Chapter 70: Winning the First Victory

At the beginning of the final quarter of the game, George Carr obviously knew that the first few minutes of the fourth quarter were the key to a comeback, so he let the end of the third quarter go off the court, Iguodala and Gallinari, who had only rested for a few minutes, returned to the court, Big McGee re-appeared, and Wilson Chandler, who had played well on the offensive end, also returned, and the ball was handed over to Miller Sr.

It's just that after George Carl saw the lineup of the Magic team, he couldn't help frowning, as expected on the guard line, Lillard led the team alone, and Beverley served as a guard with a knife, but what the hell is the front line? Claude and Green, two little-known second-round shows, actually ran up? Plus an old AK?

George Carr's anger soared, he felt offended, in his opinion, Chen An was belittling him, but with a fifteen-point difference, he actually sent two players who had not appeared before.

"Does this rookie think he's going to win?"

George Carr stood on the sidelines and shouted at the Nuggets players on the court, "Give me the spirits, don't even compare to the second-round show!" ”

George Carr's stimulation had a certain effect, anyway, Big McGee seemed very excited, and directly slammed into the interior line to frequently ask for positions, but he didn't have the ability to attack independently at all, so whether it was Iguodala or Gallinari, or even Wilson Chandler ignored his low ball, and only used it as a feint point to contain the opponent's defense.

Iguodala didn't perform well in the first three quarters, perhaps because he had just arrived at the Nuggets and was not yet used to the atmosphere and tactics of the new team, but as soon as the fourth quarter came up, this guy seemed to wake up, first against Crowder's strong shot, and hit a three-pointer. Immediately afterwards, he broke into the inner line and played 2+1.

The fourth quarter of the Magic side has not yet opened, Iguodala has already sounded the horn of the Nuggets' counterattack, watching the score close to 9 points, Chen An's palms oozed a lot of sweat, but he insisted on his strategy and did not make adjustments.

That persistence quickly paid off.

Defending Iguodala is Crowder, this guy is not a natural defender, in other words, he is not very talented in defense, and he will become a good perimeter defender in the future purely by personal effort and hard work.

Seeing Iguodala hit himself twice in a row, Crowder changed his defensive strategy, he whispered a few words to Beverley, and in the next round, facing Iguodala to face himself with the ball again, this guy actually borrowed from Brewer and Iguodala's previous method of defending Harden, close to the ball handler to defend the shot, and at the same time let go of one side, but he let go of his left side, because Iguodala is the main right hand with the ball.

This time, Iguodala chose to pull up, but the three-point iron, Green and AK blocked Faried and Gallinari who were about to rush for rebounds, Beverley jumped high from the crowd to collect the rebound, and then quickly passed to Lillard.

Lillard quickly pushed through the half court after receiving the ball, the old Miller obviously couldn't keep up with Lillard's speed, but Iguodala's defense was very fast, but Crowder's follow-up speed was also fast, between ups and downs, the front court formed a 2+1 situation, in the face of Iguodala who pounced, Lillard slowed down, stopped the ball, retreated in one go, and made a three-point posture, but at the moment when Iguodala flew to block, Lillard threw his hand and handed the ball to Crowder, who followed up.

After receiving the ball, Claude was unlucky, and took three steps directly, and then faced the empty basket with a smashing dunk!

"Roar!"

Crowder, who scored his first NBA career point after completing the dunk, was extremely excited, slapping his chest and roaring as he ran back.

Such a dunk stopped the Nuggets' momentum of chasing points, boosted the morale of the whole team, and boosted Crowder's self-confidence, in the next few rounds, he defended more actively, and when Iguodala held the ball again to face him, he still chose the previous defensive method, this time, Iguodala broke through to the left-hand side, but I didn't expect it to be a trap, Beverley, who was on the same side, let go of the old Miller at the moment when Iguodala accelerated, and in the blink of an eye, he and Crowder caught Iguodala one after the other.

Without waiting for Iguodala to stop the ball, Beverley directly took the ball away, and then advanced with the ball, and when he saw Lillard quickly follow from the other side, he passed the ball over, Lillard did not make adjustments after receiving the ball, and it was just a chase three-pointer.

Swish!

The basketball hollowed into the net, and the Magic added another three points, and the difference was originally chased to 9 points, but after this three-point shot, it expanded to 16 points.

George Karl looked at the score and couldn't help clenching his fists, he now understands that Chen An is not arrogant at all, but has changed his strategy, in the rotation lineup where Harden is off the court and Lillard is difficult to take the lead alone, Chen An chose to start from defense and use defense to drive offense, and this is what George Karl is best at.

"Pause!"

Seeing that there were only 7 and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, George Carr called a timeout, and he was ready to make a last fight, so he replaced Tylawson again, ready to let Tylawson use his speed to impact the Magic's interior line, which is considered to add an extra offensive point with the ball, and defensively, in order to avoid Lillard from eating Tylawon, he put the pinch-and-shoot tactics against Harden on Lillard.

Chen An didn't know George Carr's adjustment, but he didn't choose to adjust, he knew that the victory in this game was basically in his pocket, and what made him even happier was to see Crowder's self-adjustment on the defensive end, as well as the communication with Beverley, which he wanted to see, and in this way, he also believed that Crowder, Beverley, and Green could grow quickly.

After the timeout ended and returned to the court, the battle between the two sides became more intense, and in the face of the Nuggets' changed defensive strategy, Lillard was scrambling, after all, a rookie enjoyed the treatment of a pinch shot, which is really beyond imagination.

However, Lillard also quickly proved his ability, after two rounds of scrambling, he communicated with other players on the court in a timely manner, and in the next round, he chose to block and dismantle Green, Green did not go inside after the dismantling, but bounced outside the three-point line, and when Green went up to block the dismantle, the old AK went to the bottom corner at the same time, leaving the entire interior line empty and pulling out space.

After Green dismantled, in the face of the pinch, Lillard immediately transferred the ball laterally to Green, if someone pounced to help defend, Green will choose to deal with it further, if no one assists in defending him, he is a big vacancy, and after making adjustments, it is okay to shoot directly from three-point shots or impact the basket.

Green showed his good vision and ability to pass the ball, after he received the ball, he did not panic in the face of the Nuggets players who came to the defense, and saw the old AK who cut inward for the first time, he instantly passed the ball out, the ball passed very well, there was a certain amount of advance, the old AK flew directly after receiving the ball, it was a two-handed slam dunk.

With this slam dunk, George Carr's defensive strategy broke down again, a few rounds later, Harden re-appeared, Harden, who controlled the rhythm of the game, lowered the team's rhythm again, focused on the success rate, and when the point difference widened to 18 points, and there were only 3 minutes left in the game, George Karl replaced all the main forces and sent a garbage time lineup led by Fournier.

Seeing George Karl's such a clear surrender, Chen An finally let go of his hands, and he knew that he had accepted the first victory of his NBA coaching career!