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Chapter 82 Tragedy's Golden Two Guns

The Nuggets have set their sights on the championship since they began to form the Golden Double Gun last year.For this reason, Anthony gave up a lot of ball rights. In the past, he could play as he wanted and as he pleased.

But since Iverson came, the two need to share the ball.Moreover, Iverson is more famous than Anthony. Sometimes Anthony feels that he is not the second leader, but the first leader.

But for the sake of the championship, Anthony can endure this, and the management can also endure it.But if they can't win the championship this year, then the Golden Double Guns will face the possibility of disbanding.

No superstar wants to be crushed, and so is Anthony.And the management's impression of Iverson is not very good. Iverson's reputation has been mixed over the years.Among the fans, Iverson is everything, but among the team management, Iverson is a cancer.

For the sake of the championship, the Nuggets' management can endure the cancer.But once Iverson can't bring a championship, the Nuggets management will definitely sweep him out.

Under such a crisis, the playoffs began.

Houston, April 4.

The starting lineups of the two sides have been determined. The Rockets are Dayao, Scola, Battier, Tracy McGrady and Alston.The Nuggets are Camby, Kenyon Martin, Anthony, Anthony Carter, and Iverson.

Wu Di still didn't get a chance, but after a season of blows, he has become accustomed to it.It would be strange for Adelman to start him.

Dayao and Camby jump the ball, Camby is a jumper, and Dayao's jumping is notoriously poor.No need to think about it at all, Dayao won't win, the Rockets players on the field have long been prepared for defense.

Camby dialed the ball into Iverson's hands, and Iverson and Alston matched up.The two are the same kind of players, both are short in stature, extremely fast, and willing to attack on their own.The difference is that Iverson is stronger and more famous than Alstom.

However, Alston knows Iverson very well, he knows Iverson better than he knows himself.So he still has some experience in defending Iverson, and he also knows that Iverson cannot be completely prevented, so he let Iverson shoot and defend his breakthrough.

One step away from Iverson, Alston focused all his attention on Iverson.He doesn't even watch basketball, as long as he keeps Iverson, it is a success.

Facing Alstom, who defended with such conviction, Iverson had a kind of stinking rush.Can you still have fun?Iverson can only pass the ball to Anthony, wanting to run out of space. His shooting is really not very good. If his three-pointers are more than half of Anthony's, he will shoot directly.

Anthony's defense against Battier is a little easier, at least he won't be restricted like Iverson.After Anthony received the ball, he held the ball over his head and pretended to shoot.

But Battier was not fooled at all, and directly blocked his eyes with his hands, disturbing his sight.When Battier defends shots, he rarely blocks shots. He is not a person who is good at blocking shots.

However, Anthony still found a chance. As soon as Anthony approached, he immediately took the ball back, turned around and squeezed past Battier, and went inside.

At this time, the Rockets were not so easy to handle. Scola came to defend and missed Kenyon Martin. As long as Anthony passed the ball, he would almost certainly score.And what if Dayao came to make up defense?Just leave out Camby. Camby's offensive ability is not very good, but he can't keep him close to the basket. He can dunk with one step, and he must score.

It doesn't work without supplementing the defense. Anthony's scoring ability is well known when he cannot defend.Adelman emphasized before the game that Anthony and Iverson must be strictly guarded. When the time is right, Camby can be released. He is a defensive center. If he is released, he can play. More than 20 points is not bad.But Anthony and Iverson can't. Once they feel good, one person can beat a team.

Dayao gave up Camby and came to defend.Anthony passes the ball to Camby, who cuts to the basket for a dunk.

Turning around, McGrady made a direct three-pointer under the defense of Anthony Carter.Anthony Carter is very innocent. His height is about the same as Iverson. He was already prepared for this substitute, but he didn't expect to start.

Originally, Najera should have played in this game, but Najera's pace was too slow, and he was looking for abuse against McGrady.So the Nuggets chose Anthony Carter, who was more reassuring, but he was still abused. He was just a colander, even more leaky than Iverson.

With no other choice, Anthony could only switch defenses with Carter and let Carter guard Battier.Then Anthony saw that Battier also made a three-pointer on Carter's head, and he was less than 1.9 meters tall to play small forward?Still facing 3D players, isn't this for others to shoot three-pointers?
Then the Golden Spears had a tragedy. It took them a long time to score two points, and the Rockets made a three-pointer in a blink of an eye. Carter's existence made the Golden Spears unable to see any hope of victory.

The Nuggets coach also saw the problem and immediately called a timeout, replacing Carter with Najera.

Adelman also expected the Nuggets to make substitutions, and also replaced Battier and replaced Wu Di, letting him defend Anthony.

The game restarted, Anthony held the ball again, and he decided to take advantage of the change to get a few more points and catch up with the two points behind.

But when he was about to break through again, the rookie in front of the defense was even more difficult than Battier.At least Anthony can rely on strength to force Battier, but this rookie's strength and speed are better than Anthony's, so he can't force him.

After turning on the outside for more than ten seconds, Anthony still didn't find a good opportunity.Heartbroken, Anthony dribbled the ball with a cross step, then pulled back blindly, and took off with the momentum, he wanted to make a strong shot!
As soon as Anthony jumped up, he saw an arm appearing in front of him, not only covering the basket, but also rising continuously to cover the ball in his hand.

How could Anthony let a rookie block him?He immediately turned his wrist and threw the ball in the air to Najera on the side.

"Snapped!"

McGrady rushed over suddenly, slapped the basketball off, and then rushed all the way to the frontcourt.

Iverson immediately chased after him, but as soon as McGrady turned his hand, he handed the ball to his left hand, leaving the position where Iverson might steal, leading Iverson to the basket, and ended the offense with a layup.

Iverson looked helplessly at McGrady's layup. The difference between him and McGrady was more than 20 centimeters. It was too difficult to block McGrady.

(End of this chapter)