Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 277
After assembling the striker combination with the highest average pick in the league and hiring the famous coach George Karl, the Nuggets are full of ambition and hope to achieve a breakthrough in the new season.

The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers have become their best touchstone.

"After grabbing those damn rebounds, give the ball to Andre, and run like hell!" Martin's contract negotiations were delayed until September, and George Karl joined the team for just over a month. The team's system has not yet been finalized. George Karl has been on the battlefield for many years, and he knows that with the current state of the team, it is a dead end to face off against the Lakers. If you want to win, you must play chaotic battles. The rhythm of the game that people are good at, only in this way can they control the rhythm in their own hands and catch the opponent by surprise.

The home locker room on the other side.

"Based on what I know about George Karl, the Nuggets will definitely choose to play fast, so my plan is this...David, Ron, you two pay attention to the card position, Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony will Rush the frontcourt rebounds, they don't like to defend... Kevin protects the backcourt rebounds, I know you can handle a Marcus Camby, Kobe and Chauncey, you guys go fast break as soon as you get a chance, Just like we practiced, when Kevin grabbed the rebound, everyone treated the basketball court as a runway!" Jim also made pre-match deployments.

Before the opening game, the Lakers players received the championship ring. Except for a few rookies, only veteran Vladi Divac did not have this treatment.Jean Reno of Yugoslavia unfortunately joined the Lakers after 9 years and 5 championships, and left the team before the formation of OK. He experienced the lowest period of the Lakers. The Kings caused some troubles for the Lakers, but he still failed to wear the coveted championship ring.

Now that Divac is suffering from injuries and his state has declined precipitously, Jim signed him, one is to let him play a role in helping the team's young insiders, and the other is to make up for the former The Lakers are the center forward. After all, besides flopping, the biggest label in their career is to exchange for a 13th overall high school rookie. Divac is also a person who wants to save face.

The Lakers' starting lineup is still Billups, Kobe Bryant, Artest, Garnett, and the power forward is served by sophomore David West.

The Nuggets sent a brutal lineup of assists leader Andre Miller, three-point leader Voshan Leonard, supernova Anthony, beast power forward Kenyon Martin and shot-blocker Marcus Camby.

At the beginning, the Nuggets tried to pounce. After Andre Miller grabbed the ball from Camby, he directly chose a long pass across half court to Kenyon Martin alley-oop.

Fortunately, David West had already been prepared and interfered in the air. Martin couldn't hold the basketball firmly, and tried to put the basket with his explosive physical fitness, but missed.

Garnett grabbed the backcourt rebound and held the ball for half court.

Camby was still in a daze. Garnett's ball-handling assault caused some confusion in the Nuggets' defensive formation. Andre Miller had no choice but to leave Billups behind and come up to delay Garnett's offense. .

Garnett, with his long arms and wide field of vision, fed the ball over Andre Miller's head with both hands to an unguarded, cut-to-the-rim Billups, who got ahead of Camby's cover. Easy layup.

But the Nuggets lived up to the name of the track team, and Camby picked up the ball, sent it to Andre Miller, and quickly launched a counterattack.

Miller handed the ball to Anthony, and Melon made a breakthrough, wiped Artest, and made a silky layup.

The Lakers attacked, Camby huddled under the basket and waited to block the block. After Billups and Garnett executed the pick-and-roll, they scored two more points from wide open mid-range shots.

However, the Nuggets don't care whether they have defended their opponents or not. There is only one word in everyone's mind, offense.

This time it was Kenyon Martin, who accelerated through a full-court approach and gained enough initial velocity to face David West and try to block the dunk.

Naturally, West could not allow others to break ground on his head casually, and a tough foul stopped Martin.

Martin also had a bad temper, and walked towards West as soon as he stood firm, cursing obscenities in his mouth.

Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, the referee hurriedly intervened and separated the two immediately.

West got a first-degree malicious foul, and the Nuggets made two free throws.

Jim took the opportunity to call Billups and Artest to the sidelines, and simply arranged a few words. The defense in the previous few rounds was really eye-catching.

Kenyon Martin made a rare two free throws, which made West's foul look a bit worthless.

The Nuggets continued to open the sideline. This time it was Leonard who executed the offense. He used Kenyon Martin's off-ball screen and hit a three-pointer. The Nuggets took the lead 7-4 in the start.

But Leonard's defense can no longer keep up with the pace of the times. Kobe easily got rid of him with Billups' off-ball screen, cut inside, received a wonderful pass from Garnett who supported him in the high post, and made an alley-oop single He scored a dunk with one hand and showed the Nuggets the sovereignty of the court.

The two sides' wide-open offensive style feasted the eyes of the melon eaters. Halfway through the first quarter, the score was already 19 to 18.

But George Karl has gradually felt the crisis.

Billups no longer retreats immediately, but always sticks in front of Andre Miller, delaying his rhythm, and Andre Miller himself is not a point guard who is good at speed, and he cannot Forcibly breaking through Billups, and Artest began to provide one-on-one personal service to Anthony throughout the whole process, starting from the ball to interfere.

The Lakers' offense is basically a good opportunity, and every move is aimed at the Nuggets' defensive loopholes, and the Nuggets can maintain a 4-3 situation, which is completely because they feel extremely hot. Leonard made [-] of [-] three-pointers. In the middle, Kobe was a little helpless, but it was all sealed on his face.

Relying on feel is never a long-term solution, and Jim firmly believes that.

Kenyon Martin continued to attack the basket, causing West's foul.

The Lakers unexpectedly replaced Haslem instead of Nene.

Originally, in the rotation list last season, Nene's pick was ahead of Haslem, and George Karl didn't know what medicine was sold in Jim's gourd.

But in the next round, Haslem proved his worth with a solid mid-range shot.

An offensive system without a mid-range threat is incomplete. Although the magic ball system is popular under the development trend of modern basketball, the data cannot fully reflect the situation on the field. The three-pointer and basket offensive efficiency are high, but they are also easy. The defense makes targeted deployments, and the mid-range shooting is so variable that it is difficult to make targeted deployments, especially when there are three or four players on a team with stable mid-range shooting.

(End of this chapter)