After a handful victory in the icy state of Minnesota, I took a flight to the Denver Plateau early the next morning.

The Denver Rockets were once one of the founding teams of the ABA, and after joining the NBA in 1974, they changed their name to the Nuggets because of the gold discovery in Denver.

In the 1980s, Denver averaged 28.4 points per game in Inglish, 24.7 points per game and 21.6 points per game in Issel, leading the way to the playoffs every year. There is no doubt that in the 1980s, the Denver Nuggets were one of the representatives of offensive basketball.

He reached the NBA Western Conference Finals twice in 1977-78 and 1984-85. The Nuggets finished first in the Midwest in their first year in the NBA, and they have the highest attendance in the NBA. After that, the arrival of Inglish made the Nuggets an attacking team. In the 1980-1981 season, the Nuggets averaged 122.3 points per game. Since that season, the Nuggets have averaged over 120 points for five consecutive seasons.

In particular, in the 1981-1982 season, the Nuggets averaged 126.5 points per game, which is still an NBA record.

As Inglish aged, the team's record slipped to 20-60 in the 1990-91 season, opening the season with a seven-game losing streak. For the first time in a decade since 1981, they haven't made it to the playoffs.

At the end of the season, the team selected Uncle Mu from Africa, Dicambe Mutombo. The rookie, who doesn't show his age, played a dominant penalty area defense in his rookie season.

Although Uncle Mu is not strong, he even looks thin compared to some American big centers. But his tenacity and excellent agility have quickly made him a top-tier inside gatekeeper.

In the 93-94 season, the Nuggets finished the regular season with 42 wins and 42 losses, and entered the playoffs with an eighth place. However, the Nuggets defeated the SuperSonics with a total score of 3-2 in the first round of the playoffs, becoming the first team in NBA history to defeat the No. 1 seed as the No. 8 seed. The Nuggets eventually reached the Western Conference semifinals, but lost to the Utah Jazz by an aggregate score of 3-4 in the semifinals.

Uncle Mu covered the sky under the basket, and the picture of continuously blocking Payton and Kemp has become an eternal wonder in the hearts of fans.

In the '94-95 season, Dan Isel resigned at 18-16 and assistant coach Kean Littlels was named interim head coach, but the Nuggets have since gone 3-13 and general manager Bernie Bickerstaff took over on February 20 and is in charge for the remainder of the season. In the end, the Nuggets had a 41-41 record and earned a ticket to the playoffs on the final day of the regular season.

But in the first round of the playoffs, he was swept out by the Spurs. But Mutombo, who leads the league with 3.91 blocks and has the league's second-highest average of 12.5 rebounds per game, won the Defensive Player of the Year honor. The Nuggets are the only team with seven players averaging double-doubles per game.

The all-for-all team collapsed in the '95-96 season, going 35-47 and not making the playoffs. At the end of the season, the Nuggets announced that they would rebuild again, did not renew the contract with Uncle Mu, and traded away a large number of talented players.

This season, the Nuggets have become a fish belly, currently 16-33 and 11th in the West, and they are currently ready to fight for the Victor Flying White Devils.

There is no longer a shadow of unsolved offensive basketball, and they are averaging only 97.8 points per game this season. And the opponent can cut 104.1 points on their heads.

Since yesterday's victory over the Timberwolves and flying from the north to the Denver Plains, every player was not in good spirits, and Harris did not have a special strategy for Denver.

The Lakers players took off from Apolis, Minnesota, in the morning and arrived at Denver International Airport at noon.

After finding a restaurant and enjoying a meat eater's feast, the Lakers headed to McNicles Arena.

The match started as usual in the evening, and the match did not attract much media attention. The local fans weren't very enthusiastic either, and McNicles Stadium was empty with plenty of seating.

"I'm good, it's the first time I've played in a stadium with so few people." Xiao Yu looked around, everywhere the Lakers went in the past, most of the tickets were grabbed, and it was really rare to leave a vacant seat.

"This is the sadness of the fans of the bad team, the bad is sacrificing the support of the fans, the worse the team, the fewer people will watch. This is especially true for this kind of small-ball city team. ”

"Hopefully, in our years with the Lakers, there won't be a day when the team will be bad. I really can't imagine what the fans at the Great Western Forum Arena will think of us if we mess up. Xiao Yu sighed.

Kobe Bryant secretly said - in this life, I won't let the Lakers have a bad time!

The game started with no changes to the Lakers' starting lineup.

Nuggets starters: PG Anthony Gold, Wyer, SG, Dalle Ellis, SF, Lafonso Ellis, PF, Antonio McDyce, C Elvin Johnson.

At the trade deadline, the Indiana Pacers traded Eddie Johnson, Vincent Asko and the 1997 second-round pick to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Mark Jackson and Lassalle Thompson.

With the departure of Mark Jackson, he was replaced by Anthony Goldwyer, a little-known youngster.

Ben Wallace and Nuggets center, and Magic's namesake Irvin Johnson jumps the ball.

Big Ben violently stomped on the ground! Leap high and fly the basketball from a player who is about ten centimeters taller than him.

The Lakers started with a bit of loose offense, not very focused, and had a couple of low-level passing errors. In the second half of the season, the mental and physical exhaustion of the players is obvious, and playing back-to-back games at this time is prone to big ups and downs.

Fortunately, the Nuggets' enthusiasm is not high, and they have already targeted draft picks, even if the Lakers make mistakes, they have not seized the opportunity to fight back.

Kobe Bryant fed the ball to Eddie Jones, and Eddie Jones played comfortably against 37-year-old Dalle Ellis, scoring consecutive empty baskets.

The Nuggets' offense was a mess, old old, small and small. Neither the team's overall offense nor the individual star play have the lethal power to disrupt the Lakers' defensive system.

In the bench matchup, Dell Curry's integration was very obvious, and Horry connected Curry and Fisher to beat the Denver Nuggets' rotation lineup on the offensive end.

At halftime, the Lakers led 51-39.

At the beginning of the second half, Kobe Bryant began to exert his strength and hit three points in a row.

The Nuggets' No. 2 pick in '95, Antonio McDyes, stepped up, and the sophomore power forward who could contribute 18+7 to score consecutive inside points and give the team a new life.

Bryant immediately increased his aggression towards the Nuggets' ball-handling players, made consecutive steals, and successfully counterattacked.

The game was quickly drawn, with the Lakers back-to-back on the road in Denver claiming another victory.

Los Angeles Lakers 114:76 Denver Nuggets.

Bryant scored a game-high 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 4 turnovers.

Eddie Jones broke out, scoring 27 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.

Campbell had 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Dell Curry had 14 points and three rebounds.

Horry had 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists.

Fisher had 10 points and five assists.

All are soldiers! Six players scored in double figures, and the Lakers' team offensive system gradually took shape.