NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 132 Talking With Fists?

"Marcus, stop fouling!"

With 1 minute left in this quarter, Nuggets coach Bzdelik yelled at Marcus Camby from the sidelines.

One of the two main insiders committed three fouls. The first half is not over yet. If Camby commits four fouls, it will be difficult to play.

"Stephen, hit the inside and knock Camby down." Frank beckoned Marbury who was passing by to come over a little bit, and then whispered.

Marbury nodded.

On the left-wing three-point line, Nuggets point guard Andre Miller and Anthony picked and rolled again.

They have played a few pick-and-roll tactics in this position, and this time James Posey and Marbury have both stepped up their attention.

However, after this pick-and-roll, Andre Miller did not give the ball to Anthony again, but rushed forward by himself, and stopped the shot after two steps.

"Shh!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

The score was 40:53. After the main players of the Suns played, the point difference widened to 13 points. Everyone including Li Ba felt that he had no face.

Turning back to the Suns offense, Marbury and Jake Voskull ran high pick-and-rolls and broke into the paint.

Camby, who defended Jack Voskull, switched to Marbury and immediately stepped forward to block.

Marbury went to the basket, suddenly crossed the ball with his crotch, changed direction and broke through, forcing Camby to retreat into a reasonable collision zone, and then quickly took off for a layup.

Camby jumped up and reached for the block.

But for this ball, Marbury was looking for a foul. He deliberately bumped into Camby's body, and Camby hit his arm again.

"flute!"

"boom!"

The whistle sounded, and the basketball jumped on the hoop and rolled down.

"Damn!"

Nuggets coach Bzdelik slapped his thigh angrily. There was not much time in this quarter. He regretted not replacing Camby and asked the substitute to step up.

Then Marbury made a free throw, the score was 43:53, and the Suns trailed by 10 points away.

Next, the Nuggets attacked, and Anthony made a mid-range shot at the last moment, but missed.

Li Ba grabbed the rebound and the first half ended.

13分7篮板1助攻1抢断5封盖1犯规，这是李坝上半场的数据。

第二节最后3分钟，他2投1中，3罚1中，拿下3分1篮板。

This performance is average, but it caused Camby and Nene to foul once each, which is not bad.

"There are still two quarters, now it is 13+7, today I bet Li Ba is definitely 20+10."

"I dare to block."

"Whoever wins the bet, please have a late-night snack?"

After the bottom line, Chen Hong and some Chinese reporters discussed excitedly.

Outside the home team's locker room, Bill Duffy, accompanied by Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, called out Anthony.

"Hey, Bill. Hey, Kiki." After coming out, Anthony greeted with a smile.

"Camero, there shouldn't be any conflict between you and Hammer?" Duffy asked.

Anthony was taken aback for a moment, faltering and saying nothing.

Duffy was in a bad mood, and quickly asked, "Is there any problem?"

"Bill, he said that we can go to him anytime after the game. Nene and I." Now that the question was asked, Anthony stopped hemming and said it directly.

"Chat?" Kiki Vandeweghe asked.

"Talk with fists?" Bill Duffy's face was a little dark.

If the two stars under him had a private fight, wouldn't his agent become a laughing stock in the circle?

"Oh, that's not allowed." Kiki Vandeweghe shook his head immediately, and said to Anthony: "Carmelo, the league does not allow this kind of off-court behavior. You must control yourself."

"Is that where you're going?" asked Bill Duffy.

"This, yes."

Anthony is quite like a big brother. He didn't say that it was Nene who said it, but he directly admitted it.

"For an ordinary defensive foul, it's not worth it. Carmelo, are you willing to communicate with the Hammer? If not, you don't take the initiative to find him, is that okay?" Bill Duffy said.

Anthony thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then let me tell Nene, let's put the hammer down."

Bill Duffy nodded and said, "That's good. You are rivals on the field, but you should be friends off the field. Don't bring things on the field to the field."

Come back from the halftime break and the game continues.

The main players of the two sides played, and the Suns were still Jack Voskull at the [-]th position.

"Jack, go up and cover the hammer." Before going on the field, Frank explained to Jack Voskull.

Covering means doing the dirty work, being a human shield and rebounding, which is the job of an ordinary power forward.

Frank worried that Li Ba's control over rebounds would be weakened because he was distracted on the offensive end, so he explained this.

For the Nuggets, Camby, who made the fourth foul, was not played, and Nene, who was the third foul, was partnered with backup center Francisco Elson.

Some time ago in this quarter, the Suns were dominated by Marbury on the offensive end, but the touch was mediocre, and they scored two after increasing breakthroughs.

The shooting touch of others on the outside is also cold.

There are very few breakthroughs, because Li Ba stays at the basket, and with his opponent players, there is no room for breakthroughs.

This is also a tactical issue. It is useless for him to withdraw from the basket, so he can only stay there.

On the offensive end, the Nuggets also switched to playing outside.

This means that the Nuggets coach's strategy to blow up the inside of the Suns failed. Instead, his own inside line was blown up by Li Ba, and he had to switch to the outside line.

But the Nuggets frequently played misplaced offenses after pick-and-rolls by Andre Miller and Anthony.

Unlike the Suns outside, they feel hot, combined to make 4 of 3 shots, and the success rate is very high.

The time went to the 6th minute of the third quarter, the score was 50:65, the feeling was hot and cold, and the point difference widened to 15 points.

Although the Nuggets made four fouls as a substitute center, they did not end up on the court. However, the goal of the Suns fouling Nene was not achieved, and Nene remained on the court.

"The situation is very troublesome. The Suns want to get back the score, not only to increase the score, but also to suppress the Nuggets' outside scoring. But Andre Miller and Carmelo Anthony teamed up, relying solely on the defense of Marbury and James Posey , not much, they feel too good today."

The Suns called a timeout, Barkley explained.

"How do you think the Suns are going to solve the current predicament?" Kenny Smith asked.

"On the offensive end, the Hammer can still play, but he has to pay attention to mistakes. Marbury also needs to increase his breakthroughs and look for Nene. His breakthrough speed belongs to the top five in the league, and he can do this. On the defensive end, try to reduce the Nuggets shooting from the perimeter, rebounding with the Hammer," Barkley said briefly.

"Yes, the weakness of the outside line is that the hit rate will not always be high, it will always drop. Of course, if the Nuggets can always make shots, then God can't save the Suns."

Kenny Smith laughed.

The game restarts.

The Suns really increased Marbury's breakthroughs on the offensive end, and they were also looking for Nene.

The Nene defense of the three offenders was a little timid, and Marbury made a layup.

Looking back, Marbury and James Posey defended frantically, Anthony is a rookie after all, and missed a three-point shot from the bottom corner, Li Ba relied on his locking skills to grab the rebound first.

The Suns launched a fast break, Joe Johnson, Marbury, and James Posey went forward on three wings, and finally Marbury made a layup.

The score was 54:65, still 11 points behind.

(End of this chapter)