Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 190
In the media interview before the game, the reporter at the home court interviewed Leonard who was in training. The Jazz had suffered a disastrous defeat in the previous two games, but Leonard’s performance was remarkable. He scored 18 points and 20 points in the two games respectively. , is one of the few bright spots in the Jazz.

Leonard was training. When he saw the reporter approaching, a smile appeared on his face. He stopped the ball in his hand and greeted the reporter. You must know that although he was traded to the Jazz at the beginning, the core of the Jazz team now is Russia. Kirilenko, he is also a role player here, but because Kirilenko has already established a firm foothold in the league, he does not have as much resentment against Anthony, and role players do not perform well unless they perform well. Otherwise, it would be very rare to have the opportunity to be interviewed by the live media after the game.

The reporter walked up to Leonard and asked, "Hey, Walsh, do you have time now?"

Leonard put down the ball in his hand, walked to the reporter, smiled and said, "Of course."

Seeing Leonard's cooperation, the reporter swallowed all the polite words, and asked directly: "Walsh, we know that today is the first time the Jazz are playing at home. The team lost in the previous two games. Alright, did the coach make any special arrangements today?"

When Leonard heard the reporter asking this question, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "It's not convenient for me to disclose the tactics, but today the coach did give me a special task."

When the reporter heard that Sloan had given Leonard a special task, he immediately became interested and asked, "So can you tell us about this?"

"Of course..." Leonard seemed to be prepared, and said without much thought, "Today the coach analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams with us, and today I will defend Melo."

"Defend Melo?!" The reporter looked surprised. You must know that Anthony completely outperformed Leonard in terms of size, height, and skills. How could Sloan let Leonard defend Anthony?But right away, he realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly slowed down his tone, and asked, "Then can you tell me what Coach Sloan's tactical intention is?"

"It's very simple. The coach hopes that I can completely lock Melo. You know, Melo and I have been teammates before and are very familiar with his offensive methods." Leonard explained eloquently, "Although I know it's a tall order, but as a veteran on the team, I have an obligation to step up and sacrifice myself and put all my experience into defense for the sake of the team's victory."

When the reporter heard Leonard's answer, he immediately felt ashamed. He didn't ask this question, and he answered it by himself, and the tone should be that he took the initiative to ask the coach, but Leonard was very determined. Immediately said flatteringly: "It can be seen that Walsh is very confident in himself, I believe that today he will show us a different him from usual."

"I will." Leonard said confidently.

Just after Leonard finished the interview, the referee over there quickly blew the whistle to start the game, and the starting players of both sides walked towards the center of the field one after another.

Anthony was warming up in training before, and now he feels that his whole state has risen. He didn't pay much attention to the wild cheers of the fans around him. He likes this kind of occasion the most, so he regards the cheers as It's home fans.

Soon, Nene and Ostrota jumped the ball in the middle circle, and Nene returned the racket to the Nuggets, and the ball was controlled by Williams.

Williams took control of the ball and began to push forward, and the Jazz quickly retreated.

Anthony observed the Jazz's defense at this moment, and found that they were still defending the zone defense, but when he saw the player defending him, he was stunned for a moment. When the Jazz defended the zone defense last game, it was Haha who defended him. Pullin, but the main defender at this moment turned out to be Leonard.

After Anthony was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but wanted to laugh. If Harprin's height was about the same as him, although he wasn't that big of a defensive threat, he was now only 1.9 meters three Leonard, this time, is really misplaced.

He looked suspiciously at the Jazz's bench right now. Sloan put his chin in his hand and frowned. Seeing the old man's gloomy face, he couldn't figure out what was going on in his heart.

But the boat was naturally straight when it reached the bridge, Anthony looked away, didn't care anymore, and started to move according to the tactics.

From the position of the free throw line, he made an off-the-ball pick-and-roll with Brand, and then slipped from the basket to the free-throw line. Almost at the same time, Brand and Bell made another off-the-ball pick-and-roll, and Bell went to the basket Make an air cut, and Brand runs to the free throw line.

Williams is now observing his teammates' running positions. At this moment, the Nuggets have three positions to pass the ball. He finally chose to throw it to Anthony.

As soon as Anthony received the ball, Leonard went up, and almost at the same time, Kirilenko, who was placed on the free throw line by Brandella, took advantage of his fast movement and followed up.

After Anthony held the ball, he immediately observed the Jazz's defensive changes. When he saw Kirilenko rushing over, he immediately lobbed Brand to the free throw line.

Kirilenko slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. Brand was already empty at the free throw line.

Now the fans are in an uproar.

Brand is about to make a shooting action with his hand open. This distance is his point, and the challenge for him is very small.

The fans on the sidelines and the Jazz players on the bench are all focusing on Brand at the moment, ready to see him hit this mid-range shot.

But at this moment, a figure flew up, it was Ostrota, this young insider was encouraged by Coach Sloan before the game, and he felt as if he had been slapped with chicken blood. He stepped out of defense and put his hand in front of Brand.

On the basketball court, hard work can solve many things, but it can't do anything about some things, especially when there is a huge gap between the strengths of the players on both sides.

Ostrotta and Brand obviously belonged to this category, so at the moment Ostrotta made a save, Brand moved. He took the ball and made a through pass. Strotta's side flew past, and then into Nene's hands.

After passing the ball, Brand dodged to the side very experiencedly, avoiding the rushing Ostolota, and preventing the opponent from fouling.

After such a round, the ball was in the hands of Nene under the basket, and at this time, there was nothing in front of him.

With a loud "bang", Nene showed his powerful aesthetics of violence from the very beginning, which caused an uproar among the fans at the scene.

On the Jazz's bench, the substitute players hid their faces and were speechless. They had been massacred for two consecutive games, and their psychological endurance at this moment was obviously much weaker than before.

Sloan was standing on the sidelines at the moment, still dragging his chin, not saying anything.

However, the Jazz players on the court didn't feel much. After all, it was only the first ball in the opening game. Kirilenko made a free throw outside the court, and Arroyo controlled the ball and continued to advance.

In the frontcourt, after a few pick-and-rolls, Halprin directly pulled out a shot against Bell. He had an advantage in height, and the ball felt pretty good, and the ball was successfully scored.

This goal immediately caused warm cheers from the audience. Obviously, they needed a victory to cheer them up.

The fans at the scene were very excited, but the Nuggets players were very calm. Looking back, after a few cooperations, the ball was in Anthony's hands. The other players pulled away, and Anthony turned around and started playing back.

Leonard is also trying his best at the moment, stretching his hands from Anthony's armpit non-stop, flicking there desperately, he wants to prove that he can do what he and the coach promised.

After Anthony turned his back, he felt that Leonard was interfering too much and hit him several times. He looked at the referee on the sidelines, but the referee was indifferent.

"Snapped!"

There was another crisp sound, Anthony's hand was hit hard, and the ball almost slipped and flew out. He quickly stabilized his body, and while controlling the ball, he yelled at the referee who was close at hand.

What made him extremely depressed was that the referee kept raising his hand, but he just didn't blow the whistle in his mouth. Anthony knew immediately that the game was not so easy to play, and the home referee's whistle was so obvious.

Perhaps noticing that Anthony was chattering with the referee, the fans at the scene immediately booed a lot, as if they wanted to drown Anthony in the Delta Center arena with their saliva.

Anthony heard the booing and saw the referee's reaction, knowing that it was useless to complain at the moment, he simply made a big move, and slammed back hard twice, which made Leonard grunt twice. Enough.

However, Anthony has never been the kind of person who relies solely on strength to win. After hitting twice hard and feeling that Leonard's defensive center of gravity was pushed away by himself, he turned around with a big stride, and used his strength advantage to push Leonard away. After Nader drove away, he directly made a low layup.

With a "snap", the unwilling Leonard hit him hard behind him, and it hit his arm with a crisp sound. This time, even if the referee deliberately favored him, it was impossible. The ball was too obvious.

The referee's whistle sounded, and Anthony made a 2 plus 1.

"Hold him!" Sloan on the sidelines couldn't help yelling loudly when he saw that Leonard not only failed to guard Anthony, but was also fouled.

Leonard's face sank, he didn't say anything, and walked straight out of the three-point line.

(End of this chapter)