Anthony missed Brand in his heart at the moment of losing, knowing that Duncan averaged 35 points, 156 rebounds and 25 blocks in the first three games, which was abnormal to the enemy. From this data, we can also see how miserable the Nuggets’ line was exploded, but it was a pity that Duncan’s defensive experience was not the same as Duncan’s. Mutombo was old, and Wang Zhizhi was not in the same level. The defensive end was crushed in this round of series. Duncan showed his dominance, and he played a strong role in this round, which made "Shaq" O’ Neill look inferior.

Thanks to Duncan’s strong play, the Spurs pulled back two cities in a row, leading 2-1 in the total score to be continued.
Chapter two hundred and twenty Speech before the game
The double serve ended the first three contests, and the fourth game was still at the home of the Spurs. Anthony made adjustments in this game. He constantly made breakthroughs in the game to attract the Spurs to double-team, and then distributed it to the outside teammates to try to mobilize their offensive enthusiasm. D’ Antoni also made tactical adjustments to hit and run and bomb the Nuggets. This game adopted joint defense to limit Duncan’s play.
The field effect is not bad. The Nuggets and the Spurs are finally in a stalemate, but slowly the online advantage of the Spurs is gradually reflected. Especially after Turkoglu returned to the bench, he brought great vitality to the Spurs bench. After the Nuggets started Wang Zhizhi, the scores of the online bench became stretched. Neither Bater nor Mutombo had much scoring ability, and Turkoglu had a good three-pointer to compete with the Nuggets.
Anthony is now sitting on the field and watching the score being pulled bit by bit. He once again realizes that the depth of the team’s substitutes is still not enough. It is necessary to continue to dig those depressed players in the season, but once Wallace taught him that this time it is necessary to understand the character of a player first, otherwise it will be a big problem when the players are on the field.
Anthony is dreaming about the future, but he is also trying to change the trend of this game. He also tries his best to mobilize his teammates after the game, but no matter what he does, he can make up for the huge gap between the two teams’ line strength, and he can’t finish the game, and he is still in a backward state.
This time Anthony and his Nuggets fought for the last five minutes, but that’s it. In the last few minutes, his physical strength was seriously overdrawn. He could watch the Spurs attack one after another, so he kept watching the Spurs beat the Nuggets at home again.
Anthony shot twice in this game and finally scored 2 points, rebounds and 1 assist, but all the data became meaningless before the team lost. They were already 1:3 behind in the queue match with the Spurs. If they lose another game, their playoff trip will stop in the second round, and all their efforts will be wasted this season.
The fourth game is in the Denver Pepsi Center, the home of the Nuggets. The players’ faces are dignified. From now on, they are on the brink of a cliff. If they want to lose another game, they can go home and go fishing.
However, for the Nuggets, this is obviously not what they want or what they expect. Although they look depressed, they can still see from their brow that they are not angry.
However, the 1:3 deficit made them demoralized. You know, in nba history, there are only a handful of situations in which this situation can be reversed. In these seven times, every game is suspected to be not thrilling, and many of them are in the leading team. The situation of short of soldiers and major generals has been reversed, and strictly speaking, no team has been able to reverse success in the absence of generals.
Anthony is sitting in front of the locker room at the moment and seeing the faces of his teammates, he realizes that he should do something at this time, otherwise the team is really hopeless.
He got up from his seat and called his teammates around.
The teammates didn’t know what Anthony was going to do, but the team boss called them over and they naturally had no reason to refuse.
When everyone gathered around, Anthony took a deep breath and then said, "Hey guys, I know it’s hard for me and it’s hard for all of you, but I have to convince you that we will be the final winners."
"Not only do we have to believe, but we also have to believe, guys, that no one can do this. You know, just last season, when the Pistons were two games behind the Magic, they all turned around successfully. With such a close example at hand, why do we believe that we can’t do it?"
"Is the Spurs strong? Yes, they are strong, but what about us? In the regular season, we take the lead, don’t we? I know that Brandt’s departure has greatly weakened our strength, but will we be like this without Brandt? Ask your heart, have we all worked hard enough? "
"Guys, we came to this league. We fought hard for two long games. Isn’t the final goal the championship? But which championship team didn’t get it after stumbling? From this moment on, we should not only talk about this sentence, but also keep it in mind. "
"Hey guys, it’s no joke. We’re the champion. We’ve proved ourselves in the regular season. What are we going to give up here? We have no reason to give up here! "
"I am a rookie, but I believe I will be the champion. You are a sophomore. You should believe that you will be the champion. You are a veteran who has fought in the league for ten years. You should also believe that you will be the champion. We have proved a long season, but we are the leader of the league. Now we have no reason to let this season’s efforts go to waste. We can’t be so vain. The opportunity is hard to come by. Believe in yourself. We will be the champion!"
"Hey guys, believe in yourself, we will be the champion!"
Anthony said everything in his heart in one breath, and his blood was boiling. The other members of the Nuggets team were all excited at the moment, and they held out their hands one after another and shouted to encourage each other.
Just then D ‘Antoni walked into the locker room of the team. His face was gloomy and his hair was a little messy. At first glance, he didn’t sleep well last night. His physical pressure was the greatest. He led the team to play a game that surprised everyone. He was proud of the league record in the regular season and entered the playoffs. However, when facing the defending champion, the team was very tired. Brand’s absence was more like a fig leaf. People who knew the ball could see it at a glance.
Compared with Brand’s absence from the Nuggets, the bigger problem is that they can’t play the run-and-run tactic after the playoffs, especially against the Spurs. Their run-and-run is more like a kind of disjunction. Without the line coordination point, their ball becomes difficult. Anthony can speed up the offensive rhythm by compressing the offensive time, and he can also drive his teammates through his strong offensive ability. But when he goes to the Nuggets, this kind of attack looks more like a kind of blind play. After failing to shoot continuously, the team’s attack will be out of order.
What the Nuggets showed in the playoffs made D ‘Antoni, a rookie coach in the playoffs, lose confidence. He lost the game against Vicky to see his resistance. Now he has the idea of ending the game early in his mind.
Now he went to the dressing room and heard Anthony’s speech from a distance. As he walked along, he suddenly felt ashamed. It was really wrong for Anthony, a rookie, to say such a thing. He should have backed down first as a coach.
However, he is also a little entangled in his heart. You know, playing a game is not just about morale, especially in the playoffs. Morale has long been submerged in the real fight, and the key to winning is to come up with a way to beat your opponent.
Sod Antony walked into the dressing room at the moment and looked at his players with complicated eyes.
Anthony also noticed D ‘Antoni’s arrival now, and his horse knew what D ‘Antoni’s purpose was.
Before the game, if the team’s starting lineup changes, the coach will usually come to the locker room to announce what it looks like. D ‘Antoni seems to be making player adjustments to the team.
Anthony didn’t say much, so he went straight to D ‘Antoni and dragged him back.
D ‘Antoni saw that Anthony had something to say, but he didn’t stop him from pulling the two men back to the head coach’s office.
After going in, Anthony said directly, "The coach has some suggestions for the team to start."
D ‘Antoni looked at Anthony. He hesitated for a moment. Some people said, "Melo, your speech is wonderful. You are a real rookie. You are the best speaker I have ever seen, but you have to know that this is not a game that can be won by speech alone."
Listen to D ‘Antoni, Anthony nodded without saying much and said, "Of course I know that, Mike. That’s why I came to see you."
"Oh?" D ‘Antoni looked at Anthony’s face and his doubts dispersed. Looking at Anthony, he wanted to know that what Anthony said before was very helpful to the team. Now he is naturally very happy to hear some suggestions from Anthony again.
Anthony said, "Mike, I can feel that you are showing some doubts about your tactics."
Anthony said so bluntly that D ‘Antoni was not angry, but looked at Anthony doubtfully.
"You use defense in a game. You know, we haven’t used this defense for a season because it can’t play fast basketball." Anthony said without waiting for D’ Antoni’s answer, and then went on to say, "Mark, we’ve been playing fast for a season. If we give up this style of play, our whole team will not adapt."
D ‘Antoni heard Anthony say that he didn’t know what medicine he was selling in the gourd and then asked, "What do you mean?"
Anthony was unambiguous and went on to say, "Why don’t we be thorough? Anyway, it’s already the only chance for last stand to win if it burns its bridges."
"cross the rubicon?" D ‘Antoni looked at Anthony. He seemed to have understood that Anthony wanted to say something to be continued.
Chapter two hundred and twenty-one Cross the rubicon
Anthony finished talking with D ‘Antoni and then went back to the dressing room.