Chapter 610: Las Vegas (Part I)
Anthony has been a very efficient scorer, and he has been the leading scorer since the beginning of the season.
Until now, Carmelo Anthony is also a top-five scorer, behind Jandy and Arenas, and above LeBron James.
The Warriors are playing lively, and the Nuggets always have a way to score.
After halftime, the Warriors led the Nuggets by only four points at 65-61, and in the second quarter, the Warriors led by 10 points at one point, but were later chased back and continue to be in a state of anxiety.
After the second half, Iverson scored consecutive points, made mid-range shots, and made layups with two plus one to help the Nuggets overtake the score.
Now the Nuggets have two spears in their hands, and the weapons in their hands attack sharply, although the two do not have the greatest combined standing force, but the impact force in turn is not something that ordinary teams can resist.
As long as both players play at their normal level and scoring efficiency, the team's attacking power will become strong.
The Warriors are playing away, Denver is a plateau again, and the combat effectiveness has declined before the All-Star break.
Yang Di attacked in the third quarter, and he liked to score more points in this quarter.
"Bang!"
Yang Di knocked away Nene, who was two years younger than him, and shot with a frontal hook hand, and the basketball arced into the frame.
"You can even hook your hand!"
Nene wordlessly ran to the basket to serve, Yang Di has too many offensive means, it is difficult to defend with a back-turn jumper, and it is not easy to defend when breaking through the front, and he can still hook his hand through people.
"I learned this from Yao Ming!"
Yang Di was happy in his heart, the hook hand was practiced when he was studying with Yao Ming when he was in the national team, and he did not have complete training in the system, but with his super strength and footsteps, the power was not bad.
Anthony crossed his steps and squeezed Danny Granger away, and then stepped back to shoot a jumper with a hint of back.
Fans can't see it, in fact, when playing head-to-head, the backward amplitude seen on TV is much smaller than in reality, and when you really match up, you find that your arms are raised and you don't even have time to hide your face.
Anthony's fingers pressed down, and the basketball spun in the air.
"Huh!"
Fell into the hoop.
Danny Granger shook his head, Anthony was so hard to guard.
This year, Carmelo Anthony earned the title of offensive kaleidoscope with his superb shooting skills and endless scoring methods, which had previously been held by Paul Pearce.
The Warriors' offense is much simpler than the Nuggets, and both Yang Di and Ray Allen are both players who are good at killing one-shots, and after blocking and dismantling Ray Allen, the latter did not do too many dribbling movements and pulled up to shoot.
missed, and the rebound was collected by Marcus Camby.
The offense and defense switched, the warriors retreated like a tide, and the defensive formation was not chaotic.
Iverson advanced with the ball, he touched his headband, his big eyes watched the dynamics on the court, his arms raised flat, and he commanded the Nuggets players to open up space.
In the frontcourt, Iverson stood outside the three-point line, faced Fisher, and dribbled the ball back and forth under his crotch.
He has already become one with the ball, and he doesn't have to deliberately think about how to dribble, but the basketball is like sticking to his hand, and ordinary players can't break the basketball from his hand at all, and the real mistakes are mostly passing mistakes.
Iverson swayed in front of his body, changed to a cross-step breakthrough, and then suddenly stopped for a jumper with a good rhythm.
"Huh!"
Iverson scored 20 points.
Fisher's face does not change, a player like him is already an old fritter in the league for a long time, even if someone else scores ten goals in a row on his head, how to defend the next ball, or how to defend it.
Coming back, the Warriors attacked.
Yang Di asked for the ball in the low post, and Fisher hoisted the ball in.
In the middle position, Tyson Chandler made an off-ball cover for Ray Allen, Ray Allen cut inside, and Yang Di made a light wave of low post hand, and the basketball hit the ground and passed.
Ray Allen catches the ball inside and draws the Nuggets to the pack for a point, and Danny Granger hits a jumper.
Two rounds later, it was the same tactic, Ray Allen attacked the basket directly, and hit a flowing layup, and the Warriors tied the Nuggets 73-73.
Then Yang Di broke out, causing consecutive fouls on the Nuggets inside and Camby, and went to the free throw line to hit 6 consecutive shots, and the Warriors overtook the score.
Yang Di also hit a mid-range jumper and scored 13 points in the third quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led the Nuggets by four points at 94-90, and the scores of the two sides were particularly high.
This is an offensive battle, Iverson, Anthony, Yang Di three people have scored more than 20 points, of which Anthony has cut 30 points, and the Warriors, there have been 4 people who have scored double-doubles, playing the whole game, it is estimated that 6 to 7 people have scored double-doubles, which can be called a multi-point flower.
The two sides dragged this fast offensive rhythm into the fourth quarter together.
Who will win and who will lose has not yet been seen, but the Warriors still rotated according to the convention, and Yang Di, Ray Allen and other main players all rested off the court.
The Nuggets took advantage of the opportunity to close the score, tying and overtaking in the fourth quarter.
Anthony came on in the 9th minute, Yang Di and Ray Allen only came on in the 8th minute, and Iverson returned to the court immediately after a two-minute break, and the golden two guns played more minutes than the Warriors' Ray Allen and Young Di.
It wasn't until the last 1 minute and 12 seconds of the game that after Yang Di hit a layup, the Warriors and Nuggets were tied again.
The game entered the most anxious stage, and the fans got up directly from their seats in excitement.
On the field, the players of both sides gave it their all, and the most critical moment of the game.
Who exactly did Iverson and Anthony hand over?
George Karl still chooses Anthony, who is younger and more senior in the Nuggets, although Iverson is a superstar in the league, but after all, he is only traded from outside, and the Nuggets' roots are still in Anthony's growth.
Iverson was a little disappointed, at critical moments, under George Karl's tactics, he could only be used as a diversion and a second offensive option, which was not comfortable, and he was the first core of the 76ers before.
Anthony lived up to George Karl's expectations, hitting a step-back jumper in the final minute to give the Nuggets a two-point lead.
On the Warriors' side, Yang Di was caught by the Nuggets, and Ray Allen missed three points and lost the initiative.
The Nuggets also scored free throws, and in the end, the Warriors lost to the Nuggets 121-126 and fought for 48 minutes, which was a little pity.
Yang Di chipped in 33 points, 16 rebounds and 6 blocks, which is another typical big double-double.
Ray Allen was the second-highest scoring player for the Warriors, scoring 26 points.
On the Nuggets' side, Iverson scored 31 points and Anthony scored 37 points.
Anthony laughed so hard that the corners of his mouth were about to crack, he was defeated by the Warriors in the playoffs last season, and he regained the victory this season, and now if he meets the Warriors again in the playoffs, he is confident of winning.
Iverson didn't have much of an expression, his brow furrowed, and he looked preoccupied.
After the game, the Warriors returned to San Francisco to face the Knicks.
After a comfortable 120-101 victory over the Knicks, all the teams on vacation, and the NBA teams entered the All-Star Weekend time that the season was interrupted, and Yang Di, Ray Allen and others flew straight to Las Vegas to relax and vacation.