bestfiction Chapter 285 New Nuggets
Chapter 285 New Nuggets
Chapter 285 New Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets may be the strongest opponent the Raptors will face after the second half of the regular season and the Golden State Warriors.
In the regular season rankings, the Denver Nuggets are only behind the Warriors and Clippers, ranking third in the West.
The Nuggets this season is definitely the most anticipated season for fans since Melon left the team.
Their regular season record is better than the Rockets and Lakers.
At the beginning of the season, no one could have imagined that the Nuggets could actually be among the top three in the Western Conference.
But this is what happened. The power of the combination of Jokic and Millsap's twin towers seems to be faintly above the Bucks and 76ers.
The Nuggets last season introduced All-Star power forward Paul Millsap through a stroke of magic.
The joining of Millsap allowed the Nuggets to immediately form a top frontcourt twin tower with Jokic and Millsap as the core.
During the offseason, the Nuggets let go of a large number of high-paid All-Star players such as Chandler and Faried, helping the team save huge salary space.
Subsequently, the Nuggets successively signed a group of excellent shooting guards such as Thomas Jr. and Nick Young, as a backcourt firepower guarantee.
In terms of the draft, the Nuggets signed Porter Jr., the former No. [-] pick.
The template for Durant's Porter has obvious advantages and disadvantages. The hidden danger of injury determines his upper limit, but the Nuggets dare not give up on him, because they are afraid that Porter will grow into the second Durant in the future.
In addition to the players mentioned above, the Murray, Harris, and Button that the team originally had are all very high-quality All-Star players in the NBA.
The Nuggets don't have James, Durant, Harden, or Leonard, the kind of superstars who make other teams frightened when their names are mentioned.
But judging from the record sheet handed over by the Nuggets in the regular season, they have no superstars, but they are better than superstars.
It is very difficult for the Raptors to play the Nuggets away.
The Nuggets' twin towers are far more threatening than Ibaka + Gasol Jr.
Moreover, the Nuggets' backcourt, whether it is the newly joined Thomas Jr., Nick Young, or the team's veteran players Murray and Button, has excellent offensive capabilities. All the Nuggets' main players can create scoring opportunities for the team.
The multi-point tactical play makes the Nuggets' games this season both enjoyable.
Last season's Yang Shaoxia alone made the Warriors' bench full of highlights.Not to mention this year's Nuggets, who also brought in the strongest 175 on the surface, and Thomas Jr. also brought in.
Singles, impact, and one-on-five are the labels of the Nuggets this season.
Nuggets home, Denver Pepsi Center fans are very enthusiastic, even though this is just a regular season, Pepsi Center Arena is already full.
Fans are looking forward to the game between the Nuggets and the Raptors.
For the Nuggets, the heroic deeds of the Raptors winning the championship last season really made Nuggets fans jealous.
The fate of the Nuggets is as tragic as the Raptors. Since the Nuggets joined the NBA in 1974, they have never won a championship honor in the NBA.
The Nuggets also want to raise a championship banner for the team at the Denver Pepsi Center like the Raptors, and place an NBA championship trophy in the exhibition hall of the home arena.
The Nuggets aim at the Raptors, so the whole Nuggets attach great importance to the game against the Raptors.
When Nurse came to the land of Denver, he said to the players: "Boys, the opponent you are going to face today is the Denver Nuggets who want to beat us the most in the league and prove that they are the NBA championship team. Do you want to lose to the Nuggets on this land and let the Nuggets see our jokes?"
The players shouted in unison: "No!"
Nurse continued to cheer up the players: "Don't you want to be useful? It's useless! In this game, you must play hard for me, and you must not be careless with every ball. The Nuggets rushed to the third place in the Western Conference with a wave of belief. Now the fans think that the Nuggets have surpassed us! Can you swallow this breath?"
The players were even more motivated: "No!"
"Okay, then play for me, teach this group of ignorant juniors a lesson, and let them see that the strength of the defending champion is something they can easily surpass! The Raptors must win!"
The emotions of the players have been lifted by Nass. At this time, all the Raptors players shouted in unison: "The Raptors must win! The Raptors are the championship!"
After finishing a large bowl of chicken soup, the Raptors players swept away the haze of their defeat and came to the court vigorously.
They were greeted by excited cheers from the Nuggets fans.
Siakam said in surprise: "It seems that the Nuggets really regard us as the target of catching up."
Van Vleet laughed.
"That's right, then let's prove to them with practical actions that the Raptors are stronger than the Nuggets!"
Game start.
The Nuggets players are all very excited.
The Nuggets started with a combination of three guards + two strikers.
The Nuggets don't have a strictly No. 3 position, and Barton will occasionally play the No. 3 position, but most of the time, Barton and Harris will take turns appearing at the No. 2 position.
Murray mainly plays the No. 1 position, but unlike the point guards of other teams, Murray's offensive ability is even better, and he personally prefers a one-stop style of play.
Looking at the Nuggets' frontcourt, it is the twin-tower cooperation of Jokic and Millsap, which has attracted much attention from fans.
Millsap averaged 12.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game this season.
It can be seen from Millsap's data that the Nuggets are a team with very average offensive firepower.
The Nuggets rank first in the league in assists per game this season. In terms of assists, even the Warriors, who are best at rotating the ball, are not the Nuggets' opponents.
The scoring of the Nuggets players is very average. Except for the team's absolute core Jokic who can score 20.1 points per game, the average scoring of other players hovers between 10 and 18 points per game.
Everyone will score and everyone will have a chance to score.
The combination of this Nuggets is too similar to the Raptors.
The Raptors have also created a lineup that can attack from the 1st to the 5th position in the new season.
The only difference between the Raptors and the Nuggets now is that the Raptors pay more attention to defense than the Nuggets.
Ibaka, Danny Green, including Ge Feng, whose stealing ability has greatly increased in the new season, are very important defensive points for the Raptors.
The Nuggets don't have such defensive players. They are more like extreme Raptors. Everyone is a spear. Going straight to the Yellow Dragon is the only goal the Nuggets pursue.
This style of play has indeed brought a very big gimmick to the Nuggets.
A purely offensive team can definitely stimulate the fans' adrenaline to the highest level.
The game hadn't started yet, but just seeing the lineup on the Nuggets field, the fans could not wait to cheer.
With the referee's long whistle, the game between the two sides officially started.
(End of this chapter)