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Chapter 743 - 317. The answer is his opponent!

Chapter 743: 317. The answer is his opponent!

Anthony dragged out the time for a while, and by the 10-second free throw interval, TNT’s Barkley had already counted to 15 before Anthony returned to the free-throw line. Amidst the referee’s urging sounds, he shot the second free throw... and it didn’t go in!

Barkley mocked extensively, "Anthony was willing to lose face for that single point, and in the end, he didn’t get it..."

On the court, Millsap withstood Kenyon Martin to grab the defensive rebound, then turned and passed the ball...

Having developed the habit of observing his teammates’ positions at all times, he quickly passed the ball to Rondo, who started the fast break!

Anthony Carter, who had retreated to mid-court, tried to block Rondo, but Rondo avoided him with a sharp change of direction and dashed straight for the basket.

Iverson, who had high-fived Anthony and immediately retreated to the backcourt, stretched out to delay Rondo but was also bypassed.

Rondo drove straight to the basket, leaping from the no-charge zone arc for a layup that went in!

to 18, the point difference narrowed to two points!

Iverson looked at Rondo: The Bobcats are indeed fortunate, aren’t they? To randomly pick a third-string point guard in the last round of the draft, and they picked one as fast as Nash, with the skills of Kidd?

To others, Rondo’s counterattack felt fast.

In Iverson’s eyes, while Rondo was fast, he was not as quick as Iverson himself; not to mention comparing to Iverson’s early twenties.

Especially Rondo’s control of the ball during long-distance rushes and his speed barely changing after changing direction and passing opponents... even Iverson was amazed at this.

Iverson picked up the ball and passed it to Anthony Carter, glancing at the other end; Zhang Yang only followed up to mid-court and did not continue, showing a trust in Rondo’s ability to score alone on the fast break... It was a way of looking down on his, The Answer’s, defensive capabilities.

But did this mean that the bad boy Jarett Jack was really like him, The Answer?

He, too, looked down on anyone’s defensive abilities... He once again realized how much opponents despised him.

Whether others hate him or not, he doesn’t care, anyway, now The Answer wants to crush Zhang San!

They couldn’t start a fast break now, but they couldn’t slow down either.

Iverson sprinted towards the frontcourt, and right as he reached the top of the arc, Anthony Carter, who had followed up, passed the ball to him.

Tonight he was on fire, and all he could think about now was offense.

Looking at Rondo in front of him, Iverson was slightly dissatisfied. The bad boy was guarding Anthony Carter instead, conserving energy? It didn’t matter now; this second-year point guard with an expressionless face was quite interesting too.

Iverson started the butterfly step, Rondo defended patiently, but he was still left behind!

Iverson charged along the right side of the key towards the basket, facing Millsap’s help defense, his right foot’s stepping motion suddenly changed to leaping off his left foot while clutching the ball, and he quickly sprang up to push the ball against the backboard... scoring with a bank shot!

Millsap reacted very quickly, but by the time he had jumped and swung his hand, the ball was already bouncing off the small rectangle on the backboard.

The Nuggets Team quickly retreated to defend, with Millsap internally marveling at Iverson’s frightening leaping ability, but without stopping his movements, he picked up the ball and passed it to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang advanced quickly, and with Carlisle’s adjustment—the rhythm couldn’t be slowed down anymore, so they stopped trying.

Both were playing a fast game, but even fans who weren’t very knowledgeable about basketball could tell the difference between the way Zhang Yang and Jarett Jack pushed forward.

During transition play, Jarett Jack just rushed forward mindlessly, not caring whether Okafor, their big man inside, or the veteran Hill could keep up.

As Zhang Yang advanced, Millsap and Okafor, the two big men, ironically entered the three-point line first; Zhang Yang reached the top of the arc, facing Iverson’s close defense, and immediately broke through!

With nearly a 20-kilogram weight difference, Iverson, even with outstanding strength for his height, could at most cling to Zhang Yang to affect his jump, unable to stop Zhang Yang’s drive.

Zhang Yang broke to the right side of the free-throw line, with Anthony and Kenyon Martin both closing in on him.

With his vision blocked on the right side and in front, Zhang Yang made a back pass to Millsap who had circled from the left side to the free-throw line.

Driving solo, take the shot if there’s a chance, otherwise pass to Rondo or Millsap in position... if he had no opportunity to shoot, certainly a teammate would be open.

His teammates did not disappoint him; Millsap caught the pass and then passed again, Mike Miller moved to the right corner, caught the ball, and hit a three-pointer!

to 20, the Bobcats narrowed the gap to just 1 point.

In the transition play, the Nuggets Team’s attempted counterattack failed; with Rondo and Millsap on the floor and Okafor returning to the center position, the Bobcats’ speed increased a notch, significantly enhancing the success rate of defensive positioning after scoring.

Anthony took a high ball and went one-on-one against Mike Miller, jab step... jab step... pulling back for a long two-point shot... and it went in!

Under Zhang Yang’s influence, after running back and forth twice, Anthony had already recovered.

It was the Bobcats’ turn to attack, and Zhang Yang continued to play solo and pass the ball, this time he passed it ahead after passing Iverson.

Rondo was initially moving up but suddenly shifted direction and ran along the baseline, shaking off Anthony Carter; Rondo received the ball on the right side of the key and, as Kenyon Martin came up to defend, Rondo passed to the middle, where Millsap with a central cut received the ball and scored with a flying slam dunk.

to 22, the Bobcats continued to keep the score tight. George Karl called for a timeout!

With 6 minutes and 12 seconds left, the game entered an official timeout phase!

Carlisle clapped vigorously for his players.

Talent, oh talent! This is what talent is!

Facing strong teams, the sophomore duo of Rondo and Millsap, taking up core roles, seemed overwhelmed.

Playing Rondo, they could only utilize him like in the last season’s playoffs where, with a three-core creating opportunities, Rondo could effectively organize the offense.

Millsap was similar; facing defenses that rotated quickly or had the ability to cut off the middle lane, he would turn purely into a blue-collar player.