Chapter 254: Rolling Waves

When Dantley got his hands on the Nuggets' offbeat stats, he realized how wrong he had become. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info play against the Thunder, maybe Anthony can do it against the Thunder's defense, but the rest of the Nuggets ......

Anthony 25 points, Billups 25, gone, that's the only two Nuggets to score more than double figures.

Nene made 1 of 6 shots, Kenyon Martin made 1 of 7, Anderson "Birdman" made 1 of 4 shots, and Johan Petro was heavily defended by Anjie, but the Frenchman didn't even get a chance to shoot.

The stats don't always tell the truth about the game, but today, that reason can't be a shield for Dantley.

It turns out that the spear of the nuggets could not penetrate the shield of thunder. And the shield of thunder, on the contrary, can cut the spear. The 2-1 score is nothing, but losing two games in a row has to make everyone on the Nuggets start to worry.

Barkley's prediction was indeed correct, and the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks, and the Thunder and Nuggets, became the most exciting two sets of matchups in the entire first round of quasi-matchups.

The Mavericks are now likely to be hit by a black seven, while the ambitious Nuggets are likely to pack up and go home in the first round.

Dantley is undoubtedly a good assistant coach, but he is only suitable for assistant coaching. When the team was in trouble, he didn't know how to improve the morale of the team, and he didn't even know how to deal with the next game.

With George Carr, Dantley could come up with new ideas based on Karl's ideas, but now he couldn't come up with a tactical idea of his own.

Another important factor, Billups, who shone last season, was also embarrassed by Westbrook and Sefrosa's rotational defense this time.

In four months, the guy will turn 34. At 34 years old, it is definitely not young for a professional basketball player.

Dantley, the Nuggets' brain off the court, couldn't think of anything, and Billups, the brain on the court, was imprisoned. It's almost impossible to win a game in the playoffs just by relying on those sparkling offenses.

No matter how strong Anthony's individual ability is, he can't lead a team that doesn't have rigorous tactical thinking, is scattered, and has a big morale defeat. Even if they can win one or two games once in a while, they won't be able to win the entire series!

Sure enough, just one day later, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets again at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

This failure made Dantley feel even more helpless.

For the sake of insurance, Dantley still chose to make the team's offense and defense relatively balanced, and the Nuggets did not make any big mistakes in this game, and played smoothly all the way.

It's a pity that Anthony, who is eager to win the game by personal ability, is very uncalm today. He had a near-triple-double, 39 points, 11 rebounds, and of course, nine turnovers!

It's not an assist, it's a turnover! Anthony's excessive turnovers allowed the Thunder to score a lot of points by switching offense. You know, Westbrook is a player who is born to convert offense, and when he rushes up, not to mention Billups, even J.R. Smith and Anthony may not be able to catch up.

And the Nuggets' defensive stalwarts Nene is precisely the worst at defending the transition offense. On the surface, the Nuggets didn't play badly, but the Thunder relied on Anthony's 9 fatal turnovers to maintain the lead in the score.

When Anthony tried his best to score two points on the inside of Anjie's guard, the Thunder could easily level the score with his mistakes. How demoralizing this is, of course, it goes without saying.

The Thunder's outside players played like a fish in water in the transition offense, and the interior was able to continue the offense under An Jie's outburst.

Anjie only scored 15 points in the last game because he put all his energy on defense.

But today, Anjie's desire to attack is very strong. Like Anthony, Anjie doesn't want the Nuggets to win on their home court. Going to Denver with a 3-1 aggregate score is the safest.

An Jie's game can be said to show his lifelong learning, mid-range shooting, big hooks, small hooks, dream dance steps, and step-back jump shots......

All the skills that a center can show have been put on the table by Anjie. On 13-of-17 shooting, Anjie scored a team-high 31 points and also added 13 rebounds. He alone accounted for one-third of the Thunder's entire team!

In the end, Anthony, who was in a mess, did not lead the team to recover the decline with a crazy attack, but instead pushed the Nuggets into the abyss with crazy mistakes.

106-117, away in front, home in the back. The Nuggets once again defeated Russia City by more than ten points, and the total score of the series was also rewritten by the Thunder team to 3-1!

3-1, what is this concept, as of now, there are only 8 teams in NBA history that can complete the comeback after falling behind 3-1.

That said, the Nuggets now have one foot in the air. With a single push, the Thunder can drop them off a cliff entirely!

Some of the media support the Thunder, and naturally there are those who support the Nuggets. In particular, the local newspaper in Denver listed a lot of conditions to prove that there is still hope for the Nuggets.

"Since the beginning of the 21st century, only two teams have completed the feat of coming back from 3-1 down. And one of these times, Billups was involved! As the tactical core of the team, he knows how to deal with this situation and how to lead the team out of the predicament! The current Thunder is just like the magic that was overturned, just like a bunch of arrogant young people! I believe that the Nuggets will definitely win at home, and then chase after the victory, and win the series in one fell swoop!" This text is from the Denver Metropolis Daily, and although the author's opinion is far-fetched, it has become the last straw for Denver people.

However, the drama really happened, and two days later at the Pepsi Center, the Nuggets managed to play three games in a row and were in perfect shape. It's not just a point or two to win, it's a game to win by a huge margin of 14 points!

Today, Durant was strangled to death by Anthony again, and the Nuggets' athletic interior also scored crazy in front of Anjie for the first time. Of course, J.R. Smith is indispensable for winning, and he finally did not disappoint the Denver fans today, scoring 17 points in the game, and Sephorosa and Livingston tried their best but still couldn't stop him.

After PepsiCenter's second big win, Denver fans were literally happy. They find that history is always strikingly similar, and the current Nuggets seem to be in a similar situation to the last two comebacks!

They have Billups, who has created a miracle once, and they are exactly the same way that the Suns counterattacked the Lakers in '06.

In the 06 playoffs, the Lakers lost one game in Phoenix, and then won three games in a row under Kobe's outburst, making the total score 3-1.

The Suns of that year defeated the Lakers on the third road, and then completed the comeback in one fell swoop and won the series.

It can be said that the Nuggets completely replicate the difficult journey of the Suns back then. Now not to mention the Denver fans, even the Nuggets players have regained their confidence. As long as they can grit their teeth and win the next game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Nuggets will be able to bring the tiebreaker to Pepsi Center!

"They've got a good idea!" Anjie said as she pushed past Morris and scored the ball again with a small hook.

"Damn, don't vent your dissatisfaction on me, replace me!" Morris picked up the basketball and threw it to Anjie, and the two of them were training with their backs to their backs.

"I said, don't work so hard, save some energy for tomorrow's game. Nene's guy had a good last game, so you'll have to be careful tomorrow. "Morris and Anjie attacked in exactly the same way, but his little hook came out of the box.

"I was blamed in the last game, it was too underestimated, and the Brazilians scored a lot of points. But that's fine, at least I'll take good care of him tomorrow. Angel shook his shoulders and stepped back to shoot a jumper, but it hit the iron in Morris's interference.

"Hey, how do I feel like your defense is growing again. Although the ball didn't go in, Anjie smiled and patted Morris on the chest.

"Do you think you're the only one improving? I have to say, the playoffs are really a good place to get a grind!" Morris smug, if it were only on Angel, the Thunder's interior defense would not be so strong. The Thunder team can't get this far.

At the beginning of the season, people even thought that the Thunder wanted to make the playoffs. Halfway through the season, people felt like the Thunder were just playoff visitors, a foil to other teams.

But now, they are 3-2 ahead of the Nuggets and only need one more win at home to advance to the second round!

What a great thing for a team playing the playoffs for the first time to make it to the second round. You must know that Yao Ming has played in the NBA for seven years, and only last year successfully broke through the first-round test for the first time.

However, this spell does not seem to apply to An Jie.

"Come on, Ann, last group, I'm sure to win you!"

"Your hand doesn't feel as good as nene, what do you use to win me. Come on!" An Jie put on a posture, and once these two people started to fight each other, they were like they were addicted, and they didn't get tired of it.

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Anthony will never forget the blue ocean of the Chesapeake Energy Arena in his life, and yes, it seems to be even more terrifying than last year's Staples.

In a moment of distraction, Westbrook attacked with another menacing possession. And Durant's ghostly off-ball running is also re-revealed.

"Damn!" Anthony gritted his teeth and ran after the 35 again.

He was already tired, and Anthony put almost all of his energy into defending Durant. The game was already in the fourth quarter, and the Nuggets were eight points behind. As a result, Anthony wondered if he was doing useless work.

Just as Anthony was thinking, Durant received the ball again. Anthony was tired, but he couldn't give up.

Durant naturally sensed Anthony's fatigue, and he suddenly broke forward, making another sudden stop while traveling. Anthony could not stand such a toss, and during the jump, Anthony's legs suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground. Durant's pull-up jump shot was hollow into the frame.

"Cameron!" Nene immediately went up to support Anthony when he saw this, the team was ten points behind, if Anthony fell, then the entire Nuggets team would also fall!

"I'm fine, serve quickly, let's shoot back!" Anthony wiped his sweat, it wasn't over yet, and he couldn't give up yet......

Nuggets fans feel sad when they watch it on TV, and the incompetent Dantley has long been drowned in the fans' saliva.

Anthony finally broke through Durant's gibbon, and before he could catch his breath, he had to deal with Anjie, who had a larger defensive area.

He changed his layup in the air and hunched over to avoid An Jie's block. But this is not the end of it, Ibaka has already jumped high, Anthony did not have time to change his stance in the air for the second time, and this goal, it ended with Ibaka's block.

Anthony looked at his teammates, Billups had been blown up by the Thunder's guards. Nene and Martin were unable to play a dangerous attack in front of Anjie. J.R. Smith played a good half, but he couldn't help the team until the second half.

In the end, Anthony looked at his hands, there was no way, only on his own!

"Carmelo Anthony broke through again! Fell, Anthony fell. Westbrook's fast advance, oh! beautiful dunk, incredible ......"

Anthony fell to the ground, his ears filled with the cheers of the Thunder fans at Westbrook's successful dunk, and his eyes were all about the blue ocean in the stands of the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the blue ocean that he will never forget......

Anthony doesn't remember exactly how the game played out after that. He only knew that he had broken through again and again, and had fallen again and again. Why don't you shoot? He knew that with his current physical strength, he couldn't shoot at all.

It wasn't until he held the ball again and was about to plunge into the Thunder's porous box that he was pulled by Billups next to him.

Anthony turned his head to look at Billups in shock, what was going on!?

"It's over Cameron, it's over. Our Season ...... It's over. It was only then that Anthony discovered that the Thunder's box was porous because they had already begun to celebrate the victory.

The time of the timer on the rebound has become zero. Anthony still holds the ball and stays outside the three-point line.

This blue ocean is starting to make waves. And he stood in the middle, as if he was about to be swallowed up by the great wave......

Lost, this time they did not regret losing in the Western Conference Finals. But in the first round, he was lost in the vast sea.