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Chapter 120 The King's Playoff Opponent
If you want to pick a few of the most successful teams in the regular season this season, the Denver Nuggets are definitely on the list. The Nuggets, which only ranked eighth in the West last season, have soared in this season's regular season ranking In the second place in the Western Conference, what changed everything was the Nuggets' trade of Allen Iverson for Chauncey Billups at the beginning of the new season.

Because Allen Iverson is a superstar who is still at the peak, and Chauncey Billups has won the championship and the finals MVP, but Chauncey Billups is not even a superstar, so At the beginning of the completion of this deal, the Nuggets' trade choice was also criticized for a time. Even the Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony criticized the club's move. It has become the proud work of the Nuggets management.

Before this season, the Nuggets made it to the playoffs for five consecutive seasons, but they were eliminated in the first round of five consecutive seasons in a very tragic way. In terms of changes and reinforcements, the beastly power forward Kenyon Martin was first recruited from the Nets with a high salary, and then Allen Iverson was traded from the 5ers. Together with Carmelo Anthony, they formed the strongest player in the league. With two shots in the backcourt, after still being unable to break through the first round, the Nuggets' management sent away Allen Iverson very decisively, traded Chauncey Billups from the Pistons, and after hitting 76 With the second record of 54 wins and 28 losses in the Western Conference, after reaching the playoffs for six consecutive seasons, the Nuggets finally ushered in the best time to break through the curse of the first round of the playoffs.

He was eliminated in the first round for five consecutive seasons, and was humiliated by the Lakers last season. This not only embarrassed the Nuggets, but also caused the Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony to be questioned, because Anthony's rookie in the same class , Dwyane Wade has tasted the taste of the championship, and also won the finals MVP, and LeBron James also led the Cavaliers to the finals, and before the draft, Kame, who was still more prestigious than the two Lon Anthony, but can only struggle in the first round of the playoffs, and has not even touched the floor of the second round of the playoffs, let alone the finals, and this is also the Nuggets' loss to Allen Iverson. Patience, the reason for sending him away, although Carmelo Anthony is still young and has plenty of opportunities, but there is the example of Allen Iverson here, maybe the Nuggets management will lose to Anthony one day Be patient.

Although he was swept out by the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs last season, and even caused the Nuggets’ home court, the Pepsi Center, to defect, but a year later, the playoffs kicked off again. Nuggets fans in the Pepsi Center, It seems that they have forgotten the unhappiness of last season, and they are still cheering for the team they support with the craziest applause and cheers.

After the visiting Kings players started to walk out of the player tunnel, what rang out in their ears were boos that were far higher than the decibels of the regular season. From role players to main players, every Kings player walked out of the player tunnel, They were greeted with overwhelming boos and all kinds of abuse starting with F.

"This is the atmosphere of the playoffs!" The rookie Dante Green, who was put into the rotation by the head coach, clearly felt the difference in the atmosphere after he walked out of the player tunnel, and was booed by the surrounding Nuggets fans. Dante Green involuntarily quickened his pace, wanting to stay away from the crazy Nuggets fans around him.

Dante Green, like Yan Hua, is a rookie this season, but Dante Green, who was selected with the 28th pick in the first round, is not as lucky as Yan Hua. He just sat on the starting lineup, became the king's unstoppable main force, and gradually became the third leader of the team, and even the core of the current tactics. Dante Green didn't even have the opportunity to participate in the game with the team when he entered the Kings. After staying on the active list for two full months, Dante Green ushered in his first chance to play.

After the end of the regular season, Dante Green felt that his season was over, because the Kings had no shortage of people inside, Yan Hua, Spencer Hawes, Drew Gooden, Mickey- Moore, these four insiders, accounted for most of the playing time in the regular season, not to mention Andres Nocioni who was arranged by the coach to play the fourth position at the end of the season. When Gee Toyes announced the roster for the playoffs yesterday, Dante Green found himself included in the King's 12-man roster for the playoffs. Such a result was never expected by Dante Green.

Although Dante-Green is a power forward, Dante-Green's body is thinner than Yan Hua's, lacks confrontation ability, and has no low-post offensive ability, which makes him have no room to play in the king's tactical system. However, As the Kings began to change their tactics at the end of the season, after building one big and four small tactics around Yan Hua's core, Dante Green's shooting stability and the advantage of being able to cover the three-point line will come into play, so in When determining the playoff spots, head coach Reggie Toyce replaced veteran Mickey Moore with Dante Green.

"Yan, are you nervous?" After the appearance ceremony, Dante Green found that his heart was still beating wildly, and he couldn't calm down, so Dante Green subconsciously asked Yan beside him. Hua said, after all, everyone is a rookie, participating in the playoffs for the first time, I feel that it should be similar.

"Nervous? No, I feel very excited now!" Completely different from Dante Green who had his nervousness written all over his face, Yan Hua is not only not nervous at all, but is still looking forward to the early start of the game.

The game against the Nuggets was Yan Hua's first playoff appearance, and it was also a stage to test whether Yan Hua was a regular season player or a playoff player, so before the game started, Yan Hua spent all his money , used one of the only two experience cards left, the Moses Malone experience card, and prepared to surprise everyone in this game.

Of course, Yan Hua's move was not just for his own limelight. In the playoffs where he played two away games first, if he lost two games as soon as he came up, then the King's [-]% of this round of the series will be reimbursed, so I think To reach the second round, the Kings must find a way to win one of the two away games in Denver. When the strength is obviously not dominant, and it is an away game on a high plateau, even if the Kings perform exceptionally well, it is still very difficult. The winner here, so before the game started, Yan Hua chose to use an experience card. After relying on the Patrick Ewing experience card to kill the Quartet, Yan Hua also wanted to try the other two experience cards. What will be the effect.

(End of this chapter)