Anthony hurried to the arena the next afternoon. Today is the regular season curtain call for the Nuggets. The opponent is the Rockets. After this game, it is time to prepare for the playoffs. Now the Nuggets occupy the top position in the Western Conference. For him, the first round of the game is to seek a stable word.
In the first round, the opponent has already confirmed that there are some origins, but the feelings of the parties have been traded to Chicago are not so strong.
Grizzlies’ season array and season have not changed much, but compared with their season record, they have regressed. Although some seasons are a round trip, at least the regular season ranks fifth in the West, but this season they can make it to the playoffs at the last minute.
In the face of such an opponent, what the Nuggets should do is to be steady and win, and strive to crush the opponent’s self-confidence in the first game of the series
Anthony was driving to the arena at the moment when he received a short message showing an unknown number on his mobile phone. He was curious to go in and have a look. It said that he would leave the United States if he would not choose to come back again. Although he didn’t sign it, Anthony could already guess who sent it.
Just then a plane roared overhead and Anthony looked up unconsciously, feeling strange in his heart.
"Didi …"
Just then a horn sounded behind him, and he saw that he had unconsciously put his car into the road. He quickly turned back to the driveway and was about to apologize to the back. When he slowed down, he found that it was Anderson Knicks behind him. Look at this season’s playoffs. Anderson is here to cheer Anthony.
Anthony greeted him with a smile, and then they drove to the underground garage of the stadium. After they greeted each other, Anthony followed them to the locker room.
Most of the Nuggets players in the locker room have arrived and are chatting there. When Anthony goes in, a group of people can’t help but boo-boo. When Anthony hears it, he knows that there is a scoring champion list.
Recently, his mind has been focused on Fox and Su Xi, but he didn’t pay much attention to what they said before he realized that Anthony and Iverson had a small difference in the scoring list at the moment. Anthony’s 37 points were one point ahead of Iverson’s 36, and both of them were poor. Because of the different times he participated in the last game, his teammates helped him calculate that Iverson would score six points less than him in the last game, so the final scoring champion would be him, otherwise the scoring champion would change hands at the last moment.
In fact, Anthony has little interest in this thing after winning the scoring championship last season. After all, it doesn’t make much sense, but now his teammates are so booing him, so he can guarantee to play well in the last game.
But Anthony said that, but he didn’t want to fight for it in his heart. In fact, Anthony shot Iverson’s scoring champion last season and robbed Iverson’s mvp at the end of this season’s star game. Although there is nothing wrong with saying that the scoring champion was finally taken away by him this time, he has a little trouble in his heart. He has a respect for Iverson. He doesn’t want to let the basketball court fighter lose his honor because of his change, although it is very important for the talented to live in.
With such a complicated mood, Anthony stepped on the field.
This game is the last game of both sides in the regular season, and both sides have confirmed that they have entered the playoffs, and the victory or defeat of this game has little impact on the rankings of both sides. This was originally a substitute game.
However, Carl may have noticed the competition in the scoring table. He still started Anthony in this game, and he kept feeding him the ball after playing with him as a substitute, all in order to help him win the scoring rhythm.
It’s interesting to say that on the other side, the 76ers and Cavaliers are playing a life-and-death card battle. If they lose, they will be directly involved in the playoffs. If they win more than one point, they will be able to directly rank seventh with the Nets and successfully avoid ranking first in the East. Iverson has already played a game here in front of the Nuggets, and Iverson scored 19 points in the first quarter, 9 heads and 6 points. The scoring momentum is unusually high.
Of course, Anthony doesn’t know this. What worries him at the moment is that he doesn’t really want to score, but his teammates will always try to create opportunities for him. Because the Rockets are also substitutes to play against the Nuggets’ foot horizontal bar, the starting bench group naturally can’t occupy the wind, and the defense is also very good. Anthony can choose to make a shot if he is unwilling. The result is funny. However, Anthony didn’t want to score, but he also scored 15 points when he left the field in the first quarter. He said meaningfully, "Coach Cooper just told me that Iverson has scored 19 points in the first quarter over there. If you don’t work hard, you will be two points short of the scoring champion."
The words suddenly made Anthony laugh and cry. Some time ago, I always heard people say that parents and children were matchmakers, and the marriage was forced to buy and sell, regardless of women’s feelings. Now he wants to get a scoring champion, but everyone except himself is thinking of ways to let him get this scoring champion. This is really more ancient and has no anecdote to be continued.
Chapter three hundred and thirty The first round of the first game!
Speaking of which, Carl probably realized the situation Anthony was facing, and soon replaced Anthony in the second quarter. At this time, Anthony knew that if he didn’t say anything, maybe the game would be more tiring than usual, so he had already made a decision in his heart.
At the end of the second quarter, Anthony scored 1 point, and he scored 25 points in the first quarter. He was abusing vegetables in the face of the Rockets’ reserve team, and Iverson was at the half-time break now. He didn’t do as well as the first quarter in the second quarter, but he still felt very good. He scored 12 points and scored 31 points in the half-time to reach the same starting line with Anthony.
The locker room was ahead of the Nuggets by a big margin, but they didn’t discuss the game, and the focus of their discussion was naturally Anthony and Iverson competing for the scoring title. This kind of chasing after each other is naturally the most interesting thing.
Anthony didn’t appear in the locker room at this time, but in coach Carl’s office. Here, he didn’t say what he thought, but he told a little lie. He said that his muscles were sore and he hoped not to play for so long.
Muscle soreness usually occurs after players play back-to-back games, and the Nuggets have rested for two whole days before this game, and there is no back-to-back game before. Theoretically, the probability of muscle soreness is very small, but the players’ injuries and bodies are full of uncertainty. So Anthony said that Carl did not doubt much.
A sore muscle step is likely to lead to muscle injury. In this critical game, there is naturally no need to fight more. Carl didn’t force it. He also heard from Anthony’s tone that the latter was a winner, which made him think much higher about his lover than before.
At half-time, players from both sides came on stage, but Anthony was replaced after playing for more than two minutes, and he didn’t play again in the later game. His score was finally fixed at 25 points. Before the end of this game, Iverson led his 76 ers to beat the Cavaliers in overtime at home, turning the Cavaliers into the ninth place in the East and kicking them out of the playoff competition. At the same time, Iverson successfully avoided the Heat by slashing 4 points on 13 of 35 shots, and Iverson became the last-minute scoring champion in this game.
This result is probably the best for Iverson, the 76ers and their fans at this stage, while some people are happy and naturally some people are worried. This is James’ second season since he entered the nba, and his performance is also extraordinary, averaging 26 plus 7 plus 7, which is like the first-class star data. However, in the battle with the 76ers, although they dragged the game into overtime, they finally lost. As a result, the playoff "Little Emperor" playoff brigade has to wait for another season this season.
However, in any case, the regular season ended in this game full of ups and downs and suspense, and the more exciting and intense playoffs are about to be played again.
In the East, the strong team has finally taken the lead. Naturally, the O ‘Neill Heat won the season trade. Their record is five more than the second Heat. It can be said that they are unique. Except for these two teams with far-ahead records, there are six playoff teams left in the East. The Celtics, a veteran powerhouse, failed to win five, but they finally won 45 in Pierce this season. They finally ranked third in the East, followed by the Bulls, Wizards, Pacers, 76ers and Nets.
Compared with the weak west in the east, many Nuggets rely on the strength in the second half to show that they finally won 62 games, ranking first in the league, followed by the Spurs, which also won 59 games. The Black Horse Supersonic team led by dual-core in Seattle won 52 games, and finally ranked third in the west, followed by the Mavericks led by Nelson, which won 5 games, followed by the Rockets and Kings. The whole western playoff team except the seventh Timberwolves and the first Grizzlies scored 5 wins.
When the regular season ended and the record was finally fixed, the rankings of various lists were finally released. Gatt won the rebounding king Okafor and the blocked shot king, etc. But for Anthony and his Nuggets, these are not important. What is important is that they will be at home after three days of truce, and what their playoff trip can finally achieve is the final judgment of their success this season.
On April 21, 2004, after three days’ rest, the Nuggets officially played in the playoffs in the East-West Division. The Nuggets are coming at home. Their first opponent in the playoffs is Pau Gasol leading the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies didn’t win a game in the playoffs last season, and this series is directly facing the No.1 Nuggets. It is unlikely that they will complete the "black" counterattack, but they are bound to strive for their own victory in the playoffs every game, especially for their core player, Pau Gasol, a talented Spanish basketball genius, who obviously doesn’t want his victory in the playoffs to be a duck’s egg.
On this day, Anthony wore headphones and listened to exciting music as usual. He walked from the underground parking lot to the locker room. After adjusting his excitement to the highest level, he went to the stadium aisle with his teammates and waited for the dj to call out his name.
"Denver basketball marks the rookie season, taking the Star Game and the regular season mvp to lead us to make a comeback this season. Our melon Cameron … Anthony! ！”
When the dj finally called Anthony’s name, the lights flashed and the fans fell into a crazy state, and Anthony rushed out of the player’s aisle in this familiar but unfamiliar scene.
Although it’s the first round and the opponent seems to be the weakest Grizzlies in the playoffs, the fans’ enthusiasm is still unabated. The whole Pepsi Center is packed with fans, and even the aisles are full of crazy fans holding Anthony’s big head up from their hands, knowing that the root cause of all this is the players who are rushing at the moment.
After entering the stadium, the players went through simple shooting training and then made final preparations before the game.
Because of Anthony, the first game of the Nuggets team was listed in the live broadcast of the United States, and it was not surprising that n excluded the commentary array. The double combination of Buckley and "Magic" Johnson fully showed that they attached importance to the game, so Su Xi and Lala Vasquez were too busy to stop at the moment.
After listening to the coach’s final tactics, the players from both sides went to the court one after another. There was little change between the two sides and the Grizzlies in the regular season. Gasol and lorentzen Wright were the front line, Sean Battier and Mike Miller, the three-point shooter, and the point guard was traded to the Grizzlies Andre Miller last season.
On the Nuggets’ side, the back line is Nash and Ariza, the big defensive gate. The center is Anthony and Brand, and the iron-blooded center Tai Sen Chandler was only traded from the Bulls this season.
The starters of both sides walked near the middle circle under the guidance of the referee, while Chandler and Gasol went to the front to prepare for the jump ball.
"Du!"
As the referee whistled, the ball flew to the middle of the 2425 season and the first game of the playoffs was officially played.
Gasol was asked by the technical line to jump the ball, mainly because he was tall, burly and arm-long, but facing Chandler, who also had super high wingspan and Chandler’s excellent bounce, his jump ball had no advantage at all, and Chandler hit it back and then flew to Ariza’s hand.
Ariza took the ball and found Nash. He passed the ball and then ran forward. Nash also dribbled steadily past the middle circle and the Nuggets made the first attack.
It is a fierce physical confrontation when the double-serve player falls behind the horse. At the beginning of the 21st century, the referee’s penalty is not as harsh as it was later. To put it bluntly, it is to encourage physical confrontation to enhance the appreciation. Small confrontation consumes physical strength everywhere, especially in the playoffs.
In the first round of the Nuggets, the players tried to find an attack to create shooting opportunities for their teammates’ pick-and-roll, but several pick-and-roll were destroyed by tough physical confrontation. The whole offensive formation was dismembered and seven fell to the end and ran for a long time, but there was no chance to shoot.
Nash found the right three-point line decisively at this time. Anthony quickly turned around and passed Andre Miller, and then he threw the ball to be continued.
Chapter three hundred and four The momentum is like a rainbow
Anthony turned around after catching the ball, held it and swung it left and right, creating enough attack by himself. At this time, he looked up and saw the familiar face Sean Battier.
Battier’s popularity in China is probably not expected by anyone. He is a super nice guy, an iron warrior and a top defensive champion. These are all familiar to the fans. Anthony knows him very well. I have to say that Battier’s performance in exerting defensive pressure from mobile defense can be said to be excellent, even though he has just emerged this season.
So Anthony didn’t care after catching the ball. His first move was to watch a teammate move.
"Shawn’s defense this season has made the Grizzlies remain in the playoffs. He has contributed a lot," Johnson said with a smile after seeing Battier defend Anthony with a long wingspan.
"This guy was a defensive engineer when he was a kid in college, but he just didn’t know whether he could defend against Melo or not," Buckley quipped.
Just as they were talking, Anthony had picked up the ball and was ready to attack. When he attacked, there was not much left, but his teammates couldn’t get it out. The only way left for him was to go it alone.
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