Countercurrent and become a superstar

Chapter 131 The treasure player Tan Yang is such a surprise, he dominates the outside defensively!
April 4, Pepsi Center Arena.

The G4 game continues at the Nuggets' home court.

At this time, the Nuggets, who had pulled back a game, naturally had great morale and wanted to continue their efforts and become bigger and stronger.

From the beginning of the first quarter, they played very strongly, and the defensive scale and intensity were improved. They tried to increase the consumption of the Mavericks in order to exert the power of the "home field advantage" and teach the Mavericks to fall into a quagmire and be unable to extricate themselves...

The Nuggets are taking advantage of the "Plateau" home court situation and are playing a conspiracy to bring the Mavericks' strength down to a level, and then they can take advantage of their opponents.

The Mavericks don't want to get into too much entanglement with the Nuggets, and they don't want to experience the discomfort of this "home court" again. They can only deal with the Nuggets in front of them as soon as possible.

So, offensively, you name Nash and use the points to break the surface. I also copy the homework and name Anthony and use the surface to break the points to consume Anthony as much as possible.

As for defense, it is still the previous defensive work.

Of course, not enough! !

Just adding Anthony's roll call tactics is not enough. Old Nelson is also a ruthless person. He chose to continue to add more chips and bring in a desperate main force to tear the Nuggets' lack of bench depth to shreds.

“Oh, the starting lineups of both sides are still good.

However, the Mavericks' players have made "fine adjustments" to their positioning.

Tan Yang did not continue to guard the opponent's shooting guard, but moved to the point guard position to limit Andre Miller's offense.

Nash defended role player Wash Leonard.

Speaking of which, the reason why the Mavericks lost the last game was because Anthony's offense exploded.

With Anthony's outside firepower to contain it, Miller also opened up the situation, and then connected the inside and outside, and everyone was involved, killing the Mavericks' defense.

Now the Mavericks choose to use a face-off point to suppress Anthony's offensive firepower from the source. This choice is very reasonable..."

So, at the beginning of the game, Mo Wenwei and Miller were pressed hard by Tan Yang. With his underestimated defensive skills and constant physical exertion, Miller was unable to organize effectively.

The basketball is given to Anthony on the left.

Another three-threat move, and Finley continued to close in on Anthony's left side.

“Finley defended the left area very well!
Anthony was forced into a three-pointer and the left side was blocked. He had no choice but to break through to the right.

Oops, he was targeted. Tan Yang rushed over early, blocking Anthony's breakthrough route to the right. After Finlay blocked the left side, with the help of Tan Yang, his pursuit defense also rushed over... "

At this time, Nash, who was originally guarding the right wing, chose to leave Wash Leonard open and switch to guard Miller. Then, Walker, who was under the right basket, moved to the high post and was ready to switch to Wash Leonard at any time.

At this moment, the Mavericks seemed to have deployed a "chain" defense to lock down Anthony's offense.

But aside from that, Anthony, as a talented star who is also known as James, is also a ruthless person. Faced with such a targeted defense, he is not used to the Mavericks' defense and chooses to make a quick stop and pull, despite the pressure of Finley and Tan Yang. A double attack is a two-point fadeaway jumper...

With Anthony's offensive talent, it is impossible to block shots. Whether it is Finley or Tan Yang, they can only listen to the gunshot.

Bang-dang——!
"No!
Anthony failed to withstand the test of the Mavericks' zone defense.

After all, he is still just a kid in the NBA..."

It can only be said that the Mavericks treated Anthony as a rookie with the same treatment as they used to treat superstars, which was a bit ungrateful.

No matter how strong Anthony is, no matter how outstanding his offensive talent is, it cannot change the reality that he has not yet been able to improve his combat effectiveness to the extreme.

then……

Bang-dang——!
……

Bang-dang——!
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Anthony is a ruthless man. Faced with this kind of "chain" defense against superstars, he shot seven times in one night. Oh no, he shot seven times in one quarter.

As a result, it was all spent outside.

Made 7 of 0 shots, and scored in the first quarter.

The unexpected surprise is that Andre Miller also made 3 of 0 shots and scored zero points.

Good guy, while Tan Yang was helping to defend Anthony's breakthrough from the right, he also planned his own offense against Miller.

“This treasure player Qin Yang is such a surprise.

I originally thought that his defensive strength was already very brave, but I didn't expect that he could be even more brave.

The offense produced by the Nuggets' two perimeter guns and two stars was completely suppressed.

What was unexpected was that someone else from the Nuggets stepped up. Wash Leonard took action. He beat Nash and faced Nash, scoring 3 points on 3-of-7 shooting.

However, Nelson's coaching ability is not a waste. Nash started for 6 minutes and was replaced by Jamison.

Then, Wash Leonard’s offense also became invisible..."

7投4中，三分2中1，单节轰下9分1篮板1助攻，沃什莱纳德是掘金队外线进线的唯一亮点。

However, Anthony and Miller both scored zero, which was a very fatal blow to the Nuggets.

With the score 16 to 23, the Mavericks only led by 7 points in the first quarter, but it was enough.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks did not make any big rotations at all and only used 7 players to play.

Finlay is replaced by Josh Howard, or Nash is replaced by Jamison...

On the commentary table, Kenny Smith looked at it and shook his head.

“It can only be said that the Mavericks have too many cards.

Nelson has a lot of room for adjustment, whether he can be more offensive or strengthen one or two points of defense.

The Nuggets’ bench is not deep enough and will be stretched thin…”

In the second quarter, Anthony was also unable to defeat the zone defense deployed by the twin stars of Wake Forest University, Josh Howard and Qin Yang.

After all, Josh Howard studied four more years than Anthony. In terms of talent and potential, he is not as good as Anthony, but in terms of immediate combat ability, Anthony is not as good as Josh Howard at all.

Anthony was also unable to score in the second quarter, shooting 3-for-0 from the field and mostly choosing to pass the ball. However, although Miller relied on his "wrong forward travel" to score, he only made 4-for-1 from the field and was also beaten by Tan Yang. The defense was taken care of.

Tan Yang dominated the outside defense. Although he focused on defense and did not perform well in organization, Tan Yang was able to control the ball well in the frontcourt, find Nowitzki, find Walker, and find Jamison...

This is enough, the Mavericks have too many stars to play.

With the Nuggets' defensive strength, they simply can't stop everyone.

Especially since the Mavericks don't have to play team tactics at all, it's enough for the stars to play one-on-one with the ball.

In the second quarter, the Nuggets' offense was still cold, scoring only 17 points.

The Mavericks' offense didn't actually score much, only 22 points, but it was enough.

At the end of the first half, the score was 33 to 45. The Mavericks entered the locker room to rest with a 12-point lead.

The 12-point gap is not very harmful if you only look at the result. After all, the suspense of the game is not over yet, but if you look at the process and scene, it is extremely insulting. You must know that after the first half, Anthony made 10 of 0 shots. No points were scored.

The Nuggets' leader, a super scorer who averaged 21 points per game in the regular season, was frozen.

In particular, their second-best player was not much better. He made 7 of 1 shots and only scored 2 points and 3 assists.

If this situation continues, what will the Nuggets do in the second half to reverse the game.

You know, the Nuggets have no cards to play at this time. The only way for the rest of the way is for the players to perform on the court...

As a result, in the third quarter, Anthony made 4 of 1 shots from the field. However, during the counterattack, he scored a goal with a layup, clearing his scoring account of zero points. However, after the first three quarters, Anthony, as the leader, With only 2 points scored, there is no need to play such a game.

Especially Miller scored 5 points in the third quarter, but he made 5 of 2 shots and 2 of 1 free throws. His efficiency was not that high at all.

In the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets' offensive firepower picked up, scoring 28 points in a single quarter. This can be considered the price of the "chain" defense the Mavericks deployed against Anthony.

However, the Mavericks' offense was equally brave, scoring 30 points in the third quarter, which continued to widen the point difference. After the first three quarters of the game, the point difference between the two sides expanded to 14 points.

In the fourth quarter, Anthony made another 4-of-1 shooting performance. He was sleepwalking throughout the game. He failed to become the savior. Instead, he pushed his team to the bottom...

Om-!
As the buzzer sounds, the game time ends.

The score was 82 to 94. The Mavericks defeated the Nuggets with a 12-point advantage, turning the big score between the two sides into 3 to 1, and got the match point of the first round series.

诺维茨基进账23分10篮板，纳什12分7助攻，沃克13分7篮板，芬利13分5篮板。

Qin Yang made 9 of 3 shots, 6 of 2 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 11 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds. His offensive performance was very mediocre, but it was enough.

问就是安东尼17投2中，全场进账4分1助攻7篮板。

Andre Miller made 16 of 6 shots and scored 13 points and 2 assists.

The Nuggets' two perimeter shooters scored 15 points together, and their dual-core offense was completely useless. If they want to rely on the remaining role players to win, they can only dream.

There is everything in the dream! !

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June 4, American Airlines Center.

The Mavericks, who returned home, were full of confidence. Thinking that this game was over, they sent the Nuggets led by Anthony home.

However, during the warm-up, Nowitzki searched around and couldn't find Anthony.

When the Nuggets lined up their starting five, everyone knew it was gone.

The Nuggets are gone, they have no chance of comeback.

Nene Hilario, Camby, Jon Barry, Wash Leonard, Andre Miller.

I saw that there was no Anthony in the Nuggets' lineup.

In the fourth game, Anthony fought with minor injuries, which was why he performed so outrageously.

Whether it was to protect Anthony's body or to protect Anthony, Anthony was absent in this game where the Mavericks got the match point.

There was no suspense in the game. When the buzzer sounded, the score was fixed at 91 to 121. The Mavericks slaughtered the Nuggets with 30 points and advanced to the second round with a score of 4 to 1 in a gentlemanly sweep.

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The reason why Black Eight is a miracle is because it is not easy.

The Nuggets clearly didn't get the playbook.

Compared with the disparity in strength, there is no suspense about first vs. eighth, or second vs. seventh.

In the first round of the playoffs, most of the focus of the series falls on the balanced matchup between the fourth place and the fifth place.

In the east, there are novices pecking each other, but in the west, the strong dialogue attracts most of the attention.

In the first four games between the Spurs and the Kings, both sides played 2-2, all at home.

Then, it was tied 3-3 again and the home team won.

The two sides reached the tiebreaker.

Without the support of their home court, the Kings' so-called gorgeous offense under the Princeton system was lost to the Spurs' iron-blooded defense.

In particular, the Spurs' offense also exploded, and the Kings also suffered a huge defeat and were sent home to fish by the Spurs.

The opponent the Mavericks are waiting for is the defending champion Spurs.

In the 02/03 season, the showdown on the floor of the Western Conference Finals will be re-staged in the Western Conference semifinals of the 03/04 season. The Mavericks got the opportunity to take revenge on the Spurs.

However, Nowitzki's face did not look good.

The question is the competition for regular season MVP. He lost to Garnett and only ranked second.

Just like the Hollywood Oscar awards, it is difficult for foreigners to win the same award.

In particular, the Mavericks led by Nowitzki received a script with many stars gathered together, but unfortunately, the record obtained in the regular season was not much ahead of the Timberwolves.

In a direct duel, Nowitzki was defeated head-on by Garnett again. It is simply unrealistic to win the regular season MVP.

Qin Yang was elected to the All-Rookie Team after averaging 17.3 points, 9.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game during the regular season.

However, in the Best Rookie of the Year honors, both Tan Yang and Anthony lost to James, who couldn't even get a ticket to the playoffs and only managed 35 wins and 47 losses.

Tan Yang's Mavericks team won the first place in the regular season, but was told that there were too many veteran actors around him. Moreover, Tan Yang was not the protagonist, but just a sidekick.

Now when choosing the best protagonist, no matter how good Tan Yang is, he can only participate in the best supporting actor option.

Therefore, he was not selected. He is not the core of the team.

In other words, the Nuggets led by core Anthony have a better record than the Cavaliers led by James.

Personal data, Anthony averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, while James averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds. The gap between the two sides is not big. In comparison of the two, Anthony has the advantage. After all, the competition in the Western Theater District is more involution.

However, James was elected in the end.

Asking is the chosen one.

Another question is about record. The Heat led by Wade also have a good record, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference. Should Wade also be used to discuss the selection of the best rookie?
Therefore, the team record is not important.

The Nuggets' record isn't amazing enough to warrant Anthony. In the final analysis, they are only eighth in the Western Conference, while the Cavaliers are still ninth, so the gap is not big.

Tan Yang was very calm about this.

After all, James, who surpassed Jordan in one championship, has such terrifying basketball talent that the league has touted it as a card, which is as it should be.

Compared with awards, this kind of honor obtained through selection is more valuable if you work hard to win and strive for the trophy yourself.

Time flies, and it’s May 5th in a blink of an eye.

American Airlines Center.

Night falls.

At this time, the home court of the Mavericks ushered in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals against the Mavericks. The lights were bright and there was a sea of ​​people.

During the warm-up, Nowitzki and Duncan chatted about a few cents.

Others have nothing to talk about. After all, it is common sense that the Spurs are paralyzed in the lineup, and talking about it is in vain.

At this time, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's matchup were also displayed on the big screen in the arena.

The Spurs' starting five are Nesterovic, Duncan, Bowen, Ginobili, and Parker.

The Mavericks' starting five are Nowitzki, Walker, Finley, Tan Yang and Nash.

This game will be broadcast live on TNT radio, with Barkley and Kenny Smith providing commentary.

“If I had to add a winning percentage to this series.

I hope it's 50/50.

The Spurs have become weaker because of David Robinson's retirement and Warrior Jackson's departure, while the Mavericks have become stronger.

Also has home field advantage.

Of course, the Spurs are different in the playoffs..."

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(End of this chapter)