Chapter 213: Nuggets Series (1)
On April 30, the first game of the playoffs between the Hornets and Nuggets was played at the Hornets' New Orleans Arena.
Wang Meng pulled out his hand with three points in the arc, oops, he was too anxious to play this ball, the opponent's defenders were so close to him, he would definitely defend! Ay? The ball went in, Wang Meng was really good, he had already calculated that the opponent would defend him to break through instead of shooting, and he scored this three-point shot when Tylawson was caught off guard. "Listening to C5's famous commentary, many Chinese viewers have a feeling of egg pain, but they can't help but watch it, this is a playoffs. And it is Chinese player Wang Meng in the NBA playoffs, how can you not watch it?
"Wang Meng is in good shape today." Monty stood on the field, looked at Wang Meng, who was extremely brave on the field, and said with a little surprise.
"Not really." Thorton, who served as the Hornets' chief backup and was a veteran gossip, said sourly on the side: "Who doesn't know that Taylor has come to New Orleans in the past two days? According to a gossip magazine, Taylor and Wang Meng lived together for the past two days"
"Really? Just for that reason? Monty touched his chin and thought to himself, "Do you want me to take the players to the nightclub next time before the game to find out the state?" ”
In the VIP box specially arranged by the Hornets for the owner, Taylor and Liz were lying comfortably on the sofa seats, watching Wang Meng charge on the court.
"How? What I said worked. Taking a sip of freshly ground juice, Liz asked with a smile.
Taylor nodded a little embarrassed, although Liz was her best friend, she was still a little embarrassed to discuss such intimate issues.
"I'll just say, I've seen a lot of people like Wang Meng." Liz shook her head and said disdainfully: "A typical guy with a thief's heart and no guts, he looks honest, but in fact he is extremely stuffy, you have to be careful, don't look at him honestly, he never messes around outside, maybe one day he can bring you back a little three, people like him, if there is really a little three, then he definitely really likes it, and the two of you will definitely break up when the time comes." ”
Taylor gave Liz a blank look, and said angrily, "I said you can't say something nice?" ”
"Alright, alright, watch the game." Liz said hurriedly.
"Keep an eye on your own people!" Wang Meng retreated while loudly reminding his teammates.
The way the Hornets defend the Nuggets is one-on-one single defense, and the current Hornets are unceremoniously the strongest one-on-one single defense in the league, no matter where the defense is first-class, and the effect of single defense is definitely much stronger than the half-hung joint defense, so Monty did not arrange joint defense tactics at all.
Tylawson controlled the ball and faced Wang Meng, the strength and speed advantage of the previous point guards against other teams suddenly disappeared, this feeling Lawson disliked very much, and in the league, there are really not many people who can make Lawson feel this way, just a few, such as Ross Westbrook DeLong, these guys, think Paul Rondo, although the speed is faster than himself, but the strength is not as strong as himself, unfortunately, Wang Meng belongs to the former, whether it is speed or strength, he is much better than Lawson in terms of speed, and in terms of strength, At best, Lawson can only be regarded as similar to Wang Meng.
In this case, Lawson can only rely on skills if he wants to break through Wang Meng.
This is where Lawson's pity comes into play.
This season, the Nuggets and the Hornets have four games, and Lawson and Wang Meng have played against each other four times, four times, which is far from allowing people to understand the characteristics of a player, and the effect of watching the video is undoubtedly much worse than the real game. Therefore, Lawson doesn't know much about Wang Meng, he only knows that Wang Meng's explosiveness is very strong, and the speed of the instant explosion is even faster than Iverson at his peak, and the impact of rushing up at the same time can be compared to James, and Wang Meng's shooting is very accurate, and Wang Meng can't be allowed to shoot casually.
Compared with Lawson, Wang Meng undoubtedly seems to be very comfortable, and Lawson even has a feeling that Wang Meng seems to know himself very well, and he will use whatever he is afraid of.
"He knows me so well?" Lawson couldn't help but feel this feeling in his mind.
He knew that Wang Meng had started simulating the game with the Nuggets every night a few days ago, and he had more than a dozen confrontations with Lawson, so he naturally knew Lawson very well, one was prescient, the other was timid, and the gap between the two sides was immediately apparent.
The Nuggets are now without Anthony, but they are playing better, in fact, part of the reason is that it is because Lawson, an impactful point guard, in the absence of a superstar, Lawson can fairly distribute the ball to every starter, everyone dares to shoot, everyone has offensive ability, which makes the Nuggets play a very beautiful game in specific situations, and the offensive ability can even surpass the Suns and Warriors who are famous for their running.
But once Lawson was locked up, the Nuggets' offensive firepower immediately became dumb.
The remaining four starters, center Coopers, big forward Fareed, small forward Gallinari and scoring guard Afflaro, only Gallinari and Afflaro have a little offensive ability with the ball, but Afflaro makes Tony Allen's defense dead, and even it is difficult to connect the ball, and although Gallinari is much taller than Wallace, this guy's shooting is very accurate, but his physical confrontation ability is so bad that he can't catch the ball when he receives the ball and is squeezed twice by Wallace.
In the first quarter, the Hornets played smoothly and led the Nuggets by nine points at 26-17.
During the break, Wang Meng sat on the bench.
"Denver's monkeys! Go home and eat! This is New Orleans! You can't beat us! Waiting to be swept away! ”
"Fuck off the Nuggets! Look at what kind of dog your boss Lawson has been guarded by Wang? 4 shots and 1 hit? Are you sure you're not an employee from the blacksmith's shop? ”
Listening to the crazy shouts of the fans in New Orleans, Wang Meng is extremely glad that he is here, this kind of shouting is really annoying, of course, when he is the target, and he can't fight back against this kind of shouting as a player, I remember that Wang Meng, who played in the Lakers last season, had the experience of being counterattacked by New Orleans fans and then banned by the league.
"Well done, I'm going to fight like this! Wang Mengduo played the ball to Gasol and Oden on the inside, and Thorton and Wallace would run on the outside as soon as they got on the court, ready to catch the ball and shoot three-pointers. We've got to win this game! "Monty took the tactics board and explained the tactics to the players.