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() The Denver Nuggets came with strong confidence and unspeakable resentment. The confidence came from their record in the regular season, a nearly complete victory of [-] to [-]. If the last game did not rely on Stephen's lore, the Nuggets The Golden Team almost became the only team in the league to sweep the Sounds this season. <-"

The resentment comes from the most valuable player award in the regular season. Since the establishment of this award, the city of Denver has never been favored, even the Buffalo Warriors (the predecessor of the Los Angeles Clippers), the Philadelphia Warriors (Golden State Warriors) The predecessor of the Sacramento Kings) and the Lucky Cincinnati Royals (the predecessor of the Sacramento Kings) have players who have won this award, but the Denver Nuggets have not won it once.

Of course, this has something to do with them not having won a championship, but considering the record of the Nuggets this season, Carmelo Anthony even made it into the top five in the list of most valuable players in the regular season. Not going, it makes them very unhappy.

In their view, the New Orleans Hornets led by Chris Paul are not even as good as the Nuggets in terms of record. Chris Paul's personal data is not as dazzling as that of Carmelo Anthony, but he ranks ahead of Carmelo Anthony. , it is a bit unacceptable.

They don't want to think about it, if Dwight Howard is surrounded by "Mr. Billion" Rashard Lewis and quasi-All-Star point guard Jamal Nelson, then who is next to Chris Paul? Tojakovic, former championship team member James Posey, how can he compare with Billups, Nene Hilario, Kenyon Martin and other all-star or quasi-all-star teammates? With the help of teammates, the Nuggets' record is so good, and most of the credit should be credited to Billups. What does it have to do with Carmelo Anthony?

Only one insignificant sportsmanship award and the best manager were awarded. The Nuggets did not get any individual sports awards. JR Smith also missed the best sixth man. In contrast, the Sound team almost won last season Almost all awards, this season Stephen won the most valuable player in the regular season again, how can they be envied and extremely hated.

Because they had an advantage against the Accents, they didn't think much of the Accents' record, and even acquiesced in the title of "Sound Buster" in their hearts. When they came to Seattle this time, they were not convinced by the Seattle team. The whole city celebrated, intending to severely humiliate the sound team, tore off their league's first shame leaf, and stepped on it fiercely, venting their anger.

But they did not expect that after the fight with the Rockets, the sound team has evolved, and it is no longer the previous sound team, and this week, the sound team has been conducting tactical training. Their expected opponent was the San Antonio Spurs. Seeing that the Denver Nuggets could suppress the San Antonio Spurs just by playing, the Sound team has been practicing offensive tactics. Although the final opponent is the Denver Nuggets, the Sound team The team still intends to use this tactic against them.

Because it has been proved in the regular season that facing the Denver Nuggets, the Xiangyin team's original offensive and defensive style of play is not enough to contain the Denver Nuggets. The Yin team is not a strong defensive team, and defense alone is not enough. To limit the offense of the Yin team, and the offense involving a large part of the energy of the defense is not enough to gain an advantage. Therefore, in the playoffs, after the coaching staff led by Carlesimo has determined the opponents of the semifinals, After detailed research and discussion, although the opponent has changed, the game strategy based on offensive play remains unchanged.

Although the offense of the Nuggets is strong, the tactical value is not high. In their offensive system, tactics can only contribute [-]% of the contribution. The sound team has been considered by critics as a team that does not rely on tactics. Well, the Nuggets are even more serious than them. What makes their offense so strong is that they have a large number of very good players on the offensive end. However, due to tactical or other reasons, these players could not play their best role in the past.

When Allen Iverson was there, the Nuggets' offensive strength was even stronger, but this combat strength could not be fully utilized in the game, just like Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony would never be able to. Coexistence is the same, because both of them can only show their abilities when they have the ball in their hands. Although there is no problem in the relationship between the two, they are unwilling to change themselves to adapt to the opponent and insist on playing. Individual combinations fail.

If one of the two people gives up his possession of the ball and instead focuses on running without the ball, no matter which of the two people makes a change, it can have a very good effect, but neither of them has changed, but, After Allen Iverson was traded for Billups, the Nuggets' offense suddenly had a sense of hierarchy and rhythm, and it was no longer swarming like before.

The reason is that although Billups is also outstanding in offensive strength, he does not rely on the ball. He is a terminator-style offensive player and does not have too many opportunities to attack with the ball. After the shot, he can also reasonably distribute other possessions to everyone and mobilize their offensive enthusiasm. This is the reason for the success of the Nuggets this season.

So freezing Billups became the first choice to curb the Nuggets' offense, so when the game started and Stephen appeared in front of Billups, it was so strange. The reason is that Stephen is different now from before. He is the core of the team, the boss of the team, and also the controller of the team. If the opponent's player shows up again, Stephen will defend the opponent. Regardless of the position of the opponent, on the one hand, it feels a bit cheap to Stephen. He is not a full-time defender of the team now, and he can no longer take defense as the first priority. At the same time, if he does so, it will easily disrupt his own ball Team tactics and positions.

So in the regular season, no matter how good Billups is, Stephen has never defended him like this. At most, when Earl Watson or others lose their defensive positions, Stephen will pounce or defend at critical moments. one time.

Instead of defending Billups from the beginning of the game like now, seeing Stephen standing in front of him, although Billups grinned on the surface and showed a smile, but the corners of his eyes trembling exposed Billups has experienced Stephen's difficulties since he was in the Spurs. Such a powerful Detroit Pistons can be defeated by him, not to mention that he has a bigger team now. improvement.

However, the nervousness is not enough to affect him, but he makes him pay more attention to the ball in his hand. At the same time, when he is about to play the ball, he needs to strengthen the protection of the ball. The sound team sent Stephen over to play the first position. The position is still Earl Watson, and the lineup has not changed. On the one hand, Stephen needs someone to help him dribble across the half court. He will also cause some trouble.

After Billups discovered this situation, he immediately passed the ball to shooting guard Daddy Jones. He is a standard second player, and against Earl Watson's defense, Daddy Jones easily broke through. He blocked, but when he was heading to the basket, Kurt Thomas had already stood in front of him.

Daddy Jones can change direction again and continue to drive out of the basket, but he loses the courage to do so when he sees Yao Ming standing under the basket. At least he didn't have this confidence, so after the offense was suppressed, he immediately turned around and passed the ball to Carmelo Anthony.

Stephen went to defend Billups. Carmelo Anthony, who has always been defended by him, naturally had to be defended by Kevin Durant. Seeing Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony not only did not feel happy, but gave birth to An angry mind, I am the Nuggets' scoring leader, the leader of the Nuggets, I should enjoy Stephen's defense, instead of letting a quasi-rookie defend myself, this is a great contempt for myself.

Carmelo Anthony immediately used his big butt to push against the tall and slender Kevin Durant. In his opinion, what he needs to do is to restrain his strength, so as not to knock the thin bamboo pole out all at once. Who knew that Kevin Durant's power behind him was very strong, but Carmelo Anthony didn't use enough power. Not only did he not arch Kevin Durant, but he almost made a walking error.

Carmelo Anthony immediately increased his strength and continued to push forward, but Kevin Durant suddenly took a step back as soon as the two came into contact, that is, he would not let Carmelo Anthony short, and almost caused a blow again. Carmelo Anthony's walking, two consecutive back attacks did not work, disturbed Carmelo Anthony's mind, and also disrupted Carmelo Anthony's rhythm. When he turned around, Kevin Du Lant shot to cover it.

Kevin Durant's long arms are fully demonstrated in this block. Although Carmelo Anthony's jumping is not very good, he is not a floor player. Although his height and wingspan are not as good as Kevin Durant This is an exaggeration, but it is also in the upper-middle standard. Just being blocked by Kevin Durant made Carmelo Anthony feel very shameless. The team's first offense was handed over to him and he was blocked. Not a good sign.

After returning, Stephen stormed the basket, squeezed away Daddy Jones, and faced Renaldo Balkman's defense, Stephen ignored it and jumped up for a layup. Balkman reached out to cover Stephen, but saw Stephen in the air. After changing hands, he handed over the ball to his left hand and sent it into the basket, but he just hit his right hand, and the referee immediately blew his whistle.