This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 332 The devil's away game starts, the battle for the top of the league
The Bobcats' winning streak continues.

After defeating New York, the Charlotte Bobcats continued to have a poor Nets this season, and the Atlanta Hawks, who had a good start to the season, won the game with 4 wins and 1 loss and rushed to the third place in the Eastern Conference.

After a wave of five consecutive victories, the Charlotte Bobcats have squeezed out the Orlando Magic and enjoy the first place in the Eastern Conference.

And in ESPN's latest team strength list, the Charlotte Bobcats also came to No. 117.8 in the league, averaging 45 points per game and shooting more than 19.5% of their three-pointers. The net difference in five games reached a terrifying [-] points.

Based on this, Zhou Lin, the ace of the team, also came to the first place in the new season's MVP rankings.

He averaged 28.6 points, 7.2 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game. He shot 56% from the field and 44% from three-pointers. His efficiency value of 22.5 was even ahead of other players in the league.

These five games, for the Charlotte Bobcats, are like a honeymoon. The perfect fusion of new aid and strong offense offset the weakness on the defensive end.

However, the Charlotte Bobcats still need to prove something.

In the first five games, although they also defeated two powerful teams, the Cavaliers and the Celtics, the Charlotte Bobcats have not gone out of the East in the current five games, and starting from November 11th, Charlotte The Bobcats will usher in a terrifying seven-game streak.

The next games in November are basically away games.

They will first go to the Denver Highlands to play the game, then also play the second game in the Salt Lake City Highlands, and then play two games against the Mavericks and Spurs among the top three in Texas, and then return to the East to play the Detroit Pistons. It is to fly to Los Angeles and play against two Los Angeles teams.

In the first game, they have to face the only other team in the league that has not lost at this stage, the Denver Nuggets who also have five wins and zero losses.

And Sir Utah has always been a representative of tenacity, but the Rockets suffered a lot in those years.

After returning to the East to play their old rivals in the Motor City, the Charlotte Bobcats will go to Texas to play the Mavericks and the Spurs back-to-back.

Texas has no underdogs. The Spurs ranked second in the league in defensive efficiency last season, allowing only 93.3 points to their opponents.

And this season, the Mavericks also introduced wing player Sean Marion, and upgraded the lineup again. This team now has the capital to compete for the championship.

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The Charlotte Bobcats will fly to Los Angeles again to have a clash with last season's old rival, the Los Angeles Lakers. After playing another team in Los Angeles, the Bobcats will return to their home court.

In these six games, except for the two games between the Pistons and the Clippers, which may be slightly easier to play, the other five games are completely head-to-head. What's more, the Bobcats also include a Mavericks and Spurs back-to-back matches.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the devil's schedule.

For the Charlotte Bobcats, especially the five games in the West, it's a quality-checking trip.

The pattern of the weak in the east and the strong in the west has been formed in the NBA for many years, and it will not change even for many years to come.

The Charlotte Bobcats are also fully prepared to lose their skin.

The Pepsi Center on the Denver plateau has never been an easy home field.

In fact, the altitude of more than 1900 meters is much lower than many people imagined, but there will still be a certain amount of hypoxia. For basketball, a sport with a large amount of exercise, it is also a big part of adapting to the oxygen concentration here. challenge.

Denver has always been known as a track and field team. This is also because playing at this kind of home court all year round has created a slightly better physical fitness than other NBA team players.

The Denver Nuggets this season have already put the championship on the goal line. The joining of Billups last season has given Melon a taste of the sweetness of the Western Conference Finals. At the beginning, they also won five consecutive victories, defeating the Utah Jazz, and the Portland Trail Blazers, as well as the Grizzlies, Nets, and Pacers.

In terms of schedule difficulty, the Denver Nuggets are slightly inferior to the Charlotte Bobcats.

This is a battle for the top spot, a battle for the top spot in the East and the top spot in the West. After tonight, there will be only one undefeated team in the league.

It is also because of this that the Pepsi Center game, which accommodates 1.9 spectators, is almost full of seats.

Although the Denver Nuggets currently have only one superstar, Carmelo Anthony, the team's configuration is also very complete.

There is Chauncey Billups on the back line, the veteran Anthony Carter, and Darren Collison, who was traded from the Hornets, and JR Smith, who is also a frequent visitor to the top ten balls. There is also Afflalo from Detroit.

On the front line, the combination of Carmelo Anthony and Ken Yang Martin is violent and beastly enough.

At the center position, Brazil's Nene Hilario, after finishing his fight against testicular cancer, still played steadily.

This is not a particularly luxurious team, but it is definitely a team with stronger strength than fame.

The Charlotte Bobcats still continue to use the starting lineup of Raymond Felton, Brandon Roy, Zhou Lin, David Lee, and Yi Jianlian.

As for the Denver Nuggets, Chauncey Billups, JR Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, and Nene Hilario lineup.

From the lineup point of view, the Bobcats' lineup is better at shooting, while the Nuggets are better at fighting.

On the Nuggets side, except for Billups who is a bit old, the motor nerves in the other four positions are extremely strong.

The Bobcats are also very clear that once the Nuggets are allowed to run, whether it is shooting crazy or playing a beautiful offensive and defensive transition, the Bobcats will be in a difficult situation.

Of course, this game will also be a very testing game for the Charlotte Bobcats' frame protection and rebounding.

After the game started, Yi Jianlian took away the first wave of possession from Nene.

The defense of the Denver Nuggets is actually not very strong. Last season, the average conceded points per game reached more than 100 points, ranking 18th in the league. Of course, George Karl is indeed not a coach who is good at training defense, but he and Denver One thing that is difficult to deal with in this game is that the passion of their team is easily ignited, and frequent physical contact creates a sense of oppression for the opponent.

They don't have a particularly good defensive system, but rely on everyone's physical contact to influence their opponents. Of course, there are good sides and bad sides. Sometimes they can defend well, but sometimes they will appear because of this. Too many fouls.

Anthony himself is also a very passionate player. In the international arena and in the NBA, Zhou Lin and Anthony have faced each other more than 10 times. Anthony’s body is really good. At his peak, Anthony was good at mid-range and The threat of the low position is far greater than that of James.

Although Anthony doesn't jump as high as James, well, Anthony has never been the kind of player known for flying into the sky.

Anthony's shoulders are very broad, and his core strength is even stronger than many NBA insiders known for their strength. Therefore, you can often see that Anthony can continuously compete for rebounds inside and score.

In addition, with his beautiful mid-range shot that is almost unsolvable, it is not an exaggeration for Anthony to be called a mid-range killer.

Today's Anthony has not lost his speed to cut the first step, and because his foot movement has not slowed down, although he is still not a good defensive player, the current Anthony is not called a defensive colander.

Here, the competition between Zhou Lin and Anthony for position can be said to be in full swing, and there are also some quarrels between the two, of course, only on the basketball court.

Now Zhou Lin, I kind of miss the off-ball screens of Emeka Okafor and Roy Hibbert, and the off-ball screens of Yi Jianlian and David Lee are definitely not the first two because of their own conditions. Well done.

Zhou Lin, it took a lot of energy to struggle out of Anthony's tracking and defense.

The mid-range jumper, Anthony, can only be watched.

Compared with the first meeting in the international arena three years ago, Zhou Lin is now stronger than before, not only physically but also psychologically.

Looking back, Carmelo Anthony wanted to return Zhou Lin in the middle distance, but was affected by Zhou Lin's height, but Anthony quickly grabbed the offensive rebound, squeezed Zhou Lin, and hit the rebound , Helping the team equalize the score.

Zhou Lin rubbed his chest. Anthony just mercilessly bent his elbow in order to open up the space. However, the referee didn't whistle immediately.

David Lee, who is already known as the third giant of the Bobcats, is facing the representative of the beast power forward today, Kenyon Martin. As the first man selected by the NBA in the millennium, Kenyon Martin's talent is really strong. Although the knee injury in the 06-07 season caused him to lose part of his athletic ability, the pressure on players like David Lee still exists.

David. Lee's first layup was tragically blocked by Kenyon Martin.

Kenyon Martin was so angry because of a blocked shot, he beat his chest and celebrated.

And once the Bobcats can't score a goal and the Nuggets get a rebound, it must be an excellent counterattack.

As an old point guard, Chauncey Billups was extremely quick on the ball, and he gave it to JR Smith who quickly ran up the field. In the midst of the shouts all over the sky, JR Smith did not waste his talent at all. It was a 360-degree dunk directly under the basket, which made the scene full of jubilant sounds.

Although many fans say that Billups' FMVP is the worst (before Iguodala won the FMVP), he can only play some statistics under the system, but Billups said to the commentators Far from it.

He's the poster child for a modern point guard.

Solid, smart, good defense, has the basket.

Both offensive and defensive, the overall situation is strong.

With the blessing of these abilities, even if his talent can only be said to be average, it is enough to make him an excellent player.

And being able to enter the Western Conference finals with the Nuggets last year seems to have proved the greatness of Chauncey Billups.

You must know that the Nuggets and the Pistons are completely different ways of playing. The perfect integration is not just proof that Billups is not a system player.

The Denver Nuggets also seized the weakness of the Bobcats today and carried out the one-man defense to the end. Except for Zhou Lin because of his transcendent talent, Roy and David Lee, the second and third of the Bobcats The scoring points, at the beginning of today's game, seemed a bit at a loss.

A few times he got the ball, went inside, or missed the shot, or was directly blocked.

From an analysis point of view, there are many reasons. Among them, the Bobcats failed to operate the system today, the remote three-pointer was not opened at the first time, and the main controller Raymond Felton was older than himself. In front of the 8-year-old Billups, he seemed a little stretched, and was almost broken several times.

Although Billups can't run too fast, but the card points and the control of the rhythm are hard for Felton to match.

In addition, the Bobcats have a weak inside line, allowing their opponents to grab offensive rebounds in a row. Nene and Kenyon Martin, two NBA muscle-jumping men, have frequently deflated the combination of Yi Jianlian and David Lee, especially in the card position. Fighting for the landing point of the rebound, the two suffered a big loss.

In fact, Denver's outside touch today is very average. Neither Anthony nor JR. Smith failed to make a three-pointer in the first quarter, but relying on offensive rebounds and continuous fast breaks, the Denver Nuggets still Occupy the absolute dominance of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats trailed by 22 points 31-9. 22 points is also the lowest score for the Bobcats in the first quarter since the beginning of the new season.

"Be decisive, take the shot when you have the opportunity... pay attention to retreating, in some cases, take tactical fouls, don't let the opponent dunk easily amidst the cheers, we should not cultivate the opponent's emotions."

Larry Brown seemed very dissatisfied with his disciple's first quarter.

In the first five games, the Charlotte Bobcats team seemed to disappear all of a sudden.

The Bobcats started the rotation here, Mike Dunleavy, Steph Marbury, Quentin Richardson played the early part of the second quarter with the rotation.

Originally, this was supposed to be a point-chasing section for the Bobcats, and Mike Dunleavy and Richardson did contribute 7 points together, but JR Smith, who was playing on the bench, suddenly exploded.

After Anthony rested, JR. Smith became the absolute main attack point on the court.

JR. Smith himself is a player who wanders between heaven and hell. Once the nerve knife becomes a dragon-slaying knife, it will be a nightmare for the opponent who just catches up.

JR. Smith started with a 3+1, and scored 4 points in the next 45 minutes and 13 seconds, almost bringing the Nuggets to the bench alone.

第二节比赛进行到6分56秒，山猫队已经是以32-46，落后了14分之多了！

(End of this chapter)