The strongest basket king

Chapter 264

The All-Star voting has entered the final sprint stage, and Xiang Chu also sent social media to thank the fans for their support.

In fact, his competitor is not just James. After Westbrook was injured, Durant supported the team alone and won a lot of votes. The three of them are the only one. No one knows who the winner is until the end. .

But in the regular season, the All-Star event is just an episode, and the main energy of the players is still on the game.

Now the team is in good condition and the schedule is not tight. Xiang Chu is also paying attention to adjusting his body's energy storage.

In addition, as the heat value increased, he began to look forward to new magical skills.

We still need to wait for a while, and it is estimated that there will be a chance to draw around the All-Stars.

On January 1, the Nuggets came to an away game against the Suns.

After the Suns ran and bombed again this season, the effect is still good so far.

Although it is not considered a strong team in the Western Conference, it has returned to the top eight in the Western Conference. However, the competition for the positions behind the top eight in the Western Conference is still fierce, just like last season.

The Nuggets are at the top this season, and it's cool not to compete desperately with a few teams.

The Suns made several consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the game, indicating that this game will not be easy.

Channing - Frye feels very good today, his big pitcher is indeed a threat to the Nuggets.

Playing basketball still has the advantage of being tall, whether it is inside or outside.

Of course, it's a different story on the defensive end, where bigs who like to stay on the perimeter tend to get blasted.

The Nuggets' away feel is still a bit slow. Both Chandler and Middleton missed shots, which started to keep the Suns in the lead.

However, Knight is still in good condition. During this period of time, he has opened up the second channel of Ren and Du.

And Fournier's touch has also improved quickly, which is also due to the Sun's poor defense.

After returning two three-pointers, the Nuggets began to catch up with the score.

Compared with stability, the Suns still have to lose. Xiang Chu's stability ensures the lower limit of the Nuggets' offensive end.

When it came to the rotation period, it was the Suns who had the upper hand. The Morris brothers and Barbosa both performed well. On the Nuggets side, only Belinelli was slightly better, and the others were completely out of shape.

As the Nuggets at home, the state of home and away is indeed somewhat different.

Rhythm is also a problem. Mozgov still can't dominate the rhythm, but seems too slow to play the role of the previous games.

In fact, Mozgov was not so slow before. He gained weight like Xiang Chu, but his body fat rate was not well controlled. From being more flexible than Xiang Chu, he is now a bit like a meat shield.

The situation stabilized when the main force came on the field.

Xiang Chu joined Knight and Fournier and started the journey of chasing points.

Frye's touch on the Sun's side is still hot, and he scored in double figures in a single quarter.

Dragic's organization is also very good. Although the Nuggets completely took the initiative after the main force came on the field, they were not able to equalize the score by the end of the first half.

In fact, the Nuggets had only one problem in the first half. It wasn't the offense of the bench lineup, but the restriction on Frye. Chandler played too abnormally today, both offensive and defensive.

George Karl began to miss Gallinari again, but Gallinari didn't know what he would be like in the future. He was still carrying the team's biggest contract, and he couldn't be traded. He could only wait for the return inspection.

"Watch him, that's your only job in the second half," George Karl told Chandler.

It's okay for the Nuggets to have one or two less offensive players now. Players like Frye don't have any singles skills. The key is to keep the defensive players focused.

In the second half, Chandler also became ruthless and refused to give Frye a three-pointer.

In fact, Frye can use his height to play a half-shot, but that way the threat is much less.

Not only against Frye alone, the Nuggets' three-point defense in the third quarter has generally improved to a higher level.

The Nuggets' three-pointer is more about positional warfare. It doesn't matter if they don't shoot them, but the Suns can't.

So in the second half, they deliberately lowered the tempo and let Xiang Chu go inside.

Since half a quarter, the Nuggets have caught up with the score and slowly overtook the opponent.

Without the three-pointer, the Suns really can’t play, and the Nuggets still have a chance to make a three-pointer. Xiang Chu has a chance on the inside and they have a chance on the outside. It is difficult for the Suns to open up in a battle. They don’t have that level of players to create open space. .

In the last few minutes of the third quarter, the Suns couldn't take it anymore and began to use a small lineup.

To be honest, they used Plumley to defend against Xiang Chu before. Although it was not very effective, it did play a little role, as evidenced by the first half lead.

But after the Nuggets took the lead, Plumlee was useless. He couldn't score in front of Xiang Chu, and the Suns could only bet on a small lineup.

The small lineup of the Suns really brought the offensive end up. When the Morris brothers played together, they played very passionately.

The two also want to restrict Xiang Chu together, but dealing with Xiang Chu can't be done by being active.

So the two sides fell into a mutual explosion mode again, but the Suns didn't notice, and their three-pointers were still stared to death.

Beep, the whistle sounded, slightly interrupting the lively scene on the field.

Markieff Morris found that he had fouled five times. Just now he scored two two points very well, but the defensive end really couldn't handle Xiang Chu.

Xiang Chu is too tall and too strong. I really didn't know until the NBA. There will be ruthless characters that the two brothers can't handle together, especially the person in front of him is still in the same class as them.

Obviously, they were still unknown in college, but now the two brothers combined can't compare to half the value of each other, it's really not reconciled.

Brother Morris looked at each other, full of depression.

Hornacek did not make a substitution. Even if Markieff Morris was off the court, the Suns would not have much impact. He is now considering whether to use a smaller lineup because they are still behind.

In the first 3 minutes, Markieff Morris made six fouls, and the Suns played center with Frye.

Frye's height is actually no problem at all, but he can't fight against him. He has never used him to defend Xiang Chu before.

Now they can't care about it anymore, they have to take a gamble.

As a result, Xiang Chu killed Frye twice in a row, and the latter was still 2+1, and the Nuggets' lead was further expanded.

The Suns coach Hornacek wanted to cry without tears, and replaced him with Plumlee, who gave up for a quarter, but this was actually a stupid move, because the Nuggets were ahead and they had only a chance to gamble. no point.

Time is running out, and there is no room for the sun to think too much.

With Marcus Morris missing two three-pointers, the Suns called for gold.

The Nuggets won the Suns in an away game and scored 120+ points. Obviously, they were not very accurate at the beginning. It seems that a strong team like them will be brutal if they use their strength casually.

(End of this chapter)