I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 179 Chapter 178
The outside world generally believes that McGrady is a player who lacks iron ambitions, but this does not mean that McGrady has no ambition.

Maybe he has no desire for honor in his career, but he is very concerned about the victory or loss of a single game, because it is related to the dignity and honor of a superstar.

Maybe he is not interested in public fights, but he is brave enough to fight privately!
He desperately wants to prove himself in this game. On the surface, he wants to defeat the invincible Billups, but the deeper level he doesn't want to admit is because he really feels that Joey Western threat.

In McGrady's view, Joey Dorsey is a jerk, but on the court, he is a very powerful jerk with unlimited potential.

With McGrady's superstar intuition, Dorsey, this bastard, will be a great guy in the future, but he doesn't want Dorsey's advancement path to be based on his own body.

Adelman, this old guy, obviously doesn't trust himself now, and wants to help that bastard to the top, how can I let that guy compare!

The Rockets attack, McGrady asks Alston for the ball.

Seeing that the boss was eager to attack, the streetball king honestly passed the ball.

McGrady only has eyes for the basket now.

Made a fake move, broke through, but was still blocked. This time McGrady and Billups made a physical confrontation, and then used the strength of the rebound to make a fallback jumper.

McGrady had an obvious hang in the air, calibrated the sight in the air, took a shot, and the ball flew steadily into the basket.

When McGrady's drooping eyelids were wide open, he was still the most terrifying killer in the league.

The ball was scored beautifully, but it took a lot of effort.

The altitude of the Denver plateau exacerbated McGrady's consumption. After scoring this goal, McGrady's chest couldn't stop heaving.

The Nuggets attacked again, and it was Billups who tried to break through again, but was still unable to break through McGrady's defense, and instead was forced out of the three-point line by McGrady.

When McGrady is focused defensively, he's one of the best perimeter defenders in the league.

Seeing that he couldn't make it through, Billups suddenly slowed down and dribbled the ball slowly outside the three-point line, but his eyes scanned the half court like searchlights.

He saw Anthony run from the inside to the three-point line, and immediately passed the ball.

"Melo" received the ball. As the top scorer in the league, everyone understood his threat. When everyone focused on Anthony, Billups, who had just completed the pass, was like a cunning loach Slip away from Maddy.

When McGrady realized that Billups was gone, Billups had already come near the free throw line.

Instead of shooting, Anthony passed the ball to Billups.

Billups received the ball, did not choose to rush to the basket, but shot directly from the spot.

This shot is simple and unpretentious, far less beautiful than McGrady's hovering back just now, but it is also a steady hit.

This is the style of Billups, unpretentious, but extremely efficient, just as he did when he was the Pistons.

Brilliant goals and unpretentious goals are two points, but Billups consumes less, so the output ratio is higher.

The gasping McGrady wiped the sweat from his forehead, cursing inwardly: This terrible bastard!

The scary thing about Billups is not only the confrontation, breakthrough and precise shooting, but also the fact that he can have the ball in his hands or not.

His off-ball running is like a ghost, and his fixed-point shooting percentage after receiving the ball is also extremely high.

In the following games, McGrady continued to attack with the ball. Although he hit a few difficult pull-up jumpers, more shots were hit.

However, the harder he hit the iron, the more unwilling McGrady became, and the more determined he was to attack.But resolute shooting can't reverse the reality that the shooting percentage is not high, so McGrady fell into a vicious circle.

McGrady, who only has eyes on the opponent's basket, forgot that he still has the pass key.

On the other hand, Billups is much more comfortable playing.

Although his breakthrough can't pass McGrady at all, he can use active running without the ball to create space for himself, and his precise fixed-point shooting can always send the ball into the basket again and again.And when he has the ball in his hands, he can make beautiful passes on the move and provide assists to his teammates time and time again.

At this moment, he is no longer just a commander, but an all-round commander who mounts to kill the enemy and dismounts to command.

The Rockets were hindered on the outside, and the inside was equally difficult. Yao Ming looked very tired on the highland arena, and his physical energy was seriously exhausted in the constant confrontation with jumpers like Nene and Martin.

Under the leadership of Billups, the Denver Nuggets further expanded their lead.At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had already led by 16 points.

In the third quarter, the situation still did not improve, and McGrady fell into a vicious circle of competing with himself.

This style of play consumes a lot of energy. By the middle of the third quarter, McGrady was already sweating and out of breath just like Yao Ming.

At 6 minutes and 37 seconds of the third quarter, Adelman replaced the exhausted McGrady and Dorsey played.

Dorsey also played sporadically for nearly 10 minutes before, but they were all as inside substitutes for Dayao and Scola. This is the first time in this game as an outside line.

When McGrady passed by Dorsey at the end of the game, he just glanced at him panting, and didn't say anything. He was too tired to open his mouth.

Dorsey came to defend Billups.

Billups was also relieved to see McGrady go down. Although he avoided McGrady's defense with a lot of running without the ball, but he attacked one-on-one with the ball, but failed to break through McGrady head-on once.

Seeing that the opponent is a rookie and an inside player, Billups is a little careless. He wants to use the small to play the big, and find the feeling of scoring a frontal breakthrough in Dorsey.

Billups dribbled the ball under his crotch, trying to cross over, but Dorsey saw the timing, made a sudden shot, and stabbed the ball out.

Billups didn't expect Dorsey's shot to be so fast and accurate. After the ball was poked out, he was still stunned. When he came back to his senses, Dorsey had already jumped out like a leopard. Assaulted before.

Billups wanted to chase it back, but Dorsey ran too fast, and his dribbling skills were also extremely skilled, and running with the ball did not affect the assault speed at all.

Not only Billups, but the audience in Denver were also very surprised. This big man's dribbling action does not look like an inside player.

Only Adelman and outside assistant coach TR Dunn looked at each other, and they both read satisfaction and joy from each other's eyes.

The special outside training during this period was not in vain!fruitful!
After Dorsey completed the steal, he didn't pass the ball. He drove the ball all the way to the three-point line. Just a little past the free throw line, he grabbed the ball with one hand and dunked!

Martin under the basket jumped up to block, but Dorsey flew higher and dunked the ball into the basket through Martin's head!
For a time, the audience was in an uproar.

How divine is this kid!Offensive and defensive one-stop!

Mai Di, who was sitting on the bench, raised his drooping eyelids, his sleepy eyes widened, and his heart felt as if he had overturned the jar of vinegar. This is so sour!

I worked hard to defend most of the game, but failed to complete a steal from Billups.How come the bastard Dorsey has a chance to show his face as soon as he comes on the court!

Billups, Billups, you are so unbelievable!
Billups was also very depressed. He didn't make a mistake on McGrady, but he stumbled on a rookie!
When attacking again, be careful and cautious, trying to get one back from Dorsey steadily.

However, at this time he discovered that Dorsey's defense was more difficult than McGrady.

Dorsey's height and wingspan are similar to McGrady's, but his strength, explosive power, and speed are stronger.More importantly, as a defensive inside player, his defensive willingness, enthusiasm and hardness are much stronger than McGrady.

Billups couldn't get past Dorsey, so he wanted to repeat the same trick, pass the ball, and then run without the ball, looking for opportunities.

But Dorsey's defensive attention is very focused. Wherever Billups runs, he follows him, and sticks to the opponent's side, completely using an inside defensive method to defend against Billups.

After Dorsey came on the court, Billups was frozen and didn't score a point. He could only mobilize his teammates by passing the ball.

On the contrary, Dorsey is on the offensive end and can score on Billups by playing back.

For the rest of the third quarter, Tracy McGrady didn't play again, watching Dorsey with a gloomy expression on the field.

Billups' face was uglier than McGrady's. For a while, he couldn't find a good way to deal with Dorsey.

The Rockets took the opportunity to narrow the point difference to 10 points.

But just when the Rockets were expecting Dorsey to help the team reverse, an accident happened suddenly

(End of this chapter)