The strongest basket king

Chapter 250
"Facing Thunder, do you have confidence?"

"No matter which team is going to play, there is only one thing I have to do, but it is to help the team win, and I don't even think about confidence."

"So, what do I think about the All-Star voting? Do you think the Nuggets can keep No. [-] in the Western Conference before the All-Stars?"

"I hope that more fans will vote for me. I can guarantee that I will give them wonderful games. As for the team's results, I will say the same thing. I will try my best to help the team win every victory."

For Xiang Chu, accepting interviews is becoming more and more common.

He has to answer some questions every few days. Compared with the excitement in his rookie season, he doesn't feel much now. With his strength, he doesn't need strange remarks to attract attention, so his answers are basically the same.

Even so, reporters from various media still like to interview him with similar questions.

Therefore, the key is the player's reputation. If he is still a young player that no one cares about, no one will care about his feelings.

The Thunder are now third in the West, but they have the same record as the Trail Blazers and the Spurs, who are fourth in the West. This season only depends on the start of the season. The top three in the West have a tendency to become the top four.

But it's still too early, the current strong team will remain strong after the All-Star break.

At this time last season, two of the Western Conference semi-finals were stepped down by the Nuggets. The regular season is too long, so even now there are still many people who are not optimistic about the Nuggets.

Playing against the Thunder, the Nuggets still start with Faried, and the lineups of both sides are the same as last time.

However, in just 2 minutes, the Thunder chose to make a substitution.

Perkins' state has declined again this season. He has been completely unable to restrain Xiang Chu, and staying on the court is completely a side effect.

And rookie Adams is also free in front of Xiang Chu. In the end, the Thunder can only play a small lineup. Either Ibaka will play the fifth position or Nick Collison.

The defensive effect may not be good, but they have shots, and the offensive end can play a role.

After a short trial, the Thunder found that the key to dealing with the Nuggets is offense.

In terms of defense, they also try not to let the Nuggets shoot three-pointers. Ibaka's defense is also very good, but the Nuggets still have Xiang Chu, and they have to defend Xiang Chu to catch the ball. It is not so easy to do.

In the beginning, Ibaka performed very well on the offensive end for the Thunder. He went out and shot a high percentage of the field, and even played Faried hard to cause damage.

Faried suffered a disadvantage almost every time he met Ibaka. This time he was put in the starting lineup and did not have any effect. George Karl's response was also very fast, and he immediately changed into a big and a small.

But today, few people on the perimeter didn't feel good. Just when the Thunder thought their defense was fine, Knight fired from outside the three-point line.

Compared with several shooters, Knight's three-point shooting rate is not high, and he will not be the first defensive target on the outside in many cases. I didn't expect him to make the opponent pay for the contempt.

Hitting 3 three-pointers in a row, the Nuggets immediately achieved a lead.

After the Nuggets took the lead, Durant and Westbrook added singles.

In fact, this is the inherent routine of the Thunder. They will try their best to let other players participate in the offense at the beginning, but after the effect is not effective, they will become a star model.

Because the two are strong enough, even if everyone knows, there are not many teams that can break this pattern.

It's like Xiang Chu is in the Nuggets. Now every team has research on Xiang Chu, but they can't completely restrict him.

Basketball is a five-person game, so just not being able to limit one or two doesn't doom the outcome.

If the Nuggets were still in the lineup of last season, even if Xiang Chu is good, it will be difficult to achieve the current results. Without the cooperation of the shooters, Xiang Chu's power in the paint cannot be fully exerted.

The two strong points of the Thunder are outside, so the idea of ​​​​building a team is still different from that of the Nuggets.

After the two youngsters showed their power, the Nuggets' defense was also under tremendous pressure.

Westbrook is okay, let him break through and have a good defense. The key is Durant. Durant can completely attack against the defense. Whether it is individual defense or team defense, it doesn't affect him that much.

The Nuggets' strategy is to take turns to consume several forward players. In order to try their best to stop Durant, each of them committed a foul.

But if Durant can be defeated by a few role players, the Nuggets will make a lot of money.

They didn't think about getting it done, they just needed Durant to have some trouble at critical moments.

Strong teams compete with each other, and some small advantages sometimes become winners and losers.

In the first half, the Nuggets at home only led by 2 points, which was only guaranteed by Knight's 4 three-pointers.

The Thunder's tactics are not complicated, but it is really difficult to suppress them.

A strong team is a strong team. As long as he plays against these teams, Xiang Chu can feel a sense of urgency.

In the third quarter, the Thunder still played Durant singles, and the Nuggets still couldn't restrain them.

And the Thunder's inside line was also abused by Xiang Chu. The fans watched the game excitedly and nervously. The core matchup of the two teams was crushed.

"Oh, Chandler has fouled for the fifth time. He performed well on the offensive end while defending today. If he goes down, the Nuggets will be in trouble."

"It's flanking again... Oh my God! Xiang Chu still scored. Ibaka hesitated a little bit. After he fouled four times, the Thunder didn't let him defend Xiang Chu again. Now Nick Collison also four Second foul."

"In the fourth quarter, Westbrook finally hit the first three. Durant is no longer fighting alone."

"At the critical moment, the Nuggets chose Middleton. Jefferson felt so bad today that he was hit... The young teenager has no fear in facing Durant."

"Dunleavy also hit a three-pointer. At the critical moment, more people from the Nuggets stepped forward. Durant scored 30 points first, but the Nuggets took the lead again."

In the last few minutes, the confrontation on the court entered a fierce battle.

Relying on the outside play, the Nuggets took the initiative.

Just when the Thunder was about to finish outside the fans, their second-year rookie Jeremy Lamb also hit a three-pointer. The gap in the score was only 2 points again, and one goal was enough to change the outcome.

The outside line was empty again, but Knight, who felt very good in front, missed a hit.

The rebound bounced out, and Xiang Chu took the lead and caught the ball before Ibaka came over.

The Thunder immediately surrounded two players, Xiang Chu threw the ball outside, Fournier still missed the ball, but Xiang Chu appeared again where the rebound fell, he took off continuously, tapped the ball twice and caught it again in hand.

Thunder was half a step late in grabbing the rebound, but the reaction was still quick. People surrounded him again, and Xiang Chu made another pass, but he flicked the ball out with one hand, turned around and pulled it up.

(End of this chapter)