The strongest basket king

Chapter 294 The Final Suspense

The high-traffic Lakers in the West cannot make the playoffs. In terms of attention, other teams are beneficiaries.

The current top three in the Western Conference have received a lot of attention. Nuggets Xiang Chu and Thunder Durant are all popular with fans. It feels like the Spurs are running with them.

However, the controversy over the number one in the Western Conference still makes the game between the Nuggets and the Spurs highly anticipated.

If the Nuggets can still kill the Spurs, there is basically no suspense for the number one in the Western Conference. The Spurs are not the kind of team that must compete for the number one. Because of the aging of GDP, their health is the first priority.

Danny Green can't play this time, and the Nuggets playing at home are even more optimistic.

The Spurs chose Mills to start and play double guards, and the backcourt felt a lot shorter.

At the beginning of the game, it felt almost the same as on the field, and Popovich still let Duncan play the main attack.

The Nuggets are familiar with the road, so they let Faried consume and increase physical confrontation. Regardless of the first few quarters, as long as Duncan can't exert his strength in the final quarter, they will have a great chance of winning.

Xiang Chu also continued to beat Splitter forcefully. He was not afraid of exhaustion anyway, and Splitter's desperate fight had little effect on him.

Defensively, the Nuggets still have a problem at the second position.

Mills, like Danny Green who played, hit consecutive three-pointers.

As for shooters, it is estimated that the Nuggets and Spurs have the most people in the league.

The use of shooters by both sides is similar, at most, the Spurs cooperate a little more outside.

But they also depend on the feel of the shooter, and when they meet the Nuggets, their shooter will open.

However, Mills didn't have much worry about driving the Nuggets. Anyway, Parker was restricted by them again.

If Parker is inaccurate in the mid-range shot, it is easy to restrict, because Parker is not so accurate in three-pointers, and he breaks in and has a good defense.

For the Nuggets, Knight, Fournier and Middleton all performed well and scored, but they didn't have the kind of accurate explosion of Mills.

The Spurs' defensive strategy is still the same, otherwise Duncan will face Xiang Chu.

It was not enough to use a young insider on the field. This time they used another one, Jeff Ayers, but his height and weight are not as big as Baynes. It seems that the Spurs are determined to let Duncan take the lead.

Xiang Chu also couldn't figure it out. Last year's playoffs, the Spurs let Duncan participate in the defense to win them. He didn't know whether Popovich was testing the lineup or what was going on.

However, the Nuggets' defense at the [-]th position has a weak link, and it makes sense for them to play like this in theory.

The Spurs led again in the first quarter, but not by much.

In the second quarter, Duncan's efficiency dropped as usual, but this time the Spurs Leonard stood up.

Leonard showed his offensive ability on the front line, scoring in double figures in a single quarter.

Xiang Chu is a little wary. Leonard's strength has improved this season, and perhaps he will be a bigger threat than Parker.

The Nuggets' frontline players are average. It doesn't matter if they can't handle Durant. The Thunder don't have so many three-point shooters. If they can't stand up to Leonard in the playoffs, they will be in a bit of trouble.

Xiang Chu beat the Spurs three insiders in the first half, but the Spurs still led the score.

In the third quarter, the main force of the Nuggets felt better, and they also controlled the situation according to the pattern of the previous game.

But what I didn't expect was that during the rotation period, the Spurs had a new X factor. The Spurs' soy sauce substitute, high forward Austin Daye hit consecutive three-pointers, and their organization's insider Diaw also hit a few outside shots. .

The Nuggets stared at Ginobili, but still let the Spurs' bench explode.

Originally, the Nuggets had reversed the score. After Xiang Chu rested for a few minutes, the Spurs led by double digits.

The three-pointer broke out, and no one could do anything about it. The key point was that the tall Spurs went out to make shots, and the Nuggets' defense could not adjust in time.

This is definitely a bit of luck. The Spurs played better when they came to the away game without a main player.

Split's foul control was very good. After Xiang Chu played again, he continued to act as a meat shield.

Because he played well from the outside, Duncan came up and played two goals and began to help Splitter in defense.

Entering the last 3 minutes, the Spurs still have an 8-point lead, and the Nuggets can only switch to a major and a junior.

Belinelli's touch is also good this time. He hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, giving the Nuggets hope.

But Corey Joseph, who replaced Parker on the Spurs' side, also performed well. He scored 2+1 and helped the Spurs maintain their advantage.

Xiang Chu grabbed two offensive rebounds and scored at the last moment, but still failed to win the game.

The Spurs' role players exploded, which was really unexpected.

After losing the game, the Nuggets are still No. [-] in the Western Conference, but they retain the suspense of this position.

Popovich half-joked after the game: "No. [-] in the West? We may or may not compete. You know, it depends on my mood."

Duncan, who has just surpassed Kobe in the regular season, is more straightforward. He said: "The Nuggets are a strong competitor in the West, and we must compete with them."

"Don't listen to Greg's nonsense. Even when we were leading, he was urging us on the sidelines. I feel that he is more serious than us playing."

The Spurs winning the Nuggets this time is slightly different from the previous teams. After the game, some fans discussed that a simple wheel battle can also solve the problem. Is the Nuggets getting closer to the playoffs?

Discussions on the Internet are often easy to go astray, and the majority of them are intentionally black.

Olivia, the captain of Xiang Chu's network water army, was very angry, but Xiang Chu didn't let this guy participate more. After all, he could stay in Denver for two more days without a game, so why go to online battles.

Xiang Chu directly posted a screenshot of the league's record on social media. Their record is still the best in the league. This is the most powerful response.

Although it was only an extra day to play the game, it still felt a lot better for the Nuggets players.

The team's training in the past two days has not been arranged too much, just let everyone make adjustments.

Since Xiang Chu entered the league, he has played in the playoffs every season. His mentality can be said to be very good.

Usually in training, it can be said to be half a coach.

On the basketball court and in real life, Xiang Chu has no problem communicating with others. At first, he didn’t talk so much because of his status in the world. Now he is very used to it, and the Nuggets teammates are also very used to it.

In the last game in March, they faced the Grizzlies at home, and this was their ninth game from the bottom of the regular season.

Among the few fringe teams in the Western Conference playoffs, the Warriors are in the best form during this time, holding on to seventh place, while the Mavericks in good form have lost consecutive games, and both the Grizzlies and the Grizzlies have fallen out of the top eight in the Western Conference.

The last moment of the regular season is also the last chance for the team that wants to enter the playoffs, so the Nuggets are also cautious enough to face the Grizzlies.

(End of this chapter)