Chapter 596 Anthony’s Growth and Durant’s Anger

"At the beginning of the game, Milicic once again defeated Camby and succeeded in jumping the ball!"

"This is Milicic's sixth consecutive jump ball to beat Camby in this round!"

In previous games, Camby, who failed to jump the ball, would always vent his dissatisfaction with his anger and roar.

But in this game, Camby, who lost to Milicic again, was very calm, as if he had no emotions.

The Seattle SuperSonics started their first offense of the game, and the opponent in front of Yes changed from Hamilton to Jr. Smith.

Looking at this extremely familiar face, Ye Si's eyes jumped.

Although he has faced Jr. Smith many times in this series, Yeas still can't calm down every time he faces him.

It should be said that it was indeed quite uncomfortable for Ye Si to suppress the urge to ravage this guy in the first six games.

If possible, he wants to defeat him in the first six games.

But in order to control this series, Ye Si knew that he had to resist his impulse towards Jr Smith!

Although this is really unbearable!

As soon as the game started, seeing that Jr. Smith was about to face Ye Si, George Karl on the sidelines was really nervous.

If possible, he never thought that one day in his coaching career, Jr. Smith would be used as a defensive knife.

If jr Smith's defensive statistics and effectiveness against Yes were not indeed the best among the entire team, he would never have put jr Smith in front of Yes!

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at Hamilton beside him. This was his most trusted second defensive player!

But...he has now lost faith in his defense.

However, using jr Smith to defend Yes is his attempt to jr Smith's defensive metaphysics on Yes. If it fails, the effect will not be good, and the game has just begun, and there is a possibility of change.

Now let's see what answer Jr. Smith gives him.

"George Karl's defense against Yes was very bold in this game.

Jr. Smith is not a player known for his defense in the NBA. No matter how well he defended Yes in previous games, it takes great courage to put such a player in front of Yes. "

Kenny Smith said that Jr. Smith is not a player known for his defense in the league. That really gave Jr. Smith face.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the NBA knows that Jr. Smith can be described as a colander on the defensive end.

Putting such a player in front of Yes is no different from putting a bone in front of a dog or putting Pippen in front of Jordan.

The fans in front of the TV and the audience at the scene saw Yees and Jr. Smith facing each other almost instantly. The basketball that had just been in Rondo's hands flew to Yees's hands.

The timing of the pass is perfect!

In the past few games, Rondo's presence in the game was not very high because of Ye's taking a lot of the ball into his hands, coupled with the lack of offensive stability.

In the three previous games that the Sonics won, Leafs needed to control the ball more and score more points, otherwise it would be impossible to beat the Nuggets.

Rondo, Milicic, Millsap, all starters except Durant, their performance and actions in the previous three games have been greatly suppressed.

Rondo's performance is the best when he is suppressed due to lack of ball possession and opportunities.

Although the ball is gone, Rondo, who does not stick to the ball, focuses on the ball, and distributes the ball to Ye Si immediately, may be more terrifying than before.

Without Rondo's extremely timely distribution of the ball, if Ye Si couldn't attack immediately, he would encounter a lot of double-teams.

Anyone who holds the ball for too long will face the problem of being double-teamed. Being double-teamed by Billups and Hamilton is not bad, but if being double-teamed by others...

It can be said that Rondo's invisible distribution of the ball is the key to Ye's ability to control the game.

After Yeas received the ball from Rondo, he did not give other Nuggets players any chance to attack. He stepped behind him, and the huge force directly pushed Jr. Smith behind him two steps back!

The 90 power of Westbrook's five-star card is indeed not enough for Hamilton, but for Jr. Smith...

He had seen Jr. Smith when he was heavier. At that time, Jr. Smith could not resist such power!

If it weren't for jr smith's metaphysics.

To be honest, George Karl didn't believe that Jr. Smith could defend Yes.

Not just George Karl, the whole world knows how fragile Jr. Smith's defense is.

But it's still incredible to be so fragile.

Yes's strength is very strong in confrontation. He is one of the top ten or even top five guards in the entire NBA. However, it was unexpected for many media reporters and the audience in front of the TV to rely on Jr. Smith so easily.

What's even more unexpected is that Yes, after driving Jr. Smith, jumped high and shot a picturesque shot under Jr. Smith's hurried counterattack, and actually hit the iron!

"The ball didn't hit?!"

George Karl, who was on the sidelines and was ready to cover his eyes and not dare to look, thought he had seen it wrong.

After Jr. Smith was pushed two steps away, he made such a long dive that he actually interfered with Yes's shot? !

Looking at the Sonics No. 9 on the court who frowned and then became a little annoyed, George Karl instantly went from stunned to ecstatic.

Jr Smith’s metaphysics is true!

"No, it's not just metaphysics!"

Jr. Smith's strength, defensive experience, and defensive habits are indeed not very good, but Jr. Smith has excellent athletic ability, balance, agility, jumping, speed, etc. These can guarantee him, even if he is constantly being pushed away by Yes. He can also appear around Yes again in time to interfere with Yes!

Of course, such interference is negligible for Yes, but at least jr Smith's defense against Yes is not air, at least jr Smith's defense has an impact on Yes.

Although this impact is small, it makes Yes unable to hit.

Hamilton and Billups interfered so much with Yes's defense, and Yes could both hit.

Who can explain clearly what this means?

And this is metaphysics!

The Seattle SuperSonics' first attack of the game failed. Anthony protected the backboard. The Nuggets' two inside players, Camby had not returned yet, and Nene was a little sluggish.

Kenny Smith on the sidelines shook his head when he saw that the Nuggets relied on Anthony to protect the backcourt rebounds after Ye's first good opportunity to attack.

So nervous!

Players from both teams were a little nervous in what was perhaps the most stressful game of all time.

This game, which is destined to go down in NBA history, may really be a showdown between rookies.

It would be really funny if perhaps the greatest Game 7 in NBA history was a game between rookies.

Kenny Smith put away speculation about the future of this game and set his sights on the court again.

The Nuggets' first offense of the game was started by Billups and ended by Anthony.

Due to the failure of Yes to single out Jr. Smith at such a good opportunity just now, Kenny Smith was also quite optimistic about the success rate of the Nuggets' first offense in this game.

A player as tough as Yes starts the game so tight.

It’s surprising that Anthony is so good!

Collect the ball, turn sideways, lower your shoulders, lean back...

It's almost exactly the same action as when Yes beat JR Smith just now!

Just now, Yes pushed Jr. Smith away.

And now, it's Durant who's being pushed away!

It's just that it's different from Yes when he was interfered by jr Smith and missed a hit.

Facing Durant's turn and using his long arms to interfere, Anthony jumped straight up and hit his first mid-range shot of the game!

2 to 0!

Although Durant was pushed away, he did not lose his position. Coupled with his long arms, Durant's interference with Anthony on the defensive end was successful this time.

But in the end Anthony hit the target!

After making the mid-range shot, Anthony was not like other silent or lifeless Nuggets players. Instead, he kept roaring and applauding around him.

"Mello wants to use his performance to boost the morale of his teammates!"

"Mello wants to use his morale to resolve the anxiety and insecurity in the hearts of his teammates!"

"Mello wants to be the most trustworthy support for his teammates when they face the most dangerous moments!"

Looking at the figure who kept roaring and applauding on the TV, Wade was dumbfounded in front of the TV.

He had never seen such a performance from Melo.

This is the first attack of the game!

He never thought that Melo could have such a responsibility in the game. In Wade's impression, Melo was not such a player.

Although his performance after the All-Star Game shocked the world, what shocked the world was his strength. Everyone saw the strength and talent that Anthony should have as long as he works hard.

But in the face of such adversity or even desperate situations, tenacity and hard work are missing.

To put it simply, the desperate melon only proves his strength but not his will.

Now……

"Mello has grown up..."

In this series, Melo has also grown...

James gritted his teeth and looked at Anthony on TV, who was constantly encouraging the morale of his teammates. The look on James' face was a little ugly. Melo has grown up because of this series.

And what about him?

Now I can only sit in front of the TV and watch Melo continue to grow!

He should have been in on it too!

Because Anthony's strong opening single against Durant was successful, the away game Denver Nuggets took the first lead of the game.

In such an extremely stressful game, whoever can take the lead will have a huge psychological advantage.

Maybe Anthony's roar and applause cannot arouse the Nuggets players' anxiety and worry about gains and losses, but the leading score can definitely make them quiet and stable, and then return to normal!

The Nuggets players are indeed under greater pressure in this game, but if the Nuggets take the lead, the pressure will soon be transferred to the SuperSonics.

The reason why this game is considered by many to be the most stressful game is because the pressure of this game is changing all the time for both players.

It was the Sonics' turn to attack again. This time Rondo advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and was still looking for Ye Si.

And Jr. Smith is still closely following Ye Si. As long as Ye Si enters the three-point line without the ball, it will be a double attack.

Yes received the ball from outside the three-point line and faced Jr. Smith who was stuck close to him. Before Billups's attack arrived, he squeezed away Jr. Smith again.

"Beautiful power confrontation, beautiful step-back three-pointer!"

"Yes hit the first three-pointer of the game!"

"3 to 2, the Seattle SuperSonics overtook the score!"

Jr. Smith's defense is very aggressive, and his close contact is very strong. With his excellent flexibility and agility, speed and reaction, even if he is pushed away and broken through at the first time, Jr. Smith believes that he can defend well again.

This time, Jr. Smith's defense is indeed in place again.

But this time, Yes hit!

"The pressure is now back on the Nuggets' side!"

Almost as soon as Kenny Smith finished speaking, Carmelo Anthony made a drastic change of direction to drive away Durant, then forced his way to the basket and scored two points with Millsap on his back. Millsap slapped him and sat him down. Anthony on the ground made another free throw, 5-3!

Anthony, who hit the extra free throw and once again led the team to overtake the score, glanced at Millsap lightly and then set his sights on Yes.

Very stubborn look!

That tells Ye Si that this game is a game that he must give everything to protect.

Ye Si likes the look in Anthony's eyes very much.

After looking at each other with Anthony, Yes looked at Durant, who had been ignored by Anthony.

The expression on Durant's face now is very unhappy.

Durant's performance in this series is indeed difficult to get Anthony's attention and respect.

Unhappy, angry, gnashing of teeth...

Yeas also likes the look on Durant's face now.

Once again, it was the Seattle SuperSonics' turn to attack. No one was allowed to lose the start of this most important game, so the Nuggets' first two offenses were all Anthony, while for the Nuggets, the first three offenses were all Yes.

It's just different from Anthony's previous two attacks where all the hits were made. In the third Seattle SuperSonics attack, Yes faced Jr. Smith's mad-dog defense and struck gold again!

Nuggets head coach George Karl on the sidelines saw Jr. Smith successfully defended Yees for the second time in this game. After being stunned for a moment, the expression on his face turned into ecstasy!

George Karl really didn't expect Jr. Smith's defense in this game to be so tough!

I also didn’t expect that Jr. Smith’s defense in this game would be so effective!

Facing Yes's previous three attacks, he actually defended twice!

What made George Karl even more excited and excited the Nuggets was that after defending the Sonics' third attack, it was the Nuggets' turn to attack. After Anthony succeeded in the mid-range on the first attack, Durant's close defense Next, he made two consecutive breakthroughs. This time, although he did not succeed in dunking against Milicic, he caused a foul by Milicic!

Two free throws!

7 to 3!

"Less than two minutes into the game, the Denver Nuggets lead by 4 points on the road!"

This game is not about rookies pecking each other!

Kenny Smith felt the suddenly quiet atmosphere of Key Arena and looked at the Nuggets players who had not had much energy on the court but had regained their vitality under Anthony's encouragement. The expression on Kenny Smith's face was very shocking.

Anthony has really grown up!

Jr Smith really limited Yes!

"Yes and the Nuggets are really in danger!"

Kenny Smith, who recovered from the shock, became excited instantly!

But Buckley, who had been excited on his side, was completely confused!

At this moment, SuperSonics head coach Nelson on the sidelines requested a timeout!

"The SuperSonics were the first to call a timeout in this game because they couldn't bear it!"

"This game must not be lost at the beginning. It was the SuperSonics who lost the beginning in the end!"