Chapter 52: Defending the Gate: Iguodala
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Serving from the baseline, the Nuggets reorganized the offense, and Miller Sr. held the ball and moved forward.
Although Miller Sr. switched positions with Iguodala on the defensive end and let Iguodala defend the fat man, the fat man on the defensive end didn't want to fake his hands to others, and he had to deal with Miller Sr. himself.
The Nuggets' coordination in the first round was seamless, but Yang Yi knew that if he continued to press the defense, Miller Sr.'s physical strength would not be able to support him to play the whole game. Then the opportunity for the fat man will come. The Nuggets' backup point guard is Tylawson, a 1.80-meter tinker who will never have any trouble dealing with him.
Although the old Miller was squeezed back again and again by the fat man's tight defense, he still used his rich experience to send wonderful passes again and again, and Yang Yi's super long arm span could not block the old Miller's pass at all.
"Young man, you are still far away, you still have a lot to learn. It's the NBA, it's not a football league, and it's not a place where you can mix with a strong body. After another wonderful pass, old Miller taunted loudly at the fat man.
"Old fellow, you have too much nonsense! I see how long your physical strength can support you to play again? When you're old, if you don't go home to have a good rest, you still have to come to the field to compete with us young people for jobs, your behavior is really undeserved. I've decided, I've decided to take you off in two minutes. Yang Yi said contemptuously in the ear of Old Miller, not taking those assists sent by Old Miller as a thing at all!
Old Miller's face was a little dark, the fat man was an old guy, the old guy's call made him very uncomfortable, he was only 37 years old, and he had not yet reached the age of retirement!
However, there is still some truth in the fat man's statement, and the years are not forgiving. Although Miller Sr. is under the tight defense of the fat man, he still plays well and assists constantly. But after all, he is older, and he is constantly fighting with the fat man with his body, and the consumption of physical energy has intensified a lot. So after playing less than 5 minutes, he ran out of fitness and was replaced by backup point guard Tylawson.
Since Tylawson is a new player and is very physical, Nuggets head coach George Karl asked him to defend the fat man, and Iguodala rested for a while. After battling the fat man for so many minutes, Iguodala already felt like she was about to lose it.
It's still a bit difficult to deal with the fat man of Iguodala, because his main means of scoring is to push inside. But Iguodala blocked his footsteps and delayed his time to get inside, and five seconds with his back was a big disadvantage for him. So within five minutes, except for the opening game, he relied on free throws to score two points. There were no more scores, but instead he had four assists.
But against Trauson's words, Yang Yi believes that he can still do it. Despite his height of 80 meters, Tylawn weighs 88 kilograms.
"Hey, man, do you think you can stop me by yourself, although you look like a small steel cannon, but in front of a tank, a small steel cannon doesn't work." The fat man couldn't help but tease Tylawson when he faced him with the ball, to be honest, with a height of 1.80 meters, he really suffered when he played in the NBA! Except, of course, a super awesome like Iverson.
Tylawson didn't speak, but stared at Yang Yi with his eyes. He knew the strength of the rookie champion in front of him. Although his height is a disadvantage in the point guard position, his physical fitness is not inferior to other point guards at all. It's just that this point is completely out of order in the fat man's body, and Nima's 139.5 kg physique completely crushes him!
Seeing that Tylawson didn't speak, the fat man himself felt bored, so he simply devoted all his energy to attacking. As a result, Tylawson was tragic, and in terms of offense, Yang Yi's strength was definitely able to crush him. And the arm span of two meters and 16 meters is enough to protect the ball well, Lawson can't pull out the ball if he wants to, let alone break the ball to fight back.
After Iguodala stopped defending himself, the fat man was on fire, scoring 14 points on a shot from Lawson's head in just five minutes. Forcing George Karl to call a timeout to give the Nuggets a breather.
Sweat dripped down Lawson's face in large chunks. Although he has worked hard, the gap in strength cannot be bridged through hard work! After George Karl's adjustment, he had to defend Eric Gordon, a result that was the biggest irony of how hard he had been trying to defend in the past few minutes. He was unwilling, but this is reality, and no one can escape it!
When Yang Yi held the ball again, he faced Iguodala. However, the second quarter has just begun, and he still has enough energy to deal with Iguodala and don't have to worry about the offensive end at all!
Iguodala bit his lip and grimace, and this season is his ninth season in the league. Before that, he had only met one tank-type player, LeBron James, the number one player in the league today, and that guy really played on a rampage. But Iguodala felt that the fat man was more horizontal than the little emperor, although he didn't rush up, but the impact of the back hit was much stronger than that of Xiao Zhan Zhan.
Now the scores of both sides are anxious, and the players on the field are actively confronting, and it is completely impossible to see which side has traces of defeat. Therefore, Yang Yi didn't know which one to choose to complete the star task of the dungeon, so he could only watch while playing. But there is no doubt about one thing - the game must not be lost, if the game is lost, the task of Wuqi Chaoyuan will have to start again, in that case, the time of the system lottery will be delayed again, and he does not want to wait too long.
It's good to have the mid-range shooting skills of a star now. The impact of the back hit and the turnaround and backward jump shot are enough to cause serious lethality, but unfortunately there are only 13 glory points now, which are far from the level of buying star mid-pitch skills, and the worst A-level mid-pitch skills in the system mall are 50 glory points!
Facing Iguodala again, the game returned to the way it was in the first quarter. Iguodala's defense is unquestionably the best outside guard in the league. Yang can only shoot or pass to him by himself, unable to cause absolute damage, and did not cause the Nuggets to wrap up, so his shooting percentage and assist efficiency have dropped significantly.
George Karl clapped on the sidelines, Iguodala did a very good job defensively, clearly limiting the fat man's offense; And Monty Jing Williams touched his big bald head with a sad face, according to the current style of play, Yang Yi's physical strength can't support it for too long, once the fat man's physical strength is exhausted, the Hornets may be defeated across the board, and they have to quickly find a way to destroy the current situation.
At the end of the first half, the score was 50:50. Yang Yi, on the other hand, scored 24 points and had 8 assists. Of course, 14 of those 24 points were scored against Tylawson, and apart from the opening two, the fat man scored only eight points against Iguodala. The top defensive gate really lives up to its name!
The fat man's 24 points were a personal high in the first half, and the second highest score was Iguodala's 16 points, and Miller Sr.'s elusive pass assist made Iguodala easily score a double-double!