Standing pretty old

Chapter 528 Atypical Victory

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Nuggets had just finished playing back-to-back games. The physical fitness of their main players had declined significantly, so they had to let the substitutes play for a while, but the score fell behind by more than double digits.

"After all, it's just the regular season!" George Karl made a calculation in his heart, and finally sent a substitute to play.

Unexpectedly, JR*Smith felt very hot today. As soon as he played, the convulsion master entered the state.

JR*Smith was once known as one of the "Golden Three Guns" of the Nuggets. It's not unreasonable.

Ronald Murray has tried his best to defend, but JR* Smith is in front of him. He continued to shoot from outside the three-point line, which made people speechless.

The Nuggets caught up, and George Karl was turning around to scold the social melon for "strengthening the defense". When he turned his head, he found that the team had chased the score to single digits.

The Tie Shuai's expression suddenly became a little strange, and he didn't know whether he was going to change course or pretend to be dead.

In just 1 minute, the Nuggets actually saw the hope of winning.

Woodson didn't dare to be careless, and immediately asked for a timeout, and all the strong winds and waves came over. If he was killed by a convulsive player like JR* Smith, it would be really unlucky.

This timeout is not to arrange any defense, but to cool down JR * Smith's fiery touch.

"Calm down, he can't continue to be so accurate, lower the tempo, hit the success rate, we will definitely win the game!"

The timeout ends and the Hawks do not make any substitutions.

JR*Smith made another anti-running air cut. In 15 feet, he made a 2-pointer with a dry pull.

But the Eagles, who had stabilized their emotions, did not panic. Dragic used a counter-run, threw off Anthony Carter's defense, received the ball from outside the three-point line on the wing, and made a shot!
This is where the claw machine is stronger than Assi* Lao. The Slovenian rookie has enough basketball IQ to adapt to the Hawks' offensive and defensive system, and he is not soft at critical moments.

Asi *law has gradually become a marginalized person this season, and he is not wronged.

The point difference between the two teams remained in a stable area of ​​2-8 points in the next 10 minutes.

George Karl, who was determined to give up, finally dispatched all the main players. After all, he has fought the defending champion to this point, so of course he has to fight.

Woodson was not slow either, sending the main force to the court one by one. The Eagles also wanted to secure the victory. The Cavaliers were chasing so closely, and they were going to play an away game immediately, so there was no room for loss in this game. .

Ruan Erniu returned to the court, and when he came on the court, he was determined to get a position in the low post. When deciding the direction of the game, he was still determined to solve the problem in the low post.

囧囧sen held the ball from the outside, made a fake pass and sent the ball to the team boss.

**Staying behind Er Niu against the Celestials, objectively speaking, he and Martin have achieved the ultimate in defense. Ruan Er Niu only scored 17 points in three quarters, which is far lower than his average scoring data per game.

Er Niu raised his buttocks and dug in. ** seemed to have received the reminder from Salmons to defend Anthony. After two hard tops, he suddenly withdrew, trying to bring down the Celestial Monster.

Ruan Erniu, however, anticipated **'s move, turned around, made a layup with a low hand, and sent the ball into the basket.

On the offensive end of the Nuggets, Social Melon beckoned for the ball again, and Salmons defended in front of him.

This time, Anthony chose to be unreasonable. At this time, making a shot is the hero of the team, and failing to make a shot becomes a complete team cancer.

Social Melon is clearly closer to the latter tonight, "Boom!"

Then hit the iron, Lunar Eclipse took the backcourt rebound and passed it to Erniu. Erniu dribbled the ball straight to the frontcourt. After attracting double-teams, the ball was sent to the open Salmons.

Frustrated society is missing people again. No matter how George Karl makes repeated orders, Anthony's non-defensive problem is really hopeless, even if he is indeed a daunting presence on the offensive end, and his lore field goal percentage is ranked No. [-] in active service. one.

In fact, if he can defend seriously, many games don't require him to make decisive kills to seal the victory.

"brush!"

Salmons did not disappoint Er Niu's pass, he accurately sent the basketball into the basket.

George Karl asked for a timeout again, and during the short 24-second timeout, his saliva was almost directed towards Anthony.

The importance of defense has been emphasized to the social melon over and over again, but the social melon is still sleepy, and has no intention of working hard to defend.

Sure enough, after the timeout came back, Anthony missed an open shot and was beaten back by the Eagles again.

And the Eagles also pinpointed the social melon, and Salmons once again made a shot against Anthony's seemingly invisible defense, and then hit!
The suspense of the game is gradually disappearing, because the Nuggets boss is so disappointing on the defensive end.

When talking about the 03 golden generation, most people always put James and Wade before Anthony. In fact, Anthony was once the most star-like player among the three.

He is the MOP of the NCAA, with kaleidoscope-like offensive skills and superior physical fitness, and was appointed by Stern as a future superstar.

But his defensive attitude seriously hindered him from becoming a dominant superstar.

In contrast, James and D. Wade never dared to relax themselves on the defensive end.

Coupled with the turbulent off-site troubles, drug trafficking, drunk driving, gangster stories, everything makes the social melon's road to superstar full of doubts.

This season, with the arrival of Billups, Anthony ushered in a turning point in his career. If he can't seize this opportunity and make further progress, then his future path will only become narrower and narrower until he disappears.

George Karl, who hates iron and steel, finally replaced the wave-cast social melon. After that, the Nuggets, under the organization of Billups, set off a wave of effective counterattacks.

Woodson quickly called a timeout, rearranged the defense against Billups, and finally won the game.

91:105, don’t look at the Hawks winning by 14 points. In fact, the game didn’t officially settle until the last minute and a half. Er Niu and Jiongsen’s two top arc three-pointers at the last moment finally determined the direction of the game .

Ruan Erniu had a triple-double of 25 points, 15 rebounds, and 11 assists, but he himself was not satisfied. His scoring and rebounding data were lower than his own average per game. ** and Kenyon Martin's The defense is very good. Two insiders who can run and jump defend themselves. This is also the first time Ruan Erniu has encountered a problem in his career.

It's just that the overall strength of the Hawks is still better than the Nuggets, and they finally won the game.

Woodson participated in the press conference alone after the game, and he said frankly: "Before the game, I didn't expect that the Nuggets would put us in a difficult situation for a while. They are a team that cannot be underestimated.

You know, this is the second back-to-back game they have come to Atlanta. We have another game to play in February. I believe that by then, we will play even more difficult. "

A reporter asked: "Where do you think the Nuggets can go this season?"

Woodson said: "At least in the second round of the playoffs, they definitely have this strength!"

After the game, the Eagles started their road trip again. They boarded a flight to Indianapolis. The Eagles' back-to-back opponents were the Pacers.

(End of this chapter)