The strongest basket king

Chapter 420

Chapter 420

Xiang Chu felt the enthusiasm of the fans when he entered the stadium, which was not the case with Denver fans at first.

If the team has good enough results, it will naturally get more support from the fans.

As a human balloon star, he also had many die-hard supporters present.

Because the team has him, the income from tickets and other peripherals is very good.

The Mavericks changed their starting lineup this time, and they were helpless. Parsons was injured and could no longer play.

Their strength was not comparable in the first place, and now they have lost their main force, and the house leaks happen to rain all night.

But they will definitely not give up. The Mavericks are also a team that has experienced ups and downs, but they must play more difficultly.

The Nuggets are still the previous starters. They are actually more prepared this season than last season, and all members can play in the playoffs.

The Mavericks felt like taking it easy, but Nowitzki didn't exert his strength immediately.

Their offense was initiated by Ellis. Ellis is also a quasi-All-Star player. The team's single defense is relatively weak at the second position. He has the opportunity to perform some performances.

But to be honest, with Ellis' ability, he can barely support the Mavericks' offense.

For the Nuggets, the five main players all have good offensive power. After Parsons can't play, Middleton's advantage is even more obvious.

So the Mavericks can barely keep up with the rhythm of the Nuggets, or the Nuggets didn't do their best.

When it came to the rotation period, the Mavericks couldn't keep up immediately.

Barea was still the Nuggets' pain lord, but this player's performance is also unstable, even less stable than Lu Wei.

After Williams came up, he showed his unique offensive power.

Because of his performance, Xiang Chu can now rest for a few more minutes in the playoffs.

That is to say, the tactics are not particularly suitable, otherwise Williams will have a more important position in the team.

In addition to Lu Wei, several other Nuggets' substitutes are also relatively stable, such as Belinelli and Dunleavy, two shooters who also fought together last year.

While they rarely come up with big surprises, they do their job well.

It is difficult for the Mavericks to restrict the Nuggets inside, and they dare not let go outside. In the playoffs, the Nuggets' strength has really improved and become more stable.

The concentration is different, the adjustments made by the players are different, the situation will definitely be different.

It is also because the Mavericks are not strong enough, and the tactics are biased towards the star style of play, but the Nuggets can limit the star.

In the second quarter, Nowitzki wanted to show off his power, but found that the energy was a little bit weak.

Compared with the peak period, Nowitzki's decline is too obvious. The key is that this decline is continuous.

When the intensity of the playoffs comes together, it feels more obvious.

He was fighting in the front, but now he can't use his strength. Veterans will always have this kind of sadness.

To be honest, the Mavericks performed better as a substitute playing with the main force in the second quarter.

But this time their defense did better, mainly in terms of defensive rebounds.

Chandler blocked, Nowitzki received a rebound from the backcourt, and the Mavericks also bumped and supported until the end of the first half.

Carlisle frowned during the halftime break, and the plan failed again. He originally planned to rely on outside players to stabilize the score and wait for Nowitzki to show off at the critical moment.

Now it seems that they overestimated themselves. Nowitzki may still be able to play like this, but it is definitely not the time to face a strong team like the Nuggets in the playoffs.

"Gentlemen, we've got to hit those shots if we're going to make it to the playoffs."

Carlisle fed the players a meal of chicken soup, which is a necessary skill for NBA coaches.

However, Rondo had some disagreements with the team's tactics, which led to Rondo leaving the court in the third quarter.

Rondo is really of little help to the current Mavericks. After he stopped playing, the Mavericks played better outside than in the first half, mainly because Ellis broke out.

Maybe Rondo's departure indirectly improved Ellis' ball holding time and made him feel better.

However, this still does not help the defense.

The scores of the two sides did not continue to widen, but the Mavericks did not erase the score gap.

But this is only temporary, the Mavericks did not let the star top to play, so during the rotation period, their attack could not be sustained.

In the final quarter, the Nuggets strengthened their defense, Ellis and Nowitzki failed at the same time, and the Mavericks collapsed immediately.

The Nuggets did not expect that the opponent would fall into a long-term scoring drought, and of course they would not stop and wait for each other.

The Nuggets didn't have any problems offensively, and soon they had a double-digit lead and kept expanding.

When the time entered the second half of the final quarter, the Mavericks basically couldn't come back.

This time they didn't last until the end, and they replaced the main force and announced their surrender in the last 2 minutes.

The Mavericks have already lost two games in the playoffs, but after the game Rondo did not accept an interview and left directly to attract the attention of the media. After all, this buddy was also an All-Star player before.

The conflict between him and head coach Carlisle has long been rumored. Carlisle did not let Rondo play much time this time, and the conflict was obviously intensified.

In an interview, Carlisle said, "You can ask him himself. What I know is that we need everyone to be in a good state. I like the way other people play, so I finally chose not to let him come back."

And he then made it clear that Rondo would not put on the Mavericks jersey.

Subsequently, the Mavericks officially announced that Rondo was injured and had an indefinite truce.

Rondo said that if Carlisle continues to coach the team, he will definitely leave.

The Nuggets are eating melons all the way here, but they didn't expect the Mavericks to be inferior to them and have internal strife.

Xiang Chu didn't say much about other teams, he just smiled and talked about his performance, "I've always dominated the inside line, haven't I? That's what I did today, and I'm used to it."

If you are strong, you can pretend to compare at will, and Chandler, who is the main defender of Xiang Chu, has no choice but to say that Xiang Chu tore through their defense line very well.

Regardless of what happened, the Nuggets are now up 2-0 in the series.

"We are only responsible for being ourselves, and now we have to focus all our energy on knocking down our opponents." Xiang Chu took the trouble to brainwash others during training.

This season is indeed a great opportunity to defend the title. Next season will not be able to enjoy rookie benefits. Even if Xiang Chu continues to become stronger, he is still in the framework of athletes. He is not sure what the Nuggets will become next season.

Therefore, he must seize this season.

Whether leading by example or supervising training, he will do his best to help the team in the playoffs.

During this period of time, he didn't even have time to accompany his wife and children. If he couldn't get a good result, how could he be reconciled.

This is the so-called he has the ability and the obligation to do this, so he has to go all out.

Defending, he's not just talking.

(End of this chapter)