NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 164
After a few minutes, the game resumed.

Paul George held the ball at the top of the arc, remembered Presti's affirmation and encouragement when he looked at him during the timeout, and instantly understood why he was asked to bring a substitute, it was because
Presti has high expectations for him!I am full of confidence in his future, so putting him on the bench to let him have the ball can improve himself!

Then I will not let the coach down.

Facing Chandler's continuous crossover, suddenly take a step laterally,
A three-point shot hit!How elegant and elegant!
At this time, Presti saw George full of murderous looks, and thought: "No way, this game must not explode."

As a result, in the next second, Paul George steals Chandler, rushes to the top of the arc and hits a chasing three-pointer!
At this time, Presti greatly admired Carlisle, coach of the Mavericks in his previous life. He really has a talent for precise control of the field.

Once being in your face and once being robbed, Chandler felt ashamed. Chandler faced Paul George with the ball and suddenly started to accelerate!
Embarrassment, no past!

And the ball is lost again!

Paul George rushed out to get the ball, and Chandler grabbed George!
Tactical foul!

Presti felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and the Nuggets couldn't stand it any longer, so he called a timeout immediately!

"Hey, why did Presti call a timeout at this time? The situation is great." Steve Kerr couldn't understand Presti's on-the-spot changes more and more.

During the timeout, Presti said to George: "Break through to create opportunities, don't pull out, you have to connect your teammates, one person can't kill a team."

George nodded to show that he understood, and Presti breathed a sigh of relief. With George's current possession of the ball, he believes that he will collapse soon. It is really difficult to control the field.

Back to the game, because the number of fouls is not up, Belinelli serves from the boundary!

George catches the ball to face Chandler!
Shake continuously to find the rhythm, suddenly rush in!
Chandler can't attack with the ball, but the defense is still very good!
Confront Paul George!
The person passed, the ball was gone!

Chandler took the ball and accelerated to the top of the arc, opening his hand for a three-pointer!

answer ball!

Paul George still broke through with the ball and finally went in, making a mid-range shot!

Miss!

Felton took the ball and rushed to the frontcourt for a direct assist, and Al Harrington dunked in the air!
Paul George suddenly misfired like this, even with his teammates. In the next 4 minutes, only Okafor scored 2 points from free throws.The Nuggets continued to feel good. Chandler made another three-pointer and quickly counterattacked successfully, leading the team to play a wave of 11-2. At the end of the first half, the Nuggets took a double-digit lead 58-44.

In the second half, the Nuggets replaced the starting lineup, while Presti continued to use the bench, and replaced Okafor with David West.

The reason for this change is because the opposing team started Kenyon Martin. The matchup between Martin and David West in the previous life was extremely interesting. Although it cannot be said that David West was defended by Martin, there is no doubt that David West's performance under Kenyon Martin's defense has dropped a lot compared to his usual performance.

At the beginning of the game, George made free throws to support the Hornets' offensive end. Nuggets backup guard Felton scored 6 points from inside and outside, helping the Nuggets maintain a lead of about 10 points.

In the middle of this quarter, the Hornets misfired again and fell into a scoring drought of more than 2 minutes. The Nuggets caused consecutive kills. Nene, Martin, and Lawson hit free throws one after another. The Nuggets played a wave of 9-0 and extended their lead to 66:48.

Although after the timeout, replaced by the starting Hornets, Gordon hit two consecutive three-pointers at the top of the arc, but Afflalo responded with a three-pointer.

However, the Nuggets leading by a large score were a little relaxed at the end of the quarter and made frequent mistakes. The Hornets took the opportunity to chase points. Jeremy Lin and Gordon counterattacked successfully and led the team to play 6-0.

After that, the Nuggets returned to normal, and the score came to 85-69 at halftime.

In the last quarter, Presti put on such a lineup: Jeremy Lin, Gordon, Belinelli, Bradley, Paul George.

Presti thought to himself, this lineup can't be beaten to death by the opponent, does it have rebounds?But he said: "At the current score, we can only fight to the death, increase the speed, and throw all three points!"

When this lineup appeared on the field, Cole couldn't help shouting: "Presti actually played four guards and one forward. Although I know that Presti likes to use various strange combinations, I don't need to know that this will be miserable!"

But when the fourth quarter started, Gordon made a three-pointer, Bradley made a three-pointer, and Paul George made a steal and chased a three-pointer to stop the Nuggets.

Presti was also speechless at this time, why is it so difficult to control the field, don't the Nuggets players know how to play in a wrong position?Why let Chandler and Lawson keep throwing at the top of the key?
Fortunately, after returning from the timeout, the Nuggets came to their senses and used Kenyon Martin and Nene to play inside continuously.

And the Hornets' touch is gone,

In the end, Presti finally lost the game and ended his 21-game winning streak.

In the locker room, the players were not disappointed, but puzzled. There was always a feeling in this game that they couldn't exert their energy.

Presti walked in, saw the puzzled players, and said, "It's okay, it's just a game. I lost today because I wanted to experiment with more combinations to cope with the playoffs for more than a month. As a result, many players today are unable to adapt to their strengths. If we follow the previous rotation, the Nuggets will not be our opponents."

Hearing what the coach said, the players understood, and at the same time firmly believed in the coach's words, the Nuggets are not opponents.

But others didn’t think so. The next day, the news that the Hornets were terminated hit the headlines of various sports websites. Many news wrote: “Of the Hornets’ 21 consecutive victories, Paul won 15 consecutive victories, and the remaining 6 consecutive victories were only won by a real strong team, the Heat.

Some news wrote: "Judging from the game against the Nuggets, Presti's on-the-spot change ability is worrying. Several timeouts not only failed to narrow the point difference, but got bigger and bigger. The Hornets can't go far."

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Presti laughed heartily when he watched the news. Sure enough, if he loses, these people will definitely jump out, but it doesn't matter, my favorite thing is to slap them in the face and gag them!
However, Presti will go all out for the next schedule, because most of the teams he will meet in the next schedule are playoff teams!
(End of this chapter)