The Way of the Center

When Dantley got the offbeat data of the Nuggets, he knew how big a mistake he made. Playing against the Thunder, maybe Anthony can do this against the Thunder's defense, but the rest of the Nuggets...

Anthony 25 points, Billups 25 points, no more, these are the only two people on the Nuggets who score more than double digits.

Nene made 1 of 6 shots, Kenyon Martin made 1 of 7 shots, "Birdman" Anderson made 1 of 4 shots, Johan Petro? Under Anjie's tight defense, the French did not even get a chance to shoot.

Sometimes the data does not reflect the real situation of the game, but today, this reason cannot be Dantley's shield.

Facts have proved that the Nuggets' spear cannot penetrate the Thunder's shield. The Thunder's shield, on the contrary, can sever the spear. The score of 2 to 1 is nothing but two consecutive losses, which has to make everyone on the Nuggets start to worry.

Barkley's prediction was indeed correct. The series between the Spurs and the Mavericks, and the Thunder and the Nuggets became the most exciting two matchups in the entire first round.

The Mavericks are now likely to suffer the Black Seven, and the ambitious Nuggets may pack their bags and go home in the first round.

Dantley is undoubtedly an excellent assistant coach, but he is only suitable for assistant coaching. When the team was in trouble, he didn't know how to improve the morale of the team, and even now he didn't know how to deal with the next game.

By the side of George Carl, Dantley can come up with new ideas according to Carl's ideas, but now he wants to have a tactical idea of ​​his own, but he can't come up with it.

And another important factor, Billups, who shined last season, this series was also embarrassed by the defensive turns of Westbrook and Sefrosa.

In four months, this guy will be 34 years old. 34 years old is definitely not young for a professional basketball player.

Dantley, the off-court brain of the Nuggets, couldn't think of anything, and Billups, the brain on the court, was imprisoned. It is almost impossible to win the game in the playoffs just by relying on those flashing offenses.

No matter how strong Anthony's personal ability is, he can't lead a team that has no rigorous tactical ideas, a loose game, and a massively defeated morale to win. Even if they can win one or two games occasionally, they can't win the entire series!

Sure enough, just one day later, the Thunder once again defeated the Nuggets at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The failure this time made Dantley feel at a loss.

To be on the safe side, Dantley chose a tactic that allowed the team to balance offense and defense. The Nuggets didn't make any major mistakes in this game, and they played smoothly all the way.

It is a pity that Anthony, who is eager to win the game on his own ability, is very uncomfortable today. He got a quasi-triple double, 39 points, 11 rebounds, and of course 9 turnovers!

Not an assist, but a turnover! Anthony's too many turnovers allowed the Thunder to score a lot of points by switching offense. You know, players like Westbrook are born to switch offenses. When he rushes up, not to mention Billups, even JR Smith and Anthony may not be able to catch up.

And Nene, the defensive backbone of the Nuggets, is just the most bad at defensive conversion offense. On the surface, the Nuggets didn't play badly, but the Thunder relied on Anthony's nine fatal errors to maintain the lead.

When Anthony tried his best to score two points inside Anjie's guard, the Thunder could easily tie the score with his turnover. Needless to say how much this is a morale blow.

The Thunder's outside players played well in the conversion offense, and the inside line was also able to continue the offensive under Anjie's outbreak.

An Jie only scored 15 points in the last game because he put all his energy on defense.

But today, Anjie’s offensive force is very strong. Like Anthony, Anjie doesn't want the Nuggets to win on his home court. Going to Denver with a total score of 3-1 is the safest thing.

An Jie’s game can be said to show what he has learned throughout his life. CIC, big hook, small hook, dream dance, retreat jumper...

All the skills that a center can show have been brought to the table by An Jie. On 13 of 17 shots, Anjie scored a team-high 31 points in one fell swoop and also had 13 rebounds. His rebounds alone accounted for one-third of the Thunder team!

In the end, the chaotic Anthony did not use crazy offense to lead the team to restore the decline, but used crazy mistakes to push the Nuggets into the abyss.

106 to 117, the away game is in front and the home game is behind. The Nuggets once again defeated Oklahoma City by more than ten points. The total score of the series was also rewritten by the Thunder to 3-1!

3 to 1, what kind of concept is this? As of now, there are only 8 teams in NBA history that can complete a comeback when 3-1 behind.

In other words, the Nuggets are now hanging in the air with one foot. The Thunder can throw them all off the cliff with just one push!

Some of the media support the Thunder, and naturally some support the Nuggets. In particular, Denver's local newspapers listed a lot of conditions, proving that the Nuggets still have hope.

"Since entering the 21st century, only two teams have completed the feat of a 3-1 turnaround. And in one of these, Billups participated! As the core of the team's tactics, he knows how to deal with this. In this case, know how to lead the team out of the predicament! The current Thunder is just like the magic that was turned over in the past, it is a group of arrogant young people! I believe that the Nuggets will win at home, and then take advantage of the victory to chase and win in one fell swoop. Series!" This text comes from the Denver Metropolis Daily. Although the author's point of view is far-fetched, it has become the last straw for Denver people.

However, a dramatic scene really happened. Two days later at the Pepsi Center, the Nuggets tactically won three games in a row and the Thunder were in good shape. Winning is not one or two points, but a game won with a huge advantage of 14 points!

Today Durant was once again strangled by Anthony, and the Nuggets' athletic inside line also scored wildly in front of Anjie for the first time. Of course, winning this kind of thing is indispensable for JR Smith, he finally did not disappoint the Denver fans today, scored 17 points, Sefolosa and Livingston did their best, but still could not stop him.

After the Pepsi Center's second big victory, Denver fans were simply happy to blow up the pot. They found that history is always surprisingly similar, and the current Nuggets seem to be in the same situation as the last two comeback teams!

They have Billups, who has created a miracle, and they are exactly the same way the sun went against the Lakers in 2006.

In the 2006 playoffs, the Lakers lost one game in Phoenix, and then pulled three games in a row under the outbreak of Kobe, making the total score 3-1.

The Suns of the year defeated the Lakers in the third away game. After that, they hurriedly completed the go-ahead in one fell swoop and won the series.

It can be said that the Nuggets completely reproduced the difficult course of the Suns. Now let alone Denver fans, even the Nuggets players have regained their confidence. As long as they can bite their teeth and win the next game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Nuggets can bring the tiebreaker to the Pepsi Center! At that time, they must be the one who can advance!

"They think beautifully!" An Jie said as he pushed Morris away and hit the ball again with a small hook.

"Damn, don't vent your dissatisfaction on me, change me!" Morris picked up the basketball and threw it to An Jie. The two of them were training for back singles.

"I said, don't work so hard, save some energy for tomorrow's game. That guy Nene performed well in the last game, you have to be more careful tomorrow." Morris and Anjie attacked in exactly the same way. But his little hook came out of the box.

"I blamed me for underestimating the enemy and made the Brazilian score a lot of points. But that's okay, at least I will take good care of him tomorrow." An Jie shook his shoulders and withdrew a jumper, but was disturbed by Morris. Strike iron.

"Hey, how do I feel that your defense has improved again." Although the ball did not score, Anjie smiled and patted Morris on the chest.

"Do you think you are the only one who is improving? I have to say that the playoffs are really a good place to get tempered!" Morris triumphantly, if only relying on Angel, the Thunder's inside defense could not be that strong. It's impossible for the Thunder to come this far.

At the beginning of the season, people even thought that the Thunder wanted to make the playoffs a foolish dream. Halfway through the season, people felt that the Thunder were just a passerby in the playoffs and a foil for other teams.

But now, they are leading the Nuggets 3 to 2, and as long as they win another game at home, they can advance to the second round!

For a team that played the playoffs for the first time, it was a great thing to be able to rush into the second round. You must know that Yao Ming has played in the NBA for seven years, and it was only last year that he successfully broke through the first-round test for the first time.

However, this curse did not seem to apply to An Jie.

"Come on again, Ann! In the last group, I will definitely beat you!"

"You don't feel as good as Nene, what can you do to beat me. Come on!" An Jie set his posture, once the two started to confront each other, they seemed to be addicted to each other.

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Anthony will never forget the blue ocean of Chesapeake Energy Arena. Yes, it seems to be more terrifying than Staples last year.

Between the distractions, Westbrook once again attacked the ball aggressively. Durant's ghostly running without the ball also appeared again.

"Damn it!" Anthony gritted his teeth and ran with the number 35 again.

He is already very tired, in order to defend Durant, Anthony put almost all his energy. But the result? The game has reached the fourth quarter, and the Nuggets are eight points behind. As a result, Anthony was wondering if he was doing useless work.

Just as Anthony was thinking, Durant received the ball again. Anthony was tired, but he couldn't give up.

Durant naturally felt Anthony's fatigue, he suddenly broke through, and came to a sudden stop in the process of marching. Where could Anthony stand such a toss, when Anthony's legs suddenly weakened during the take-off and fell to the ground. Durant's emergency stop jumper was hollow into the frame.

"Cameron!" Nene immediately went to help Anthony when he saw this. The team was very far behind. If Anthony were to fall, the entire Nuggets would fall too!

"I'm okay, let's serve, let's go back!" Anthony wiped his sweat, it's not over yet, and can't give up...

The Nuggets fans felt sad on TV, while the incompetent Dantley was already overwhelmed by the fans' saliva.

Anthony finally broke through Durant's gibbon, before catching his breath, he had to deal with An Jie, who had a larger defensive area.

He changed his layup player in the air, arched his waist and avoided An Jie's blockage. But all this is not over yet, Ibaka has leaped high, and Anthony has no time to change his posture for the second time in the air. This ball also ended with Ibaka's block.

Anthony looked at his teammates, and Billups had already been blown up by the Thunder's guards. Nene and Martin were unable to make a threatening attack in front of Anjie. J.R. Smith played well in the half, but he has not been able to help the team up to the second half.

At last Anthony looked at his hands, and he had no choice but to rely on himself!

"Carmelo Anthony broke through again! I fell, Anthony fell. Westbrook's rapid advance, oh! Beautiful dunk! Unbelievable..."

Anthony fell to the ground, and the Thunder fans cheered because of Westbrook's successful dunk. In his eyes, it was all the blue ocean on the Chesapeake Energy Arena stand. The blue ocean that he will never forget for a lifetime...

How did the next game go ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Anthony can't remember very well. He only knew that he broke through again and again, and fell again and again. Why not shoot? He knows that with his current physical ability, there is no shooting percentage at all.

Until he once again held the ball and was about to plunge into the Thunder's leaky penalty area, he was caught by Billups next to him.

Anthony turned his head and looked at Billups in astonishment, what's going on! ?

"It's over Cameron, the game is over. Our season... is over." Only then did Anthony discover that the Thunder's penalty area was full of loopholes because they had begun to celebrate the victory.

The time on the backboard timer has become zero. Anthony still held the ball and stood outside the three-point line.

This blue ocean began to wave. And he stood in the middle, as if he was about to be swallowed by this big wave...

Lost, they did not hesitate to lose in the Western Conference finals this time. But in the first round, I was lost in the vast ocean. (To be continued.)