Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 90
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After nearly two days of devil training, on November 11, the Nuggets ushered in a challenge from their preseason opponent, the Phoenix Suns, at home.

In the practice session on the day of the game, the Nuggets players found that there were some changes from the usual day. Wash Leonard, Chris Anderson, Ryan Bowen and Mark Pope did not appear in the team's lineup. middle.

And not long after, the players were also informed that the team had a deal.

Bowen and Pope have already gone to Philadelphia, and the team also ushered in a new member, Kyle Korver. The players were full of praise. After all, only two marginal people left, and not many people cared.

Compared with Pope and Bowen, Anderson's departure made all the Nuggets players feel a pity. Even Anthony was a little bit reluctant. From now on, we will never see this California native perform amusing magic tricks on the plane again. up.

However, because of Leonard's contract, Anderson has not yet gone to New York. He came to the team to say goodbye to the players one by one during training. Cry a little bit.

But the NBA is the NBA, and players are just commodities. After saying goodbye to Anderson, they put their energy into preparing for the evening game.

The performance of the Suns this season is also unsatisfactory. Compared with the trend of breaking into the playoffs last season, this season can only be regarded as unsatisfactory. Before this game, they only achieved a record of 6 wins and 7 losses. The fierce West is at the bottom of the list.

To make matters worse, the three main players of the team, Marbury, Marion and Stoudemire, seem to be caught in internal strife, and there is a faint sign of competition among each other.

However, compared with the Suns, the Nuggets are not much better. Although they just defeated the Mavericks in the Western Conference, their record is a poor 4 wins and 7 losses, even worse than the Suns.

In general, this is a confrontation between the underdogs in the West.

However, this game cannot be said to be unspectacular. The new head coach of the Nuggets, Mike D'Antoni, is the former assistant coach of the Suns. This is the first time he faces his old club. Quite striking.

Moreover, Anthony scored 26 points in the last comeback game. In this year's scoring list, he ranked in the top four with an average of 26.5 points per game. In front of him are the famous Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady reached such a high position in the scoring list as rookies, and they naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Perhaps it is precisely because of Anthony's strong performance that the stadium was full of seats early in a game against underdogs. After witnessing the team's miraculous reversal of the Mavericks in the last game, the fans are obviously full of confidence in the future of the Nuggets. expect.

The Nuggets' starting lineup remains the same as before. Miller and Barry are still on the back line, Anthony and Nene are on the front line, and Camby still sits at the center.

However, compared with the preseason, the Suns have undergone a slight change. Joe Johnson has successfully entered the starting lineup. The starting five are Marbury, Johnson, Marion, Stoudemire and Jack Wall. Skool.

After a brief warm-up, the double-leg starters all made their debut.

Anthony looked very focused at the beginning of the game. From the pre-match preparations, he could feel D'Antoni's nervousness that he couldn't hide. After all, he had conflicts with Frank Johnson. After all, it was the first time he faced his old club. I can understand and understand that this game is of great significance to D'Antoni, so we must go all out at the beginning.

It was still Camby and Voskull who jumped the ball. Using his super high wingspan, Camby gave the Nuggets another chance to take the lead without any suspense.

With Miller in control of the ball, the Nuggets drop quickly downfield and start a quick off-ball pick-and-roll.

With the devil-like training in the previous two days, their physical reactions have improved a lot, and their tactical awareness has also improved a lot. At this moment, Miller is holding the ball at a high position, and the pick-and-rolls of other players can be said to be In place quickly.

Anthony slipped along the baseline, and Camby blocked Marion with a strong pick-and-roll. After the change, Nene then made a pick-and-roll for Anthony, and Anthony didn't stop there. He was pulled to the outside line, followed by an off-ball pick-and-roll for Barry, and Barry took advantage of the opportunity to cut inside.

At this time, inside the Suns, one was blocked by Nene, and the other was pulled outside the three-point line by Anthony. After Barry reached the inside, it can be said that it was flat, and Miller's through pass was also accurate.

Barry, who received the pass, easily hit the basket and scored.

The training tactics were fully played out, and the Nuggets easily scored the goal in the first round.

The offense in the first round showed the results of the Nuggets' training, and it also showed how poor the Suns' defense was.

However, although the Suns' defense is terrible, the offensive firepower is indeed not weak. The five players on the field, except for the center Voskul, the other four positions have the ability to attack. Looking back, after a few simple pass balls, Johnson Using Stoudemire's pick-and-roll also followed Barry's forced layup.

The two teams used bombardment tactics, and the shooting percentages of both sides were extremely high at the beginning. The offensive rounds of you coming and going were very lively, and the fans were also pleasing to watch.

After only 2 minutes of fighting, the two sides actually drew at 10:10!
The commentators for this game are old acquaintances "Famous Mouth" Barkley and Kenny Smith.

"Hey, Charles, I didn't expect us to comment on the game between the Nuggets and the Suns today. It's really a fate." Smith saw that the game was hot, but there were no particularly exciting scenes, so he couldn't help chatting with Barkley stand up.

"Haha, yes, but now I can't wait to comment on the Nuggets game. Just two days ago, it was also here. Irwin enjoyed it completely. The Nuggets beat the Mavericks in an upset. Melo It's been a hot headline in the past two days to stage a pull-bar dunk." Bacchus touched his bald head and talked freely.

"Speaking of Melo, he is the most talked about rookie this year. He defeated the defending champion Spurs with a blockbuster in the first stop, and then tied Chamberlain's record. He was injured in a fight for a Brazilian model in the locker room. Now he led the team to win the No. One of the Mavericks, even reached the fourth place in the scoring list. The last player with such a performance, I can only think of Allen Iverson. Even Kobe Bryant's rookie season was not so dazzling Yes." Smith immediately brought the topic to Anthony.

"Haha, Melo's current limelight has overshadowed LeBron's manor in the same period. Compared with this, I still look forward to what kind of dunks Melo will perform in the game. Neles has counted it before. The well-known For the dunk action, Melo dunked almost all of them." Bacchus said with a big laugh.

"beep!"

At this moment, the referee on the sidelines suddenly signaled the Nuggets to pause.

"Huh, timeout so early?" Smith looked at the game time. It was only two and a half minutes into the first quarter, and the two teams drew at 12:12. He couldn't figure out what D'Antoni's purpose was for calling the timeout.

"When defending, everyone is pushing up! Don't let them catch the ball so easily! Don't let them attack in series! We suffer in a war of attrition! Don't forget that there is Barbosa on the opposite bench! Did you hear that?! "

Anthony surrounded D'Antoni, and heard him unexpectedly emphasizing the team's defense, and speaking at a significantly faster speed than before. He also felt that the anxious game made the strategizing coach nervous.

"Joan, you go down and rest for a while, Kyle, you go up." D'Antoni pointed to Korver outside the circle and said.

Korver had been biting his fingernails watching the game before, and even if he was surrounded by the coach at this moment, he didn't pay attention to taking his fingernails out of his mouth.

At this moment, when he first heard that D'Antoni actually let him play, he was so surprised that he didn't realize it all at once. As a new member of the team, although he knew that the Nuggets were short on manpower, he didn't expect it to be so Already on the bench.

On the other hand, Wang Zhizhi showed a sympathetic smile.

"Kyle, why are you still standing there! Take off your clothes!" D'Antoni couldn't help yelling when he saw Korver still standing there after setting up tactics.

After Korver heard it, he quickly took off his clothes, threw his hands on the bench.

"beep!"

Just at this time, the timeout on the sidelines had just arrived.

Korver took a deep breath and appeared on the stage with the other players of the team. At this time, the Nuggets except Korver were all starting four players. He couldn't help rubbing his arms back and forth, unable to hold back. Inner tension.

Anthony saw Korver's nervousness, and he also knew that whether Korver could play well was related to the team's subsequent reinforcement. He walked directly to Korver's side, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Kyle, Don't be nervous, just play at the level of training, I know you are very accurate."

"May...Melo..." Korver didn't expect Anthony, the boss of the team, to come to comfort him, and he was flattered immediately.

"Don't worry, the running and bombing that the team is playing now is to share the ball. As long as you run out of opportunities, anyone will pass the ball." Anthony still said with a smile.

"Well, I'll hit them." Korver nodded vigorously. As a marginal man and also a rookie, Anthony's encouragement to him can be said to be crucial.

Anthony finally patted Korver on the shoulder, didn't say anything, and went on the field.

(End of this chapter)