Chapter 458: Frame Protection
On the sidelines, Anthony looked at the new MVP opposite, and the jealousy and desire in his heart were overflowing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the court, the Nuggets are still ahead of the Warriors for the time being, and without too much temptation, they directly entered a white-hot battle stage, and the offense and defense of both sides are very strategic.
Reggie Evans, the inspirational young man who fell through the draft, came to the Denver Nuggets from the Seattle SuperSonics and became the Nuggets' No. 1 rebounder off the bench, and at times, George Carr even put him in the starting lineup, and while his offense is terrible, his dedication to rebounding is something a team relies on, especially in the playoffs.
Some people say that the regular season is about offense, and the playoffs are about defense and rebounding.
A few minutes later, the starters of both sides came on.
Yang Di stood on the sidelines, and when the camera switched to him, he gave his first-round stats, 26.8 points, 16.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks.
Rebounding and blocking first round in the league, Yang Di has become the most terrible gate in the new generation, he has strength, speed and bounce, rebounding ability, blocking awareness no one in the league can match, although the best defensive player is given to Ben Wallace, but everyone believes that in the next two or three years, Yang Di will become the strongest rim protector in the league, and even the cornerstone of the team.
"He's the superstar everybody wants, he's only 21 years old."
Rockets general manager Carol Dawson said in an interview with the media, full of praise for Yang Di's talent and ability to show, and called him one of the best big men in the league.
What is very interesting about the broadcast footage is that it also shows the data that Yang Di won tonight, scoring 7 points and 4 rebounds on 2-of-5 shooting.
"Smack!"
Yang Di and Svetney gave a light high-five, replacing the heavyweight interior of the Warriors' interior line.
On the court, the Nuggets still put Reggie Evans on the court, Kenyon Martin is still a rookie, and the Nuggets' two big interior lines, Reggie Evans and Marcus Camby, have particularly strong backcourt rebounding capabilities.
The combination of two by two is like an iron wall.
Entering the playoffs, Anthony of the Nuggets broke through to the S level, and Andre Miller also rose and became S-, and most of the other players have A level, and in terms of book strength, they are not weaker than the Warriors.
The entry of the two core players means that the game has once again entered the showdown of the main theme.
Anthony rested for more than half a quarter, and took the initiative to ask for the ball on the wing when he came up, because Anthony has never shown his ability outside the three-point line since he entered the league, so Dunleavy who defended him was a little far away, Yang Di couldn't help but be a little worried, although Anthony only had a three-point shooting rate of more than 20 percent, but he didn't shoot a lot, and once the opportunity appeared, he shot very resolutely, averaging nearly 2 three-point shots per game, the proportion is already very high.
Sure enough, a gleam flashed in Anthony's eyes, and he stepped on his toes, directly rose from the ground, and made a three-point jumper.
The shooting posture was like pulling onions on dry land, and the dry pulling speed was no worse than that of Maddy, and when Dunleavy pounced, Anthony had actually made a shot.
The palms of the two men almost touched.
Basketball: "Whew! "Ground, hollow into the net.
The Nuggets led the Warriors by six points at 40-34.
Yang Di shook his head, it can't go on like this! Anthony has already scored 16 points, and he went for 20 points at halftime, and the Warriors defense was stretched thin by himself.
Montgomery pointed at Danny Granger and motioned for Granger to get ready to play, and he was the only one who could defend Anthony at the moment.
Trevor Ariza looked at head coach Montgomery with his eyes, he also wanted to play, and he was eager to play against the league's first-class small forward, but unfortunately, his offense was so poor, and he didn't even dare to shoot until now, and his confidence was greatly frustrated.
Ariza still needs some time to improve, and the Warriors' team building plan has the idea of developing him into an outside iron gate.
Youngdy squeezed Reggie Evans away with his back, but was caught by a three-man bag from the Nuggets, passing the ball to the outside in the confusion, and after the Warriors guided the ball, he handed it to Dunleavy.
Dunleavy made a three-point shot and missed.
Anthony is very happy in his heart, after he and Yang Di play together, it is obvious that the Nuggets' offense is better, and the score is also tilted towards the Nuggets, does it mean that he is stronger than Yang Di.
The Nuggets blocked the offense, Boykins gave it to Miller on the perimeter, and Miller hit the ground to Carmelo Anthony at the bottom of the baseline.
Yang Di's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quietly moved his footsteps, no longer sticking to his rebounding maniac Reggie Evans, who was happily stuck in the position.
Anthony received the ball and turned his back, switched his right hand to his left hand to control the ball, and his strong torso squeezed away Dunleavy, who was less powerful.
Dunleavy was squeezed out of position, trying to compete with him, but even more out of position, Carmelo Anthony followed the baseline to the basket and really played with confidence.
"Smack!"
After slapping the ground for a while, Anthony caught the bouncing ball, broke off with a snort, and grabbed it with both hands to dunk.
The big black hand suddenly appeared above the basketball that Anthony was raising, and the big hand rose higher and higher, following his bounce, and then pressed lightly on the surface of the basketball without hurrying or slowing.
"Boom!"
An explosive force came from the place of contact, Yang Di's triceps muscles were tense, and his big arms and small arms were exerted together.
Anthony felt like he was out of balance for a moment, but fortunately he was clutching the basketball, and although it was pressed, the basketball was only slightly out of control.
Landing, Anthony reacted quickly to snatch the flying basketball.
Then, without thinking, he took the ball and jumped again, and when he got to the basket, the basket was less than two meters away from him, and he felt that he could throw the ball in with a slight flick.
However, Yang Di was not disturbed by the confrontation, and also jumped up again.
"Smack!"
Yang Di stood on the pile and blocked Carmelo Anthony again.
Anthony still caught the ball, he didn't believe in evil, he slapped it on the ground, and made a fake movement with a wave of his hands, and Dunleavy, who was chasing him, was deceived and flew out directly.
He didn't think much about it and got up for the third time, but although Yang Di didn't jump completely, he followed after seeing him jump, and with his exaggerated bullet speed, he still flew into the air immediately, this time, Anthony's ball was slightly out of his hand, and Yang Di waved his big hand and directly hit the basketball.
The basketball flies upside down, and Anthony falls to the ground in embarrassment.
The fans in the stadium were silent, what did Yang Di just do? Three waves of attacks in a row, he successfully defended them? The action of blocking Anthony is simply too relieving, that is the best attacker of the Nuggets!