Chapter 23 Anthony: Where should I put my face?

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 23 Anthony: Where should I put my face?

Wang Chao's shooting speed has indeed become much faster, even this kind of shooting after dribbling is very fast.

With two consecutive three-pointers, Wang Chao directly closed the point difference to 10 points.

The Nuggets were a bit fooled by these two three-pointers.

But Nuggets head coach George Karl did not choose to call a timeout. This situation would look like a coincidence to anyone, just good luck.

Although Wang Chao has performed well recently, scoring 27 points in the last game, he still has not reached the level that other teams in the league have to analyze and study.

Before the Nuggets game, the player analysis report given by the scouts specifically stated that although Wang Chao's recent three-point shooting performance was good, his overall ability was not enough except for three-pointers.

He has the skills to gain a foothold in the NBA, and his shooting speed is relatively slow. As long as one player is arranged to follow the defense the whole time, he can be completely contained.

So at this time, Karl believed that Wang Chao was able to hit these two three-pointers only because the defensive players underestimated the enemy.

He stood on the sidelines and shouted at substitute forward Demar Johnson, who was responsible for defending Wang Chao: "Keep an eye on that Asian player when you are defending! Don't give him a chance to shoot from outside the three-point line!"

The Nuggets attacked, and the basketball was passed to Marcus Camby inside, who carried the Suns inside player and forced a layup.

In the next few rounds, Wang Chao never had a good chance to catch the ball because he was guarded by the opponent's defensive players. Moreover, Barbosa would not take the initiative to pass the ball to Wang Chao if he had reasonable reasons.

Wang Chao created a suitable chance to catch the ball, but James Jones took several more shots from the outside, but his hit rate was not very good.

Wang Chao didn't know what kind of relationship Barbossa had with Jones, and why he would help Jones suppress his performance. Even all of this was just his guess, but having such a guess was enough for Wang Chao to remember Barbossa.

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In his impression, this guy was not a good guy. Later, he seemed to have an affair with Nash's wife and cheated Nash, so Nash asked him to be traded away from the team.

This incident was widely circulated at first, and Wang Chao didn't know whether those gossips were true or false, but there is no smoke without fire. Regardless of whether Barbosa had greenlighted Nash or not, it was an indisputable fact that he was later traded away from the Suns.

This alone is enough for Wang Chao to look at Barbossa with lustful eyes, and now he is still stumbling upon him in such a crucial game for Wang Chao.

Wang Chao has secretly decided in his heart that if he has the right to speak in the Suns, he will definitely find a way to force this guy away as soon as possible, so that Nash can be considered "innocent"...

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After Wang Chao scored 6 points in a row to recover the point difference, in the next few minutes, the scores of the two teams kept rising. This situation naturally made D'Antoni a little dissatisfied.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he replaced Barbosa and James Jones, who had not performed well, and allowed Nash and other main players to return.

However, Wang Chao, who also came on the bench, was not substituted, but continued to stay on the court as the team's small forward.

When the Nuggets saw the Suns replacing Nash, they immediately replaced Anthony. They did not want to catch up with the score advantage they had finally established.

As a result, Wang Chao actually formed a rivalry with Anthony.

Glancing at Wang Chao, Anthony completely ignored this Chinese player who had no impression of him in his memory.

What Anthony doesn't know is that if he calls his banana boat brother James, the latter must still remember the name Wang Chao, because just half a month ago, Wang Chao made a buzzer-beater in front of him.

Three points allowed the Cavaliers to ruin their 20-point lead and ultimately lose the game.

But he will soon remember Wang Chao's name, because Nash helped Wang Chao find an opportunity with his first goal back on the court.

Because he didn't take Wang Chao seriously, Anthony did not follow Wang Chao as closely as Nuggets substitute forward DeMar Johnson.

In other words, Anthony, as the main scoring point of the Nuggets, has never put much energy into the defensive end. He prefers offense to defense.

After Nash organized the offense to attract the attention of the Nuggets defense, he immediately noticed Wang Chao running to the bottom corner of the three-point line and waiting for an opportunity.

While holding the ball to break through, Nash directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Wang Chao's hands.

Wang Chao, who received the ball, made a quick decision and immediately took off the ball. When Anthony discovered that Wang Chao was about to shoot and wanted to step forward to defend, it was already too late.

"Whoosh!"

Another three-pointer, 9 points!

Nuggets possession of the ball.

Anthony caught the ball from the top of the arc and broke through Wang Chao's defense with the ball.

His breakthrough speed is not fast, but his explosive power is full. At the moment of physical contact, Wang Chao was staggered by Anthony, who rushed into the paint and scored with a one-handed dunk.

Anthony dunked the ball very smoothly and did not feel any pressure from the defensive end at all.

Turning to look in the direction where Wang Chao had just been, Anthony was about to complain, "Was someone guarding me just now? Why didn't I feel it at all?"

But when he turned his head, the dejected Wang Chao standing behind him in his imagination did not exist. The only thing Anthony saw was a back figure running towards the frontcourt.

"Return to defense quickly!"

The Nuggets players shouted.

At the same time, the Suns sent the ball to Nash from the baseline. The latter quickly took two steps with the ball and threw the basketball toward the frontcourt before halftime was over.

Nash's passing accuracy was absolutely incredible. Wang Chao, who had just run outside the three-point line, immediately received Nash's pass without having to adjust his posture and raised his hand to shoot.

The only one following Wang Chao at this time was Nuggets guard Greg Buckner. When Wang Chao took action, he tried to jump up to interfere with Wang Chao. However, Buckner, who was only 1.9 meters tall, faced 2.06 meters.

And Wang Chao, with a wingspan of 2.18 meters, is difficult to cause interference, not to mention that Wang Chao's ability value when being interfered with three-pointers is 99 full value!

The basketball flew towards the basket and then hit the net with everyone watching.

He made 4 of 4 three-pointers. In less than one quarter, Wang Chao had already scored 12 points!

On the sidelines, D'Antoni's face was filled with joy.

Wang Chao is really his lucky general. The points difference that was originally lagging behind has been reduced to less than double digits in less than a few minutes after Wang Chao was replaced. Regardless of anything else, his three-point shooting ability alone

, is enough for any team in the league to value his role!

After being chased by Wang Chao's three-pointers one after another, the Nuggets still did not call a timeout.

Anthony was a little unhappy and continued to hold the ball against Wang Chao in singles.

It was just a careless effort, and Wang Chao actually scored 6 points in front of him. Where does this put his face?
Chapter completed!