Although they were caught off guard by the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets players were not discouraged by this, but continued to run on the court under the leadership of Lawson. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Although everyone except Lawson is a big man who is more than 2 meters tall, basically everyone except Nene is able to run.

The Trail Blazers had the upper hand on the inside, so Ye Feng consciously transferred the ball to the inside and let Aldridge play consecutive singles. Martin is indeed a quality power forward, and perhaps "was", but he has always been known for his physical prowess, defending only with his body and bounce, and he is a little powerless against a technical interior player like Aldridge who likes to shoot. What about pushing your opponent out of the basket? A shot can directly teach you how to behave.

Under Ye Feng's control, the Trail Blazers did not rush to play a quick confrontation with the opponent, in other words, he thought that the team did not need to follow the opponent around the court like a headless fly at the beginning. Although the Trail Blazers' offensive focus is on the inside, it doesn't mean that they will slow down their game, Aldridge's every possession of the ball on the inside can attract the pack, once the Nuggets start to pack, it means that there is a gap elsewhere, at this time, you can use the pass to tear up the defense, so as to create open shooting opportunities for teammates, which means that the Trail Blazers' style of quick transfer of the ball has not been lost.

But Karl was not satisfied with the offensive speed of the players on the court now, and in his opinion, his team could have played faster, so after playing most of the quarter, he replaced Nene with JR Smith to improve the team's speed a little more. I have to say that Karl's adjustment still worked, and every time he lost a point, he would snatch the score back at a faster speed, causing the Trail Blazers' two interior lines to constantly make switchbacks on the court. Aldridge said that he was young and energetic, and it didn't matter if he ran more, but Camby was a bit miserable, no matter how old he was, he couldn't help but run like this!

So McMillan also changed the lineup, he didn't continue to play to the small lineup like Karl, but replaced Camby with Ayers, and formed the interior line of the Trail Blazers with Aldridge. In fact, the roles of Ayers and Camby are the same, defense, positioning, grabbing rebounds, and by the way, deterring a few guys who dare to provoke under the team's basket, but Ayers is younger and more aggressive than Camby. When he was on the court, the Trail Blazers also increased their speed, and more importantly, he and Aldridge were able to provide rebounding protection for the Trail Blazers when they were on the floor, which the Nuggets couldn't do.

It is precisely because they are fighting hard for rebounds in the front court that the Trail Blazers got a lot of opportunities to attack twice, and they shot 8 more times than the Nuggets in a single quarter, and the shooting rate of the Trail Blazers was much better than that of the Nuggets, so they occupied the advantage in the score with strong frontcourt rebounds, leading 35-27 in the first quarter. In official basketball, rebounding is a key indicator of a team's victory, and some people have even said that "rebounding wins the world", and the performance of the Trail Blazers proves this, with frontcourt rebounds giving them a lot of opportunities to rebound, so that at least there are many more offensive opportunities than their opponents.

After the start of the second quarter, both sides sent a large number of substitutes, and in the playoffs, there are indeed few head coaches who will be bold enough to use a pure bench lineup, generally starting with substitutes to play, after all, the most important thing in every game is stability, and more substitutes will appear uncontrollable. In contrast, McMillan has more cards in his hand than Karl, he uses Fernandez and Mills to partner in the backcourt, Batum as a small forward, and boldly sends the twin towers of Camby and Pulzbilla on the inside, his intention is obvious, that is, to shoot the Nuggets to death, Camby and Pulzbilla in addition to playing the aerial relay, just focus on grabbing rebounds.

This lineup looks slow, but you must know that Mills is a master of chaos, Fernandez and Batum's shooting is also very reliable, as long as you can ensure rebounding, you can constantly impact the opponent's basket, and the two interior players basically don't expect them to score, and the other three are fine. However, the Nuggets' rotation lineup is also difficult to entangle, and one of the points where they are most helpless for the Trail Blazers is the short power forward Al Harrington, who can pull out and shoot, but the Trail Blazers' interior line can't get out, so they can only use Batum to defend. Fortunately, the Nuggets don't concentrate the ball on Harrington, and the Trail Blazers' interior is better.

The two sides were tied in the second quarter, but the Trail Blazers also led by a slight 3 points in the first quarter, which also brought the difference between the two sides to double digits. In the second half, the Trail Blazers continued to play in the first half, trying to hang the ball to Aldridge and let him use his jump shot to hit the opponent. The Nuggets simply don't cover it, if you Aldridge shoots me, I'll shoot me, I won't give you a chance to pass, as long as you come back with a three-pointer on the offensive end. But they still underestimated the defensive ability of the Trail Blazers on the outside, Matthews and Ye Feng created an iron gate on the outside, you can break through, and you are absolutely not allowed to shoot.

And the Trail Blazers didn't completely ignore the situation on the court and directly give the ball to Aldridge, they also have ace scorers on the outside, such as Ye Feng. Ye Feng's forced jump and fast shooting played a great role at this time, as long as the defender was a little distracted, he would pull out his hand directly in front of him, and the shooting rate was unexpectedly high. He and Aldridge form the Trail Blazers' two major scoring points, and the Nuggets' way is to attack, they don't want to defend, and they can't defend.

But the Nuggets' offensive efficiency is much lower than that of the Trail Blazers, especially when they don't have anyone inside to protect rebounds. Of course, their bench interior "Birdman" Chris Anderson is still a guy with a passion for rebounding, but unfortunately he doesn't have a lot of playing time, and Carl doesn't dare to gamble on him. In fact, it doesn't matter if Anderson is on the court, he can beat Aldridge but can't beat Ayers, Ayers is also a rebounding maniac, and much more physical than him. In the end, the Trail Blazers easily defeated the Nuggets 108-94 at home, and the MVP of the game was undoubtedly Aldridge, who scored a big double-double of 42 points and 17 rebounds to help the team get the series off to a good start.