king of defenders

Chapter 1384 Unfavorable start, tacit understanding problem

This ball was a buzzer shot, scored in 24 seconds.

Although the goal was scored, it was not for the Nets to be happy, because it was tantamount to saying that the Nuggets almost defended them for 24 seconds at the beginning of the game.

The Nuggets attack.

Murray asked for a pick-and-roll after reaching the frontcourt, but found it difficult to get rid of Meng Yun. He was a little depressed and passed the ball to Jokic. Jokic hit Noelle in a low post and pushed back. Two steps, then half turned, raised his hand, Noelle moved quickly, but saw Jokic turned half and half again, bypassing Noelle, Yang saw that something was wrong, rushed over, but suddenly found Jokic Keech threw the ball.

"Pass the ball? No"

Yang hurriedly turned his head and saw Millsap grabbing the basketball and performing a two-handed dunk.

This is the characteristic of Jokic, excellent basketball IQ and passing vision, plus he is tall enough, there are almost no obstacles in passing, and he can always find teammates in the crowd and pass good balls.

Of course, the most important point is that his passing is very imaginative and full of spirituality. Sometimes the defenders can't think of it at all, like a stroke of magic.

The score was 3:2.

The Nets encountered trouble on the offensive end. Meng Yun attracted the defense and then passed the ball, but he failed to find an opportunity after moving several times. In the end, Anthony forced a shot and failed to score.

In the next few rounds, the Nets' offense did not go well. The Nuggets' defense did a good job, making it difficult for the Nets to find good scoring opportunities. Several shots were not good opportunities. Under defensive interference, they failed to make any shots, and the score became 7:3, with the Nuggets leading.

"boom!"

Anthony made a three-pointer.

"We still didn't score. The opponent's defense is indeed very rigorous, but we also have our own problems. We lack tacit tactical cooperation. Our offensive play is relatively simple, and most of them are outside shots, but we can't make them. If we don't score, we can't get rebounds." , the opponent immediately counterattacked." Meng Yun frowned.

The score has become 11:3, and the Nets are 8 points behind. The Nets have encountered a scoring shortage in the past few minutes. Except for Meng Yun who scored a three-pointer at the beginning, no one else can score. On the defensive end, it failed to limit the Nuggets' offense, and the score was pulled away.

"I can only come by myself." Meng Yun singled out Murray, one suddenly accelerated, and Murray quickly retreated, but Meng Yun immediately changed direction, very abruptly, with a large range, but the original forward speed did not change. , Murray passed by in one go.

Swish!
Meng Yun scored a layup.

But this is not a solution at all. It is difficult to turn the situation around by Meng Yun scoring alone. Coach Atkinson looks at the bench and prepares to make a substitution.

"Shh!"

The Nuggets scored again. Coach Atkinson replaced Harris and Yang Qiqi with Dinwiddie and Belica. He stopped them and said, "Don't just shoot from the outside, let me break through. .”

The two agreed and walked onto the court.

The Nets didn't shoot well before, and only Meng Yun made one three-pointer, and the others didn't make it, which wasted a lot of opportunities. Now Dinwiddie is coming up to change the way of play.

After Dinwiddie came up, he began to break through, but the opponent obviously expected this and was prepared. As soon as Dinwiddie broke through the opponent, he quickly shrank the defense line and surrounded Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie couldn't pass the ball, so he had to make a forced shot , twisted his body in the air to avoid the defense and threw the ball out.

"Rebound." Meng Yun yelled, knowing that Dinwiddie would not score this goal.

Sure enough, the goal was missed. Noelle scrambled for a rebound, but was blocked by Jokic. He took the rebound first, and the Nuggets turned from defense to offense.
In the next few rounds, the Nets were still at a disadvantage. The Nuggets were indeed very strong, and the Nets themselves had problems, so they were still unable to reverse the situation.

In a blink of an eye, the point difference has reached 10 points.

Coach Atkinson called a timeout, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "Meng Yun, come down and rest later, LeVille will come on. Noelle will come on, Allen will go on."

The Nets played well in the previous few games, with a record of 4 wins and 0 losses, which has something to do with Meng Yun's return, and also has something to do with the opponent's not particularly strong.

Today, facing a strong team like the Nuggets, the Nets will not be so easy.

Coach Atkinson looked at his players and said, "We need to play more flexibly. Blindly breaking through and shooting is not an option. We need to pass the ball more, wear the ball, and run."

At this time, Yang, Noelle, and Meng Yun were all replaced. Except for Anthony, the others were all former players of the Nets, and they were more familiar with each other and had a tacit understanding.

Some of the willingness to fall behind before was also due to the lack of tacit understanding among the players, so many tactics could not be played, and they could only rely on fighting alone. The offense was too simple and the efficiency was not high.

This can’t be helped. After all, the five starting players, except for Harrison, the other four players are all newly joined the team, and they come from four different teams. They have never played together before. Yun and Anthony have only been here for more than a week. It is not surprising that there is no tacit understanding in such a short period of time.

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the court. The Nets' lineup on the court was Allen, Carroll, Anthony, LeVille, and Dinwiddie. Except for Anthony, the others were fairly familiar with each other, but there were some simple cooperation. However, the strength of this lineup is indeed not as good as the Nuggets, and it is still at a disadvantage.

By the end of the first quarter, the Nets were 13 points behind.

Entering the second quarter, Anthony was also replaced and replaced by Belica.

"Give me the ball." LeVille asked Belica for the ball.

Belica ignored it, took a cross step, then retreated suddenly, and made a three-pointer. As a result, with a bang, the basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed the shot.

LeVille's face immediately turned pale, and he roared at Belica: "Didn't you hear me when I told you to pass it to me? My position is very good. If you give it to me, I will definitely make a shot."

Belica said unhappily: "My position is also very good, the defense is very deep, and I have enough space to shoot three-pointers."

LeVille's tone was bad: "But you didn't make it."

Belica couldn't find a word to refute. He just stared at LeVille coldly.

boom!
There was a muffled sound, the Nuggets hit the iron, LeVille rushed to grab the rebound, Belica stood outside the three-point line, and shouted at LeVille: "Here I am."

However, LeVille pretended not to see him, and jumped directly under the basket, but only heard a "snap", and the basketball was blown away.

Belica yelled angrily, and hurried back to defend, but he still couldn't defend, and Murray quickly counterattacked and scored. He looked at Leville with bad eyes.

Not to be outdone, Leville glared at Belica.

"beep"

Coach Atkinson called a timeout.

When the two came down, Coach Atkinson growled in a low voice with a dark face: "What are you two going to do, are you infighting? Let others watch the show, right? Huh, our team's face has been humiliated by the two of you. Don't think about how to reduce the score, but you are fighting among yourself, do you still want to fight?"

Neither Leville nor Belica said anything, but neither of them admitted their mistakes.

(End of this chapter)