On Nov. 28, the Knicks played back-to-back games on the Denver Nuggets, who have recently won three in a row after losing to the Clippers a week ago, and are currently third in the Western Conference with an 11-4 record this season.

The Knicks, who currently have a 9-6 record, yesterday's win over the Kings moved them up one spot in the Eastern Conference to fourth place, and the Knicks have unwittingly accomplished something that many New York fans would not have dared to think of before the season, and if they can keep their fourth place until the end of the season, then they really have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, although that hope is not great.

Eastern District Ranking-

1. Boston Celtics (11-3).

2. Cleveland Cavaliers (11-4).

3. Orlando Magic (10-5).

4. New York Knicks (9-6).

5. Atlanta Hawks (8-6).

6. Miami Heat (7-7).

7. Charlotte Bobcats (7-8).

8. Milwaukee Bucks (7-8).

The Denver Nuggets continue to rank in the top three in the West this season, and last season the Nuggets made a huge breakthrough when they recorded their best 54-28 regular season record in franchise history in 21 years, finally breaking the first-round playoff curse and making it all the way to the Western Conference Finals. With a little luck, they might make it to the finals. As a result, the Nuggets did not make any major roster changes this summer, and they hope to improve on the 2009-10 season as their players gain experience and chemistry.

First of all, it is necessary to talk about Chauncey. Billups is the player. He won the league with the Detroit Pistons that year. He won the MVP of the finals again. The grassroots temperament on the body is very heavy. Later, Billups and Aaron, who was "born with a golden key". Iverson swapped. It's a very strange thing to bring the Nuggets to the heights of the Western Conference Finals, and the industry is busy coming up with the "collectivism over individualism" argument, which in some way mythologizes Billups' ability.

Leaving aside how different Billups' style setting and even the environment of his new club are from Iverson, it's inexplicable that he's called a "commander with a masterful pass."

ESPN's latest scouting report also says of Billups that "when you break through, you think about scoring first, then passing." Although his turnover rate is low". If you have to pick Billups' strengths, it's not that he's more team than Iverson, it's that he relies on his height, strength and shooting style, which is more difficult to be affected by age than the answer, so as to maintain his scoring firepower.

Billups has been one of the few players in the league who can do a good job of shooting threes and making free throws in recent years, and Anthony is a great scorer, but it is impossible to sustain the offense alone, and it is very important to have a good second firepower like Billups around him. This is a player who knows more than Iverson, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his scoring skills have been better than the answer in those two years. He's an extremely good defender, but by no means like Chris. Paul, Delon. Williams or Steve. Nash uses his passing to influence the game's defenders.

Not to mention. If you really think that basketball is a five-person sport, you shouldn't infinitely magnify the impact of one player on victory. Take, for example, Billups and the Nuggets' most successful 2008-09 season. At that time, Kenyon. Martin & Chris. Anderson has played his best performance in recent years, and this has basically nothing to do with Billups' arrival, which can only be said to be a coincidence in time.

ESPN believes that Wu Huang's style is actually an offensive point guard who "thinks about scoring first when breaking, and then passing", although he sometimes deliberately suppresses his attacks**, but after analysis, ESPN gave an unexpected statistic - that is, the higher Wu Huang's score, the higher the Knicks' winning index.

Although this formula may not be representative due to the small number of games, it at least shows that Wu Huang's offense has not had a negative impact on the Knicks, but more on a positive level.

Wu Huang played 15 games, his true shooting rate was 60.2%, shooting efficiency was 56.1%, offensive efficiency was 118, defensive efficiency was 107, basket shooting rate was 63.9%, close two points were 42.6%, mid-range two points were 48.4%, long-distance two points were 43.1%, victory contribution value was 11.3, efficiency value was 24.4, and the latter two were the first in the team.

ESPN did not look at the official personal data, but used this more professional advanced data to evaluate Wu Huang's role in the Knicks and his true level, and finally found that Wu Huang was indeed the real absolute core of the Knicks team in the first fifteen games.

The last time the Knicks had such a leader was back in the 04-05 season. Marbury, but the lone wolf at that time was still a lot worse than Wu Huang on the defensive end and true shooting percentage.

Many fans may not know what these advanced stats represent, so take "offensive efficiency" and "defensive efficiency", which can be explained simply: for every 100 offensive rounds, players score; Every 100 defensive rounds, the opponent scores.

Of all the guards in the league who started or played more than 25 minutes per game this season, only 5 had a true shooting rate of more than 60%, including Wu Huang. And only 10 starting point guards in the entire league have a defensive efficiency of no more than 110, of which Wu Huang ranks eighth, and here we also need to consider the Knicks' poor overall defense to support the hindrance, Wu Huang's defense can make most of the players opposite him less efficient on the offensive end.

These may be a bit far, after the Knicks come to Denver, they naturally have to compete with their opponents to see whose offense is more awesome!

The Nuggets have traditionally been a team that is strong on offense and weak on defense, and now even after the Golden Pair is gone, Iverson has left for Detroit, and many offensive players such as Anthony, Billups, and J.R. Smith can still provide enough firepower, and they averaged 104.3 points per game last season, ranking sixth in the league.

This team was able to reach the Western Conference Finals last season, relying on not only offense, but also Nene and Kenyon. Martin and Birdman Anderson's surprising defense is also one of the reasons why they were able to almost eliminate the Lakers, and this happens to be what the Knicks lack today, and the only one on their team who can be called excellent defense is Wu Huang, which is the difference between the two teams.

The Pepsi Center, one of Denver's landmarks, was scheduled for the game to be played until 10 p.m.

When Wu Huang entered the stadium on the team bus, he could still see a long line of Denver fans outside the arena, and it seems that the team's record-breaking record last season has made the enthusiasm of local fans for the new season even higher, and the Nuggets' current record is indeed not inferior to last season.

"I've heard that there is only one egg in Nenne, do you think he still has staying power?" In the away dressing room, if Gallinari's words reached Nene's ears, he would have to be slapped to death.

"Don't spread rumors, people just removed the tumor, and they didn't say that the eggs were also cut." David. Lee promptly pointed out Gallinari's mistake.

"Thai. Lawson's rookie says that the thing in Nene is the biggest one he's ever seen, and I'll see if the rumors are true later. "Milicic started again today, and the kid is obviously very unconcerned about this rumour, and plans to go on the pitch to see if it's true or not.

Emperor Wu smiled meaningfully on the side, he didn't know if the Erba in the inner was so bullish, and he didn't bother to care. Anyway, his ten-inch two-eight has no match for the Knicks, especially David. Li has a big waist and a round waist, but the size of the crotch is only half of his, no wonder Sabina. Gardeci took the initiative to ask for his phone number, and he has sent him a lot of text messages these days.

For example, today, my sister-in-law actually sent a cheering text message before the game, which seemed to be David. Li's mobile phone didn't ring, and Emperor Wu felt that something was not right with this rhythm! It's better for him to be honest now, so don't give it to David. Lee forwarded it, and when he was on his birthday, he could give him a hat as a gift.

"The Nuggets' offense doesn't win with passes, they like to open up the situation with one-on-one, we can't give them easy one-on-one opportunities, and we can't put Cameron one-on-one in his familiar area, as long as Billups and Anthony get the ball, the nearest players should pay attention to come forward and wrap up." D'Antoni finally put a little more effort into defense today, the Nuggets have a stronger impact than the Lakers, and it may be difficult to beat the opponent by attacking alone, especially since they are still back-to-back games.

Wu Huang didn't feel particularly tired today, as the season progressed, no one in the entire league was 100% in energy, but his energy today was at least 85%, which was enough to cope with the needs of a high-intensity game.

After a while, the players of both teams came out and Nuggets center Nene . Hilario always felt that the Knicks players on the other side were always staring at him, especially the gazes of Gallinari and Milicic made him feel very uncomfortable.

"You guys and the Lakers, I watched the live broadcast, and you did a really good job." When Billups hugged Wu Huang before the game, he said very enthusiastically.

"Where, if it wasn't for your bad luck last season, maybe you would have gotten your second championship ring, and I think you're still the favourites this year." Emperor Wu hurriedly went back politely, and by the way, he gave back a mouthful of nuggets.

The atmosphere of the two teams before the game was not bad, and "Melon" Anthony also chatted with Wu Huang with a smile on his face, and there seemed to be no unhappiness between the players of the two teams, although when the Knicks played the Lakers a few days ago, the atmosphere before the game was also very harmonious.

Knicks starting lineup: Wu Huang, Wilson. Chandler, Gallinari, David. Li, Dakko. Milicic.

Nuggets starting lineup: Chauncey. Billups, Aron. Afflaro, Cameron. Anthony, Kenyon. Martin, Nene. Hilario. (To be continued.) )