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Chapter 130 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

At 2009 o'clock in the evening on April 4, 29, there was still nearly an hour before the game between the Nuggets and the Kings. Under normal circumstances, at least half of the seats in the Pepsi Center at this time were empty because of an NBA game. The game will last at least several hours, so most of the fans will not choose to enter the stadium in advance, but will eat outside the stadium, or go shopping, or even go shopping before the game starts. , Some fans have just set off now, and they will not enter the stadium until the first quarter of the game starts.

However, today's Pepsi Center is extremely noisy now. The Pepsi Center, which can accommodate nearly [-] spectators, is basically full of seats, because all the fans who support the Nuggets are aware of the importance of today's game. Know what it means to win or lose this game.

As a team with a long history, although the Nuggets have not been involved in a championship so far, the Nuggets can barely be counted as regulars in the playoffs. If you count this season, the Nuggets have won 6 consecutive championships. The season reached the playoffs, but in these six seasons, the Nuggets have never entered the second round of the playoffs. Even the last time the Nuggets reached the second round of the playoffs, it dates back to Fifteen years ago, the Nuggets, led by Dikambe Mutombo and Rafonso Ellis, entered the playoffs as the eighth in the Western Conference. The Supersonics completed the black eight miracles, but it is very coincidental that the head coach of the Supersonics at the time happened to be the current head coach of the Nuggets, George Karl.

It can be said that this season is the best time for the Nuggets to end the embarrassing record of not making it to the second round of the playoffs for 15 years. The Nuggets, who entered the playoffs with the second place in the Western Conference, will face the opponent in the first round. The boss is the injured King, so before the start of the series, the Nuggets, including all the fans who support the Nuggets, thought that the Nuggets would be able to kill the King without much effort and enter the second round. At the beginning, the Nuggets almost capsized, but thanks to the tenacity and hard work of the Nuggets, they have successfully regained the disadvantage and once again took the initiative into their own hands.

So in order to cheer for the team they support, almost all the Nuggets fans who came to watch the game chose to enter the field early today, so that the visiting Kings players can feel it when they walk out of the player tunnel The warm atmosphere of the Pepsi Center.

So when Yan Hua and others walked out of the player tunnel of the Pepsi Center, they were greeted with boos and curses that were louder than the previous two away games, especially when Yan Hua walked out of the player tunnel, the Pepsi Center rang The boos were the loudest.

"Yan, I have to say that I was very surprised by your performance, but I still want to tell you that your luck has come to an end." After the brief appearance ceremony, the starting players of both sides went to the court to warm up, and Like the first game of the series, Nuggets boss Carmelo Anthony once again took the initiative to find Yan Hua, but this time, Anthony's tone and attitude were not as peaceful as last time. It was full of the taste of declaring war and provocation.

After Carmelo Anthony finished speaking, before Yan Hua could speak, Anthony turned around and left. Looking at the back of Anthony leaving, Yan Hua could only smile and shook his head, and then ran towards the direction of his teammates. past.

"In today's game, the Nuggets' starting lineup has undergone some changes. The point guard is still Chauncey Billups, but at the shooting guard position, JR Smith, who performed well in the previous games, replaced Deng Tai. -Jones is the starter, and the other three positions are still small forward Carmelo Anthony, power forward Kenyon Martin, and center NN Hilario."

"Similarly, the king's starting lineup has also changed today. In the first few games of the series, Dante Green, who played less than 20 minutes in total, is the king's starting power forward today. -Green is a player with a completely different style from Drew Gooden, so Dante Green's starting today probably means that the Kings are ready to seek changes in tactics, but in the remaining positions, The king still continued the starting lineup in the previous few games, so how the king is going to change in this game, we need to wait until the game starts to see.”

"Actually, based on the lineup and play style of the Kings and Nuggets, as well as their performance in the previous few games, there is actually not much room for them to adjust, whether it is the Nuggets replacing JR Smith or the Kings. With Dante Green, their goal is the same, that is to strengthen the offense.” After Kenny Smith announced the starting rosters of both sides, Charles Barkley, sitting next to Kenny Smith, was guessing The purpose of the Kings and Nuggets' evolution in this game has changed.

"Strengthen the offense?" After Charles Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith asked Barkley with a puzzled face. In Kenny Smith's view, the offense of the Kings and Nuggets in the previous few games , In fact, there is no problem. In the four games of the series, they averaged 100 points per game. If this is not enough offensive firepower, then it is really incomprehensible.

"Yes, strengthen the offense, and strengthen the offense from the outside." After Kenny Smith asked a rhetorical question, Barkley answered his partner with a smile on his face. JR Smith is a crazy player. In the fourth game of the game, this guy made 8 three-pointers and scored the Nuggets team-high 31 points. He was the biggest contributor to the Nuggets' away victory over the Kings. -Carl replaced the defensive Deng Tai-Jones with JR Smith, and his intention to strengthen the outside offense is self-evident.

On the Kings side, although Reggie Troyes replaced the team's main power forward with a fringe man, it seems very weird, but considering that Dante Green is a player who moves faster than Drew Gooden , and a power forward who can shoot three-pointers, there is a very good explanation for Reggie Toyes's seemingly weird behavior, because the king's current tactics are one big and four small. It is a lineup with a center and four pitchers, but Drew Gooden has nothing to do with pitchers, and the most important thing is that although Drew Gooden has a balanced offense and defense, no matter on the defensive or offensive end, he can Provided good help to Yan Hua, but Drew Gooden did not have a three-pointer, which limited his play in the big four small tactics, and thus limited the upper limit of the king's big four small tactics. In the four small tactics, a fourth position that can be pulled out to shoot three-pointers is very important.

The importance of this game is self-evident, if you don't succeed, you will win, so neither the Nuggets nor the Kings chose to seek stability in this game, but chose to strengthen their offense very tacitly, preparing to use a wave of flow Come to completely beat the opponent.

(End of this chapter)