"It's just a great feeling to hit a shot with no more time left on
the clock and they can't do nothing about it,"
Iverson said after the
game. "It's something that never happened for me. I've had the
winning free throws, but it's not the same thing as hitting the
game-winning shot. I might have hit shots that put us ahead, but just
that one right there is a feeling that I can't even express."
Iverson liked the feeling so much that he hit some more game-winners.
Two weeks later, on Nov. 26 versus Washington,
Iverson stole an
inbounds pass at half-court with 3.3 seconds remaining in the game
and cruised in uncontested for the game-winning layup and a 116-114
win. On March 25,
Iverson did it again, hitting a jumper with 2.4
seconds remaining that gave the Sixers a 103-101 win over Toronto.
Other Sixers players joined the big-shot/game-winning trend over the
season as well. Although the Sixers ended up losing 99-95 in overtime
at New Orleans on Jan. 28,
Korver gave the Sixers a chance to win
when he hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer in regulation to force the
overtime period. But three days later,
Korver made one count – his
running jumper with 6.5 seconds left gave the Sixers an 89-88 win
over Indiana.
Marc Jackson got in on the fun on February 14 when he
made a lay-up with 0.7 seconds left for a 106-105 win over the
Knicks.
For many players on the Sixers roster, 2004-05 held some experiences
that will rank near the top of their career highlights. Take
Josh
Davis, for instance, who was the MVP of the Continental Basketball
Association in 2003-04 and made the Sixers roster out of training
camp for this season.
Davis was surprised on Nov. 24 when
O’Brien
gave him a starting nod against the Celtics, but he responded with a
career-high 19 points. 13 of those came in the third quarter,
including 11 consecutive Sixers points on a trio of three-pointers
and two free throws.
Willie Green had several great outings on the occasions where
Iverson
was out due to illness or injury. When
Iverson was out with a left
rotator cuff strain in late January,
Green stepped up with 32 points
in 42 minutes on Jan. 26 at Washington, and also scored 18 points in
39 minutes on Jan. 28 at New Orleans. On Feb. 7, when
Iverson was out
with the flu,
Green led the way for the Sixers with 28 points in 43
minutes of action. Then on April 9 vs. Washington,
Green scored 20
points and had nine assists in 38 minutes of a 112-106 win.
Samuel Dalembert continued his development in the tough world of the
NBA low post. On January 24 vs. Miami,
Dalembert was extremely
effective against Shaquille O’Neal, limiting O’Neal to 24 points
and five rebounds, while posting 16 points and 11 rebounds himself.
It was
Dalembert’s second consecutive double-double, coming after a
career night in Orlando on Jan. 22 on which he scored a career-high
24 points and yanked down 16 rebounds.
Iguodala constantly showed throughout the season why the Sixers were
intent on bringing him home from the draft. He consistently ranked
among the league’s top rookies in every major statistical category.
He led all rookies and was eighth overall with 1.68 steals per game,
and was the only Sixers player to start every game this season. On
March 23,
Iguodala posted a triple-double against the defending
champion Detroit Pistons with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists,
becoming the first rookie to accomplish that feat since Chicago’s
Kirk Hinrich did it in February of 2004.
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Some of the NBA's best were the victims of Iguodala's thievery.
Harry How /NBAE/Getty Images
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“At this point [in his career], I really don’t think he understands
how special that is,” said
Aaron McKie after the game. “You can go
down the list of great players that took a long time to get a
triple-double, but that says a lot about his game. For him to come
out here after two years in college and get a triple-double against a
great defensive team - it says a lot about him.”
For
Korver, 2004-05 was a breakout season. Perhaps the biggest
beneficiary of
O’Brien’s offensive system,
Korver set a new
franchise record for three-pointers in a season. He made over 200
three-pointers after only hitting 81 last year. In doing so, his
point-per-game average soared from 4.5 ppg his rookie year to over 11
ppg this year.
There were many other accomplishments.
John Salmons emerged late in
the season as the one to spell
Iverson during games.
Jackson posted
several double-doubles while providing a force in the low post.
McKie
recovered from an early-season shoulder injury to be a solid
contributor off the bench.
Kevin Ollie, on his third tour of duty
with the Sixers, was a positive influence on the Sixers young nucleus
both on the court and in the locker room.
And of course,
Iverson added to his list of career achievements. He
became just the seventh player in NBA history to score 50 or more
points in consecutive games when he drained 54 at Milwaukee on Dec.
18 and then 51 versus Utah on Dec. 20. Not to be outdone, he took the
floor on Feb. 12 against Orlando and became the second player in
franchise history, joining Wilt Chamberlain, to score 60 points in a
game.
“I’ve never witnessed a performance like this in-person,”
O’Brien
said after the game. “This is the greatest performance that I’ve
ever witnessed. I think we are witnessing one of the great careers in
the NBA, put on by one of the most talented, tough and big-hearted
guys that you’ll ever see on the basketball court.”
Iverson rode the momentum of that game into the 2005 NBA All-Star
Weekend, which he attended with
Iguodala and
Korver. All three
players shined on their respective stages throughout the weekend. In
the Rookie Challenge,
Iguodala had 11 points, including a
highlight-reel dunk, to go along with seven rebounds and four assists
for the Rookie team, while
Korver scored 21 points on seven
three-pointers for the Sophomore team.
Korver also took part in the
Three-Point Shootout for the second year, finishing second to Phoenix’s
Quentin Richardson. Then in the All-Star game,
Iverson took the
show into his own hands, finishing with 15 points, nine assists and
four steals to earn All-Star MVP honors for the second time in his
career.
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Iguodala, Iverson and Korver represented the Sixers well at All-Star.
Weekend. NBAE/Getty Images
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It was the week after the All-Star game that the look of the Sixers
changed drastically. In a 12-hour period from just before midnight on
Feb. 22 to just after noon on Feb. 23, the Sixers made two trades
that involved a total of nine players. The more significant of the
two deals brought
Chris Webber from Sacramento to Philadelphia along
with Matt Barnes and Michael Bradley in exchange for Kenny Thomas,
Corliss Williamson and Brian Skinner. The second trade sent Glenn
Robinson to New Orleans in exchange for
Rodney Rogers and
Jamal
Mashburn, although Mashburn has been on the injured list all season
and never came to Philadelphia. Suddenly, in
Webber, the Sixers had
an All-Star low-post player to complement
Iverson, who was at a loss
for words when he heard about the deal.
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Webber met with the media before his first game with the Sixers,
which was against his old teammates from Sacramento.
Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty
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"It didn't seem true,"
Iverson said after the trade. "I really don't
have any words to describe how I feel right now, because I've never
been able to play with a player of that caliber. I've been looking
forward to something like this for nine years, and for it to finally
happen for me, I think my career is really turning the corner."
Throughout the season, the Sixers had many highlights off the court.
On several occasions, fans had an opportunity to meet a Sixers player
by bringing a donation for charity. The meet-and-greet evenings
brought in 1,446 winter coats for
Kyle’s Coat Drive, 952 children’s
books for
Willie’s Book Drive, 843 school supplies for
Sammy’s
School Supplies Drive, and several hundred hats for
Andre’s Caps for
Kids. On the nights of their respective evenings,
Korver,
Green
Dalembert and
Iguodala each signed hundreds of autographs for fans
who supported the efforts.
While the Sixers were able to clinch a playoff spot with one game
remaining, they didn't know their playoff fate until late at night on
April 20, the last day of the regular season. When Indiana beat
Chicago that night, it put the Sixers into the seventh seed and gave
them a date with the defending champion Detroit Pistons.
After tough losses in Games 1 and 2, many thought the Sixers had no
chance but to become the victims of an embarrasing sweep. But the
team came back to the Wachovia Center for Game 3 determined to not
just step aside while Detroit roared through the first round. The
Sixers showed their fans that they could compete against the Pistons,
winning Game 3 115-104.
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Allen Iverson couldn't quite carry the Sixers to the upset.
Allen Einstein /NBAE/Getty Images
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“We got it done,"
Iverson said. "We came out and we fought. That’s
a great basketball team, cause I’m talking about our defensive
effort, and they shot 50 percent for the game. So that tells you how
tough it is to beat them. You stop a team, and they’re shooting 50
percent, and (you) win a basketball game. That says a lot about what
we did on the offensive end as well. We didn’t just play defense, we
played offense, too.”
The win put the Sixers in a position to tie the series with a victory
in Game 4, and were just a free throw away from doing just that. The
Sixers were up nine points with just over six minutes to play, but a
furious Pistons rally ended up sending the game to overtime. Detroit
was able to pull away in the extra session for a 97-92 win, and took
that momentum back to the Motor City for Game 5. Despite leading
after three quarters, the Sixers could once again not hold off a late
Pistons rally, and Detroit closed out the series with an 88-78 win on
May 3.
Although disappointed that his season was over,
Iverson was upbeat
about how the season went.
“I feel like doing it again," he said. "I feel like going through it
all over again. First, I just want to thank my family and friends and
everybody that has helped this whole season. Throughout the playoffs,
everything, the ups and downs. The true Philadelphia fans that stayed
with us from the beginning and never jumped off the bandwagon or
jumped on it when we were doing good. I also want to thank my
teammates, coaching staff and fans of Philadelphia.”
The next day, the Sixers gathered for a final team meeting. While
nobody was happy with losing in the first round, the players and
front office personnel on hand were optimistic about the future.
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The Sixers met on May 4 to wrap up the season and clean out their
lockers.
Sixers Photos
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"I think
Chris Webber getting healthier in the summer, we’re going
to be a monster on the boards,"
Dalembert said. "He proved it before
he came here. He averaged almost 10 rebounds a game. With him,
hopefully he’ll get well, and I know he’s going to be doing it
because we talk about it. We’re probably going to be working out
together during the summer. He’s gonna be ready to come out there
next year, hopefully."
What comes of that optimism will ultimately determine where the
2004-05 season lands in Sixers history. The further development of
the team's young talent and the acquisition of
Webber could make it a
significant season that launches a run at a championship in the next
few years. However, the things that
Iverson did, the records that
Korver set, and the impressions that
Iguodala made cannot be taken
away. Those will make the 2004-05 season one to remember.
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