The strongest basket king

Chapter 292
Against the Wizards at home, the Nuggets quickly made adjustments when the opponent unexpectedly gained an advantage. By the time of the intermission, they became the leading side.

In fact, to suppress the Wizards, you only need to suppress their outside strengths.

The Nuggets had a headache on the outside last season, but this season is different. After a season of training, their team defense is already very good.

In the third quarter, the Wizards tried to increase the inside offense to allow more space on the outside.

But the gap between the players inside is really too big, and Gortat can't fight Xiang Chu at all.

In the end, the Wizards thought of a different way, that is, let the veteran Drew Gooden play, and Gortat used it to contain.

This tactic has worked. Gooden is also known for his offensive power in the fourth position. If the opponent is still at his peak, it will indeed cause a lot of trouble for the Nuggets.

But now Gooden's offensive power can only help the Wizards score, but it can't cause too much trouble for the Nuggets.

When the Wizards can only rely on various attempts to score on the offensive end, the Nuggets' offense is getting better and better. Xiang Chu attracts the opponent's defensive attention inside, and the Nuggets have to score a few outside.

After some outside touch, the score gap between the two sides began to widen.

In the third quarter, the Wizards had bumps and bumps, and finally withstood it, but at the beginning of the final quarter, the score gap between the two teams reached double digits.

At this time, only Bill can stand up for the Wizards. He played consecutive singles to the end, but the team score was unable to catch up. The Wizards can only admit that their skills are not as good as others.

To be honest, it is not unreasonable for the outside world to say that the West is strong and the East is weak.

As far as this season is concerned, the strength gap between the top eight in the Eastern Conference is also too big.

Except for the Heat and Pacers, the other teams are really not enough to watch. The second-tier teams in the West are generally stronger than the teams in the East.

However, in the previous two seasons, the Eastern Heat achieved success, which is hard to say.

The team has to go to the away game against the Thunder non-stop. Except for Xiang Chuyou, the other Nuggets players are a little tired, and they are a little excited because of the good results.

In this case, the team must pay attention to the physical condition of the players.

There are only a dozen or so games left. George Karl does not plan to play the trick of taking turns, but players who are really injured must rest and adjust. In some games, the playing time of players will also be controlled.

The Thunder are now third in the West, but the Clippers have caught up behind them. Although the Clippers lost to the Nuggets during this period, their momentum is really strong.

As for the No. [-] spot in the Western Conference, with not much left in the game, unless the Nuggets and Spurs have problems ahead, the Thunder will definitely not be able to get it.

However, there is a difference between second and third in the battle for hegemony in the Western Conference, and the Thunder will definitely not give up.

The Thunder's lineup changed in the second half of the season. Their rookie Steven Adams became the starter at the fifth position, and another rookie Andre Roberson became the starting second position.

This situation is mainly due to injuries, especially the injuries of insider Perkins.

Otherwise, even if Perkins' strength declines and encounters the Nuggets, he will still be the best meat shield in the team.

Adams is better in height, but he must be a little bit worse in confrontation.

But with Ibaka's defense, their defense against Xiang Chu will not be bad.

Poor Ibaka's offense has improved a lot this season, but when he meets the Nuggets, he can only do blue-collar work.

The Thunder have Westbrook taking a break this time, and the Nuggets still have a better chance.

But what I didn't expect was that the Thunder went crazy at the beginning.

The Thunder were also very excited to play against the Nuggets, especially Durant, who made consecutive hits when he came up, which didn't make sense at all.

The point is that Durant is not only scoring, he also has organizational skills, and it has become stronger and stronger in the past two seasons.

Reggie Jackson, who started instead of Westbrook, also performed a lot. With Durant attracting firepower, he hit 2 consecutive three-pointers.

With the Nuggets getting off to a slow start, the game suddenly fell behind by double digits.

The team quickly made adjustments, but the overall feeling of back-to-back Nuggets shooters was not very good.

However, Louis Williams performed well and scored when he came up.

And Jefferson, Jefferson recovered a lot when approaching the playoffs, and he also hit a three-pointer.

The Nuggets' rotation players have performed well, but the Thunder players have also performed very well.

Caron Butler, their midseason signing, made two 2-pointers, and Fisher also hit a [-]-pointer.

The Nuggets really felt a little bit beaten in the first quarter, and the Thunder players feel really good.

However, in the second quarter, the situation on the court finally returned to normal, but Durant still scored in double figures in a single quarter.

Durant really can't do anything about it, and the Nuggets' defense at the third position can't be said to be bad, but Durant's style of play is a bit confusing, and the same goes for him to go to other positions.

In fact, in this situation, the Nuggets are in the [-]th position at other times. A tall [-]th position shoots against the defense, but Durant's height and skills allow him to meet him no matter where he is. Defensive scoring.

Under such circumstances, the Nuggets still recovered a small point.

Durant plays singles without distinction, and so does Xiang Chu.

In the first half, the Thunder's three insiders got 10 fouls on Xiang Chu, that is, Xiang Chu needed an outside pass, otherwise he could make some opponents' players graduate with six fouls in the second quarter.

In the first half of the game, both sides did not do well, but because of the super high shooting percentage in the first quarter, the Thunder entered the intermission with a double-digit lead.

In the third quarter, the defenses of both sides were adjusted, all of which were crazy pincers.

It can be said that Ibaka gave up the offense completely, and just stared at the passing route of the Nuggets inside.

The Nuggets' defense against Durant is also extremely tight, and Robertson's side is completely empty.

However, both sides were quite successful in defending with a little gambling. In the third quarter, they seemed to have changed two teams, with low offensive efficiency and various mistakes.

It's just that the Thunder are ahead, and they don't care about problems on the offensive end.

It's good to be ahead, Xiang Chu also sighed, he has been in a state of melee inside, and he feels very tired even with magical skills.

George Karl was afraid that he would be injured, and he didn't want him to work hard with the Thunder, so he should rest or rest.

During the rotation period, the veteran Butler showed his power again, and it became more and more difficult for the Nuggets to recover the score.

After Xiang Chu played again, Adams and Nelson both committed six fouls, but the Thunder still held the lead under the leadership of Durant.

Seeing that time was running out, George Karl replaced the main force at 2 minutes and voluntarily surrendered.

The Nuggets lost to the Thunder away. Of course, the top three rankings in the West have not changed.

(End of this chapter)