Chapter 71: The Comer Is Not Good
Lehi was a little entangled in his heart, and Anthony spoke like that before, which actually showed that he actually cared about his performance on the only stage of this All-Star Weekend. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
If the other party is fulfilled, Lehi will be unwilling in his heart, and if Anthony does not perform well, Lehi will also feel uncomfortable.
Some time ago, Lehi was the starting No. 2 for the Knicks, so he was defined as a guard in the Rookie Challenge.
The Rookie Challenge is coached by a combination of former NBA head coaches and former All-Stars, with the sophomore team featuring Doug Mo, who coached the Nuggets for many years, and Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo, and the first-year team featuring "Scream Coach" PJ Callesimo and Nuggets all-time scoring leader Alex Inglish.
The first-year team selected a starting lineup with a better defense, guards: Lehi, Tony Allen, forwards: Lore Deng, Andre Iguodala, and center: Dwight Howard.
The sophomore team started with four players who were clearly more famous than the others, and the last one chose height and defense, because there was no orthodox center, and they lost badly last year, guards: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, forwards: Udonis Haslem, Carmelo Anthony, center: Chris Bosh.
When he came out to warm up, Li Hai was still a little absent-minded, but then he saw Xia Weiliang's face full of anticipation, and all the entanglements suddenly dissipated.
Doing his best is what he should do, and it is not his turn to think about anything else, and playing seriously is not only a respect for the fans who support him, but also a respect for his opponents, and Anthony naturally has his own efforts to succeed.
The game began with a lively cheer, and the spectators were much more joyful than in the regular season.
The sophomore got the ball, Wade advanced with the ball and handed it to Bosh on the inside, Bosh hit Howard with his back, turned around and made a feint to trick Howard into making a foul.
It stands to reason that Howard's tonnage is not at a loss, but Bosh has become the tactical core of the Raptors this year, and he has a lot more experience than Howard.
Bosh made two free throws and one hit, and the first-year team was controlled by Lehi to move forward, regardless of the status of the rivers and lakes, these people on the court, and Lehi should also be ranked first in ball control skills.
He was smiling and pushing the ball forward, not very fast, and seemed to be enjoying the game.
When he got to the frontcourt, he suddenly accelerated, and he was met with a three-point shot.
Since he planned to win with all his might, Lehi had a plan in mind.
Their lineup is a little worse in terms of scoring ability, and it may not be easy to play if it is an official game, but in the All-Star Weekend, there is no system for defense, especially in the first three quarters, which is generally more relaxed, and they don't need such strong offensive ability, and they are enough.
Moreover, in terms of the overall lineup, they do not suffer a loss defensively, and they still have a certain advantage on the inside.
The first step of Lehi's plan is to take advantage of the opportunity in advance, to establish the score advantage when the opponent's defense is not so serious, and the first start is that he has to score, and the opponent will focus on defending him, and then he can pass the dangerous ball more easily.
He doesn't have an orthodox number 1 player to his advantage, so he can fully control the ball and control the situation on the pitch more easily.
The results of several years of non-stop shooting practice are about to be fully demonstrated in this game, and if the sophomore team doesn't take the defense seriously, he will let the opponent know what a high-percentage three-point shooting is.
It's normal for All-Star games to try three-pointers, and the sophomore team didn't notice Lehi's intentions in the slightest.
Wade played the ball again, he seemed to be planning to get over the addiction of a point guard today, and he was bent on passing, he controlled the ball in front of Lehi, smashed the ball to the ground with one hand and accurately inserted it into the heart of the first-year team, and Lehi fished the ball with his long arm.
Accelerating with all his might, Lehi rushed to the three-point line with the ball and started, and a tomahawk made the audience boil.
When attacking again, Wade was a lot more cautious and passed the ball to James, Bosh came up to cover, James bypassed Tony Allen through the cover and passed the ball to Bosh down, Bosh avoided the defense, and it was also a heavy dunk.
Before waiting for the opponent to return to defense, the first-year team quickly sent the bottom ball, Lehi advanced to the front court with the ball and made a shooting action, Wade jumped, Lehi was a fake shot and a real pass, and the basketball was thrown into the hands of Tony Allen who ran back like a cannonball, and Tony Allen started with a split.
In the next few rounds, all the players on the field made attempts to attack, almost all of them were iron.
The dunks of the two teams are extremely good-looking, which makes the blood of the audience outside the court boil, but the style of play of both sides is not purely performative, mainly because the first-year team is almost not the kind of player who plays fancy, which gives the game a bit of a regular season flavor.
Seeing that the score did not change several offenses, Anthony wanted to get the ball, planning to play a dragon, dribbling the ball from outside the three-point line and rushing inside, Lehi saw from Anthony's eyes that he must be a single, and the inside was sandwiched, and the ball in Anthony's hand was slapped off.
Then Lehi took the ball to launch a fast attack, and when he saw that Wade had returned to the defensive position, he immediately made an emergency stop and passed the ball to Howard, who was striding up from behind, and Howard went in to put his hands on the basket.
Lehi high-fived his opponent hard, and that's it, taking the initiative in advance.
Before coming to Denver, Lehi had been thinking about the rookie game, and in his previous life, since Yao Ming entered the NBA, he was very concerned about various events, and he often discussed these things with his teammates.
He watched the live broadcast of this rookie game on the Internet, at that time they all felt that the sophomore team was stronger, and the final result was a big victory for the sophomore team, but the process was not one-sided, the first half was still a year ahead of the team, and in the second half, the two sides accelerated the pace of attack and defense before the sophomore team gradually took the initiative.
If he opened the score early, he would have broken out early if he couldn't keep the opponent, but this was his idea before he came, and now Lehi's idea is very clear, and he will try his best to win.
Anthony saw that he had not scored for a long time, and the ball was asked for frequently, and Wade was interesting enough, which did not hinder Anthony's performance at all, and handed over the ball to the front court.
Anthony took out his trademark jump shot, but unfortunately missed it in a little eagerness, smashed it on the basket and bounced high, he also fought, rushed in, grabbed the frontcourt rebound, saw that there was no space, and passed to James on the other side.
James' high leap was to abuse the basket vigorously, and it caused a scream.
However, after Li Haihai crossed the half, he scored another three-pointer under the cover of his teammates, and the sophomore team realized that Li Hai was not a good person.