Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 20

After dinner, Vandeweghe sent Anthony back to the arena, and the Nuggets players conducted the final warm-up training before the game.

At 8:[-] p.m. US time, the Nuggets ushered in their second preseason game at home, against the Raptors led by Vince Carter, known as the "UFO".

Vince Carter, in addition to the title of UFO, also has the title of demigod, Canadian trapeze, air force and other images. 2000 shocking slam dunks, "T-MAC assisted crotch slam dunk", "elbow dunk" and "two-handed gliding dunk before the free throw line" won the slam dunk contest championship. His body stretched and violent Passionate, he is recognized as the number one dunker in the NBA.

In the warm-up before the game, Anthony saw Carter relaxed and happy at halftime, and he just made a twist and dunk. The posture was simply picturesque, and the visual impact was much greater than what was recorded in the video.

EPSN did not send a commentator for this game, but the audience in the stands was half as large as that of Phoenix. Most of the stadium was filled with nearly [-] people. passionate.

After introducing the players from both sides, the referee then blew the whistle to start the game.

The Nuggets still have the starting lineup of Miller, Leonard, Anthony, Nene, and Camby. The only change is that there is an extra Boykins on the bench. The genius ushered in his debut with the Nuggets.

For the Raptors, Alvin Williams, Maurice Peterson, Carter, Chris Bosh, and Antonio Davis are the starting five.

Camby and Davis jumped the ball, and Camby, with his long hands, took the lead and slapped the ball into Leonard's hands.

It was still the Nuggets who attacked first.

Generally, teams will not use their star to defend the opponent's star, and the Raptors are no exception. Although Carter is a small forward like Anthony, it is clear that Anthony's performance in the first game has made Raptors coach Sam Mitchell sees him as the star of the Nuggets.

At the beginning of the game, Anthony was facing Peterson.

As soon as Anthony was in position, Miller handed the ball to Leonard and made a pick-and-roll with Nene to pull the defender to the left foot. At this time, Leonard knocked the ball to Anthony with a single hit, and he himself Brings the defender to the right foot.

After such a tactical move, only Anthony and Peterson who defended him were left near the huge three-second zone.

Anthony leaned twice and didn't feel any major shift in Peterson's center of gravity. He immediately realized that this was a more difficult defender, and his defensive ability was at least a level higher than Marion's.

He couldn't play back, so he immediately turned around, faced Peterson head-on, dribbled the ball twice on the spot, and made a cross step to the right, but he immediately found that Peterson actually kept up with his first step, although It was a little bit reluctant, but he had already lost the chance to break through, and he couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect this little-known person in front of him to have such a strong defensive ability.

In fact, I don’t blame Anthony. Even if he traveled here, he couldn’t know all the players. This Peterson is not the little-known player he thinks. He was the 2000st pick in the first round of the Raptors in 21. A rookie selected, this season is already his last rookie season with the Raptors. He is a swingman with a good three-pointer, and he also has a very solid defensive skills, lateral movement speed Very fast, jellybean-style defense often causes headaches for the players he defends.

Anthony saw that he couldn't break through, he didn't attack like Carmelo Anthony in his previous life, but immediately handed the ball to Nene inside, and he started running to the baseline.

Miller and Leonard were shocked when they saw Anthony's move, but fortunately, Anthony held the ball for a short time, and only about 24 seconds passed after the 10-second attack time. They quickly followed the second tactic in training Run outside.

After Anthony slipped the bottom line, he quickly used Camby's pick-and-roll to change the defender. At this time, he was facing his old enemy in the Challenger League, Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh, the long-haired future Dragon King, had a fiery gleam in his eyes when he met Anthony. Even if it was just a match, he would still remember it fresh after being killed. How could it be possible to forget the Anthony who killed them in such a short period of time.

Nene saw that Anthony was out of position, and knocked back to Anthony with a slap.

The Nuggets had eight seconds left on the shot clock.

Anthony took a step back, Bosh's footsteps were not slow, followed by Anthony also moving out.

The other teammates of the Nuggets saw that Anthony was misplaced, and immediately pulled them away consciously.

Soon, only Anthony was left near the three-second zone, but this time his defender was replaced by Bosh from Peterson.

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Anthony's mouth. After all, Bosh was an insider, and his footsteps were fast, but how could he be faster than him? He saw the opportunity, and suddenly accelerated and broke through Bosh.

Bosh saw Anthony break through, and moved his body to block it, but he was a beat too slow to keep up with Anthony's first step. By the time he took a step, Anthony had already passed him cleanly.

His face changed, and he flew towards Anthony to catch up.

Anthony felt that Bosh was catching up, and there was an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth. He suddenly slowed down and stepped on three steps slowly towards the basket.

Davis, another insider of the Raptors, was blocked by Nene, and Anthony's eyes can be said to be flat.

Bosh felt that Anthony was slowing down and thought he was just taking a quick first step. Seeing that he was about to make a layup, he flew over with all his strength and was ready to reward a big pot.

Anthony faced Bosh's flying body with a light throw.

The ball went into the net steadily.

"Snapped!"

Followed by a crisp thug sound.

The referee immediately whistled for a foul by Bosh, and Anthony easily scored 2+2 with 1 seconds left in the attack clock.

"Melo! Melo!..."

The fans at the scene let out a burst of heart-piercing shouts. Anthony had captured the hearts of many Denver fans in the last game against Phoenix.

It was also the first time for Anthony to experience the feeling of being at home. The loud cheers were all dedicated to the home team, which is great.

"Chris, don't be tricked into fouling! Let this kind of ball pass!"

Coach Mitchell on the sidelines couldn't help reminding loudly that although Bosh is the future star of the Raptors, he is just a future star. Now he is still a rookie in the NBA and can easily get into foul trouble.

On the contrary, Anthony, who is also a rookie, had a strange feeling when he was studying the video. Now after meeting him, he finally realized that Anthony has the best quality and experience that rookies do not have.

Anthony is not acting like an NBA recruit at all.

"Damn it!" Mitchell couldn't help cursing in a low voice after seeing Anthony hit the free throw steadily.

After Anthony hit the free throw, he quickly retreated back with his teammates.

In the offensive round of the Raptors, Williams dribbled the ball steadily on the outside, and his outside partner Peterson had already slipped to the bottom foot, which was the scoring position he was most familiar with. As a 3D functional player, how much did he need? possession of the ball.

Peterson moved to the foot, and Anthony, as a defender, could only follow.

That's when the Raptors found the offense.

pick and roll.

Pick and roll again.

After two pick-and-rolls in a row, Carter suddenly ran straight down from the blocked space. He completely got rid of Leonard who was defending him, and only Nene, the inside barrier, was left in front of him.

At this moment, Williams threw the ball into the air, and when Carter was more than one meter away from the basket, he suddenly jumped up without warning.

Nene saw Carter flying up suddenly. It was obviously not the first time he faced this situation, but as a brutal power forward, dodging is obviously not his style. Jumping must not be jumping. Jumping is a foul. He didn't know that the ball would From what angle it came, but it would definitely be in Carter's hands, so I stretched out my hand and tried hard to block Carter from receiving the ball.

However, he still underestimated Carter's bounce, or he estimated it but couldn't stop it.

UFO suddenly fell from the sky!
"boom!"

There was a loud bang, as if a muffled thunder exploded in the flat ground.

Carter was like a meteorite falling from the sky, catching the ball from the top of Nene's head with one hand, and then slammed it down against Nene.

Simple, direct, brutal.

Nene was pushed back five or six steps by Carter's huge impact, and then unfortunately became the background of Carter's flying dunk.

The shouts of the audience of more than 1 people stopped abruptly, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water.

Anthony watched Carter's dunk, he stayed where he was, and was shocked. Is this the legendary demigod?It's too exaggerated, Nene is as big as a wooden stake and can't stop it at all.

Not only exaggerated, but also very beautiful to look at, fully interpreting the aesthetics of violence.

Recalling the one in front of Stoudemire, he tried his best at the beginning. Carter's simple buckle seemed casual, but the degree of visual shock was no less than his death buckle back then.

This is the Canadian Flying Man, this is the demigod...

"What are you looking at! Attack!"

It was only after Bzdelik yelled that the Nuggets players were brought back to reality from the shock. Leonard took the ball and ran off the field angrily.

Anthony also shook his head vigorously, shaking the shocking scene out of his mind, and then re-invested in the attack.

But he didn't expect at all that this violent dunk was just the beginning, and this game would become his lingering nightmare in the preseason.

(End of this chapter)