Chapter Seventy-Four: Open Struggle and Secret Fighting
Artest defended Anthony and used his power to push out, trying to push the melon as far away from the basket as possible.
Today's against Anthony, Artai himself is not too worried, he has not declined in the past two years, and he is still the best player in the single defense No. 3 position. Especially players like Anthony are the ones he is most afraid of, but it is fast and flexible stars like Kobe and Maddie that make Artai unable to resist.
Anthony's strength in speed and agility with both strength and not slowness happens to be restrained by Artest, because the latter is the same, with both strength and not slow speed.
Artest and Anthony fought on the wings, and Iverson saw that Anthony had no chance, so he chose to attack on his own for the first time.
Kenyon Martin pulled out to block the pick-and-roll, and Iverson used the cover to easily kill the inside line in a simple disguise.
Ji Guoyi left Kenyon Martin to choose to delay Iverson, in his eyes, this former idol is the most threatening player in the Nuggets, even if he is now said to be a big cancer.
Camby pulled to the ribs and wanted to take Ji Guoqiu out of the basket, but Ji Guoqiu didn't pay attention to him at all, Camby's mid-distance was completely lucky, there was no score at all, there was no need to be overly guarded, he had to guard the paint area with his younger brother.
Kenyon Martin blocked and dismantled, Ji Guoqiu immediately helped his younger brother to make up for the old champion, Kenyon Martin's bounce is amazing, even if he has suffered a major injury, his athleticism is also an extremely good player among the interior players, and he must be closely guarded and cannot be allowed to have a chance to relay in the air.
The Clippers' defense has been getting better and better after nearly ten games of running-in, and the two brothers have a tacit understanding on the inside, which makes Iverson feel tricky for a while, he really wants to pass the air relay, but Kenyon Martin is watched by Ji Guoqiu and has no chance.
Iverson retreated and prepared to fight himself, and the other Chinese twin followed closely by his side, and the other party's tall body made him dare not shoot lightly.
When Clippers fans saw their team's airtight defense, Staples Arena immediately burst into cheers.
However, the superstar is looking for possibility in the impossible, Iverson dribbled to a sudden stop, Ji Guoyi also followed the opponent to brake sharply, he just stopped, and saw Iverson accelerate again with more agile steps than him.
Ji Guoyi's center of gravity was shaken, even with his footsteps beyond most of the inside lines, he was a little unstable at the moment, ninety percent of the inside lines faced Iverson's sudden stop, and he would definitely not be able to keep up with the pace of the answer, but Ji Guoyan was stunned and gritted his teeth and started to follow again.
Iverson was shocked, he didn't expect the other party to be able to keep up, the position of the two had reached the left side of the three-second zone, he was originally going to go to the basket, but in this way, it was very likely to be blocked from behind by Ji Guoyi.
"Xiao Ai, I'm not slow if you're fast, just let me cover one, and I'll be more famous."
Ji Guo's heart was full of joy, excited that he could keep up with Iverson, and he was still thinking about good things.
Iverson still jumped, and Ji Guoyi immediately jumped up with him, and his long arm went towards the basketball fan in Iverson's hand.
Just when Ji Guoyi's big hand was about to touch the basketball, Iverson seemed to have a long eye in the back of his head, collected the ball on a railing, dodged Ji Guoyi's cover in the air, and changed the shooting angle before throwing the basketball out......
"It's not good, boss, quickly repair the cover!"
"Make up for your uncle, can I still fly over?"
Ji Guoyi was a few big steps away, and he was still defending Kenyon Martin on the other side, how could he have the kung fu to come over to help.
The basketball quickly slammed into the rebound, and no one can block it anymore, otherwise it will interfere with the ball.
The players of the two teams desperately grabbed a favorable position under the basket, ready to compete for rebounds, Ji Guosha took advantage of the chaos to secretly give Camby an elbow, but he didn't expect that Camby was practicing judo, his elbow was easily resolved, and Camby turned it over with one knee.
"Master!"
Ji Guozhi secretly said in his heart, although he had never practiced kung fu, the nickname of the little fox was not called in vain, and he reacted quickly and dodged the top knee attack of the best defensive player.
The movements of these two people were completed in a flash of light, and the degree of concealment was so high that even the referee couldn't see what was going on.
The basketball slammed back and forth on the basket several times, and fell into the net in the open and secret battle of several people under the basket.
"Damn, our feelings have been in vain." Under the basket, both of them were unhappy in their hearts.
Compared with the secret battle between Ji Guoqiu and Lao Camby, Ji Guoqiu and Kenyon Martin are relatively civilized, although Martin is a villain and doesn't want to die in defense, but he also doesn't play against a player like Ji Guoqiu who has clean defensive actions, which makes you respect me a foot and I respect you, and the two of them are playing clearly.
Camby glanced at Ji Guoyi when he returned to the defense, this rookie is not easy to deal with, it is rare to be such a cunning guy in the first season, although the elbow just now is still a little worse, it already has a lot of lethality, and once you are careless, you may really capsize in the gutter.
The big screen at the home court of the Clippers was repeatedly showing Camby's knee raising, but they turned a blind eye to Ji's previous elbow raise, and many Nuggets fans had already scolded the Los Angeles people for being shameless in front of the TV.
The two teams did not give in to each other at the beginning, setting the tone for the rest of the game, and today is destined to be a fierce battle.
At 7 minutes and 30 seconds in the first quarter, Mobley took advantage of Ji Guoqiu's cover to find a trace of space and immediately started to shoot the middle distance, and the basketball slammed into the basket, which was the fifth point of the game for the old cats.
Today, the old Dunleavy let Mobley have a chance to shoot, Iverson's height of 180cm, even if the arm span is excellent, it is difficult to have much impact on Mobley who is 193cm tall, at this time the pen is polite, of course, to attack the weakness of the person, until the other party makes changes.
George Karl can't change it, at most Iverson will be replaced by a point guard to avoid the edge, he won't put Iverson on the bench just because he is short, and the answer must be guaranteed playing time, otherwise he just doesn't want to do it.
The score was 10-7, and the Clippers led by three points.
George Carr took advantage of the dead ball to make the first adjustment, replacing Anthony Carter with J.R. Smith and moving Iverson to point guard.
The elder Dunleavy did not make any adjustments, and Blevin had no problem with it, and if his opponent was Iverson, Blevin would have played a lot today. The two are almost the same height, Iverson is taller but limited, and about the same age, in fact, Iverson is somewhat restrained in the face of Blevin.
George Carr asked Iverson to play point guard, just because he didn't want his two guns to be limited by the other side, where Anthony had been very well defended by Artest, and once Bleven entangled Iverson again, their shape would not be good.
The Nuggets head coach was right to be worried, Iverson was not afraid of any opposing player when he was younger, but when he got older, he was no longer as comfortable as he was when he was younger. This is the damage of age to him, whether it is an outside player or an inside player, being short means that the value retention period is short, and this is one thing that everyone knows in the NBA. Big Ben and Camby are both the best defensive players, but the former has begun to decline significantly due to his height, which is because he is too short.
The two brothers left the three-second zone under the basket today, and the Nuggets' Camby and Kenyon Martin were both unreliable mid-range shots, and they stood firmly in the paint area, which greatly reduced Iverson's breakthrough, and the Nuggets' interior line could not pull the opposing interior player was also a point that Iverson could not play at full strength.
Iverson burst onto the inside and could only distribute the ball to Anthony on the right flank under the defense of the two brothers, and Melon faced the ball against Artest.
Artest, like Blavin's defensive strategy, is close together to give you space to break through, but never gives you an easy shot.
Anthony did break through, but soon he would face Ji Guoyi and Artest's front and back packs.
Ji Guoyi blocked the other party's breakthrough route and prepared to kill the melon.
The defense of the two Clippers players has been successful, and just when Ji Guoyi was happy to have a chance to cap Anthony, Melon activated his superstar mode, suddenly made a sudden stop-and-go jump shot, and quickly shot the basketball in the split second before the two were sandwiched......
This ball is very difficult, in order to prevent being blocked from behind by Artest, Anthony has no time to aim, the basketball is thrown out completely by feeling, and even the movement is a little deformed.
The two brothers were scrambling for rebounds under the basket, and Posey was worried that the two of them would miss and move to the basket to participate in the scramble, but Anthony's shot was neat and neat, and he didn't give them a chance to grab the rebound at all.
Clippers fans are very disgusting, several times today the team's defense is obviously in place, but the Nuggets are able to put the basketball into the basket with various difficult moves, which makes the Clippers players and fans very helpless.
"Come again!" Ji Guoqiu shouted, and his face did not change at all.
Although Ji Guoqiu's words were not much, the players of the Clippers saw his attitude, and the previous negative feelings immediately disappeared.