The strongest basket king

Chapter 300 Playoff Mode

In the last round of the regular season, the ranking of the playoffs is completely determined.

The Nuggets and Spurs are already determined before the top two. If the Thunder win and the Clippers lose, then the Thunder will be ranked third in the West. The Blazers will win and the Rockets will lose. As a result, the Rockets will fall to sixth. If the Grizzlies lose and win, the seventh place is the Grizzlies.

On the east side, the first and second have been determined before, namely the Pacers and the Heat.

Both the Raptors and Bulls lost, so the Raptors still ranked third with a half-game advantage, while the Wizards won and the Nets lost, the Wizards rose to fifth, and the Eastern Conference ranked seventh and eighth. It has nothing to do with the last game, the Bobcats and Eagles.

Some players on the team are participating in the playoffs for the first time, and there are two in the starting lineup. Xiang Chu also takes on the responsibility of the big brother while the team conducts targeted training, teaching players who have never played in the playoffs. experience.

"Actually, the playoffs are better for strong teams. We have enough time to study the opponents' respective advantages. As long as we stay focused and follow the tactics, it's no big deal. I will take care of any troubles in the game."

"Of course, if you are really nervous, just think about how much more dollars you can get us by showing your face in the playoffs. This is a very cool thing."

Many players can't perform normally in the playoffs. Among them are the improvement of defensive strength, targeted defense, and psychological factors. However, some teams play better in the playoffs, which is related to personal talent.

Xiang Chu just let everyone relax a little bit, he didn't want the team to overturn.

As No. [-] in the Western Conference, the Nuggets' game is scheduled for the second day of the playoffs, and they can also look at the status of other teams first.

As a player, Xiang Chu is fully prepared.

The heat value in his system is still a bit low, and he can't extract the magic skill for the time being, but it is possible to meet the conditions during the playoffs, and the heat in the playoffs is completely different.

Xiang Chu's current popularity is increasing at the same rate as his commercial endorsement amount. He is in a bottleneck stage, and then he is at the level of Kobe and James. His every move attracts attention, and it is not limited to the circle of the league.

And he only needs some opportunities for these. If he reaches that level, he doesn't have to worry about the increase in popularity at all.

The first day of the playoffs started from the East, and the East started with two upsets.

Deron and Joe Johnson played well, leading the Nets to defeat the third-ranked Raptors in the East.

Before the start of the playoffs, some people said that the Raptors were the weakest top four in the Eastern Conference, and the Nets deliberately lost to pick them, which made the game between the two sides a bit gunpowder.

Now that the Nets really won, they put the Raptors on the crater.

If someone in this group guessed it, then the eighth Eagles in the East killed the Pacers who were the number one in the East, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

The two sides played very tangled at the beginning. In the third quarter, Teague and Millsap broke out at the same time, establishing a double-digit lead in one fell swoop and helping the team win the game.

The Pacers have always been a tough team, but this game exposed their weakness on the offensive end.

In the playoffs, the weaknesses of each team will be magnified. If the team cannot solve it, then even if the regular season results are good, it may fail in the playoffs.

In the first two groups in the West, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies.

The Spurs and Grizzlies are also old rivals, and the two sides have been inseparable most of the time.

But now the Spurs are more flexible on the offensive end than before, and the Grizzlies have a big gap in this respect.

In addition, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili seem to have changed individuals in the playoffs. They all played relatively high efficiency. I don't know how long this high efficiency can be maintained, but the Spurs are indeed a playoff team.

There is also Leonard, who is still so stable in the playoffs.

The Thunder also beat the Trail Blazers here. Compared with the East, the game in the West is much calmer.

The Blazers are indeed a lot stronger this season, and Aldridge is also a big killer in the fourth position. It can be said that no one in the fourth position can guard him.

It's just that the Blazers' defense is relatively poor. The Thunder relied on Westbrook and Durant's super performance to forcefully suppress the Blazers with a score.

The other conditions of the playoff teams are similar to the ability to compete for stars, not to mention that the Thunder's defense is still a little bit better than the Blazers.

On April 4, at the Pepsi Center, the home of the famous Devils in the league, the Nuggets played their first playoff game this season.

They had already received news before the game that Bogut would not return.

In this case, their advantage is greater than expected, and it is impossible for the Warriors to restrain Xiang Chu.

What the Nuggets have to do is to try to make it more difficult for the opponent to shoot from the outside, and there is David Li.

The triangle on the offensive end of the Warriors is still there, and they cannot take it lightly.

At home, Xiang Chu and others enjoyed the cheers of mountains and tsunami when they played.

"Come on, beat them." Xiang Chu encouraged his teammates loudly at the start of the game.

In the first game of the playoffs, both sides were a little tight.

The Warriors' starting lineup is the same as predicted. David Lee and O'Neal are paired inside, Curry, Thompson and Iguodala are on the outside, and the Nuggets are Faried's starting lineup.

After Xiang Chu scored first, Middleton's three-pointer followed.

Middleton was a real surprise, and both Knight and Fournier were a little out of sorts in the opening game, only to seem completely unaffected.

On the Warriors side, Curry played relatively cautiously, but also performed well.

If David Lee wants to attack, he will definitely not care so much about defense, and Xiang Chu will definitely beat O'Neal hard.

However, the Nuggets' tactics have been fine-tuned. The Warriors did not directly pinch Xiang Chu, but the defensive contraction was relatively tight. They originally wanted to use the outside three-pointer to force the opponent to expand the defense. However, among all the Nuggets' outside lines, only Middle was performing normally. Don and Jefferson, and Jefferson is not an offensive type.

On the inside side, Faried is completely unfazed. He is the kind of team whose passion does not distinguish between the regular season and the playoffs. At that time, Xiang Chu discovered when everyone was still an opponent.

Therefore, the Nuggets' combination of internal and external tactics has gradually become the impact of the two on the Warriors' inside line, which happens to be the weakest link of the Warriors.

On the Warriors side, there is no doubt that there are only outside lines.

Curry and Thompson haven't fully exploded yet, and scoring can't make up for their battered interior defense.

The Nuggets started the game smoothly and gained the lead, but things were not that simple.

During the rotation period, the Warriors caught up.

The biggest problem for the Nuggets right now is that most of their players didn't quickly adjust to playoff mode.

(End of this chapter)