ATPnovel Chapter 389
Chapter 389
Chapter 389
Xiang Chu used to travel lightly when going out, but now that he has a wife and a baby in his belly, he can only be cautious.
Xiang Chu asked Jim Smith to go to the security company. This All-Star Weekend, he took his family there alone, and would hire a professional bodyguard team extravagantly.
The bodyguards that Xiang Chu had hired before were actually the same nature as the drivers, and their grades were different from those of the high-end ones leading the team. Of course, the prices were also very different.
It's nothing to spend some money to make my wife happy.
Now that he has succumbed, Xiang Chu can only pretend with tears in his eyes.
Before the All-Star break, the Nuggets will play back-to-back, and the second game is still away.
The back-to-back first game is against the Thunder at home. The Thunder's current record is not good, but they have a neat lineup and will be a strong opponent.
Shuang Shao has long said that they are not afraid of any opponent, and their record will catch up sooner or later.
In fact, the two of them are also in a hurry. The Thunder now give people the feeling that it is not changing year after year. They didn't even make the All-Star starter this time, and they are also eager to prove themselves.
Winning is the best proof, especially winning against a strong team like the Nuggets.
However, Adams had a small injury when they played, so they couldn't play this time.
Adams couldn't handle Xiang Chu in the first place, but without someone on the inside, it might be even more troublesome.
The Thunder's offensive power is no problem now. The main force is Shuangjun, the substitute is Reggie Jackson, and Waiters was traded in the middle of the season.
As soon as the game started, the Thunder were already firing on all cylinders.
Durant and Westbrook went all out directly, and the Thunder also took the lead in the game.
The other is the second-year student Andre Roberson, who is a defensive player. The Nuggets didn't care much about him on the offensive end. Unexpectedly, he hit consecutive hits with overwhelming touch, and the Nuggets fell behind by double digits.
The Nuggets never thought that the Thunder's shooting percentage in the first quarter would be so high.
Whether they are star singles or role players catch and shoot, they are very smooth.
Ibaka hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets really couldn't defend it.
However, Xiang Chu also quickly scored in double figures in the interior, and now Perkins is no longer able to defend him.
One is that Perkins' strength has declined, and the other is his relatively slow inside line. After Xiang Chu has the overlord step, it is easier to fight. If it is not for Ibaka's defense, Xiang Chu will not have a little pressure.
It is also good to attract Ibaka to help defend, so that Ibaka will not have so much energy on the offensive end.
The Thunder started to attack too hard, but the Nuggets quickly reacted.
Both Fournier and Middleton performed well. With Xiang Chu's efforts, the Nuggets are also working hard to chase points.
After entering the rotation, it was the Nuggets who had the advantage.
Not Williams, the Thunder stared at Williams very closely. In fact, both teams paid close attention to the opponent's sixth man, and Waiters and Jackson did not perform well on the Thunder's side.
However, there are others in the Thunder who have stood up. Morrow and the 21st pick Mitch McGarry both played well.
Mitch McGarry is a power forward, and the Nuggets' fourth position is hard to describe.
However, the defense of the bench lineup is not as good as that of the main lineup. Dudley and Belinelli played very well for the Nuggets, and they definitely take advantage of the score.
By the time of the second quarter, Faried also scored consecutively.
What makes Faried great is that he can often rush to grab offensive rebounds. He is not stable in scoring, but he still contributes a lot to the team in many cases, but he is too short, active in defense but not good at shooting.
Seeing that the Nuggets were chasing points smoothly, the Thunder's two juniors gave another burst of hammering after they played again.
Especially Durant, he is really too strong, and he will feel this way every time he plays against Xiang Chu.
His height and flexibility will not work for the Nuggets to send anyone to defend, and none of the flanking attacks will have good results.
Durant is all about shooting, and his height and wingspan against the defense shoots like a normal shot.
There is really nothing to do but consume him. When he shoots accurately, he cannot be defended.
Xiang Chu thought that if Durant had the ability of infinite energy, the West would be in complete chaos.
However, Xiang Chu also scored a lot in the second quarter, Perkins couldn't keep up, and Ibaka made too many fouls in the defense, four times in the first half.
The Thunder can only let Collison come up to the top, but facing Xiang Chu, Collison is a cash machine.
So the second quarter was actually a scoring battle between Xiang Chu and Durant, and their opposing players couldn't do anything about them.
The difference is that Durant made two and three points by himself, while Xiang Chu got the support of several three-pointers from his teammates, so the Nuggets are still tenaciously chasing points.
The score gap between the two sides was getting closer and closer. At the end of the second quarter, Xiang Chu grabbed the offensive rebound and dunked successfully, and the score gap between the two sides was only 4 points.
Moreover, both Xiang Chu and Durant scored 24 points in the first half.
Xiang Chu played more than a minute longer than the opponent, and the two of them can be said to be head to head.
Now it depends on the offensive efficiency over there first. Westbrook's performance is not so exaggerated, and the Nuggets have no special plans to target them now, but the opponent should be careful if they break through. Xiang Chu will be ready to help defend at any time.
Then Durant will definitely have a high-intensity confrontation throughout the whole process, and several strikers will fight rounds.
If the opponent still has a high hit rate at the end of the quarter, there is no discussion about flanking and going straight away.
It is useless to say that it is a flank, but it is still cost-effective. The cost-effectiveness of flanking Durant is not so high, but it will still be useful at critical moments.
In the third quarter, Durant was still strong, and Xiang Chu also blasted the opponent's inside line to scum.
The Thunder don't spend so much time defending against Xiang Chu now. They still focus on offense, so the players are all cooperating with the two teams. The main attack point is of course Durant.
Both of them give people the feeling that they are completely unstoppable, but they are not really unstoppable, and they will not know until after the game.
The Nuggets are at home, and now they don't care about the next back-to-back, and cooperate with Xiang Chu to go all out.
"There will be no problem. My physical strength is definitely better than Durant." Xiang Chu said to George Karl with ease during the timeout.
This George Karl really believes that Xiang Chu is a monster, and he doesn't know where Xiang Chu's limit is.
Xiang Chu's current inside dominance is very similar to that of O'Neill, but George Karl, as a veteran coach, the growing Xiang Chu reminds him of the ancient monster Chamberlain.
If he continues to grow like this, George Karl dare not think about it.
With such a disciple, George Karl feels that he can still work as a coach for many years.
"Boys, give them some color, this is our territory." George Karl said confidently.
In the third quarter, Durant scored 40 points and Xiang Chu also scored 38 points.
Now not only the fans of the two teams, but the neutral fans are also excited. If the two continue to explode, will they both score 50 points? This is really exciting.
(End of this chapter)