Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 208 An Impossible Miracle
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The Nuggets played a small climax at the beginning of the game. Seeing the changes on the field, Popovich finally couldn't help calling a short timeout.

Seeing the Spurs call a timeout, the fans at the scene immediately burst into shouts like a tsunami. This is the first time that the Nuggets have taken the initiative on the field from the very beginning.

"The Nuggets played well in the opening game." Collins saw the situation on the court, and for the first time made a favorable comment for the Nuggets.

Hearing what Collins said, Ingrash seemed to have finally seen the fun of being a commentator. He was about to say something in response, but what Collins said next made him almost angry: "But the three-pointer is always It depends on luck, if you want to play a stable offense, you still have to work harder from other places."

When Ingrash heard this, he suddenly lost the desire to speak, turned around and continued to focus on the field.

The game went on, and to Collins' dismay, the Nuggets let him down the next game, a three-point rain at Denver's home in a back-and-forth game that doused the Spurs' thoughts of ending the game on the road.

To say that the Nuggets' tactics in this game are very targeted, that is, they use three-pointers to continuously attack the Spurs' zone defense. After being forced to man-to-man, Anthony's precise mid-range made it difficult for Duncan to defend, and in the end he was forced to switch to zone defense. Firmly control the rhythm of the game on the field.

Although the Spurs' offense is still stable, their disadvantage beyond the three-point line still made them lose in the end.

In the end, the Nuggets won a big victory with nearly 20 points. They shot 40 three-pointers in the whole game and hit 17 of them. Among them, Korver and Wang Zhizhi each hit 5. In terms of scoring, the Spurs scored 30 points more than the Spurs. Coupled with the 36 points that Anthony still scored strongly, it can be said that the Nuggets used a "three-point rain" to save themselves in this back-to-back battle. The match point also allowed their playoff journey to continue proudly.

However, both Anthony and his Nuggets know that the victory of this game can only allow them to escape from death, and the next game will become more difficult, because after all, the three-pointer is largely related to the touch. Relational game, and with the lessons of this game, with Popovich's ability, there will definitely be targeted defense in the next game. Now the Nuggets are in a backward position, and if they are not careful, they will lose A chance for the playoffs.

At the post-match press conference, Anthony was also very low-key. He returned to the villa after hastily finishing the press conference. Because the Transformers had already started filming, Fox was already in a very busy state, and now he had no time to talk to Anthony. stay together.

Anthony, who has gotten used to the existence of Fox, felt a little lonely, but couldn't help but think of Vasquez who slept with him three nights ago, and wondered how she was doing now.

To say that the reason why Anthony lifted his pants and slapped his ass and left was largely because of Fox. In fact, another aspect was because of Vasquez's desire for money. Anthony made his final decision, but after a period of time passed, Anthony suddenly felt a little strange.

To say that although he and Vasquez are not very close, at least they can be regarded as friends. Although people are separated from each other, people's thoughts will always be revealed more or less in real life. Anthony is more concerned about this feeling, so in his cognition, Vasquez is not like this kind of person, and the contrast between the front and the back is a bit too big.

After hesitating for a long time, Anthony finally decided to call Vasquez in order to have a clearer communication between the two, but Anthony tried many times, but the phone was always busy, and he didn't know what was going on.

Unable to get in touch, Anthony had no choice but to give up in the end. He changed his outfit, made a call to Nene, and was ready to go to the arena for training.

The playoffs are going on intensely, and the United States has gradually entered the official spring with the retirement of time. The pleasant atmosphere brought by the climate change also makes people feel much more comfortable physically and mentally.

After Anthony drove the car and met Nene at the intersection, the two headed straight to the arena.

Anthony called Nene for extra training, because he will take on the heavy responsibility of defending Duncan in the subsequent games, so he also wanted to practice each other's defensive skills by the way.

Today is not the team's training day, and they arrived at the arena relatively early. Originally, in their subconscious mind, this penalty arena should be empty, but when they really arrived at the arena, they heard There was a "bang bang" sound from inside.

Anthony and Nene looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes. The two even made a bet at the gate. Guess who was training inside, and Nene bet on Bell. The performance in this series was not very good. Anthony gambled on Mutombo and Wang Zhizhi. After all, after Brand's absence, the burden and pressure on them were very heavy.

Both of them pushed the door through the door of the arena with their own doubts, but after seeing the people training inside, their eyes showed a look of disbelief.

The player inside held the ball in his hand and was training left and right. When he was helping him with the team's physical training, there was even the team doctor standing by the side of the court.

The person who was training over there was Brand who was injured and sick at home!

what's the situation? !

Both Anthony and Nene pinched their own cheeks involuntarily. After feeling the pain and confirming that what they saw was not a hallucination, both of them ran towards the stadium, shouting excitedly to Bran. Germany's name.

Brand stopped training, and after saying hello to the team doctor, he stretched out his hands and gave Anthony and Nene a big hug.

After hugging and playing, Anthony looked at Brand and his ankle with unbelievable eyes, and hurriedly asked: "Elton, when did your foot get better, why didn't you say hello to us? "

Brand smiled a little mysteriously, and then said: "I wanted to give you a little surprise before the start of the game, to make you happy, but I didn't expect that I was caught by you today. It seems that this surprise is already exposed in advance."

Anthony looked at Brand's mysterious smile, and continued to ask: "Don't talk about surprises, tell me what happened to your foot? Could it be that you met some magical doctor?"

Nene also looked at Brand in shock at the moment. He was also present when Brand said that he would not make a comeback until at least the end of next season, but the miraculous thing happened just like that.

Brand still smiled mysteriously, and said, "Do you still remember the mentality problem I told you at the beginning? Injuries, as long as the mentality is good, they will always recover sooner."

Listening to Brand's explanation, Anthony and Nene were both surprised, but without exception, they felt that Brand was not telling the truth. You must know that a good mentality can indeed shorten a player's recovery from injury, but obviously, it cannot be It is growing geometrically or even exponentially like it is now.

"Come on, Elton, what happened?" Anthony asked.

Brand smiled and didn't speak, but at this moment, the team doctor stepped forward and said: "Elton has been watching the team's game at home, and when he sees you all playing desperately on the court, he In the end, I couldn’t sit still and came to me, now he’s closed for a week, tomorrow he will go to San Antonio with the team, and he will be placed on the active list.”

"Closed?" Anthony and Nene glanced at each other, and saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

The so-called sealing is actually a sealing needle, which is a hormone drug that is injected into the injured part to relieve local pain and muscle fatigue. This kind of needle is often used in the league, but the frequency is not high, because the injection Blocking needles is an act of drinking poison to quench thirst. It is not only very painful during the injection, but also brings many side effects, some of which may even affect the player's career.

Anthony said helplessly: "Elton, you don't have to do this, we can win the game."

"Haha~" Brand let out a burst of hearty laughter, "Of course I know you can win the game, you are my teammates, especially Melo, you are the best player I have ever played with, just looking at you I'm working hard, I feel very uncomfortable raising me at home."

Just as Brand said this, the team doctor added: "Actually, Elton's recovery from his injury was beyond the expectation of our medical team. You must know that his foot injury is serious, not He was able to play with just one injection, but he didn’t know how to do it, and to tell you the truth, when he called and told me he could play with a block, I thought it was incredible.”

"Look, I've said it all. Injury depends on mentality. A good mentality will heal quickly." Brand said with a proud face.

Anthony listened to what Brand said, and shook his head speechlessly, but Brand's situation was really as he said, and his mentality really made him create a miracle, an impossibility that could overturn the fate of the team miracle.

(End of this chapter)