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Chapter 128 It's Not So Easy
In the first game of the series, they defeated the Nuggets by a big score in the away game. This undoubtedly injected strong confidence into the Kings. It even gave them the hope of defeating the Nuggets and entering the second round. In the further thought, because in the first game of the series, the Nuggets gave them the feeling that they were completely vulnerable. What is the second place in the Western Conference? It’s not that the king was led by the nose for the whole game, so the king went up and down. , The current mentality is very relaxed, even the head coach Reggie Toyce is optimistic that the Nuggets can no longer stop their progress.

On April 4st, the second game of the series was still played at the Pepsi Center, the home of the Nuggets. Because of the easy victory in the previous game, before the start of this game, the Kings changed from the coaching staff to the rotation players. Everyone in the room was very relaxed and chanted the slogan of winning, ready to make persistent efforts, win this away game, and establish their advantage in this round of the series in one fell swoop.

However, in the relaxed atmosphere of the team, Yan Hua, who was leaning on the wardrobe door, always had a serious expression, because compared with the teammates in front of him who felt that victory was in sight, Yan Hua knew clearly that he Why did he perform so well in the last game? I also know why the Kings were able to win. In today's game, without the bonus of Moses Malone's experience card, although Yan Hua still has the confidence to suppress Digger Jin's center forward, but Yan Hua will definitely not be able to play as crazy as he did in the last game.

After Kevin Martin was injured, Yan Hua was the strongest player in the Kings team, and the whole Kings team, including Yan Hua, had an ability value above 80, namely Yan Hua and John Salmons Two people, and then there are Andres Nosinho and Tony Allen at 79, but the King's opponent Nuggets, the head star Carmelo Anthony is now rated at 94, a real first-line superstar, and except In addition to Carmelo Anthony, the strength evaluation of the main guard Chauncey Billups has reached 89, which is only a player at the superstar level. Besides Anthony and Billups, NN-Hillary Ao and Kenyon Martin's strength evaluation also exceeded 80, NN-Hilaryo 81, Kenyon Martin 83, just the same as Yan Hua and John Salmons. It can be said that on paper lineup, The Nuggets are far stronger than the Kings.

But these things, Yan Hua has no way to tell his teammates and coaches, he can only be bored in his heart, watching the whole team shouting the slogan of victory relaxedly and anxiously, as a last resort, Yan Hua considered In this game, I used the David Robinson experience card, but when the system told Yan Hua that the experience card could not be used continuously, Yan Hua had no choice but to give up this idea, and the remaining David Robinson - The Robinson experience card is also Yan Hua's last trump card, and it needs to be saved until the boats sink.

As the head coach, Reggie Toyce, when arranging tactics in the locker room, did not ask all the players to concentrate, not to underestimate the enemy, nor to relax as before the start of the last game. , went all out to face his opponent, but was very relaxed throughout the whole process, as if he didn't realize that a situation that would suddenly be unfavorable to the king might occur.

So when the Kings left the locker room up and down and walked out of the player tunnel, everything was very relaxed from top to bottom, because in their hearts, they no longer thought that the Nuggets could cause any obstacles to themselves.

However, when the second game of the series started in such an extremely relaxed atmosphere, the King was stunned by the Nuggets as soon as he came up. After losing the ability bonus of the experience card, although Yan Hua was fighting with In the confrontation between NN-Hilario, he can still firmly occupy the advantage, but Yan Hua can no longer easily take off the heads of NN-Hilario and Kenyon Martin like in the previous game. One offensive rebound after another.

After learning the painful lessons from the previous game, the Nuggets not only strengthened their defense and targeting of Yan Hua in this game, but also changed some defensive strategies, especially when they were grabbing rebounds, instead of NN -Both Hilario and Kenyon Martin went to grab, but one of these two people was used to block Yan Hua, preventing Yan Hua from taking off smoothly, and the other was to grab the rebound. There is no doubt that the Nuggets This strategy was very successful. No matter how good Yan Hua's bounce was and how good his sense of rebounding was, he still couldn't grab the opponent's offensive rebounds with a person on his body.

The opening game missed three shots in a row, and Yan Hua couldn't grab the offensive rebounds and form a second attack like the previous game. Therefore, from the beginning of the game, the Nuggets at home were very smoothly established. The leading advantage, and this advantage is getting bigger and bigger as the game progresses. As for the king who fell into the pit at the beginning, he has no way to climb out of this big pit until the end of the game.

In the end, when the game ended, the Nuggets defeated the Kings 106-97 at home, tying the series to 1-1.

However, the king who lost the game did not wake up in time, realized the strength gap between himself and the Nuggets, and adjusted his mentality in a timely manner. After all, from the trend of the series, the king still has the advantage. In the case of winning an away game, the Kings only need to keep the next two home games, so the elimination of the Nuggets is basically a certainty, so although they lost the second game of the series, they returned to Sacramento. At that time, the king was still very excited and excited.

On April 4th, after the Kings at home defeated the Nuggets by 24 points, the excitement and excitement of the Kings reached its peak, and the Kings fans also expressed their feelings for the team's record this season. After all, it was five seasons ago that the Kings reached the second round of the playoffs last time. Returning to the playoffs this season has already made all Kings fans feel gratified. It is undoubtedly a big surprise for fans who support the Kings to be able to defeat the Nuggets in the playoffs.

However, this excitement and excitement did not last long. On the night of April 4, after a two-day rest, the Kings ushered in the fourth game of the series at their home court Arco Arena. The king, but lost this extremely critical game, not only was the Nuggets equalized the big score, but also the Nuggets regained the home court advantage.

The loss in the fourth game of the series also made the Kings realize clearly that it is not an easy task to complete the next game in the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)