The strongest basket king

Chapter 363 The Opportunity Comes

Chapter 363 The Opportunity Comes

Harden stepped back in singles and hit the iron.

Ariza made various catches and three-pointers, hitting the iron.

Motiejunas pulled out of the three-point line to make a shot, but he still hit the iron.

Terry was ordered in the face of danger, and he was stunned when he came up, and continued to forge.

After the Rockets started to shoot three-pointers wildly, everyone kept hearing the thud of the rim hitting the rim.

It should be said that their execution is good, but they are still a bit dull. The Rockets will make various three-pointers after a timeout, or they will force three-pointers when the Nuggets are mainly defending three-pointers.

In the end, Beverley was the first to hit a three-pointer, but it didn't make much sense.

They made a burst of three-pointers, and the Nuggets' lead expanded.

The Rockets shoot a lot of three-pointers, but their shooting percentage is a bit horrible, far worse than the Nuggets.

At the last moment, the Rockets, whose chances of winning the game are getting smaller and smaller, are a bit messy.

Howard was not reconciled to continue to be a blue-collar worker, so he launched an offense when he got the ball, and even made Xiang Chu a foul.

After all, Howard has the foundation, but his offensive efficiency is a bit low. He has never been a player with rich offensive methods.

With Harden and Ariza once again missed three-pointers, the game was concluded, and the Nuggets won four consecutive victories.

"At the beginning of the game, our players were not serious enough, which led to our passiveness." McHale said after the game, "You know, this is facing the Nuggets, they are too strong."

"Howard's defense was good enough, but that was Xiang Chu, so they got what they wanted."

This feeling is really embarrassing. A few years ago, others would say that it was Howard's non-war crime. I didn't expect that Howard, who was still in his prime, would be helpless when he met the younger Xiang Chu.

In fact, it's not that they have no chance with the Rockets' configuration, it's just that they don't know enough about the real strength of the Nuggets.

The Nuggets will also play back-to-back Spurs, but back to Denver.

Next they will play a game against the Rockets, and then the Clippers.

After these few games, the situation in the West may be more obvious.

The Spurs, Clippers, and Trail Blazers all lost before, and the Nuggets defeated the Rockets. It will take a few days to enter the top four in the Western Conference, and it may be directly third in the Western Conference.

In the West, only the Warriors have a record that is difficult to surpass for the time being. The Grizzlies have already lost to the Warriors. They have insufficient stamina every year, and they may have a chance in the short term.

The goal of the Nuggets is to defend the title, and a good regular season result will help, so even if the players have been in minor situations, they will steadily improve their record step by step.

The current situation of the Spurs is a bit embarrassing, that is, GDP is one year older. At the beginning of the new season, Parker has some back and forth, and this game will not be played.

The youngest Parker is like this, Duncan and Ginobili are affected by aging.

Now the Spurs' strongest one-on-one strength should already be Leonard.

However, they didn't make any efforts in the summer, so they couldn't hold on after a good start, and their record fell to the bottom among the strong teams in the West.

The Spurs' starting lineup has changed little, except that Joseph replaced the injured Parker.

Their starting is also to allow the substitutes to have stronger combat effectiveness. The Spurs have no players with absolute strengths, and their style of play is more team-based and more dependent on the performance of the substitute group.

The members of the two teams are very familiar, but Duncan's strong start to this season was a bit ineffective, so the Spurs directly entered the defensive battle.

They just pinch Xiangchu, and Splitter and Duncan also have experience in dealing with Xiangchu.

The Nuggets' outside performance is neither good nor bad, and they will not perform too badly even if they play back to back at home.

Therefore, the Nuggets have suppressed the Spurs from the beginning. No matter how hard the Spurs defend, if no one scores, their situation is still not optimistic.

But they didn't have any confusion about the execution of tactics, and they didn't relax Xiang Chu for a moment.

After splitting the top for half a quarter, Duncan let Duncan defend for 2 minutes, and then went to the top of Aron Baynes.

After entering the rotation, the Spurs' goal was achieved, and Ginobili led the bench to take the lead in chasing the score back.

After Chandler started, the Nuggets' bench lineup was affected.

The Spurs' defense is also on the one hand. The Spurs are very familiar with the Nuggets' bench shooters, and they hardly give them good shots.

Of course, after Xiang Chu came up, the Spurs were once again passive.

The two sides are too familiar, and many times need stars to solve problems.

The biggest problem for the Spurs now is that the stars are not strong enough. They arranged several singles between Duncan and Leonard, but the effect was not very good.

Unlike the Nuggets, Knight can also play when Xiang Chu is flanked.

Knight also does not have the strength of an All-Star, but it is still no problem to play the Spurs' backup No. [-] position.

At the last moment of the first half, Chandler hit an open three-pointer, and the Nuggets entered the intermission with a 9-point lead.

In the Nuggets locker room, the players are also full of fighting spirit. Several strong teams in the West are going to win. Xiang Chu expressed his wish and played very well. Of course, others will respond.

The Spurs were relatively calm, and Popovich did not curse this time.

Popovich is just thinking about whether it is necessary to fight the Nuggets desperately. The Spurs are a team that will give up tactically. Of course, that is when they are not opponents.

Popovich only gave some details in the first half, and he still needs to observe the team's performance in the third quarter.

If it doesn't work, replace the substitute. The Spurs can't have injuries now. The Nuggets are also a team that advocates physical confrontation. As the head coach, Popovich must control the situation.

In the third quarter, Leonard showed his power when he came up. First, he succeeded in a single on the offensive end, and then blocked Middleton's shot on the defensive end.

The Spurs made a stronger defense, trying to take into account the Nuggets' perimeter while targeting Xiang Chu.

Leonard and Duncan have extended the help defense, and Danny Green, their defensive rotation is really good.

The score was chased back, Popovich saw the hope of winning, and maybe he just needed to add more fire.

However, the situation on the field changed again at this time.

Xiang Chu scored two offensive rebounds in a row, and then blocked Duncan.

The little passivity of the Nuggets at the beginning of the third quarter was resolved strongly by Xiang Chu.

"Too strong, Xiang Chu squeezed directly between Duncan and Splitter to complete the dunk."

"Obviously, the Spurs' targeted defense has inspired Xiang Chu's fighting spirit. Every time he faces the Spurs, he will burst into 120% combat effectiveness."

"The Nuggets and Spurs have been equal opponents in the West in the past two years. Will the Spurs respond?"

Popovich obviously does not intend to give up, he replaced Manu Ginobili intends to improve attack efficiency.

Ginobili never disappoints, he came up to the Spurs on the offensive end a lot more smoothly.

It's just that their opponent is the defending champion.

(End of this chapter)