A Wizards fan once said that the full name of "The General" is - Gilbert Mad Arenas! Because when he wasn't injured, he was a star on the same level as Kobe Bryant, who was most like Jordan Bryant. After Staples scored 60 points, Arenas officially became a scoring machine, but that was a season ago.

Last season, Arenas missed most of the game due to injury. Therefore, how much power he has left after returning from injury is the most concerned thing for fans. As a result, Arenas averaged 23.5 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game in the six games he played for the Nuggets in the new season, and the fly in the ointment was that he shot only 41% from the field.

Another Nuggets star, Carmelo Anthony, averaged 23 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. With Arenas' arrival reducing his shots, his scoring has dropped from last season, but he's still brave. Together, the two have scored nearly 50 points per game, the sharpest outside combination in the league this season.

In Hayes' previous life, Anthony and Iverson formed the Golden Duo, making the Nuggets one of the most watched teams in the league. Now the arrival of Arenas has given the Nuggets a "new golden double gun"!

Against such a Nuggets team, even if the Bobcats played well in the previous game, they didn't dare to be careless. D'Antoni changed his defensive tactics in order to limit the Nuggets' offense. "Defenders are marked. Marcus (Camby) defends Nene, Chuck defends Martin, Gerrard (Wallace) defends Anthony, Kevin (Durant) defends Jones, and Billups defends Arenas. When you return to defense, you should be timely. Their offense was fast-paced. ”

With point guards like Arenas and brutalist interior players like Nene and Martin, the Nuggets switch very quickly between offense and defense. Arenas often dribbled the ball from the back to the front court to attack, and the Bobcats had Camby and were at a disadvantage in speed. It's not easy to play a joint defensive formation. And the Nuggets also know how to break the defense, their players on the court can also be inside and outside, and the interior players can shoot from the middle. Even Dundee Jones, who has the weakest offense, can shoot cold arrows from the outside. The Bobcats employ a man-to-man defense as the most appropriate strategy.

D'Antoni also spoke about offensive tactics. "Protect the backcourt rebounds, counterattack quickly, and if the opponent returns in time, play a triangle offense, Chuck focuses on Martin in the low post. Outside Kevin singles Jones. ”

The Nuggets are a fast team, so today Mark Gasol didn't make the rotation. Also rested was Landry, who poked his finger during a dunk against the Raptors, which was not serious, but there was no need to play with an injury, and Anthony Morrow entered the rotation for the first time with one game off.

The Nuggets are a team with such obvious strengths and weaknesses, and while the offense is extremely sharp, the flaws in the defense are also exposed. Previously there was no defense in the Nuggets' system, and the new season will be even worse as they sent away two of the team's best defensive players, Marcus Camby and Nahoola, last season. They are averaging 103.5 points per game this season.

The Bobcats boldly enable Anthony Morrow. The Nuggets' perimeter defense isn't tight, and Morrow will certainly get his chance.

Nuggets head coach George Karl arranged a similar tactic to the Bobcats, with the same man-to-man defense, and Kenyon Martin took on the heavy lifting of the guard against Hayes. The Nuggets don't intend to have outside players trap Hayes, they've seen footage of the Bobcats' previous games, and if the weak-side players wrap up Hayes, the result will be a three-point rain against the Bobcats. So the only one who can help Martin is Nene, who has to pull a certain distance and help defend at any time when defending Camby. Hayes hasn't scored much this season, but no coach would think it's Hayes' ability to decline. Put Camby to shoot, even if it is to score more points, the Nuggets are not afraid, but Hayes is the one who can decide the outcome of the game, and he must be taken special care of.

Attacking tactics George Karl Needless to say, the players all know that they can play as fast as they can, and the positional attack is to rely on teammates to cover the star single.

The game was a passionate collision between two teams with strong offense, so it attracted ESPN to broadcast the game live, and Magic Johnson and Joan Barry served as the commentators of the game.

"Erwin, which team do you think is more likely to win today's game?" Joan Barry asked.

"I'm bullish on the Bobcats, both teams have strong offenses, but the Bobcats aren't bad defensively this season, and the Nuggets are weaker defensively than they were last season. This is the biggest gap between the two teams. ”

"The Nuggets' Anthony and Arenas seem to be in better shape than the Bobcats' Hayes and Gerard Wallace, could that be the deciding factor in whether the Nuggets can win?" ”

Chuck's stats have certainly dropped, but a look at his league-leading assists shows that he's more focused on playmaking, and the Bobcats have brought in a couple of players to increase their scoring points this season. Chuck and Gerard Wallace's reduction in shots is good for the team's rookie development. When he was in the Trail Blazers, Durant couldn't play anything, and as soon as he turned to the Bobcats, he immediately became a player close to 20+5, which is due to Hayes. Johnson laughed.

Players from both sides greeted each other, and Camby was smiling at the sight of his old team-mates.

Last season, Hayes would also say hello when he saw Arenas, and the two played in the All-Star Game and the Three-Point Contest together, and talked a lot. This time, though, Arenas didn't give Hayes a good look. He had asked the Homo Economicus to contact the Bobcats and wanted to join forces with Hayes, but in the end, the Bobcats rejected Arenas outright. He felt that it was Hayes who looked down on him, and his pride was hurt.

Hayes knew what Arenas was thinking, so ignore it. This guy really can't get the Bobcat, whether he will grab the position of the boss or not, it's a miracle that he hasn't been injured so far.

Bobcats starting lineup: Billups, Durant, Wallace, Hayes, Camby.

Nuggets starting lineup: Arenas, Jones, Anthony, Martin, Nene

The game started on time, and Nene outscored Camby with a brilliant bounce. Arenas received the ball and suddenly started to dribble past the half.

Anthony covered Arenas in front of the three-point line. Because the offense was played so quickly, Camby hadn't yet reached the inside line. Arenas bypassed Billups and relied on his speed to get past Gerard Wallace and make a layup! 0 to 2.

It was so fast that the Bobcats players didn't react, the ball had already been thrown into the basket, and the uninjured Arenas was terrifyingly attacking.

Hayes sent in the baseline and Billups controlled the tempo and fell into a positional battle. Arenas' defense has not been strong, but his hands are lightning fast, and if a defender is not careful, he can also be cut off by him. Billups was still careful to take the ball across the halfcourt, with Hayes and Kenyon Martin inside scrambling for position.

Martin is physically strong, and even with multiple injuries, he can keep up with defenders. Hayes was at a disadvantage in height and reach, and finally got the basketball. Martin immediately took a half-step back and placed a hand on Hayes's waist.

It's not the first time Martin and Hayes have faced each other, and he knows very well that he can't get too close to defend Hayes, otherwise he is likely to be turned around by Hayes. Hayes' back hit, Martin was confident to defend, but if Hayes used his technique to play small throws, he would have a headache. When the Nuggets played Bobcats last season, Martin was already cast in the shadow by Hayes.

Hayes took the ball with his back to observe the situation with his eyes, Camby had pulled up to the high position, Nene and Camby were two steps away, obviously to cover Hayes on the inside at any time.

Hayes turned down the middle, threw the ball back with one hand and passed it to Camby, who was pulled high up. Camby has the ability to shoot from the ground up, and now he's two steps away and has plenty of time to make a shot. If it weren't, Hayes wouldn't want to pass it on to him. Camby's shooting action is uncomfortable to watch.

As a result, Camby was clearly out of shape today, and his open jumper was missed, and Anthony grabbed the rebound in the backcourt. Give it to Arenas. The Bobcats quickly rebounded and didn't let the Nuggets play a fast break.

Arenas went up front and passed to Anthony, Martin pulled up to cover, Anthony broke through from the right, and Hayes rushed to make up the defense. Anthony hits a pullup jump shot! 0 to 4.

Anthony's shot point is also very high, and Hayes can't interfere as long as he is a little slower to follow. But if he is very close, Anthony can rely on his strong body to lean on the other party to break through. For Hayes, Anthony is more difficult to defend than James, because James' offense mainly relies on breaking, and the means are more monotonous, but Anthony's jump shot is more accurate and he is better at using his body when he breaks through.

The Bobcats attacked, and the Nuggets still chose to put Canby. And Martin made a surprising move when defending Hayes - around the front defense!

There have been a number of teams that have defended Hayes around the front before, and there are two ways for the Bobcats to crack it. The first is that the outside player singles to shoot as soon as possible to let Hayes grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and the second is that Hayes quickly gets rid of it and goes to the other side to catch the ball.

Usually Bobcats players choose the first option because Hayes is very good at rebounding. Billups passed to Durant. The latter jumped high and made a dry jumper. Dundee-Jones couldn't get enough of it to interfere, but Durant also missed the shot. And the ball bounced relatively outside, although Hayes stuck Martin in advance, he also judged the direction of the ball, but the ball was a little far away from him, and Nene grabbed the rebound.

The Nuggets immediately launched a counterattack, and Arenas received the ball and accelerated past Billups and passed the ball to Anthony, who was fast on the other side. Wallace followed Anthony, Anthony lowered his head and rushed into the Bobcat penalty area, both of them were in high-speed movement, if there was a serious physical confrontation at this time, Wallace would definitely be sentenced to a foul, so Wallace could only follow the hand to interfere and block when Anthony made a move.

Anthony made a sudden stop outside the three-second zone on the left and raised his hands. Wallace looked at Anthony's shoulders and didn't jump, just raised his hands. He judged correctly, Anthony really didn't get off and shoot, it was a feint. However, the ball in Anthony's hand was passed. Nene caught up with the ball from the middle and took two steps to smash the ball with one hand! 0 to 6.

Nene was much faster than Camby. He is one of the few interior players in the league who can match the physicality of Stadamyre and Howard.

The Nuggets opened with more flowers, but the Bobcats' offense hasn't found a feel yet.

"Tactic No. 4, pass the ball to me!" Hayes shouted at his teammates.

At this time, it is the leaders who need to step up!

(To be continued)