bestfiction Chapter 286 The Weakness of the Nuggets
Chapter 286 The Weakness of the Nuggets
Chapter 286 The Weakness of the Nuggets
Jokic jumped to the first ball, Murray got the ball, and quickly dribbled the ball across the half court.
Jokic is the cornerstone of the Nuggets' offense.
Represented by Murray, Harris, and Button are the "little fast spirits" of the Nuggets' outside line.
Jokic pulled out to pick and roll for Murray. After the split, Murray distributed the ball to Jokic who went down.
All the other Nuggets players were on the way to pass and cut. When Jokic went down, Ibaka not only had to be wary of Jokic's layup, but also be wary of Jokic giving the ball to open teammates.
While Jokic has rich offensive skills, he also comes with a big vision. The Nuggets revolve around this characteristic of Jokic and build the Nuggets into a team that completely revolves around Jokic.
This season, the Nuggets moved around Jokic and scored more points, which once helped the Nuggets achieve the sixth-highest offensive efficiency in the league and the highest average assists per game.
The Nuggets' small and fast combination, their off-ball ability can be called the best in the league.
Fixed-point shots, air cuts, and pick-and-roll shots are all the Nuggets' favorite things to do in the backcourt.
Because of this, the Nuggets have a law.
When the game went smoothly, the entire Nuggets team was full of mercury, and thousands of horses were galloping. Teacher Yue shook his small hand slightly, and the large triple pair was instantly obtained.
On the contrary, if the Nuggets are not playing well, the offense will be sour, and all horses will be dark. Teacher Yue will be repeatedly pressed on the floor in the interior and rubbed on the floor.
Sure enough, Jokic saw Barton get rid of Lowry at the same time as he cut down instantly, and had a good chance to catch and shoot.
Jokic smiled slightly, chubby shook his hand, and the ball came sideways to Button's hand.
Button got up immediately after catching the ball, and with a bang, he scored two points for the Nuggets.
Conversely, the Raptors' offensive Nuggets can't limit it.
Facing Harris, who was not as tall as himself, Ge Feng was not polite at all, and shot Harris directly in the head with two moves.
"Shh."
The same 2 points were hit steadily, and the two sides started a wonderful offensive battle as soon as the game opened.
The Nuggets scored.
The Raptors scored.
The Nuggets scored.
The Raptors scored.
……
The two sides played until the end of the first quarter, and the score was exactly the same.
The two teams played for one quarter, and no one had a 1-point lead.
In the second quarter, the two sides entered a normal rotation.
Yang Shaoxia and Thomas played at the same time, and the voices of the fans reached a climax again.
The starters of both sides have been replaced one after another to rest, and now is the time for the substitute battle.
Yang Shaoxia and Thomas Jr. really deserved to be the same type of players. Thomas Jr. brought the ball over and never passed it to Yang Shaoxia.
In return, when Yang Shaoxia got the ball, he never passed it to Thomas Jr.
Jokic sat off the court and saw the two secretly competing on the court, and couldn't help laughing wildly with his teammates.
Yang Shaoxia and Thomas Jr. played at the same time, which is what coach Malone meant.
The Nuggets team relies too much on pick-and-rolls and assists, so in the bench stage, Malone likes Yang Shaoxia and Thomas Jr., players with great singles spirit, which bring a different atmosphere to the Nuggets.
Moreover, there is an unspoken rule between Yang Shaoxia and Jr. Thomas, that is, as long as the two of them play at the same time, they can habitually burst out with 160% power.
Thomas Jr. was fast, and Jeremy Lin, who came off the bench, couldn't keep up with him.
Thomas Jr. scored two points, and Yang Shaoxia became impatient, and he would score two points even if he played his life.
These two were completely used by Malone as pawns, but the Nuggets' bench lineup insisted on relying on the performance of Thomas Jr. and Nick Young, leading the Raptors by 6 points.
Ge Feng watched and shook his head.
NBA coaches each have their own characteristics, and they are all too good at playing.
Could it be that Malone is the kind of contest that likes to give players blood, the Nuggets are not in the right state when they play today, it seems that Malone poured a lot of chicken soup on the players before the start of the game.
Perhaps because of being rushed by Thomas Jr., Jeremy Lin hit two consecutive three-pointers, abruptly bringing the rhythm of the game back.
After two three-pointers, the head coaches of the two sides began to rotate again, gradually putting the main players on the field.
Van Fleet didn't play, Nas let Lowry play point guard, and put Ge Feng and Anunoby on the court together.
Through the first half of the game, Ge Feng discovered that the Nuggets had a fatal flaw on the perimeter -- that is short.
Ge Feng discovered this defect of the Nuggets after a few shots in this game, because he can easily complete the jumper on Harris's head.
Therefore, Ge Feng suggested that Nasba raise the average height of the Raptors' players on the field, so that when the Nuggets attack, they will always be covered by the Raptors' bigger players.
Because of this change, the Nuggets' backcourt really began to struggle for shooting space.
Players who are as strong as Paul's level will be troubled by this problem, not to mention that the scoring ability is not as good as Paul's Nuggets outside.
Ge Feng's discovery really made the Nuggets, which ranked third in the West, suffer a lot.
In the first half, Teacher Yue, who was able to get an assist with a flick of his hand, was obviously a little bit powerless in the second half.
The Nuggets received a feed from Teacher Yue in the backcourt. They either drifted left or right to force a shot, or they had to dribble a few more steps to make Teacher Yue's assist come to naught.
In short, the change of the Raptors made Teacher Yue very uncomfortable.
He has already scored 14 points and 10 rebounds, but the assists are stuck at the number 6, and he has been unable to improve.
The Raptors took advantage of this opportunity to even out the 4-point loss from the bench, and also overtook the Nuggets by 4 points by the way.
The two sides entered the final quarter with a 4-point difference.
Malone let Thomas jump on the field for a while.
At this point in the game, Ge Feng is already sure of defeating the Nuggets.
Nick Young, Thomas, the Nuggets are getting shorter in the backcourt.
In all fairness, the Nuggets lineup is really good for the regular season, but in the playoffs, it's hard to say whether the Nuggets can make it past the first round.
The defensive intensity of the playoffs is far beyond the regular season. How many playoffs have been fought to the end, what tactics and cooperation are all nonsense.
At the last moment of the playoffs, the core players of both sides abandoned all tactical cooperation and entered the state of ancient hand-to-hand combat with one punch and one kick.
The Nuggets' outside line is not enough to fight tough battles at the most critical moment of the playoffs. This season, the Warriors kicked Yang Shaoxia out of the team without hesitation. This is the reason.
At the really critical moment of the game, being able to score the ball in hand-to-hand combat is the highest standard for measuring whether a team can go further.
In the last 7 minutes, both starters returned to the field.
Ge Feng has always wanted to maintain a big lineup until the end of the game, but the physical strength of the players is there after all. The Raptors have to face a vacuum period and compete with the Nuggets openly.
But at this time, the Raptors have already led the Nuggets by 13 points.
Pepsi Center fans booed again and again. They probably didn't expect that the Nuggets, ranked third in the Western Conference, would lose to the defending champion Raptors, whose strength has declined in the new season.
It's too hard to accept...
(End of this chapter)