Chapter 174: The ruthless melon
Although the score was widened, the head coach of the excavation team, George Carl, did not look anxious.
Since he started as the Cavaliers head coach in 1984, Carl's coaching victory has exceeded one thousand games.
The deepest impression of him is probably that Carl led the supersonics of Peyton, who had "gloves" and "Rain Man" Kemp reached the finals.
Unfortunately, he met Michael Jordan at the peak. Under the halo of "God of Basketball", anyone will be overshadowed.
He coached Seattle for seven seasons and won 60 wins three times, and his record is excellent.
The Supersonics, led by Carl in his early years, were a team that emphasized defense, which was consistent with the overall style of the league in the 1990s.
However, after coming to the Nuggets, Carl immediately changed his coaching style and began to play offensive basketball.
The digging team has become the most gorgeous team in the league's offensive in recent years because of the small ball tactics that Carl began to implement.
Carl did not ignore this game in the same division. He was just waiting for the team's number one star to explode.
He didn't believe that "melon" would be prevented to this extent. The reason for his misperforming performance was because Anthony put too much pressure on himself.
To put it bluntly, he cared too much about what the outside world thinks of him.
Carl knew that although Anthony was disdainful to Li Rong, he cared very much about the comparison between the public opinion on the two.
How could Carl, who has been a coaching career for more than 20 years, not understand the players' mentality of wanting to win and afraid of losing?
He knew that the fire that the "melon" accumulated in his heart was about to ignite, so although the situation seems to be very unfavorable to the Nuggets, Carl is very calm.
The excavator team missed the attack again, and the Timberwolves began to fight back again.
Anthony had tried his best to stop Li Rong's advance in this round, but he still easily found the pass opportunity. Brewer, who had a quick assist, scored two points.
"Mero's touch doesn't seem to be very good today," said Kenny Smith. "So far, he has only scored 5 points, and the second quarter is nearly halfway through. The Timberwolves are now 8 points ahead. If they continue to play like this, the Nuggets will probably not be able to withstand it soon."
As soon as the words were finished, the camera on the sidelines gave Anthony a close-up of his face.
Anthony on the picture frowned, and this expression was rare on his face.
Back to the offensive end, Anthony's bottom line back position this time was obviously much deeper than usual.
Even Li Rong behind him was elbowed fiercely by him.
Melons have often been criticized in the past. Although they have a strong body, they always like to float outside and shoot. For example, they need to be deeper than many years.
Seeing that Anthony was about to get to the position at the edge of the penalty area, Bibi passed the ball to his hand at a time.
Li Rong also felt the murderous aura in Melon's heart, and did not dare to be careless at all. He hurriedly used his strong lower limbs to resist the direction of Anthony's possible attack.
Anthony got the ball and observed his teammates' position slightly. He found that all the teammates had been pulled apart and started playing back-to-back singles.
"Bang bang bang..."
One, two, three...
The two men's bodies continued to fight, and the reporters holding long guns and short cannons outside the bottom line clearly heard the sound of their muscles colliding clearly.
Listening to this movement, it was like two strong bulls fighting.
Li Rong felt that he couldn't bear it anymore. Although his strength was excellent, he was always passive on the defensive end.
Moreover, Anthony can be said to be the strongest person among the No. 3 players in the entire league. If you really want to fight with him, I am afraid he will not be the opponent at all.
Li Rong took a short step back and planned to give himself a buffer time.
Anthony immediately noticed Li Rong's retreat, but he did not choose the usual turn and lean back jump shot, but chose to use his body to crush Li Rong's defense and directly attack the inside.
He knew that he felt bad today. If he chose to turn around and receive the shot, the ball would probably hit the iron.
Then just go into the inside to get points.
Anthony's body was tightly locked in Li Rong's position, and chose to wipe the board and eject.
Faced with this pure body crush, Li Rong really couldn't develop a temper.
The referee's nose could not move too much, so he could only watch Anthony attack the basket.
But as the saying goes, once a person is unlucky, he will stuff his teeth if he drinks a sip of cold water.
I don’t know if it was because of the excessive force, but Anthony was determined to win the record that he was determined to win in the face of Kong Lan’s attack.
Li Rong behind him immediately reacted, and Anthonyka was behind him.
In desperation, I wanted to take off directly and dial the rebound.
But Anthony obviously had a better position, and he grabbed the rebound with both hands and took the lead in taking advantage of the situation.
Li Rong, who was falling in the air, saw this and took advantage of the situation and pressed the ball down again.
Although Anthony's ball was covered, he basically did not lose his hand. After he grabbed it firmly, he made a tip-in again.
This time the ball finally fell into the net smoothly.
Anthony's two consecutive frontcourt rebounds aroused the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene. The sound of the moment when the score difference was widened and the sound of falling was immediately increased again.
The three TNT's commentators looked at each other. When have they seen such a desperate "melon"? It seems that Anthony really has to take this game seriously.
"Merro used his strong body to force Li Rong at the basket," said Barkley. "His physical strength is still unstoppable in the league's third position. The digger team should have played like this long ago. Their external feel is not good, and they cannot rely too much on the external feel."
"Yes," Kenny Smith said, "The Nuggets are now facing difficulties. Mero must stand up and prosper for the team. Otherwise, with the Timberwolves' explosive scoring power, it is likely that the game will lose suspense at halftime."
"We must also give Li Rong's defense a round of applause," Miller said. "He has done a great job this round. He has defended Mero from three shots twice, which is already amazing."
"If the digger team continues to play, it will not be easy for the Timberwolves to pull the score apart," said Barkley.
Except for Li Rong, the Timberwolves' overall offensive feel is not very good today.
In the next round, Billups missed another mid-range shot around the screen.
After the diggers received the rebound, they gave the ball to Anthony again.
Perhaps the last goal gave him a lot of confidence. Anthony did not hesitate to get the ball in this goal, and turned over and shot from the middle distance.
Chapter completed!