Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 188 Resolving the Battle at Halftime
Taking advantage of the timeout, the two commentators on the field spoke again.

This time, it was Wharton who spoke first: "Brad, I watched the game before and thought that Melo's current results had a lot of luck in it, but just a few minutes ago, I found that Melo's The performance has completely subverted my opinion of him."

"Oh?" Nelles didn't expect Wharton to say such a thing, and asked, "Bill, it's rare for you to comment on a player like that. Tell me?"

Walton smiled, and said a little mysteriously: "Brad, do you know what I value most in my opinion of players?"

Nales shook his head.

Seeing Nelles shaking his head, Walton showed a rather smug look on his face, and said with a smile: "A player's statistics are not the most important, and his honors are also secondary. I agree with it the most. Players, just like what Melo did before, he always has the team in mind when he does things, even if he sacrifices himself, he will not hesitate at all."

"Of course..." When talking about this, Walton added, "The premise is that the players can be of great help to the team itself."

Nailes couldn't stop nodding when he heard what Walton said. In the NBA, statistics can explain a lot of things, just like some players with contract years who have produced some very beautiful statistics in weak teams can be able to Get a very lucrative contract. After all, this is a data-based league. As a player, you naturally know this best.

But like Anthony, he has become the core of the team, and a large part of Anthony's success is because he can lead the team on the road to victory while still having a very beautiful statistic. Anthony's current approach is indeed It takes courage and is worthy of respect.

Soon, the timeout for both sides expired, and the players returned to the court, Jazz players.

Arroyo is in control of the ball. This guard who is known for his speed, after making a pick-and-roll with Kirilenko, he quickly rushed to the basket. The speed was like lightning, and he quickly killed the Nuggets. The inside hinterland of the team.

Although the Nuggets played fast this season, their defense still ranked tenth in the league. This statistic is enough to reflect their defensive attitude and strength.

At this moment, after Arroyo broke through, Brand, who was inside, used his fast speed to make up the defense, and Brand's defensive experience was very rich. To interfere with Arroyo's passing vision.

Almost at the same time, Williams also quickly cut back to Arroyo's side to flank.

Arroyo's speed is very fast, but he is not tall after all, and facing a defensive player like Brand, he seems a bit caught off guard after rushing in, but fortunately, the Jazz is a team that is good at pick-and-rolls , and this pick-and-roll is divided into on-ball pick-and-roll and off-ball pick-and-roll. After Arroyo rushed in, Leonard and Kirilenko immediately made an off-ball pick-and-roll. Now Leonard directly bypassed the pick-and-roll. Outside the three-point line.

Arroyo has been in the Jazz for one season, so she is very good at detecting the running position of her teammates during the breakthrough process, so she threw the ball out immediately.

Leonard received Arroyo's pass, and immediately showed a smile on his face. As a player who was traded away by the Nuggets at the beginning, seeing the brave performance of the Nuggets now, he can be said to be very resentful, especially It was Anthony. If it weren't for Anthony's existence, he would have even had the opportunity to become the team's boss. With the help of Brand in the team's subsequent trade, he would be able to walk on a more promising path with the Nuggets. superior.

It's a pity that all of this, because of Anthony's existence, made everything for him come to naught. He didn't even have a chance to win the three-point contest. Everything made him feel unspeakable resentment, but fortunately today He has the opportunity to be the opponent of the Nuggets. He can personally have the opportunity to prove that the choice of the Nuggets was wrong. So the moment he catches the ball, his heart is full of thoughts. He looks at the basket. Raise the basket and throw it.

Leonard's posture is very standard. He is very confident in himself. This season, he averaged 43.8% of his three-pointers per game, and his average of 2.1 three-pointers per game is the most favorable proof. , he is very confident in himself.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly jumped up, rushed out from the side, and slapped the ball he threw fiercely.

After Anthony was picked and rolled by Kirilenko, when he wanted to switch defenses, Arroyo had already flew in, but he didn't have any worries about it. He believed in Brand, and even more in Nene. He was able to hold his own inside position, so after switching defenses, his first reaction was to observe the Jazz's running position. As a person who passed through, he knew Sloan and his Jazz team very well, although Malone and Stockton is gone. Although neither Boozer nor Deron has taken over yet, as long as Sloan is there, the playing style of this team will not change.

The result also proved that his prediction was not wrong. Arroyo's pass was also completed under his nose, so he rushed over immediately. He didn't even think about Leonard's self-confidence. Seeing the situation around him, he just pulled out his hand.

So just going back and forth like this, Anthony's big hand slapped Leonard's ball fiercely.

One is a living big hat.

The ball flew directly from the court to the stands.

"Wow!..."

The fans at the scene were in an uproar. This big hat was too ruthless and direct.

"Oh..." Wharton couldn't hold back the excited look on his face when he saw Anthony's block. Obviously, he had been conquered by Anthony's performance.

The fans at the scene were even more excited. You must know that Leonard’s behavior of brushing data in those games at the beginning of the season, as fans, they can see it most clearly. Really not unusually cool.

The most uncomfortable thing at this moment is Leonard. He is even a little dazed at the moment. He doesn't know where Anthony flew out from, and the speed is so fast that he doesn't even have time to react.

But what Leonard didn't know was that there was a big gap between him and Anthony, even Anthony in his rookie period, in terms of physical fitness and skills, but he didn't realize it. , People without self-knowledge, this is the fate of being blown away by the big hat.

Anthony contributed a flying cap, and the picture was very exciting, but Anthony, as the person involved, didn't have a particularly big reaction at the moment, because the ball just now was really just a simple ball to him. .

The ball was thrown back to the court by the fans, and it was still the Jazz's ball, with about 12 seconds left in the attack time.

This time, the Jazz directly handed the ball to Osterotta on the inside. After the young Texas insider looked at the position of his teammates, he turned his back and started to play singles against Nene, but it was better than Nene. With a body that looks like a cow, he can't take advantage of it at all.

It is said that technology is based on physical fitness, especially inside players. Without physical advantages, they will become deformed when doing technical movements. This is what Ostrota encountered now. , His physical fitness is not bad, but compared to Nene, it seems a bit unsightly, so the movements of turning around and hitting with the back at this moment seem very awkward to watch.

After struggling for a while, he finally made a forcible shot and bounced out of the basket without any surprises. The rebound was pocketed by Nene.

The Nuggets received the rebound and immediately launched a counterattack, advancing quickly. Williams quickly gave the ball to Anthony. At this time, because Kirilenko went to grab the offensive rebound, so defending Anthony at this moment It's Leonard.

When Leonard saw Anthony, his face was full of motivation. He was blocked by Anthony just now. It can be said that he lost face very much, so he must find his way back now. He stood up against Anthony vigorously.

Anthony saw that it was Leonard who was defending, so he didn't feel much, but Kirilenko didn't keep up at the moment, but he finally caught a chance and went to the inside quickly.

Leonard felt the power coming from Anthony, and immediately felt a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, he has more experience and has always firmly grasped his defensive position.

Anthony broke through for a while, and seeing that Leonard hadn't been shaken off, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, but it was only for a moment. He then accelerated and broke in, and the powerful crushing force was immediately displayed. Nader could only stagger one step at a time and was pushed to the inside.

Soon, Anthony crushed the inside line. When he was more than one meter away from the basket, he jumped up, aimed at the basket, and shot directly on horseback. Leonard couldn't stop him at all, and stretched his arms. But with his wingspan, he couldn't reach it at all, so he could only watch Anthony shoot directly.

With a bang, Anthony scored two points for the Nuggets.

The fans at the scene suddenly let out another burst of excited shouts.

And this has become the epitome of the halftime game. Anthony wandered outside the team's offensive system and took away Kirilenko. Because of Anthony's own strong offensive threat, Kirilenko did not dare to help defend at all. , So this time, the Nuggets only took halftime to blow up the Jazz, leading by 25 points at halftime, which made the whole second half lose suspense.

At this moment, the gap between the two sides is very obvious.

(End of this chapter)