The Fifth Point Guard

Anthony played back singles, turned around and feinted a shot, and James was shaken up.

Anthony immediately took a step forward, faced the big Z's supplementary defense with a high throw, and hit the ball on the board.

James immediately made a walking gesture, but after seeing that the referee turned a blind eye, he opened his hands to indicate that the ball did not walk? Then he shook his head vigorously and threw himself into the attack.

James also immediately hit Anthony with his back. Unlike the opponent's flexible footwork, James used hoe-style bulldozing.

Pushing Anthony to the basket, James made a small shot with one hand and easily succeeded.

Anthony signaled to the referee that James swung his elbow when he turned to shoot, but the referee shook his head to signal a good shot.

Anthony received the ball from the top of the left arc, and the Nuggets all pulled to the other side to make room for Anthony.

A rookie who can enjoy this kind of treatment is definitely not an ordinary person.

When Shentong first arrived at the Nets two years ago, he could only start as a role player.

Dribble with the right hand and take a step back to create space for the drive.

Then, while starting suddenly, change to left-handed dribbling and shoot to the right.

Under the opponent's offensive method, James is naturally accustomed to shaking his body to the left to withstand Anthony's breakthrough to the right.

But just when James' center of gravity had just moved, Anthony caught the ball with his right hand, and with his left foot as the axis, he made a breakthrough action of turning to the right.

This series of actions is enough to show Anthony's skillful offensive skills and footwork.

James, who lost his defensive position, could only use his body to stick to Anthony after stabilizing his center of gravity.

But this kind of defense is irrelevant to a scorer of Anthony's level.

The body was close to James' raised right hand, Anthony suddenly pulled it up during the breakthrough, shot with both hands, and hit the board.

Just as the ball went into the basket, the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

This is a 2+1!

This time it was Anthony's turn to score a goal, then he shrugged and gave a high five to Camby and Nene.

After steadily hitting free throws, the Nuggets led the Cavaliers 15-13 halfway through the first quarter.

In the studio.

Barkley said: "Judging from the progress of the game in the first half of the first quarter, Anthony's offensive performance left a deep impression on me. He is very talented in offense and his skills are very delicate, unlike those who just entered the league. Like a rookie, his skills are very rough. I think he has every hope of becoming the league's scoring leader in the future."

Smith said: "As soon as Anthony arrived at the Nuggets, he became the team's top scorer. This is no accident. In fact, the Nuggets do not lack masters who can score points. , In addition to being a master of assists, when he played for the Cavaliers, he averaged 10.9 assists per game and also scored 16.5 points. In the five seasons since joining the NBA, Andre's season average The score has never been lower than the 11.1 points in the rookie season, so it can be said that he is a very stable player."

Barkley interjected: "What you said reminded me that Andre Miller is a very smart player. With him, Anthony is definitely even more powerful, but in comparison, the Cavaliers' main point guard Jeff -McGinnis' assist ability is far worse than Miller's."

on the pitch.

Miller dribbles past McGinnis behind his back, attracts the defense and crosses the ball to the perimeter.

Anthony didn't dribble after receiving the ball, and jumped up and shot directly after receiving the ball.

This is a three-pointer.

The ball hits firmly.

Anthony held up his right hand, stretched out his thumb, index finger and ring finger, indicating that it was a three-pointer.

And to the knights.

McGinnis stepped off the dribble and pushed forward, but was almost cut off by Miller, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.

McGinnis, who lost his rhythm, passed the ball to James in a bad position, causing the latter to miss the ball during an air cut, and the ball was taken by the Nuggets.

Miller, Anthony double down quickly.

Faced with Shentong's return defense, Miller passed the ball to Anthony, who did not force it, but distributed the ball to the outside.

Voshan Leonard has appeared outside the three-point line, and after receiving the ball, he raised his hand and hit the Nuggets' second three-pointer in the first quarter!

The score became 21-13.

The Cavaliers called a timeout.

After the goal, Leonard ran to the bench excitedly, bumping his chest with the teammates who came to greet him.

Anthony also nodded while muttering, as if to say: "Look, who should be this year's No. 1 pick!"

On the Cavaliers' bench, both Shen Tong and James were gulping down drinks.

From the beginning of the game to the present, Shentong has made four shots, all of which missed, two of which were three-point shots.

Facing Anthony's strong attack, James seemed a little impatient. In fact, he passed the ball to Shen Tong after several feints.

The team's two best players, one with touch problems and one struggling with matchups.

The Cavaliers are completely following the Nuggets' game rhythm, which makes the Cavaliers play very passively and consume a lot of players.

Paul Silas reassured the players, while Dajuan Wagner came on from the bench.

Before going on the court, Silas hugged Shen Tong.

"Shen, as a defender, it is inevitable that you miss a certain shot in a game, but I believe that you still have the ability to help the team in other ways, such as revitalizing the team with passing."

Shen Tong looked at Silas, who winked at him.

Shen Tong put his hands on his knees, ready to restart the game.

Yeah, how can you fall into the obstinacy that you have to break the deadlock as soon as you miss the shot?

Recalling the special task of refreshing the basketball god space before the start of this game.

The description has already indicated that his hand feeling in this game will be struggling.

In fact, it has already given the answer.

As Silas said, use the pass to revitalize the team.

Think of yourself as a flounder and trust your teammates.

Shentong, which has found its goal again, is no longer confused.

"Carlos, come pick and roll!"

Shen Tong's roar broke the long-standing tranquility of the Cavaliers in the first quarter.

Young players are like this, playing smoothly, shouting loudly, and their morale is like a rainbow.

The fight was not going well, and the morale was low.

What Shentong has to do now is to break this atmosphere and lead the team to move forward again.

Boozer was shocked when he heard the sound, and quickly came out to cover.

Shentong threw Leonard away, and with a look, Wagner's pass was already in place.

Shentong, who had a chance to make a shot, did not choose to shoot, but stepped into the inside.

Camby and Nene moved the defensive barrier to Shentong.

Facing the interception of the inside duo, Shentong still took off with the ball.

"Crazy?!"

Barkley blurted out in the live broadcast room.

Just at the critical moment, Shen Tong held the ball with his left hand and passed the ball through the gap between Camby and Nene.

On the other side of the basket, James slammed into the horse, and after receiving a pass from Shentong, he dunked vigorously with both hands without touching the basket!

Gentleman's Connection debuts!

The excited shouts of the fans sounded again in the Gund Arena.