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Chapter 120 Melon being beaten in a fancy way

When Anthony sat on the ground in a panic, everyone was stunned.

On the Lakers bench, players including Kobe stood up and cheered loudly, and the fans in the stands laughed even more.

Wang Chong, who simply passed Anthony, stopped one step inside the free throw line and took a jump shot. Nuggets center Camby had no time to step forward to cover up the defense. He was almost completely open and hit the mid-range jump shot steadily.

When Wang Chong finished his shot and landed, he looked back at Anthony. The latter had just climbed up from the floor and seemed to feel Wang Chong's gaze. Anthony looked up subconsciously and saw Wang Chong looking down at him from a high position.

"Crack!"

Reporters on the sidelines captured the wonderful moment.

Wang Chong and Anthony were one high and one low, looking down from a high position, no less domineering than when Iverson crossed Tyronn Lue.

Anthony reacted quickly and stood up immediately, but it was too late. The scene had been frozen in the reporters' cameras, and it would most likely become the headlines tomorrow.

He was about to explode with anger, but at the same time, he was even more shocked.

Wang Chong's move just now was something he had seen at close range countless times in the Olympics two months ago. It was clearly Iverson's signature stunt in disguise.

Basketball skills are ever-changing. It’s not surprising that many players use the same moves. But what surprised Anthony was that Wang Chong’s movements looked so much like Iverson. They were carved from the same mold.

"How is this possible? Is it a disguised breakthrough that I learned from Iverson during the Olympics? But this is too similar to what I learned?"

In this Olympics, not only Wang Chong, Anthony, James, Wade and other first-year rookies joined the dream team with the intention of learning a few tricks from their seniors.

After seeing Iverson's butterfly step at close range, Anthony naturally imitated it, but after trying it a few times, he chose to give up. Iverson's center of gravity was very low, and the speed of the instant transformation was very high. Fast, it is only suitable for small guards like Iverson. For a big man like him who is 2 meters tall and weighs close to 03 kilograms, the effect is not good.

But although Wang Chong's movements just now were not as fast as Iverson's, they were almost lightning-fast, but they were also beyond the limit of ordinary players' reactions. The opponent was a big man of 2 meters!

Anthony couldn't understand the magic of the system, and he didn't know how long Wang Chong had stayed in the learning space to reach 85% proficiency in this move.

The game continues and the Nuggets attack.

How could Anthony be so proud of Wang Chong when he was caught off guard and humiliated so much?

Just after halftime, he immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball, and waved down his teammates who wanted to step forward to screen him.

Only then was he knocked down and humiliated by the opponent, which made Anthony break the defense a little. At this time, all he could think about was returning Wang Chong's goal to regain some ground.

But when he faced Wang Chong with the ball, the feeling of being unable to take action against a hedgehog from last season resurfaced again.

It wasn't that Wang Chong's defensive position was so perfect that Anthony couldn't find any flaws, it was that Wang Chong was too tall and exaggeratedly spread out his hands to defend a large area, leaving Anthony with no room to break through.

Although the league has canceled the handcheck rule in the new season, both players and referees are adapting to the new rules. Minor violations may not necessarily cause the referee to blow the whistle, not to mention that this is the home court of the Lakers.

After hesitating for a moment, the only offensive method Anthony could choose was a pull-up jumper from beyond the three-point line after a false shot.

At this time, Anthony is, to put it bluntly, still far behind the offensive kaleidoscope he was at his peak, especially in his sophomore season in the 04-05 season, which was recognized as the year when Anthony was left behind by James and Wade.

因为在这个赛季，詹姆斯和韦德场均数据已经分别达到27+7+7和24+5+6.8，投篮命中率也均提升到47%以上。

Only Anthony's average data per game did not increase but dropped compared to his rookie season, averaging 20.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. His shooting percentage did not improve significantly compared to his rookie season, hovering around 43%.

The result was that James and Wade were selected to the All-Stars and the All-NBA Second Team at the same time in the 04-05 season, but Anthony received nothing and was in a rather embarrassing situation.

Thanks to the third season of his career, that is, the 05-06 season, Anthony finally made progress. His average data increased to 26.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, and he was selected to the All-NBA Third Team.

But at the same time, James was already a member of the first team, and Wade was selected to the second team for the second consecutive year. He also became the first rookie to win the championship and FMVP in the 03 class.

The topic goes a bit far... All in all, Anthony is very good, especially on the offensive end. His nickname of offensive kaleidoscope is not for nothing, but as the saying goes, being proficient in everything means being sparse in everything.

One move is popular all over the world. Compared with James and Wade who have developed their breakthrough skills to the extreme, Anthony, who knows more about various techniques of breakthrough shooting and behind the back, is the one who improves relatively slowly.

Like now, facing Wang Chong who has upgraded the Death Coil Badge to the Silver level, whose perimeter defense has reached 82, and who also has the advantage of height and wingspan, Anthony seems very powerless.

Of course, Anthony's pull-up jumper from beyond the three-point line failed to hit.

In order to avoid being blocked by Wang Chong, he had to increase his shooting angle, which made the shooting more difficult. Moreover, he was still shooting three-pointers, which he was not good at. How could he score?

Anthony's three-point shooting was very poor at the beginning of his career, especially in the first four years of his rookie contract. His three-point shooting rate has been hovering around 26%. It was not until the 07-08 season that Anthony, who worked hard on three-point shooting, successfully improved it. The three-point shooting percentage increased to 35.4%.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that the shot failed to hit, Anthony couldn't help but cursed secretly, but then Wang Chong came again!

Still receiving the ball at the top of the three-point line.

<divclass="contentadv">Anthony stood in front of Wang Chong, his body tense and concentrated.

Wang Chong's disguised breakthrough just now shocked him so much that he did not dare to neglect it at all.

But Wang Chong's current offensive method has many more tricks than last season.

Holding the ball and accelerating to break through from the left, Wang Chong turned around and paused slightly after leaning against Anthony. Then he moved the basketball from his left hand to his right hand with a flexible back dribble, turned over and shot a jump shot.

Anthony was deceived by Wang Chong again. He didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity and could only watch as Wang Chong made a shot.

Odom, who was not far away, was startled.

Why does this action look so familiar?

It's strange that he doesn't look familiar. Wang Chong did this left-hand back-hand move based on Odom's technique. It is difficult for ordinary players to do such a smooth and smooth back-hand move with their left hand while half-turning. How is it possible? Easily deceived Anthony?

Of course, the first two rounds were just a stage to show off his skills. Wang Chong's singles against Anthony did not require these fancy moves.

He only needs to use one move to break through and make a pull-up jump shot. How do you respond?

The difference in height and wingspan makes it difficult for Anthony to form an effective defense against Wang Chong, especially when Wang Chong still makes a sudden stop jumper during the breakthrough process. Combined with Iverson's butterfly step, it is almost impossible to guard against him.

After a few rounds, Wang Chong's shooting rate in the offensive rounds was so high that the Nuggets had to arrange other players to help Anthony defend and double-team.

On the other hand, when Anthony plays Wang Chong in isolation, his efficiency is very low. His shooting is always interfered with. Only by rushing to the basket and attacking the basket can he score stably.

结果就是第二节比赛前5分钟，王崇6投4中连得8分，反观安东尼5投1中，靠着罚球2中2才得到4分，刚刚好只有王崇的一半得分。

The Nuggets, who trailed by 9 points in the first quarter, not only failed to narrow the score in the rare 5 minutes when Kobe Bryant came off the court, but the point difference widened to 15 points.

What's even more terrible is that as the official timeout stopped the game and the game restarted, Kobe, who had rested for a long time, returned to the court.

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At the end of the first half, the score was 50:32, and the Lakers had led the Nuggets by 18 points.

Kobe Bryant scored 19 points in the first half and Wang Chong scored 14 points. The two of them alone scored 33 points together, which was higher than the entire Nuggets team.

The Lakers home fans were almost overjoyed.

I didn't expect the offensive firepower of the outside combination of Kobe + Wang Chong to be so strong. Now it seems that it is not even inferior to the OK combination.

Of course, this is only the first game of the regular season, and the opponent is the Nuggets, who are not particularly strong. It does not have much reference value, but at least it reassures Lakers fans who were anxious before the game.

Even if it is unlikely that the Lakers will win the championship in the new season, there is still no problem in performing well after entering the playoffs.

In the second half of the game, the Nuggets launched a counterattack in the third quarter, slightly recovering the point difference at 26:22 in a single quarter.

But in the final fourth quarter, the Lakers didn't give the Nuggets any chance to make a comeback. As long as the Nuggets successfully scored on offense, the Lakers would immediately respond. Kobe and Wang Chong took turns to score, not giving the opponent any chance at all. Chance.

At 94:78, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets by 16 points at home, winning a good start to the new season.

This was a hearty victory.

科比16投8中，罚球14中12，得到全场最高的28分4篮板7助攻。

As the second offensive core, Wang Chong performed as well as Kobe. He made 15 of 7 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 9 of 8 free throws, and scored 24 points and 6 rebounds.

In Odom's first show with the Lakers, his performance was quite satisfactory. Although he grabbed 13 rebounds, he only made 8 of 2 shots. His statistics were only 5 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists. His efficiency was not as good as coming off the bench and playing 24 minutes, shooting 7 of 5 shots. Caron Butler scored 10 points.

However, given that this is Odom's first appearance with the Lakers, as one of the ball-handling points, he has not yet fully adapted to the Lakers' game rhythm.

Butler is different. He mainly plays without the ball. He either catches and shoots from the outside, or cuts to the basket to receive passes and eat cakes without the ball. Of course, scoring is easier than Odom.

The Lakers' first show of the new season was generally very good.

But for the Nuggets, the first game of the new season is not so good.

Anthony made 22 of 9 shots from the field and barely scored 20 points, but his 40% shooting rate was definitely not very efficient, and many of his points were scored when Wang Chong came off the court and faced Caron Butler.

Anthony's offensive efficiency was not very high when he faced off against Wang Chong. Especially when facing off against Wang Chong one-on-one, he made 5 of 1 shots from the field and was knocked down from the front. The photo was even taken by reporters. It can be said that Being beaten in all directions on both offense and defense is a shame.

This is the countless number of times that Anthony has failed in front of Wang Chong, but it is certain that it will not be the last time.