Chapter Eighty-Seven: A Sweet Smile
Billups, who retracted his mind, refocused on the game, because it was a short period of distraction, so Huang Jun didn't understand for a while that Billups was out of his mind just now, if he knew that he might choose to try it and see if he could steal the ball, but it was too late, because Billups no longer gave Huang Jun a chance.
Billups, who regained his senses, began to organize the team's offense, dribbling very steadily, and did not give Huang Jun a chance to steal.
When the first quarter of the game ended, the Nuggets ended the battle with a slight lead over the Cavaliers in the first quarter, which surprised most fans, although the home fans supported them, but it was very unexpected for the home team to lead the Cavaliers who were invincible in the first quarter, and then gave the home team a thunderous applause.
The score in the first quarter was 27-24, the Nuggets were behind the former Cavaliers, although they only led by three points, but it was really not easy, the Nuggets' guards such as Puss did not get off the court in the first quarter of the game, and Huang Jun on the Cavaliers' side rested in the last three minutes, and James led the team on the court.
When Huang Jun went off the court, the Cavaliers just tied with the Nuggets, and after Huang Jun went off the court, he knew that the first quarter of the game was over, and in this short three-minute period, the Cavaliers lost three points and lost a three-point battle.
This made James's face very dull, and the expression on his face was also very ugly, and the team's offense was very smooth when Huang Jun was not off, not only smooth, but also very efficient.
Although after Huang Jun left the court, the team lost to the Nuggets with Billups on the other side by three points, which is reasonably acceptable, but obviously James is also very high-minded, although he has long thought that the Cavaliers without Huang Jun will return to the Cavaliers before him, but he still didn't expect that in his presence, he would still lag behind the Nuggets.
If he is behind the Celtics Lakers and other strong teams, he is acceptable, but he is very dissatisfied with the Nuggets who are behind the first-round tour every year, and James's face is still very gloomy when he arrives on the court, but he doesn't say anything to blame his teammates, because this game is only the end of the first quarter, and it is still very early to win the game.
James is not mad, Brown will not let go of his teammates, except for Huang Jun and others who have just left the game and James, everyone has been scolded again, but the scolding is not loud, obviously either not so angry, or deliberately suppressed the voice.
The Nuggets head coach is very satisfied with his team's performance, but the reason why he was able to lead just now, Billups's importance is absolute, completely exceeding Anthony's role, but Billups is going to rest after all, because he is not young anymore, George Carr is now very worried about whether the Nuggets without Billups can withstand the Cavaliers' offense.
Anthony was also off the court in the last three minutes, but George Carr still didn't want to put Anthony back on the field so soon, because the team still had to rely on Anthony and Billups next, so now give them a little more time to rest.
Then Karl turned his gaze to Nerve Knife Smith, who had also come down from the field to rest before, and then his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth turned slightly upturned when he thought of something.
The game went on quickly, with the Cavaliers replacing an all-bench lineup, while the Nuggets brought on all players except for Smith, who was the main player.
Obviously, the main offensive focus of the Nuggets lineup will be Smith, and Smith, known as the nerve knife, is a master of chaos and a player who often shoots unreasonably.
And with Smith as the main offensive point, the risk will be very large, if Smith has no sense, then the Nuggets can be said to be completely passive, unless someone from the other four substitutes stands up, it is very troublesome, it seems that George Karl also wants to gamble, after all, the other main players need to rest, it is impossible to replace them in advance.
When the game came back, in the next game, Smith's state and feel turned out to be very good and hot, the Cavaliers were only three points behind, but under Smith's indiscriminate bombardment, the score was pulled away little by little, three points, five points, eight points, and the difference in a short period of time came to eight points.
At this time, the second quarter was only three minutes old, and the difference was pulled to eight points, sitting off the court and watching the situation on the court was a little wrong, he immediately called a timeout in time to adjust his tactics, and the result of this time was completely unexpected by him.
In three minutes, the Nuggets got ten points, and in just three minutes, their offensive efficiency can be described as very high, and Smith scored six of them in the tens, and these six points were won by him by shooting three points, completely relying on the feel, without a little technicality at all.
The Cavaliers scored five points, one of which was a three-pointer, and this three-point was naturally scored by the shooter Szzelbiak, without this timely three-pointer, the Cavaliers' point difference might have been stretched beyond ten points.
After the pause, the Cavaliers are still the same all-bench lineup just now, it seems that Brown still continues to believe in his players, this lineup, or give them another chance to perform, if this is the case, and the situation is not stabilized, then the end of the game is just a matter of time, when to die, when to make substitutions.
And the Nuggets did not replace Anthony and others, who had a six-point rest, on the court, but then used the lineup just now, because the lineup just now played very well, so he decided to give them a little more time to perform, as long as they maintain this state, the playing time is absolutely guaranteed.
When the timeout came back, the Cavaliers' offense played very organized, and the efficiency was very good, especially Szzczebiak, who found his touch, which completely became the team's offensive focus at this time, and the offensive options of both sides at this time were on the shooter, but Smith's athleticism and breakthrough ability were above the aging Szzebiak.
It's just that the feel of this thing can be said to be very strange.,Once there's no feel.,The position of shooter is completely invalid.。
And Smith really didn't have any touch to speak of, making only one of his four three-pointers, a pitiful 25 percent shooting, compared to three of four three-pointers before, which was the other way around.
Smith is unstable, otherwise the threat will be very big, although the hand is not good, but he is not depressed or anything, not only did he not dare to shoot because of the bad hand, but the shot became more and more decisive, which makes many people unclear, if you are the absolute core of this team, so it can be understood, but you are just a player who is unstable in the starter, what is it that gives him so much confidence?
It was because of this confidence that George Karl promoted him to the starting position, and even gave him a heavy responsibility.
And the Cavaliers decisively seized the opportunity of the opponent's bad hand during this time, and chased the difference back to only three points, exactly the same as the score behind in the first quarter, and Szebiak's performance during this time was very good, not only the three-point feel is good, but the performance on the defensive end can also be described as very good, as if he returned to that peak of his life.
At this time, the second quarter of the game also lasted six minutes, and the second lineup of the two sides in the half quarter of the game did not let each other and was tied, with a total score of 41-38, with the Cavaliers behind.
In the next dead ball, both sides changed their absolute main players, hoping to pull the advantage to their own side in the last six minutes of the first half.
And after the main players came back, the offensive efficiency of the two sides suddenly became higher, and they almost never missed a goal, and their efficiency made the commentators Barkley and Miller on the scene smack.
The reason why the efficiency is so high is mainly because the engines of both sides are back, the engine on the Nuggets' side is Billups, and the Cavaliers' side is naturally Huang Jun.
In addition, the intensity of the defense has also decreased slightly, which is very puzzling, not the defense of one team has declined, but the defense of both teams has declined. Do you speak with attack power?
By halftime, the margin was 60-60, and the two sides were on the same page again.
In six minutes, the score was only forty-one to thirty-eight, and in the next six minutes, the Nuggets scored nineteen points, and the Cavaliers were even more Nuggets, scoring twenty-two points, thus recovering the three points behind in the first quarter.
As for the reason why they fell behind in the first quarter, it was because the Nuggets had Billups at that time and the Cavaliers did not have Huang Jun, so this may be the main reason why the Cavaliers fell behind the Nuggets in the first quarter, of course, there are some other reasons or something, such as mistakes such as bad hand feel or something.
James's previous gloomy face has also been put on a sweet-looking smile at this time, but this smile is not as sweet as Anthony's smile on the Nuggets' side.
Anthony would have always shown a sweet smile whenever he was behind or ahead, laughing less when he was behind, and laughing more when he was ahead.
James and Anthony are smiling, it is obviously James who is not self-conscious, and his appearance is not as handsome as Anthony's appearance, so naturally he is not as good as Anthony's smile, let alone so sweet.
In terms of strength, James can definitely beat Anthony, but in terms of smile, he was naturally defeated by Anthony.