Chapter 992 The Biggest Crisis at the Start of the Game
The perfect Billups-style rhythm. He almost copied his style of play in the Pistons to the Nuggets. It is hard to believe that the Nuggets, which mainly focus on fast offense, fit so well with Billups' style. Just now These attacks seem to let people see the shadow of the peak Pistons in 2004-05.
And this is not over yet, the Lakers did not choose to call a timeout, Zen master chose to fully trust the strength of the players, and Ji Feng also successfully used Kobe's weak side to find the opportunity to single against Anthony. Although the process was very difficult, Ji Feng Still scoring the ball with a difficult fallback jumper!
Then Billups and Ji Feng assisted Anthony and Kobe to score two points respectively. At this time, the score seemed to be heading in the direction of anxiety.
But this time, it was Billups who stood up again!
The Lakers insider Gasol failed to make a throw, Kleiza grabbed a rebound and scored the ball directly, the Nuggets played a quick counterattack, Ji Feng followed Anthony stubbornly, but at this time Billups, who had not been attacking by himself, caught the Lakers In the neutral position of the center line, a dragon smashed into the inside line, causing Bynum to foul the thugs, and at the same time, the ball was thrown into the basket fortunately!
"Chang~~xi!~ Billups!" The live DJ shouted excitedly, and Anthony rushed up and knocked down Billups, who had managed to stand still... You can imagine how excited Anthony was.
Billups added a penalty and the Nuggets led by 5 points!
At this time, the Zen master must call a timeout. 5 points are not many, but at this time, the Nuggets are showing signs of momentum. For an offensive team like the Nuggets, the momentum is a very dangerous signal!
However, after the timeout, George Karl made a very spiritual substitution. He replaced Afflalo with a stronger offensive ability, the nerve knife JR Smith!
This is a very bold substitution, after all, no one knew what state he was in today before he played.
Sure enough, JR performed the first shot, and threw the ball to Kobe Bryant after half court. At this time, Kleiza was still at the free throw line on the Lakers' side, and the result was self-evident.
Strike the iron, the Lakers catch a counterattack, and Kobe makes a layup!
"JR! Don't hold the ball anymore!" At this time, Anthony couldn't stand it any longer and said to JR.
The ball is back in Billups' hands, and the difference can be seen at a glance. Billups' breakthrough attracts the Lakers to shrink. At this time, he makes a spiritual pass, JR flanks the ball, and singles Kobe Bryant!
It seems that the first shot opened up his touch. This time, he fell back and scored a three-pointer when Kobe's defense was very good!
"Go! This can also be scored!" Ji Feng could only complain like this. Kobe was about to touch the ball with his fingertips, but he just scored.
The difference is further widened!
The Lakers were a little anxious at this time, Fisher made a mistake in passing, and Billups completed the steal again!
Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, Anthony finally completed a fast-break dunk, and Ji Feng was helpless.
The Lakers are at a disadvantage!
The Nuggets really opened up the situation. Such an advantage was extended to 10 points at the end of the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets led 35-25!
The most eye-catching player in the game is undoubtedly Billups. Today, he was full of firepower, with 6 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in a single quarter!
Billups is an underrated super guard. His biggest characteristic is that he is not fancy. You hardly see fancy dribbling, coquettish passing, and the ability to put opponents and opponents like 'white chocolate' in him. Teammates were startled to score the ball together, and in fact, Billups rarely scored double figures in assists. Looking at the data alone, he is not very good. So far in his career, the highest number of assists per game in one season is only 8.6. It's incomparable to Nash and Paul, who are often in double figures in assists. Even if the Pistons won the championship back then, everyone was surprised why he won the FMVP instead of the whole series that made O'Neal disgraced. Book.
But in fact, Billups' organizational ability is not weaker than those two. Billups' rhythm seems to be unhurried and unhurried, and his passing seems to be casual, but as long as he makes a shot, it is a threat to the ball. If you talk about passing and threatening the ball alone The ability of Billups can definitely rank in the top three in the league. Billups is excellent in offense and defense. In the offense, he does not aim to form assists when passing the ball, but makes his teammates in a comfortable offense by passing the ball. In terms of rhythm, the Pistons benefited from this back then. Each of them could get the ball in the position they were good at, and Billups could always pass the ball to them to form a good singles environment.
With him sitting in the backcourt, George Karl's defensive counterattack and fast break tactics were perfectly realized. It seemed that Billups divided Anthony's ball, but in fact Billups used his own ball control, movement and teammates. The guidance of Anthony can often allow Anthony to form a partial one-on-one, and others do the same. Although Anthony has not played in this game, it is because Ji Feng is playing against Anthony, and Billups has a choice for others. Score the ball.
Look, this is the transformation that Billups has brought to the entire Nuggets. In addition, Billups has a good defensive ability. With the twin towers of Martin and Kreza in the interior, he has built a good defense.
In addition, at this time, Anthony was stimulated by Ji Feng. It is said that he only took a day off from the Olympics and started training, and he was crazy. Judging from his increasingly obvious muscle lines It can be concluded that he has put in a lot of effort in the gym and training hall, and his defensive attitude has become more active. In this game, Anthony has almost never left Ji Feng, and the selection of defensive positions has also improved a lot. , which makes the Nuggets' defensive system also enhanced.
"It's really an incredible change!" Director Zhang sighed during the break in the first quarter. Even though the outside world said that this game was the first hurdle the Lakers encountered, the Lakers actually fell behind by 10 points in a single quarter. , No one thought of this, which made Zhang Zhi also have to sigh the changes of the Nuggets this summer. Their strength is definitely stronger than last season. No matter how the game is won or lost, the rise of the Nuggets It is an indisputable fact that they will be one of the biggest enemies on the way to the Lakers defending their title!
In the second quarter, the Lakers, who had been roared by the Zen master, began to change, relying on JK in times of crisis, this sentence is correct, and Ji Feng also began to exert force, and cooperated frequently with Kobe, Ji Feng scored 12 points, 3 assists and 2 seals in a single quarter. Gai's data, while Kobe scored 13 points, and JK worked together to score 25 points in a single quarter.
However, the Lakers were still behind in this quarter, 62-50 at halftime, and the score difference became 12 points, because the Nuggets except Anthony were held down by Ji Feng, everyone else played, especially JR, who made a single shot in the second quarter. 3 three-pointers, the nerve knife finally broke out today.
At the end of halftime, the Lakers players walked into the locker room with a slightly dignified look, and Director Zhang said: "There is no doubt that the Lakers have encountered the biggest crisis since the start of this season!"