king of defenders

Chapter 1387
Swish!
Meng Yun's extra penalty hit steadily.

At this time, the Nets were only 7 points behind, but Murray did bring some changes to the Nuggets after he came back. His partner with Jokic is obviously much better than Morris. After all, Murray's personal strength and scoring ability It is better than Morris, able to contain the defense and make Jokic play easier.

Jokic singled Allen in the low post, backed up consecutively, and then suddenly turned around halfway, holding the basketball with his right hand, shaking his wrist softly, and hit a hook.

Allen obviously suffered a disadvantage against Jokic, and his strength was not at the same level. After all, he was still very young and still growing. Although he had height and bounce, he just couldn't guard Jokic.

"Jokic's hands are really flexible." Meng Yun couldn't help admiring it. It's really incredible that a big player like Jokic can feel like this. He not only passes the ball well, but also shoots well. , Throwing is easy, and even the three-pointer has a good hit rate.

Seeing that Allen was safely suppressed by Jokic, Coach Atkinson frowned and replaced Allen with Noel. The result was not much better, and the restrictions on Jokic were still limited.

Fortunately, I played well on the offensive end of the Nets. Meng Yun's efficiency is very high. The Nuggets have no one who can match him, and Murray is the same. He is not Meng Yun's opponent at all.

In addition, Dinwiddie also scored, and Harris made a cold shot from time to time, even if he missed the shot, he could scare the Nuggets, so I dare not take him too seriously.

The second quarter is coming to an end, and the difference between the two sides is 6 points. Although the Nuggets are still leading, the difference is not big and within an acceptable range.

Entering the second half, Meng Yun came up with a three-pointer, and then assisted Anthony to score a mid-range jumper, quickly approaching the score.

But then Meng Yun gave Anthony an alley, but Anthony failed to score. He didn't directly catch the ball, but took the ball down, and when he wanted to take off and shoot again, he was already watched by Jokic. The ball failed to score, but instead allowed the Nuggets to play a counterattack, which stabilized the situation.

Anthony slapped his hand angrily: "Damn it, if it was a few years ago, I would have directly dunked such a ball."

Time is not forgiving. Anthony is not James. He has not been able to maintain a very good physical condition like James. The increase in age and the impact of injuries have caused Anthony's physical fitness to decline seriously. His bounce and explosive power are far worse than before. Like This kind of aggressive attack at the basket was originally what he was best at, but now it seems very reluctant. Even dunks have become much less, and he can't dunk if he can.

Seeing Anthony in this state, Meng Yun was also a little bit embarrassed. He still remembered that when he first entered the NBA and trained with Anthony, Anthony was still majestic and outstanding at that time.

It's only been four years, but things have changed.

"It's okay." Meng Yun walked to Anthony's side, "I'll have another one later."

"Yeah." Anthony nodded.

However, Meng Yun did not pass the ball to Anthony anymore. He passed the ball to Anthony when he saw a shooting opportunity. Years have caused Anthony to lose his jumping, explosiveness, and speed. Now the most suitable for him The way to score is by shooting.

When Meng Yun came to the front court, Murray rushed forward. He was much better than Morris on the offensive end, but he was a little calmer than Morris on the defensive end against Meng Yun, but he still couldn't defend Meng Yun, especially Meng Yun's breakthrough, is really too fast.

There are many people with sharp breakthroughs on the court. Some rely on gorgeous skills, such as Owen, who has a lot of fake moves, and defenders will always be fooled inadvertently, and he passes by him. , run over directly, unstoppable.

However, the most frightening thing is actually Meng Yun, whose speed is so fast that the defenders simply cannot keep up.

Even the inside players couldn't keep up, the people in front were passed by, and the people behind couldn't react, Meng Yun had already reached the basket and completed the attack.

Just like Iverson back then, his speed was so fast that no one could guard against him. It's a pity that Iverson is a little shorter, otherwise it would be even more terrifying.

Whoosh!
When Meng Yun made a breakthrough, Murray screamed "Not good" in his heart, and quickly turned around to pursue. However, Meng Yun did not rush directly into the inside line, but slowed down a little, and then distributed the ball outside.

The basketball passed through the crowd and flew into the hands of Anthony who was outside the three-point line on the left. This was a shooting opportunity. Anthony caught the ball and made a three-point shot. With a "swish", the basketball hit.

Seeing the ball, the head coach of the Nuggets began to frown: "The opponent's inside line is not very competitive, mainly on the outside line. Meng Yun's breakthrough is very sharp, and we can't stop his breakthrough. The outside creates opportunities, Harris is a good shooter, Anthony can shoot, so we are a little passive."

The Nuggets are not afraid of the Nets breaking through, because the Nuggets have Jokic inside and Plumlee as a backup center. They can even directly send Jokic and Plumlee together to form a twin tower. It will form a huge deterrent. The insiders of the Nets are Noel and Young, and the backup center is Allen. They are not very strong and cannot be compared with the Nuggets.

So the advantage of the Nets lies in the outside line. Once the Nets are allowed to shoot from the outside line and Meng Yun's breakthrough, the Nuggets will be in trouble.

In the next round, the Nuggets made a substitution and replaced Plumlee.

"Are you on the twin towers?" Meng Yun raised his eyebrows, "This is to limit my breakthrough. With Jokic and Plumlee inside, when I break through, other outside players don't have to shrink their defense, so they don't need to attack." It will give us an opportunity to take advantage of the three-point line." Thinking, Meng Yun looked at Coach Atkinson.

Coach Atkinson frowned slightly, and said a few words to the bench. Belica stood up and began to warm up on the sidelines, and Meng Yun felt relieved.

The opponent's purpose of going to the twin towers is not to gain an advantage inside, because they already have an advantage inside, but to limit Meng Yun's breakthrough.

With the twin towers, Meng Yun will be under great defensive pressure when he breaks into the inside. The Nuggets' outside players don't need to shrink their defense and come back to surround Meng Yun.

Whenever Meng Yun made a breakthrough before, the Nuggets outside players had to shrink back to surround Meng Yun, otherwise they would only let Meng Yun score easily, but this inevitably gave the Nets outside players some opportunities.

So the head coach of the Nuggets replaced the twin towers in order to limit the Nets' outside shots, especially shots outside the three-point line.

(End of this chapter)