masters-orleans Chapter 512 All-Star Start
Chapter 512 All-Star Start
Chapter 512 All-Star Start
In the battle between the Nuggets and the Thunder, the main players who played again did not hesitate at all, and went straight to it again.
Westbrook has regained his touch, but Durant has not been as brave as he was in the first quarter.
Of course, this is relative to the previous state. For the rest of the Thunder, Durant is still the most threatening one.
Of course, the Nuggets will not give in, and so do they attack the strong teams. The league attacks the top three, the Warriors and the Nuggets are in the front, and the Thunder are in the back.
Xiang Chu turned on the berserk mode. Whether it is Adams, Kanter, Ibaka, or Collison, the Thunder is not as tall and weighty as him. Xiang Chu is very happy to use the newly upgraded magical skills.
What is Durant's 16 points in the half, Xiang Chu is going to 26 in the half.
In the end, he only scored 24 points. It wasn't that Xiang Chu didn't have a chance, but that his teammates were in good condition.
This is an offensive battle between the two sides, but there are not many players who perform well on the offensive end. The Nuggets have Xiang Chu and Gallinari, and they barely catch up with Jeremy Lin. The Thunder also have three, Shuang Shao and Kanter.
Dion Waiters feels really useless now, and his efficiency is getting lower and lower. You must know that he was the biggest threat to the Nuggets from the Thunder bench at the beginning. I don’t know whether it is due to tactical reasons or other factors that caused the downturn.
Therefore, although the Thunder had a chance, the Nuggets had the last laugh in the first half.
Because of the relationship between the two All-Star players, the Thunder has a relatively fixed style of play. The Nuggets did not let the team adjust their offensive and defensive tactics during the halftime break.
In the third quarter, the Thunder performed as expected, and it was still a performance by both Thunder and Junior.
But Westbrook played much better than in the first half, which also made the Nuggets' defense a little tight.
But the Thunder Shuangjun always needs one person to show off his power, not just two of them at the same time.
Of course, the confidence of the Nuggets still comes from the offense. Xiang Chu and Jokic are performing in turn on the inside.
Ibaka played really badly in this game. He didn't pose a threat when he pulled out to shoot, and he seemed a little embarrassed in defense because of his weight.
As for Adams, well-behaved little transparent, he is mainly used as a meat shield.
Xiang Chu added a little more playing time in the second half, so Kanter's performance was also limited.
It can be said that the third quarter is still a confrontation, but the defense can be regarded as an online confrontation.
Both sides played their respective strengths, and the score was also at a stalemate.
The advantage of the Nuggets is that they are on the leading side. Although the lead is not much, it is difficult for the Thunder to overtake the score.
In the second half, the rotation players of both sides performed well. Harris, who had not played very well on the Nuggets side before, also found his hand, forcing the Thunder to take the lead in replacing the main force.
The Nuggets also replaced Xiang Chu in about a few tens of seconds. No matter how the rotation of the two sides played, the core tactics of the team must be played around the core.
This is different from a team team. These two teams are more typical star basketball.
Durant came up and pulled out, but missed, and his touch was not always good.
The wheel battle before the Nuggets still has some effect. After a few minutes of strenuous exercise, the feeling of resting for a few minutes is completely different from that of just playing. In this case, the hand feeling is most likely to be affected.
At this time, what the Nuggets have to do is to keep the opponent in this uncomfortable state and consume as much as possible.
The Thunder tried to continue to let Kanter fight, but Xiang Chu was a big hat, smashing the opponent's fantasy.
Kanter's offense is good, but it also depends on who the player is.
After the Thunder replaced Kanter, they completely entered the singles mode of doubles and minors.
Although Shuangjun's shooting rate is not as good as before, they are still what the coach believes most.
In fact, the Nuggets also had some problems with their outside touch at this time, but their core was inside.
The Thunder hesitated for a while before choosing to protect the price. After all, the Nuggets' outsiders are not vegetarians, so they don't dare to let go.
As a result, Ibaka came to help defend and got the fifth foul.
Xiang Chu's rhythm is always switching between normal and open, let alone the main defense player is difficult to judge, even Ibaka's help defense master is also confused.
It's completely unreasonable. If Durant's shooting is unreasonable, then Xiang Chu's whole person is unreasonable. The offense is so strong and the defense is so strong, even outside players can defend.
He doesn't have a three-pointer, but he doesn't need outside skills for such a strong inside line.
All the youths of the Thunder were a little depressed after being beaten, but they definitely refused to admit defeat.
The game time entered the last 5 minutes, and the score between the two sides was still deadlocked. The score gap between them basically remained the same in the second half, and the Nuggets kept leading by a few points.
At 3 minutes and 34 seconds, Durant hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder saw hope.
But then he hit the iron again. The Nuggets consumed him very successfully, and Durant could score consecutive points in the final quarter.
Then Westbrook caused Jokic's foul, but he only made one of two free throws.
Westbrook also had a lot of opportunities in the end. The Thunder played singles anyway, but his shooting was not as stable as Durant's. Sometimes there are many opportunities but the efficiency is not high.
There is also cooperation between the two and the young, but it is a little simple.
It’s not their fault, because they are really too strong, they will easily create opportunities, complex cooperation is useless, and sometimes there will be problems if the individual singles ability is too strong, because most of the time, they don’t know who to hand over to. Executes the offense well.
Or there should be a calm third point to judge, but it's a pity that Thunder doesn't have such a person.
Thunder coach Donovan didn't make the combination better, even though that was a problem in itself.
When the time came to the last 2 minutes, the two still took turns to fight.
It's just that neither of them hit a three-pointer, but each scored two points.
For the Nuggets, Xiang Chu had a steady output and grabbed two offensive rebounds at the last moment.
The score gap has not yet reached 10 points, and it seems that there is still a chance. The Thunder even replaced Kanter and Waiters to make a gamble.
But it was completely useless, the Nuggets were relatively stable, and the bait replaced did not work.
When the Nuggets pushed the time down to 21 seconds in the final attack, Xiang Chu still caught and hit the ball, and the game was concluded.
The Nuggets won again at home with the Thunder at 112:104, and their winning streak also increased to 24 games.
The outside world is not much surprised by this, and more voices feel that they can hit the second place in history.
And the new All-Star voting has all ended, and Kobe became the league's vote leader with the support of the fans.
Xiang Chu's votes are second in the league, which is what everyone expected.
In this way, the All-Star starters in the West are Curry, Kobe, Durant Leonard and Xiang Chu.
Except that Kobe happened to be one of the top four teams in the Western Conference, the lineup is also very reasonable.
In the East, there are Lowry, Wade, James, Anthony and Paul George, a starter without an inside line. Xiang Chu feels that he can do whatever he wants with this lineup.
(End of this chapter)