The strongest basket king

Chapter 284 Important away game

After winning the Lakers, the Nuggets will start a four-way trip, which is also the key to March.

The first stop is New Orleans. The Pelicans got off to a good start, but they are now one of the teams that will fight again next year.

In addition to strength, the team's injuries are also an important reason.

Zhu Holiday was reimbursed for the season, I'm afraid the Pelicans couldn't think of it before.

In addition, their fifth position has never been safe, and Davis alone cannot dominate the inside line.

There are too many uncertainties about injuries for athletes. Knight’s injury at the beginning of the season shocked the team. At that time, the team was still lamenting that they did not get a better Jrue Holiday. Say things are unpredictable.

In this regard, Xiang Chu is much better because of the system, but in terms of improving his physical fitness, Xiang Chu has not taken it lightly.

In fact, the Pelicans have the Nuggets' targeted tactical configuration, but the grades are a little lower.

With a barely strong meat shield and a barely strong outside line, Davis at the fourth position is still quite strong.

The Pelicans started on the defensive line, with Ajinsa supporting Xiang Chu and Davis assisting in defense.

To be honest, this still has a certain effect, but Davis puts too much energy on the defensive end, and the Pelicans have some troubles on the offensive end.

Because they also injured Ryan Anderson from the outside, what a miserable word.

Without scoring points, the Nuggets' inside defense is controlled by Xiang Chu, and it is much easier to block their outside lines.

The first quarter was won, and the Nuggets' offense was not too exaggerated, but the lead has reached double digits.

The Pelicans can only change their style of play, and it's useless if they don't change. Ajinsa is tall and long, but his confrontation is a bit worse. In order to defend Xiang Chu, he has already committed three fouls.

They put on the slightly stronger No. [-] Steensma, and just pushed Xiang Chuwai out of the three-second zone, and then Davis focused more on offense.

If Davis strengthens the offense, the Nuggets will not be easy to defend, and no one of them can hold the opponent at the fourth position.

However, the Nuggets, who hold the lead, can play against each other. You can play one ball and one ball.

The Pelicans' outside lines are now Evans and Gordon, which are not bad, but the explosiveness of scoring has not yet reached the point where the Nuggets can't stop them.

The performance of the two teams in the second quarter was similar, so at the end of the first half, the Nuggets still took the lead.

Davis performed well, but the Nuggets didn't care too much. They encountered many similar things this season. Many stars can compete with Xiang Chu at the beginning, but in the end there will definitely be no stability for Xiang Chu.

Now the Nuggets' young players are extremely calm. This kind of confidence comes from playing. With this kind of confidence, they will not make low-level mistakes. Even if they are weak for a while, they can calm down and finally win the game.

This is a great gain for the Nuggets, and it is better than relying on Xiang Chu to win the world all the way.

In the third quarter, the Pelicans entered a desperate mode as soon as they came up, and Davis played hard.

Faried quickly fouled four times, and Chandler also fouled three times. It's hard to get rid of it, but winning the game doesn't have to limit every opposing team.

Davis' performance also drove the Pelicans' outside line, and they once played an extremely smooth offense.

Davis doesn't have to be in the position like Xiang Chu. He is a much more flexible power forward. He ended up very neatly on the offensive end a few times, and the Pelicans also chased the score to single digits.

But the Nuggets still pushed forward. The opponent played their fourth position, and they played the opponent's fifth position. Davis can drive it, and Xiang Chu is better than him.

It's just that the Pelicans feel better for a while, which makes people feel that there is hope of turning over.

Once the limelight passed, the Nuggets firmly grasped the situation of the game.

The Pelicans were a little reconciled, and their head coach Monty Williams didn't let Davis rest.

Xiang Chu couldn't understand the fight at this level. The Pelicans had no hope of the playoffs. They were so thick eyebrows, wouldn't they be afraid of hurting another one?

The Nuggets still enter the rotation honestly, they don't need to stalk each other.

Maybe the opponent also has the same heart, so I want to give it a go. The Nuggets who won the league's first record may be a very good incentive for young people.

However, they overestimated Davis' physical strength.

The Nuggets can't defend against the strong four, but they are still very good at consumption, and the fouls by Faried and the others are not for nothing.

At the end of the quarter, before Xiang Chu played, Davis couldn't hold on anymore.

The opponent had no choice but to replace the player first and take a rest, and took it up after only a minute of rest.

At this time, Xiang Chu has also returned to the field, and he will kill the Quartet when he comes up.

However, Davis couldn't move anymore, and a one-minute rest was not thorough enough, but fatigue was stimulated.

After Davis missed several times, the Nuggets' lead came to double digits again.

In the last few minutes, the Pelicans watched the score gap between the two sides widen and the team's fighting spirit gradually lost. They could only admit defeat and the Nuggets won five consecutive victories.

The away game has a good start, and the Nuggets are in a good mood.

The time for the playoffs is getting closer and closer, and now they don't only think about the regular season games, they don't even care about the road trip so much.

If the No. [-] team in the Western Conference enters the playoffs, they will have a lot to do.

Of course, the current slogan has been changed to No. [-] in the league. They will contract the home court from the first round of the playoffs until the finals.

The away game started back-to-back. Xiang Chu called Olivia after returning to the hotel.

There was a fuss and fuss from inside. Winning this season is already commonplace, and Olivia will still express her admiration exaggeratedly.

Xiang Chu said that it was really naive, but he liked it very much.

The Pelicans and Bobcats separate the east and west, which is actually not that far away. Of course, back-to-back away games are the most tiring no matter how far or near they are.

On the plane, Xiang Chu played a game online with his teammates, and then he ate some food and lay down for a while.

In the third season of entering the league, he has also evolved. I remember that after the first few flights, he always felt that his body was not right. Now he is very calm and can adjust quickly after getting off the plane.

Humans are adaptable, so he has to adapt the entire league to the fact that they are a top team.

The key is the playoffs, although it still needs to be done step by step.

Xiang Chu has been thinking about the playoffs more and more during this time, he has never been so worried before.

Fortunately, it didn't affect his status, but he would always repeat this topic when chatting, which seemed a bit long-winded, and his teammates felt that his mentality was aging ahead of time.

As a fringe team in the playoffs, the Bobcats will definitely try their best. It's just that their tactics are not a big threat to the Nuggets. It depends on whether they can perform super-level at home.

(End of this chapter)