ATPnovel Chapter 411 It's April Again
Chapter 411 It's April Again
Chapter 411 It's April Again
Aldridge scored 30 points in the third quarter, which was also the highest score in the game, but it was not easy for him. Every goal was scored after physical confrontation.
The game entered the final quarter, and Aldridge must also rest.
After he left the field, the Blazers' offensive efficiency dropped significantly, and the Blazers' outside players could also score, but they played too little in front of this game.
Especially Lillard, his performance this time is an ordinary team starter.
Now he is asked to lead the team, but he has not brought it up. His performance is not as good as Lu Wei of the Nuggets.
Xiang Chu played after a 4-minute break. At this time, Aldridge was still resting. He was very tired before.
Stotts hopes that the Blazers' outside line can be topped for another 2 minutes, and Aldridge can go directly to harvest the game after enough rest.
He really feels that Aldridge can reap the game now, but in fact there are relatively few inside players who can control the game at the last moment, and passing the ball is a problem.
The Nuggets didn't intervene too much before. It was a tactic, which doesn't mean that the Nuggets' defense in this area is poor.
However, Xiang Chu scored 4 points in a row after going up, and the Nuggets took the lead. Aldridge must not be able to continue to rest.
However, the situation changed after Aldridge played again. The Nuggets began to defend against the ball, and when Aldridge played singles, the Nuggets would try to double-team.
Before the Nuggets led the Blazers to hand the ball to Aldridge, now they have to force the opponent to attack from the outside.
At 4 minute and 49 seconds, Gallinari hit a three-pointer and the Nuggets led by 5 points.
The Nuggets don't give Aldridge a chance to single-handedly now, and the Blazers really have no good way. Aldridge can't forcefully attack like Xiang Chu.
Their outside line must stand out, but Lillard's touch is only average.
So they need another outside line for the team, Batum on the forward line.
To be honest, Batum's performance is not bad. After the team allowed him to participate more in the offense, he hit three-pointers and mid-range shots successively, but his efficiency is definitely not as good as that of Aldridge before.
When Aldridge's efficiency exploded, the Blazers couldn't open the score. Now they are playing from the outside, they can't hold it at all, and the score gap between the two sides has a tendency to widen.
The point is, time is running out now.
The Nuggets are playing this trick again, and they wait until the last moment to go all out.
It's just that they have this capital, and other teams may be beaten to death if they play like this.
The Blazers really can't do it, their normal routines don't have that strong attack power, unless someone explodes from the outside.
It's a pity that the Nuggets have also worked hard on the perimeter defense. Unless there is an X factor, they will focus on the Blazers' strong points, and it will be difficult for the Blazers to break out.
When the score entered 1 minute, Lillard finally hit a throw.
But it didn't help much, Xiang Chu came back and contributed another strong dunk, Lopez could only watch it off.
At this time, the score gap had reached 8 points, not too much and definitely not too little.
After Lillard hit the iron with a three-pointer against the defense, the Blazers did not continue to struggle.
In the last game in March, the Nuggets came to a relatively perfect ending.
After playing the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets have three days to adjust, and Knight and Fournier plan to come back at the same time.
First look at the status of the substitutes. The Nuggets' schedule before the playoffs is not particularly good. Back-to-backs should rest when the time comes. It's not just the two. Depending on their record, the team may have a rotation.
Why say maybe? It mainly depends on the situation of the Warriors.
If they can get the first place in the Western Conference, they will not give up.
Players with physical problems must be protected. Anyway, other teams have their own conditions now, and sometimes Xiang Chu can solve everything by sitting in charge.
The first game in April is an away game, and the Jazz's home game can be regarded as the devil's home game.
However, the so-called home impact is actually not that big, especially for the Nuggets.
The Jazz is still the same lineup as before, with young starters and young substitutes.
The rise of the small ball market depends on rookies. Now many teams are like this, desperately looking for young people who have the opportunity to grow up.
Not to mention, there are really many teams that rely on this time to profit.
Some second-round picks or even undrafted picks came out of similar opportunities. You must know that you can become a rich man in the United States if you stay in the league for a long time, so many players are still working hard.
The Jazz still let Hayward and Favors play at the beginning, but Hayward was not on the court.
The condition of the players is not good at home, especially for players who have not reached the All-Star level, they are not so stable.
Playing the Nuggets, players who can perform well are players with good shooting, and the inside is the same.
Xiang Chu's defense is too good. Those players who rely on breakthroughs to make a living will have a difficult time against the Nuggets without two brushes.
The Jazz's offense is a bit abnormal, and the Nuggets are the same. Belinelli is the best performer on the perimeter, and the others are very average.
The scores of the two teams rose slowly, which seemed to be a defensive battle, but in fact it was just a bad shooting touch. This situation is not bad for the Nuggets.
They gave time to Knight and Fournier, who just came back to feel average, but what they have to do is to adapt to the schedule, and the team does not need them to make a big contribution before the playoffs.
The Nuggets' rotation started very early. After Lu Wei and Faried came on the field in the second half of the first quarter, the Nuggets began to take the initiative. The Jazz's substitutes also played well, such as Trey Burke, but compared to The Nuggets are still slightly inferior.
The two teams changed from a slow score to an offensive battle in an instant, and the bench lineups of both sides were not so good at defense.
Both teams also gave the substitute players enough time, and the Nuggets will definitely not let it go when they can make the main players easier.
As long as the team does not have major problems on the court, the main players can be allowed to rest for a few more minutes.
The end of the regular season is far inferior to the playoffs, and all teams with choices consider it this way.
The offensive battle of the rotation lineup continued until the main players played. Hayward still didn't feel good, but he was not the kind of core who had to shoot. He was also willing to defend when the offense didn't feel good.
Another Jazz striker, Joe Ingles, feels good. Favors also performed well in the fourth position. Of course, he can't be at Aldridge's level, but he is no problem as the Jazz's main attack point.
In fact, the Jazz and the Nuggets played back and forth and performed very well.
There are also reasons why the Nuggets want to give the two comeback players a feeling, but at the end of the first half, the Jazz did lead by 2 points.
"Guys, we have to get nervous, the playoffs are coming, we not only have to be physically ready, we have to be physically ready, tell them what the playoff team looks like in the second half," Xiang Chu Said in the locker room.
(End of this chapter)