Chapter 456: Frame (I)
The stage of the playoffs is getting smaller and smaller, but the stage is getting higher and higher. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The number of people following has increased slightly, the scope of the audience is much smaller, there are two games per day, one in the east and west, and each game is a separate time slot, broadcast live across the United States.
In front of Auckland, in the middle of the arena.
The Nuggets fielded their starting lineup.
PG Andre Miller, SG Greg Bagner, SF Carmelo Anthony, PF Kenyon Martin, C Marcus Camby.
Among them, Andre Miller is 1.88 meters and Greg Bagner is 1.93 meters, which is just right for the Warriors' dual point guard lineup of Derrick Fisher and Byron Davis.
The Warriors faced the Nuggets with the most consistent and unchanged lineup.
Kenyon Martin is the player opposite Yang Di, a tens of millions of stars in the league, one of the heroes of the Nets' Finals that year, and a representative of violent power forward.
Yang Di glanced at Kenyon Martin, who was wearing a headband with a grim face.
This season, Kenyon Martin underwent surgery on his left knee and missed 26 games for almost two months before the playoffs.
In the first round against the Grizzlies, Kenyon Martin and the Nuggets coaching staff had an argument, and some discordant things happened, which was directly hidden by George Karl. It was only after Anthony intervened in the crucial tie-break that Kenyon Martin was able to really get back on the game, and finally scored a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds in the tie-break to help the Nuggets eliminate the Grizzlies and re-establish themselves.
So against the Warriors, who have the league's top No. 4 spot, George Carr put Kenyon Martin back into the starting lineup.
Kenyon Martin stared at Yang Di, and there was a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes that he hadn't seen in a long time.
Tyson Chandler jumped to win against Marcus Camby.
"The Nuggets have a similar advantage to other teams as the Warriors, they have the best scorers at the front, they have a rhythm controller on point guard, the team has always played at their own pace, the box defense is very strong, the offense and defense are very balanced."
ESPN thinks the Warriors will win the series, but it will take at least six games to decide the winner.
On the court, the Warriors attacked the ball in the first wave.
Byron Davis took advantage of Chandler's pick-and-roll to go right along the three-point line and then met the second pick-and-roll defense formed by Young. The moment Yang Di helped Byron block the defender, he began to go down.
At the same time, Chandler folded in and made an off-ball screen.
Yang Di went straight to the basket, Byron threw the ball high and gave it to Yang Di's hand, Yang Di stepped sideways with a "Z", just avoiding the defensive Kenyon Martin.
Martin is worthy of being a person with the body of a beast, and the moment he was passed by Yang Di, he immediately reacted and reflexively chased Yang Di.
Then Kenyon Martin jumped up, and Yang Di shot between Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, Camby is also a block master who is not inferior to Yang Di in the league, and the threat of the restricted area is very high, Yang Di does not dare to hold it up, and the shooting arc is higher.
"Huh!"
The ball went in, Yang Di wiped the board and shot the ball in, and the fans raised their hands to cheer.
The shouts of "MVP" were like a tidal wave, and they were a little louder.
Anthony glanced at Yang Di, who was back to defense, and was even happier in his heart, and as soon as Andre Miller passed half court, he immediately asked for the ball himself and prepared for a single.
At 45 degrees in the elbow zone, Anthony desperately stuck in position.
In order to deal with Anthony, the Warriors moved up to put Dunleavy Jr. back on the court, and replaced him with a younger Danny Granger at the No. 3 position, whose purpose was to defend Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony picked up the ball and turned over, his eyes fixed on Danny Granger, who was also young.
He stopped the ball there and stalled for about three seconds.
Then he tentatively steps with his right foot and attacks the basket with his face frame.
Anthony's tentative step is very standard, the key is that after he did the tentative step, there are a lot of offensive and defensive stores in his mind, facing the indifferent Danny Granger, suddenly burst out of speed, bow down in a circle, right hand to the right, right foot step.
Dirty and fluttering, the 21-year-old young man was as strong as a bull, and he was no worse than the flying beast of the Cavaliers.
Anthony's strong back muscles exploded and stuck Danny Granger inside, as if he was going to gouge the basket.
Danny Granger had just made the gesture and prepared when Carmelo Anthony suddenly took a big step back, and he had to retreat from the position where he had just received the ball, and he took a jump shot.
missed, and the basketball "bell" bounced high.
Yang Di, who couldn't move the Kenyon Martin of the card, jumped up first, just like a person who had been hungry for several days saw the food, and jumped up like a spring.
"Smack!" Yang Di closed the basketball and lowered his head to see the danger of landing.
landed on the ground and turned abruptly.
The moment he landed, it was as if he had activated his personal skills, and Yang Di turned around and dribbled very quickly. The advance was also fast, wiping over Kenyon Martin's side, as if blowing the hair on his head, flowing undecently.
"What!"
Although many teams have done their homework before the game against the Warriors, everyone knows that Yang Di's super dribbling ability and ability to directly advance the fast break after grabbing rebounds.
As a result, the Warriors have the league's highest success rate in offensive and defensive transitions, and are deservedly known as the league's fastest breaking team.
Yang Di advanced past halftime, and Andre Miller was the only one who retreated.
Although Miller is experienced, when he encounters Yang Di, who is rushing over, he is inevitably a little panicked.
Yang Di was very calm, with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball turned into an orange light, and after a bounce on the floor, it was handed over to Derek Fisher who was plugged in on the other side.
Fisher kept the ball in his hands and threw it to the basket.
Yang Di bypassed Andre Miller, and where he couldn't reach it, Yang Di caught the ball with both hands and dunked.
"What a beautiful goal, Yang Di and his teammates completed a wall-hitting pass, and the timing of the pass was just right!" Yu Jia roared loudly.
Because the sound at the scene was too noisy, Yu Jia didn't hear how loud his voice was, and people in a noisy environment instinctively raised their pitches.
The Warriors led the Nuggets 4-0 in the opening game, including a wonderful passing shot by Yang Di, and an aerial relay completed by Yang Di and his teammates after a fast break.
After the scene was behind, Nuggets fans in Denver were worried, and they were full of emotion around the big screen outside the arena.
The Nuggets attacked, and after Andre Miller passed the half, he didn't pass the ball to Carmelo Anthony again, and designed a set of double-block cover offense according to his own ideas. Yang Di can go down after dismantling, or he can go down without blocking directly, and make a feint, and everyone's tactical position and role are different.