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Chapter 137 You can do it, so can I
"Yan, take the time to rest."

After the end of the third quarter, Yan Hua, who was sweating profusely, just sat down on his seat when the head coach Reggie Toyce ran over. After asking about Yan Hua's physical condition, Reggie -Toyes instructed Yan Hua to stay on the bench and take a good rest to accumulate energy for the final battle.

Today's game was full of twists and turns. The Kings established a 16-point lead in the first quarter, while the Nuggets launched a violent counterattack after the start of the second quarter. The difference narrowed to single digits, and after the King withstood the Nuggets' counterattack, the Nuggets, unwilling to fail, organized another wave of counterattacks at the beginning of the third quarter. It's over.

Just when everyone thought that the Nuggets, who had failed in their counterattack, were about to die, Carmelo Anthony, who was the core of the team, stepped forward and scored 11 points in a row in the last few minutes of the third quarter, helping the Nuggets At the end of the third quarter, the point difference was narrowed to 8 points, which completely broke the dream of some Kings players who wanted to clock out of work early.

From 15 points to 8 points, it can be said that Carmelo Anthony's explosion in the last few minutes of the third quarter not only stopped the trend of the Nuggets getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire of failure, but also allowed them to see the possibility of reversing the score. Hopefully, and most importantly, after Carmelo Anthony's scoring frenzy, the Nuggets have renewed their fighting spirit.

"The Nuggets are really tenacious in today's game." In fact, with 3 minutes left before the end of the third quarter, Kenny Smith, who has been supporting the Nuggets in this round of the series, is no longer against the Nuggets. There is no hope, because at that time the Nuggets were not only 15 points behind, but also the Nuggets could not see any improvement in the offensive end or the defensive end. Kenny Smith was a little surprised that the Nuggets, like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, climbed up again in that desperate situation.

"It is indeed the case, especially Cameron, his performance in today's game is really surprising." After Kenny Smith finished speaking, Charles Barkley followed up, as the 03 Carmelo Anthony's performance and status in the league have not been as good as his peers LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, even after failing in the first round of the playoffs , Anthony was also dubbed a regular season player and a playoff jerk, and even in the All-Star voting and the selection of the best team, Carmelo Anthony was very unpopular. Poor, and the team's record can also be said that in the past, Anthony will always be the second or even the third choice in the eyes of some people.

However, in today's extremely critical battle of Tianwangshan, Anthony, who had been tepid in the previous few games, stood up at the critical moment. The Nuggets' several counterattacks were all led by Anthony , especially before the end of the third quarter, they scored 11 points in a row, which reversed the situation on the field in one fell swoop. Although the Kings still have an 8-point lead, the 8-point difference and 15-point difference are completely different. Two concepts, in the case of a full quarter before the end of the game, the difference of 8 points is not enough to sentence the Nuggets to death.

With only 8 points left, it was enough for the Nuggets to see the hope of reversing the game. Therefore, George Karl chose to break the boat and sent all the main lineup after the start of the fourth quarter. Anyway, this game If they lose, there is a 90% chance that the Nuggets will go back to fishing, and there will be plenty of time to rest.

It is slightly different from the Nuggets who have sent all the main players. The Kings are playing with a semi-main rotation lineup. Perhaps during the timeout, Reggie Toyce had already expected George Karl's last game. Plan, so after the timeout ended, Reggie Toyes sent all the starters except Yan Hua and Dante Green to deal with the Nuggets' counterattack.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets' counterattack did start, and it was more violent than Reggie Toyes expected. Greatly reduced, so they can put most of their energy and physical strength into the offensive end, even under the control of Chauncey Billups, the rhythm of the game on the field has completely entered the rhythm that is beneficial to the Nuggets gone.

"It's hit again. Cameron made another mid-range shot. The point difference between the two sides has reached 5 points. The King needs to call a timeout. If the Nuggets are allowed to narrow the point difference to less than 5 points, then the players on the court The situation will be completely reversed!"

Carmelo Anthony, who has just broken through himself, is now in a crazy state and mentality. If Anthony has made a decision before that, he is willing to sacrifice himself. For the team's victory, he may not have the ball, and he may not care In terms of statistics, when Anthony found out that his sacrifice could not help the team win, Anthony completely let go, scoring, I want to score, and only by keeping scoring can the team get out of the current predicament!In order to bring the team and everyone the desired victory!
83 to 78, only 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, Reggie Toyes decisively called a timeout, and replaced Yan Hua who had just rested for a few minutes and the sweat on his head had not completely fallen off. Ji-Toyes also wants Yan Hua to rest for a while, but the current situation on the field really does not allow Yan Hua to continue sitting on the sidelines to rest. From 15 points to 8 points, and now to 5 points, the king is Really on the verge of being reversed.

Like Yan Hua, the veteran Bobby Jackson was also replaced. Although Tony Allen has also experienced the baptism of the finals, Tony Allen is still not as good as the veteran Bobby Jackson in terms of rhythm control. After Bobby Jackson was replaced, Tony Allen was pushed to the 2nd position. During the next period of time, Tony Allen's main task was to defend and cooperate with John Salmon Adams went to double-team Carmelo Anthony, who had already gone crazy.

As for Dante Green, because his defensive shortcomings are too obvious, Reggie Toyes did not arrange for him to continue playing after this timeout. At this critical moment of life and death, Reggie -Toyce chose to trust Drew Gooden, a veteran.

The game restarted, and after quickly sending out the sideline ball, Yan Hua did not go directly to the basket to get a position as usual, but stopped after reaching the free throw line. After Yan Hua did not continue to go deep into the basket, the Nuggets There have also been some changes in the defensive position. In the previous games, Yan Hua has been staying in the low position, and the Nuggets' defensive strategy against Yan Hua is also NN-Hilario's close defense, Kenyon Martin Support at any time from a distance, as long as Yan Hua holds the ball, Kenyon Martin quickly stepped forward to double-team, but after Yan Hua pulled to the high position, facing Drew Gooden who went deep into the basket, Kenyon Martin It is necessary to strengthen the defense against him.

After the offensive and defensive sides were all in position, Bobby Jackson, who held the ball at the top of the arc and deliberately delayed for a few seconds, began to slowly move laterally towards the right side of the court. The battle is more beneficial to the king, so before the appearance, the head coach Reggie - Toyes specially instructed Bobby Jackson, it is best to delay each round to 20 seconds, only need to persist in this way for a few rounds, digging Jin's counterattack momentum can be contained.

While Bobby Jackson was moving laterally with the ball, Yan Hua, who was near the free throw line, also moved towards the three-point line, preparing to cover Bobby Jackson's pick-and-roll. After successfully completing the pick-and-roll, Yan Hua quickly turned around , ready to cut towards the basket, and when Yan Hua and Bobby Jackson were performing a pick-and-roll, Drew Gooden, who was originally under the basket, also quickly moved towards the bottom corner, giving way to the passage to the basket .

After Kenyon Martin followed Drew Gooden out of the basket, Bobby Jackson, who completed the pick-and-roll cooperation with Yan Hua, took advantage of his dislocation and successfully got rid of NN Hilario, who was on defense. It was handed over to Yan Hua who cut along the edge of the paint. Yan Hua, who was almost unguarded, made a layup very easily after receiving a pass from Bobby Jackson.

After Yan Hua scored a layup, Reggie Toyes, who was standing on the sidelines, was finally able to relax a little bit. Before the timeout just now, when the Nuggets narrowed the point difference to 5 points At that time, Reggie Troyce even panicked. If the 15-point lead is reversed by the Nuggets, then Reggie Troyce really needs to find a hole to get in.

Fortunately, Yan Hua is always so trustworthy at critical moments, and seeing Yan Hua retreating quickly after scoring a layup, Reggie Toyce felt a lot more at ease.

After the king scored a layup by Yan Hua through the pick-and-roll, the Nuggets on the field quickly sent the baseline ball. The king wanted to play a slow pace, and the Nuggets naturally had to play a fast pace. When the score was behind , each round is very important, and in the case of ensuring the success rate, the less time spent in each round, the better for the Nuggets, because the shorter the round time, it means that the Nuggets can have more rounds to chase points.

Although the Nuggets advanced quickly after sending out the baseline ball, the Kings, who had completed the attack, had enough time to complete the retreat. Therefore, Billups, who was in possession of the ball, advanced with the ball at an extremely fast speed. By the time they reached the frontcourt, except for Yan Huacai who was near the free throw line, the rest of the players on the King's side had all retreated.

Billups, who dribbled the ball through the middle circle, did not slow down deliberately to delay time like Bobby Jackson did, but passed the basketball to Carmelo Anthony, who was still on the move, without any pause. In order to restrain Anthony, after receiving a pass from Chauncey Billups, there is only one thought in his mind, and that is to score, because Anthony knows very well that at this time, he needs to stand up and take on the responsibility of the team. When the core responsibility.

After receiving the pass from Billups, Anthony began to accelerate with the ball without any hesitation. After the cheers of the audience, he knocked away John Salmons who was defending himself in front of him. His physical advantage directly overwhelmed Tony Allen, who was rushing to help defend, and after one step inside the three-point line, he stopped and shot a jumper before Yan Hua rushed to make up the defense.

The sound of "Swipe!" was heard, and the basketball shot by Carmelo Anthony was hit in the air. After the shot, Anthony raised his right hand high, his eyes fixed on him, and he rushed up to defend, but he was half a beat behind. of Yan Hua.

"What you can do, I can do too!"

(End of this chapter)