wjnovel Chapter 181 The trip to Denver was not smooth
Chapter 181 The trip to Denver was not smooth
Chapter 181 The trip to Denver was not smooth
Early the next morning, the team had already set off early and got on the plane to Denver.
Su Hu still felt sleepy, so he took a nap on the plane.
But what Su Hu didn't expect was that Greg was very energetic, chatting with his teammates, and even beaming.
After Su Hu scolded the bastard again from the bottom of his heart, he fell into a hazy dream.
After arriving in Denver, Su Hu became more energetic and felt the air of Denver.
It is said that the altitude is about 1000 meters, but for Su Hu, he really has not experienced this altitude.
And you can't talk about Denver without mentioning gold.
Denver was built in 1858. It was originally a coal mine type city, but unexpectedly, a gold mine was discovered here shortly after the development, which attracted a large number of gold prospectors.
Presumably, the name of the Denver Nuggets in the NBA must have something to do with this.
Originally, the city of Denver was not called Denver at the earliest, and they were not affiliated with Colorado at that time, but were affiliated with Kansas. Therefore, in order to cater to the then Chief Executive of Kansas, James Denver, the residents of Denver directly named the town Denver. , in order for Denver to be chosen as the capital city.
But unexpectedly, James Denver had already resigned at that time, and when the residents wanted to regret it, their names had already been successfully expropriated by the city government.
That's kind of an anecdote about the name of the city of Denver.
Moreover, the city of Denver is different from San Antonio in that it is a city with a hot sports culture. Denver includes the strong teams in the four major professional sports in the United States, the Denver Broncos in American football, the Colorado Rockies in the major league baseball, and the strong ice hockey team. The Colorado Avalanche team, and the last one is the Denver Nuggets in the nba,,,
Sure enough, the popularity of nba seems to be only ranked 4th in the United States,,,
. . .
The team arrived at the hotel arranged by the Denver Nuggets. After a short rest, they drove to the Nuggets' arena, Pepsi Center, and started a day of training.
But after only passing one game, Su Hu has already settled down as the main rotation player in the team.
Moreover, Su Hu can also feel that in many cases, Coach Bob also intentionally or unintentionally arranges more opportunities for himself on the offensive end.
From the looks of it, Su Hu was right not to go out to surf the night before, because Greg was obviously weak in the lower body during today's training.
Although Coach Bob doesn't swear during games, the old man never cares about those things during training.
"Hey hey, Greg, you can't even block Su Hu's simple breakthrough? His ball is almost sent to you? Are you unresponsive or a fool?"
After Su Huqiang hit Greg, Coach Bob really started to complain.
Moreover, spraying a sentence seems to be a bit unsatisfactory,,,
Then come on,
"Hehe, I understand, you were not idle last night, right? I am really worried about your little heart, and I even wonder if they can help you persist until the day you retire."
"Oh, maybe you can't wait until the day you retire, maybe you will retire directly on a woman's belly someday!"
Su Hu nodded, now he finally understood that the old man never told lies.
Moreover, it is very reasonable.
Su Hu very much agrees with the coach's statement.
However, Greg has a big heart. After being scolded so hard by the coach, he was not angry at all, and just laughed on the spot.
Su Hu laughed and watched the fun from the sidelines.
A day of training is over.
During the daytime of the second day, the team just conducted some simple daily training in the arena, and it was time to prepare for the game against the Nuggets at night.
Speaking of the Nuggets lineup at the time, the power forward was Antonio McDyess, who was in the second grade at the time, and this old man also joined the Spurs later.
Point guard Mark Jackson is also an acquaintance. This guy was selected by New York with the 1987th pick in the first round in 18, and won the title of the best rookie in the following year. He is the lowest pick in the NBA so far. member now.
Moreover, my brother's total career assists are fourth in history!
To popularize, the first four members are John Stockton, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash,,,
In terms of pure round passing ability, Jackson can be regarded as terrifying.
Shooting guard Bryant Stitch, a native player of the Denver Nuggets, spent most of his career in the Nuggets, but he has no history.
Center Irvin Johnson, note that he is not a magician, just the same name, and it just looks more powerful in the name, in fact, a mediocre player who had just transferred from the Supersonics in the season at that time.
Small forward Lafonso Ellis is also a native of Denver, but his career was bumpy, and his life was not smooth due to injuries, but his skills are good. He was one of the black eight miracles of the Nuggets against the Supersonics in the 9394 season.
Moreover, this guy was at the pinnacle of his career in the 9697 season,,,
At that time, the Nuggets' substitutes also had some good players.
Therefore, from the perspective of the game lineup at the time, in the absence of David Robinson, the Spurs were obviously at a disadvantage.
Moreover, after the start of the game, it was quickly confirmed.
Although it is said that the young general Avery is still directing the team forward with a loud voice, compared with Mark Jackson, the difference in strength is immediately reflected.
Mark Jackson seems like a master, in the flowing water, quickly distributes the basketball to its proper position, and tears the Spurs' defense!
In less than half a quarter of the first quarter, the Spurs were already behind by 5 points.
The Nuggets are blooming more points, and they are everywhere.
Coach Bob had no choice but to replace Su Hu in an attempt to improve the team's offense.
In the rest of the first quarter, Su Hu took on the task of organizing the team. Although it was said to stabilize the Spurs' offense, Mark Jackson always found a way to break the defense.
Su Hu tried his best to catch up, but he was helpless. At the end of the first quarter, San Antonio was still behind by 3 points.
Then, during the rest of the first quarter, Coach Bob also focused on deploying a key defense against Mark Jackson.
Moreover, it was arranged that Su Hu must adopt an aggressive defense against Mark Jackson at the beginning of the second quarter!
Su Hu understood what the coach meant, and immediately nodded in agreement.
However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Su Hu adopted the coach's method and began to adopt an oppressive defense against Mark Jackson.
It's just that Mark Jackson is obviously more sophisticated, and Su Hu got his first foul when he came up.
After that, Mark Jackson still organized the team's offense with a single eye, and beside him, McDyess, Lafonso, and Stitch were all guys with the ability to finish the offense.
So this is still a difficult task for Su Hu's defense.
However, Su Hu's defense seems to have started to play a role, Mark Jackson also started to make some mistakes, and also started to make some mistakes in passing.
However, Su Hu was also on the defensive again and got his second foul.
However, the team is still 3 points behind.
Su Hu continued to wrestle with Mark Jackson, and when Mark Jackson took a break, Coach Bob directly asked Su Hu to take a break as well.
Until halftime, Mark Jackson did not return to the court, and the Spurs also seized the opportunity to equalize the score and entered the second half.
At halftime, Avery came to Su Hu's side and said to Su Hu,
"Su, this guy Mark has always been relatively difficult to defend, and he also intentionally conserved his energy in the second quarter. The two of us must be careful in their third quarter!"
Avery said his worries, Su Hu also nodded, Avery was right.
"He is really experienced. This is a test for us." Su Hu pursed his lips, thinking about Mark Jackson's passing when he was playing.
"Haha, you know, he's famous for this! Let's fight more aggressively!"
"Well! I will!"
The two point guards of the Spurs also reached an agreement on the issue of defending Mark Jackson.
Then, after the start of the third quarter, as Avery said, Mark Jackson began to increase the intensity of his game.
In the first half, Mark Jackson basically used passing as the main means.
But after the start of the second half, Mark Jackson already tried to make a shot when he had the opportunity!
Sure enough, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Nuggets once again widened the point difference to 5 points!
Moreover, Su Hu also had to admit that the physical consumption of the Nuggets game is really greater than that of ordinary games.
This is estimated to have a certain relationship with altitude.
Avery was substituted, but Mark Jackson was still on.
Su Hu played and continued to chase points!
But helplessly, except for Elliott who is relatively stable on the offensive end today, most of the Spurs seem to be out of shape.
The most obvious one is Wilkins. Unlike the first scene of Flying and Escaping, his voice in this scene is obviously much lower.
This is actually what Su Hu is more worried about. Therefore, when he has the opportunity, Su Hu will choose to play more by himself, and the current team has a lot of trust in his choice.
Although under Su Hu's attempt, Su Hu started to score, but Mark Jackson's defense also made Su Hu feel a lot of pressure.
Moreover, at the end of the third quarter, Su Hu had committed 4 fouls!
At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs are still 5 points behind!
Coach Bob was a little anxious. During the break in the third quarter, he began to yell at the players.
"Defense and defense, this is the characteristic of our team, but today you seem to have lost our characteristics! What are you doing! In the fourth quarter, get our defense back!"
Coach Bob is anxious, and the players are also very anxious.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, I have to say that all the players on the Spurs team worked hard.
Both offensively and defensively, they don't give up an inch of ground.
In the opening stage of the fourth quarter, Su Hu and Wilkins played at the same time. It was obvious that Coach Bob was chasing points.
Coach Bob's personnel dispatch, it worked.
The offensive end began to improve, and on the defensive end, every Spurs player worked very hard.
The first to bear the brunt is Su Hu, and it can be said that the bayonet hit with Mark Jackson!
But things got a little shaky when Su Hu picked up his fifth foul.
"Hey, little guy, be careful with your fouls. If you don't want to say goodbye to this game, you must keep it on defense!"
Wilkins began to remind Su Hu.
Of course Su Hu also knew, and immediately nodded solemnly without rebuttal.
However, Su Hu's 5 fouls were also noticed by Mark Jackson.
In a subsequent direct conversation between the two, Mark Jackson also rarely spoke to Su Hu,
"Hey rookie, do you like playing point guard in the NBA?"
Su Hu raised his eyes, glanced at Mark Jackson, then grinned,
"I prefer to play combo guard!"
Mark Jackson pouted,
"Is that your answer?"
"Of course!"
Between the two of you coming and going, the conversation is even more brief and capable.
Mark Jackson suddenly approached Su Hu, which was a rare attacking method for Mark Jackson throughout the game.
The meaning of this is self-evident.
Immediately, while Su Hu retreated, he raised his hands and defended cleanly.
However, for some reason, Mark Jackson staggered as if he had been hindered by something, and almost fell to the ground!
The referee blew his whistle! ! !Su Hu blocked the foul! ! !
Mark Jackson gave Su Hu a vivid lesson, what is paradoxical, and, keeping his body down, he keeps rubbing against your moving steps.
Moreover, I didn't really fall, the purpose was to let the referee see that I was resisted!
He succeeded, Su Hu wanted to defend himself, but he was helpless, the referee would not give a rookie a chance,,,
In other words, the current Su Hu's reputation, compared with Mark Jackson, obviously the referee is more willing to believe that the latter is more!
Su Hu was taken to class.
In the subsequent game, after Su Hu went off the field, the San Antonio Spurs lost to the Denver Nuggets 79:88!A full 9 points behind!
Although Su Hu was off the field, in terms of scoring statistics, Su Hu scored 17 points, second only to Elliott's 16 points, ranking second in the team.
Wilkins scored 10 points, Avery scored 12 points, and four scored in double figures.
And Mark Jackson, only 5 points, but 10 assists!Typical point guard stats.
Although the scoring data is not bad, Su Hu is not happy with the result of the game.
Su Hu really felt the feeling of losing for the first time in the NBA, it was really uncomfortable!
(End of this chapter)