Basketball myth

Chapter 33 Continuing with the Breaking of the Antony Era
At the beginning of the game, Nene beat Love with a jump ball. The Nuggets attacked. Billups lobbed it to Anthony who wanted the ball from the middle distance on the left. George defended alone. Anthony took the ball with his right hand and leaned on his back. The shooting distance, after playing for many seasons, the league's scoring all-rounders are not given in vain.

At this time, George, who was defending him, thought that I was the rookie trusted by the coach!The coach gave me the task of defending the opposing star, Stephenson, if I am afraid of competing with you, then how can I become a superstar!

Since George finished talking with Thomas, he hinted in his heart that he must become an All-Star first, Anthony?In the future, I will definitely not be inferior to him, and he will not be afraid of physical confrontation, and will follow him closely.

Anthony felt the will of this rookie, hehe, challenge me first?He leaned on George with his back and singles, not letting his hands catch the ball, shaking his right shoulder slightly, observing, and suddenly turned to his right, George followed this step.

"Interesting," thought Anthony. "My duel with McGrady was not for nothing." George thought nervously.But Anthony leaned back against George again, paused lightly, turned to the baseline with the ball in his right hand, and shot with one hand, because he saw Love was about to leave Sheldon behind, and the defense came over.

Anthony's emergency stop jumper, this time avoiding Love's pincer attack, but it was hasty and the ball missed.Of course, Anthony's choice cannot be said to be wrong. The rookie's body is relatively thin, and his shooting percentage is still very high.

Pekovic relied on the opponent's player, Stephenson jumped up and got the rebound very alertly, Curry dribbled the ball across half court and handed it to Stephenson, Billups' defense was taken away by Curry, Curry Started running off the ball, through the basket, the three-point line in the bottom corner, and Chauncey followed him around poorly.

Of course, the route chosen by Curry is relatively easy to follow. The coach said that no matter how good a hunter is, he always follows the habits of himself and his prey when hunting. A sudden change is better than countless changes at the beginning. Because there are many changes, the opponent will know it and master the rules!

The Nets players stretched out, George went to the corner, stretched Anthony's defensive distance, Love stepped up to set a pick and roll with Stephenson, and Sheldon had to step forward because Love's mid-range shot was still sure.

Relying on a bear-like body cover, Stephenson went to the basket smoothly. Sheldon's speed was still too slow for a guard player. When Nene assisted in defense, he passed to Peko Vicky, as long as he has a forward position in the interior, no one can stop him from scoring!

The Nuggets attack, Nene gets the ball from the baseline, Anthony screens off the ball, Nene wants to single Pekovic?It's a pity that the inside line is too crowded. No one cares about Sheldon outside. Love helps whoever is playing singles. Nene has no way to attack in the face of a crowded double attack. Fortunately, Sheldon blocked Curry and helped him. Billups ran back.Billups got the ball, made a jumper, and it went in.

The offense of the Nets is still the routine just now. Unfortunately, Billups slipped away this time, Curry got the ball, and no one was defending 3 meters in front of him. He took a deep breath and adjusted the shooting frequency, and he shot it calmly. Three points The ball scored, and Curry's shooting became more and more demonic.

In the Nuggets' offense, both Nene and Sheldon came out to cover the attacking players. Pekovic failed to follow. Love flanked Anthony in the middle, who relied on the screen to escape. Anthony jumped up and passed to Billups. .

Facing Stephenson's defense, Chauncey had no chance and had to hand it over to Nene on the inside, but facing Pekovic who was ready, Nene's singles shot missed the basket for three seconds. basket. 24 second offensive violation.

During the Nets' offense and returning to defense, George Karl rushed to the court and shouted to let Billups and Efflalo switch defenses, but Stephenson was very happy.

"If Billups defends you, attack! If you can't do anything about a veteran over 35 years old, you should be a substitute first!" Thomas finally said to Stephenson.

"Single me? I'm a veteran who is really bullied." Billups lowered his center of gravity and watched Stephenson. He dribbled the ball to the left twice in a row. He moves because the Nets rookie can't shoot, he just drives!
Seeing that Billups didn't respond, Lance had no choice but to call Love to come forward to cover, and leaned on the cover to kill in.Billups reacted quickly, stepped forward and stuck to Stephenson, blocking his breakthrough route, but he was still old, his body could not keep up with his consciousness, and he missed a step, and was broken by Stephenson. The basketball went in.

ES-N's Johnson said: "What's wrong with the Nuggets' team? The previous rotation defense is basically gone. The team now only has good single defense, but there is basically no help defense. But compared to How long can Lupus play? He is almost at the end of his career. With the arrival of Sheldon, there is no good help defense. He is just a worker, a single worker. Such a team makes me I am full of worries about the future of the Nuggets and Anthony, this is no longer a team competing for the championship!"

Van Gundy went on to say: "The Nuggets' rebounds are their life and death line. Anthony's singles under the basket are his most deterrent weapon, but the two insiders of the Nuggets have no ability to open the inside. If Harrington , the inside line of the Nets will be even more delighted, because his defense is much worse than Sheldon! Now the inside line is occupied by the two big men of the Nets, and there is no guarantee for rebounds. The core of the team, Anthony , he often encounters flanking, Billups is old and can't keep up with the speed of a defender. Afflalo, um, is a functional player who is accurate on three-pointers and has a strong defensive ability, but you It is impossible to expect him to average 25+ per game this season, he does not have that ability."

Johnson also said with some subtle expressions: "Of course the Nuggets have Anderson on the bench to help defend, but an old birdman with a hard record of history, how useful is he? Everyone knows that this game may prove it. Unfortunately, Anderson was injured in this game and did not play. JR was on the bench. Unfortunately, this is a master of chaos, not a long-term scorer."

"Others, there is no one, only Anthony is the biggest problem, but the support of his teammates is gone. Since the start of this season, the Nuggets have 6 wins and 6 losses, which is just a passing line. They can't beat the Lakers, Mavericks, Spurs, Even the new team, the Blazers, and the Nets, the current Nets are the youngest team in the league, and their salaries are the envy of the entire league! Gold is head-to-head! If an All-Star joins, I don’t know where they will go! If this season ends like this, the Nuggets are still in the first round, and the Nets are skyrocketing! This is basically already Sure!"

"Even, many teams will take the initiative to meet him. This is not the performance of a team that yearns for a championship. This is no different from last year. The Nuggets are now a fringe playoff team. !"

What Johnson said is a bit heavy, but this is the current situation of this team, no one will deny him!Because the Nuggets have no more salary space to sign an All-Star, and the owner of the team will not have more investment due to the financial crisis. Now they will reduce their investment. If Anthony does not have a helper , his departure is doomed!Because players like James also need helpers, I'm afraid Anthony thinks so too!

The first quarter ended when we were talking about the Nuggets having no hope. Stephenson had 6 points and 3 assists, all of which were passed to Curry. Curry made 4 of 3 three-pointers. The opportunity came up. Curry's And here comes the score. "It seems I won't be punished today!" Curry thought to himself. (A kind and cute god!)
Love and Pekovic protected the rebounds very well. The Nuggets' second offense was basically gone, and because of Pekovic's 2 blocks, Anthony also had to be careful about the attack at the basket.

(End of this chapter)