Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 322 Price

It takes nearly two hours to fly from Denver to San Antonio, and for the players, a little rest is all it takes.

San Antonio is located in central Texas. It is a large city with the second largest population in Texas after Houston. Here, it is most famous for its historical relics and complex culture. Here, you can see Spanish culture, Indian culture, and Mexican culture. It can be said that it is a very inclusive city, coming from different cultures.

And the Spurs, being in such a city, also fully embodies such a characteristic. In their team, there is Parker from France, Ginobili from Argentina, and Nesterovic from Slovenia. Wait, the main lineup can be called an international team, and it is such a team that has won the championship twice in the past five years.

After Anthony and his teammates got off the plane, they didn't go to the most famous riverside pedestrian street in San Antonio, but went straight to the training hall. The players who were still playing on the plane became a little serious after getting off the plane. Although the game has not officially started, but because it is the Western Conference finals, after arriving in San Antonio, the whole person is still a little nervous for no reason.

The Spurs have two training arenas. After the Nuggets arrived at the training hall, the Spurs players had already started training in the other arena. The two teams were separated by a distance of [-] meters. It's sweat like rain.

Compared with the Nuggets, although they have advanced to the Western Conference finals, perhaps because of the Spurs' unglamorous style of play, the enthusiasm of the fans is much weaker than that of Denver fans. It took three hours for the fans to arrive at the arena intermittently. When the game was about to start, the entire arena was almost full.

Although the number of fans who came was not full, the arena was full of seats, and the excitement of the fans was much higher than that of Denver fans. Many people had the Spurs logo on their faces and hands. There are even many people holding Duncan's KT version. It can be seen that those who come back to watch the game are all loyal fans of the Spurs.

This point was fully reflected when the players from both sides were introduced and entered the field. The cheers of the fans on the scene were deafening, not at all weaker than Denver's home court.

Anthony and his teammates are listening to Coach Carl's starting tactics at the moment. The crazy shouts on the scene are almost the same as in Denver, but after knowing that this is an away game, the mentality of the players is completely different. Anthony at this time Turning to look at the state of the other Nuggets players, one could clearly feel the nervousness on the faces of the players, and even including Anthony himself, their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

The nervousness of other Nuggets players comes from the explosive atmosphere on the scene, while Anthony’s nervousness comes from the nervousness of the players. I don’t know if it’s because of the relaxed mentality of the Nuggets players after winning the last game , The worry in his heart always remained in his heart, and when he felt the nervousness of his teammates, that worry became more intense and real.

"Okay guys, let's go up there and get them!"

At this moment, Cooper on the side reached out and put his hand in the center of the players, which was a spiritual encouragement to the players before going on the field.

The Nuggets players put their hands on Cooper's hand one by one. Anthony was the last one to reach out. The moment he put it on, he didn't feel the players' trembling hands because of tension. On the contrary, he felt Seeing the tense hands of teammates, this is a deeper sense of tension.

Anthony knew that it would be useless to say any more encouraging words at this time, so he didn't say anything, just like everyone else, after shaking his hand down vigorously, he walked onto the court with the other four starting players.

The starting lineup of the Nuggets has not changed much from the previous game. Korver still replaced Ariza as the team's starting shooting guard. On the Spurs side, Bowen, who was suspended for one game, ushered in In spite of paying, it is natural that he still serves as the team's starting small forward and takes on the heavy responsibility of defending Anthony.

All the starting players from both sides came on the field, and the referee took the ball to the center circle, where Chandler and Nesterovic, who had jumped the ball, had already stood in their positions, ready for the third contest between the two sides that will start soon .

Anthony had already stood with Bowen at this time, and the game hadn't started yet. Bowen was chewing gum and leaning on Anthony's body at this time, and he had already started chattering: "Listen, I'm back, a lore like the last game Chance, you will never have it again."

Anthony had already experienced Bowen's chatter from the very beginning of contact. The purpose of these words was only to annoy him, so he directly chose to ignore them.

"Oh, no, you will never encounter such a situation, let alone a lore, you will definitely fall behind by a big score today, and I have already foreseen what will happen to you." Bowen's chatter continued , with no intention of stopping.

Anthony still chose to ignore it, but perhaps because he hadn't heard Bowen's trash talk for some time, he still couldn't help frowning.

"beep!"

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the referee with the ball in his hand threw the ball into the air, and then backed away.

With the throw of the ball into the air, Chandler and Nesterovic jumped up as if their feet were loaded with springs. The third contest between the two sides started in San Antonio.

Perhaps at the home court, Nesterovic, the Slovenian insider, jumped higher than the previous two games. He just snatched the ball from Chandler's head. For the first time, in this round of the series In the game, the Spurs got the chance to attack first.

Such a scene naturally caused a burst of shouts from the fans at the scene.

The ball fell into the hands of Ginobili after Nesterovic slapped it back to the Spurs at halftime. After a while, they had to stop. Korver and Anthony caught up immediately. At the beginning of the game, this kind of defense did not form an effective offensive space for the Spurs. It can be seen that, Coach Karl has a special arrangement for defense against Ginobili.

Anthony's double-teaming was only delayed for a while, and it was quickly retracted. During this time, players from both sides fell into a positional battle.

Korver is taller than Ginobili, and he held his hands high in the previous defense. Ginobili's own breakthrough route was blocked, and his passing vision was also greatly disturbed. Don't stop the ball, dribble on the spot and observe the positioning of teammates.

The Spurs' offense was positioned very quickly, and just after Ginobili stopped the ball, Duncan immediately moved to the high position. At this time, Ginobili who stopped the ball also started to move, and the two moved at the same time Yes, one step inside the three-point line, the two directly formed a pick-and-roll.

Duncan's pick-and-roll is very strong, almost as thick as a wall. Korver's thin body was directly fixed in place after being hit, and it took a while to recover. At this time, Gino Billy, who jumped forward and dribbled the ball, had already jumped past Brand's defense.

Ginobili's speed is very fast, and after passing Brand, he is so fast that he can hardly see him. When Chandler under the basket realizes that Ginobili has broken into the inside, the latter has already jumped up Picking the basket, the ball hit the backboard and fell straight into the net bag with a "swish" after rebounding.

The moment the goal was scored, almost at the same time, the fans at the scene let out a roar of shouts.

The Spurs played a wonderful goal and ignited the atmosphere of the fans at the beginning of the game, but the Nuggets didn't care. Korver served from the backcourt, Nash controlled the ball and pushed straight to the frontcourt. It's halftime for the Spurs.

At this time, under the control of the DJ, the fans at the scene almost unanimously shouted "defense". The deafening shouts were many times stronger than in the regular season.

Accompanied by the high-decibel shouts of the fans, the Spurs' defense also showed full aggression. Whether it was Nash holding the ball or players running without the ball, they all felt difficult and felt like being put on Like in shackles.

At this moment, after countless rounds of hand-to-hand combat, Anthony finally took advantage of a small negligence in the Spurs' defense and successfully ran out through the pick-and-roll of his teammates. Nash discovered this rare opportunity immediately, the speed of dribbling suddenly dropped, and then he was ready to pass the ball to Anthony.

Anthony was ready to catch the ball at this time, but the moment he stretched out his hand, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure rushing out from the oblique side. Because of the line of sight, only he could see it from this position. , and Nash's place is a blind spot of vision, and people who run out cannot be observed at all.

Anthony suddenly realized that this was a defensive loophole deliberately released by the Spurs. He immediately signaled Nash not to pass the ball, but it was too late. Before he raised his hand, Nash had already shot the ball.

Anthony clenched his fist, screamed in his heart, and ran back.

"Snapped!"

Almost at the same time, after a crisp sound, Ginobili rushed out and intercepted Nash's pass. After stealing the ball, he ran towards the Nuggets' backcourt without stopping for half a moment.

(End of this chapter)