Chapter 128: The boos of the home fans
After a full day's rest, the Nuggets travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs on the road.
Due to the ban period, Ji Liang did not go with the team, but continued to stay in Denver, training with Inglish, and occasionally going to Rivers Gym to practice boxing.
This peak Spurs team is currently ranked second in the league, and the combination of the twin towers they have constitutes the most terrifying existence in the league.
When the lineup is complete, the Nuggets may still have a lot to do, but now they lack four cadres, and they are naturally far from being the opponents of the Spurs.
So after the game started, the Spurs had the upper hand from the beginning, and they always suppressed the Nuggets, no matter how hard the Nuggets tried, they couldn't stop them from scoring.
On the defensive end, the Nuggets want to score, and it is very difficult, and it often takes a lot of effort to get a shot.
In addition, compared to the previous game, McDyce was not in good shape, and under the defense of Duncan and Robinson, the efficiency was greatly impaired.
By the end of the game, the Spurs had five players in double figures and won easily.
After the loss, the Nuggets returned to Denver, this time hosting the Spurs.
Even if it was changed to the home court, but in the face of the strong Spurs, the Nuggets still had no power to fight back.
This time, McDyce recovered and exploded with Duncan, but after all, his fists were invincible to his four hands, and he did not escape the fate of being pressed to the ground by the Spurs Twin Towers.
McDies wondered, he thought he and Duncan were in a five-to-five, and it was difficult for either to limit the opponent's scoring. But he didn't have a good helper, and often struggled to break through Duncan, and he had to face Robinson's help defense.
After back-to-back losses to the Spurs, the Nuggets were demoralized and felt like a fish-belly team.
After a three-game losing streak, the Nuggets traveled to Dallas overnight to take on the Mavericks back-to-back away games.
Before challenging the Mavericks, the Nuggets finally ushered in good news, Van Exel's successful release from the ban, which undoubtedly improved the overall strength of the Nuggets.
Compared with the Nuggets, the Mavericks have a worse record, but they have a full lineup after all, and their strength is better than the current Nuggets.
In addition to this, there are back-to-back factors to consider, and the Nuggets will lack physical fitness, which is likely to affect the form.
From the beginning of the game, the Nuggets were suppressed by the Mavericks, and in the first two minutes, they even fell into a scoring drought, and all their shots were beaten.
Compared to the Nuggets, the Mavericks are incredibly efficient, and by the time the Nuggets broke the scoring drought, they had already taken a double-digit lead.
The most speechless thing is that the Mavericks core Michael Finley began to explode, his hand is very hot, breaking, fast breaking, three-point seems to be omnipotent, whether it is Williams or John Taylor, there is no power to prevent Finley from scoring, let the other party take what he wants.
By the end of the game, Michael Finley had 43 points and six assists to give the Mavericks the victory.
After a four-game losing streak, the Nuggets returned home to back-to-back games against the Wizards.
Yes, back-to-back looking back, it's that miserable!
This is also the second time that the Nuggets have ushered in back-to-back looks, but unlike last time, this time the Nuggets are only afraid of bad luck and have a good chance of losing all.
Although the record is not as good as the Nuggets, this Wizards team is very strong, just look at their roster, they have 'The Rock' Mitch Richmond and Juwan Howard.
Speaking of Mitch Richmond, not many fans may be familiar with this name, but he is one of the best scorers in NBA history, and along with Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others, he has become a player who averaged more than 21 points per game in the first 10 years of his career.
The great thing about Richmond is that he can move on after the difficulties he encounters and play a great career, and all the negativity can hardly stop him from moving forward. This professionalism and discipline allowed him to achieve something that led to his induction into the Hall of Fame.
As for Juwan Howard, he was the leader of the Michigan Five Tigers, also known as 'Second Uncle Huo', but the most talked about is his 100 million yuan contract.
Although after signing a contract of 100 million yuan, Juwan Howard's performance has not been as good as year after year, but now he is still in the ranks of top power forwards.
In terms of overall strength, Juwan Howard may be slightly inferior to McDyce, but it is not much different.
After this game, Ji Liang is about to usher in his own period of lifting the ban, but now he will continue to sit on the bench.
Even if Chi Liang wanted to play, before the ban was lifted, he could only wear civilian clothes and watch his teammates fight against the Wizards at Pepsi Center.
There is no doubt that no player likes the feeling of sitting on the sidelines and watching his teammates play, which makes him feel powerless and as if winning or losing has become irrelevant to him.
But he wants to lead the team to victory, not sit on the bench and watch the game boringly.
Unlike the previous games, the Nuggets have recovered their hands and maintained a high shooting percentage.
Unfortunately, they were unlucky enough to run into the Wizards, who were just as hot.
In the first half, the two teams were in a stalemate stage, and they saw that the scores of the two sides were constantly staggered, and neither could help the other.
However, during the third quarter, due to the back-to-back 'aftermath', the Nuggets will suffer a physical crisis and begin to be dominated by the Wizards.
McDyce wanted to turn the tide and beat Howard in the low post in a row, but the Wizards' Richmond obviously wouldn't watch the advantage lose and used the crazy scoring to curb the Nuggets' momentum.
In the later process, no matter how hard the Nuggets tried, they couldn't turn the tide around, and in the end, the Wizards had the last laugh.
After losing this game, the Denver Nuggets ushered in a five-game losing streak and temporarily moved into 10th place in the league.
Shhh
After the game, perhaps because of the team's poor record recently, the Pepsi Center rarely booed from the fans.
Even if only a few fans booed, it still made the Nuggets players feel sad, and they could only bow their heads and return to the locker room in a sad mood.
At this moment, the retired jerseys floating on the stadium seemed to be affected, and they gently fluttered in the breeze.
Some time ago, the Nuggets blew a storm of youth, and they repeatedly defeated strong teams, destroying and cleverness, and seemed to be invincible. Including strong teams such as the Jazz, Lakers and even the Spurs, they have become the bitter masters of the Nuggets.
However, after the brawl, the Nuggets ushered in the longest losing streak of a season, and the worst thing is that they seem to have lost their sharpness.
After this game, Chi Liang successfully lifted the ban, but no one knows if after Chi Liang's comeback, the Nuggets will be able to set sail as before, or sink down.