beast basketball

() After a hard fight, everyone in the team was eager to rest early, but after arriving in Denver overnight, they couldn't rest well. Not long after lying down, a fire broke out in a nightclub next to the hotel, and the sirens were harsh. It kept ringing non-stop, the sound of fire trucks and police cars dispatched, and finally the fire spread to the upstairs of the hotel. The hotel also notified one by one to evacuate. Seeing that it would not stop for a while, the team arranged for the players to go to the bus Rest inside.

It must be known that when playing an away game, the bus belongs to the away team, and the Nuggets have to be contacted to make arrangements, and the team is easy to contact, so there is no problem with the bus, but there is a problem with the driver. After stopping for the team, I went home to rest. It would take a lot of talking if I wanted to call over again. Fortunately, the fire was not too big. When the bus came, the hotel was out of danger. When I lay down, It was already past five in the morning.

At noon, basically everyone woke up, but there were still a few sleepy players who didn’t want to get up, so they simply asked for food in the room to enjoy, and then continued to rest. There should have been a training session. Considering the player’s situation, Carlesimo asked players who needed to rest to continue to go back to rest. If they want to train, they can go to train on their own, but the warm-up time before the game should be advanced and the warm-up time should be extended at the same time.

At this time, the media already knew that the Supersonic team was caught in a fire last night, and they were all reporting it. Fortunately, the incident happened quite suddenly. The hotel was more careful and was not mixed in by reporters. Players were photographed running out wrapped in bath towels. shot.

Although the rest time is long enough, it is still a bit difficult for many players to adapt to breaking the usual routine. After the game, they already wanted to enter the rest state. Start tossing, which is the most uncomfortable, and it lasts for hours.

No matter how long the rest time is like this, the best rest will not be achieved. During the warm-up, several players were in very bad condition, the shooting feel was extremely poor, and the movements seemed sluggish. Memorized all the names, these people cannot be reused in this game.

After the start of the game, as expected by Carlesimo, the performance of those people was very poor. During the training, there were no major problems, but when the game came, the problem came out. For example, in the defense, the first It is very important to keep up with one step. If you fail to keep up with the first step, it will not be so easy to catch up. In today's game, it will happen almost every now and then.

Carlesimo sighed and began to prepare for a large-scale substitution. He actually wanted to win this game. As the number one team in the league, it was really a shame to be swept away by a low-ranked team. It's a bit unreasonable.

And there is another reason, that is, facing George Karl, Carlesimo is also unwilling to admit defeat. The two are about the same age, but George Karl's qualifications are much older than him, and George Karl's coaching career is far more successful than him. In the past two years, he has only found confidence in the face of these famous coaches, and he is naturally unwilling to be swept away.

He replaced Jarrett Jack with Russell Westbrook, and replaced Kurt Thomas with Serge Ibaka. After a while, he replaced Yao Ming with Coupard. But his physical fitness is not very good. Although there is no problem right now, Carlesimo still thinks that he should rest well and contribute more of his own strength in the second half.

The game restarted, and the performance of the Sonics was much better. After Kevin Durant left the field, Damien Wilkins came on, and only one of the five starters was Stephen. At this time, the Sonics suddenly broke out. , Under the impetus of Stephen, the Sonics used breakthroughs to score consecutive points. The Nuggets, which have always been good at offense, were helpless in front of the Sonics, and were beaten back and forth.

This made the supersonic fans in front of the TV very happy, especially the fans who sat drinking and watching the game, picked up the glasses one by one, and poured them into their stomachs excitedly, as if they didn't have to pay for beer. The performance of the Sonics is getting better and better, and there are more and more basketball-themed wines. In the first two years, it was very rare. For a sport, performance is the main reason for attracting fans. No matter how bad it is, the loyal hardcore who will never leave, but after all, they are a minority. The fans who like to see the team win are the majority. Those who are excited to see other fans torture their home team to death are not called fans. , that's called masochism.

The Nuggets were naturally unwilling to fail. After Kenyon Martin replaced Serge Ibaka on the defensive side, he saw Yao Ming also off the field and began to bully Serge Ibaka with his footsteps and strength. As soon as he got a chance, Billups' pass would come in time, and even an alley-oop over Coupard's head, but after he came back, Coupard didn't make him feel good. After passing the ball, he turned over and dunked, sending Kenyon Martin flying out.

At the end of the first half, the Supersonics led the Nuggets by five points 56 to 51. Although the five-point advantage is not a big lead, it is still not a big advantage for the Supersonics, which has never been able to take advantage of the Nuggets. The team has greatly boosted their confidence by playing.

In the second half, Stephen began to rest. Kevin Durant and Yao Ming led Jarrett Jack, Damien Wilkins and Nick Collinson to play, but the Nuggets played with their own main force line-up.

Carlesimo was quite relieved at the beginning. The current lineup on the field is basically his own main lineup, except that one Stephen is missing, and his side is still leading by five points. At the same time, he does not intend to let Stephen rest for too long. , 5 minutes will not last.

But I really couldn't hold on. Less than 2 minutes into the game, Billups made a three-pointer to overtake the score by one point, and then Kevin Durant made a three-pointer, but Carmelo Anthony followed up with another three-pointer. A three-pointer was hit, but Damien Wilkins made a shot in the open space, but he made a three-point shot.

After the Nuggets took a slight lead, the offense became sharper, especially Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant couldn't compete with him at all, especially on the defensive end, Carlesimo had no choice but to send Stephen Played.

But George Karl quickly sent JR Smith up again, replacing Renardo Balkman, intending to send two high scorers, so that Stephen could only focus on defending one, and no matter who the other was, facing Kevin Durant's defense is much easier. Facing a team like the Sonics with a balanced interior and exterior, you can't have an advantage both inside and outside. Although the Supersonics have a super master like Stephen on the outside, compared to inside , The Nuggets still have more manpower.

A Yao name on the inside line is enough to contain Nene Hilario, and the current power forward Chris Anderson is just a defensive defender, so George Karl feels that he may still have some advantages in the outside line competition, but there is no inside line. what hope.

Sure enough, Billups, JR Smith, and Carmelo Anthony are all very powerful players on the offensive end, especially JR Smith, who is facing Kevin Durant's defense, like crazy Crazy shooting, the hit rate can be as high as four of six shots.

In the offense, Stephen not only needs to face the defense of Carmelo Anthony, Billups is still waiting to help defend, Stephen will pass the ball more to Jarrett Jack or Kevin Durant, But today the two of them didn't feel very good, and when they wanted to get as close to the basket as possible before shooting, they encountered Chris Anderson's block. In just half a quarter, Chris Anderson sent out four times Blocks, two each for Jarrett Jack and Kevin Durant, pretty fair.

Chris Anderson was still a nobody last season. He started his career at a Chinese club. On both shoulders, there are two Chinese tattoos of "good" and "evil", which represent his character and With his style, he plays hard and hard, especially on the defensive end, but at the same time, his shortcomings are also very obvious. Apart from dunks, he lacks other offensive skills. As an inside player, he only weighs 220 pounds. While giving him flexibility, it also reduces his confrontation. It can be said that he does not have an advantage against most inside players, but it allows him to easily grab rebounds and blocks the outside line in front of him. players.

After being blocked in a row, Jarrett Jack and Kevin Durant didn't dare to rush to the basket, but Chris Anderson finally got the ball, but was blocked by Stephen from the side, directly covering him on the ground.

JR Smith made two convulsive three-pointers in a row to widen the gap to nine points, but Stephen just received a pass from Jarrett Jack, and before Carmelo Anthony posted it, he raised his hand and threw the ball out, which was very impressive. Easy and casual, after coming over, Carmelo Anthony immediately returned a three-pointer.

Looking back, I thought that Stephen would continue to shoot three-pointers. Who knew that after Stephen got the ball, he suddenly leaned forward, squeezed Carmelo Anthony, and went to the basket. Chris Anderson rushed over from the inside and blocked the ball. In front of Stephen, Stephen didn't forcefully rush over, but turned around and ran to the other side.

JR Smith rushed over in a hurry, Stephen turned around suddenly, from his back to the basket to facing the basket, everyone thought he was going to shoot, but he pushed his hand behind his back and pushed the ball to Kevin Duran Special, Durant made a slight adjustment after getting the ball, and threw the ball before Billups rushed over.

Who knew that Kevin Durant finally made a three-pointer, reducing the score to six points again, and Billups followed suit with a three-pointer. It's like making dumplings, and they are all very accurate.

Finally, it was broken by Stephen. The three-pointer shot hit the basket and bounced high. It was impossible to make it at first glance. Yao Ming jumped and missed it, but was caught by Chris Anderson who jumped back. Got it, but he was intercepted by Stephen when he passed the ball to Billups. At the same time when the ball was in his hand, Stephen had already jumped in the air, turned around in the air, and pushed the ball out with both hands. When the ball reached the highest point Started to slide down and landed right in the middle of the hoop.

In the third quarter, the two sides played extremely fiercely, and the score gap was constantly changing. Every time the Sonics managed to catch up with the score, the Nuggets even opened up a few balls again. George Karl's prediction was met. Realized, looking at the performance of the players on the court, George Karl smiled. The success of this season was really a surprise for him. You must know that the management was already very disappointed with him, but no one Thinking that after switching to Billups, the team can make such great progress.

In fact, when every general manager makes a deal, he can't guarantee that the deal can achieve the effect he conceived, especially such a big deal, which carries huge risks. Once it fails, it will be difficult to continue to operate. , while the team's performance is rising, George Karl's position has gradually stabilized, which allows him to have more thoughts on the team. It is impossible to devote all energy to work.

However, George Karl felt that his body was a bit unsatisfactory, but the current situation of the team gave him the motivation to persevere, but if he could not succeed this season, he did not know if he could persist.

The Denver Nuggets are a team that has never won a championship. Since they have never left the city of Denver, they have a very deep fan base in this city. The Pepsi Center Arena is also one of the few in the league. One of the arenas with the highest attendance all the year round. It turned out that they were not called the Nuggets, but the Denver Rockets. They played in another league and later joined the league with the San Antonio Spurs and the Indiana Pacers. , and then renamed the Nuggets.

"Skywalker" David Thompson is their biggest star, and "Iceman" George Gervin scored 73 points and 63 points in the last game of the regular season, but George Gervin still won the season. However, although the Nuggets continue to lead in attendance, the team has not had a good record, and after "Skywalker" David Thompson retired, few top stars came here.

The Denver Nuggets are not short of money. They don't need to worry about the luxury tax issue like those small-cost teams. That's why they made a big deal for Allen Iverson, and then used Allen Iverson after they failed. In exchange for Billups, but their tradition of valuing offense and not defense always makes them fail in the playoffs, but the tradition is not so easy to change.

In the fourth quarter, Stephen narrowed the point difference to one point by scoring consecutively, but after another 2 minutes, the difference was still one point. Stephen didn't know what was going on. Why is the power of Lupus and Carmelo Anthony not so powerful when facing other teams or opponents? But when facing himself, Yao Ming, who got enough rest, returned to the court and played in the basket. The next consecutive strong attack was successful, and then the score was overtaken in one fell swoop.

But Linas Krezza came up with a three-pointer and a mid-range shot to score five points in a row, overtaking the score again. Yao Ming finally caused a foul by Nene Hilario, and made two free throws to tie the score Overtaking again, Billups caused another foul by Russell Westbrook, also making two free throws.

Stephen made a shot and the Sonics took the lead. But when they came back, Stephen fouled Carmelo Anthony again and was caught by the referee. He also gave Carmelo Anthony two free throws. Carmelo Anthony would not be polite , and get two points at the same time.

The fans who drank a little too much when the Sonics took the lead in the first half all stared wide-eyed at this time, watching every move on the big screen, not wanting to let go of any details. I didn't expect that even though the Sonics are the most expensive team in the league, they have never taken advantage of the Denver Nuggets. At the same time, they didn't have a good rest last night due to an accident. This game is even more impossible for Denver. The Nuggets were in trouble, but the Sonics played extra tenaciously, more tenaciously than they had lost in previous games.

With the game played like this, if you want to say who is likely to win and who is likely to lose, even if you use a supercomputer, you may not be able to calculate it clearly. The two teams played for more than 4 minutes, and the score difference between the two sides did not exceed two points, which shows how stalemate the game is.

At the end of the game, after Yao Ming's physical strength had problems, Nenehilario began to show off and scored consecutive points. When Carlesimo was sent by Coupard, the Nuggets had already achieved a five-point lead , and it was less than 30 seconds before the end of the game.

At this time, many people think that the Sonics will be swept by the Denver Nuggets this season. But it only took three seconds to make a three-pointer, which told all the fans and spectators that it was still a suspense as to who would win the game.

When the Nuggets returned to the field after a timeout, Stephen took the initiative to stand in front of Billups, and Jarrett Jack tactfully defended JR Smith. At this time, Stephen believed that the most dangerous and most important Nuggets player was still Billups .

Billups got the ball and didn't pass it out in a hurry, but kept entangled with Stephen, wasting the game time, anyway, we were leading, while others started running under his command, Stephen Keeping a semi-close distance with him all the time, Stephen believed that, as a good enough point guard, Billups would give priority to passing the ball instead of shooting himself. Lupus suddenly passed the ball to Carmelo Anthony behind him, but as soon as the ball left his hand, Stephen suddenly reached out from one side, interfered with the path of the ball, and then quickly rushed towards the direction of the ball.

Grabbed the ball before everyone else, ran two quick steps, jumped up and threw the ball to the basket as soon as it crossed the midfield line, and the ball only flew less than one-third of the distance, the end of the game The whistle blew, and the buzzing Pepsi Center Arena was extremely quiet at this time, until the ball seemed to be pressed by someone and suddenly fell into the basket before it rang loudly.