With a win over the Mavericks, the Kings' three-game winning streak was halfway through the goal, and the whole team happily boarded the plane to Denver.

Justin was excited throughout the trip, telling the Kings how he was defending Barnes and almost blew himself into a defensive gate.

However, judging from the post-game results, Barria's plus/minus is higher than Barnes's, and Justin won the bet with Zhang Feng, and the matter of being in charge of the season bag is over.

The Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets, is located in Colorado in the western United States, on a plateau of 1,600 meters, and has always been the home of the NBA's devil.

The scary thing is that the Nuggets have been focusing on fast offense over the years, and they have had a track and field team represented by 'Half-Orc' Faried, 'Little Melon' Anthony, and 'Nerve Knife' JR Smith, which was before the Golden State Warriors' 'Death Five' became popular, as long as the Nuggets were allowed to run, the away team would be very passive.

It was 3 a.m. when the King's plane landed in Denver non-stop, and the players had to take the bus to the hotel, which is probably the real reason why the NBA road trip is so hard.

Considering that the players did not get enough rest because of the two days and two away games, David discussed with the coaching team and decided to shorten the pre-match training time and set to meet at 5 p.m.

"Do we need to make any changes to our personnel rotation this time?" While David was still resting, Turner hurriedly seized the time to discuss with him.

Turner's meaning is very clear, and he is referring to whether to rotate the main players to reduce their injury probability. For example, Zhang Feng, after two games in the season, when he didn't play in the last quarter of the Mavericks, he played an average of 33 minutes.

David thought for a moment and pouted and said: "Let's let them play, the other party may go all out, and it will be too late to play the sun and rest the day after tomorrow."

All out is talking about Nuggets head coach Malone, who was fired by the Kings a few years ago, but the outside world has always believed that this matter is the brain-dead of the Kings' management, and Malone himself is also indignant, and the Nuggets are playing at home at night, Malone must want to prove himself.

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At 7 p.m., the players of the two teams warmed up, and Malone was on the sidelines for a pre-match interview.

"Coach Malone, what are your plans for this game?" The reporter routinely asked

"Defend well, pick up the pace and take advantage of our advantage on the inside"

"Zhang Feng of the Kings has performed well in the last 2 games, does he have any special defense against him?" The reporter asked.

"Except for stars like LeBron and Curry, no one can change our set tactics"

Although Ma Long's words were an understatement, those who are familiar with him know that this is a prelude to his ruthlessness.

In the TNT live broadcast room, the O'Neal trio is preparing to explain the game between the Kings and the Nuggets.

"It's a shame that we couldn't broadcast the Kings' big win over the Mavericks yesterday," O'Neal clutched his chest and made a 'heartache' gesture.

"Zhang Feng scored a double-double yesterday and he was the best rookie in the tournament, regardless of position," Kenny called up the '17 rookie stat.

"So, Lonzo Ball's quasi-triple-double stats can't be compared?" Barkley questioned.

"Of course it can't be compared, you don't look at who the opponent is, the Lakers are playing the Suns, Zhang Feng can't win 50+20 if he beats the Suns," O'Neal said confidently.

"Are you serious?" Barkley asked with a serious look on his face.

"Uh......" O'Neill's words were smooth, 'boasting' Zhang Feng didn't think much about it, the data of 50+20 is really a bit exaggerated, but he still wants to save face:

"Of course, as long as he wants to take this data, David can definitely not replace him."

There is little value in a record with too many adverbials, such as the first player to have three consecutive double-doubles on the road since 2000, and no one knows who set the record.

Similarly, O'Neill gave Zhang Feng 50+20 data and also limited 2 adverbials, one is that Zhang Feng thinks, and the other is that David does not let Zhang Feng rest.

"Then you are talking nonsense, let's watch the game," Barkley said dismissively.

The Kings lineup remains unchanged, with the Nuggets fielding a starting lineup led by Millsap + Wilson Chandler.

Millsap had 16 points + 7 rebounds in '16, and Wilson Chandler had similar stats to him, both of whom were offensive and defensive forwards.

On the Kings' side, the forward line is the aging Randolph and the young Justin, who will be challenged by this game.

The referee blew the whistle, Willy and the Nuggets' starting center Nikola bent down near the halfway line, and the others also fell into place one after another, Zhang Feng glanced at the player next to him-Mori, feeling that the opponent could not resist his attack at all.

Perhaps due to the influence of the plateau's home court, Willy, despite his height advantage, failed to steal Nikola, and the ball was spotted into the hands of Harris, another Nuggets backcourt player.

The Nuggets' first offense was handed over to Millsap, who stood on the left end of the free-throw line and raised the ball with both hands above his right head, followed by a 360-degree loop, Randolph was lured into a steal and was directly judged to be fouled.

This move is a bit cheap, and it is also a common move used by Durant in the past, and it is often criticized by fans.

Less than 3 seconds into the opening game, Millsap stood at the free throw line, and although he hit 2 free throws, the fans at Pepsi Center did not cheer for the ball.

THE KING ATTACKED, ZHANG FENG DID NOT CHOOSE TO PLAY THE WEAK MOLI ALONE, BUT GAVE THE BALL TO RANDOLPH, HE WANTED RANDOLPH TO PLAY AN ANSER BALL, SO AS TO RELIEVE HIS ANGER.

Unexpectedly, after a few consecutive back hits, Millsap did not move, and Randolph himself seemed to be tired, so he passed the ball back casually, but Randolph's pass was almost stealed by Harris because of the lack of strength and the speed of the ball.

Harris's risky steal let Buddy empty, Zhang Feng received the ball and passed, Buddy took the ball and shot, but it didn't go in, and Wilson Chandler grabbed the rebound.

Seeing that he lost the rebound, Zhang Feng immediately returned to defense, and as soon as he turned around, he saw that Harris had already rushed in front, and he thought: Sure enough, it is worthy of the track and field team, and everyone can run like this.

Seeing that Harris was about to shoot an empty three-point after receiving a long pass, Zhang Feng accelerated and rushed up, but he still didn't have time to stop it.

However, as soon as he saw Harry shoot, Zhang Feng knew that the ball was not far enough, so he did not stop, but continued to run towards the hoop.

In the midst of an exclamation, Harry's shot missed. Zhang Feng grabbed the rebound, he looked up and found that Willy was still under the basket, and without hesitation, he chose a long pass from the quarterback, intending to come to an open catch.

Unexpectedly, Willie was completely unprepared, the basketball flew directly out of the court, Zhang Feng looked embarrassed, and the fans at the Pepsi Center let out bursts of happy laughter, they were happy to see the king make such a mistake.

The Kings started with a foul, a turnover, and a missed shot, which looked very unfavorable.