The strongest basket king

Chapter 418 Counterpoint Advantage

Chapter 418 Counterpoint Advantage

In Xiang Chu's house, Olivia's spirit is already very good.

She originally wanted to go live to support Xiang Chu in the playoffs, but she chose to watch the live broadcast for the sake of the children.

In order to make Olivia recover healthily, Xiang Chu hired another nutritionist.

With a few people taking care of her, Olivia will not be too tired, and Xiang Chu can play with peace of mind.

Anyway, after the playoffs, he will definitely accompany their mother and son well.

As the number one in the Western Conference this time, the Nuggets will play on the first day of the playoffs.

On April 4, the Pepsi Center was overcrowded, not just in the arena, they were the defending champions, and the enthusiasm of the fans was even higher than last year.

The Nuggets are still the previous starters, and now the team's state has been adjusted.

The Mavericks were a little different last time, and it was also because of the player's injury adjustments. Both Rondo and Parsons have recovered and appeared in the starting lineup.

This is also the confidence of the Mavericks. Parsons is their most important signing in the summer. Rondo is a gamble for the Mavericks in the middle of the season. Brilliant once.

Of course, these signings have not achieved the best results, so they are only eighth in the West now, and they have to face the Nuggets, an insurmountable opponent.

But they still have expectations in their hearts, and they are all in their strongest state.

At the beginning of the game, the Mavericks' tactics revolved around Ellis and Nowitzki. This is also Carlisle's request. To upset the Nuggets, they must explode with two points.

Chandler, who returned to the Mavericks again, also said that he would definitely make Xiang Chu feel uncomfortable.

Xiang Chu only wanted to complain about the Mavericks this season, and pinned his hopes on Chandler. Why didn't he keep him at the beginning? Now, this buddy is a few years older.

Restricting Xiang Chu is just a rhetoric. An aging center basically has to maintain his weight, which also means that his confrontation will not be so strong.

Against the average center Chandler, he must still be at the level of tens of millions, but against Xiang Chu, he was a little bit worse.

In the first attack of the Nuggets, Xiang Chu used a strong score to tell the opponent that a Chandler would not work.

Although it has been proven in the regular season, Xiang Chu still needs to tell the opponent again to avoid strange illusions in the playoffs.

In the first quarter, the Nuggets showed the strength of the defending champion.

In the five positions, Knight is a little troublesome against Rondo, but Rondo is not good at offense, and it is okay to restrict Knight a little bit on defense. Fournier is also a little disadvantaged against Ellis, and other positions are relatively strong.

Yes, Nowitzki can no longer suppress Gallinari. The offense is almost the same, and Gallinari is even better at defending. Middleton can suppress Parsons now. It is hard to imagine that Parsons will get it. The first year of a big contract.

Of course, Xiang Chu was overwhelmed by this point, and because of him, the Nuggets overall had an overall advantage, whether it was offense or defense.

The Mavericks' two guards also like to break through, and Xiang Chu sent out three caps in the first quarter.

The Mavericks' two stars score points. Compared with Xiang Chu's core, they can play a limited role.

Their team's offense is not bad, but it has not reached the point of helping the team win.

The main lineup was completely suppressed, and the Mavericks quickly rotated.

On their bench, Barea, Stoudemire and other players are good and have playoff experience, but their performance can only guarantee that the score will not continue to be opened by the Nuggets.

Needless to say, Lu Wei is the only one on the bench in singles. Dunleavy and Belinelli are also very stable. Nurkic is still in the process of adapting, but it is worthwhile to protect rebounds.

In other words, there is no need for Xiang Chu to do his best yet.

On the side of the calf, they tried their best to suck their milk, and they felt a little bit worse in every point.

Nowitzki's so-called heavyweight signings in exchange for a salary cut in the summer were of little use in the playoffs.

The Mavericks players couldn't bear it themselves. When their main force played again, Nowitzki didn't even retain his physical strength, just did it.

In addition, Rondo, Rondo is also ambitious, but it doesn't fit well with the Mavericks' style of play.

He played hard and even hit a [-]-pointer.

Knight looked a little immature in front of him, but Knight has inside support and played a lot easier.

If it were on other teams, Knight would have been scolded to death by the fans. Compared with other young players, his improvement is not very obvious. He still belongs to the type who feels good, but can't take advantage of good players.

The Mavericks' counterattack in the second quarter was very powerful. If they had played at this level before, the Nuggets would not have been so easy. Now because of the Nuggets' previous lead, the Mavericks counterattacked with all their strength, and the Nuggets still maintained the lead at halftime.

A single-digit lead is nothing, but their greatest success was consuming Nowitzki.

No matter who the Mavericks are now with the strongest scoring ability, Nowitzki is their spiritual leader.

If Nowitzki can't move, it will be much easier to deal with the Mavericks.

The Nuggets do this kind of thing very often, after all, they have dealt with Duncan for two consecutive years.

"Continue with the current defense. If we want to block their three-forward line, let them come in. I don't mind more block data."

"We have to keep consuming Nowitzki, not just for this game, but for future games."

During the intermission, it was Xiang Chu who was yelling with a tactical board, and George Karl next to him had a kind face.

That is to say, Xiang Chu has this privilege. If other people dare to occupy the head coach's time, George Karl will definitely use his unpleasant voice to scold for a long time.

Xiang Chu is very cautious about every opponent, and he does not allow a rollover in the playoffs.

Therefore, before the official game, he conducted many simulations, and now he has a full say.

How to deal with the current opponent, Xiang Chu can be said to be a coach.

Of course, he can't teach other teams, and the feasibility of his tactical execution is based on his presence on the court.

Other teams don't have such a strong inside line like him. Even if he knows how to deal with opponents well, the things that players need to implement are too detailed. He can control the characters in the game, but there are many situations in reality.

In the third quarter, Nowitzki was still strong, and he tried his best to show that he was still at his peak.

But Rondo couldn't do it anymore. Rondo's small outburst in the second quarter was mainly because the Nuggets didn't pay much attention to his offense. Now that he cares, he can't find a better opportunity.

His breakthrough is very powerful, but there is Xiang Chu in it. Xiang Chu only fouled twice, but already has five blocks.

The Mavericks still rely on Ellis on the perimeter, but Ellis is not very stable. Nowitzki is the most stable of them now, but Carlisle also understands that Nowitzki cannot play as much in one game as he did in his peak period. long time.

Therefore, the score gap began to widen.

(End of this chapter)