Chapter 113: Successive battles

On the evening of January 12, the Timberwolves traveled to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Nuggets for their third meeting this season.

To be honest, the Timberwolves are still not optimistic about this game, although the current Nuggets are not the top team in the league, in the eyes of many media people, the ceiling of this plateau jumper team is limited to the Western Conference Finals, and the championship is still a distant dream.

But in the long regular season, the Denver Plateau remains an insurmountable peak that has made all the challengers in the league feel relevant.

This is not false, the fans in the Denver Plateau are fanatical, and they will automatically apply a group buff of the Plateau Jump Shot Team with a layer of buff attributes, and the Denver Nuggets with full morale and physical strength are something that no team dares to underestimate.

Not to mention, Denver people also have a dreaded altitude sickness, Denver is located on the Colorado Plateau, and the home team Nuggets' home of the Pepsi Center is 1,606 meters above sea level.

You must know that the Utah Jazz Energy Solutions Arena is located in Salt Lake City, which is about 1,300 meters above sea level.

The altitude difference of 300 meters is enough to make people's hearts tighten.

That's the deterrent power of the NBA's league's highest altitude arena!

The game will be about Nuggets leader Anthony putting on a stunning scoring performance, and let's be honest, the Timberwolves' record of losing their first two games to the Denver Nuggets has left a deep-rooted impression on many expert media.

"The Timberwolves are no match for the Denver Nuggets!"

Many experts in the data stream have proved this with "facts", they listed the on-court efficiency values of the Denver Nuggets and Timberwolves, based on the shooting analysis of each player, which is mixed with a series of professional basketball data analysis such as "shooting hot zone", "shooting percentage" and "average return per game" to enhance the correctness of their conclusions.

Finally, they talked about their thoughts on the Timberwolves, saying that the Timberwolves still have a long future ahead and that they need a longer season to grow and gain experience.

A simple and clear sentence, "Too young, too simple Tucson breaks!" "It fully exposes the inner feelings of a group of arrogant experts in North America for the Timberwolves.

The night before the game, Li Shihao blocked all external interference and sat alone in the team's video playback room, the whole room was dim, no lights were turned on, only the light and shadow on the screen were constantly flashing.

Lee watched the footage of Chauncey Billups' fight as he prepares for the upcoming match.

Honestly, Chauncey Billups is a dangerous opponent, and even though he is 33 years old, the former championship guard of the Pistons still retains his true character as a killer in key moments.

The year before, Chauncey was traded by the Pistons to the Denver Nuggets, and the wanderer who had been on multiple teams finally returned to his hometown of Denver.

After returning to his hometown of Highlands after a long absence, Chauncey Billups obviously rejuvenated the second spring of his career, not only being selected for the NBA's third facelift, but also leading the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals, much to the delight of Denver people who have not been able to break through the first round for many years.

In Li Shihao's view, the most terrifying thing in the Nuggets' lineup is not the super scorer Carmelo Anthony, but the low-key and simple Billups who sits in the backcourt, the 33-year-old veteran, whose lethality at critical moments is particularly amazing, and anyone who dares to underestimate him will die a miserable death.

In last year's playoffs, in the first game of the first round against the New Orleans Hornets led by "Queen Bee" Paul, Chauncey went straight to the first game, shooting eight of nine three-pointers in the first game, almost equaling the three-point record of nine of nine in NBA history.

Last year was the peak of Queen Bee Paul, "King of Fighters" Tyson Chandler was traded to Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for the young Emeka Okafor, and Chris Paul became the absolute core of the Hornets.

That year, he ushered in a year of explosive statistics and honors, averaging 22 per game. 8 points, 11 assists, 2. 8 steals, not only selected as the NBA's best defensive first team and best second team, but also strongly defended the league's assist and steal kings.

Paul, the queen bee who was in his prime, was still defeated by the Denver Nuggets led by Chauncey Billups in the playoffs, and the queen Bee Paul could only regret being out.

It was in that round of the playoffs that everyone realized how terrible Chaunci Billups was, and that this key gentleman was not yet old, and he still had the ability to influence the situation of the game.

This season is Li Shihao's first season, he lost to Chauncy Billups twice, and was restricted to death by the old Chauncy twice in a row, and his offensive and defensive strength could not be fully played, and the rhythm of the whole team's game was affected and fell into stagnation.

After experiencing it firsthand, Li Shihao realized that this grassroots former FMVP is definitely one of the most threatening killers in the league's No. 1 position today, and he is far from being as mediocre and harmless as he looks.

To be honest, although Li Shihao was at a disadvantage in the first two games against Chauncey Billups, he still learned a lot, whether it was defense, shot timing and stable rhythm, Chaunci Billups did a good job, and his game experience was far better than that of the young Li Shihao.

It is for this reason that Lee Se Ho will carefully watch Chauncey's match footage before the match and study the method of playing against Chauncey Billups.

In the end, after four quarters of fierce battle, Li Shihao led the Timberwolves to snatch a victory from the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Lee Shihao scored 19 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals to score the first triple-double of his career and lead the Timberwolves to defeat the Denver Nuggets, a powerhouse in the West.

In this game, Anthony scored 44 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists, and in the third quarter, he scored 13 points on his own, and it was still difficult to save the defeat.

The Timberwolves were organized by Li Shihao in the first two quarters, and established a huge advantage of 22 points through stable offensive and defensive efficiency, and Li Shihao's score in this game was not high, only 19 points of scoring data, far lower than his average score per game.

But in tonight's game, he successfully suppressed the Denver Nuggets in rhythm, especially in the third quarter, which made Anthony frequently stuck in a single loop, and the entire Denver Nuggets' offensive and defensive rhythm was greatly disrupted in the third quarter.

When Anthony is obsessed with playing alone, the chemistry of the whole team instantly drops to the freezing point, and there is no tacit understanding at all.

Chauncy Billups, even if he wanted to regroup and get back to his rhythm, was powerless.

Lee Se-ho used the rhythm-controlled method he learned from Chauncey Billups to successfully defeat Chauncey's Denver Nuggets and avoid the crisis of being swept by the season.

Give someone a taste of their own medicine.

The Timberwolves have won two straight games and moved up to ninth place in the West, tied with the Houston Rockets for ninth.