Denver, Colorado.

Located on a plain adjacent to the Los Angeles Mountains, Denver is the transportation hub of the West, with 7 major railroads and multiple highways intersecting here, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate.

The Denver Nuggets are also among the oldest teams in the NBA, having reached the ABA Finals in the 1975-76 season and the Western Conference Finals three times in the 1977-78, 1984-85 and 2008-09 seasons before joining the NBA.

Now, the leader of the Denver Nuggets is Tang Wenlong's college brother, little melon Carmelo Anthony. It is also Tang Wenlong's favorite star before he entered the NBA.

Anthony naturally knows that he is the hottest rookie in the league today, and it is also his junior brother who led the team to visit, and he was on the top of the ** early, @唐文龙, and expressed his welcome to his junior brother, and looked forward to being able to stage a wonderful game with his junior brother.

However, in Collins' tactical arrangement, it was not Tang Wenlong who faced Anthony Ace, but Iguodala.

When night fell, a light rain suddenly fell in the sky, pouring down on the plain. Denver under the rain curtain and the heavy water vapor on the South Peret River are intertwined with each other, exuding a unique atmosphere.

The Pepsi Center arena in Denver was sparsely packed with fans watching the game, and the fans in the back row looked at the empty front row and moved their positions to find a better position.

The year before last, the Nuggets traded Iverson for Billups, which suddenly turned the Nuggets from a bombardment team to a balanced team on offense and defense, and that year won one of the three Western Conference Finals in team history.

Last year, the Nuggets' record was stable in second place in the West, but unfortunately the team's coach George Karl was found to have cancer in the neck and throat position, and missed all the remaining games of the Nuggets, and the Nuggets' record declined, and by the time of the playoffs, the coach was absent like a missing helmsman, losing 2-4 to Sloan's Jazz.

In the past two years, Anthony's ability to kill the ball has become more and more impressive, and at the end of November, in the game against the Bulls, Anthony took on the team's responsibility at a critical moment, and completed the winning goal in the last four seconds, allowing the team to defeat the Bulls, who are now in the first place in the East.

The players of both teams entered the arena almost simultaneously before the start of the game.

Tang Wenlong looked curiously at the players in the opposite half, his eyes swept over the bodies of those players one by one, and suddenly, his gaze froze, fixed on a tall and burly young man.

The young man seemed to feel Tang Wenlong's gaze and slowly turned his head.

It was Carmelo Anthony, with a yellow headband on his head and a round face, and although he was plagued by trade rumors, he could still see the spirit in his eyes.

Anthony smiled at Tang Wenlong, and Tang Wenlong responded with a smile, and the two best players in the history of Syracuse University met at this moment

"I didn't expect you to adapt to the NBA so quickly, did it feel too slow when you played in the NCAA?" Anthony and Tang Wenlong walked to the middle circle and high-fived and hugged, although it was only the first time they met, they were like old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and there was no sense of estrangement.

Tang Wenlong nodded, and should claim: "That's right, when I was in college, I always wanted to speed up, and I deeply pressed this idea." ”

Anthony smiled and asked, "What tactics are you playing now?" Shelling or something else? ”

Tang Wenlong shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "There have always been changes, let's focus on blocking and dismantling, the coach always thinks about some complex tactics, but unfortunately we are too stupid." ”

Anthony laughed twice and said: "Don't be modest, the tactical literacy of players in the NBA is generally very good, and no matter how complex the tactics are, there are not many of them when they are distributed to one of the players." ”

"So, is the coach the hardest?"

"It's also quite hard to organize the defenders, like Chauncey Billups of our team, he has memorized nearly a thousand tactics in his head, and he can be called a master tactician, an encyclopedia." Anthony said.

"Even if you buy it, it's so powerful?" Tang Wenlong blinked, a little surprised.

Anthony smiled: "So if you want to become an NBA superstar, you can't simply improve your skills and tactics, the key is to look at the ball quotient and your ability to read the game." ”

Tang Wenlong nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and remembered everything Anthony said in his heart.

The picture of the two people standing in the center circle and exchanging views was broadcast on TV to the eyes of every fan who followed these two teams, especially the students of Syracuse University, who couldn't help but feel that time had flown by when they saw the conversation between the new and old Syracuse kings.

After a while, the fans in the Pepsi Center gradually increased, and the referees also walked into the field.

By this time, the warm-up training of the players of both teams was almost complete, and Collins once again emphasized his pre-game tactics.

At this time, the lights went dark, and then suddenly a row of spotlights was turned on.

Tang Wenlong knew that this was going to be the entrance ceremony for the home players, and he had experienced it when he was in Philadelphia, and that feeling was like a spiritual encouragement to the home players.

This game is also broadcast live on the imperial court station, and today, when high-definition broadcasting on the Internet has not yet become popular, watching the game through traditional TV is still the choice of most fans.

In the studio of the capital, Yang Jian and Yang Yi formed a double Yang combination, and they started today's commentary without a match.

Yang Jian said: "Coach Yang, we know that Tang Wenlong has just won the award of the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, and his performance in the NBA in his first month is very eye-catching, how do you describe this player?" ”

Yang Yi was obviously prepared, and as soon as Yang Jian's voice fell, he talked eloquently: "That's right, Wenlong is indeed a very good player, his talent, his efforts are obvious to all, when he was in the NCAA, he has already shown the demeanor of a leader, just like Coach Doug Collins said, only the sky is his limit." ”

Yang Jian jokingly said: "You know, Tang Wenlong won the Eastern Player of the Week award last month and then performed sluggishly for two consecutive games, our American counterparts said that Tang Wenlong is an award syndrome, so this time Tang Wenlong won the Eastern Player of the Month award, will he also discount his performance?" ”

Yang Yi secretly glanced at Yang Jian, thinking about what the problem was, but he still laughed a few times with a very cooperative "hehe" on his face, and then said: "Probably not, because the Nuggets are not a team with very good outside defense, although they have Chauncey Billups, although they have Carmelo Anthony." The stats show that the Nuggets' outside defense limit opponents this season ranks only 14th in the league, which is only in the middle of the league. ”

"Hey, the game started right away, and the starters from both sides took to the field." Yang Jian saw the starters of the Nuggets and the 76ers on the court, and began to broadcast the starters on both sides very professionally: "On the 76ers' side, the point guard is Holiday , the scoring guard Tang Wenlong, the small forward Iguodala, the power forward Brand, and the center Hawes. And the Nuggets' side has not changed, it is still their regular lineup, point guard Billups, scoring guard Afararo, small forward Anthony, power forward Kenyon Martin, center Nene . ”

The camera of the imperial court station immediately switched to the scene, and at this time the referee had already walked to the center circle with the basketball in his hand.

The footage flashed, and the English abbreviations and real-time scores of the two teams appeared under the screen, and then a long shot zoomed in, giving Anthony a close-up, and then returned to the normal wide-angle picture.

Basketball throws, the game begins!

The cape-like Nene was like a flying yaksha, easily overtaking Hoys, who was facing him, and spotting the basketball. When he landed, he snorted disdainfully at Hawes: "Dead fat." ”

Hawes's angry head is bruised, where is he fat? It's just a little round.

The ball passed through Kenyon Martin's hand to Billups, the 34-year-old Billups is old and strong, and after possession of the ball over half court, he is very skilled in directing the Nuggets to run, and the confidence in that command, even Anthony, who is a superstar, can only obediently obey orders and honestly run according to the line.

Some say that Billups' strength is not his passing, but his ability to bring the team together at all times and always show a big heart when it matter.

The ball was distributed to Kenyon Martin on the wing, Martin and Anthony made a hand-to-hand pass and cover, Anthony was able to lead Iguodala by half a body, and this little space allowed him to grab it, jump up without hesitation, and make his famous jumper on dry ground.

"Bang!"

At the beginning of the game, his hand seemed to be a little stiff, and the shot was very positive, but the force was slightly less, and it smashed into the front of the hoop.

The rebounding basketball was fast, and Hawes and Nene who were entangled under the basket reached out almost subconsciously at the same time, and the basketball was clicked by Hawes and flew backwards.

A pair of large yellow hands pressed on top of the flying basketball

Tang Wenlong slashed out and unexpectedly picked up the rebound.