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In the second half, the Nuggets continued the lineup from the second quarter, but the Spurs adjusted the starting lineup. They removed Nesterovich, replaced Turkoglu, and moved Duncan to the center position. Faced with a lineup that was incompatible with each other, the Spurs finally let go of their championship pride.
Turkoglu is much stronger than White, and his movement speed is not inferior to that of the latter. The biggest threat comes from his passing support. Generally speaking, this is a player with higher strength than Rodney White. A level of player.
A small lineup versus a small lineup is not good news for the Nuggets, but fortunately, Anthony is there.
Anthony saw Bowen and Turkoglu on the Spurs' front line. He found White and Miller before going on the court and gave them a few words before he went on the field.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Nuggets still attacked first.
After Anthony arrived in the frontcourt, he did not get to the free throw line as quickly as before. Instead, he and White stood outside the three-point line, one on the left and one on the right.
Both forwards went to the three-point line. The strange tactics not only surprised the Spurs players, but even Bzdelik on the sidelines was a little confused. This seemed to be outside the scope of his tactical arrangement.
Because the Nuggets do not have very good three-point shooting ability on the two perimeters at this time, the Spurs are defending a 3-2 zone defense. This defensive formation can limit the opponent's breakthroughs to the greatest extent.
After Anthony took his position, he glanced at Miller, and Miller quickly dribbled to that side.
The reason why zone defense can limit breakthroughs well is not only because of the position, but also because it pays attention to the formation moving with the movement of the ball. It is like a cage, always aiming at the ball holder, so that as long as the ball is held, If the ball player breaks through, he will fall into hand-to-hand combat, which can easily turn into a mistake.
After Miller moved to the left wing where Anthony was at this time, the Spurs' defensive formation quickly moved to the left.
Miller moved from the top of the circle to a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line, but did not stop and still moved to the left sideline. As a result, there were a total of 5 players on the left wing, and it suddenly became a bit crowded.
Just when Miller was about to reach the bottom foot, Anthony, who had been squatting there, suddenly moved. He moved from Miller's side along the three-point line to the top of the circle.
Sensing Anthony¡¯s movement, the Spurs immediately changed their defensive formation from a 3-2 zone defense to a 2-3 zone defense. Turkoglu, who was originally on the right wing, also began to move outside the 45¡ã three-point line on the left.
However, what surprised the Spurs was that Anthony did not stop after reaching the top of the circle, but continued to move to the right.
Because the ball was still in Miller's hands at this time, the Spurs did not change defense, and Anthony was too far away from the ball holder. Unless the ball was transferred to Anthony's hands in a wide range, such a move would be meaningless.
The attack time of the game flowed away with this series of seemingly meaningless moves, and most of the time was gone without even realizing it.
At this moment, Anthony had already walked a large circle around the three-point line from the foot of the left wing to the foot of the right wing.
At this moment, White ran to the free throw line.
Miller saw the right moment, made a high throw, and passed the ball to White at the free throw line.
? ?White suddenly got a mid-range shooting opportunity.
Is this what the Nuggets¡¯ offense is for?
The Spurs players were even more confused, but White was open at the free throw line, and the latter had a certain scoring ability. Duncan, who was defending in the center, had to save it.
Duncan, the defensive backbone of the Spurs, may not be able to guarantee complete defense against Anthony, but facing White, he can definitely guarantee that White will not score points.
But at this moment, an accident occurred. White, who had a shooting opportunity, did not choose to shoot. He did not even raise his hand. The moment he took the ball, he hit the ground to the right, and the ball hit Anthony's hand directly.
At this time, the defender in front of Anthony is Turkoglu.
In a general sense, the best way to break a zone defense is three-pointers, because the focus of zone defense is to prevent breakthroughs, and Leonard is the only one who can make three-pointers for the Nuggets, but Leonard is still on the court now. Next, this is why the Spurs dare to use zone defense so unscrupulously.
But at this time, Anthony¡¯s idea was not to shoot a three-pointer, but to confront the person in front of him.
Turkoglu, a Turk, is a swingman and can play both small forward and power forward positions. He has not been reused in the NBA before and is also a new addition this season.He almost never took a break and was already exhausted and sweating profusely.
Buzdelik kept pumping blood for the players there, emphasizing man-to-man marking. Anthony didn't hear much of it, but at this time he found that this scene was somewhat familiar to the scene in the challenge match. It was at a similar time and at the same time. are two points behind.
In the last few dozen seconds, the fans roared loudly, and the two commentators on the commentary desk were also excited.
"The Nuggets still have a chance, and Melo still has a chance!" Johnson has now completely become a little fan of Anthony.
"It's a bit difficult. The Spurs now have the ball. Unless the Nuggets successfully defend against the Spurs' attack, they won't be able to make a comeback. And judging from the Nuggets' defense in front of them, it's a bit difficult!" Brown said matter-of-factly.
"Just watch, Melo will do it." Johnson said confidently.
"Beep!"
When the timeout time is up, all players from both sides appear on the stage, and the game enters its most exciting moment. The next step depends on the tactical arrangements of the coaches of both sides and the on-the-spot performance of the players. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com