Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 212 God descends from the sky

The Spurs' offensive tide continued, and the Nuggets felt a little overwhelmed. By the end of the third quarter, they had opened the point difference to 15 points.

This point difference is a watershed. If the Nuggets can't find an effective way to catch up with the wind in the last quarter, then the rout is inevitable, and their playoff journey will come to an end.

The Nuggets players are all sitting on the bench right now, panting heavily, and with the help of the team doctor, Brand is constantly massaging his ankles, and he can feel it. It's not that they don't work hard. The sweat dripping down on their foreheads has proved their dedication, and their performance can't be considered bad. The score of 84 points in three quarters already shows that their offense is good. It's just that the Spurs are in a strange state today. Good, and very focused, rarely making mistakes, the Nuggets have no chance to counterattack, and can only rely on three-pointers to quench their thirst in positional battles, but the effect is not very good.

Anthony turned his head and looked at his teammates, feeling helpless in his heart. This game, they will probably have to explain it to this point, and the efforts of a season will be in vain.

Brand was also in a very depressed mood at the moment. The team doctor was helping him with a massage. He seemed to have forgotten to complain of pain, but his eyes were dull.

In fact, he was eager to come back so early, and it was also the first time he played on such a high platform. After playing in the Clippers for so many seasons, he has never tasted what it is like to play in the playoffs, let alone what he is now. Standing on the field in the second round of the playoffs, one can imagine the anticipation in his heart.

But now it seems that his comeback failed to bring the team a victory, and the frustration in his heart can be imagined.

"Is this the only thing I can do?" Anthony looked at the frustrated expressions of his teammates, and there was a voice in his heart that kept questioning himself, "Could it be that I made the choice at the beginning, and all the sacrifices must be made in the future. Did it stop here?"

"I'm not reconciled!"

There was a voice in Anthony's heart that kept shouting, and he was unwilling to give up.

"I can do it, I can definitely prove that I can do it!"

Anthony finally recovered from his confused state. The problem now is not the team's problem, but his problem. For the sake of the game, everyone, including the Spurs players, is very nervous. Tired, and now is the time for stars to stand up!
Anthony thought of this, stood up from the bench, and said to the Nuggets players: "Hey, guys, stand up, we still have a chance."

Hearing Anthony's voice, everyone, including Brand, focused their attention on Anthony.

"We still have 12 minutes to catch up and overtake the score. We haven't lost yet." Anthony looked at the Nuggets players and said hurriedly, "We still have a chance to compete and get a bigger stage. We have to tell ourselves we can, don't we always tell ourselves we can?"

"I know it's a bit tough, but I'm going to do one thing now." Anthony said, his expression became serious, "I want to take over the team's offense, and I will use my own efforts to express my attitude, so, man Guys, I need your strong support, can you do it?"

After Anthony finished speaking, he looked at the Nuggets players with piercing eyes.

"I will guard Tim. I can do it alone." Brand stood up with his hands on the bench at this moment, and there was a flash of light in his eyes.

"I will guard against Manu, no matter how much effort I put in." Bell also stood up and said at this moment, with a ruthless look in his eyes.

"Leave all the offensive rebounds to me!" Nene stood up now and patted his burly body.

"Leave the three points to me!" Korver hooked Bell's shoulder and said excitedly.

"I'll pass the damn ball to the most comfortable position for you, and I guarantee it will be every round!" Williams also stood up.

"Come on, let's work hard!" Anthony said and stretched out his hand.

The Nuggets players also put their hands on the back of Anthony's hand.

"To prove that we can do it." Anthony swept a circle around the Nuggets, and said fiercely, "To win!"

"For victory!..."

The Nuggets players cheered excitedly.

This applause quickly attracted the attention of the two commentators.

"The Nuggets players are going to start making the last effort." Smith said.

"Actually, I personally admire them very much, but..." Robinson showed a look of regret on his face, "It's just that Brand's absence has caused them to lose too much strength, and it is impossible for them to play at their pre-injury level even if they barely come back now. However, I believe that as long as there are no injuries next season, this group of young men will definitely be able to show stronger competitiveness in the playoffs."

Listening to Robinson's words, Smith nodded in agreement: "David's evaluation is very objective. Without Brand, the strength of the Nuggets has obviously declined a lot."

Robinson smiled and said: "The future belongs to the Nuggets, but now, the victory will belong to the Spurs."

Smith also nodded with a smile, then shifted his gaze to the field.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides came off the bench as much as possible. Once they came up, the Nuggets players were playing hard. They showed strong competitiveness in defense and offense. When they first came up, Korver and Wang Zhizhi each hit a three-pointer, coupled with Roger's big tie in the air, they beat the Spurs 8-0 in the first game, stopped the Spurs in an instant, and also beat Popovich. Senseless.

"This..." Smith looked at the sudden change on the field and was speechless in surprise.

"This group of guys played really well!" Robinson couldn't help but said after seeing the outstanding performance of the Nuggets' substitute players, "But I believe that Popo will definitely adjust after returning from a timeout."

Looking at Robinson's appearance, he is not very nervous. It can be felt that he is very confident in the Spurs.

The timeout came soon, and players from both sides returned to the court. On the Spurs side, Popovich replaced Duncan on the court, while the Nuggets still hadn't changed much.

The game continued. After Duncan came up, he first hit a mid-range free throw near the free throw line, then blocked Dior's breakthrough layup, and then made a strong attack on Wang Zhizhi at the basket, and immediately regained the momentum. return.

Seeing Duncan's strong performance, D'Antoni couldn't sit still. Compared with the cautiousness of the Spurs, he replaced all the starting five tigers at the beginning of the game.

"Bobo really deserves to be Bobo. He stabilized his position all at once. Seeing that D'Antoni replaced the main force early, he seemed a little anxious." Smith saw the reversal of the situation and said analytically.

Surprisingly, Robinson didn't make a comment this time, but just said "um", and then focused his attention on Nuggets leader Anthony.

Anthony pulled the shoulder straps hard, and ran a few times on the sidelines. After making sure that his muscles and bones were active, he jumped onto the field. His sudden action quickly attracted fans and the Spurs. The attention of the players is just attention. After seeing Anthony on the court, they shifted their attention to the game again.

In the first round up, it was the Nuggets' offense, Williams was in possession of the ball, and the Spurs were defending a 3-2 zone defense.

Anthony ran directly outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle.

Williams observed his teammates' running positions, and he immediately thought of what Anthony said on the bench before, so he threw the ball to Anthony without any hesitation.

Anthony made a shooting posture directly after receiving the ball.

It was Bowen who was in charge of defending the right wing. After seeing Anthony's shot, he jumped up suddenly.

When Anthony saw Bowen pounced on him, he withdrew his hand abruptly and prepared to go inside with a feint.

But to say that Bowen is indeed Bowen, the pounce he made seemed to be a powerful pounce, but after Anthony finished his fake move, he actually took it back abruptly, with an unimaginable The angle blocked Anthony's front.

"Nice job!" On the bench, Turkoglu, who had been repaired by Anthony, shouted, shaking his big fist.

Anthony saw that Bowen was not shaken away by him, and he didn't show much surprise on his face. Instead, he turned around and hit him, and then turned around suddenly, blocking Bowen behind him, and then Accelerate and rush to the inside line.

Bowen's reaction was also quick. Anthony's movement seemed to have shaken him away, but at this moment he miraculously returned to Anthony's side, and stretched out his hand to interfere with Anthony's breakthrough.

Anthony showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth, and the moment Bowen stretched out his hand, he jerked upwards.

There was a crisp "snap", and a crisp thug sounded.

But what is surprising is that the referee on the sidelines turned a blind eye to the ball.

The corner of Bowen's mouth showed a smug look. He is a player with rich defensive experience, and he is very habitual when making small moves. He will use his body to block the referee's sight, so the referee generally cannot see it. The home referee can't see the hand beat, and the home referee will not judge based on hearing.

Bowen knew this very well, so he habitually showed a winner's smile at the corner of his mouth at this moment.

But in the next second, his smile turned into a stiff smile, because the next moment after he beat him, Anthony actually threw the ball when his shooting posture was destroyed and his body lost his balance.

"Shh!"

A crisp sound echoed in the SBC Arena, making the audience quiet.

(End of this chapter)