NBA: Starting with the undercut by Parker and Bowen

8:30 p.m.

The starting players for both sides took to the field.

For the home team, the Rockets, Adelman still used Kirk Snyder as the starting shooting guard.

The Nuggets' starting five is: Allen Iverson, Yaheba Diawara, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, and Marcus Camby.

After starting on the field, watching the game, Adelman complained to his assistant coach beside him:

"We lack a qualified backup shooting guard/swingman. Kirk, Luther, and Steve are not reliable in the playoffs."

"I told the team's general manager my thoughts, and that idiot actually told me that we can't find high-value players right now."

"Fuck you! High cost-performance ratio? He doesn't know anything about basketball, he just knows how to piss off the boss's ass."

"He has absolutely no idea the value of our current starting five; they're a five-man team capable of contending for the championship..."

Lead assistant coach Tuna patted his forehead, offering a helpless reassurance: "Rick, don't rush, take it slow!"

"How can I not be in a hurry?"

Adelman was somewhat irritated.

"Even Jerry Sloan has led his team to a championship now. If I still can't win a championship, what will people think? They'll think I'm not as good as great coaches."

Seeing this, Tuna had no choice but to patiently offer him advice:

"We're new here, we don't have enough authority yet! Maybe we should consider talking to the players. If the general manager doesn't care about our opinions, surely he cares about the star players' opinions?"

Eh?

Adelman was taken aback by what he heard, but his mind immediately cleared and his agitation vanished.

Just as the two were talking on the sidelines, a whistle blew on the field.

"Beep!" The match officially began.

The referee then tossed the orange basketball high into the air.

In an instant, the black and yellow arms were raised high, trying to swat at the falling basketball.

A muffled "thud".

Huh? What a surprise!

Yao Ming actually managed to dribble the basketball before Camby did.

The Rockets won the jump ball, and Yang Lin gained possession.

Seeing that the jump ball had failed, the Nuggets players immediately returned to defense and took their positions.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Holding the ball, Yang Lin did not rush to launch an attack, but slowly dribbled to the top of the arc.

The Nuggets employ man-to-man defense.

Standing in front of Yang Lin was Diawara, who, like him, was an undrafted player from 06.

He's 2.01 meters tall, and his defense...is pretty good!

After a physical collision, Yao Ming leaned on Camby and gained position in the right elbow area.

"Yang Lin, over here."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Lin had already thrown the orange basketball over.

As soon as the basketball left his hand, Yang Lin immediately ran a few steps to the left, drawing away the defender in front of him.

After receiving the ball with his left hand, Yao Ming adjusted his body position and began a back-to-the-basket post-up move.

With two loud thuds, Camby was knocked back a step.

The Nuggets did not provide any help defense.

Seeing this, Yao Ming bumped into Camby twice more, and then, taking advantage of Camby's unsteady footing, forcefully dribbled past him from the left.

Seeing Yao Ming drive past his defender and head towards the basket, Kenyon Martin immediately abandoned Wilcox and rushed over to help defend.

Yao Ming didn't try to compete; he immediately tossed the basketball towards the left front side of the basket.

Helicopter takeoff!

Wilcox sprinted from the weak side, leaped high, and slammed the ball into the basket the instant Martin looked back.

"Pong~~" Aerial relay.

"Haha~~ Well done, Chris!"

Yao Ming beamed with joy when he saw Wilcox score.

Finally, I can punish the opponent when they help defend in the paint.

The Great Wall of China is not what it used to be.

If you dare to leave your defense open and come to help or double-team, my teammates will punish you with a goal.

During the transition between offense and defense, Iverson dribbled the ball across half-court.

Yang Lin's mouth twisted in disbelief when he saw Schneider running towards Diawara so early.

No way, bro!

You actually want me to guard Iverson?

There's no way!

Yang Lin had no choice but to bite the bullet and take on the challenge.

When Iverson saw Yang Lin guarding him, he suddenly smiled. He didn't know Yang Lin personally, but he had heard of the newly crowned Finals MVP.

"I'll take this shot one-on-one against him."

Iverson yelled at his teammates, then threw the ball to Anthony, who was running to the side to receive it.

Upon hearing Iverson's words, Anthony naturally had no objection and immediately returned the ball to Iverson.

He then pulled his defender Battier to the left.

The dead ball becomes a live ball.

At the three-point line, Iverson bent his knees and bent over, holding the ball with both hands.

Yang Lin carefully took a half step back in front of him, spread his legs, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared to defend against Iverson's breakthrough.

That's right! It's a breakthrough.

Everyone in the world knows that defending against Iverson's one-on-one plays means defending against his drives to the basket.

"Here I come, little one!"

Yang Lin was speechless. He gave a warning before attacking, and you're really being nice!

Suddenly, the attack and defense began.

Iverson leaned to the left, shifting his weight to the left; Yang Lin quickly stepped back with his right leg, preparing to block the position.

But Iverson was just faking it; he immediately pulled his body to the right and started dribbling with his right hand.

"Bang!"

Seeing this, Yang Lin immediately adjusted his body and moved to the left and back.

The next instant, Iverson drove forward with his left leg, executed a wide crossover, and switched the basketball to his left hand.

The movement was swift, happening in an instant.

Yang Lin gritted his teeth and quickly adjusted his defensive center of gravity, shifting his body to the right rear.

Unexpectedly, his right leg gave way, and he stumbled.

Based on this, Iverson immediately pulled the ball to the right.

Yang Lin had just regained his footing on his right leg when he immediately moved to the left rear, and oh no! He lost his balance again and stumbled.

In that instant, Iverson completely dominated the right side of the attack, dribbling the ball and shaking off Yang Lin's defense to break into the penalty area.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball goes in, and Iverson scores.

After regaining his footing, Yang Lin turned around and watched helplessly as the basketball went into the basket, his heart filled with helplessness and powerlessness.

Damn it! Still not working?

Battier then walked up to Yang Lin, patted his butt, and asked, "How are you? Are you alright?"

"Ugh... how could it be okay?"

Yang Lin scratched his head and said helplessly, "I feel so powerless! I just watched him walk right past me."

"Haha~~"

Battier laughed and comforted him, "Actually, it's not just you; everyone else is just as helpless against him."

"Everyone knows what he's going to do next, but we just can't stop him. That's the most frustrating thing about him."

At this point, Battier glanced at Yang Lin and smiled:

"Sometimes your defenders are just as helpless. They know you're going to shoot, but no matter how hard they try, they just can't stop you."

Upon hearing this, Yang Lin couldn't help but think of his sure-fire three-pointer.

His weapon may seem like a conceptual one, but it's far more unreasonable than Iverson's breakthroughs.

With this thought, Yang Lin instantly felt much better.

The game continues.

With Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony on the roster, the Nuggets' offensive firepower is truly unmatched.

Iverson's drives and Anthony's triple threat made their scoring effortless.

After the game started, the two players took turns leading the charge, quickly adding points for the Nuggets.

However, it cannot be denied that both players' defense was truly poor.

Most importantly, George Karl failed to establish a sound defensive system for this Nuggets team.

This meant that the Nuggets couldn't use their system's defensive advantages to compensate for their individual defensive shortcomings.

Therefore, despite Iverson and Anthony both having highly efficient individual offenses in the first quarter, scoring over ten points each.

However, the Nuggets failed to gain a significant advantage in the game.

The Nuggets lead 32-30.

There are 3 seconds left in the first quarter.

Therefore, after scoring the goal, Anthony had his signature smile on his face.

Leading at the end of the first quarter, feeling great!

Seeing Brother Gua's bright smile, Yang Lin also smiled, though there seemed to be a hint of mischief in his smile.

"Chuck, serve to me."

Yang Lin called out to Hayes.

Eh?

Chuck Hayes' eyes lit up when he heard Yang Lin's shout.

He originally thought that would be the end of the first quarter.

With only 3 seconds left and the ball inbounded from the backcourt, it was already difficult to launch an attack.

But Yang Lin's words made his mind start to wander.

That's Yang Lin, the newly crowned Finals MVP. He's made many incredible long-range shots.

Therefore, after Yang Lin called out, he immediately threw the basketball in his hand to him.

Yang Lin received the ball, but the Nuggets players on the court were still unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

On the sidelines, George Karl was jumping up and down in frustration.

"Defend Yang, quickly move up to defend him, don't give him a chance to shoot."

However, before the Nuggets players on the court could give the order, Yang Lin dribbled once and immediately pushed the basketball toward the Nuggets' basket.

At the same time, he silently chanted in his mind: "System, use this and you're guaranteed to score three points."

After the basketball was released, Yang Lin immediately looked at Anthony and shouted loudly at him:

"Messi and Ronaldo, I've got this game in the bag tonight! Not even Jesus could stop it, I'm telling you."

Damn it, you ran away right after you finished pretending!