Chapter 128 The Warriors' Counterattack(1/2)
The game continues and the Warriors attack.
Curry dribbled the ball quickly and passed the ball just after halftime.
Outside the right three-point line, Sun Yi received the pass, made a triple threat action, and took a tentative step.
Kenyon Martin saw this situation and did not step forward to defend.
After he suffered a serious injury, his athletic ability dropped significantly and he was no longer as brave as he once was.
If you rush forward to defend closely, you will probably be passed by the rookie in front of you in one step.
On the other side, seeing that Kenyon Martin was indifferent, Sun Yi took back his tentative step and raised his hand to fake a shot.
Kenyon Martin knew that Sun Yi had the ability to shoot three-pointers, and he did not dare to take it lightly. He reacted quickly, tilted his center of gravity forward, and stretched his arms to interfere.
Sun Yi started immediately, took a relatively quick step past Kenny Martin, and broke through into the three-point line.
"Hey! This guy Kenyon is really unreliable, and I have to clean up the mess."
Seeing that his teammate was easily passed, Nene Hilario sighed helplessly and shrank towards the basket to defend.
Sun Yi rushed into the penalty area and saw Nene Hilario standing one step in front of the reasonable collision zone, waiting for his arrival. Instead of continuing to break towards the basket, he stopped and jumped directly, and threw the basketball in his hand.
Nene Hilario quickly rushed to interfere, but it was of no avail.
The basketball passed through Nene Hilario's fingertips, bounced off the board and into the basket.
"Good shot! Xiao Sun played the ball very smartly. I knew you couldn't come out, so I shot it decisively outside. The effect was really good!" Director Zhang commented with a smile.
Immediately afterwards, the Nuggets attacked and still created singles opportunities for Anthony.
When Sun Yi saw this, he was a little speechless.
Co-authored, you can only play singles and don’t know other offensive tactics?!
This time, as soon as Anthony received the pass, Sun Yi quickly caught up and double-teamed him.
Little Melon retreated and passed the ball.
After many passes, Afflalo got an opportunity from the outside and shot a three-pointer.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Sun Yi retreated into the penalty area to grab the rebound. After landing, he accurately found his teammate on the fast break with a long pass from the quarterback.
Ellis received the pass and came outside the three-point line. Seeing the Nuggets players retreating towards the penalty area, he suddenly stopped and took off to shoot.
"Dang!"
The basketball hit the front edge of the basket and bounced out.
"Hey! This Ellis' play is so unreasonable. It's great to score by rushing to the basket!" Coach Zhang said with hatred.
Su Qun was silent on the side. He felt that Director Zhang had some double standards.
If Ellis were replaced by Sun Yi, the coach would only feel regretful, not that the performance was unreasonable.
Whether it is reasonable or not depends on the person!
The Nuggets protected the backcourt rebounds, and Billups took his time dribbling forward.
When he reached the three-point range on the right side, he suddenly shot the basketball in his hand with a cold arrow.
Seeing this situation, Curry immediately rushed to interfere, but it didn't help.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
7:6!
The Nuggets overtook the score for the first time!
Curry raised his hand to indicate that it was his fault.
He didn't expect that the thick-browed guy in front of him would actually conduct a sneak attack.
When the Warriors attack, the elementary school students will definitely be vindictive and want to return the favor.
After reaching the top of the arc, Curry made a tactical gesture towards Sun Yi, calling for pick-and-roll cooperation.
Sun Yi understood this and immediately ran up to cover without the ball, firmly blocking Billups.
Curry bypassed the screen, jumped directly, and shot the basketball in his hand.
Kenyon Martin, who was switching defense, immediately rushed to interfere. He knew that the Warriors had such a style of play and did not take it lightly.
Bang!
The basketball hit the front of the basket hard and bounced out hard.
It was a long rebound that bounced near the free throw line.
Sun Yi, who was ready for the pick-and-roll, rushed to the free throw line area and jumped up hard to grab the offensive rebound.
After landing, Sun Yi saw the Nuggets players surrounding him and immediately passed the ball out.
Ellis received the pass from outside the three-point line on the right and hit a three-pointer.
7:9!
In the next round, the Nuggets changed their offensive approach.
Billups dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, waved to the inside, and called for pick-and-roll cooperation.
Nene Hilario quickly ran forward to set up a pick-and-roll.
Billups used the screen to get rid of Curry's switch and broke into the three-point line.
On the other side, Nene Hilario immediately cut towards the penalty area after blocking.
Seeing this, Sun Yi immediately rushed back to the basket to help defend.
Billups had no chance to see his teammates and could only handle the ball by himself.
Immediately, he used small to hit big, changed direction to shake Randolph, who was changing defense, and hit a step-back jumper.
After that, the Warriors quickly served and hit the ground running.
Maggette cut to the basket, received the pass, and leaned on Nene Hilario to miss the layup.
Looking back, the Nuggets turned into a defensive counterattack.
In the transition phase between offense and defense, Afflalo hit a mid-range jumper.
Seeing that the Nuggets were about to gain momentum, Sun Yi suppressed the rhythm, dribbled forward slowly and came to the top of the key to organize the attack.
At this time, it was the team boss's turn to step up and stabilize the situation.
Ellis quickly ran forward, passed by Sun Yi, received the pass hand-in-hand, and then broke through into the penalty area.
After Sun Yi passed the ball, he took a step forward to block the pursuing Afflalo.
"Man, this road is blocked, please take another detour."
Afflalo heard Sun Yi's teasing and couldn't help but beat this guy up. He was so mean!
On the other side, Ellis quickly rushed into the penalty area, jumped into the air, twirled and moved in the air, pulled the lever to avoid interference from Nene Hilario, and hit a layup.
The audience burst into applause, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
Warriors fans noticed that Ellis seemed to have changed, and he was a completely different person from the previous game.
Although they didn't know what was happening, they were very happy to see that the team they supported was developing in a good direction.
Back on the court, the Nuggets' offense failed to succeed.
Nene-Hilario missed a hard hit inside, and Sun Yi retreated from the basket to grab the rebound and quickly advanced toward the frontcourt.
The Warriors launched a defensive counterattack again, and the players started running quickly.
Maggette and Randolph cut into the penalty area, while Curry and Ellis positioned themselves outside the three-point line.
After the Nuggets' defense was torn apart, Sun Yi broke through and scored, assisting Curry to hit a three-pointer.
The situation reversed and the Warriors began to gain the upper hand.
At this time, Anthony, the boss of the Nuggets, stood up and scored 5 points with sudden shots, overtaking the score again and stabilizing the situation on the court.
In the next few rounds, both sides gradually got better and better, each relying on their own methods to score points.
In this way, after about 8 minutes of the first quarter, the head coaches of the two teams began to make substitution adjustments.
The Warriors replaced Sun Yi and Curry and replaced Laga Bell and Radmanovic.
The Nuggets replaced Billups and Nene Hilario and replaced them with Anthony Carter and Chris Anderson.
After substitutions and adjustments, the game continues.
The Warriors' lineup on the court is dominated by Ellis and Maggette.
Nelson wanted to see how these two guys would fare without Sun Yi and Curry.
To be continued...