The strongest basket king

Chapter 271
On February 2, the Nuggets played against the visiting Bucks at home.

The Bucks also entered the playoffs last season, but this season is the last in the league.

During the offseason, Pachulia, OJ-Mayo, Delfino, Gary Neal and other actual players were exchanged for Caron Butler.

But Delfino was reimbursed without playing a game, and then the team continued to suffer from injuries. The Bucks also immediately made a deal to send out players such as Gary Neal and Caron Butler, and began to train John Hansen with all their strength. , Giannis Antetokounmpo and other young players.

Teams that train young players generally don't care about record, and the Bucks are not good at both ends of the defense. Their only surprise this season may be the No. 15 pick Antetokounmpo.

The fifth position for the Bucks is Larry Sanders, a shot blocker.

But like most shot-blockers, he is too thin, and he is a scum in front of Xiang Chu.

Their backup center Pachulia is a qualified meat shield, but it is useless for a rookie-training team like the Bucks to have a meat shield.

As soon as the Nuggets came up, they started from the inside and continued to the outside. The offensive end fully suppressed the opponent.

The Bucks' outside OJ-Mayo missed the game. Only Jennings made a few shots. The offensive end was intermittent. The potential rookie became a little hesitant after being blocked by Xiang Chu twice. digits.

There is no suspense. The Bucks, that is, Ilyasova at the fourth position, played better. In the third quarter, the Nuggets clocked out of get off work and won ten consecutive victories very easily.

"From the perspective of physical confrontation, he completely overwhelmed us." The Bucks coach did not have any surprises about the result of the game, "They are too strong."

After playing the Bucks, the good days of the Nuggets came to an end.

All of their remaining games before the All-Star break are away games, and there are still three away games in the Eastern Conference.

Xiang Chu left Denver, and Olivia was reluctant to part. During this period of home games, she almost forgot about the away game. "Big man, I will prepare for the All-Star weekend at home."

"Tell me, it's better for me to take those sets of clothes with me when the time comes. Do you want to buy new ones?"

"There's not enough time." Xiang Chu pretended to be looking at his phone and fled in despair.

The first away game for the Nuggets is New York. Although New York started poorly to a certain extent, the background is still there. During this time, they have returned to the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

When Xiang Chu went to New York, he also saw his old teammate Artest. With his age and injuries, Artest returned to his hometown to play, but his life was still not smooth.

Seeing Xiang Chu, he also felt a little emotional, "Xiang Chu, I knew you would succeed."

"Don't say that, you have already won the championship, I still have to work hard." Xiang Chu smiled.

Artest got excited immediately, and chatted with Xiang Chu a lot before the game started.

The Knicks started differently than last time. Tyson Chandler came back and Bargnani was injured. They are also playing a senior and a junior.

At the beginning of the game, it was another core scoring battle. Anthony PK Xiang Chu.

Both scored in double figures easily, Xiang Chu didn't have two insiders to deal with, and the Nuggets didn't pinch Anthony for the time being.

But it is the Nuggets who have the advantage, because Knight and Middleton also played well on the perimeter.

The Knicks' starting perimeter, Felton, Shumpert and his like, and the Nuggets' offensive power are really poor.

But the turning point came during the rotation period, JR-Smith, Jeremy Taylor and Tim Hardaway Jr. all performed well, and Stoudemire also played against Mozgov.

During this period of time, Xiang Chu, Knight and Middleton on the Nuggets are in good condition, but a group of substitutes are not in stable condition, and it is not the first time that problems have occurred during the rotation period.

But unlike the previous game against the Clippers, Anthony came up again with unabated efficiency. The Nuggets changed three players to defend and failed to solve the problem. They still fell behind in the first half.

Anthony is definitely a master of singles. George Karl also made arrangements during the intermission.

Of course Anthony is not a pure four, but he is more difficult to deal with than the average four.

In the third quarter, the Nuggets let the relatively suitable Chandler defend, but they still failed to defend.

The Nuggets can only take flanking attacks, and the two strikers block Anthony.

It was effective, but the Knicks' group of outside substitutes showed off again, hitting consecutive three-pointers, which directly widened the score gap between the two sides to double digits.

In the last few minutes, the Nuggets still couldn't find a way to chase points, so they gave up strategically.

The Nuggets' winning streak was interrupted again, but that might not be a bad thing.

It may be better not to pursue a winning streak in consecutive away games, and they don't need to care about winning or losing a game now.

But the experience still needs to be summed up. In the regular season, they will not encounter many players like Anthony, but in the playoffs, there are also a few ruthless players in the West.

Whether to limit the strongest scoring points or block other players, this must be implemented in place.

The Nuggets were still too relaxed in front of this game, a little underestimating the enemy, thinking that their attrition tactics could work, but in the end, you have one ball and one ball, and as the lagging side, there are many fewer choices.

Many times they beat other teams like this, and this time it was their turn.

Of course, in addition to Anthony's high efficiency, it is relatively rare for the Knicks to have four substitute players score in double figures, but in fact the Nuggets have a chance to avoid it.

The next day was a back-to-back away game, and the Nuggets rushed to Detroit.

The Pistons got Ty Lawson in the summer and signed Josh Smith. The offensive end was improved a lot by last season, but the defensive end regressed. As a result, their record did not improve.

The trade between the Nuggets and the Pistons can be said to be what they need. Ty Lawson's statistics in the Pistons are not bad, but the Pistons may regret trading Middleton. They also need shooters.

As a result, this season they have Middleton's shooting rate in every outside line, which can be regarded as a mistake.

Because of this, the Nuggets are also considered by many people to be very lucky, and they made a lot of money by getting two second-round picks in the past.

Seeing his former club visiting, Ty Lawson was also extremely upset, especially now that the Pistons have a poor record and there is no enthusiasm, but the Nuggets are number one in the West.

Former teammates such as George Karl and Xiang Chu are a little embarrassed. The team wants to build a team with Xiang Chu as the core and abandon this buddy. This is normal operation in the business league. It will be difficult to hold grudges.

Xiang Chu believes that the real revenge is to play good results and make the original team regret it, just like the Lakers are now so regretful that their intestines are green, but Ty Lawson certainly didn't think so specific.

(End of this chapter)