Chapter 21: Locked Nuggets
As soon as the game between the Rockets and the Nuggets started, the two started to fight.
Yao Ming just hit Nene inside, turned around and succeeded with a hook shot.
Anthony hit Artest from the outside and hit a 3-pointer.
Yao Ming received the pass again, turned around and hit a precise jump shot with Nene on his back.
Anthony followed up with a pull-up from Artest in the paint for a 2-pointer!
The scoring battle between the two made the fans in front of the TV and watching the game excited!
The excited voices of the on-site commentators also came and went.
In the first 4 minutes of the game, Yao Ming made 5 of 5 shots and Anthony made 5 of 7 shots.
Scored 10 points and 11 points respectively.
People who don't know the inside story would think that today is a point-scoring battle.
Only Wang Jiexi knew that this was just Yao Ming's success in reaching the level of a superstar. He couldn't hold back his mood and played against Anthony for a few goals.
With the strength of the Rockets, how can they compete with the Nuggets? It's a joke!
Nuggets star Anthony's offense is indeed strong, but his defense is weak, and sometimes he even becomes a defensive black hole in the team.
Therefore, Anthony is an offensive superstar with strong offense and weak defense. His offense looks good and the audience likes it, but it is not a good thing for the team.
Because the offense is strong and the defense is weak, it means that when the team is defending, it needs someone to help fill the defensive holes at any time.
On the court, the Rockets attack.
The remaining four players opened up and allowed Yao Ming to play singles inside. This is Yao Ming's regular tactic when he is on the court.
Yao Ming hit Nene with his back, and teammate Kenyon Martin on the other side knew after the first few rounds that Nene couldn't guard Yao Ming by himself, so he immediately came over to double-team Yao Ming.
It's just that Yao Ming's vision is very good and his golf IQ is also high. The moment Martin double-teamed him.
A skillful ground pass to Hayes who was trotting to the basket.
Anthony quickly ran over to cover up the defense, but when he just covered Hayes, he was pushed away by a strong force.
"Fk! So strong!"
After Anthony was squeezed away, he did not continue to press on, but watched Hayes, a rough guy, score an easy layup.
As Wang Jiexi said before the game, Anthony, as an offensive superstar, has enviable physical talent, but he is not very active in defense.
After being squeezed away by Hayes, he will not stick to him again, but will defend with his eyes and let his opponent score.
A wonderful goal.
Wang Jiexi applauded Hayes from the audience. Although the young man is not very talented, he is hardworking, obedient and hardworking enough.
He is the type of player that most coaches like.
Here the Nuggets start to attack.
In the same formation as the Rockets, point guard Billups passed the ball to Anthony and walked away with the defender.
Artest, the man who defends Anthony, is the defensive sharpshooter who mainly defends the opposing team's perimeter stars.
He has a body as strong as Anthony, and his strength is among the best at the small forward position.
Artest waved his hands to block Anthony's shooting sight, took small steps with his feet, and looked very serious.
Artest, who had failed several times on defense, was getting a little angry. As a well-known defensive player in the league, if he was hit by his opponent for several consecutive shots and didn't recover, how could he survive in the league in the future?
Anthony's trademark triple threat with the ball failed to deceive the experienced Artest. When he broke through, he was blocked by Artest with his body.
Seeing that the ball was about to die, Anthony, known as the "offensive kaleidoscope", skillfully stopped and turned around, hoping to end the round with a jump shot.
However, he saw that Hayes had come up to double-team behind him, and if he didn't pass the ball, the ball would really be dead.
Facing the Rockets' shrinking defense and leaving outside shooting guard Deng Tai Jones open, Anthony hesitated.
In the end, the ball was passed back to Billups and Billups distributed the ball.
Anthony played a little depressed. From the beginning, he happily scored 11 points. After scoring 11 points in a row, the Rockets obviously didn't want to make him feel comfortable.
After falling into a positional battle, two people will appear around you at any time to double-team you.
Seeing that the tactics were working, Wang Jiexi smiled with satisfaction.
The Rockets' starting five worked well together and executed a perfect defensive strategy.
I saw Anthony once again running without the ball, throwing Artest away, running to the other side with the help of his teammates, and receiving a pass from Billups, but it was intercepted by Hayes.
At this point, there is not much time left for the attack.
Anthony had no choice but to hit Hayes with his back, but when he actually hit him with his back, he was pushed away by Hayes' strength.
A flustered jump shot in a hurry.
"Bang!"
Not surprisingly, the iron was struck.
Yao Ming was sitting inside when he was on defense and easily grabbed the rebound.
Wang Jiexi watched the game time go by little by little.
As the game progressed, Anthony fell into the tactics he had set up. Except for the early points with Yao Ming, and occasionally throwing 1-2 fairy balls, all the solo matches ended in a blackout.
And the situation of the game began to tilt towards the Rockets.
In the Rockets round, Yao Ming still played in singles. After completing the challenge, Yao Ming's personal ability has become stronger and stronger after entering the superstar level!
With Nene on his back in the paint, he used skill to knock Nene away and then smoothly turned around and shot a mid-range jumper.
With a sense of rhythm and beauty, Yao Ming's soft touch flicked the basketball out as smoothly as silk. The ball drew a beautiful arc in mid-air and landed accurately in the basket.
Chapter completed!