Chapter Fifty-Seven: Carmelo Anthony

As soon as Gu Fei flew to the cold air of the Denver Plateau, there was only one feeling: cold. The cold air of the Denver Plateau is coming, because it is only November, Denver is a plateau, but in fact, the temperature is not particularly low, but Gu Fei has not been here to dress a little lightly, and he is a little uncomfortable when he gets off the plane, so he will feel cold, and you don't see that the rest of the bull are all looking as usual.

The group came to the hotel on the bus, rested in the hotel for a morning and had lunch, and in the afternoon Scott summoned everyone to the hotel for a meeting, analyzed the situation of the Nuggets, and looked at Scott's cautious appearance to know that the Nuggets were not easy to deal with.

In the evening, there was still an hour before the game began, and the Pepsi Center in Denver was already at the peak of life, with tens of thousands of spectators and most of the dozens of media already present.

The bus on which the Bulls were traveling stopped at the door, and immediately a large number of reporters surrounded them.

"Mr. Scott, do you have confidence in the game?"

"Mr. Gu Fei, the day before yesterday against the Lakers, you broke Kobe's three-point record, and also set the highest score of your career, do you have any goals or expectations for today's game?"

Someone on the side also asked Gordon a question, "Please Mr. Gordon, is it true that you and Gu Fei are at odds with the outside world?" You've had a conflict in disaster training, haven't you? ”

Originally, the other reporters had a lot of questions to ask, but this reporter was confused by one sentence, and in the end, only Scott replied that "our team is very harmonious, everyone gets along very well". Then the Bulls players are led into the stadium by the staff.

As the star of the Nuggets, the league's superstar Carmelo Anthony was also interviewed by reporters before the game.

"Cameron, are you confident of winning this game?"

"Of course, I'm ready to win every fight."

"Do you know Gu Fei?"

"Oh, of course, I'm not a savage, he just broke the record yesterday and scored 46 points, how could I not know him!"

"Can you tell us what you think of him? After that game, Bryant said that he would be a great player in the future, do you think? ”

"I don't know much about him, but I think he's going to be at least a great three-pointer."

Although Anthony said this, although he seemed to be praising Gu Fei, what he really meant was that he did not agree with Kobe's words, and from his tone, he thought that Gu Fei would be an excellent three-point player at most, but he couldn't become a great player. At least for now, he only recognized Gu Fei's ability in three points, and he didn't recognize other aspects or he didn't see it yet.

The game is about to start, and this time Gu Fei was arranged to play as a substitute again, and played two starters in Los Angeles, although the performance was good, it still didn't seem to impress those people seriously.

However, Gu Fei is not depressed, he knows that he is indeed a little bit worse now, and it is also a good learning opportunity on the bench, the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and the running positions of the players on the field are watched off the field, and the choice of tactical coordination and opportunities is much clearer than when he is on the field, and this process is conducive to speeding up Gu Fei's understanding of the game.

At this time, the game has been played for 3 minutes, the score is 8-5, and it is obvious that both sides are not in good shape at the beginning, but there is one person who is not among them.

That's Anthony, Gu Fei looked at Anthony, who had just beaten Thomas in the position, and remembered the information about him: Anthony, who was born in Brooklyn and lives in Baltimore, is one of the best first-year freshmen in the history of the NCAA basketball league, he led Syracuse University to the first NCAA championship in history, and averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds per game in his first season in college, and was the NCAA first-year player of the year. In the NCAA finals, Serracas University defeated the University of Kansas, Anthony had 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Anthony is the first first-year player to win the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Athlete award since Peggis Ellison of the University of Louisiana in 1986. The 6-foot-8 forward made a splash in his NCAA debut, scoring 27 points and grabbing 11 rebounds despite a loss to Universitas de Memphis. Later, Anthony participated in the draft, and he was also a popular candidate for the top pick, but in the end, he was selected by the Nuggets in the third, in fact, in Gu Fei's opinion, Anthony at that time was above James at that time.

But that's all in the past, Gu Fei is now focusing on Anthony's technical characteristics, although he basically won't compete with him: 2.03 meters tall, 2.13 meters armspan, 230 pounds of weight, strong melons have a great advantage even in the power forward position, coupled with excellent athleticism and good hand feel, an almost insoluble melon is produced.

What makes him superior to Kobe, LeBron, Wade and other super scorers on the offensive end is that he can rely on his height, weight, explosiveness, etc., to play like a big forward in the paint area, or dunk or throw or small hook, melon has a variety of scoring means under the basket. His ability to attack with the ball on both wings is unmatched, and with his tentative deceptiveness, he has three options here, either shooting himself, passing, or dribbling, and this variability of attacking mode is often a nightmare for defenders.

And among all his skills, his status is the best, if you summarize a total of six points according to Gu Fei:

1. Card (grab) position to ask for the ball: Generally speaking, when preparing to play singles, if the ball is on the right hand side, it is recommended to try to use the right foot as the axis to do the left back turn card position; If the ball is on the left-hand side, try to use the left foot as the axis, and it is more suitable to do the right back turn position. [

2. Don't play the ball casually: Seize the opportunity to observe first, confirm that the defender's defensive position is not at the moment, and then quickly get off the ball and shoot the ball, just like many tall players, it is best to attack the ball only once the ball is protruded.

3. Learn to protect the ball: use lateral dribbling to grind out the proper position and timing of the shot; Therefore, the forward movement of the opponent on the side and the shoulder of the non-dribbling side opens the way, so that the ball is protected by your body.

4. Learn to dribble left and right: Left and right turn dribbling is to find that the opponent's defense's body center of gravity is deviated at the moment of using the left or right hand dribble, and then quickly turn around and dribble to take advantage of the void.

5. Cross step: To see the position of the defender, if he is biased to one side, you cross to the other side. Every step, movement, head feint, body offset, etc., needs to be balanced and controlled.

6. Layup, throw, hook shot, emergency stop feint action shooting to complete the action, flexibly use 2+1 skills, find the opponent to collide, must be able to control the body and the ball, put the shoulder into the opponent's body while often still maintaining the balance of the body and steadily throw the ball in.

And Anthony is known as the most well-rounded small forward since Pippen, which James can't match, and it wouldn't be wrong to say that he is one of the most versatile offensive players in the league today.

But he also has shortcomings: 1. Perhaps because of his personality, he cannot be a qualified leader; 2. The attitude towards the game is more casual, especially sometimes too casual shooting choices will hurt teammates, but in any case, he is also a supergiant.

When Gu Fei was not thinking, Anthony scored four points in a row, stretching the difference to 7 points.

Scott called a timeout, apparently unhappy with the performance of the men on the field.

"You change Gordon, and then we ......"

Gu Fei couldn't wait to play, and couldn't wait to see this "offensive kaleidoscope".