bestfiction Chapter 145 Voting Competition
Chapter 145 Voting Competition
Chapter 145 Voting Competition
The Nuggets Xiang Chu scored inside, and the Timberwolves Love pulled out to shoot and score. The two double-double madmen played in completely different ways.
In fact, Love is not always outside, but he needs to attack from the outside when encountering the Nuggets tactics.
In the first few minutes of the game, Love caused Faried to foul twice, and the Nuggets once again allowed Mozgov and Xiang Chu to play the Twin Towers at the same time.
Because Love sometimes uses his body to break through and make fouls outside, George Karl also tried it.
Mozgov performed well. He was actually quite flexible. He blocked Love twice in a row, but Love's score was still the highest in the Timberwolves.
It's a pity that Xiang Chu is now more convenient to carry out some support, but the shooting rate from the outside line is appalling.
Relying on Xiang Chu's efficient performance, the Nuggets only led by 2 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Ty Lawson was chased and beaten by Sheved again. He came back from injury this time, so it's hard to say anything.
The score was overtaken, and the Nuggets quickly replaced the main force.
Fortunately, Gallinari recovered a bit, and he and Xiang Chu arranged for the Timberwolves again.
But in the last few minutes of the second quarter, the Nuggets were continuously killed by the opponent.
Pekovic, who was depressed in the halftime, finally beat Xiang Chu 2+1, and it was the Timberwolves who entered the halftime with the lead.
"You have to play more aggressively, you have to follow their footsteps, not foul."
In the first half, the opponent made more than a dozen free throws than the Nuggets. George Karl was also unhappy, blaming the referee for blowing up and the players for not living up to expectations.
This is the home court, but the team did not hold the spirit it should have.
Xiang Chu felt that he also had a problem with his playing. After having more choices, he was not as determined as before. Seeing the increase of some magical skills, he also needed to adjust.
To play more selfishly or to drive teammates, you must grasp the speed well.
In the second half, Xiang Chu played even tougher. He squeezed into the inside dunk on the first goal, and then Gallinari hit a three-pointer. The two of them helped the team from being 2 points behind to 4 ahead in just over 5 minutes. point.
The Timberwolves didn't react for a while, they increased the outside attack after the timeout, Kirilenko and Ridnour's three-pointers helped them stabilize the situation.
But they still couldn't stop Xiang Chu's scoring. Pekovic fouled four times in a row.
At this time, Love had to end with a sprained finger, and the Timberwolves were forced to play a small lineup.
Looking at the situation on the court, the Nuggets should be stable, but Barea hit a three-pointer when he came up, reminding the Nuggets of the last time this little man messed up.
George Karl will naturally arrange targeted defense, but whether it can be done depends on the players on the field.
At the end of the quarter, the Nuggets tried a small lineup against a small lineup, which was also a time for Xiang Chu to rest.
But the effect was not very good, and the team replaced Mozgov again.
Mozgov's effectiveness against smaller lineups is mediocre, but he's good at rebounding.
At this time, Ty Lawson finally came to the touch and stabilized the score with the substitute lineup.
After the rest, Xiang Chu played, and the team immediately overtook the score. Xiang Chu also hit Pekovic for the fifth foul.
The advantage is on the Nuggets' side, but they didn't expect the Timberwolves to show off their power again.
Ridnor and Barea hit three-pointers one after another to overtake the score. George Karl kept saying that he should guard against the two, but he still failed to defend.
In fact, George Karl also has to take the blame. At critical moments, he likes to use the double guard combination of Ty Lawson and the old Miller. Both sides are short guards staring at each other. He was beaten into a sieve by the two guards of the Timberwolves.
Barea and Ridnor teamed up to score 21 points in the final quarter. Barea scored 8 points in a row at the last moment. Xiang Chudu beat Pekovic to six fouls and left the field, but he could not retain the victory.
At this moment, he felt like a dead dog. He might as well leave Brewer on the court to defend.
It seems that he has to talk to George Karl, who obviously didn't notice the crux of the problem.
The old man also lost his temper after the game, "We let the victory slip away today, we were lazy and didn't work hard enough, and we lacked the necessary sense of urgency."
Xiang Chufu said, in fact, there is a problem with the perimeter defense. The two strong points of the Timberwolves have been defeated. Who has no point in defending?
George Karl's emphasis on defense is too extensive. In this era, tactics must be more delicate. If he is not good at it, he should hire an assistant coach who is good at it.
The team obviously has a perimeter defender like Iguodala, but the perimeter defense is a mess, and the head coach must be blamed.
Xiang Chu also scored 34 points and 14 rebounds in this hand-to-hand fight with Pekovic. He has tried his best.
He posted on social media angrily, "If only I could defend to the three-point line."
His fans expressed comfort one after another, probably because Xiang Chu led the four pits all by himself, and everyone else should be transferred to the Development League to apologize.
Ty Lawson was nicknamed "Ty Nanda" by his fans, and Iguodala was called "Ibuzhong", so it was embarrassing for other Nuggets to watch his social media, let alone interact.
At this time, good news came from the All-Star side. In the third round of voting, Xiang Chu once again overwhelmed Howard by nearly 5 votes to become the No. 1 insider in the Western Conference.
Uh, it seems that there is no such statement in this session, and Durant still has the most votes among the front three.
It is not a crime of war. Durant led his team to the finals last season, which is already a superstar traffic. Officials have ranked the six most watched stars in this All-Star voting, Kobe, James, Durant, Anthony, Paul and Xiang Chu, Xiang Chu just happened to be in the frontcourt of the Western Conference with Durant.
Now the most depressed person must be Howard, who did not expect to get worse in a big city like Los Angeles.
There is only the last round of voting before the All-Star starter is confirmed, and the fans who are tit-for-tat online are not just fans of Xiang Chu and Howard.
When Olivia sent her family to the plane, she also told her younger sister to develop people to help Xiang Chu vote after returning home, which made Xiang Chu feel quite embarrassed.
In order to bribe the little girl, Xiang Chuke bought a lot of gifts.
The first few games of the new year were good, and they were all played at home.
On the training ground, the Nuggets players will also discuss the All-Star voting, and Xiang Chu is a character who is envied and hated.
Because apart from Xiang Chu, the rest of them couldn't even make it into the top ten. Iguodala only made the All-Star last season, and his popularity is really low.
"No, I want so many fans too." Farid howled dryly.
It is definitely hopeless for him to be selected as an All-Star. Now it depends on whether he can enter the dunk contest.
Young man, who doesn’t want to show some limelight? He still has the specialty of dunking. It’s even worse if he doesn’t have any specialties. There are also a few people in the Nuggets who are actively playing social media now. Unfortunately, they don’t have as much attention as Xiang Chu, and they can only cry silently. .
(End of this chapter)