Coach Lee

Chapter 585 Battle King

As soon as they got off the bus, the Nuggets players were "sieged" by Kings fans.

"Whoa! Here comes the loser!"

"You will lose your underwear today!"

"Our Kings are number one!"

This isn't the first time a Nuggets player has encountered such an enthusiastic home team fan.Everyone followed Li Nan all the way through the crowd and went inside.

The Nuggets players are very confident that today's game will definitely be won.

In the locker room, everyone is very relaxed.

"Hey~ It's our fault for playing too well? The whole league is against us."

"The more they are like this, the more they are afraid of us. Later, we will definitely beat them to the ground."

"No matter who the opponent is, we will definitely win, after all, we are the defending champions!"

In fact, Li Nan also feels that with the current state of the Nuggets, any team can beat it.

He didn't feel it was conceit, but self-confidence.

With 9 consecutive victories, they have the best record in the league. Everyone is in a very hot state. Of course, they have the confidence to defeat all opponents.

Beep beep beep!
The game starts soon.

Kings starters:
Mike Bibby, Doug Christie, Peja Stojakovic, Chris Webber, Verratti Divac

Nuggets starters:
Chauncey Billups, Li Nan, Richard Hamilton, Wang Dazhi, Ben Wallace

Today's referee is the fairest old referee Dick Bavita.

beep!
A whistle blows and the game begins.

As soon as it came up, Peja hit a three-pointer for the Kings to take the lead.

On the Nuggets side, Billups dribbled over, pulled up his shot when Bibby didn't react, and returned a three-pointer.

Weber and Divac cooperated with each other in the inside pass, making 3 consecutive passes, which stunned both Wang Dazhi and Ben Wallace.Finally, Webber completed a dunk.

Li Nan cooperated with Wang Dazhi in the pick-and-roll, Li Nan returned the ball to Wang Dazhi, and Wang Dazhi made a three-pointer.

Doug Christie cut off Billups Hamilton's pass, and the Kings counterattacked like a tide. Mike Bibby assisted Peja for a layup, but Li Nan, who was defending back, slapped him and nailed the board. Big hat!
Billups takes the basketball and the Nuggets fight back!Billups passed to Li Nan who followed up in the middle, Li Nan passed to Hamilton in front of the side, Hamilton pushed the ball directly into the sky, Li Nan jumped up, and dunked into the basket with a bang.

At the beginning, you come and go on both sides, and each side will not give in. It is an offensive battle, which is very fierce.

The Kings averaged 108.6 points per game this season, leading the league in offensive ability, while the Nuggets averaged 106.4 points per game, third in the league, second only to the Mavericks with 107.5 points.
The firepower on both sides is very fierce, so that the fans watching this game today are feasting their eyes.

Looking at the fierce competition between the two sides, some people found that the styles of play of the two sides are somewhat similar, but it seems that they are not the same thing.

The old groom at the commentary booth also came out at this time,

"Many viewers may think that the tactics of the two sides are somewhat similar, but they are not.

The Kings' style of play is the style of the Princeton system, with the big center supporting the overall organization.Chriss and Verratti are both very good passers.While these two big men are involved in the interior, they can also use their height and vision advantages to create opportunities for teammates.The rest of the Kings just need to constantly make interspersed runs and cuts.Run back to get an attacking opportunity.

The Nuggets play differently.The Nuggets are a dynamic offensive theory where people move the ball.They are able to pass the ball to the whole team, and the whole team is constantly changing positions, covering and running, all of which are constantly going on.Create open opportunities by passing and running.

Everyone looks like it because the Nuggets also have a big man who can pass the ball.His passing is no worse than Chris and Verratti. "

No, Wang Dazhi on the field showed off his skills.

Wang Dazhi, who received a pass from Hamilton on the flank, passed the ball behind his back without looking at people, and passed it to Li Nan, who slipped to the baseline.

Li Nan made a backhand layup.

It was too late to do any celebration, so Li Nan hurried back.

What the Kings like to play most is to chase and counterattack.

Sure enough, the Kings quickly served the ball.

Mike Bibby made a quick push to pass the ball to Christie, who passed back to Bibby.

Seeing that the Nuggets retreated quickly, Bibby waited for a while, as if to wait for Divac and Webber.

However, at this time, Bibby suddenly started to overtake Billups.

Li Nan made up for it, and Bibby immediately scored a goal.

Peja in the bottom corner has a chance!
Billups wanted Peja to rush over, but he was still slow.

Peja shot up and down from outside the three-point line.

Whoosh!
This is his second three-pointer in the first quarter.

The Nuggets' shooting rate is good, and the Kings' shooting rate is equally astonishing. Neither side can defend the other, or in other words, the defense of both sides is too lax today.

At the end of the first half, the score was 64-63.

This is a confrontational battle.

However, in the second half, there was a sudden change in style on the court.

It was the change that the Kings actively sought.

Both sides were neck and neck on the field, and the offenses of both sides were very fierce. The Kings felt that this would not work. After all, the Nuggets were younger than the Kings. They were worried that they would not be able to stand up in the second half.

Then, they slowed down in the second half, started to improve their defense, and started to move.

The Kings tried their best to cut off Li Nan and his teammates, leaving the other four Nuggets and Li Nan to fight on their own.

Sure enough, it worked.

As soon as the third quarter came up, the Kings played a wave of 8-2, and the Nuggets only made a mid-range shot by Li Nan.

The Nuggets quickly requested a timeout.

D'Antoni's setup was simple: Give Lee the ball!

After the timeout, Li Nan directly used his personal ability to score several goals in a row.

I thought that the opponent would shift the focus of defense to himself, double-team himself or something, but the Kings didn't do that, they just took the defense of cutting off contact.

Li Nan scored sudden points several times, trying to pass a good ball to his teammates and bring them into the state.It's just that the Kings defender is standing between him and his teammates, cutting off the connection.

The breakthrough effect was not good, and several passes were almost intercepted.

In the end, Li Nan chose to attack personally.

Li Nan's personal offensive state is really good.

Facing the league's top small defender, Doug Christie, Li Nan easily scored from inside and outside.

One against the entire Kings team.

Looking at it, he was about to erode the Kings' lead.

At this time, an accident suddenly appeared on the field.

In one attack, facing Christie's defense, Li Nan used the sideways double-direction technique, directly shaking Christie who was trying to mark him and sat on the floor.

Breaking into the inside line, Li Nan made a serpentine breakthrough, passed Weber, and jumped up for a layup.

At this time, Li Nan didn't see it, but someone rushed over from behind.

(End of this chapter)