The strongest basket king

Chapter 178 9 consecutive victories

Chapter 178 Nine consecutive victories

The Nuggets' attack frenzy in the third quarter beat the Clippers a bit, and the Nuggets' lead also came to double digits.

This time the Clippers' bench lineup can't help them chase points. It's really not difficult for Barnes to limit this. After all, he is not the kind of super sixth man who plays indiscriminately.

In the final quarter, the Clippers dropped Jordan, who had no effect, and used a small lineup to deal with the Nuggets.

The teams in the league know that it is very dangerous to use a small lineup to deal with the Nuggets, and it is likely to blow Xiang Chu to death, but they have no choice but to take a risk.

The Clippers' small lineup is definitely not weak with Paul combing the offense, but the Nuggets have rich experience in this kind of thing. Seeing that the Clippers are showing signs of rising, George Karl paused to make arrangements.

He let the team slow down, trying to find a way to pass the ball inside to let Xiang Chu solve the problem.

After the Nuggets have Xiang Chu, playing track and field is not the main choice. In the lead, they can slow down and play steadily, but the Clippers can do nothing.

Moreover, Ty Lawson still feels good. His biggest problem is his height, but facing Paul, this weak link does not exist.

You and I were on both sides. In the last few minutes, the Clippers found that the score gap had not changed much, and their desire to fight hard faded.

The strong teams will fight at this time, but they will not fight like the playoffs.

Since the tactical exhaustion has not turned around, we can only choose to give up. The health of the team is more important.

After playing three-point tactics for another 2 minutes, the Clippers surrendered, and the Nuggets made another victory, winning seven consecutive victories.

After defeating the Clippers, the Nuggets' home record this season reached a terrifying 27 wins and 3 losses, tied for first in the league with the Heat.

This shows that, as a representative of the Devil's home court, the Nuggets must definitely win the home court advantage in the playoffs.

Some people said they were lucky when they killed the Thunder before, but now that they have killed the Clippers, even if they want to blackmail them, what they say is not so confident.

Back at home, their opponent is the Timberwolves, who are hopeless and full of injuries in the playoffs.

Without Love, without Pekovic, without Kirilenko, the current Timberwolves are really big. Xiang Chu easily won a double-double and clocked in three quarters to get off work. All 13 Nuggets players also appeared on the field.

Among the five main players, Tai Lawson had the longest playing time and scored 30+. After the game, he accepted the interview in high spirits.

"We usually play better in the second half of the season, and the record shows that. In the first half of the season, the management and coaching staff were worried about whether we could make the playoffs, but now the team is getting into the playoffs. Jiajing, we've been playing really well lately."

"I have started the playoff mode in advance, and I will lead the team to win all games."

The Nuggets are going to play away against the Suns next, and the Suns are also a team that has no hope of the playoffs.

Their main center Gortat was absent, so they simply started with a small lineup.

To be honest, the Suns got off to a good start.

In other words, the Nuggets played too badly from the outside, and Xiang Chu scored 20 points alone. However, the other main players of the team did not score a point, and they were still behind.

If this is the case throughout the game, his team's cancer will be hammered into stone.

Fortunately, the team's bench was not so sluggish. Chandler and Brewer both played well, and Mozgov also scored points on the opponent's small lineup.

Therefore, when the team's main outside line is so iron that people doubt their lives, the Nuggets still lead by 3 points at halftime.

The Suns know that they have problems inside, but their style of play and lineup determine that they cannot make changes.

If they want to win, they must play a sharper offense. Unfortunately, their core player Dragic feels bad today. The Nuggets are relying on Xiang Chu's stable performance to continue to expand their score advantage.

At the end of the quarter, the Suns' players became even weaker, and there was no suspense about the outcome.

After the game, the head coach of the Suns, Lindsay Hunter, was very resentful, "We had a very good rhythm in the first three quarters, but they completely controlled the offense inside. They are really well-trained. I think we are getting closer to the playoffs." It's getting farther and farther."

Xiang Chu scored 40 points and 15 rebounds. This is the end of letting him play inside.

The Nuggets have won nine consecutive victories, and both the players and the coach are very happy.

"Once we find our own state, it is difficult to be reversed. We have a lot of experience in this regard." Brewer, who scored 20 points off the bench, said, "I believe that our style of play will be successful in the playoffs." It won't hurt."

George Karl smiled kindly when facing reporters, "I don't want to say who is the biggest contributor during this period, everyone has something to praise, this is our team."

However, even with the increase in the winning streak, the Nuggets have not been able to shake off the Grizzlies. During their winning streak, the Grizzlies did not lose a game.

But the Clippers lost, and they were only two games behind the third in the West.

To say that they only wanted to stabilize the fourth position in the Western Conference before, they now have further ideas.

The current rankings in the West have not changed much, but the Lakers have just surpassed the Jazz to become the eighth in the West.

The Lakers still have stars in the lineup, and now Kobe has directly started the scoring mode regardless of the distribution of the ball. In this case, many teams have nothing to do.

In fact, this season, many teams only insist on half of the regular season. Now the competition is far less fierce than before the All-Stars. The West can be said to be a little suspenseful. The results of the Rockets, Lakers and Jazz are too close, and the Warriors cannot be said to be stable.

And there is no suspense in the top eight in the East, and there is no team that can shake the Heat's No. [-] position.

On the contrary, the results of the next few teams under the Heat are very close, and the competition for home court advantage is estimated to be decided at the end of the regular season.

Xiang Chu also lamented that at the beginning of each season, many teams in the league are united, but after the All-Star game, a large number of teams give up. This is also the tragedy of competitive sports.

However, this season is indeed too strong and weak. It stands to reason that there should be more teams competing for the playoffs.

Teams like the Nuggets can now consider their playoff opponents in advance.

I have to say that the Rockets and Jazz are indeed the weakest among the Western Conference teams that are expected to enter the playoffs. Olivia's superficial analysis and professional feeling are no different.

However, only one of the two teams may be able to enter the playoffs, and the Lakers will be more stable than other teams at the last moment relying on their stars.

After all, the stars in them all have rich experience in the playoffs, and they also know what to do when they compete for the playoffs. Although for a while, their record made people feel that they really couldn't make it to the playoffs.

Xiang Chu let go of harsh words before, but if the Lakers enter the playoffs, then the top four teams in the Western Conference probably don't want to meet them.

(End of this chapter)