Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 37

Francis was nicknamed "Privilege". The origin of this title was that he felt that Memphis was too far away from his hometown in the draft and was unwilling to select his Grizzlies report. In the end, the Grizzlies had to trade him to the Rockets. The first rookie in NBA history to force a trade.

After joining the Rockets, Francis quickly became the team's top card by virtue of his strength. Now that Anthony is provoking his team so much, his face is gloomy, and the anger in his chest has reached a limit.

As soon as he advanced to the half court, seeing that Camby was still defending Yao Ming, he didn't hesitate at all, and waved his hands to signal his teammates to pull away.

The Rockets players also knew that Boss Fu was angry, and one by one consciously spread out to both sides. Even Yao Ming was pulled outside the three-second zone on the left.

At the top of the huge circle, only Francis and Miller who defended him remained.

Anthony was pulled to the right foot by Jackson, and he looked back at Frederick and was a little worried. Although Miller's defense was already at an upper-middle level, his defense was mainly based on physical contact. When he encountered Francis's flexibility Sexual defenders will definitely struggle to defend.

After the Rockets' players dispersed to both sides, Francis immediately launched an attack facing Miller who was defending him.

After a large cross step, he realized that Miller hadn't lost his center of gravity. After he was slightly surprised, he dribbled the ball with his right hand suddenly, making a breakthrough to the right.

Miller saw Francis' dribble, and he judged Francis' dribble based on his experience as a fake move, but even if he judged it, he had to jump over it, because Francis was much faster than him, if he didn't go up , that fake move will become a real breakthrough.

Seeing Miller rushing over, Francis smiled, followed by stepping forward with his left foot, pulling the ball with his right hand directly under his big crotch, and the whole person moved to the left suddenly.

Miller and Francis almost moved from left to right, one with a smile on his face and the other with a shocked expression.

With a "swish", Francis almost shook Miller to the ground. After shaking away, he didn't stop for a moment. With one step of his legs, he rushed towards the basket.

Nene, who was cruising near the three-second zone, saw Francis pass Miller, and immediately rushed over with a big stride.

Seeing Nene flying over to defend him, Francis didn't panic at all. He changed his breakthrough route to the right. The moment Nene killed him, he leaned on his body and made a sharp left turn. Score from the left basket.

After Francis succeeded, he didn't show any exaggeration. He just glanced provocatively at Anthony, who was at the bottom, and then turned and ran towards his backcourt.

"Pretty!"

Seeing Francis' perfect layup, Drexler couldn't help shouting, and the backlog of depression was vented out with this burst of shouting.

"Beautiful layup! Neither Miller on defense nor Nene on defense can stop Francis at all. As the core of the team, he countered Melo's provocation very well!" Varel finally caught a chance , also said in response.

The fans at the scene were also roaring excitedly, during which there were several shouts of "beat the rookie to the ground" and "drive the rookie out of Houston". Obviously they were very angry at Anthony's provocation.

Anthony lowered his head and ran forward. He didn't care about the curses of the fans, and he didn't pay attention to Drexler's partiality. For him, he seemed to have adapted to the reaction of the away fans, and even enjoyed it a little. wrath from opponents.

The Nuggets' offensive round was still based on Miller's singles tactic, but this time, in order to avoid being overwhelmed by Miller again, Francis switched defenses with Jackson, and he switched to Anthony, who was defending outside the three-point line.

Anthony saw the physically stronger Jackson defending Miller, then looked at Francis in front of him, and suddenly smiled. He had to say that Francis had a good idea, but facing himself, wasn't this just fucking him? .

Anthony did a move he's done countless times, stepping in and putting a half-step between Francis and him.

Seeing Anthony making a probing step, Francis felt tight. He hadn't paid much attention to Anthony's offensive style, but this three-threat posture still made him vigilant.

At the moment when Francis was on guard, Anthony suddenly took the first step to the left.

Francis saw Anthony's first step, and used his speed to make up for it quickly, preventing Anthony from passing, but at this moment, Anthony suddenly put his strength on him.

With a "bang", Anthony was much bigger than Francis after all, and he directly pushed the latter back a step, and at this moment, he pulled out his hand as soon as he retreated.

Francis was suffocated by Anthony's slap, and as soon as he recovered, he saw Anthony pull out his hand. It was obviously too late to defend, so he could only watch the ball fly over his head, and then fell straight into it. Inside.

"Shh!"

Anthony easily scored two points from the middle distance.

"Hey, Steve, why is your defense so weak?" Anthony said provocatively after he succeeded. After seeing Francis' previous actions, he already had an idea in his mind, and now is the time to implement the plan.

Francis clenched his fists, pointed at Anthony and said, "A rookie is a rookie, he only speaks aggressively, you wait for me."

Feeling the anger in Francis' words, Anthony shrugged with a smile, then turned and retreated towards his own half.

Francis looked at Anthony's back, cast a look of incomparable resentment, and then the idea of ​​blowing up the Nuggets became stronger in his heart.

It was still the same tactic. Francis opened the singles, but Miller still couldn't keep up with him. This time, Nene was more aggressive than just before, and directly held Francis to prevent him from scoring.

After being pulled down by Nene, Francis did not provoke Nene, but shrugged and walked towards the free throw line. From the character point of view, he is a relatively restrained player.

Steadily hitting two free throws, the Rockets still lead 9:6, and both sides have relatively high shooting percentages after the opening.

Just after Francis finished the free throw, Anthony suddenly walked up to Nene and said loudly, "Nene defends well, next time you can be more ruthless, don't let Steve play wild on our territory again!"

"Don't worry, I'm the best at this kind of thing!" Nene said with a grim face.

Francis's face trembled, but he didn't say anything, turned around and retreated towards the backcourt.

Anthony looked at Francis who was retreating, and knew that the tricks he played were so shady, but for the victory of the game, there was nothing he could do.

Switching to the Nuggets' offense is still the same tactic, Anthony still singles Francis.

Francis has learned the lesson from the previous time, and he is ready. As soon as Anthony steps up, he will fall down and make an offensive foul. However, what surprised him this time is that after Anthony took a sudden step, he actually broke through directly to the inside. , Facing the supplementary defense, Yao Ming staged the "washing machine roundabout" he just created and scored two points again.

"I have to say that Melo's offensive ability is the top among rookies this year, even better than James. His offense is really difficult to defend." Varel couldn't help watching Anthony's performance. Say words of praise.

"Hmph! One person's offense can't move the whole team. Compared with offensive ability, Steve doesn't need him to be much worse. A rookie is always a rookie. If you don't know how to revitalize the whole team, just wait to lose!" Drexler complained Said.

Varel couldn't help it just now, and when he heard the disdainful comment from "Glider", he had no choice but to keep silent and stop commenting.

Perhaps because of Nene's naked threat just now, Francis did not go inside this time. After shaking Miller away, Francis chose a pull-up jumper, but he still hit the board and went into the basket.

Francis scored again, and the most frustrating thing was Miller. The guard who is known for controlling the rhythm is always worse when facing such a deft guard.

Anthony saw the change in Miller's mood, and hurried over to enlighten him, telling him not to be discouraged, and telling him to play anti-burst. As long as Francis didn't shoot the explosive seed, there was always a chance to get it back.

Miller didn't say anything, just nodded to Anthony, and then secretly clenched his fists. As a guard who has been in the NBA for 4 years, he naturally knows the cruelty of the NBA, and also knows that many things can only be overcome by himself.

The Nuggets advanced to the front court. This time Anthony didn't let Miller run to the position, but he fell near the free throw line. He was going to let Miller take a gamble.

Miller saw Anthony asking for the ball at the free throw line, and he quickly knocked it over.

As soon as Anthony received the ball, Francis consciously came over to double-team.

Anthony pretended to make a breakthrough, and after attracting Francis enough to come over, he threw the ball beyond the three-point line without looking back, and shouted at the moment of the shot: "Miller, shoot!"

Miller was a little worried when he saw Anthony being double-teamed. He suddenly heard Anthony's shout, and then saw the ball being passed back. He also immediately understood Anthony's intention to come back. Anthony hoped that he would use offense to drive defense. !

After he took the ball, he looked up at the basket in front of him. At this time, the basket at a distance that he was not good at became so small that he could not see it so clearly even if he squinted, but maybe it was because of Anthony. Encouragement and trust gave him a desire that he never had before, eager to hit this three-pointer.

He straightened his hunched back and saw that his teammates did not find opportunities during running. Facing the unguarded state, he looked at the basket and put his feet on the ground.

The ball flew out of Miller's hands and spun toward the hoop.

(End of this chapter)