The strength of the Suns' first-round opponent Nuggets has declined slightly compared with Guo Xu's previous life, and the interior line lacks Nene as a substitute, and there are two more defensive blue-collar Nahura and Mickey Moore.

Before the game, experts predicted the outcome and agreed that the Suns would sweep the promotion, and the difference in strength between the two teams was obvious, and the Suns swept the Nuggets in the regular season, with a large margin of points in each game.

In a routine interview with the two sides before the game, Nuggets core Carmelo Anthony said: "I don't think the Nuggets will be swept, the Suns are really strong, Jason is the best player on the roster, but we're not bad, we have to try to get one or two wins." ”

As a fan brother, "Melon" can praise Guo Xu, but he will not admit defeat easily. The "melon" who has just entered the league is young and vigorous, and he knows that his strength is not as good as his opponent, so he has to do his best.

People's psychology is really strange, no matter how old or young, when faced with competing with others, the ** who wants to win will involuntarily occupy people's hearts. As long as there is the slightest chance of winning, most people will instinctively want to take it, and this is not the exclusive preserve of winners, even those who are at the bottom of the league this year.

Guo Xu was interviewed and also praised Anthony. "I'm really impressed with the three rookies in the class of 2003, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony, all of whom have the potential to be scoring champions, and they're outstanding."

The reporter asked: "Many people think that Anthony has not improved this season compared to his rookie season, he has distanced himself from Wade and James, do you think he can still catch up with those two?" ”

"He's just shooting less, which is better for the Nuggets, and I think he's doing a good job, but he has to learn to split the ball better so that he can lead his teammates. Plus, he'll have to improve his three-point ability. ”

This season, Anthony is averaging 20.8 points on 16.4 shots per game, and James is scoring 26 points on 20.5 shots, and the difference between the two in scoring is not that big. The difference in assists is more obvious, with James averaging 7.2 per game and Anthony only 2.6.

But it's understandable that Anthony plays like this, he's a forward, the Nuggets are organized by Andre Miller, and James is a forward who does the job of a point guard.

Guo Xu knows that these three can play luxury statistics and become All-Stars and representatives of the national team several times, and he doesn't mind picking up new stars in advance.

Anthony had a miserable previous life, and he was a representative of bad luck, and the star he teamed up with for the first time in his career was the 31-year-old Iverson, who was incompatible in terms of style of play. After that, he ushered in 32-year-old star point guard Billups, and led the team to the Western Conference finals.

Later, Anthony went to the East to join the Knicks, but not long after joining forces, Xiaosi was seriously injured and his form declined, Anthony and Chandler and others won the second place in the Eastern regular season, and he won a scoring title. Unfortunately, this is the only honor he has won in his career.

Anthony has partnered with only a handful of stars throughout his career, and his sluggish state in the last years is called a cancer, and his fate is embarrassing.

In fact, his professional attitude in the early stage was good, there was no news that he was incompatible with his teammates or coaches, he cared about his teammates, played hard, had excellent scoring ability, and his key ball ability was super first-class.

Anthony's tragedy is also directly related to the alliance's disapproval of him. His exposure is not high, some of them are negative news outside the court, and he has also participated in a fight on the field. James, on the other hand, showed signs of being regarded as a signature figure as soon as he entered the league.

The first two games of the series were played in Phoenix, and the results were as experts predicted, with the Suns having the upper hand and winning back-to-back games. The two sides moved to Denver to continue the game, and the Nuggets had home-court advantage and could not pose a threat to the Suns.

Andre Miller is the kind of point guard that Guo Xu hates more, he is 188CM tall, good at back playing, and has good organizational skills. In his previous life, he was stunned to cut down 50+ without shooting three-pointers with his back, which is amazing.

He also has a trick of playing high and playing high, fake fax throwing, and scored a lot of points in the regular season against Guo Xu.

But Guo Xu is just annoying and not easy to defend, and in turn, Miller's main defense Guo Xu is even bigger, and he must be surrounded by teammates.

Miller's shortcomings are obvious, lacking three-point range, not being fast, and being afraid of speed-oriented guards. Guo Xu doesn't need cover, and he can pass Miller one-on-one, which is the biggest advantage of the Suns.

In the interior competition, the combination of Marion, Xiaosi, Nene and Haslem easily overwhelmed Camby, Kenyon Martin, Moore and Nahura. Against a group of fierce men on the Suns, the Nuggets basically can't hit the restricted area inside, although the two starters still have a little shot, but they are not stable, and less than 40% of the shots cannot be used as conventional weapons.

The Nuggets and the Nets signed and traded for Martin, and paid three draft picks to be cheated by the Nets. The Nets didn't have the salary space to give Martin a big contract at that time, and signing first and then exchanging was just an act of making some money if he could.

Martin has a knee injury, but he signed a long-term contract with a high salary of 91 million for seven years, which only expired in the summer of 2011. The Nuggets will definitely be killed by him, and the short beast power forward will be finished once his physical fitness declines.

Martin was not efficient in the regular season, but he still had 15.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. Entering the playoffs, Nuggets fans sadly found that Martin, not to mention PK Xiaosi and Nene, has no advantage over Haslem, and it is difficult to score when defended. The two have similar playing styles and roles, and the difference in annual salaries is nearly 10 times.

The two sides competed for the position of swing man, and Carmelo Anthony, as the Nuggets' top scorer, encountered a wheel battle and was strictly guarded by the four swing men, and it was really difficult to defeat four hands with one punch.

The lineup gap between the two teams is desperate, Anthony didn't make the All-Star Game, and his opponent has two All-Stars. Greg Buckner and DeMar Johnson couldn't help him much.

DeMar is an inspirational player who nearly broke his neck in a car accident in 2002 and nearly died, but he made it back to the NBA. He's been doing well this season, helping the team on the defensive end with his height and reach, but his mid-to-long-range shooting hasn't been trained.

The Suns won by an average of 23 points per game, and eliminated the Nuggets 4-0 without much effort and advanced to the next round first.

At the post-game press conference, everyone in the Nuggets was able to face the loss calmly, and they were mentally prepared for the third game.

"We have no regrets this season, we've done our best, the Suns are so strong, Jason deserves the MVP this season, they're just unbeatable," Anthony said. ”

Anthony's average of 21.5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists per game seems to be good, but in fact, his shooting rate is only 40%, and his efficiency is not high. The Suns sent people to guard him closely, tightly wrapped around the penalty area, and put Camby and Martin to shoot again and again, he would selflessly share the ball, but his teammates often couldn't shoot in the open space.

The Nuggets are short of three-point shooters, relying on veterans Bryan Russell and Buckner to shoot three-pointers, who are still benches and can't open up space if they don't play. The Nuggets originally had a great three-point shooter, Wolfham-Leonard, who won the three-point contest, but he was injured and reimbursed.

Guo Xu didn't waste much effort, averaging 22.5 points, 12 assists and 2 steals per game. His stats have dropped a lot from the regular season, but his playing time has been reduced to 30 minutes, mainly helping his teammates create opportunities and practice tactics with games.

The other three star teammates played steadily, and the whole team blossomed, with at least five players scoring in double figures in each game.

In the other series, the Rockets and Grizzlies fought fiercely, tied 2-2 and won two home games each.

The Suns are waiting for their opponents in the next round......