After a busy weekend, Yahi returned to Boston from Portland the next morning, returned home to recuperate, and set off for TD Garden to prepare for the evening game against the Denver Nuggets. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Denver Nuggets, the team that once created the legend of the Black Eight in the hands of Uncle Mu, and the Western Conference Finals team that once had the golden twin guns of Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, is not having a good time now, in fact, in the past 20 years, the Denver Nuggets have not achieved any very good results, but there is almost no time when they are at the bottom of the league, most of the time they are at the middle level, not up or down.

When you play well, you can reach the playoffs or even the Western Conference finals, and when you don't play well, you will be ranked around 9-10 in the West, and you are just a little bit away from the playoffs.

This year's Nuggets still maintain a ten-year routine, 2 wins and 2 losses since the start of the regular season, ranking ninth in the West, several starters of the team have relatively average scores, this is a mediocre team, this kind of team generally plays more stable, will not suddenly erupt, but will not intermittently aberration, for the Celtics to deal with such a team is not to underestimate the enemy, just play steadily.

After being killed by the Cavaliers, the players of the Celtics were holding back their energy, and the Denver Nuggets, who came to challenge at this moment, undoubtedly became the object of venting for the players!

Away from the Celtics, who ranked second in the East, the Nuggets did not dare to be careless, and discharged the strongest lineup, the center was served by the strong interior Nicola Nurkic, in fact, another interior Yusuf Nurkic can also be qualified to start, but in the face of a flexible center like Al Horford, Nuggets coach Melvin Hunter still lined up with a more mobile Nukic.

At the power forward position, the Nuggets are still started by team captain Cornes Faried, nicknamed "Half-Orcs".

The small forward was selected before Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, and in the end, coach Hunt still started the more balanced Gallinari, and put the more attacking Chandler on the bench, intending to be the sixth man to support the firepower on the bench.

The shooting guard position has always been the weakness of the Nuggets in recent years, but after selecting Jamal Murray of the University of Kentucky last year, the rookie contributed an average of nearly 13 points per game in his first season, showing good potential, and in the new season, Murray has naturally become the starting point in this position, and Murray's projection ability is exactly what the Nuggets have always needed on the outside!

In the playmaking back position, it is still the combination of Emmanuel Moodier as the starter and Jamal Nelson as the substitute.

In this way, the starting lineup of the Denver Nuggets is:

Center: Nikola Nukic, 2.11m;

Power forward: Kones Faried, 2.03m;

Small forward: Danilo Gallinari, 2.08m;

Shooting guard: Jamal Murray, 1.93m;

Organizational defender: Emmanuel Moodier, 1.96m.

There are no glaring holes in this lineup, but it is clear that there are no particularly bright star players either.

The game between the Celtics and the Nuggets was just as it was on the books, the game between the two teams was very anxious at the beginning of the game, and even when the Celtics were a little relaxed, the Nuggets took a brief lead.

However, after the main force reappeared in the second quarter, in a wave of Paul and Ye Hai, the Celtics quickly played an 11-2 small climax and opened the score all at once. This is exactly the explosive ability that the Nuggets don't have!

In the third quarter, when Horford and Yahai led other players to the court, there was another wave of 8-0 climax, and with the team's two waves of small climaxes in the game, the Celtics had a thrilling 104-84 defeat of the Nuggets.

After scoring less than 20 in the last game, Ye Hai scored 20+ again in this game against the Nuggets, shooting 10 of 18 from the field, including 2 of 3 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 28 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

In the confrontation with the Nuggets Gallinari and Chandler, Ye Hai suddenly felt that his play was much easier, perhaps because he had just faced James, the pressure was much less, and after the actual face-to-face comparison, Ye Hai understood why James is the first person in the league today.

In addition to the physical and technical differences, James' big-picture vision and insight on the court are also several notches higher than the Nuggets' two forwards.

As the main force, Gallinari and Ye Hai have been in opposition for the longest time, this projection type of forward is actually more afraid of Ye Hai who is so flexible and able to jump, every time he shoots, Ye Hai's arm is raised in front of him, so the shooting rate is greatly affected, and after the whole game, Gallinari only handed over 17 shots and 5 of them, which is far worse than the 54% shooting rate before going to the game.

And Chandler, who came off the bench, was originally pinned on by Nuggets coach Hunter to strengthen the firepower of the bench, who knew that he met Jack Crowder, who was squeezed to the bench by Ye Hai, when Chandler, who had a hot offensive style, met Crowder, who had a hot defensive style, it was another good show! Although Chandler contributed 12 points, he only made 4 of 13 shots, which was not efficient, and basically relied on free throws to score, and Crowder also received 5 fouls because of this! The roles of the two cancel each other out.

Paul continued to play steadily, with 23 points and 14 assists, Horford had 24 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks, Brandon Rush made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points, and Amir Johnson had eight points and nine rebounds.

Compared with the sluggish forward group that has played well in the past, the Nuggets have been stable in other positions, with Nukic scoring a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds, Moodier scoring 17 points and 7 assists, and Murray scoring 15 points.

After beating the Nuggets, the Celtics continued to solidify their second spot in the East, following the 5-0 Cavaliers with a 4-1 record.

Everyone was in a good mood to get back to the game, with Ben Bentil whistling and dancing mechanically in the locker room, Paul and Amir Johnson playing online PK basketball on their phones, and Horford and Crowder discussing where to go for dinner in the evening...... Ye Hai looked at the peaceful scene in the locker room, and finally completely unveiled the haze of the last loss!

At this time, head coach Stevens walked into the locker room, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and said: "Congratulations to everyone for another victory, this victory has allowed us to temporarily stand in the second place in the East, but we must not relax, you know, in November we have a relatively easy schedule, December is hell, so in order to get a good regular season record, get a good ranking, we have to win as many games as we can in November, Pave the way for the devil's schedule to come! ”

"No problem!" The players responded in unison with loud voices!

Two days later, the team stepped on a plane to Washington, D.C., where they will take on John Wall's Washington Wizards on Thursday, November 10. (To be continued.) )