bestfiction Chapter 178 Melon is no longer sweet!
Chapter 178 Melon is no longer sweet!
Chapter 178 Melon is no longer sweet!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wang Chao, who played the first quarter, was put on the bench.
Sitting on the bench, Wang Chao enjoyed Ben McGrady's performance comfortably. The Nuggets sent Anderson to mark McGrady, but the effect was not ideal.
Just like Farmer released Billups, Anderson was a little afraid of McGrady's scoring ability. After all, the two-time NBA scoring champion is not for nothing.
At this time, only Carmelo Anthony was present with the golden double guns.
He started a more unscrupulous singles mode.
This small forward who plays like a power forward is a headache for Damai who is defending him. In terms of defensive skills, Damai is top-notch, but his strength is far inferior to Anthony. Anthony used his strength advantage to play back for several consecutive rounds. The basket was successful.
The Nets served from the baseline and handed it over to the Farmer organization. After halftime, Outlaw made an off-ball screen for McGrady. The hot-handed McGrady ran out of space under the cover of Outlaw and shot the ball.
"Den!"
The ball hit the back of the basket and bounced high. Fortunately, the ball was rebounded by Da Ben, and the second attack caused an additional penalty!
Nene and Kenyon Martin looked at each other helplessly, neither of them thinking it was their responsibility to lose the rebound.
Big Ben's free throws were the most accurate recently. With his eyes closed and opened, the Nets added another point to the scoreboard.
Anthony held the ball at the top of the arc, Damai didn't dare to slack off, and quickly put up defense.
He is not afraid that Anthony will use his speed to force a breakthrough. What Damai is afraid of is giving the All-Star small forward too much shooting space. After all, mid-range is the lethal weapon of "Little Melon" Anthony.
After holding the ball, Anthony made a three-threat move. Facing Damai's defense, he made two consecutive tentative steps, and then made a mid-range jumper and missed.
On the offensive end of the Nets, McGrady gradually lost his fiery touch, and his unstable performance is also the reason why he is often criticized by fans.
Every time when the fans are desperate for him, McGrady always jumps out to surprise the fans.
And when the fans are full of expectations for him, McGrady often feels cold and strikes the iron all over the court.
Fortunately, McGrady didn't make too many forced shots after realizing that he didn't feel good today. He used his personal ability to break through and frequently distributed the ball to teammates on the outside.
But at the beginning of the second quarter, the Nets' outside players collectively misfired, especially Farmar, who made 3 of 3 0-pointers.
When Farmar missed the third point shot, he looked at his palm in surprise. What happened today?This kind of half-open ball has a very high hit rate in the first few games!
Looking at Farmar's expression and movements, Wang Chao had guessed what was going on in his mind.
Sure enough, without the hit rate bonus of passing the ball to help the pick-and-roll, Farmar, whose shooting was already unstable, was immediately beaten back to his original form.
In the next few rounds, Anthony continued to try his signature probing shots, and repeatedly missed and repeatedly missed.This guy seems to have a special obsession with probing shots!
However, he played well in the first quarter and quickly turned into a blacksmith in the second quarter.
After missing 4 consecutive shots, Nuggets coach George Karl couldn't help frowning.
This section. Melon is no longer sweet!
Seeing his disciple's abnormal performance, the Nuggets coach Karl couldn't help calling a timeout first.
After the timeout, the coaches of the two teams tacitly replaced the two big men of the team, Tracy McGrady and Anthony.
Wang Chao is on stage again!
Anthony sat on the bench with a smile on his face. He felt indifferent to being replaced by the coach, and he had the same attitude towards the team's win or loss.
He only cares about the big cities, he never thought of spending his whole life in Denver, and everyone knows that he will leave as soon as he has a good opportunity, and he will leave without looking back.
Most of the Denver local media didn’t like Anthony either: “Anthony brought back a championship for Denver? It's not worth the money~"
Anthony only knows the prosperity of Manhattan, but not the tranquility of Denver.
In contrast, Billups's attitude is more professional. Although this Hall of Fame combo guard came to this city at the end of his career, he regards this place as his second. At home, when he puts on the Nuggets jersey, he must do his best.
As soon as he played, Billups broke out with high fighting spirit. First, after the pick-and-roll with Kenyon Martin, he sent the latter a very comfortable alley-oop, and then used the change of rhythm to break into the basket. basket score.
After this layup, his personal scoring in this field also reached 16 points, and he also had 4 assists.
On the other hand, the Nets' starting point guard Farmar only had a poor 2 points and 2 assists. In contrast, he was completely blown away!
Facing the Nuggets' approaching score, the MW combination made another effort.
"Big Ben!"
After Wang Chao succeeded in the pick-and-roll, he returned the ball to Daben. After receiving the ball, Daben did not rush to shoot, but passed the ball to Wang Chao, who was directly killing the inside line.
Facing Kenyon Martin's interception, Wang Chao easily scored two points with a backhand layup.
"Good shot! The ball is very imaginative, well passed, and well run."
"This is the chemical reaction we often say. We can't see this in McGrady and the big itself, because McGrady usually chooses to pull out by himself, and Wang Chao will choose to cooperate more with his teammates. I think I feel that his power on the court and Ben's pick-and-roll is much greater than McGrady's power on the court and Ben's pick-and-roll."
In Huaxia's live TV broadcast, the two commentators talked eloquently about the pick-and-roll cooperation between Wang Chao and Daben just now.
In the second quarter, the firepower of both sides dropped slightly compared to the first quarter. After the whistle, the score on the field was the Nets: Nuggets, and entered the halftime break with a [-]-point lead
When entering the player tunnel, looking at the downcast Farmar, Wang Chao walked up to him with a smile: "Hey, Farmar, do you know why you were blown up in the first half?"
Walking in the player tunnel, Farmar, who was depressed, suddenly found a figure blocking him.
"Hey, Farmar, know why you got blown up in the first half?"
Farmar looked up in a daze, and his expression changed from disappointment to anger in an instant: "You kid still have the nerve to gloat!"
Looking at Wang Chao's relaxed smiling face, Farmar was furious.
If he hadn't listened to Wang Chao's words, Farmar wouldn't have been close to defending. If he hadn't been close to defense, he wouldn't have been shaken and sat on the floor in embarrassment!If you don't get knocked down, you won't be devastated in the following time!
So it all depends on Wang Chao!
"Brother, do you really think you were blown up because of my words?"
Wang Chao draped Farmer's shoulders, and the two walked side by side towards the visiting team's locker room.
"Don't tm touch me, I'm very annoying now!"
Farmar impatiently shook off Wang Chao's hand on his shoulder.
With 2 points and 2 assists in the half-court and the almost ineffective defense in front of Billups, I am afraid Farmar will be the first target of the coach's criticism in the locker room.
(End of this chapter)