Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 179 Sanders' Amazing Decision
Today's Ben Wallace is a jumping man known for his physical talent. His body is very strong, and coupled with his own defensive talent, he has fully demonstrated his talent in the Pistons. The team is a player known for team defense, but he is undoubtedly the most powerful defensive gate inside the team. In the previous round, because of the presence of O'Neal, he played the power forward position. Against Duncan or Ganetra's defense does not seem to be so effective when he reaches the middle distance or even the three-point line.

But when the fourth quarter came up, Carlisle of the Eastern team gave him full trust and let him play the starting center. Pulling it out like that seemed like an innocuous change, but it made Wallace's defense suddenly show an advantage. His sense of rebounds and defense, and even getting stuck in the position, in the confrontation with Duncan. In the confrontation, there is no downfall.

Artest also used his speed to constantly interfere with Garnett's passes and receptions. After this, the two insiders in the east and west were able to draw with the insiders of the Western team, although they did not have any advantage. , but it is not at a disadvantage like most of the first three quarters.

The inside line fights without losing the wind, but the outside line of the Eastern team has the upper hand at this moment. Iverson and McGrady, who feel hot, plus Carter, who also ignites the desire to attack, these three outside lines are facing the Western team. After the three outside lines, Iverson achieved a suppressive offense and defense against Cassel, and the ball quickly returned to Kobe's hands. As a result, the Eastern team's outside lines quickly gained the upper hand.

Just playing like this, when there were 3 minutes left in the game, the Eastern team had already turned around and led the Western team by nearly ten points.

Looking at the sudden situation on the court, Johnson couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Rick's coaching ability is really impeccable. I believe his coaching career will definitely have a more brilliant rhythm in the future, but from another perspective, the West team The tacit understanding between the players does not seem to be that high."

Barkley sneered twice after listening to Johnson's words. Compared with Johnson's euphemistic expression, he seemed more direct: "Although this game is at Staples, I think Kobe's holding the ball seems a bit too much." , look at the perimeter of the West team, Melo had such a good offensive performance before, but now he is completely running back and forth on the court!"

"Ahem..." Johnson coughed with embarrassment for a while, and then said, "Kobe also wants to win the game. After all, this matter is at Staples, and he is used to bringing victories to the home fans."

After all, he is someone who has experienced it. After all, the outcome of the All-Star Game is not that important. Barkley's remarks against Kobe seem a bit inappropriate.

"Hey, Kobe is indeed a very capable player, but his competitive spirit is still too strong." Hearing Johnson's words, Barkley's tone softened a bit. Although his big mouth was unscrupulous, as a commentator, he also Knowing that enough is enough, he immediately changed the target, "In fact, Sanders' tactics also have some room for adjustment. He wants to use fast to fast, but obviously, the current rhythm is not on the side of the Western team. I think he can properly consider it." Come on Shaquille, let's slow down the game."

"Dangdang!"

As soon as Barkley's words fell, Kobe's misplaced hit McGrady turned around and fell back, and it ended in a strike. With this strike,
Barkley let out a long sigh of disappointment, then suddenly turned his head and said, "Erwin, the game is almost over now, guess who will be the final MVP?"

Johnson was also quite emotional when he saw Kobe striking the iron, but when he heard Barkley intentionally change the subject, he just soothed his emotions, paused for a while, and said, "I personally feel that Melo has a better chance."

"Melo?!" Barkley was surprised to hear Johnson's answer.

At this time, there were only 3 minutes left in the game. The Eastern team had already grasped the advantage on the field, and Iverson, McGrady and Carter were all in very good condition. Kobe, who is the main attacker, seems to be in bad shape, so the Eastern team should have won the game nine out of ten. At this time, you should guess the Eastern team player, Iverson, or Tracy McGrady. How does Johnson guess Anthony? Is it just because he is a fan of Anthony?

"Well, Melo." Johnson nodded confidently.

Johnson's affirmative answer made Barkley even more curious. He couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Erwin, can you tell me why you are so sure? The current situation on the field is not without you. A hint of what you said?"

Johnson shook his head, and said with a slightly mysterious smile: "There is no particular reason, but Charles, how about we make a bet?"

"..."

Barkley didn't expect Johnson to propose a bet at this time, but he didn't think Anthony had this chance, so he nodded and agreed without thinking too much: "Yes, but what do you want to bet on?"

Johnson thought for a while and said, "That's good. I won't bet too much. How about this? Whoever loses will invite Melo to participate in TNT's weekly entertainment program. What do you think?"

"This..." Buckley thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."

"Okay, then it's settled." Johnson said confidently.

Johnson looks really confident in this state, which makes Barkley even more curious. Although Anthony was very eye-catching in his rookie season, what magic power can make Johnson believe in him so much? He is really anxious. I can't bear it.

The two commentators were guessing about the final MVP, but at this time, on the bench of the Western Conference, Sanders made a move that all players did not expect. He asked O'Neal to replace Kobe. The astonishing move immediately stunned the players of the Western team. At such a critical moment, Kobe had already scored 28 points. As long as the Western team can win the game, he can basically win the MVP. , Sanders actually replaced him.

When the players on both sides walked onto the field from the bench, the fans on the scene were in an uproar, but the one who reacted the most was Barkley. He looked at Johnson like a ghost. If he didn't know that this was an All-Star, he would have thought that Johnson knows what's wrong with this game.

When the players were all on the field, the photographer on the sidelines very naughtily cut to Kobe who was sitting off the field, but unlike other people’s expectations, Kobe was chatting with Stojakovic next to him What, smiling from time to time, it seems that it is basically not affected much.

As the referee gave the ball to McGrady on the sidelines, the last 3 minutes of this All-Star game officially started.

At 138:129, the Eastern team came from behind and now holds a 9-point lead.

McGrady gave Iverson a free throw, and Iverson quickly rushed to the frontcourt. Cassel was defending him. The latter knew that it was time to score points, so he spared no effort in defense. , Iverson shook a few times and didn't find a chance. He gave Carter to the outside.

Perhaps because of the relatively large lead, Carter wobbled a few times before pulling out directly from beyond the three-point line.

The arc of the ball is high and it falls with precision.

"boom!"

The strength was a little stronger, the ball bounced out of the basket, the rebound was grabbed by O'Neal, and then it was thrown directly to Cassel, Cassel quickly went down, but Iverson's defense was very timely, he did not find an offensive opportunity, It was directly thrown to Garnett who followed up later. Garnett encountered McGrady's defense and did not find a chance to make a call. Then he passed it to Anthony on the outside. Anthony faced Carter's defense and directly made a quick three-pointer.

Almost the same position, the same shot, just.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Anthony's fast three-pointer was firmly pocketed, scoring a golden three-pointer for the Western team.

Seeing Anthony's performance, Saunders' eyes on the sidelines flashed a gleam, and Kobe, who was talking with Stojakovic, also focused his attention on the court at the moment.

The point difference suddenly returned to 6 points, and the players of the Eastern team also sounded the alarm. After this attack, McGrady and Iverson connected again. After an exquisite cooperation, McGrady received a pass from Iverson. The air cut hit the board and scored 2 points for the Eastern team to regain the lead.

Looking back, the West team continued to attack, perhaps feeling Anthony's good touch. After Cassel dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he decisively handed the ball to Anthony.

After Anthony took the ball, he immediately asked Garnett for a pick-and-roll, which was located at a 45-degree angle on the left side. The pick-and-roll in this position is very easy to cause the center of gravity of the defensive pressure to shift.

Sure enough, as soon as the pick-and-roll was formed, it immediately attracted Iverson's double-team. As soon as Iverson came over, Anthony Cassel was empty, and he followed suit to make a pass.

To say that Iverson's reaction and speed are really very fast, just when Anthony just made a pass, he immediately retreated.

However, there was a smile on the corner of Anthony's mouth, and then he suddenly took the ball back. It turned out that he deliberately swayed the shot, followed by a dry pull and back.

"Shh!"

There was still the crisp sound of entering the net, and Anthony once again approached the score to 6 points.

In these two rounds, the offensive speed of both sides was very fast. It took about 3 seconds for both sides to score 40 goals.

Carlisle on the sidelines also noticed this. He didn't expect Anthony to bring up the offensive rhythm of both sides by himself. He hurriedly yelled at Iverson and McGrady, telling them to press time to attack.

After all, Iverson and McGrady are battle-tested players. After hearing Carlisle's shout, they immediately pressed the time to attack.

(End of this chapter)