Saunders 'pause did not improve the Timberwolves' condition.
However, after the pause, Anthony's touch had decreased. It seemed that the pause was not completely ineffective.
But Sunders did not know that it was not because of his pause.
It was just that the duration of the super pause would not be too long.
However, even without the increase of the super timeouts, with the off-field motivation brought by James and Anthony's own hot touch, Melo was not something the Timberwolves could deal with.
Anthony, who had received the bonus, felt hot and could not be stopped.
After all, this was Anthony. Although he hadn't played a representative game yet, Wang Chen knew that Anthony had a feat of 33 points in a single quarter.
Although this record was broken by Thompson, in the era of small balls, Thompson was more used to receiving and shooting.
Moreover, it was already the post-modern basketball era. With the help of the rules, the average score was explosive. Even Booker could score 60 points in a single game.
When Anthony took the record, it was still in 2000. He relied on his own skills to score points.
Dunk, patch, free throw, three-pointer. Anthony displayed all his offensive skills in this quarter.
And Thompson was only shooting with pick-and-roll, receiving the ball, shooting, and so on.
It was not that Thompson was necessarily worse than Anthony. At least in terms of individual ability, Anthony was indeed invincible.
Sunders wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He just hoped that this session would be over soon.
If he continued to fight like this, he would be helpless. It would make him look more like a fool.
Almost every one of Anthony's balls went into the net, which was very beautiful.
Garnett, who had planned to conserve his energy in the first quarter, had no choice but to carry the team's flag.
If he didn't come out soon, the Forest Wolves would collapse in the first quarter.
The first quarter of the game became a competition between Garnett and Anthony.
Even so.
At the end of the first period.
Timberwolves 16:28 Nuggets.
The Timberwolves were still in the first quarter, trailing by 12 points.
"Guys, look at the statistics. Anthony scored 20 points in the first quarter!”
John looked at the statistics in disbelief.
20 points in a single quarter. Although it was still a distance away from the scoring record, in this era, 20 points in a single quarter was already extremely terrifying.
Furthermore, this was the most crucial tiebreaker match in the playoffs.
"Hey, our Sir Charles, what's your single-quarter scoring record in the playoffs?”
Kenny Smith looked at Barkley.
"The single-quarter scoring record in the playoffs isn't mine. My 27 points are second place, and the first place is with Fred's 29 points.”
Barkley said helplessly.
Most of the single-quarter scoring records in the playoffs were set in the last century. The most recent record in this century was 26 points set by Iverson in the Eastern Conference finals in 2001.
"It's unbelievable. If this was Michael Jordan's performance, I wouldn't be surprised. He's still a first-year rookie.”
John Xun said with his eyes wide open.
"He is simply the best rookie of the year.”
Barkley sighed.
He had scored 27 points in a single quarter in the playoffs, so he naturally knew how much ability was needed to score 20 points in a single quarter in the playoffs.
Anthony's performance made people wonder if this was really a tiebreaker in the playoffs.
Scoring was too easy.
......
The speaker was not serious, but the listener was serious.
James had a complicated look on his face. He and Anthony were good friends, but they were also lifelong enemies.
He had thought that he would have the upper hand in his first match with his good brother, Anthony, for the Best Rookie award.
Unexpectedly, Anthony had surpassed him and was already beginning to set some records in the playoffs.
"Wang Chen is really an amazing coach.”
However, James thought deeper. Due to his early elimination from the playoffs, he had been paying attention to his good brother Anthony's game with the Nuggets.
The way Buzdric used Anthony was completely different from how Wang Chen used Anthony.
As Anthony's good brother, James knew Anthony's ability.
Anthony wasn't that stable throughout the game. Anthony was a relatively volatile player, or else he wouldn't have scored 1 out of 16.
And Wang Chen could almost perfectly control Anthony. When he was in low spirits, he could use his tactics to protect him, and when he was at his peak, he could use it boldly.
It was not just Anthony, but the other players were also used perfectly.
"It would be very interesting to work with such a person.”
James was starting to get interested in Wang Chen.
He was a person with his own system, but Wang Chen's appearance made him feel like compromising.
However, he only had such a thought. He did not have the ability to bring in a manager for the team.
Needless to say.
He would never poach his good brother Anthony. He only admired Wang Chen a little.
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