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As long as Billups gives the ball to Anthony, it's almost impossible for the ball to be passed again. However, Anthony's accuracy today is obviously not comparable to the previous game, on the one hand, the Thunder's defense is tighter, and on the other hand, Anthony's somewhat underweight mentality also makes him less focused than in the previous game.

Taking advantage of Anthony's repeated missed shots, Durant and Westbrook opened their bows left and right, even though the Nuggets were one of the most athletic teams in the league, even though they earned the nickname "Denver Athletics" for it. But in the face of the counterattack launched by Durant and Westbrook, the Nuggets still showed fatigue.

Seeing that the point difference was widened a little bit, Nuggets interim coach Adrian Dantley hurriedly called a timeout. How to play when the team is behind, George Karl has already been in charge. All Dantley had to do was convey George Carr's orders.

"You had a terrible shooting percentage on the perimeter today, Cameron, Duoduo broke through, and shot close to the basket. "The hardest layer of the Thunder's defense is the interior, but Dantley has confidence in Anthony's individual ability. There are always a few players in this league who can't be easily guarded, and Carmelo Anthony is one of them.

"Afflalo, you get out of the game for a while, J.R. Smith, you know what you're going to do when you get on the pitch. Anthony plays the inside, and you shoot me the outside!" So far, Dantley's set-up has been copied from George Carr.

"Sefrosa, I'm going to ask you to defend with all your might later, and stick to J.R. Smith!" For a coach like Jeff Van Gundy who likes to study videos, George Karl's substitution strategy has already been thoroughly studied by him. At this time, Dantley will definitely bring J.R. Smith up!

At this time, the loopholes in Dantley's coaching have begun to slowly appear. He didn't have much of his own opinion, and most of the time Daindley's on-the-spot command followed George Carr. As a result, the Nuggets' tactics are lacking in variables, and without the ideas of George Carr, the thousand-win coach, the Nuggets will be greatly reduced.

Sure enough, after returning from the timeout, the Nuggets made personnel adjustments. Afflalo, who didn't show much, was replaced by Dantley and replaced by Nuggets bench bandit, Nerve Knife J.R. Smith.

J.R. Smith is as important to the Nuggets as Manu Ginobili is to the Spurs. Both guys are the sixth, and both are nerve knives. When it's not right, it won't have much impact on the team. But once it's accurate, it will be difficult to stop and directly help the team win.

It's just that the current J.R has a stronger impact than Ginobili. But when he had just played, he found that he was being strictly guarded!

Not to mention shooting, in the face of Seforosa's tough defensive perimeter, J.R. Smith is now unable to get the space to connect the ball.

Billups was struggling not to make a mistake with Westbrook, but at the moment neither Anthony nor J.R. Smith could get out of the open space.

There was no way, Billups had to pass a high lob ball for the Brazilian Nene to try on Anjie.

After Nene received the ball, he immediately sat back with An Jie without saying a word, this kind of guy who goes all out at any time is indeed difficult for An Jie to deal with.

At the same time, Kenyon Martin also began to penetrate the baseline, and Morris's athleticism was already very good, but he still found it a little difficult to keep up with Kenyon Martin.

The moment Kenyon Martin shook off Morris, Nene struck a ball with his back. Kenyon Martin slapped his horse, received the basketball, and prepared to dunk.

Morris jumped from behind, but pounced. Kenyon Martin's calmly dunk saved face for the Nuggets' interior.

"Damn, why don't these guys go to the track and field event!" Van Gundy shook his head, originally thinking that the Nuggets' offense would sink into the mud after restricting Anthony and J.R. Smith, but he didn't expect that his most reassuring interior line would be broken by the opponent.

That's actually the best thing about the Nuggets inside, they're very aggressive and very fast. Their athleticism gives them a lot of opportunities to get away from opposing defenses, and they can dunk just by getting close to the basket!

In the last game, Anjie had already seen the Nuggets' interior running, whether it was the Brazilian or Martin, or the "birdman" Anderson sitting on the bench, they were all inside lines of this style. Their quick running and perverted bounce did put a lot of defensive pressure on the likes of Anjie and Morris.

An Jie is not afraid of the kind of inside line that sits and fights with him, but he is afraid of these big men who run fast. Speed is not An Jie's specialty, although he is not slow, but compared with these "track and field" players, An Jie's speed is still slightly inferior.

After the Thunder scored another goal through Durant, the Nuggets' offense also made a comeback.

Anthony and J.R. Smith are still being targeted, and Billups is not the kind of defender who is willing to take risks, and as long as he feels that the ball is risky, then he will definitely not pass it.

Durant's long arms covered Anthony well, and although Sephorosa was already sweating profusely, he still stuck tightly to J.R. Smith, who was actively running.

Or is it only to play the inside line!

After Billups decided on an offensive idea, he beckoned for a double pick-and-roll. As long as Morris and Angel can be pulled out, then when Nene and Martin cut inside after blocking, the Thunder's two interior lines will definitely not be able to catch up!

As soon as he thought about the whole offensive flow, Nene and Martin were already in place, one left and one right to build a wall for the Nuggets' brains. Billups gestured to Nene and Martin as a tactic for them, and then started to break through!

Billups wasn't fast, but Westbrook was still a few steps away from Martin's high-quality and tough block.

Seeing Billups go straight into the penalty area, Anjie had to move sideways to block it.

"It's now!" Seeing Anjie change his defensive position, Billups suddenly turned his head to Anthony, and Durant instantly became nervous.

But when Billups passed the ball out, Durant realized that Anthony wasn't the receiver. The ball flew in the opposite direction of Billups' line of sight and came to Nene, the Brazilian who cut in!

"It's so fast! The Nuggets' athleticism is terrifying!" Seeing Nene cut inside quickly, and Angel had no chance of keeping up because he was deceived by Billups. Mike Brin was looking forward to seeing Angel complete the pegboard hat again, but it backfired, and the fast-moving Nene threw Angel far away and dunked easily in the face of an unguarded basket.

"The Thunder's interior defense was torn apart by the Nuggets' running!" "They are not afraid of positional battles, they are not afraid of players who break through from the outside, they are afraid, they are afraid that they can run inside!"

After that, Westbrook's desperate breakaway caused a foul on Kenyon Martin. Seeing Westbrook fall to the ground again, Anjie was the first to rush over and pull him up. Just as Westbrook had just stood up with Anjie's help, Anjie heard Van Gundy calling himself.

"Ann, you come down first!" Look at Van Gundy's movements, is he being replaced?

"It's not time for the rotation yet, isn't it?" Anjie muttered to himself, looking at the technical table in disbelief, where Ibaka was already eager to play. Anjie didn't read it wrong, and he didn't hear it right, Van Gundy wanted to replace him early.

As he said yesterday in the dressing room, Anjie is the manager who absolutely trusts him. Van Gundy replaced him early, and there must have been a reason for him.

Anjie hurriedly trotted to the technical table, high-fived Ibaka, and then made it to the bench.

"What's the plan?" Anjie took a towel and wiped his sweat while asking Van Gundy.

"Ibaka and Morris are better able to cope with Nene and Martin now, you rest first, and when one of them is down, I'll send you up. When the time comes, you're not only going to have to defend, but you're going to have to play the offense with a second team! And after that, Nene and Martin's stamina will drop badly, and then they won't be able to make waves in front of you. ”

"Understood, sir. "Anjie is not perfect, 48 minutes of basketball, it can't be Anjie's time. The time that belongs to Anjie has not yet come. For now, Anjie is still watching intently on the field, and he hopes that Ibaka and Morris can really withstand the onslaught of Nene and Martin.

In terms of overall strength, Ibaka and Morris are indeed inferior to Anjie. But in terms of athleticism alone, An Jie is indeed inferior to these two teammates.

And to defend the Nuggets' interior, athleticism is undoubtedly key.

"Hmph, security can't stop us, and a substitute can't stop us?" Kenyon Martin smiled disdainfully when he saw Ibaka on the field.

"It's Nene again!Can the Nuggets' interior offense still work!?"

Nene caught the ball and found that the pressure behind him hadn't diminished, but he wasn't worried, because Kenyon Martin, who was rushing up, was the final point.

During the run, Martin raised his right hand and shouted the name of the Brazilian. Nene didn't slack off, he held the ball with his back in the low post, and Martin cut in from the outside with a blistering speed to score, and they have worked together countless times. This time, they won't miss a deal either!

Nene's precise pass was just enough for Martin to catch the ball.

"It's so comfortable! substitutions, it's useless!" Martin comfortably picked up Nene's well-placed pass and jumped to the basket again.

"Oh my!" exclaimed Mike Breen, not because of Martin's dunk, but because of Ibaka!

I saw Ibaka coming from behind, and he took two big steps to recover the gap in position. After that, he jumped high and pinned the ball to the rebound from behind.

Kenyon Martin looked back in disbelief only to see the loyal Congolese staring at him through gritted teeth, he was blocked, and his tactical coordination with the Brazilian was blocked by Ibaka!

Serge Ibaka, whose defense has always been an integral part of the Thunder's team, Coach Jeff Van Gundy's substitution was an immediate success, and Dantley had to come up with something else to deal with it. ”

With the loss of an advantage on the inside, Anthony and J.R. Smith on the outside being defended to death, the Nuggets' offense suddenly fell into a quagmire.

With only 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the first quarter, Anjie led the Thunder's second team on the court, and Thunder veteran Frenchman Johan Petro was no match for Anjie at all, and Chris Anderson also had no room to play under Ibaka's marking.

Anjie was at home on the inside of the Nuggets, while the Nuggets didn't have anyone who could respond many times after Anthony and J.R. went down.

The score was gradually pulled apart, and by the end of the first quarter, the Thunder had an eight-point lead!

33-25, the Thunder's defense made the Nuggets' interior and exterior offense all dumb.

Dantley is the most anxious person now, and he is completely unsure of how to adjust the team next. In his eyes, the Thunder's defense is simply no different from being indestructible!

But Anthony is not as afraid of the Thunder as Dantley, and losing to this youth army is unacceptable to him!

Don't forget, the interior is not the Nuggets' offensive strength! The real biggest threat is Carmelo Anthony!

Cracking Nene and Martin, the bigger threat is about to challenge the Thunder's defense. (To be continued.) )