Chapter 52: The opening match
"I really didn't expect that you would be the one who defended me, Merlot..."
Facing Guagua's angry defense, Li Ke suddenly sighed from the bottom of his heart, and he was really surprised.
But this is so sarcastic to Guagua's ears.
Why, my big melon can’t guard against you?
The more Li Ke did this, the more Guagua became gritted.
Li Ke pulled out, and the sarcastic attacker, and the top of the arc hit the ball and handed over Hua Lao Er, who was holding the ball to support him. The ball was started from this.
Under the gaze of thousands of fans, Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentary seat focused on it, Li Ke's singles also began.
"It's not Ron Artest who defends Sheldon. It seems that the public opinion before the game has had an impact on Melo. He wants to prove his toughness from both offense and defense..."
Just as Guagua was viciously attacking Li Ke with his body, Li Ke simply turned around and officially started this singles with a high-level back.
The whole person exerted force backwards and a bang!
Guagua was forced to take a big step directly. The next second, Li Ke turned around and broke through Guagua's defense!
Tough? Kenny Smith shook his head. At least this ball, he couldn't see what he called toughness from Guagua.
This is a defensive that is broken by this poke. Can you say he is tough?
Facing Li Ke's galloping away, Guagua just turned around and spread her hands dejectedly, without any persistence.
Tough? Really not tough!
On the court, Li Ke had already launched an unstoppable impact towards the basket.
Although Chris Anderson tried his best to stop Li Ke, Li Ke's rush has already started, and the birdman's body must not be stopped.
With a clang!
After the explosion-like sound of abusing frame, the entire Time Warner Center was like an erupting volcano, erupting with all its might.
"Merlo wants to prove his toughness, and the first ball, he failed."
"Fortunately, the first ball was defense that he was not good at, and failure was reasonable. Let's take a look at the offense. If Melo can break out with Sheldon, he can still prove his toughness."
The Nuggets' offense, Birdman kicks off, and Billups takes the ball to the frontcourt.
Guagua really wanted to return Li Ke's ball, but before counterattacking, he had to go through the basketball from Billups.
George Carl is a strict coach. The Nuggets, who are like Galaxy battleships, can quickly enter the state in his hands due to his strictness.
Speaking of which, Lao Shark's standby on standby is not completely a resumption, but more because Lao Shark's position is a bit awkward within George Carl's tactical system.
George Carl's Nuggets focus on whirlwind-like fast offense and fast rotation defense. Billups completely controls the ball and controls the rhythm and ball distribution of the entire Nuggets.
Guagua has a good tactical status, but Billups has the final say on how to play each ball.
Billups didn't want to give this ball because he saw that Guagua was already on the verge of the ball. If he really wanted to give this ball to Guagua, it would be likely that there would be no return, and it would even affect the entire Nuggets' offensive rhythm.
But if you don’t give it, Guagua will make a big deal.
So, I can't help but not give this ball.
"On the left side of the arc, Merlot received the ball as he wished. He seemed to reject Rashid Wallace's pick-and-roll, which means he wants to play a pure one-on-one."
Li Ke didn't know what to say, he always felt that Guagua was a little overestimated.
Guagua, who was overestimating her abilities, did not choose the same back-attack as Li Ke, but chose to make a breakthrough in a positive way.
I have to admit that this is the right choice.
If you really want to hit the back, Guagua will be surrounded by Li Ke.
But Guagua still has some chances in the frontal strong aggression.
The ball was dribbled under the left and right crotch, and Guagua suddenly started. Li Ke was very aggressive. He didn't want to give Guagua any chance, even if it was a long shot with a gambler.
Therefore, after Guagua's change of direction was activated, Li Ke did not block Guagua's room for breakthrough as soon as possible.
In two steps and three steps, Guagua soon appeared at the middle distance.
Li Ke's return to defense was soon stuck and wanted to continue to attack Guagua at the basket. At the middle distance, even if Guagua didn't want to stop, she could only be an emergency stop.
Then, he jumped up with no choice and raised his hand to shoot.
"Merlo, can you enter the middle distance emergency stop after the breakthrough?"
As soon as the ball was shot, Kenny Smith began to shake his head.
Because what he saw was the scene where Li Ke completely blocked Guagua's shooting angles.
Without a shooting angle, this ball depends on the feel.
With a clang!
The basketball didn't accidentally hit the frame...
"It's gone, Sheldon doesn't give Melo a chance at all. Merlot's battle of proof is probably going to be over."
Barkley was very direct. He only looked at the two rounds at the beginning and came to the above conclusion.
The heavy sound of iron shot made Guagua realize that it was already very difficult to play in this game.
"Mother FK, I can only have a gamble!"
Li Ke easily took the basketball from Curry's attack, which made Guagua feel the gap in the team's status.
Afterwards, Li Ke's singles and Guagua's defense suddenly became extremely aggressive. He continued to use his physical confrontation to interfere with Li Ke's progress.
Just the next second when Li Ke tried to break through, he beeped! The referee blew the whistle.
At this moment, Guagua was confused. He felt that his defense...well, maybe it was indeed a little too big, but it was also within the range of whether it was blown or not.
Therefore, he spread his hands and expressed his doubts and dissatisfaction.
Referee Ken Moore just glanced at Guagua. He suddenly had the same view as Li Ke, feeling that Guagua was a little overestimated.
What whistle are you? What whistle is Li Ke? Didn’t you count?
Since Guagua entered the league, he has not been favored by the league. He has not given the best rookie he deserves, and his status he deserves has not been reflected at all. Most importantly, he has almost no superstar whistle.
A superstar who mainly plays singles and breaks through, averages only about 6 free throws per game, which is simply zero preferential treatment.
Let’s look at Li Ke again. Li Ke doesn’t have many whistles this season on the surface, and he averages only a little over 6 games.
But that's because he seldom deliberately fights for fouls.
This season, the whistle is Li Ke's "lifelong enemy" Xiao Du, who is almost 10 per game.
Since they are lifelong enemies, Li Ke and Xiao Du's whistle treatment should be equal, and this is indeed the case.
If Li Ke also fought for fouls, the average free throw of nearly 10 per game would not be a dream.
Therefore, the whistle treatment of Guagua and Li Ke is like one positive and one negative, with a huge gap.
In this case, Guagua wants to find a confrontation, but the first thing she disagrees with is the referee.
An ordinary foul without a free throw is enough to make Guagua shrink her hands and feet.
The Bobcats re-activated, and Li Ke was still the one who received the ball. He started playing singles from scratch. Guagua no longer dared to use his fat and thin body to collide with Li Ke.
Li Ke was opposite to Guagua. He broke into a front, elbow horizontally, and directly killed to the middle distance. Guagua quickly retreated, and he judged that the ball was still a strong attack under the basket.
Li Ke stopped urgently and took action in the middle distance...
Swish—!
"Sheldon made consecutive shots, Mello's defense is not good..."
According to George Carl's idea, at this time, the Nuggets should replace Arte to defend against Li Ke.
But everyone knows that Guagua cannot be replaced. If it really needs to be replaced, he doesn’t need actual testing. It is definitely the “American sweetheart” mentioned by Li Ke.
In the Nuggets' round, Guagua wanted the ball, but Billups hesitated for a second and gave it to him.
"You'd better score this goal."
Billups handed the ball to Guagua with one sentence.
This is a warning, meaning that if the ball does not enter, Guagua will have to pick up the rest.
This is also the confidence of the Galaxy Battleship. Guagua doesn't fire, and some of them can stand up and fire.
In this way, Guagua got his last unlimited chance to fire.
It was still a frontal breakthrough. Guagua knew very well that he would never be able to completely break through Li Ke's defense. Therefore, after he chose to break through with two steps and three steps, he stopped in a hurry without waiting for Li Ke to get stuck in his position.
He jumped up, turned over, and put his hands slightly backward. Guagua followed the trend and prayed: God bless.
However, God abandoned His loyal believers.
With a clang, Guagua's shot from the shooting angle was already shot, but it still came out from the basket.
"It's over!"
If Barkley's judgment before offense and defense is a bit of a bet on another donkey's butt.
So now, Barkley's judgment is already a surefire.
Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound and the Bobcats' round.
It was Li Ke who once again tore Guagua's defense against one another. This time, the Nuggets came to assist in defense.
The Heavenly Lord came from the side and blocked Li Ke.
Li Ke quickly passed the ball, but failed to find Kenyon Martin who was already in the open position, but instead found the second child of Hua who was the transit.
Under the Nuggets' fast rotation defense, Kenyon and Martin's gap was already blocked.
This is the existing problem for Li Ke. His passing ability is much worse.
He has averaged 4 assists per game so far in the new season, and has been passed by one goal after another, slowly piled up.
From this, Curry's performance of sleepwalking can also be explained.
The Bobcats still lacked a card dealer. Hua Lao Er, who was in the middle to support the transfer, could not play the card, and Li Ke, who had the ball rights, was not able to deal the card.
If no one deals the cards, it is better to give the ball to Curry and let him play it by himself.
But the problem is that even if Curry sleeps, the Bobcats can still win, which makes Sam Vincent firm in his idea of not changing his tactics.
On the court, the Bobcats who reorganized the attack eventually broke out with the strong attack by Hua Lao Er. The middle distance was a random attack and hit the iron with a clang.
Just this memorable iron made Li Ke understand that the showdown between him and Guagua had already decided the outcome, but if he wanted to win this game, it would depend on whether the other Nuggets agreed.
At the basket, Tianzun grabbed the rebound, and the Nuggets' fast attack roared.
Billups did not pass the ball any longer. He asked Tianzun to play a pick-and-roll with an old Piston, and then stopped at mid-range and took action.
Swish—!
The Nuggets scored two points back.
On the sidelines, George Carl clapped his hands, as if he wanted to tell Volkswagen that this horse-drawn is the Nuggets' offense that should be attacked.
The singles of a star destroy a team's offensive system. George Carl has always been dissatisfied with Guagua's excessive singles, but Guagua's style is like this. Without singles, Guagua will be nothing.
No matter how much the Nuggets' Galaxy Battleship is, it is also a Galaxy Battleship built around Guagua. Therefore, George Carl has no way to deal with Guagua.
It was this season that Billups came and George Carl got rid of his dependence on Guagua.
In the Bobcats' round, Li Ke continued to play singles, and under the Nuggets' defense, he also bet on the feel of the hand.
With a clang, the bobcat gave another iron.
The Nuggets' subsequent rapid counterattack was stopped by the Bobcats.
Billups passed an article to Atai on the wing, and Atai made a three-pointer, and with a clang, he smashed the frame out.
Li Ke shrank one of the Bobcats' attacks and opened up the space to play one for Curry.
Seeing Guagua continue to follow her, Li Ke's sarcastic soul couldn't help it anymore.
"Merlo, I should apologize to you. I shouldn't call you 'American Sweetheart'. I have to say that today you have changed my impression of you..."
Guagua raised her eyelids in surprise. Now he was a little overwhelmed. He thought that Li Ke would be difficult to beat, but he definitely didn't expect that Li Ke would be so difficult to beat.
At this moment, Li Ke's sarcasm made him hear a hint of sincerity until the next sentence:
"Although your defense is like shit, you still appear in front of me with perseverance. This spirit is great!"
My defense is like shit? Guagua widened her eyes, sincerity? The shit is sincere, or the sarcastic spirit of stepping on the horse!
...
Starting from the one-on-one end of Li Ke and Guagua, the Bobcat's attack became constipated.
Either Li Ke plays singles, Hua Er plays singles, or Curry plays singles, anyway, they are all singles.
The Nuggets' fast rotation defense is very complete, relying on the Birdman's frame protection and the Tianzun's assisting defense, without giving a slightest amount of room.
Fortunately, the Bobcats' defense is not vegetarian either.
Li Ke was staring at Guagua, Jordan's frame protection, Kenyon Martin, and Hua Lao Er's assisting defense were also very overall.
For the Nuggets, Guagua is the focus of their attacks. Billups is just an organizer and deputy at the end. Without Guagua, the Nuggets' offense is also quite constipated.
Halfway through the first quarter, the scores on both sides just exceeded double digits, which can be said to have contributed a defensive battle.
But in the second half, George Carl called out the old shark from the bench.
Old Shark, who returned to Time Warner Center, suddenly appeared after watching the game for half a quarter and immediately played a role.
"Shake, hit the back, turn around, hook it up, the ball is in!"
"Dandre Jordan can't stop Shaq at all. He's too young..."
Lao Shark's health-preserving style and crushing physical advantages, even though he is 37 years old, he can still play the dominance of the top centers in the league in just a short playing time.
In today's alliance, only Sparks can stand up to the old shark.
Relying on the outbreak of the old Shark in the second half of the quarter, at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets took a 6-point lead with 26-20.
For the Bobcats, the victory of this game is indeed a bit far away.
"The Nuggets are really too strong. If Merlot doesn't make trouble, the Bobcats will have no chance at all."
If Artai is replaced to defend Li Ke, the Nuggets do not even need to build a joint defense system to limit Li Ke.
So Guagua is making trouble.
Chapter completed!