Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 331 The Land of Desperation
There was not too much pre-match mobilization, the game reached the finals, and every player's psychology has entered a natural state.

Against the Pistons, the Nuggets players can be said to be very well prepared. This can be seen in their first game against the Pistons. Although the process of the game was very difficult, relying on With Anthony's superb performance in the fourth quarter, he scored 10 consecutive points and finally accepted the game. It can be said that he slapped the experts in the face, but in this game, the Nuggets also encountered a heavy setback. Blow, Brand accidentally sprained his ankle while defending Rasheed Wallace!

Brand had already contributed a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds before being injured. His injury can be said to be almost fatal for the Nuggets.

So even if experts and reporters are slapped in the face, they also believe that in the next game, the Pistons will easily end this series.

And the next three games all illustrate this point. After Jefferson, who played a strong role in the series against the Spurs, fell into the iron barrel of the Pistons, he was obviously very uncomfortable. The distance can't be played out, and the effect of hard-charging the inside line is obviously inferior to Brand's. The direct result is that the Nuggets are completely suppressed on the scene, and no three-point game has scored more than nine points. Ten points, even scoring less than [-] points in one game, and the Pistons defended them as a team that couldn't attack.

Almost exactly as the experts expected, the Pistons won three games in a row and finally led the Nuggets 3:1 by a big score. In the latest round of exclusive interviews with EPSN, all ten journalists interviewed were in agreement I think the Nuggets will be eliminated, but like one of the reporters said, they agree that the Nuggets will have a great chance to win the championship next year, and this is the tuition they should pay.

However, unlike the outside world who are looking down on the Nuggets, the members of the Nuggets did not give up because of this. If the previous series with the Spurs was a competition of morale and tactics, then the current game is a will. In the contest, although they lost all three games, none of them had a point difference of more than ten points. They held a sigh of relief in their hearts at will, wanting to prove that they were not defeated, but that they were unlucky. They will never give up easily until the last moment.

Anthony was very encouraged when he saw the state of his teammates. He could actually feel and clearly know that facing a defensive team like the Pistons, without Brand as an inside offensive point, the team encountered The loss is immeasurable. It is basically equivalent to paralyzing the inside offense. The pressure is all concentrated on the outside. For a team like the Nuggets that has always advocated offense, it is basically equivalent to cutting off an arm. The degree of difficulty can be imagined He knew that his teammates could still maintain such a mentality under such circumstances. He definitely did not expect it, but he was also very excited.

In such a situation that almost everyone looked down on, but the players still had fighting spirit, the Nuggets were at home and the Pepsi Center in Denver ushered in their life-and-death battle.

The meaning of the life-and-death battle is very clear. Before the game, whether it is the Nuggets fans, the local media, or even the team owner, they are all repeating this sentence, win-or-go-home, win or go home. Going home, such a sentence is enough to explain the current situation of the Nuggets, they have reached the edge of the cliff of no retreat.

At this time, the pre-match incentives have not played much role. The playoffs have reached this point, and it is all about how the players adjust their competitive state in the next hour or two.

It's still deafening shouts, it's still the cheers of the fans. Even if they are on the verge of elimination, for the teams that have reached the finals, the fans' support will not be shaken by the performance of the home team. And they almost have the same idea as the Nuggets players in their hearts. The games they lose are all within ten points. Naturally, they don't think that the home team is much weaker than the visiting team.

Before the game, Carl made personnel adjustments. He replaced Jefferson, a rookie who had performed poorly before, and put Anthony at the power forward position. Small lineup.

Although this adjustment is a bit bold, it is also a wise choice in Anthony's eyes. The Pistons' defense is in the system, but the focus is still on the inside. They play a purely small lineup. Although the rebounds are likely to be blown, the offense The space will be opened up much more.

As soon as he played, Anthony pulled the outside line several times to play pick-and-rolls with Ariza or Korver, two three-pointers and two assists. The Nuggets started the fifth game and won a very good start for themselves.

The Pistons called a timeout, and then adjusted their defensive formation. Gerald Wallace's defensive area was mainly one step outside the three-second zone. Although the head coach of the Pistons, Larry Brown, reacted a bit slower, this will He also let this all-around power forward throw out. Although the inside defense was weakened to a certain extent, after Anthony received the ball, he faced the "Roaring God" who was bigger than himself and not much faster than him. It's not as good as it was before.

After several consecutive rounds, except that he hit two innocuous mid-range shots, the other players on the court fell into the iron barrel formation as before. Only a few minutes later, the Nuggets players and fans After going through a stage where scoring was like twisting clothes, the mentality of the players became somewhat impetuous, and the fans booed the Pistons' defense.

It's not that Anthony didn't try his best. After he didn't get a good chance outside, he rushed to the inside against Wallace for several shots to force him. It's a drop in the bucket.

Anthony was sitting on the sidelines at the moment, sweating profusely and panting heavily. He also lost his temper, grabbed the towel in front of him and threw it in front of him vigorously. The scene camera quickly captured this scene, and the fans on the scene immediately There was an uproar.

To make matters worse, as the game progressed, the point gap behind the Nuggets was opened up bit by bit. From 8 points in the second quarter to 18 points in the third quarter, the Nuggets Seems to be heading for a crash.

Reporters from various countries, including those from China, felt that the Nuggets had little chance of turning around, but there were two people who were still constantly analyzing the possibility of the Nuggets winning. One is Yang Yi, Anthony's old acquaintance, and the other is Lara Vasquez, a local Denver reporter and Anthony's lover.

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