I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 95 George Karl's Attempt

After the game restarted, the tempo of both teams slowed down.

The Nuggets did it intentionally, and the sun set with the rhythm of the Nuggets.

It's not that Nash doesn't want to continue to speed up, but Billups, or George Karl, doesn't want to play with him anymore. Nash can't sing such a one-man show alone.

Billups is not the kind of ordinary point guard who catches a lot in the league. Looking at the entire league, there are only two active players who have won FMVP as a point guard.

One is him and the other is Tony Parker.

Perhaps in terms of real hard power, Billups is slightly inferior to Nash, but the ability to control the rhythm, in this league, it is no exaggeration to say that Billups can rank in the top five among all players.

However, although the Nuggets have slowed down, the pace of the game is still much faster than the normal game.

At the end of the first quarter, 44-42, the Nuggets trailed by two points at home.

Li Ran played 12 minutes in the first quarter and scored 14 points and 3 rebounds.

In the second quarter, Li Ran was ready to continue playing, but George Karl put him on the bench.

"In the second quarter, we changed, Chauncey, Wally, Melo, Hilario, Shaq, five of you."

How should I put it, these five people, compared with the lineup in the first quarter, are simply two completely different extremes.

In addition to Billups, the shortest player on the field is Szczerbiak who plays a cameo.

斯泽比亚克2米01, 安东尼2米03，巴西前锋2米11, 奥尼尔2米16.
The sun continued to play their running and bombing, Stoudemire took a rest, Kenyon Martin and Richardson took the bench lineup, the team's sixth man-Brazilian defender Barbosa played, and this year's No. 15 pick, Lopez The younger brothers Robin Lopez and Matt Barnes are five of them.

When Kenyon Martin saw O'Neal play, his eyes went dark.

Robin Lopez's fight against O'Neal is completely a delivery. He just entered the league this year, and he doesn't understand his own game. You let him carry the old shark?
That can only be Kenyon Martin.

Kenyon Martin instantly recalled his painful memories of reaching the Finals for two consecutive years with the Nets.

Yes, it is a good memory for others to enter the finals, but in those two finals, Kenyon Martin brought only pain.

It's too awful.

In the 01-02 season, the Nets where the second-year No. [-] pick Kenyon Martin was located successfully broke through the Eastern Conference and entered the finals under the leadership of Kidd.

They met the Lakers with an OK combination who were ambitious and ready to build a dynasty.

The Nets had no power to fight back at all and were swept by the Lakers 4-0.

O'Neal, defended by Kenyon Martin, averaged 36.3 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.8 blocks in four games.

What is the shooting percentage?
It's not very high either, just reaching 60%. . .

Although the sophomore Kenyon Martin also played exceptionally well, averaging 22 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, his shooting percentage was only a poor 46.7%. As an insider, such a shooting percentage is obviously unqualified.

This is not over. In the second year, the Nets reinforced Richard Jefferson to form a trident combination and once again broke through from the East.

This time they did not meet the Lakers in the finals, but met the Spurs.

Although Duncan has suffered serious injuries this year, he has not been troubled by plantar fasciitis.

As the team's leading insider, Kenyon Martin faced Deng Dadai without hesitation.

What is the result?

The Nets once again hated the finals.

邓肯场均贡献24.2分17篮板5.3助攻5.3盖帽，更是在G6打出了那个震惊世界的21分20篮板10助攻8盖帽的准四双！

This year, Kenyon Martin was even worse. Facing Duncan's defense, his shooting percentage in the series was only a poor 34.3%.

The two-year finals experience almost cast a shadow on Kenyon Martin.

O'Neal is the No. [-] pick, Duncan is the No. [-] pick, and Kenyon Martin is also the No. [-] pick.

Although they are all champions, there is a difference between champions and champions. . .

Since then, Kenyon Martin has always felt guilty as long as he played against O'Neal and Duncan.

Although the shark is now very old, the shadow in his heart still exists.

After O'Neal came on the field, his first offense was to hit Kenyon Martin with a low back.

Without superfluous actions, O'Neal is just like when he was with the Lakers.

Sitting Kenyon Martin hit it.

There were basically no waves, O'Neal arched a few times to open the space, turned around briefly, and then hooked the ball into the basket.

Kenyon Martin, who was defending him, was expressionless, but silently picked up the ball and came to the bottom line.

Li Ran looked at Kenyon Martin's expression. Although it was very rude to mock his former teammate like this, he still couldn't help wanting to laugh.

At this moment, Li Ran thought of the joke about the hunter and the bear.

Barbosa dribbles the ball to the frontcourt. His speed is fast, but his organizational skills are much worse than Nash's. He is more suitable as an assaulter. This is indeed his positioning in the Suns.

With the help of Xiaomeng's new Lopez pick-and-roll, Barbosa put on fifth gear, and rushed into the inside line with the wind under his feet.

But the old and lazy shark inside the Nuggets didn't move at all.

When Barbosa made a layup, O'Neal suddenly shot out and directly blocked the ball.

In the second quarter, the game slowed down visibly to the naked eye. Billups patiently led the team to play positional battles again and again, and almost every offensive time was used up. Throw it away" is the complete opposite.

Li Ran looked fascinated off the court. What kind of rhythm control ability is needed to play completely opposite offenses in the two consecutive quarters?
O'Neal finished playing Anthony, and Anthony finished playing Nene.

In the second quarter, the Nuggets just went in with one ball after another.

Terry Porter shook his head watching from the sidelines.

Barbosa was completely led into the pit by Billups. The Suns now have no Nash and Stoudemire.

But O'Neill is on the opposite side now!
Seeing the Nuggets slowly and firmly opened the score, Terry Porter was distraught.

But fortunately, as long as Nash plays, such a difference is not fatal.

Even with this idea, Terry Porter still replaced Nash and Stoudemire after the official timeout, and replaced Richardson.

George Karl's eyes lit up, and he made a counterpoint adjustment decisively.

Replace Anthony with Li Ran.

"Don't worry, continue to fight and grind their patience." George Karl explained.

George Karl had a very happy life this season. He had too many cards in his hand, so much that one tactical style of play couldn't satisfy him at all.

Billups, Anthony, Li Ran, O'Neal, each of these four represents a different offensive style.

George Karl is trying now, trying a "variable flow" style of play that has never appeared in the league.

(End of this chapter)