Nov. 5, 8 p.m.

Pepsi Center Arena, Denver, Colorado.

The Cavaliers take on the Nuggets on the road.

"The Nuggets are 2-2 so far and are eighth in the brutal Western Conference."

"The Cavaliers are 0-3 and ranked last in the league."

"So, the key to this game is not who wins and who loses, but whether the Cavaliers can cause some problems for the Nuggets."

"In addition, the showdown between Champion Show James and Tanhua Show Anthony is also the highlight of this game!"

The on-site commentators were very unoptimistic about the Cavaliers, and in their words it was already decided that the Clevelands would fail.

"I hope Paul can give Ye Feng more playing time, Ye Feng's three-point shot should bring a lot of trouble to the Nuggets. After all, in the Nuggets' No. 1 position, Miller and Boykins are both good at defense. ”

CCTV5 also broadcast the game live, and Zhang Weiping directed the guest guests.

The Nuggets fielded a regular five starters.

Camby in the center, Nene and Anthony in the forwards, and Leonard and Miller in the back.

However, Paul changed the starting lineup, and the three consecutive defeats in the opening game finally made Paul make a change.

The center is Ilgoskas, the forwards are Boozer and Darius, and the defenders James and Davis.

This is a lineup with a very dominant height.

The big Z is 221 centimeters, the tallest in the field. Boozer and Darius are 206 centimeters, James and Davis are 203 centimeters and 201 centimeters respectively.

Except for Boozer facing Nene and suffering from height, the other positions are fully dominant.

In this lineup, both James and Davis have playmaking skills that can make up for the absence of a point guard.

And McGinnis enters the bench lineup, which can improve the attack power of the bench lineup.

All in all, on the face of it, Paul's change of formation was a success.

Of course, this change of lineup also made James and Anthony unable to face each other directly, which made fans very unhappy.

Honk~

As the whistle blew, the game officially began.

Nene beat Ilgauskas in a jump ball to secure the ball in the first round for the Nuggets.

Nuggets Attack!

Miller advances with the ball and dribbles to the frontcourt.

The Cavaliers immediately pressed on the whole team.

No way, the firepower of the Nuggets' starting lineup is very strong.

With the exception of center Camby, the other four have the ability to attack or organize on their own.

This season, the Nuggets are averaging 97.2 points per game, which is 5.6 points worse than the Kings, who pay the most attention to offense in the league, which is enough to show their offensive ability.

Miller observed the whole field and found that Anthony was stuck in position to ask for the ball, and passed the ball directly.

Anthony singles Darius.

To say that Darius's defensive ability has improved a lot recently, he can run and jump plus a height of 206 cm, and he does not suffer from the 3rd and 4th positions.

But he's now up against Anthony, a kaleidoscope attacking striker.

"Guago" Anthony is not a rookie season James can only break through the frame, he can shoot from a distance, can break through, can play in the low post......

With his back against Darius, Anthony turned twice in a row, and finally tricked Darius with a shot feint.

After that, Guago's easy step to the basket was relaxed.

But at this moment, no one expected that a huge figure rose up from behind Anthony.

Anthony was aware, but it was too late, and the basketball he threw was not recovered.

Syllable!

A big hand pinned the basketball to the rebound, still across Darius.

This person is none other than the little emperor James.

After James landed, he even skipped the celebration and grabbed the basketball and began to rush to the other side of the basketball court.

How fierce is James charging with all his might?

Those who are faster than him dare not stop him, for fear of being hit and killed.

The people who can stop him are not as fast as him, and the speed can't keep up.

However, the Nuggets are not simple, Nene and Anthony are following behind, barely catching up with James, and they want to return James a chasing hat.

But James didn't care at all, rushing to the front court was a two-handed violent dunk.

Nene and Anthony reached out, but neither stopped James in the case of a foul.

Honk~

The moment the basketball was pressed into the basket, the referee's whistle also sounded, and the Nene thug fouled.

2+1。

At this time, James, who had landed on the ground, began to beat his chest and roar.

The Denver fans booed, but that didn't stop the little emperor from scoring the free throw.

3：0。

The first 20 seconds of the game directly became James's performance moment, showing invincible talent in one attack and one defense.

"This guy really fought hard today!"

Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh.

Offensive and defensive transitions.

The Nuggets attacked, this time playing Nene instead.

Nene vs Boozer.

Both were rookies in 2002 and performed equally well, with Nene being the first rookie and Boozer being the second rookie and equally outstanding.

But in terms of talent, Nene really crushes Boozer, can run and jump, and has a height advantage.

Boozer couldn't defend Nene at all, and Nene scored 2 points on a dunk.

3：2。

Knights attack.

James wanted to play again, but found that the defender had become Anthony, and Leonard and Nene were still eyeing each other.

The desire to win didn't break James' sanity, and he passed the ball to Big Z.

Camby defends well, but he certainly can't defend against Big Z.

Just like Mourning and Mutombo, no matter how good they defend, they can't defend against the four major centers of the same era.

After the continuous shaking of the hook hand, the big Z easily scored.

At 5:2, the Cavaliers continued to hold the lead.

"The Cavaliers' new lineup is good, and Paul seems to have found a lineup that fits the Cavaliers."

The on-site commentary was very sympathetic to Paul's change of formation.

But as soon as he said this, Andre Miller, the brain of the Nuggets, bowed his head to his teammates and said something, and the situation on the court changed.

The Cavaliers' offense is still sharp, and all four major scoring points on the court have blossomed.

But the Nuggets' offense started to get more targeted, with all the ball going to the two forwards, Anthony and None.

Anthony played Darius and Nene played Boozer, all of which had a huge advantage.

Under the bombardment of these two people in turn, the Nuggets slowly caught up with the score and even began to overtake.

The Nuggets had just three points to score, with Nene with seven points, Anthony with seven and Leonard with six.

But with only these three people, when there were 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the Nuggets were 20:12, but led by 8 points.

Paul couldn't sit still and called a timeout.

"Hehe, it seems that the Cavaliers' new lineup still has problems on the forward line."

The on-site commentary is a bit embarrassing.

Coming back from the timeout, Paul switched to a new lineup.

Ilgoskas, Darius, James, McGinnis, and Ye Feng.

The Nuggets also made their first rotation.

Inside "Birdman" Anderson and Nene Inside, outside Anthony, Leonard and Boykins.

Big Z defends Nene, Darius defends Anderson, who is not good at offense, and James defends Anthony...... This solves the defensive problem on the Cavaliers' forward line.

At the same time, Ye Feng against Boykins will be the biggest dislocation on the field.