The Way of the Center

Anthony began to become more cautious, but he scored the highest points in the playoffs of his career in the last game, but he was still aggressive.

As long as Billups gives the ball to Anthony, it is almost impossible to pass it. But today, Anthony's accuracy is obviously not comparable to the previous game. On the one hand, the Thunder's defense is more tight, and on the other hand, Anthony's mentality of underestimating the enemy also made him less focused than the previous game.

Seizing the chance of Anthony’s repeated missed shots, Durant and Westbrook opened the bow from left to right, even though the Nuggets are one of the best athletic teams in the league, even if they also earned the nickname of the "Denver Track and Field Team." . But in the face of Durant and Westbrook's counterattack, the Nuggets still showed fatigue.

Seeing the point difference widened a little bit, the Nuggets interim coach Adrian Dantley hurriedly called a timeout. How to play when the team is behind, George Carr has long been subordinate. All Dantley had to do was to convey George Carl's previous orders.

"Your shooting percentage from the outside today is terrible. Cameron. Break through and shoot close to the basket." The hardest layer of the Thunder's defense is the inside, but Dantley has confidence in Anthony's personal ability. In this league, there are always a few players that cannot be easily guarded, and Carmelo Anthony is one of them.

"Afflalo, take a rest off the court, JR Smith, you know what you should do when you go on the court. If Anthony plays inside, you can shoot me outside!" So far, Dantley's layout has been copied from George. Carl's.

"Sefrosa, I want you to defend with all your strength later, and stick to JR Smith every step of the way!" For coaches like Jeff Van Gundy who likes to study video, George Carr's substitution strategy has long been lost. He has thoroughly studied it. At this time, Dantley will definitely bring J.R. Smith up!

At this time, the loopholes in Dantley's coaching have begun to slowly appear. He doesn't have much of his own opinion, most of the time Dantley's on-the-spot command follows George Karl. As a result, the Nuggets' tactics lack variables. Without the ghost ideas of George Carr, the Qiansheng coach, the strength of the Nuggets will be greatly reduced.

Sure enough, after returning from the timeout, the Nuggets made personnel adjustments. Afflaro, who had no performance, was replaced by Dantley and replaced by the Nuggets bench bandit, Nerve Knife JR Smith.

J.R. Smith is as important to the Nuggets as Manu Ginobili is to the Spurs. Both of these guys are the sixth person, both nerve knives. When inaccurate, the impact on the team will not be too great. But once it is accurate, it will be difficult to stop and directly help the team win.

It's just that the current JR, has a stronger impact than Ginobili. But when he had just played, he found that he was being guarded!

Not to mention shooting shots, facing a defensive perimeter like Sefrosa, JR Smith is now unable to get the space to connect the ball.

It is already very difficult for Billups to avoid making mistakes under the entanglement of Westbrook, but at this moment neither Anthony nor JR Smith can run out of the open.

No way, Billups had to pass a lob and let Brazilian Nene try on Angel.

After receiving the ball, Nene immediately relied on An Jie to take a step back. This kind of guy who always goes all out at all times really makes An Jie very difficult to deal with.

At the same time, Kenyon Martin also began to cross the bottom line. Morris's athletic ability is already very good, but he still feels a little strenuous to keep up with Kenyon Martin.

The moment Kenyon Martin shook off Morris, Nene suddenly struck the ground with his back. Kenyon Martin slapped his horse, received the basketball, and prepared to dunk.

Morris jumped from behind, but flew into the air. Kenyon Martin made a calm dunk and saved face for the Nuggets' inside line.

"Damn it, why don't these guys participate in track and field events!" Van Gundy shook his head. He originally thought that after limiting Anthony and JR Smith, the Nuggets' offense would fall into mud, but he didn't expect his most assured inside line to be broken by the opponent.

This is actually the strongest part of the Nuggets inside. They are very active and very fast. Excellent athletic ability gives them a lot of opportunities to get rid of the opponent's defense, and as long as they get close to the basket, they can dunk!

In the last game, Anjie has seen the running of the Nuggets insiders. Whether it is the Brazilian or Martin, or the "Birdman" Anderson sitting on the bench, they are all insiders of this style. Their swift running and abnormal bouncing did make Anjie and Morris put great defensive pressure on them.

An Jie is not afraid of the kind of insider who sits and fights with him, but is afraid of these big men who run so fast. Speed ​​is not An Jie's expertise. Although he is not slow, An Jie's speed is still slightly inferior to those who play "track and field."

After the Thunder scored another goal with Durant, the Nuggets' offense also made a comeback.

Anthony and J.R. Smith are still being watched very hard. Billups is not the kind of defender who is willing to take risks. As long as he thinks the ball is risky, then he will definitely not pass.

Durant's long arms covered Anthony well. Although Sefrossa was already sweating profusely, he still clung to J.R. Smith who was actively running.

Still only play inside!

After Billups decided on his offensive mindset, he beckoned for a double pick and roll. As long as Morris and Angela can be brought out, when Nene and Martin cut inside after a pick and roll, the Thunder's two inside lines will definitely not be able to catch up!

Just thinking of completing the offensive process, Nene and Martin are already in place, creating walls for the Nuggets' brains one by one. After Billups gestured, indicating that Nene and Martin were a tactic for them, they started the breakthrough!

Billups was not fast, but Westbrook was still a few steps away from Martin's high-quality and very tough pick and roll.

Seeing Billups plunged into the penalty area, Anjie had to move a step sideways to stop him.

"It's now!" Seeing Anjie change his defensive position, Billups suddenly turned his head to Anthony, and Durant instantly became nervous.

But when Billups passed the ball, Durant discovered that Anthony was not the receiver. The ball flew to the opposite direction of Billups' sight, and came to the inscribed Brazilian Nene's hands!

"Too fast! The athletic ability of the Nuggets is simply terrifying!" Seeing Nene cut in quickly, and Anjie was deceived by Billups, so there was no possibility of keeping up. Mike Brin is looking forward to seeing An Jie finish the pegboarding cap again, but it's backfired. The fast-running Nene threw An Jie far away, facing the undefended basket and dunking easily.

"The Thunder's inside defense was torn apart by the Nuggets' running!" They are not afraid of positional battles, they are not afraid of players who break through from the outside, they are afraid that they can run inside!

Later, Westbrook made a desperate breakthrough and made Kenyon Martin a foul. Seeing Westbrook fell heavily to the ground again, Anjie was the first to rush over and pull him up. Just when Westbrook just stood up with Anjie's help, Anjie heard Van Gundy calling himself.

"Ann! You get down first!" Seeing Van Gundy's movements, he was replaced?

"Isn't it time to turn?" An Jie said to himself in his heart, he looked at the technical stage in disbelief, and Ibaka over there was already eager to try and was ready to play. An Jie didn't read it wrong or heard it wrong, Van Gundy wanted to replace him in advance.

As said in the locker room yesterday, Anjie is a coach who absolutely trusts him. Van Gundy replaced him in advance, he must be justified.

An Jie hurried to the technical stage, high-five with Ibaka, and then made it to the bench.

"What plan?" Anjie took a towel and wiped his sweat, and asked Van Gundy at the same time.

"Ibaka and Morris can better deal with Nene and Martin now. You should take a break and wait for one of them to end. I will send you up. At that time, you will not only have to defend, but also give me the first place. The second lineup will attack! And after that, Nene and Martin's physical strength will decline severely, and then they will not be able to make waves in front of you."

"Understood, Boss." An Jie is not perfect. The 48-minute basketball game cannot be An Jie's time. The time that belongs to Anjie has not yet come. Now, Anjie is still watching the court intently. He hopes that Ibaka and Morris can really withstand the impact of Nene and Martin.

In terms of overall strength, Ibaka and Morris are indeed inferior to Anjie. But in terms of athletic ability alone, Anjie is indeed inferior to these two teammates.

In defense of the Nuggets' inside line, athletic ability is undoubtedly the key.

"Huh, even An can't guard us, can a substitute be guarded?" Kenyon Martin smiled dismissively when seeing Ibaka on the court.

"Nene catches the ball again! Can the Nuggets' inside offense still succeed!?"

After receiving the ball, Nene found that the pressure behind him had not decreased, but he was not worried, because Kenyon Martin, who rushed up, was the end point.

As he ran, Martin raised his right hand and yelled the name of the Brazilian. Nene did not slack off, he held the ball in the low post, Martin cut in from the outside with a very fast speed to score the means, they have cooperated countless times. This time, they will not miss it!

Nene made a precise pass, just in time for Martin who came in to receive the ball.

"It's so comfortable! Substitutions, it's useless!" Martin comfortably received Nene's right pass, jumped back and prepared to wreak havoc on the rim again.

"Oh! God!" Mike Brin exclaimed, not because of Martin's dunk, but because of Ibaka!

Seeing Ibaka catch up from behind, he recovered the gap in two strides. After leaping high, the ball was firmly nailed to the backboard from behind.

Kenyon Martin turned his head in disbelief, only to see the loyal Congolese staring at him gritted teeth. He was blocked, and his and the Brazilian's tactical cooperation was blocked by Ibaka!

"The advantage of the Nuggets' internal athletic ability is gone! Serge Ibaka, his defense has always been an indispensable part of the Thunder! The substitution of coach Jeff Van Gundy played an immediate effect. Dantley has to think of something else to deal with it."

The inside line lost the advantage, outside line Anthony and JR Smith were defended very much, and the Nuggets' offense suddenly fell into a quagmire.

With only 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the first quarter~www.NovelMTL.com~ An Jie led the Thunder’s second team on the stage. The Thunder’s former Frenchman Johan Petro is not An Jie’s opponent at all. Rees Anderson also has no room to play under Ibaka's mark.

Anjie was in the Nuggets like a fish in water, and the Nuggets did not respond many times after Anthony and J.R were off the court.

The score was gradually opened, and when the first quarter ended, the Thunder had already led by 8 points!

33 to 25, the Thunder's defense made the Nuggets' offense inside and outside all misfire.

Dantley is now the most anxious person, how to adjust the team next, he is completely at a loss. In his eyes, the Thunder's defense is no different from indestructible!

But Anthony is not as afraid of the Thunder as Dantley, losing to this youth army is unacceptable for him!

Don't forget, the inside is not the offensive strength of the Nuggets! The real biggest threat is Carmelo Anthony!

Cracked Nene and Martin, the greater threat is about to challenge the Thunder's defense. (To be continued.)