Chapter 89: Key Rebounds
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides fought again.
The new lineup was not good, and Paul had to put out the regular lineup again.
Ilgoskas, Boozer, James, Davis, McGinnis.
The regular lineup, although slightly lower in height, is much better defensively up front.
Especially James defends Anthony, who does not suffer physically, and will not let Anthony take what he wants.
And the Nuggets are still Camby, Nene , Anthony, Leonard and Miller.
Both sides are attacking teams, and an attacking battle has fans hooked.
On the Cavaliers' side, Ilgoskas continued the feel of the previous game, killing on the inside, and Camby couldn't stop it when he ran out of means.
In desperation, he could only use foul tactics.
However, the big Z is an inside line produced in Europe, the solid basic skills are unquestionable, the free throw shooting rate is very guaranteed, and the Nuggets' foul tactics are worth the loss, so they can only give up.
On the Nuggets side, it is more playful, and everyone can score offensively.
The most concerned is still the duel between James and Anthony.
In several direct conversations, the characteristics of the two are also vividly reflected.
Both are players with strong offensive ability, but probably because they know each other well and limit each other very well.
Anthony only defended the breakaway and let James shoot from a distance.
This made James very uncomfortable, and in halftime, he only scored 7 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-7 shooting.
And Anthony's offensive means are varied, which makes James unguardable.
At halftime, Anthony shot 5-of-12 and scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Anthony's shooting percentage is lower than James's, mainly because Anthony is thin and obviously suffers when fighting James.
Even if you play a beautiful offensive routine, you will always be greatly disturbed when you make the final shot.
Ye Feng has a deep understanding of this.
Every time you fight with James, no matter how beautiful you have played before, but when you make a final shot, James will give you endless physical pressure.
Anthony hit such a hit rate, which is not a little better than Ye Feng.
Through this game, fans also have a deeper understanding of champions and leaderboards.
James is invincible in talent, but he really doesn't have enough to see technically, and it is imperative to practice more offensive means.
Anthony has great technique, but he is still a little inferior in talent, and gaining weight is the way to go.
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Rotation phase.
The difference between the two teams is there.
The Cavaliers' main rotation players are three: Ye Feng, Darius, and Mime.
Neither Darius nor Memee are offensive players and tend to be defensive.
And the Nuggets have more main rotations: Boykins, Joan Barry, White, Anderson......
Except for Anderson, the other three are offensive players, and their specialty is to grab points.
In the rotation stage, Boykins and Barry formed a backup guard combination, and the firepower was not lost to the starter at all.
Boykins also showed Ye Feng what he was capable of.
Dribbling to the frontcourt, Boykins called out Birdman Anderson to block the pick-and-roll.
At the moment when Anderson blocked Ye Feng, Boykins grabbed the vacancy and directly pulled up the jumper.
Ye Feng squeezed over with great difficulty, but he didn't have time to stop it.
Because of his height, Boykins trained the arc of the three-point shot very high, which was difficult to block.
And that's just the beginning.
Subsequently, Boykins made one attack after another, shooting inside and outside, and slashing points one after another, just like the 165-centimeter Kobe.
Although Ye Feng defends seriously, this guy is too flexible, and his height of 165 cm has become his advantage.
If you don't pay attention, he can go around your waist and be unguarded.
Although Ye Feng can continue to score alone Boykins on the offensive end, how can one person's firepower compare with the whole Nuggets team?
Relying on the advantage of the rotation lineup, the third quarter of the game ended, and the Nuggets entered the final quarter with a 5-point lead at 80:75.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Big Z was still powerful, bursting the Nuggets' interior line and leading the whole team to chase points.
Anthony didn't play well and was defended by James with a 3-of-0 shot.
Of course, James played even worse, shooting 0-of-4 in the second half, scoring only one point from the free throw line, and was forced to focus on passing.
In key moments, the Nuggets' Miller and Boykins were in full swing.
The two men were responsible for all of the Nuggets' scoring in the final quarter.
But the Nuggets still trailed by the score.
In the last 17 seconds, it was Boykins' three-point shot that helped the Nuggets take a one-point lead at 95:94.
At this time, Anthony's stats are 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
James' stats are 8 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
Ye Feng had 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
"In any case, this game was originally a showdown between the champion and the leader, but now the undrafted Ye Feng has intervened, making this game a three-kingdom battle. Ye Feng and James are Wu and Shu, and Anthony is Wei. In the end, whether the Wu Shu coalition army burned Chibi or the Wei unified the whole country depends on the last 17 seconds. ”
CCTV5, Zhang Weiping said.
In the final round, Paul sought stability, called a timeout, and laid out the tactics in detail.
"The first point of attack, Ilgoskas. If you can attack by yourself, you can attack by yourself, and if the opportunity is not good, it will be passed out! ”
This is a matter of course, Big Z performed the best today, and naturally it was the first choice.
But it is precisely because Big Z performs the best that the Nuggets estimate is also the most guarded against Big Z, so they should be prepared for both.
"Second point of attack!"
Paul glanced at James, hesitated for a moment, and finally looked at Davis.
"Davis fights himself!"
James put up a flashy near-triple-double tonight, but his shooting was miserable. Under Anthony's defense, James shot 3-of-11 from the field and shot just 27.3%.
On the contrary, Davis played well, shooting 7-of-16 from the field and shooting a respectable 43.8 percent from the field.
"Finally, Ye, you have to be ready to shoot too!"
Unexpectedly, Paul actually regarded Ye Feng as the third choice.
This is also taken for granted, James is not in good shape, Boozer is restrained by Nene, McGinnis is not in shape for the whole game, and Ye Feng's open shooting is the most trustworthy, and he has not missed a shot until now.
On the Nuggets' side, they replaced Boykins and sent a five-starting lineup with better defense to defend the ball.
Honk~
The race starts, the last 17 seconds.
Ye Feng dribbled the ball past half the court, waited for everyone to settle down, and handed the ball to Ilgoskas.
As soon as Ilgoskas had the ball, Camby held it up.
Nene and Anthony each shrank one step and stared at each other.
The Nuggets were also prepared and would never let Ilgoskas play this game.
Ilgoskas still tried twice, but he couldn't find a chance, so he could only pass it out and hand it to Davis.
Davis is not a big Z, his mind is always so rational.
He's facing Leonard and has a height advantage, and when he thinks about it, he doesn't plan to give the ball to anyone else.
After dribbling the ball a few times, Davis took a step-back step after a breakaway and pulled up a jumper.
Helplessly, Leonard defended the ball very well, although it couldn't be covered, but it also greatly interfered with Davis's shooting.
Bang!
The basketball smashes the basket and comes out.
"Rebound!"
The coaches of both sides shouted at the same time that this rebound would determine the final victory.
The Cavaliers grabbed it, and there was still a chance.
The Nuggets grabbed it, and even if the Cavaliers use foul tactics again, it will be too late.
But judging from the court, the Nuggets have a better chance of grabbing this rebound.
Although Big Z is 221 cm tall, he has never been a rebounding master, and he has only more than 9 rebounds in one year in his career.
As for Boozer, the rebounding statistics are very beautiful, but most of them are brushed out of the backcourt, and the frontcourt rebounding ability is very weak.
Conversely, Camby is a rebounder, averaging 9.8 rebounds per game in his career and 13.1 at his peak.
And judging from the situation on the court, Nene blocked Boozer, and Camby also stuck Big Z, and this defensive rebound was almost in the Nuggets' bag.
But no matter what, the four will not give up and do everything to grab this rebound.
The entire Pepsi Center arena fell silent, and everyone watched the game-winning rebound.
"Give it to me!"
"Get out of here!"
"Mine!"
"Get out!"
The four muscular men roared, using their muscles to fight for the best landing spot.
Finally, the basketball began to fall, and the four of them jumped up at the same time, eight big hands around the basketball.
And the most dominant is Camby, whose big hand is closest to the basketball, and he is only a little bit away from grabbing it.
"Roar!"
However, at this very moment.
The ninth big hand has appeared!
A yellow No. 23 flew out of nowhere, like a god, grabbed the basketball with one hand on the top of the heads of the four muscular men, and took it out.
Syllable!
The other hand slapped on the basketball and made a terrifying sound, which showed how much strength James used in this palm.
The basketball was held firmly, but James was hit by four people and staggered and fell to the ground.
And a moment before he fell to the ground, James passed the ball out.
Target: Yellow 24.