Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 205
The double serve ended the first three contests, and the fourth game was still at the home court of the Spurs. Anthony made adjustments in this game. The teammates on the perimeter tried to mobilize the offensive enthusiasm of their teammates, and D'Antoni also made tactical adjustments. The Nuggets, who were running and bombing, used zone defense to limit Duncan's performance in this game.

The opening effect was not bad, the Nuggets and the Spurs were always in a stalemate, but slowly, the Spurs gradually showed their advantage in the interior, especially after Turkoglu returned to the bench, he gave the Spurs a substitute lineup. The vitality brought is huge, and after the Nuggets mentioned Wang Zhizhi as the starting lineup, the inside bench scoring became stretched. Neither Battelle nor Mutombo on the bench had much scoring ability, and especially Coglu has a good three-pointer, and the Nuggets also failed to gain the upper hand in the substitute contest.

Anthony is sitting on the sidelines watching the score being pulled away bit by bit. He once again realized that the team's bench depth is not enough. It seems that next season will have to continue to dig those depressed players Yes, it's just that Wallace learned the lesson last time. This time, he needs to understand the character of the players first, otherwise the playing time of the players will also be a big problem.

Anthony is fantasizing about the future, but he can't change the trend of the game. He tried his best to mobilize his teammates after he came on the court, but no matter what he did, he couldn't make up for the huge gap in the internal strength of the two teams. Boom couldn't be played at all, and he was always behind in the game.

This time, Anthony and his Nuggets fought until the last 5 minutes, but it was only here. In the last few minutes, he was seriously exhausted and could only watch the Spurs' continuous attacks. This has been watching the Spurs beat the Nuggets at home again.

In this game, Anthony only took 20 shots, and finally scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. However, in the face of the team's loss, all the data became meaningless. In the game, they were already 1:3 behind. If they lose another game, their playoff journey will stop in the second round, and all their efforts this season will be in vain.

The fourth game was played at the home of the Nuggets, the Pepsi Center in Denver. In this game, the faces of the players were full of solemn expressions. From now on, they are completely on the edge of a cliff. As long as they lose again One game and they can go home and go fishing.

However, for the Nuggets, this is obviously not the result they want, nor is it the result they expected. Although their faces are frustrated, they can still see their dissatisfaction from their brows.

However, the 1:3 trailing score made them unable to raise their morale. You must know that in the history of the NBA, there are only a handful of 7 people who can achieve a reversal under such circumstances, and this In the seven times, every game was undoubtedly not soul-stirring, and many of them were reversed when the leading team was short of major generals. It can also be reversed successfully.

Anthony was sitting in front of the cabinet in the locker room at the moment, and when he saw the expressions on the faces of his teammates, he realized that he should do something at this time, otherwise the team would really have no hope.

He stood up from his seat and called his teammates to surround him.

The teammates didn't know what Anthony was going to do, but the boss of the team called them over, and they naturally had no reason to refuse.

When everyone gathered, Anthony took a deep breath, and then said: "Hey, guys, I know it's hard, it's hard for me, it's hard for you, but I have to make you believe , we will be the final victors."

"Not only do we have to believe, but we have to believe, guys, it's not like no one can do this, you know, just last season, when the Pistons were two games behind the Magic, they all came back successfully, so The closest example is so close at hand, what reason do we have to believe that we can't do it?"

"Are the Spurs strong? Yes, they're strong, but what about us, aren't we the ones who dominated the regular season? I know, Brand left us a lot, but without Brand , will we become like this? Ask yourself, have we all tried hard enough?"

"Guys, we came to this league. We fought for a long 82 games. Isn't the final goal just for the championship? But any championship team, which one didn't get it after going through bumps and bumps? We started from At this moment, you should not only put this sentence on your lips but also keep it in your heart."

"Hey, guys, it's really not a joke. We can be the championship. We have proved ourselves in the regular season. Why are we giving up here? We have no reason to give up here!"

"I am a rookie, but I believe that I will be a champion. You are a second-year student, you have to believe that you will be a champion. You are a veteran who has played in the league for ten years, and you also have to believe that you will be a champion. The winners of the league, we have used a long season to prove that we can be the leader in this league. We have won all the home court advantage. Now, we have no reason to let this season's hard work go to waste, and we can't waste it like this. It’s not an easy opportunity, we have to believe in ourselves, we will be the championship!”

"Hey guys, believe in yourself, we're going to be champions, come on!"

Anthony said all the words in his heart in one breath, and his blood boiled up when he said it. The other members of the Nuggets were all excited inside at the moment. They stretched out their hands one by one, shouting loudly to encourage each other.

At this moment, D'Antoni walked into the team's locker room. He had a gloomy face and messy hair. It seemed that he didn't sleep well last night. It seemed that he was under the greatest pressure. Everyone was amazed by the jaw-dropping regular season and entered the playoffs with a record that topped the league. However, when facing the defending champions, the team's performance was very weak. Brand's absence was more like a fig leaf. The person with the ball can see it at a glance.

Compared with Brand's absence, the bigger problem for the Nuggets is that after they reached the playoffs, they couldn't play running and bombing tactics, especially facing the Spurs. Their running and bombing was more like a disjointed mess, less They can only speed up the offensive rhythm by compressing the offensive time. When Anthony is there, he can also use his strong offensive ability to drive his teammates, but when he goes, digging The offense of the Golden team looked more like a blind attack. After consecutive missed shots, the team's offense was completely messed up.

What the Nuggets showed in the playoffs made D'Antoni, a rookie coach in the playoffs, completely lose his confidence. The power of resistance, the idea of ​​ending this series earlier even appeared in his mind.

Now he walked into the locker room and heard Anthony's speech from a long distance away. As he walked and listened, he felt ashamed in his heart. As a rookie, Anthony could say such words, and he, the coach, was the first to speak. Backed down, really shouldn't.

But he was also a little entangled in his heart. You must know that playing a game is not just about morale, especially in the playoffs. Morale has long been submerged in the real struggle. , The key to victory is to come up with a method that can defeat the opponent.

So after D'Antoni walked into the locker room at this moment, he looked at his players with complicated eyes.

Anthony also noticed D'Antoni's arrival at this moment, and he immediately knew what D'Antoni's purpose was.

Before the start of the game, if the team's starting lineup changes, the coach will usually come to the locker room to announce in advance. It seems that D'Antoni seems to be making player adjustments to the team.

Anthony didn't say much, and walked directly to D'Antoni, and then pulled him back.

D'Antoni saw that Anthony had something to say, so he didn't stop him, let him pull, and the two walked back to the head coach's office.

After entering, Anthony closed the door and said directly: "Coach, I have some suggestions for the team's starting lineup."

D'Antoni looked at Anthony, he pondered for a while, and said helplessly: "Melo, your speech is very wonderful, really, as a rookie, you are the best player I have ever seen with a speech, but you have to know, This is not a contest that can be won on speeches alone."

Listening to what D'Antoni said, Anthony didn't say much, nodded directly, and said: "Of course I know this, Mike, this is why I came to you."

"Oh?" D'Antoni looked at Anthony, the gloom on his face dissipated, and he looked at Anthony suspiciously. You must know that what Anthony said before was very helpful to the team. Now you can hear Anthony again. Of course, he is very happy to give some suggestions.

Anthony said: "Mike, I can feel that you have shown some doubts about your tactics."

Anthony said so bluntly, D'Antoni was not angry, but looked at Anthony suspiciously.

"You used the zone defense in the last game, you know, we haven't used this defense for a season, because it can't play the fast basketball required by running and bombing, so I can feel it." Anthony finished, Without waiting for D'Antoni to answer, he continued to say, "Mark, we have been playing running and bombing for a season. If we give up this style of play, our entire team will not adapt."

When D'Antoni heard what Anthony said, he didn't know what medicine he was selling in the gourd, and then asked, "What do you mean?"

Anthony was also unambiguous, and then continued: "Why don't we be more thorough, anyway, it is already a desperate battle, and the only hope of winning is the only way to win."

"Break the boat?" D'Antoni looked at Anthony, and he seemed to have understood what Anthony wanted to say.

(End of this chapter)