NIP Chapter 123 Anthony, the future is yours! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 123 Anthony, the future is yours! (4000, please subscribe)
Chapter 123 Anthony, the future is yours! (4000, please subscribe)
The game officially started with Rasheed Wallace jumping the ball with Marcus Camby.
As the No. [-] pick of the golden generation, Camby definitely has no physical talent.
About the same height as Rasheed Wallace, with even better wingspan.
This jump ball, Camby helped the Nuggets get the chance to jump for the first attack.
Andre Miller made a quick drive and handed the ball to Anthony after half court.
Facing Prince's single defense, Anthony played three threats.
Because Prince has a big base at the basket, Prince would rather let Anthony break through than give Anthony a comfortable shooting opportunity.
Anthony did not hesitate when he saw this, and immediately dropped Prince to the basket to kill him.
Big Ben immediately came out to help defend, Anthony made an emergency stop for a jumper, but was limited by the general bounce, and was directly rewarded by Big Ben with a big cap.
However, the rebound bounced to Prince, who was chasing after Anthony. Anthony was looking for the ball, and he turned around and grabbed the offensive rebound.
Anthony jumped for a layup and tried to force the ball into the hoop.
Big Ben covered the sky with one hand and blocked the ball.
Anthony made a hasty layup, and the physical confrontation was not the opponent of Daben, so he missed the layup.
Nuggets power forward Nene Hilario hit the offensive rebound, got up and dunked, but was blocked by a big block by Rasheed Wallace.
The no-fly zone constructed by Double Wallace is a bit desperate. If you want to score in the penalty area of the Pistons, you must either have absolute physical talent or top offensive skills at the basket.
Anthony was playing against the Pistons for the first time and was obviously inexperienced.
More than 60 games before, let Anthony believe that his physical talent and offensive skills are enough to treat the inside defense of most teams in the league as nothing.
When encountering a truly suffocating defense, Anthony felt a little uncomfortable.
Similarly, Nene Hilario was a high-ranking rookie last year. He was actually a small forward because he was too thin at the beginning.
A 2-meter small forward...
And his style of play likes to go down the pick-and-roll and break through the frame. It can be said that he is the poor man's version of Antetokounmpo born in the wrong era.
Because of the arrival of Anthony, he had to vacate his position and changed from a small forward to a power forward, and he was not well trained by the team.
If a power forward wants to integrate athleticism into the offense, he has to need a good enough point guard.
Just like the Utah Shuangsha back then, Karl Malone is very strong, but without Stockton, it may not be able to achieve so many achievements.
Just like the Nets today, Kidd's arrival has allowed Kenyon Martin to gradually get rid of the title of parallel importer.
But in the case of the Nuggets, no one came to help Nene.
As a power forward who has just played for more than half a season, it is still difficult to break through the Pistons' inside defense in a chaotic battle.
Maybe in a few years, he will have enough experience and be able to use better offensive skills to score inside the Pistons.
But recklessly grabbing an offensive rebound and then dunking it is definitely useless.
Having said that, Shuang Wallace made two big caps in a row and directly beat the Nuggets up and down without temper.
After the Pistons controlled the rebound, they didn't rush to break fast, but the positional battle was a little bit grinding.
Billups initiated a pick-and-roll from the sideline, and Rasheed Wallace cut to the basket for a catch and dunk.
When Camby saw this, he immediately rushed forward like a hungry tiger.
Don't want Rasheed Wallace toss the ball high and pass it to the hoop.
Da Ben was already in his seat, jumped up and ate the prepared pie in one bite.
Camby is a well-known stat brusher, and when he sees an opportunity to help defend against block stats, he will shoot without hesitation.
Nene is another newcomer who has only been in the NBA for a few years, and now he doesn't have much flesh, so Daben can easily control him.
The strength gap between the two teams is not generally large, and it is not difficult for the Pistons to win.
After the Pistons finished, it was the Nuggets' turn to attack.
Andre Miller continued to hold the ball across half court, handing the ball to Anthony to handle.
Most of the games the Nuggets won before were won by Anthony's stable performance.
If it is found that Anthony can't play well in the early stage, other talents will find a way to see if they can help Anthony create some good offensive opportunities.
Anthony tried again, but this time stuck on the first ring.
Prince single-handedly defended Anthony and directly found the opportunity to take out the ball in Anthony's hands.
After completing the steal, Prince went down quickly.
The rest of the Nuggets didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, and it was too late to return to defense at this time.
Anthony reacted quickly and returned to the defense immediately after realizing that the situation was wrong, but he just managed to catch up with Prince, but Prince made a one-on-one layup.
Anthony is a good player on offense, but basically no defense.
The Pistons didn't encounter any difficulties and obstacles in the start, so they easily played a wave of 4-0.
Originally, Huo Song wanted to go to the court to teach Anthony a lesson, but now it seems that he only needs to hit the dog in the water and beat the dog in the water.
"Maybe so!"
"The future is yours!"
Huo Song thought it was a good idea and encouraged Anthony to focus on the future.
By the end of his career, he can fulfill such a promise to Anthony.
At that time, looking back, Anthony should not think that Huo Song was deceiving him back then.
The more Huo Song thought about it, the more interesting it became.
Time passed quickly, and the first quarter lasted more than 7 minutes.
Huo Song finally got playing time.
Although the playoffs are about to be played, Larry Brown still has not narrowed the rotation.
This time Huo Song played with Okur.
Larry Brown made such an arrangement mainly because he had back-to-back fights tomorrow.
For the Pistons, the main lineup is healthy and enters the playoffs. This is what needs to be done during this period.
Therefore, the top priority of the inside line is shared by four players.
Huo Song and Okur also played very well after playing, and the defense of Camby and Nene was like paper.
Huo Song's sideline pick-and-roll roll was more impactful than Rasheed Wallace. When Camby came out from the inside, Huo Song had already stepped into the penalty area with one foot.
At this time, take the initiative to find the body to fight, and then choose to lay up, whether you succeed or not, basically there is a whistle.
This is Huo Song's biggest gain from playing the complete star match.
The All-Star MVP is the star of the stars, and players with this strength should be matched with corresponding treatment.
The league is not a hook league these days, and league president Stern is more enlightened than bald.
Huo Song is not an American, so there was nothing to wait on the whistle before.
But after the exposure of the All-Star Game, the fans have already recognized Huo Song, and the league naturally wants to recognize Huo Song.
Huo Song's winning the All-Star MVP is exactly such a signal.
That's why the referee's recent penalty against the Pistons is basically only for Rasheed Wallace.
The referee, who is still lying in the hospital now, feels a little wronged.
"Why did you go early!"
Closer to home, the Pistons and the Nuggets didn't have a long time to play seriously.
After almost a quarter and a half, Larry Brown sent players from the second team and the third team to form a 12-man rotation.
The Pistons' substitute players train with the team all day long. Needless to say, the intensity of training arranged by Larry Brown's assistant team.
The substitute players may not have done a good job offensively, but the defensive end must have followed the textbook.
Sometimes a solid defense will be blown up by stars in twos and threes, but what stars does the Nuggets have?
After all, Anthony was alone.
And Anthony is not perfect yet.
In this way, the Pistons relied on the bench lineup to play against the Nuggets' main lineup, and they still maintained the lead until the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, as the point difference narrowed to less than 10 points, Huo Song and Da Ben played for a while with a substitute.
It was half a quarter again, and the Nuggets were beaten out of temper.
The point difference quickly widened to 17 points.
In the next 5 minutes or so, Daben went off to rest first.
After all, Huo Song is young, and it would be too embarrassing if he didn't have the physical strength to play 30 minutes in the regular season when he was the second pick in the season.
It must be no problem to leave Huo Song alone on the field.
As for Huo Song, considering that his playing time has decreased recently and his average data per game has dropped slightly, he didn't refuse and just checked the data on the court for a while.
"Melo, see, this is the gap."
"I'm not talking about the gap between me and you, but the gap between the team and the team."
"We were a strong team in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, but you were at the bottom of the league.
Study hard, you are still young, the future is yours.
Learn how to win, learn how to lead the team.
In a few years, you too can win easily like I did.
And the premise of all this is that you have good enough teammates, you need an excellent team. "
The point difference was almost widened to 20 points, and Huo Song hurriedly completed the task envisaged before.
It's a little cool to say "the future is yours" to Anthony.
Anthony looked flustered but remained silent.
It wasn't until Huo Song took a shower, got on the bus and rushed to the airport with the Pistons, that he received Anthony's text message.
"Next time I will definitely not lose to you!"
"If it doesn't work next time, then until I defeat you."
As the proud son of heaven, Anthony naturally has an unyielding will.
When facing James, Anthony didn't hesitate.
Anthony did not hesitate to play in the NCAA tournament last year.
This made Yu Liang's peerless double pride for a while, Melo Anthony, who led the rookie team to win the NCAA championship.
"Take a good rest tonight, and we will play against the Sonics tomorrow, and we will try our best to win the game."
"Back in Detroit, I'll be celebrating everyone."
After getting on the plane, Larry Brown instructed the players earnestly, and Larry Brown himself fell asleep after speaking.
On March 3, the Pistons came to Seattle.
The next opponent is the last player in the Western Conference, the Supersonics.
Obviously, in the top big cities in the United States, there are a lot of emerging industries nearby, and it is time for capitalists to spend a lot of money to support sports and entertainment, but the supersonic arena—Key Arena is a bit small.
In fact, it is not old. The key arena was built in 95, and it has been used for less than 10 years.
The arenas of some teams in the league are still in use after 20 years.
For example, the Pistons' Palace of Auburn Hills was built in 88, and it has been almost 20 years now.
For a relatively new arena like the Key Arena, in fact, as long as you spend a little money to renovate some equipment, you can solve the problem of the arena being too small.
However, Sonics owner Schultz is known for being stingy.
The key arena is not small, but there is a lot of space used for advertising.
There is not much space left for players and fans.
The Palace of Auburn Hills can accommodate 2 fans, and the Key Arena has only 2 seats.
The arena is small and the seats are small, which also means that the ticket revenue is small and the number of fans is small.
Huo Song came to the key arena for the first time, and he didn't feel it at first, but felt that the supersonic fans were not keen to support their team.
It wasn't until the game was officially played that I realized that Supersonics fans were a bit like Knicks fans.
The visiting team came here to play and performed well enough, and they will also applaud and cheer for the fans of the visiting team.
This is probably how the rich enjoy the game, and if I have money, I like it.
Therefore, it is quite unreasonable for Payton to leave the Supersonics.
Playing in Los Angeles, playing at the Staples Center, no one would be happy to stay in the key arena.
Of course, for visiting team players like Huo Song, playing in the Key Arena is quite comfortable.
At the game site, fans bragging and fans applauding are two completely different playing experiences.
The latter game atmosphere will obviously make the players more motivated and less stressed.
Just like putting on a show in front of acquaintances, players will try to show their skills as much as possible.
Playing basketball often depends on the state, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, and playing on the spot will become even better.
Closer to home, after the warm-up session, the game will start soon.
In this game, the Pistons were obviously slow.
It's mainly a Friday game, two of which are back-to-back, which is really a bit difficult.
Fortunately, the opponents are okay. If they are all strong teams, the Pistons can lose several times in a row.
The same is true for the supersonic speed this time. Originally, the supersonic speed was powerful.
However, not long after Ray Allen played the All-Star Game, he also encountered a situation similar to Iverson.
The team almost made it to the playoffs, and there are still about 20 games left in the regular season, so they must play desperately.
Because of overwork, the leading players became ill from overwork, accidentally got injured in the game, and then there was nothing left.
The Sonics were originally an outside team, and now without Ray Allen, they can only try their luck.
Rashad Lewis led the team to fight the Pistons, but the state is average.
Although Lewis is an anti-aircraft gun, his outside shooting is usually difficult to solve, but Prince's size and wingspan, and Ben's defensive experience, can defend Lewis.
Therefore, relying on simple offensive tactics alone, Lewis has no chance to catch the ball and make misplaced shots.
全场刘易斯面前18投7中，三分4投2中，罚球2投2中拿下了18分。
As for the Pistons, Huo Song and Hamilton both scored more than 20 points. In the competition between the offensive cores alone, the Supersonics are more than a chip behind.
Not to mention that the Pistons' defense is much better than the Sonics.
85 to 69, the Pistons played a 16-point gap with solid defense and won another commendable game.
"The most difficult period has passed, but this also means that we will prepare to enter the playoff mode next!"
On the plane back to Detroit, Larry Brown said solemnly.
This five-game streak in the Western Conference is the worst schedule for the Pistons in the regular season. After this one, the rest of the schedule will be relatively easy.
With less than 20 games left, the Pistons have to be careful.
On the one hand, it is to control the victory and choose the opponents for the playoffs as much as possible.
The other side is to adjust the lineup, streamline the rotation, and move towards the playoffs.
(End of this chapter)