Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 218

Anthony didn't go any further, but flipped through that photo, and then found another photo, which was very clear.

The owner in the photo is Brand. He is sitting in front of the TV, looking at the TV very intently. On the TV, he can vaguely see that it is the final game between the Nuggets and the Lakers.

Anthony pointed to the photo and said: "This is a photo taken by Brand's girlfriend Gianni. The time it was taken was in the fourth quarter of the last game. At that time, our team was behind by 26 points. In 5 minutes, Gianni said that Brand had been staring at the TV, motionless, and even though he was behind by so many points, he persisted until the last moment of the game."

After Anthony finished speaking, the reddish faces of the Nuggets players became even hotter, and they wished they could just find a hole to drill down.

Anthony put the photo away, then looked at the Nuggets players around, and said in a deep tone: "Guys, I know, without Brand and Jason, our situation is the worst since entering the playoffs. , but why did we fight for a season?"

Following Anthony's voice, the Nuggets players slowly raised their heads.

"This is our result, we can't give up, just like Brand, maybe we are really not the opponents of the Lakers, but why did we play a game that lost so many points?" Anthony said and shook his head vigorously, " This is really not the game we should have, even for Brand, the fans who support us on the court like Brand, in front of the TV, we can't play this kind of game."

"We can lose, but it's definitely not like this." Anthony said, his tone suddenly became louder, "Hey, guys, the seniors of the Bullets have proved to us that we can win even under difficult circumstances, and Now, for nothing but Brand, for his return at the risk of ruining his career, for Williams, and for all the fans who support us, let us do better!"

Following Anthony's words, the faces of the Nuggets players released a strange look.

Anthony said, stretching out his hand, and his tone became more and more high-pitched: "Guys, let's try our best to grab every rebound, use every fierce defense to lock the opponent, let's put the damn ball in every time." In the hoop, let's win this game, for nothing else, for everyone who supports us, and to prove that we are not the ones to throw in the towel!"

"For victory!" Nene was the first to yell loudly, covering Anthony's with his big hand.

"For Brand!" Wang Zhizhi was also full of pride at the moment, and the second put his hand in the center of the circle.

"For the Nuggets!" Dikembe Mutombo then said with a serious expression, and the withered hand followed closely.

Just like that one by one, the Nuggets players yelled loudly, and the original dejected expressions had long since disappeared, replaced by unbearable excitement.

D'Antoni's eyes were swollen at the moment, and he walked towards the locker room with a gloomy face. He thought for a long time but couldn't find an effective way to deal with the Lakers. After much deliberation, he couldn't find a good way. At this moment, he thought about it Announcing the start of the game, I heard a slightly noisy voice inside before I walked in. When I walked into the locker room, I saw the players inside stretching their hands to the center of the circle, which is the way of self-encouragement.

Seeing that the players are still in such a good mood, as a coach, he seems to be the least motivated. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, squeezed a smile on his face, walked into the locker room and said: "Hey, guys , this game we want to win the game at the home court of the Lakers, I believe this will not be difficult for you at all."

"It's a small matter, coach!" Nene stretched out his hand and patted his chest at this moment, his self-confidence was extremely inflated.

"We will work hard." Mutombo also said.

"Well, I believe my players will definitely not give up easily." D'Antoni nodded with satisfaction, and continued, "Dikembe will start this game, everyone must be mentally prepared, Wang, I need you Stand up on the bench and buy time for the main players."

"No problem, coach." Wang Zhizhi nodded.

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and change your clothes. We're going to play later." D'Antoni finished the last sentence, then turned and left the locker room.

The Nuggets players changed their clothes one by one and walked out of the locker room. Anthony was the last one because he was interviewed by a reporter. But when he changed his clothes, he saw Mutombo standing at the door waiting he.

Anthony stepped forward and said, "Hey, Dikembe, why are you still here?"

Mutombo smiled and said: "I'm waiting for you, Melo, I'm not sure about my age, that photo, I remember that the Bullets don't seem to have such a game, right?"

Anthony looked at Mutombo, finally laughed loudly, and said: "It seems that you still can't escape your eyes, that photo is fake, I found someone to spell it out, how about it, it looks like it ?”

"Haha, you kid." Mutombo was also happy when he heard it, "If it weren't for the fact that I have played for so long, I would have been fooled. But your approach is very good. Now the morale of the team is low, and we need some help. something to stimulate."

"There is a saying that the underdog must win, I think we will be able to win this game." Anthony said with a smile.

"We will." Mutombo also smiled knowingly, and then the two chatted and walked towards the arena.

The game between the two sides will start soon, and coincidentally, the commentators of this game are "Magic" Johnson and his old partner Devin Brown.

"Hey, Erwin, you must be in a bit of a complicated mood right now? After the Nuggets entered the Western Conference Finals, they did not perform very well. If their game has not improved, Melo's first playoff game The trip should be over." Brown looked at Anthony who was training on the field, and turned to "Anthony fan" Johnson.

"Devin, you really like to give me difficult problems." Johnson said with a wry smile. As a legend of the Lakers, he can now say that there are two villains in his heart who are constantly tug-of-war, while hoping that Anthony will dig The Golden Team can win, but on the other hand they don't want the Lakers to lose at home.

"It's not really Melo's fault. After all, Brand's absence has had a huge impact on the Nuggets." Brown said analyzing.

Johnson nodded: "This is a difficult matter for the Nuggets and Brand. In the sixth game against the Spurs, if it weren't for Brand's desperate performance in the fourth quarter, I'm afraid The Nuggets have gone home to fish now, but it was also Brand's performance that made the Nuggets unable to adapt to the feeling of losing Brand in this round of the series. In short, Brand's hasty comeback , can only say that there are advantages and disadvantages.”

"beep!"

When Johnson said this, the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle to start the game, and the starters of both sides came to the center of the court.

In this game, D'Antoni let Mutombo replace Wang Zhizhi as the starter, and also hoped that the veteran could find the old feeling in the matchup with O'Neal.

As the referee threw the ball into the air, Mutombo and O'Neal jumped up from near the middle circle. After all, Mutombo was a little older and his reaction was a little slower. The ball was slapped back by O'Neal It's halftime for the Lakers.

The ball flew towards George of the Lakers team, but just when both sides were sinking and preparing to enter the offense and defense, a bolt of lightning suddenly shot out, and before George received the ball, he slapped the ball down .

Everything happened so fast that the players on both sides didn't even react, and the Lakers' ball was cut off inexplicably.

Anthony was also preparing to retreat, and when he saw someone stealing the ball, the figure had already rushed towards the Lakers' backcourt.

Anthony glanced around and immediately recognized Bell who had stolen the ball!
After running, Bell was as fast as a cheetah, rushed to the frontcourt quickly, and then dunked easily with both hands. He didn't use a lot of force, but he managed to stuff the ball into the basket.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and Phil Jackson on the sidelines patted his head speechlessly.

"The Lakers were a little slack at the beginning..." Brown shook his head and said when he saw that the Lakers made a turnover at the beginning.

Johnson stared at the field and didn't speak at the moment. His eyes were complicated, which happened to reflect the thoughts in his heart, entangled.

"Nice job!" Nene clapped his hands at Bell who ran back.

Anthony saw Bell and Nene's high fives, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Anyway, the enthusiasm of the Nuggets has increased.

The Lakers didn't have much emotional fluctuations because of the loss in the opening game. Except for Kobe reminding George to pay attention to protecting the ball, others didn't feel much.

Looking back, Payton had the ball into the Nuggets' half court.

Malone pulled Nene away early, and O'Neal reached out for the ball according to Mutombo.

Soon, the Lakers passed the ball in. After receiving the ball, O'Neal turned around and made a small hook. The position and angle he was standing at the moment were his favorite.

"Snapped!"

Unexpectedly, the ball was slammed by Mutombo behind O'Neal.

At the beginning, Mutombo took O'Neal!

O'Neill heard the sound, and then looked at Mutombo in disbelief. He didn't expect that the former defeated player would slap his shot away at the beginning, and his face suddenly became gloomy. Ba, this kind of ball obviously made him feel dull.

(End of this chapter)