The strongest basket king

Chapter 193 Chaotic West
George Karl felt very relieved to win the Rockets without two main players, "I am somewhat surprised, but my team has always been good at meeting challenges. As a young team, our competitive temperament is definitely good enough .”

Rockets coach McHale was furious, "4 times, swept, they beat us in the same way, we kept making mistakes and throwing the ball to them, and then they scored, we had no defense at all."

"When you compete against an opponent like the Nuggets, we have to be smart. We want to push the tempo, but you should be more cautious. If you don't take care of the ball so loosely, I think we can definitely push the tempo." Jeremy Lin Said in an interview with reporters.

Although Jeremy Lin did not have the popularity of last season, but because of the Rockets, there are many Huaguo fans, and he is still more popular with the media now.

He is still optimistic about the team's prospects for the playoffs, "No matter who we want to play against, I think we have confidence."

Xiang Chu also responded to the question of the playoffs, "We will work hard together with the injured players. If anyone thinks that they can take advantage of us, they are very wrong."

The Nuggets won this game and also tied the team's home winning streak.

Xiang Chu was quite happy after learning about it. The Nuggets can be regarded as a team with a history. I didn't expect him to participate in many records in the first year after joining. This feeling is good.

After playing the Rockets, the Nuggets had another game four days later.

Xiang Chu felt that the schedule was a bit strange. There was enough time in the final stage of the season, so why did they have to arrange back-to-back matches?

Ty Lawson recovered well from his injury, but after Gallinari was reimbursed, the coaching staff of the team also became more cautious and did not intend to let him recover so quickly. Wait until he is fully recuperated and play one or two games before the playoffs to adjust his state.

At this stage, everything is definitely for the playoffs.

The biggest possibility for the Nuggets now is to meet the Warriors in the playoffs, which happens to be the type they are not good at dealing with. The coaching staff has already started some targeted training.

But in fact, it is still difficult to determine the ranking in the West at this time. The Spurs have the same record as the Thunder, the Grizzlies and Nuggets are only one game away, and the Warriors and Rockets are only one game away. It doesn't make much sense to say who the opponent is now.

It's just that the Nuggets' defensive habits for three-pointers still need to be strengthened.

After Xiang Chu lost fat, it was actually beneficial. His movement speed increased a bit. When it was time to shut down, as a big center, he needed to defend and he had to defend decisively.

The game density is not so high, Xiang Chu's body can be said to have adjusted to a perfect point, and there is no need to worry about any problems during the playoffs.

They are still at home next, and their opponent is the Spurs.

There are some veterans in the Spurs team. They have no major injuries, but there are many minor injuries.

At the last moment of the regular season, the Spurs have not focused on competing with the Thunder for the first place. They should take turns to rest and need to adjust their bodies to adjust their bodies. They mainly ensure that the old guys will not have physical problems in the playoffs.

So this time the Spurs Parker and Ginobili are recovering from injuries. This is a good opportunity for the Nuggets. The Nuggets have no plans to go further in the last few games, but they want to keep the third place in the West.

If they keep the third place, the fifth in the West is either the Grizzlies or the Clippers.

It would be better for the two teams to face the sixth place in the Western Conference. If they can't hold the third place in the Western Conference at the last moment, they will be the ones who will be the first round.

The West is too complicated now, or the East is clear. The Heat are first, and the Knicks are second. There is no suspense. The eighth is also very stable.

It's like not even a single position in the West has been determined. You must know that there are only five games left.

The Spurs didn't intend to go all out, but it was impossible to give up the game victory.

The current lineup of the Spurs started to drag the rhythm very slowly. They let Xiang Chu play Splitter, and then they used Duncan to play Faried.

If the Nuggets want Faried to go down, Duncan can hit others, Xiang Chu can hit anyone from the Spurs, and Duncan can also deal with the Nuggets.

The Spurs are now digging into the details, following the rhythm of the playoffs to see if the Nuggets can hold up.

If other teams played like this, they would have to be beaten by Xiang Chu.

However, the Spurs have too much experience in defending the ball inside. In fact, Xiang Chu is more efficient in singles than the current Duncan, but he can't stand up to the team's mistakes.

Old Miller and Iguodala passed the ball to him, and one made two turnovers in the first quarter.

Not only can the Nuggets' outside line be defended by the Spurs, they can't score, and the ball can't be transmitted.

Xiang Chu was so anxious inside, but fortunately, the Nuggets still have a trick, that is, the strength of the team can spend more time than the Spurs.

What Popovich is most afraid of now is player injury, and Duncan won't play too much time.

After Duncan went down, the Spurs were still very defensive, but none of them scored.

At this time, the Nuggets played a junior and a junior, Brewer played the fourth position to open up the space, and they saved a little face.

In fact, they just didn't expect the Spurs' strategy. After the first quarter, with the coach's reminder, the thinking of the players on the field became much clearer.

Xiang Chu will also change some styles of play, come out more to catch the ball and cover for his teammates.

Sometimes it is not necessary to score yourself to help the team. Disrupting the opponent's defensive arrangement and helping teammates score is also the way to win.

The Spurs' defense this season seems to be a bit retreating, but they are still very good at playing the details. The small lineup of the Nuggets has not been able to run, and we still have to wait until Xiang Chu plays and catches the ball in a wider area before officially blowing up the team. The horn of counterattack.

Brewer and Fournier had the best offensive efficiency when they were with the starters, Xiang Chu's containment effect was fully exerted, and the Nuggets also achieved a lead in the second half of the second quarter.

Offensive is one aspect, and another important reason is that Duncan can no longer keep digging inside like Xiang Chu. The old stone Buddha is still very powerful when he digs a few times, and if he keeps digging, his physical strength will not be able to keep up.

With two truces in GDP and Duncan unable to make the main offense, the Spurs will definitely not be able to win the Nuggets with second-year Leonard.

In the second half, the Spurs' main offensive player became Gary Neal, a master of chaos.

But the Nuggets also have a lot of chaotic masters. If both sides play a major and a junior, the Spurs may not be the opponent.

It's just that the Spurs can't help it. Duncan's physical strength is not as strong as Xiang Chuqiang, and there is no way their previous strategy will work. They can only hope for the outside shooting rate, commonly known as gambling.

(End of this chapter)