Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 209

The home of the Spurs, the SBC Center in San Antonio is full of seats. As fans of the Spurs, the home team leads the opponent with a score of 3:2, and they are fighting at home. They have enough reasons to believe that the Spurs will Solve the fight in this game.

In the history of the league, a team leading 3-2, especially when the leading team is still a non-home field advantage team, has a high probability of winning the sixth game as high as 80%.

Like other teams, if they lose this game, the Spurs will usher in a "tie-break" at the home of the Nuggets. Such a result is obviously not what they want to see, so this game , They will definitely try their best to win, and this is the last home court advantage they have grabbed in this round of playoffs.

For the Spurs, this is a game that they cannot afford to lose. For the Nuggets, this is even more a game that cannot be lost. If they lose, they will end their journey to this round of playoffs. Will be in vain, so they will only work harder than the Spurs.

Both sides are determined to win the game. It can be imagined that the excitement of this game will definitely not be inferior to the "tie-break".

The commentator of the game in this city is Kenny Smith, the old partner of "Famous Mouth" Barkley, but the special commentator of this game is not Barkley, but "Captain" David Robinson who just retired from the Spurs last season .

After the introduction of players from both sides, Smith couldn't wait to say hello to Robinson: "Hey, David, I'm very glad that you can accept our invitation to participate in the commentary of this game."

Robinson also seemed very happy, and said with a smile: "I am also very glad that you can invite me to be a commentator. This is the first time I have seen our stadium from this angle. It will definitely feel very different."

"Haha, that's for sure." Smith said with a smile, "David, can you end the series against the Spurs in this game?"

Hearing Smith start to talk about the content related to the game, Robinson gradually put away his smile and said: "In my opinion, first of all, I have to admit that the Nuggets are a very dynamic and tenacious team. In particular, they have this year's regular season MVP and All-Star Game MVP Melo in their lineup. The most terrifying thing is that he is still a rookie. I think a team with such a player will be very competitive."

Smith looked at Robinson suspiciously.

"But..." Robinson suddenly changed the subject, "I also have to admit that they are still a very immature team. Melo is very strong, but he is just a rookie. This is his first time in the playoffs. Bell, Korver, are also rookies, and Nene is also in the third year of his career. They have indeed shown strong competitiveness, but the intensity of the playoffs still requires a learning process for them, especially In such a critical game, the opponent is still the Spurs, and it is the Spurs with Tim's guy."

Robinson concluded with a smile at the end: "I think it is not impossible for the Nuggets to win, but relatively speaking, I think the Spurs are more likely to end this series."

After listening to Robinson, Smith couldn't help nodding: "David, your analysis is very impressive, and I don't think Tim will let you feel disappointed. The game will start soon, let's wait and see."

At this moment, all the starting players on the field have already appeared on the field. The starting players of both sides are no different from the previous game. It is still Nene and Ostrovic who jump the ball.

With the whistle of the referee, the big centers of the two teams jumped up in an instant. This time, Ostrovic pressed Nene and dialed the ball back to the Spurs' half.

It was Ginobili who received the ball, and the "Demon Sword" dribbled the ball and rushed out to the frontcourt. Before the Nuggets were defending, they were caught off guard. The snake-shaped breakthrough continuously shook Korver and Nene , a light pick, the ball passed Nene's hand, and fell into the net bag with a "shua".

The fans at the scene suddenly burst into warm cheers.

In the first round of the game, Ginobili scored the first point of the game for the Spurs.

"Bell, keep up with Manu!" D'Antoni saw that Ginobili scored so easily, even though it was at the beginning, he couldn't help reminding Bell loudly. From here, he can feel that he is still very nervous .

In the Nuggets round, Williams pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and the Spurs were still defending the zone defense. He called Bell to do a pick-and-roll, and then let Nene come out to do a pick-and-roll. After consecutive pick-and-rolls, he successfully killed After entering the inside line and compressing the Spurs' defense, he threw the ball to Korver in the corner in the crowd.

Korver directly pulled out his hand. I don’t know if it was because he was too nervous. There was a "bang", the ball was too strong, and it hit the edge of the basket directly, and then pumped out of the basket. The backboard was already stuck. Duncan, who was in the position, took him into his arms.

The Nuggets' first offense ended with a strike.

Korver looked a little annoyed after shooting. He took a few deep breaths before recovering. It can be seen that he is still very nervous.

The Nuggets retreated, the Spurs moved forward quickly, Duncan put up the pick-and-roll, Parker dribbled in and broke through, his speed was very fast, he swayed away from Williams, and successfully attracted the Nuggets Defend.

Almost at the same time, Ginobili slid to the bottom line from the right, and now he ran beyond the three-point line on the left. Bell, who was defending him, was blocked by Ostrovic.

Parker threw the ball to Ginobili with a flick of his hand.

Nene rushed over to cover the defense at this moment, but it was obviously slower. Ginobili had already made a shot when he rushed over.

With a crisp sound of "Shua!", Yaodao continued to hit the shot.

After Ginobili made the shot, he stretched out his hand in mid-air and made a celebratory gesture of "3", which caused another burst of excited roars from the fans at the scene.

"Haha, Manu, his performance is getting better and better." Seeing Ginobili scoring consecutively in the opening game, Robinson couldn't help laughing and said, from his words, he could feel his respect for Ginobili. affection.

D'Antoni couldn't help shaking his head when he saw Manu Ginobili scoring consecutively. He could feel that Bell was obviously over-stressed. He yelled at Bell a few times, called the latter to him, and quickly ordered: " Raja, don't be nervous, your responsibility is to follow Manu closely, you don't have to worry about other things, just do it, you can do it."

Bell nodded continuously when he heard D'Antoni's words, and then continued to advance to the half court.

The Spurs' zone defense is still solid. The Nuggets handed the ball to Anthony directly after halftime. Anthony looked at the Spurs' zone defense. He could see from the Spurs' zone defense movement that their defensive rhythm was obvious in this game. It's getting faster, and you can tell by looking at the posture that this is a desperate game rhythm.

Anthony is now standing at a 45-degree angle on the right, with Bowen directly in front of him. The Spurs' two inside lanes have expanded greatly at the moment, and neither of the two bottom corners has scored three-pointers. What a good opportunity to make a shot, he lowered his body, dribbled the ball and took two steps in. After Bowen pressed up, he took a quick first step, separated half a body position from Bowen, and directly Compress it to the inside.

At this moment, Anthony suddenly noticed that Bell started to break through from the left wing to the inside, and he threw the ball out suddenly.

After the Spurs' defense expanded, there was an unavoidable vacuum in their inside line, and Bell grasped this at the moment, and more importantly, Anthony also reached this point.

Accurate passing, consecutive layups, Bell directly caught the ball and scored a slam dunk.

A muffled "bang" caused an uproar in the SBC Arena.

D'Antoni nodded with satisfaction when he saw that Bell made some contributions on the court immediately.

However, the players on the Spurs field did not have much emotional change. Duncan walked outside the field, his expression remained unchanged, and he directly kicked off and continued to attack.

After Parker took possession of the ball, he quickly moved forward. This time, the Nuggets learned the lesson of Ginobili and retreated quickly without allowing Parker to directly break through to the inside to score.

The two sides fell back to the ground, and the Spurs ran quickly without the ball at various points. Parker used the pick-and-roll to break through suddenly, gave the ball to Duncan as soon as he entered the three-second zone, and then quickly slipped to the baseline.

The Spurs move very fast, and there are a lot of habitual off-ball pick-and-rolls, which makes the Nuggets' defense look a bit fragmented, but fortunately, the Nuggets themselves are a fast-playing team. , but still followed his defender closely.

At this moment, Ginobili appeared beside Duncan strangely. Duncan waved his hand seemingly very casually, and the ball was in Ginobili's hands all at once.

After giving the ball, Duncan didn't stop. He crossed the net with his right foot, and immediately made a pick-and-roll posture.

Because the space was very small, Bell, who was defending, was directly blocked. After Ginobili rushed over, he leaned back slightly and shot in an instant, with extreme speed.

"Shh!"

Ginobili made his third consecutive shot.

"beep!"

D'Antoni on the sidelines directly called a timeout. At this time, he had to call a timeout to relieve Ginobili's fiery touch.

Seeing the form of the game on the field, Smith has a full understanding of Robinson's previous analysis. The Spurs are playing very steadily now, and the Nuggets can't find many opportunities to pick up the rhythm.

Smith smiled and said: "David, your prediction seems to be coming first today."

Smith shook his head at this moment and said: "It's still too early to tell the result of the game. The Nuggets haven't hit the three-pointer yet. You must know that their three-pointer in the last game showed a lot. Great competition."

Smith also nodded again and again. Now the Nuggets have a chance to reverse the decline. As Robinson said, the next step is to see how much the Nuggets can play with their three-pointers.

(End of this chapter)