Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 197
The Kronko dinner, the huge celebration banquet, was extremely extravagant, and Anthony was brought into that atmosphere unconsciously, but when he left the Kronco Manor, the cold wind from the road instantly After waking him up, his whole body broke out in a cold sweat. For the first time, he experienced the luxury life, which turned out to be really powerful.

But after all, Anthony is no longer just the original Anthony. He knows the choice of fate and hard-won, and he obviously didn't travel to enjoy life.

Back at the villa, Anthony had prepared a whole set of arguments to coax Fox, but what he didn't expect was that Fox didn't say anything, but of course it was impossible for him to do nothing, she just sat on his ass On his thigh, and then there was a verbal fight...

The wait for the Nuggets didn't last too long. Less than a week later, the Heat and the Hornets had a result in the final matchup of the first round of the Eastern Conference. After seven games After a fierce battle, the Heat finally defeated the Hornets 4:3 and advanced to the second round.

But in fact, the previous match between the two playoff teams with a winning percentage of less than half, for other strong teams, the only effect is to increase their rest time. It won't have much impact.

The Nuggets' opponents have been determined early, and they will face the defending champion Spurs in the second round.

The strength of the Spurs is unquestionable. After a season of running-in, their lineup has become very tacit, and they have a balanced offense and defense. With "GDP" and Popovich, their stability is also their biggest characteristic.

The second round is about to face the defending champion. For the Nuggets who have just lost their inner core, it is obviously not too optimistic, but it is not all bad news. In the match, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, he maintains a psychological advantage, especially the most important core of the team, Anthony, who is still healthy. Anthony led such a weak Nuggets team at the start of the game and was able to win the Spurs. The current Nuggets , Even if Brand is lost, but in any case, it will not be as bad as the team at that time.

Therefore, in the pre-match training, the Nuggets players did not show too much frustration, and in order to cheer for his teammates, Brand leaned on crutches today, and with the support of his girlfriend, the players in suits and leather shoes also came to the court to cheer for him. Team cheer.

However, before the game, two people seemed very worried. One was the team's head coach D'Antoni, and the other was the team's head coach Anthony. D'Antoni's worries were naturally reasonable. Losing the Brand ball The strength of the team has been greatly damaged, and it is at home. If the game is not good, the boos of the fans and the scolding of the boss are absolutely indispensable.

And Anthony, standing on the sidelines at the moment, looking at the teammates and opponents training on the field, also showed a look of worry on his face. He knew the strength of the Spurs. Although the record in the regular season was not as good as that of the Nuggets, but This is a team that likes to "play dead" in the regular season. Once it enters the playoffs mode, it will definitely install a Hummer with increased horsepower in one step, and its strength must not be underestimated.

"Hey, Mello, why are you so sad?"

Just when Anthony was a little lost, a huge hand patted his shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Nene standing behind him with a smile on his face.

Anthony was taken aback when he saw Nene for the first time. In the locker room today, he wondered why Nene didn't show up, and he didn't show up when he played before. He thought that something happened to Nene. , was thinking about asking about D'Antoni later, but he didn't expect him to appear so suddenly, and the most weird thing is that he lost his long hair and changed it to a man very similar to Iverson. Ditch hairstyle.

Anthony looked at it for a while, not to mention, this hairstyle is really more in line with his impression of Nene, but seeing Nene's appearance, he couldn't help but asked: "Would you tell me , you were late because of this hairstyle, right?"

Nene showed a hearty smile, and then said: "How do you know? When I first came to the arena, I felt that Brand was not there. I had to make some changes to make myself stronger, especially against the Spurs. I have to become stronger to beat Duncan and the inside line of the Spurs."

Listening to Nene's rhetoric, and seeing his swearing, Anthony could feel his determination, but he still said a little speechlessly: "Are you... cutting down your will?"

"What?" Nene didn't understand what Anthony said, and asked, "What hair, what ambition?"

"It's nothing..." Anthony hastily covered it up with a smile. Just now he spoke fluently, but actually said another sentence in Chinese. He said with a smile, "I mean, your handsome hairstyle must have scared Duncan silly."

"Really?" Nene showed a narcissistic look, and reached out to stroke his hair. If there is a mirror now, he will definitely take pictures non-stop.

Seeing Nene's intoxicated appearance, Anthony couldn't bear it any longer, so he pushed him quickly, pointed to D'Antoni and said, "Hurry up and report to the coach, be careful that he won't let you play."

"Oh, I almost forgot! Immediately..." Nene slapped the back of his head, and then ran towards D'Antoni's position.

Seeing Nene's carefree expression, Anthony smiled and shook his head. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the nervousness in front of him had almost dissipated.

He also shook his body and ran to the field.

The Spurs' lineup has not changed much from the regular season lineup. The only difference is that Turkoglu is used as the starting small forward. The other four positions are the same as the regular season. Parker Boris Bowen is on the outside and Boris Bowen is on the inside. Nesterovic and Duncan, while Ginobili is still the team's sixth man.

The referee on the sidelines signaled that the game was about to start, and all players from both sides came onto the field from the field.

Anthony looked at the starters of the Spurs walking on the court. He saw Duncan, although he was still very young, but he looked the same as the dull look in his memory. He saw Parker, with an incomparably youthful face. Mature and clear, one can tell from his calm appearance that he is a player who has been baptized in the game.

The faces of other Spurs players also looked very calm. Obviously, with Duncan, the core who has experienced the finals and was crowned, they will not be afraid of any opponent.

With the whistle of the referee on the sidelines, Mutombo and Nesterovic jumped the ball. Mutombo used his experience advantage to grab the first attack for the Nuggets, and the ball fell into Bell's hands. , Bell followed and handed it over to Williams, and Williams took control of the ball and then pushed forward.

The Spurs are still their usual zone defense. After mentioning Turkoglu to the starting lineup, the Turk showed defensive mobility and size on the court, plus he already has a certain ability to support the ball. The Spurs' offensive and defensive rotations have been greatly improved.

This will allow the Nuggets' offense to advance to the frontcourt. Bell and Anthony on the Nuggets' forward line immediately fall outside the two 45-degree three-point lines on the flanks. Divide the ball.

Williams asked Nene for a pick-and-roll as soon as he saw Bell and Anthony in position.

Seeing Williams' greeting, Nene showed a look of excitement on his face, rushed out with full power, followed in front of Williams, and put his body sideways to pick and roll.

After Williams saw Nene coming up for the pick-and-roll, he immediately stepped up and rushed inside.

Parker is nicknamed "French Sports Car", and the source of this nickname is precisely because of his speed, Parker's speed is as fast as lightning, and the most abnormal thing is that he can make a lot of arbitrary movements in super high-speed sports.

At this moment, after seeing Nene coming up to pick and roll, Parker flashed over with a rapid acceleration. At that speed, it felt like he was stepping on an elastic trampoline instead of a wooden board. After a jump, he headed towards Williams. To continue to chase.

Nene rushed up to do the pick-and-roll with full confidence. Naturally, he would not think that such a simple thing could not be done. He even had already thought about the next move to split and roll, but just before he kicked In an instant, he immediately found that Parker had flashed past him like a snake, and his pick-and-roll was like air, and he didn't play the action that the pick-and-roll should have at all.

At this moment, an inexplicable anger suddenly rose up in his heart. He had vowed before that he would blow up the Spurs' inside line, but now he couldn't even do a pick-and-roll, which made him feel shameless. When he saw that Parker was about to bypass him, he took a step forward and let his body block Parker's way forward.

Nene's body is very large, and this time it firmly blocked Parker's shoulders. Parker's forward body was directly blocked and flew out, and Williams directly rushed in.

But at this moment, a whistle sounded suddenly, and the referee on the sidelines waved his hand, pointed at Nene, and then made a gesture of moving to cover the foul, signaling Nene to cover the foul.

The moment the whistle blew, Nene's face immediately showed a burst of frustration, waving his hands and looking like he was about to jump up to argue with the referee.

When Anthony saw Nene's movement, he immediately realized that he was exerting too much force. Now that he saw his movement to charge up, he ran over and grabbed him. If he suffered another technical foul at this moment, Nene really doesn't need to play this game.

Nene was about to step forward to argue, when someone pulled him suddenly, and wanted to tear away his hand in annoyance, and was about to start scolding, but when he turned around and saw that it was Anthony, he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his mouth went back.

(End of this chapter)