Chapter 51: Betting
In the 06~07 season, the Nuggets traded Allen Iverson from the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver formed the "Golden Double Gun", coupled with George Karl's coaching, this team has become one of the most ferocious teams in the league, averaging 105.3 points per game, which ranked third in the league last season, and only two teams focused on "running and shooting" The Suns and the Warriors average higher points per game than them.
Compared with these two teams, "everyone has soup to drink", the Nuggets' firepower is more concentrated, Carmelo Anthony averages 28.9 points per game, Allen Iverson averages 24.8 points per game, and the two of them contribute half of the team's points.
For the Lakers, how to limit the firepower of these two people is the focus of whether they can contain the Nuggets and prevent them from running.
Of course, for the Nuggets coaching team, how to limit Kobe Bryant is also a test.
Li Wan sat on the bench, watching the Nuggets players walk up to the court one by one in the dark light, he saw JR Smith first, or the expressionless face during the interview, and walked to the center of the court with a high-fived teammate.
He's very popular in Denver, and everybody likes that feeling of being able to score goals without reason.
Just look at the fans in Los Angeles and see how much they love Leewan.
However, Leewan's attention was quickly drawn to Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. It can be seen that Denver has an "answer", and the impact on Carmelo Anthony is still quite big, the most intuitive is the change in appearance, he is the same as Alan Iverson, leaving the iconic "ditch", looking as if Alan Iverson's family is two models older than the "fat brother".
Denver fans love Anthony's change in appearance, and "Big Shark" once said that if Allen Iverson was 1.98 meters tall, there would be nothing else in the league. Now Carmelo Anthony is looking at the living "copy of Allen Iverson", and after Iverson's arrival, Anthony also broke through a career high of 28.9 points per game last season, which is a good change, showing that Carmelo Anthony is becoming an increasingly impeccable top scorer.
It would have been better if he hadn't learned from Aaron Iverson to wipe his ass and get into trouble by helping out all sorts of thick rice things off the court.
Li Wan looked at them and suddenly thought of a question, will teammates be "assimilated" with each other? It's like a hobby, like Carmelo Anthony, who learned from Allen Iverson to stay in the "ditch".
Odom didn't think about it for a second: "Of course!" ”
He touched his head first, then pointed at Fisher, and finally gestured to Kobe Bryant, who was two positions apart next to him.
"Dude, we all have the same hairstyle!"
"Including Andrew, haven't you noticed that he has been shaving his scalp more and more diligently lately?"
"Sooner or later, you will be as ...... as we are"
After speaking, he reached out and rubbed Li Wanmao's hair. Li Wan took his hand away, a little worried about the fate of his hairstyle, he didn't want to play basketball with a bald head, and at the same time, he also understood why the Spurs' Argentine hair was getting shorter and shorter. Tim Duncan is not just like Bynum, but his scalp is faintly dark!
Tim Duncan's hands are poisonous, and so is the entire Spurs!
Didn't look at the retired Tim Duncan with dirty braids?
Because of Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, the Nuggets became the most righteous team in the league, and soon Lewan also felt the brotherly righteousness between them.
The three of them looked at him in unison with three pairs of eyes, provocative with their eyes.
Kobe Bryant noticed this scene, stood next to Li Wan with the ball in his hand, and used his own behavior to support Li Wan, and Odom also walked over.
The two sides looked at each other, so that the smell of gunpowder smoke spread in the stadium.
The Nuggets fans seemed to feel it and booed loudly at the Lakers.
"It's going to be fun!"
TNT, as the official broadcast partner of the NBA game, broadcast the game, and also sent TNT's basketball "golden partner" Kenny Smith and "Big Mouth" Barkley to explain the game.
Kenny Smith had just sat down in the studio and was immediately amused when he saw the live screen in real time.
He began to find a topic with Barkley, and after teasing Kobe Bryant and the "Golden Twin Guns", he said of Li Wan: "Do you think the newcomer Lee, who will play better in this game or JR, and who can deliver what they said before the game, that he is the more well-rounded player." ”
"You know, since 02, I haven't said that a Chinese player can't do this, two days ago it was like this, now, it's still like this, I'm more optimistic about Li because he's Yao's compatriot."
Two days ago, TNT broadcast the Bucks game live, and Yi Jianlian was in a sluggish state, playing only 6 points and 5 rebounds in 31.9 minutes, which was already his fourth game after scoring 16 points in a single game. If you change to other high-ranking rookies, you will inevitably be ridiculed by him, but Yi Jianlian does not.
Barkley thinks Yi Jianlian just needs to adapt, just like Yao Ming did back then.
"So, are you more optimistic about Li Wan's performance in this game?"
Kenny Smith turned his head to look at Barkley, who was also looking at him, and saw him nod, and spoke again: "I think Jr. Smith will perform better, do you want to bet on something?" ”
The viewers who were guarding the TNT channel were excited when they heard this. They like to watch TNT's channels, and a large part of them come to the "golden partner" bet.
"Bet on what?" Barkley looked a little uncertain, but for the sake of the show, he still had to take it.
"Well, if the guy who performs better in this game is J.R. Smith, you go to the door of the Pepsi Center in Denver and run naked and shout, J.R. Smith is the league's No. 1 nerve knife!"
"Why do you want to run naked?" Barkley's face was ridiculous.
"Because of the nerves!"
"And what if Li Wan behaves better?"
Barkley read four words from Kenny Smith's eyes: He's going to trap me! But he gritted his teeth and continued to cooperate.
"Then it's my turn to kiss the donkey's ass, how about it, fair?"
Kenny Smith said it very cheerfully, with confidence in his eyes, and Barkley scolded in his heart: bitch!
Can you not be confident? If Barkley had bet on J.R. Smith, he would have been confident!
Just kidding, one is a veteran who has been in the league for three years and has scored 30 points many times, and the other is a newcomer who has only played five or six games in the league and has been very inconsistent.
No matter how you look at it, it is more likely that JR Smith will play well!
Not to mention, Li Wan also had to adapt to "altitude sickness".
But the effect of TNT's program is often supported by the gags of the two of them, as well as some heavy-tasting but very entertaining bets.
"Okay, Kenny, you're going to lose!" Barkley agreed, and raised the ante, "But you'll have to kiss the donkey's ass bare!" ”
Kenny Smith spoke first, and finished the bet, it would be too bad for him not to agree, but for the sake of the 1 in 10,000 chance, Barkley increased the punishment for Kenny Smith.
In case Lee Wan performs better than JR, it would be too much of a loss to let Kenny Smith kiss his ass with a donkey.
"Heh~ I agreed!"
Kenny Smith scoffed, not taking it seriously at all. In his opinion, J.R. Smith has won!