Reborn NBA Gao Fushuai

Pepsi Center Arena suddenly erupted into cheers. At this time, there were few fans sitting in the auditorium. The game was played extremely fiercely, which completely mobilized the enthusiasm of the fans.

On the court, the Lakers kicked out the baseline ball, Vujacic advanced with the ball, all the Nuggets players had settled down, and the Lakers launched an attacking formation, pounced towards the Nuggets halfcourt.

At this time, the game has progressed to the 8th minute of the third quarter. The score on the court is 82:80. The Lakers are two points behind. Just now, Anthony got the ball from the outside and hit a three-pointer.

After Vujacic played in the first quarter, the Lakers started to fight back, and indeed they took a big lead, and kept the lead until the end of the second quarter.

However, after the game entered the third quarter, the Lakers' double shots in the backcourt, which played well in the first half, still exposed some problems as people expected. Even the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan couldn't guarantee 100% hits rate, only relying on mid-range and long-range shooting, and no rebound guarantee. Although the Lakers played passionately, their offensive success rate was really not high.

On the contrary, the Nuggets, after halftime adjustments, the players on the field quickly calmed down and began to play patiently. Martin and Camby on the inside began to show their strength, and Anthony also rushed to the basket from time to time to attack. , The score gap was gradually smoothed out, and the two sides entered a stalemate.

The later the game went, the more unfavorable it was for the Lakers. Their bench depth was far from comparable to that of the Nuggets. Kobe was tired. He only rested for less than 2 minutes in the previous game. Jackson saw this, He could only be replaced to prepare for the decisive battle in the fourth quarter. Vujacic was left on the court to form a high position combination with Butler.

Vujacic also felt the pressure. The young Nuggets team was tenacious beyond imagination, especially Anthony. Although the league wanted to praise the little emperor James and kept suppressing him, Melon was a bit discouraged There is no appearance, but as the game progresses, every minute and every second is improving.

After dribbling for halftime, Anthony blocked Vujacic in the first place. After Kobe went off the court, his opponent became Vujacic.

pass the ball!singles!
At this anxious time, Vujacic also committed the same problem as Kobe, only trusting himself!

Suddenly started, took a step forward, got close to Anthony, then quickly turned around, leaned on Anthony, spun around, protected the basketball on the outside of the body, exerted force with his feet, and rushed towards the basket.

It's singles again!

Anthony had also fought against Vujacic a few times before. It was basically a situation where the two sides exploded each other. Blocking in front of him, Anthony kept squeezing Vujacic's space on the side.

Seeing that Vujacic was about to fall into the encirclement of the two, he jumped up suddenly, with his arms raised high, as if he was about to shoot.

Seeing this, Martin and Anthony jumped up at the same time, with two huge palms, almost covering the lights of the arena. ,

Suddenly, Vujacic retracted the basketball to his abdomen, turned his wrist, and turned the shot into a pass. Butler slipped to the bottom line and just hit the basket to catch the ball and scored a layup.

call~~~~~~~
Jackson on the sidelines also let out a sigh of relief. Just now he really thought that Vujacic was going to act recklessly, but fortunately, that kid wasn't really overheated.

It's really strange to say that a bastard like Vujacic is extraordinarily selfless on the court. Of course, he can't be said to be selfless. Once he goes crazy, this kid also has a greedy desire for the right to shoot, but Vujacic plays logically, is smart, and keeps his composure all the time.

For young players, this is very rare!

82: 82!

The two sides drew again!

Snapped!
Vujacic and Butler clapped their hands together. Looking at the Nuggets attacking again, he also felt tired. Although he was still a substitute in this game, compared with most of the main players, he played more time. After one game, he played three positions, first as a small forward, then as a shooting guard after Kobe left the court, and now he simply plays a point guard. Too many responsibilities have increased his physical consumption, so he can only encourage him to support him. .

"The pass just now was really beautiful. Under the circumstances at that time, everyone probably thought that Vujacic was going to be reckless, but in such a fierce game environment and facing such a dangerous situation of double-teaming, he could still pass the ball. Make such a calm judgment, this kid will become a great weapon in the future!"

The commentator at the scene did not hesitate to praise himself. Of course, he is not the first person to predict the future of Vujacic.

After Kobe left the field, the heavy responsibility of defending Anthony fell on Vujacic. However, just as Anthony couldn't help him when defending, Vujacic also found it difficult to stop Anthony.

Lower your body as much as possible, staring at the basketball with your eyes firmly focused, not daring to be careless.

Anthony is very capable of singles with the ball. Although it is not fancy, it is very practical, especially the ability to earn fouls in bad battles with the ball is the best in the league. Basically, Anthony and the young emperor James of the same period are completely different types.

The effect on the team is undoubtedly that James is stronger. He can be called a super all-round fighter. He has made great contributions to both offense and defense. He has very good physical fitness and quite good skills. There are no obvious shortcomings at both ends. If you want to pick thorns, the first is that the shooting feel is not soft, the free throw is too bad, the post-up technique is not good, the layup is not solid, often four steps, or even five steps, and the movements are stiff. Class, often criticized for being soft at critical moments, but in general, giving him the ball at critical moments is still trustworthy.

Anthony is a traditional small forward who takes scoring as the first task. He has many scoring methods and no offensive blind spots. Among the comprehensive methods, his post-up skills and probing jump shots are exclusive to the league. Although three-pointers are average, they are not as good as most NBA players. In comparison, it is also in the upper middle, good physical fitness, but not top-notch, good defensive skills, but the attitude is extremely improper, it is easy to give people a false impression of poor defense, excellent rebounds, qualified steals and blocks, assist ability and James The gap is large, and his playing movements are smooth, which is the same as his appearance. He beat James, Mr. Key, and is the top three in the league in terms of combined lore times and shooting percentage.

It's just that, the future development trajectories of these two peerless twins who were brilliant for a while are completely different.

In the future, James will become a superstar, a living sign of the NBA all over the world, but Anthony has always stayed at the level of a star, and it is difficult to make progress.

In fact, everything that will happen in the future seems to have been doomed as early as the beginning.

In 2003, when everyone was discussing those talented rookies with great interest, although James stole the attention of all the media, people did not ignore the strength of Anthony, who was in the same position as James. Speaking from experience and psychology, Anthony was more powerful than the No. [-] pick at the time.

As early as a year and a half before the draft, James and Anthony met in the high school league, and the technical statistics of the two were evenly matched. Anthony's Oak Hill High School team defeated the St. Mary St. Vincent High School team led by James.

After joining the NCAA, Anthony led the Syracuse University team to win the championship as a rookie, writing a legendary page in the history of the NCAA. Throughout the season, he averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds per game, making him the most dazzling star in the NCAA.

Anthony is also the first first-year player to win the best player award in the NCAA Final Four since 1986. Even the "God of Basketball" Jordan can't help but praise him, thinking that Anthony is the kind who can do a lot on the court. Working players.

Anthony is also ambitious. Before officially signing with the Nuggets, he was ready to contribute to the Nuggets. Whether on or off the court, he really wanted to be the leader of the team.

Anthony's situation at the time was similar to that of Jordan who entered the NBA as a prospect. In a poll conducted by ESPN on which rookie could immediately have an impact on the NBA, Anthony received 43% of the approval rate, surpassing James' 32%. And Milicic's 25%. At that time, people picked Anthony for the Nuggets. It should be said that they picked up a big deal. Anthony's salary is lower than James, but his strength and potential can become a sign for the Nuggets to attract big-name free agents.

The Denver Nuggets believed that the arrival of Anthony would make the team more competitive. The team's uniform team immediately began to make a major lineup adjustment, sending away Van Exel, LaFrentz, McDyess and others. Veteran, using the precious opportunity of the next two first-round picks to select two point guards, Andrew Miller and Boykins, thus leaving $1600 million in salary space for the remaining two years, the ambitious After Anthony matures, he is ready to use some big money to help the Nuggets soar.

It can be said that almost everyone believes that the future alliance will be ruled by the 03 super-platinum generation, and the leaders are undoubtedly James and Anthony.

On November 2003, 11, Anthony and James met in the NBA for the first time. People regarded this game as a duel between these two people, not a contest between two teams.

In the end, Anthony led the Denver Nuggets to defeat James' Cleveland Cavaliers 93:89, winning the first contest between the two.

During the entire rookie season, Anthony and James averaged 16.8 points and 18.5 points respectively, which is about the same. However, the Denver Nuggets relied on Anthony to win multiple games, which is twice the previous season's poor 17 wins. , Anthony, who is 203cm tall, plays the role of the team's pinnacle every night. At the same time, he is also the leading scorer of the Denver Nuggets. No one can ignore his role in the Nuggets.

Numerous praises came to his face, but neither the praise nor the pressure could change Anthony. The coaches who once directed him said that the most amazing quality of Carmelo Anthony is humility, but a blow caught Anthony by surprise.

At the end of the rookie season, in terms of statistics, Anthony and James were on par. At that time, the Nuggets were still in the playoffs. There was no reason not to give Anthony the best rookie. They are all rookies praised by the league, but why did they give James the best rookie in the end?No matter how bad it is, should the two share the best rookie at the same time?

It may be unfair to determine the attribution of awards based on statistics alone, but it is also unreasonable to determine the annual award selection based on factors other than the current year.The only reason James was elected may be that voters think he will become a better player, which is indeed possible in the future, but this award is called "Rookie of the Year", which means: this year!Of course, James won the best rookie without any black spots, but some fans insisted on their own opinions, thinking that they can share the best rookie at the same time. In the final analysis, where did Anthony rub shoulders with his first honor in his life Pass?

Nobody knows!
After the rookie season, Anthony, who did not win the Rookie of the Year, did not seem to be as sad as people imagined, but this summer, what happened made Anthony completely slow down in the competition with James.

Event [-]: The Olympic Games lost their temper.After his rookie season, Anthony accepted an appointment from the American Basketball Association to join the national team and participate in the Athens Olympics.Young and energetic, he promised reporters before the game that he would bring home the gold medal, which made the low-key coach Larry Brown very dissatisfied.Immediately afterwards, in team practice, Anthony's overly aggressive attacking desire and less active defensive attitude also made Brown very disgusted, so he was marginalized in the game and his playing time was greatly reduced. However, when he encountered the frozen Anthony, He didn't want to change, so he made random shots on the field, and only won the bronze medal in the end. Anthony's immature behavior also caused him to be criticized.

Incident [-]: Fighting in a nightclub.At that time, Anthony and his girlfriend were celebrating a friend's birthday together, and happened to meet Lala's ex-boyfriend. Unexpectedly, Lala and his ex-boyfriend had an argument and even moved. It was still disclosed by the media that Anthony's image was injured again. At the time when Stern was vigorously maintaining the NBA image, Anthony did this simply to make things difficult for the league bosses?

Event 2004: Possession of marijuana was arrested. In October 10, on the eve of preparing to fly away to the game, security personnel at the Denver airport found an ounce of marijuana in Anthony's backpack. Although such a small amount of marijuana is not a crime in Colorado, where Denver is located, at most Only a fine of 100 dollars was imposed, but because of Anthony's special status, the media paid a lot of attention. In the end, Anthony's friend jumped out and topped the bag, saying that he borrowed a backpack from Anthony to pack the luggage and stuffed a pack of marijuana in it. Anthony forgot to take out the marijuana when he returned it, so Anthony, who didn't know it, was charged with drug possession. Because someone came forward to admit the whole incident, Anthony escaped unharmed, but many people still suspect that his friend did it for He took the blame, many of whom naturally include NBA league executives.

Incident 300: Being blackmailed.Before the start of the new season, when everyone had forgotten about Anthony’s beating in the bar, three men called Anthony’s assistant, implying that they had all the video footage of Anthony’s fight on the day and made it into a movie. If Anthony didn’t pay The redemption of [-] million U.S. dollars was about to be sent to the TV station to make it public. Anthony, who was troubled by this incident, contacted the police. Finally, the plainclothes criminal police arrested the three people and closed the case, but Anthony's image was also greatly damaged.

These off-court incidents have seriously damaged Anthony's image, but it can also be seen from this that he is indeed very busy. In addition to causing trouble all the time, Anthony also released a record in the summer, and things like practice are put at the end , so when it came to the pre-season training camp, everyone was taken aback by his out-of-shape figure, at least 10 catties fatter.

In 2004, the Nuggets made a lot of deals during the summer vacation, including the entry of powerful power forward Martin. It stands to reason that their strength has increased unabated compared to last year, and they won all preseason games. Everyone is optimistic that the Nuggets will definitely be able to do so this year. Even higher, in the previous two regular season games, the Nuggets won two consecutive victories, but Anthony's data has dropped. It is not difficult for sharp-eyed fans to find that Anthony's impressive explosive power is gone. There is no trick to foul, and the defense often lacks foot movement. Although the score on the book remains at about 20 points, it is all obtained by a large number of shots. For two consecutive games, his shooting percentage is 40%. Below, and during the game, Anthony played more and more outside, giving people the feeling that he disdains to make physical contact with the opponent.

Such a player who likes to cause trouble, is troubled, does not know self-love, and works hard will naturally not be protected by the league. He is highly praised. In the future, Anthony will be completely at a disadvantage in the competition with James, which is a reasonable thing. .

Vujacic feels pity for Anthony. With Anthony's talent, he should have become a superstar not to lose to James, but he was ruined by himself, but he didn't know it.

Of course, the future of Anthony has nothing to do with Vujacic. He is just excited now. Anthony is still a well-known supernova in the NBA. Only when he competes with real masters can he reflect his value.

Vujacic can see that Anthony has been aroused by him, and this is the best. What he wants is to break up with Anthony and see who can't hold it first.

"Come on! Everyone says you are great, don't run away unless you are afraid of me!" Vujacic still kept prodding Anthony verbally.

Sure enough, there was a flash of anger in Anthony's eyes, and he said coldly: "Rookie! This is you looking for death!"

After Anthony finished speaking, he used his best high-post singles. On the front line, his physical fitness can be crushed by everyone except James.

In the previous game, Kobe was beaten by Anthony with this tactic. Vujacic’s physical fitness is on par with Kobe’s. He is more flexible, but he is weaker in strength. Facing Anthony, he is clearly a bully. He also had no choice but to watch Anthony succeed in the mid-range shot after being knocked out of position.

"Rookie! You're still a light-year away!"

Vujacic was not angry, but just urged his teammates to kick off the ball as soon as possible. After the ball passed halftime, Vujacic took the initiative to find Anthony, forced into the inside, faced Martin's defense, and succeeded in picking the basket. In terms of speed, he also had With absolute advantage.

Immediately afterwards, Anthony used his strength to force Vujacic again. In turn, Vujacic also used his speed to get rid of Anthony again, and scored a jumper with an emergency stop.

The two of them fought against each other on the field and scored points.

"It's unbelievable that the rookie from Slovenia is going to score with Anthony, and it seems that Vujacic is not at all down!"

You must know that although Anthony is only a sophomore, he is one of the best scorers in the NBA. Being able to score 20+ points in his rookie season is not something everyone can do.

The two went crazy on the field, and the scores of the two teams were leading alternately, and the scene fell into anxiety for a while.

Kobe was also very itchy to watch off the court, and couldn't help but take the initiative to ask for a fight: "Boss! Let me play!"

Jackson can understand Kobe's mood. In any game, Kobe is eager to be the absolute protagonist. Now that Vujacic is scoring points with Anthony on behalf of the Lakers, how can he still sit still.

But, not yet!

"Kobe! You are the leader of the team, remember! Your task is not to compare scores with opponents on the court, but to lead the team to victory. Sasha is doing well now. Although he is a bit willful, it can consume Anthony's strength. Physical strength, your task is to lead the team to victory in the last quarter!"

Jackson's plan is very good. If it can be implemented all the time, he is confident to lead the Lakers to achieve good results this season. If he can add another outstanding big man inside, even a championship is not a fantasy.

However, a key figure in this plan, how long the Lakers can stay, no one knows.

Kobe also knew that what Jackson said was right, but watching the scoring battle going on on the court, he, the team boss, could only sit on the sidelines. He had nothing to do with him, so how could he not be in a hurry.

He just hoped that the time would pass quickly, and the fourth quarter would come as soon as possible, so that he could go on the court and tell everyone who was the most terrifying shooter in the league.

The scoring battle on the court is still going on. Vujacic completely beat Anthony on the offensive end. Similarly, on the defensive end, he was also beaten to the ground by Anthony. However, the effect is still very obvious. Although he was exhausted to death Dogs, but they can still hold on, but Anthony is obviously a little bit unable to hold on.

Vujacic didn't understand why the head coach of the Nuggets didn't replace Anthony. Is it for the dignity of the team's top card?
funny!

It was Vujacic's turn to attack again, and there was not much time left in the third quarter. It was still a face-to-face contest, and Vujacic still relied on his speed to overpower Anthony.

Anthony's footsteps are a bit fluttering. In fact, his defensive skills are good. Last season, as a rookie, he was able to defend conscientiously, but as an offensive genius, after establishing the leadership of the team, he became lazy. If he is willing to do the dirty work again, and only thinks about scoring, his defensive skills will naturally fall.

Jump shot!

Miss!

Vujacic rushed to the basket, grabbed the rebound and scored a layup ahead of Nene.

After the goal, Vujacic pointed to Anthony, which means it is obvious that it is your turn next.

The Nuggets' offense, just as Anthony was in position, he leaned against Vujacic with his back and raised his hand for the ball.

Vujacic crossed his arms and tentatively pushed against Anthony. Suddenly, he found that Anthony's strength was obviously not as strong as before, his legs were a little weak, and he couldn't stand up at all.

Vujacic was suddenly overjoyed, it seemed that this kid couldn't hold on anymore!
Basketball games are inherently torturous, not only in terms of physical strength, but also a kind of torture to people's psychological endurance. When people's psychology begins to collapse, this effect will directly affect the body, making people more likely to get tired .

Anthony's basketball career went very smoothly, it can be said that it went too smoothly. He hardly suffered any setbacks. He was recognized as a genius since he was a child, and he has always been a high-profile super rookie in high school and college.

But just after entering the NBA, he was overwhelmed by his former defeat, James. The best rookie is gone, and he has been in constant trouble recently, which makes it difficult for him to calm down.

What worries him most is that he has recently noticed a change in the attitude of some people towards him, which worries him deeply.

As a result, in this game, he met Vujacic, a lunatic again. He didn't think much about the previous duel with Kobe, but facing Vujacic at this moment, he really felt that he had more than enough energy but not enough energy.

The reason is that Vujacic is too stable, so stable that he feels fear.

After receiving the ball, he continued to play singles with his back, but Anthony found that this time, Vujacic was very tough. He bumped twice in a row, but failed to make Vujacic take half a step back.

Forcibly turned around and shot a three-pointer.

Anthony didn't think about passing the ball, he didn't want to lose to Vujacic, an opponent he didn't care about at all.

However, it turned out that Anthony was too reckless, and he picked the wrong time to throw his temper.

Vujacic seemed to have anticipated how Anthony would choose. Before Anthony made a move, Vujacic's hand had already arrived.

Snapped!
The moment Anthony shot, the basketball was slapped down by Vujacic.

This slap, in Anthony's eyes, seemed to have been slapped directly on his face, which made him shudder.