Chapter 200: Ferocious Nuggets
Every season, NBA teams change to a greater or lesser extent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSome have become stronger, some have become weaker.
The Grizzlies have gotten stronger, and they've brought in power forward Zach Randolph, a player who is known as a statistic brush, but his offensive ability is really not to be said. And Gasol Jr. has a strong interior defense, and it is quite suitable to cooperate with Zach Randolph, I believe that as long as the run-in is good, the Grizzlies' record will be very strong.
The Hornets also have changes, they traded Tyson Chandler for Okafor of the Bobcats, Okafor's ability is also good, plus the Hornets traded from the Celtics to this year's potential second-round pick Marcus Thornton, the Hornets' lineup is a little stronger.
But it's a pity that Paul's form has dropped slightly this season, and I don't know if it's because of off-court. Paul always wanted a championship ring, but the Hornets' ball market was sluggish, and the owner was reluctant to spend money, so the Hornets' roster has always been in the middle of the table. It's been a few seasons like this, and Paul will inevitably have some ideas.
The Suns traded the Big Shark, and the Big Shark swam east to the Cavaliers again. Without the big sharks, the speed of the sun increased again, and it changed back to the sun of two years ago.
However, the Suns, who have just returned to the bombardment, have not fully adapted, and when the Suns get used to it, their performance will definitely be improved.
On November 14, the Lakers played back-to-back games against the Nuggets on the road. In the last game against the Suns, the Lakers ran almost one game, except for Wu Di, who could stand it, even Kobe, a physical maniac, was a little weak.
Kobe Bryant is indeed old, and he can't accept old age. After running for a while, Kobe Bryant felt that his physical strength was not very sufficient, and after only five minutes of playing the game with the Nuggets, Kobe Bryant felt a little tired.
Of course, it's not that Kobe Bryant is really old, and he was really happy to run in the Suns yesterday. Kobe Bryant barely stopped for a second on the court in order to defend Barbossa, and anyone would be tired. The first few games were very relaxed, and suddenly the amount of exercise increased a lot, and Kobe Bryant's lack of soreness already shows that he is maintaining well.
Bynum and Gasol are not out of shape either, and they are no less running. Without O'Neal's Suns, the speed is really five people who can match, if it weren't for the limitations of Wu Di and Kobe, yesterday's game would have been lost.
In addition, Kobe Bryant was able to play for a few more minutes as well, and it is normal for his legs to be weak today.
The Lakers had weak legs, but the Nuggets didn't. After being swept by the Lakers last season, the Nuggets can be said to be working hard, and Anthony didn't take much rest during the offseason, and he had to train every once in a while to maintain his competitive condition.
In this game, the Nuggets waited for a while, and after the Lakers showed fatigue, they quickly launched an attack.
Anthony took advantage of Kenyon Martin's cover to shake off Wu Di, Billups immediately passed the ball, and Anthony immediately made a three-point shot.
Wu Di didn't feel tired, but he couldn't stand the Nuggets helping Anthony block people, so he could only watch Anthony score. However, Wu Di will also single Anthony, use his strength to eat Anthony, and mobilize the Nuggets to score inside.
Anthony isn't very strong defensively, and it has something to do with his defensive attitude. This is also where Anthony has been criticized, how can he prevent Wu Di if he is not serious in defense?
But even so, the Nuggets still pulled away little by little. A two-point shot is less scored than a three-pointer, and it's normal to be pulled away.
The Zen master called a timeout to learn about the physical exertion of the players. After confirming that Kobe, Bynum, and Gasol were physically exhausted too quickly, they were replaced.
Pekovic, Bradmiller and Sun Yue came on, and Wu Di switched to the second position. In this way, you can stagger with Anthony, and Sun Yue defends Anthony, although the effect is not very good, but the effect is almost the same. And Wu Di has an advantage in playing the second position, neither Avlalo nor JR Smith is Wu Di's opponent, Wu Di can easily score on their heads.
Next is the offensive battle between Anthony and Wu Di, and Anthony still has some trouble picking up Sun Yue alone. Sun Yue is about the same height as Anthony, he has a lot of strength, and his defensive ability has also been trained by Wu Di, so it is still possible to restrict Anthony.
Of course, if Anthony breaks out, Sun Yue will be difficult to defend. However, Anthony's physical strength will definitely increase greatly if he wants to break through Sun Yue's defense, so he will continue to let people help him block people and save his energy for shooting.
Wu Di is playing singles here, and he can throw at will if he wants to suddenly.
In the seventh minute of the second quarter, the two sides began to make substitutions. Wu Di was substituted because he had not rested. Bryant took the starting interior and was ready to catch up with the score in the second quarter.
However, the situation of events exceeded Kobe's expectations, and the Nuggets' mentioning department suddenly became bench bandits, continuously attacking the Lakers' interior line, and soon beat Bynum and Gasol.
I don't know if it's because of the home whistle, the Nuggets must have fouled when they break through the inside, and the whistle is basically sounded when they rush to the basket, which is a particularly weird picture.
The inside line can only be replaced by Pekovic and Brad Miller, who have just come off the court. However, it still did not stop the Nuggets' foul tactics, but fortunately, the game ended quickly in the second quarter, and Pekovic and Brad Miller were not knocked off.
The Lakers fell into a foul crisis inside, and the Nuggets immediately began to play the Lakers' inside, knocking out all six fouls of Bynum, Gasol, and Pekovic, if it weren't for a Bobby Jackson, the Lakers would be almost unavailable.
The interior line composed of Bobby Jackson and Brad Miller is simply useless, and Wu Di is always facing the Nuggets' bag.
At 112:95, the Lakers lost by 17 points, which was something that no one expected. Because in people's perception, the Lakers' lineup is extremely powerful, and back-to-back can't do anything to him. What's more, the Lakers Big Three, as long as one of them is in good shape, they can all win, and two in good shape are better than keeping the game.
But it happened that today, the Lakers are in good shape, and the state of others is not very good. Although facing the bag, Wu Di still scored 43 points, but unfortunately, these 43 points were cut in vain, and there is no difference between not winning and zero points.
Two days later, the Lakers fought against the Rockets again, and the Rockets once again became the Lakers' gas bucket, and the resentment of losing was sprinkled on the Rockets by the Lakers.
D'Antoni's tactics will take some time, and although the Rockets have occasional flashes of inspiration, it will take a little more effort to play smoothly now.
With the lessons of the Suns and Nuggets, Zen masters began to pay attention to the physical problems of players, and there are many veterans on the inside, and they must arrange their playing time reasonably. Kobe Bryant and Gasol's playing time was reduced again, to 32 minutes.