Defending champion

Chapter 433 Sweeping the Denver Nuggets [-]

Chapter 7 Sweeps Denver Nuggets [-]th

Hornets possession of the ball!

At this time, Byron Scott called a timeout. He couldn't let Anthony go crazy like this.

He's hit seven 7-pointers already, if he's allowed to shoot like this.So what's the deal?
As soon as the Hornets players returned to the bench, Byron Moment immediately brought the tactical board over.There are paintbrushes in front of the players, circling No. 15 for the Denver Nuggets.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his voice and roared loudly: "Our offense is doing well, and I must continue to implement it, but our defense is not good enough, especially the defense against Carmelo Anthony. Carmelo Anthony is the strongest offensive point of the Nuggets. As long as we plug this point, the Nuggets' offensive system will be paralyzed by half. Therefore, I will hand over Jack's defense against Anthony in the last quarter. Here you go."

After Byron Scott finished speaking, he looked at Jack expectantly.

Jack nodded his head firmly with his eyes. At the same time, he turned his head and glanced at the back of Anthony, who was also dripping with sweat. A long-squeezed fighting spirit began to grow in his heart.

While listening carefully to the coach's arrangement, Anthony felt an electric current hit his back, and he subconsciously turned his head backwards.Looking in Jack's direction...

Jack and Anthony looked at each other in the air, and their eyes were fighting fiercely...

Byron Scott's tactics had just been arranged, and the whistle sounded for the end of the timeout, and the game continued!
The game starts, the Hornets attack!
At the top of the two-point arc, Paul used his skillful dribbling skills to stun the defensive Andre Miller, and then made a mid-range emergency stop shot near the free throw line.

After the basketball drew an arc in the air, it smashed into the basket.

Relying on Paul's attack, the Hornets opened the point difference to 8 points.

Nuggets offensive possession of the ball!

Just after Anthony passed halftime, Jack stuck to it tightly, not giving Anthony any space to catch the ball at all.

Now that Anthony is in a hot stage, Jack can't guarantee that he won't shoot directly after receiving the ball.This is no joke.

Under Jack's defense, Anthony smiled and challenged Jack: "Rookie, no matter what defensive moves you use, they are useless to me. 38 points are the best proof."

"Hmph, that's what I let you do. You watch it? From now until the end of the game, I will let you not even get a single point." Jack shot back.

"Really? Then you can try it?" Anthony walked towards Jack while talking.

Jack's mind was spinning rapidly, he was thinking about what Anthony was doing?
Jack saw the figure walking towards him from the corner of his eye, and Jack knew Anthony's intentions.Anthony is going to use Kenyon. Martin's body to cover for him, after that, catch the ball and attack!
Now that Jack knew Anthony's intentions, how could he succeed?

When Anthony's body was approaching Kenyon Martin, Jack's body mustered all its strength to grab ahead of Anthony and Kenyon Martin's bodies.

Jack has always followed Anthony inseparably, and Anthony has never been able to get rid of Jack's defense.

Without Anthony to respond, Andre Miller didn't know who to pass the ball to at this time.

Anthony was frozen, and the Nuggets became without a backbone for a while.

Andre Miller took advantage of his height to crush Paul and entered the Hornets' penalty area, trying to end this wave of offense with a mid-range shot with an emergency stop!
Unexpectedly, at the buffer moment when Andre Miller held the ball high and was about to throw the basketball in his hand.

With a "snap", Chris Paul, who hadn't lost his defensive position, directly gave Andre Miller a kick.

The basketball was intercepted by Paul. After the interception, it was directly received by Jack who had retreated to the center line. The basketball did not stay in Jack's hands for too long.

Jack's wrist trembled slightly, and the basketball came into the hands of Butler who had rushed to the three-pointer. After Butler caught the ball...

Dribbling, striding, kicking the ground, bending knees... A series of actions were completed in an instant. Butler regarded his body as a dynamite package, horizontally in the air, facing the empty penalty area, and "boomed" There was a painful moan from the basket, and Butler's one-handed dunk.

This is the Hornets' defensive counterattack. Although the Hornets' speed is not top-notch in the league, this defensive counterattack of the Hornets is extremely lethal.

The Hornets relied on this defensive counterattack, and they extended the score to 10 points.At this time, there are only 4 minutes and 34 seconds left before the end of the game.

George Karl is no longer able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai at this time.He quickly called a timeout...

However, George Karl's suspension did not solve the actual problem for the Nuggets.

Because the only starting point for the Nuggets' offense was Anthony, and at this time Anthony was firmly suppressed by Jack.

Among the Nuggets, is there anyone who can stand up and share the burden of scoring for Anthony.So, in fact, this game has ended early.

"Hey, Anthony has worked hard enough, but there is no way the Denver Nuggets are fighting alone. Jack is much luckier than him, at least he is fighting with Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler. That’s why Jack can defend Carmelo Anthony regardless,” Mark Jackson said.

Bill Wharton was surprisingly silent this time and remained silent.It's not clear what he was thinking.

……

"Beep..." The long end-of-game whistle sounded, and the game ended. In the end, the Denver Nuggets still failed to perform the above miracle.

Lost their crucial Game 104 at home by 92,12-[-] points.

After this game ended, the Hornets took the lead in 7 games with 4 wins.

According to the local media in New Orleans, the New Orleans Hornets have basically advanced to the second round now.Because in the history of the league, in the playoffs, after falling behind by a big score of 0-3, the probability of a team that can still come back is almost zero.

However, the game is not over yet, and all this is not a foregone conclusion.All this is hard to say.

Jack returned to the locker room, took a shower and was dragged to the press conference.

Jack played a total of 44 minutes in this game, among which Jack scored 38 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal. The team's strongest attack point, Carmelo Anthony, was directly blocked.

Jack arrived at the scene, and Carmelo Anthony and George Karl were already sitting there.

After being seated, the reporter quickly got to the point, and then it was time for the reporter to ask questions.Are those reporters not stupid?How precious is the interview time, wasting one point directly wastes almost a week's wages.Can they not be in a hurry?

"After tonight's game, you have extended your win to 3-0. You have a very high possibility of winning this series. How do you feel?" The team reporter of the Hornets with a New Orleans reporter card stood up and asked Jack loudly, his excitement was beyond words.

"Victory is always a good thing, but we will not get carried away because we lead 0-3. The playoffs need to be played one game at a time. I don't want to try to lose. Go home Fishing feels really bad."

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On the side of the Denver Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony, who scored a game-high 46 points, was interviewed.

"Although you lost the game, you scored 46 points. The highest score in the playoffs this season. Do you have any special feelings?"

"That feels like shit!" Melon replied with a rare gloomy expression.

Anthony's feeling, Jack can understand.I tried my best and tried my best, but I couldn't exchange for a team victory.

Jack has also experienced it. The game against the San Antonio Spurs was a flaw in Jack's career.

"After losing this game, you guys mean that you can't lose again in the following games. Do you think you still have the possibility of a comeback?"

"Yes, even if the chance is small, we will work hard." Anthony tried his best to keep his tone steady.However, anyone could see that he was comforting himself.

With a big score of 0-3 behind, it is equivalent to going home to go fishing. The Denver fishing group has succeeded. No team can come back from 0-3. Anthony's words are just self-consolation.

"Cameron, you are the third scorer in the league this season, will you be the first next season?" A reporter continued to ask.

"Scoring champion? Oh, no, Kobe Bryant is a monster. As long as he wants to score, no one can stop him, so I can't beat him. Of course, if Jack wants to pursue statistics, the scoring champion must be his. .” Carmelo Anthony showed a rare humility.

.........

After the end of the third game between the Hornets and the Denver Nuggets, the two sides had a day off, and the fourth game was completed at the Denver Nuggets' apprenticeship center.

This may be the last stop of the season for the Denver Nuggets, so the Pepsi Center was packed with kick-off fans.However, the vast majority of fans at the Pepsi Center were wearing Hornets T-shirts.

In the blue ocean, Hornets fans wearing yellow Hornets T-shirts can be seen everywhere.Because, the vast majority of Hornets fans, they want to witness the miracle moment when the Hornets swept the Denver Nuggets.

After a series of activities before the start of the game, the game officially started...

The main lineups of the two sides have not changed at all, but on the court, it is different.

On the court, it can be clearly seen that the Hornets are playing confidently and decisively. Every tactic is well-organized and has a strong shocking effect whether it is played or not.Let people see that this is a strong team, a real strong team.

However, when the Nuggets played today, it was a mess.Although the Nuggets are still playing their classic and familiar tactics, they are still playing that kind of basketball.But no matter how you look at it, how do you feel that the Nuggets are playing wrong.At this time, the Nuggets can still go crazy, can play, and can play normally, only Anthony.

Today, Anthony is still full of passion and fiery touch. In the first quarter alone, he scored 12 in a single quarter.However, it was only Anthony who scored.They can't stop the decay of the entire team at all. The current Nuggets really feel decayed.It doesn't feel like the whole team is starting to rot from the inside out, it's completely different from the Nuggets in the last game.

Such a team immediately lost to the Hornets, and the Hornets suppressed the Nuggets from beginning to end.

From the first quarter, the Hornets played in an orderly manner and full of confidence. This state encountered a state where the Nuggets began to decay.

When the final game was over, the Sonics beat the Nuggets 100-95.The point difference between the Hornets' victory is very small. It seems that the two teams are similar in terms of score, but at this time.Everyone has a feeling: the Nuggets are finished. From the process of the game, it can be clearly found that the Nuggets began to fall in this game.

The Nuggets are dying. This feeling is so obvious that many people feel that the Nuggets are sinking all of a sudden.It even makes people feel a little unbelievable, but the playoffs are like this, one game, one shot, and sometimes a series can be controlled.

The Nuggets had already lost everything in the last game, and all their momentum and confidence were gone.There is no way to play this game, and the Nuggets lost Game 0.In fact, 3-[-] behind is tantamount to fishing at present, and the Hornets swept the Nuggets without bloodshed and advanced to the second round.

(End of this chapter)