Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 293 Experience This Thing

Amid the extremely enthusiastic cheers from the fans, the starting players of both sides walked to the center circle, the referee held the ball, Chandler and Dampier stood near the center circle, half squatting and preparing to jump the ball, the Nuggets faced The first game of the Mavericks semifinal series will start immediately.

Anthony leaned on Howard, looked up to Nowitzki and Finley, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Nash. The worry in his heart flashed, and then he focused on the game.

Dampier was able to sign the Mavericks with an annual salary of tens of millions. Although it has something to do with the status quo of the league with the insiders dying, his physical condition is still very good. With the last flick, the ball was directly directed to the Mavericks' backcourt.

The Mavericks won the first offensive possession of the game. Jason Terry controlled the ball and pushed forward. Strictly speaking, Terry was more of a scorer, but after Nash left, he could only fight hard. After advancing to the frontcourt for a while, he immediately handed the ball to Finley, the core of the team's outside offense.

Finley is 31 years old this season. His early years of excessive play made him start to decline at this time, but his autonomous offensive ability is still second to none in the Mavericks. After Nash left, he and Nowitzki One inside and one outside have become the two core points that the Mavericks' offense relies on. Now that he holds the ball, he begins to observe the changes on the starting field.

It can be said that Finley's athletic ability has degraded somewhat compared to when he was young, but on the contrary, his experience is constantly accumulating, and his ability to read the situation on the court has also risen with the tide. After observing the Nuggets When the defense adopted man-to-man defense, he looked at the immature rookie he didn't know, his heart sank, and then he stretched out his hand in the air and always extended a "1" gesture.

In the league, using hand gestures to communicate on the court can allow players to understand each other without letting the other party know their own tactics. It can be said that this is a very common way to use it. Finley extended it at the moment "1" tactics, of course, only the Mavericks players know.

After seeing Finley make a tactical gesture, the other players of the Mavericks began to slowly pull away from the two sides at this moment. Even Nowitzki was pulled beyond the three-point line. The pull was very large, revealing a big hole inside.

By this time, everyone on and off the court immediately realized what Finley's "1" tactic is. To put it simply, it is to play singles directly with the ball.

The difference in height and weight between Finley and Ariza is not too big. Ariza is 2 centimeters taller, and Finley is a few kilograms heavier. Therefore, after seeing that all his teammates stretched enough to open, Finley made the first A singles action with the ball is to turn around and hit with his back. He pouted his big butt and began to dig in.

Of course, it’s not a hard call. Finley has been in the league for so many years, so he naturally wouldn’t underestimate Ariza. As a rookie, he must have some advantages, so his first step in singles with the ball is actually to test Ariza's defensive habits.

Ariza's biggest defensive advantage lies in his slender body, fast movement speed, and long hands, which can cover the opponent's offensive area like a spider web, making it difficult for the opponent to play the ball comfortably. After Finley started playing back, He then opened his hands, leaned forward, and pushed Finley to prevent him from squeezing into the basket.

Finley hit twice to no effect, then looked back at Ariza's defensive net, and was more impressed with this rookie in his heart. As a rookie, it is very rare to be able to do this. , but at the corner of his mouth there was an imperceptible smile, and then he suddenly withdrew his strength, and then he leaned back and pulled out his hand, his arched body was very similar to Jordan's movement, Ariza thought in response When it was time to block the shot, the ball had already flown out of Finley's hands.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Finley felt very good as soon as he came up. For the first time, he leaned back and shot the ball hollow into the net.

The cheers of the fans stopped, but immediately, they started to cheer for the home team again. For them, such a goal can only be regarded as a good feeling for the opponent.

After Ariza landed, he looked back and saw Finley scoring. He shook his head in annoyance, squeezed his fist unconsciously, and then beat his chest to cheer himself up.

The Nuggets' offense, Nash holds the ball and Anthony picks and rolls, Anthony pulls out, Nash goes to the basket, and then waits for an opportunity to pass the ball to Brand and Ariza who are ambushing on both sides. This is a relatively simple set of pick-and-roll tactics, but It is relatively easy to execute. With the speed of Nash's breakthrough, it is easy to attract double-teams, or get a chance to score by himself, or distribute the ball to an open teammate.

But this time, after Nash rushed in, he was double-teamed before he could exert his strength. One of the people who double-teamed him was his old friend Nowitzki, and the other was Howard who was originally defending Anthony. After playing together for such a long time, it can be said that they know each other's style of play very well, so they made a prediction first, and then blocked Nash's habitual breakthrough route early. There is no way ahead.

But Nash is Nash after all. Before he dribbled the ball and stopped the ball, he aimed at the open Brand. Before landing, he hit the ground and passed the ball directly. Interspersed in the past, perhaps only a few excellent point guards can achieve this level of passing.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, a big hand suddenly hit the ball, and the owner of the hand was Nowitzki.

Nowitzki and Nash can be said to be friends who can talk about everything, and the way they play with each other can be said to be familiar with each other. So when Nash raised his hand, he knew what Nash's intention was. , and this tricky pass, although it could not be stopped, but this shot still changed the direction of the pass. The ball that originally flew towards Brand flew straight to Finley's hand on the outer side. .

Finley may not have thought that the ball would come into his hands, but after all, he has been playing in the league for many years. After a moment of stupefaction, he immediately dribbled the ball and began to rush forward.

To say that the biggest difference between Karl and D'Antoni is that Karl did not give up on defense, and he even integrated offense and defense. Except for the inside, outside players are prohibited from rushing for offensive rebounds, but he emphasizes letting them He retreated to the defense at the first time, so after being intercepted, when Finley dribbled the ball just over half court, the Nuggets' backcourt defense had been successfully established. Finley saw that there was no chance and had to slow down. Come down and prepare to fight.

After noticing Finley's actions, the Nuggets players, including Anthony, all shrank inward, waiting for the next positional battle, but at this moment, a tall man with fluttering hair Suddenly stopped outside the three-point line, and Finley also threw the pass.

Nowitzki!

Although Nowitzki is an insider, his movement speed is faster than the average insider, and his shooting range is also wider. From a certain point of view, his style of play should be biased towards the positional style of play. Although Rand was retreating, he still couldn't keep up with him. Now after he caught the ball, he almost didn't pause at all, and just shot a pull-up jumper.

The ball whirled with a whirling arc.

"Shh!"

Nowitzki scored a three-pointer!

Nowitzki looked very confident after scoring the goal, and beat his chest hard, and the cheers of the fans on the scene stopped.

Before the game started, the Nuggets easily swept the Grizzlies, while the Mavericks won in a difficult battle with the Rockets. Most fans, especially the local fans who came to watch the game, felt that Although the Mavericks are stronger than the Grizzlies, they will definitely have a very difficult time facing the Nuggets. But now, at the beginning of the game, Finley made a large two-pointer and Nowitzki made a three-pointer. A 5 to 0.

"Brand, lift your ass and keep up with your people!" Coach Carl couldn't help shouting to Brand, who had just run back. With his rich coaching experience, he naturally knew the momentum of the team. importance.

Brand nodded, lowered his head and ran to the frontcourt.

It’s still the Nuggets’ offense, this time it’s still Nash’s ball control, Anthony still puts him up for the pick-and-roll, and he still resolutely rushes in, but he is a point guard with a high ball quotient after all, and he won’t make the same mistakes. Again, this time he threw the ball directly to Anthony on the outside. After Anthony received the ball, he took a shooting posture and shook Howard. He took a big step forward and broke through. After the defense, he directly stuffed the ball inside.

Chandler held the ball at this moment, facing Konglan, picked up the ball and flew straight to dunk it.

But I don't know if it was the Mavericks' opening momentum, and there was a backlog of resentment in my heart. Chandler's dunk was a bit too hard this time.

The fans who were about to cheer at the scene gave a pause, followed by an uproar, and Chandler was a little dazed for a moment.

Anthony was speechless for a while when he saw Chandler's dunk, and when he saw the ball falling to Nowitzki's position, he suddenly shouted at the others: "Retreat! Retreat!"

Anthony's yell played a big role. After Nowitzki successfully caught the inexplicably flying ball, he wanted to launch a fast break. After finding that the Nuggets had already retreated, he could only give the ball to him. To Terry, then run straight ahead.

(End of this chapter)