Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Big Hat
The game began, and the Clippers attacked first in the second half.
The two brothers didn't dwell much on this matter, and complained in their hearts and threw themselves into the game.
In the second half, Dunleavy Sr. pressed Anthony out of the zone, wrapping up the two wings that Anthony is best at, hoping to force Melon out of this area and drive him to shoot in a position that he is not good at.
The candidate for this bag is Ji Guoyi, he moves quickly, and can even fight with Anthony, he has the ability to complete this task.
Anthony received the ball for the first time in the second half, and immediately felt the difference, Artest plus Ji Guoyi, the defense of these two people made him immediately feel the huge pressure far beyond the first half, just to deal with one Atai Anthony has done his best, melon is not like the boss to play three also shot, and quickly passed the ball to Iverson.
Iverson burst inside, made a realistic pass feint in front of Ji Guoqiu, shook Ji Guoqiu into the paint area, opened his hand and threw a flowing high throw board, and the basketball bounced off and fell into the basket.
Ji Guoqiu was confused by Iverson's initial passing action, and when he reacted, it was too late to block, and the basketball flew past his fingertips.
This is the first time Iverson has faced Ji Guoqiu alone today, and it is not so easy to fight big in the penalty area, especially in the face of Ji Guoqiu's inside, the point guard who can do it in the league can be counted on two hands.
Ji Guoqiu was not angry, he could think about it, it was impossible for the other party to be unfazed in the face of a superstar, just like Camby might not be able to prevent him, he should try to fight a dozen Camby. In the first half, he did not take the initiative to attack in the low post, and was first intimidated by the name of Camby's best defensive player, in fact, Camby's single defense ability was not as good as his help defense.
The Clippers attacked, Ji Guoqiu asked for the ball with his back, and today he took the initiative to attack less, but he was about to be in place all of a sudden, and one foot had already stepped on the line of the penalty area.
Blevin Knight immediately hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Ji Guoqiu, who didn't do anything after receiving the ball, turned around and shot, a standard small hook.
Ji Guoqiu turned in the direction of the baseline this time, which could get closer to the basket and increase his hook shooting percentage.
Camby's speed had dropped, and it was difficult to react effectively to such a sudden shot, so he reached out and subconsciously blocked, of course, just doing useless work, and the basketball had already flown over his head and fell to the orange basket......
"Huh!"
The basketball fell into the basket accurately, Ji Guoqiu felt as if a stone had fallen in his heart, facing last season's best defensive player, this pressure was really not ordinary, and the sense of accomplishment after scoring the goal was also doubled, and his self-confidence came up all of a sudden.
Christine waved her hands and cheered for Ji Guoqiu with Clippers fans!
Ji Guoqiu looked in the direction of Twilight Girl, he had never seen Twilight's movie in his previous life, but he was still very impressed by the heroine in it.
"Boss, it's true that we haven't seen the genuine Twilight, but have you forgotten that we've seen the H version of Twilight?" Ji Guoqiu's phone call interrupted Ji Guoqiu's thoughts.
During the game, the two will always maintain telepathy, so they can't hide anything from each other. As for after the game, of course, there is less use of telepathy, except for finding the other party when there is something to do, Ji Guoqiu rarely takes the initiative to peep at the other party's thoughts after the game.
"Boss, I remember that we also begged for the seed of jennahaze in the forum, don't finish the ugly man!"
"CNM fuck off!"
Ji Guoqiu's old face turned red, and his life in his previous life was unbearable......
On the offensive end of the Nuggets, Iverson passed the ball to Anthony on the wing, and Ji Guosha wrapped it again, and Melon passed the ball to Kenyon Martin this time, hoping that the latter would seize the opportunity to make up for Ji Guoyi to score points.
Ji Guoqiu quickly rotated, Kenyon Martin forced a shot under the basket, and did not shoot under the interference of Ji Guoqiu's long arms.
"Rebound!" Dunleavy Sr. shouted from the sidelines, and he saw Camby take advantage of Ji Guoqiu's defense of Kenyon Martin and grab a favorable position under the basket.
The old cat Mobley competed for rebounds with Camby under the basket, and the two had equal opportunities, but there was obviously a huge gap in physical condition, and Camby didn't jump much to get the rebound with his long arm, and then easily picked up a dunk!
"Go down!"
Ji Guoqiu quickly defended back, jumped quickly, and actually pressed his big hand on the opponent's basketball behind Camby, and then pressed hard, and slapped Camby's dunk in the air.
Relying on his short stature and low center of gravity, Mobley easily picked up the covered basketball under the noses of the two big men.
The Staples Arena was boiling in an instant, Ji Guoqiu defended one against two, and this time the big hat was domineering!
The cheers of Clippers fans, mixed with comical sound effects from the arena, worked together to impact Nuggets players and boost their team's morale.
The elder Dunleavy waved his hand fiercely off the court, and this time the block was done beautifully, making the whole team take a breath of anger that has been suppressed by the Nuggets!
George Karl called a timeout off the pitch, Anthony was trapped, the previous setup needed to be readjusted, and the team's main attack direction needed to be changed.
The Clippers have sandwiched Anthony, so they can't wrap Iverson anymore, right?
"Anthony Carter doesn't shoot well, and if they focus on Iverson after a timeout, then Blaven you're responsible for wrapping up the little man from Philadelphia with Posey. If they switch to J.R. Smith then they go man-to-man, and Anthony's defensive setup remains the same, you know? ”
Although the old Dunleavy is not the top coach in the league, his coaching level is also above average, although the coaching team is not too outstanding, fortunately, all abilities are very balanced, and the on-field adaptability is also excellent, which is a good coach.
George Carr's strain was guessed by Dunleavy Sr., and the Nuggets really replaced J.R. Smith, so that Iverson returned to point guard, wanting to use the attack power on the first and second positions to surround Wei and save Zhao and free Anthony.
This trick is a conspiracy, and the Clippers have no choice but to hope that Blaven can limit Iverson as much as possible.
Blaven continued to choose close quarters and forced the opponent to break through inside, so that he could join forces with the two brothers to fight the enemy.
At this point, Dunleavy Sr. abandoned the opening tactics, choosing to make Iverson and Anthony unable to echo, forcibly disconnecting them, and putting the two in a situation where they were fighting separately.
There are two sides to everything, and the old Dunleavy made a clever defensive arrangement at the beginning, but it didn't play a role at all, but now this trick is very good.
Iverson attacked with the ball, and the Clippers defense leaned towards the answer; Anthony attacked with the ball, and the Clippers did the same, moving the defense to Melon; The two brothers disconnect the Nuggets and the two guns while waiting for an opportunity to trap them.
The two teams made their own tricks, and at the end of the third quarter, the score was still deadlocked, 66:70, the Nuggets and the Clippers were evenly matched in the third quarter, and the score was not pulled away, and the gap between the first half was still maintained.
Ji Guoqiu ended the third quarter, with 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and Ji Guoqiu had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
Iverson had 18 points and five assists, Anthony had 15 points and five rebounds, and the Nuggets were still confined to a normal range, and the Clippers' defense slowly became solid in the second half after nearly collapsing for a while in the first half.
Charles Barkley exclaimed after the third quarter: "To be able to limit the two shots to this point, the Clippers' defense is pretty close, if not without an A-. With that kind of defense, you have an advantage against weak teams that are good at attacking, and I now fancy them to make the playoffs, even if they lose today. ”
Kenny Smith has no opinion: "The Western Conference team has an exceptionally good record this year, and the competition is naturally surprisingly fierce, and the Clippers will undoubtedly make the playoffs in other seasons, but I can't guarantee it this year, just look at the Nuggets in eighth place to know how competitive it is." ”
Charles Barkley suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Speaking of the Clippers, I have to think of their neighbors, the Lakers, who probably won't make the playoffs this year, and they're only in 9th place. ”
After the big butt finished speaking, the Lakers fans who watched the game scolded one after another, but after the scolding, the Lakers fans themselves became pessimistic. This year's team's table is really not good, last season's win rate can not enter the playoffs this year, their interior line is too weak, and the combination of Odom and Bynum may not even be able to play the rookie interior line of the neighbor, which makes Lakers fans with a strong interior tradition very dissatisfied.
7 minutes and 40 seconds in the fourth quarter, the elder Dunleavy replaced the two brothers who had rested for more than five minutes, and the two were replaced in the last minute of the third quarter, counting the more than four minutes at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the rest was about five minutes, and if the rest of the game was played, the two would play about 35 minutes today.
The score was 72:78, and the Clippers were hit two three-pointers in a row by J.R. Smith during this time, and the Nuggets' convulsions also scored 15 points today, shooting 4 of 6 three-pointers. The lethality of this bastard is no less than that of two guns, he has only been on the field for less than twenty minutes, and the efficiency is amazing!