Chapter 7: Beyond Anthony
With Horne for the Hornets, Anthony of the Nuggets was first controlled, and then the team's height was raised without a drop in mobility.
In this way, the Hornets got an overall improvement, and in this case, the score became 32-28 at the end of the first quarter, and the difference was still four points, but the Hornets definitely did not look like they were in a state of being helpless.
Horn was a huge success as soon as he came out of the game, and when Horn walked off the court at the end of the first quarter, Ball came over and slapped Horn on the shoulder very hard.
Dick Stockton and Mike Flatayr started talking about Horn.
"Didn't you say before that Horn's speed dropped so much after his injury, why does it look even faster today than before?"
Mike Flatay was really shocked by Horn today, and Dick Stockton couldn't answer his question completely, so he could only guess: "It's possible that the previous injury wasn't completely healed!" Now the speed has improved, it is estimated that the injury has recovered, and the level of training has also improved during this period of time. ”
This is the only reason Dick Stockton can find, compared to the Hornets' jubilation, the Nuggets are extremely unhappy.
Horn's personal ability is average, but he is taller and faster, and such a player actually makes the Nuggets feel a little helpless.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Nuggets changed the bench lineup and did not let Anthony play, and Ball on the Hornets side did not let Horne play at all.
Compared to the bench lineup, the gap between the Hornets and the Nuggets is not that big! After all, the Hornets bench also has Thorton, Belinelli, Peja and other players who can score.
The Nuggets' bench lineup couldn't take advantage, and in the second half of the second quarter, the score of the two teams still didn't open up to 53:50. At this time, George Karl finally couldn't help but put Anthony back on the court, and Anthony that Ball had been staring at for a long time! The Nuggets released Anthony, and he put Horn back on the court.
Anthony was very unhappy with Horn's defense in the first quarter, and once he came back at this time, he immediately glanced at Horn gloomily.
Horn ignored Anthony's eyes, he didn't care what the other party thought. Today is his first game back on the pitch and he's going to have to play well.
The whistle blew, the Nuggets teed off on the sideline, and the Nuggets came back trying to get the ball to Anthony.
But at this time, Horn adopted a tight defense, and did not let Anthonica play in the main position, and Anthony ran left and right without getting a chance.
Anthony made Horn a little disgraced in the first quarter, and he couldn't get the basketball at this time. Anthony was also a little annoyed, and pushed Horn to get space underneath. However, Horn is not a vegetarian either, and as soon as Anthony made a move, he immediately took Anthony's hand in a stealthy way.
Anthony didn't shake off Horn, turned around and hit Horn the shoulder, and Horn immediately hit Anthony on the thigh from behind.
The two of them are running and stuck in positions while making small movements, so that the two people compete physically, and the psychological anger is getting bigger and bigger.
On the touchline, Anthony barely pounced for the ball, and Horn took advantage of his reach from the side to send the ball flying again.
The Nuggets' Anthony didn't receive the ball, and in the end, Billups had to miss a shot from beyond the three-point line.
After the Nuggets got Anthony, they were controlled by Horn again. This made the Nuggets feel very uncomfortable, and Anthony was also very uncomfortable.
At the end of the round, Anthony yelled at Horn, "Little minion, clean hands and feet!" ”
"Sissy, didn't you pick it up first?"
Horn is not lost to Anthony in the mouth, and Anthony is very hot by Horn.
On the defensive end, he also stared at Horn, but Horn is not an offensive player with the ball at all. When it came to the Nuggets' half, I watched Horn run back and forth, covering back and forth, and constantly cutting in the air, Horn usually ran like this and didn't have anything, but Anthony didn't usually play like this, he ran two laps with Horn without any gain, and he was tired enough.
The Hornets didn't score in this round, and the Nuggets grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and immediately launched a fast break.
The Nuggets' athleticism is no weaker than that of the Hawks, and Billups threw a long pass, and Martin rushed over with the ball.
Martin was not slow, but he did not dare to attack after being caught up by Collison without attacking power, so he could only turn around and pass the ball to Anthony.
Anthony picked up the ball in a quick run and then immediately dribbled past Horn. In his mind, it's not easy for Lao Tzu to beat you in the middle of the fast attack. But the truth is not easy at all, Horn accelerates next to Anthony and stops Anthony again.
Anthony was so depressed that he was entangled by Horn, so he could only dribble and turn around in the hope of running over Horn, but even though Horn was run over half of his body, he was still sticking to Anthony by his side, sticking to Anthony on the one hand, and secretly pushing and pulling Anthony underneath. Retaliate against Anthony for scolding himself for being a minion.
In this situation, Anthony still got up and forced the shot, so that it would be hellish if the shot could be shot.
Horn has stopped Anthony again!
Horn defended Anthony for two consecutive rounds, and George Karl began to look bad on the sidelines! Bauer was excited.
Anthony on the court is more and more depressed the more he plays, and Horn's type of tall man, fast speed, and strength does not suffer is really Anthony's nemesis of his back-to-back play. And Horn is also very difficult, the two of them are constantly entangled, and Anthony's anger is getting bigger and bigger.
There were only 2 minutes left in the first half, and Anthony wanted to attack with his back to the ball at this time, but at this time he was a little smarter and asked for a teammate's baseline cover. But what he didn't expect was that Horn's teammate David West was also smart.
David West delayed Anthony from the side, so that Horne shook off Nene on the baseline and still chased after him, and the moment Anthony received the ball, Horn suddenly clicked on the basketball.
Hit the basketball on Anthony's lap and smashed it out of the baseline. Horn not only disrupted Anthony's offense, but also won possession.
Anthony was so angry with Horn that he was about to go crazy, he turned back to Horn and said viciously, "Little minion! Mind you, who do you think you are? But it's the water cooler administrator, don't mess with me. ”
Horn still liked Anthony's angry state, and he smiled and deliberately provoked Anthony.
"What about the little minions? What about water cooler managers? I can just stop you today, and I will definitely be able to defeat you in the future and blow you up like. I will become a stronger player than you. ”
Horn said this, partly to stimulate Anthony, and partly because after obtaining the "heirloom", Horn had hopes and dreams.
But Horn never expected that the damn TV broadcast would record Horn's words.
Through TNT's broadcast, the audience at the scene, as well as all the fans who tuned in to watch the game, heard Horn's wild words.
Horn did play well today, but it sounds like a joke that a substitute player can blow up the league's top stars after playing well.
So thousands of fans laughed, even the Hornets own fans laughed, and Mike Fratayjo on the sidelines couldn't stand up with a straight laugh, he pointed at Horn on the sidelines and said: "Is this guy brainbroken, he wants to compare with Cameron Anthony, who does he think he is." He's just a substitute! ”
The crowd was laughing, and Horn didn't notice it for the first moment, only to realize what was happening when he saw the image on the big screen overhead.
However, realizing that he was being broadcast live, Horn was not ashamed, but angrily rushed to the crown. What happened to me being a minor character before? Small roles can't be compared with superstars? Shouldn't a small character have the heart to surpass a superstar? Why are you laughing at me? Well, since you're laughing at me, I'm going to go beyond Anthony and show you.
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