The Trail Blazers, the No. 3 seed in the West, faced the No. 6 seed Nuggets in the first round. In fact www.biquge.info the Trail Blazers have a psychological advantage over the Nuggets, and in the second game after the All-Star Weekend, Ye Feng led the team to a big victory of more than 20 points, and it was also after that game that the team's morale began to rise, and the third place was solidified.

At that time, after the Nuggets sent away the team's number one star Anthony, experts believed that their strength would drop significantly, and they might even miss the playoffs, but the Nuggets still used their team offense to shoot the sixth place in the West. The main body of the deal was Anthony, and the Nuggets also traded Billups, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter and Reinaldo Balkman in order to trade him.

And the Knicks sent almost half of their team, and also pulled the Timberwolves, and in the end, the Nuggets got a reward: Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, Costa Kouvers and the Knicks' 2014 first-round pick, the Warriors' 2012, 2013 second-round picks and 3 million cash, it can be said that the Nuggets have completely changed their faces, and their tactics are completely different from the original.

Under George Carr's tutelage, new signings Gallinari and Chandler became the Nuggets' scoring arrows, but they rarely carried the ball and singled out like Anthony, but instead used constant running to pull the defense and then shoot directly in the open space. Although both of these can only be regarded as second-rate stars in the league, when combined with Karl's run-and-gun tactics, they are extremely powerful, making the Nuggets a famous track and field team in the league.

However, the Trail Blazers are not afraid of such a team, they are also an offensive team, but because of the player's own ability, the interior and exterior defense is not bad, and even the outside defense can be said to be the best in the league. However, they prefer to play against their opponents and are confident that they can score more points than their opponents to win, and the scores of the last time they faced each other said a lot.

The first game took place on April 16 local time at the Rose Garden Arena. After the end of the regular season, tickets for the first game of the playoffs have been sold out, and even the black market has begun to speculate on VIP tickets in the front row. The reason is simple, it was almost the best game of the first round. The East side may also be a little interesting for the Celtics vs Knicks, after all, the Knicks form the twin stars of Anthony and Stoudemire, and their battle against the Celtics Big Four is also quite intense.

On the night of the game, Trail Blazers fans entered early to find their seats and sat down, with banners and slogans lining the stands at the Rose Garden Arena. Many crazy fans have painted their faces in red and white, which is clearly the main color of the Trail Blazers' logo and jersey, as a way to prove that they are die-hard fans and want to support a team that gets off to a good start to this year's playoffs.

McMillan didn't do anything, the overall strength of the Trail Blazers is above the Nuggets, and there is no need for him to take the lead in changing formations and playing some tricks that he hasn't played before. So the Trail Blazers still used the previous starting lineup, point guard Miller, point guard Matthews, small forward Ye Feng, big forward Aldridge, and center Camby. The Nuggets' Karl fielded the strongest lineup he could field, point guard Lawson, point guard Chandler, small forward Gallinari, power forward Kenyon Martin, and center Nene.

In fact, the Nuggets are a very typical big man lineup, except for Lawson and Nene, the other three are all wings, Chandler 2.03 meters, Martin 2.06 meters, Gallinari 2.08 meters. However, in Karl's opinion, they are fully capable of playing Nuggets-style games, and height is not an issue. In fact, this lineup is not the first time that the Nuggets have used it, and they still performed very well in the regular season, which is the fundamental reason why Carl is relieved to start like this. Moreover, Karl used Gallinari as the No. 3 position in order to compete with Ye Feng, and he believed that with the height of the Italian, he could suppress Ye Feng's defense.

But at the beginning of the game, Carl frowned, Gallinari did get the ball, but he was also pasted up by Ye Feng while receiving the ball, and he was squeezed and couldn't move. For a player like Gallinari, Ye Feng adhered to the advice given to him by McMillan before the game, and adopted a strategy of letting go of the sudden and not letting go, completely locking the space for Gallinari to shoot. Gallinari was very uncomfortable, he knew that he would definitely be blocked if he jumped and shot, but he didn't believe in his half-bucket breakthrough technique, so he had no choice but to give the ball to Lawson to reorganize the offense.

Lawson controlled the ball at the top of the arc and glanced left and right, only to find that his teammates on the outside were all killed by the Trail Blazers, and Martin and Nene were also not very strong shooters. Miller had the intention to defend Lawson, but he had no other advantage other than his height, and Lawson was a small man of 1.8 meters, and he easily shook Miller and went straight inside after changing directions continuously.

The Trail Blazers had no one to defend, they believed in the role of Camby under the basket, and sure enough, just as Lawson was about to put the ball into the basket, the experienced Camby waited and slapped Lawson's layup on the rebound, and Aldridge on the side was quick to grab the position before Martin, and took the rebound very easily. However, he didn't hand it to Miller, but threw it at the Nuggets' half, and a figure quickly stepped forward like an arrow from a string.

Aldridge's long pass across the court was just right, Ye Feng received the ball directly outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left, and he did not continue to advance with the ball, but after adjusting a little on the spot, he ignored Chandler who was chasing back and shot a three-pointer. It's not that he doesn't know that the layup is a little higher, but it's already in his range, and the ball is very comfortable, and he subconsciously wants to shoot directly in this position.

Ye Feng knew that someone was chasing after him, but he didn't care, it was very difficult to defend with three points of fast attack, even if the opponent was in place, it was likely to be out of shape for psychological reasons, and it was easy to make a foul at that time. So Ye Feng resolutely chose a three-point projection, and the basketball drew an arc in mid-air and fell directly into the Nuggets' basket. The moment the ball was scored, the whole court roared with a tsunami.