Chapter 454: Another Challenge (Part 2)

On the evening of Jan. 29, the Clippers took on the Nuggets at Pepsi Center in Denver.

For this kind of short trip, Min Congda followed the whole team to the Denver Plateau.

The Nuggets entered a rebuilding period after a big trade last season.

Carmelo Anthony's departure has given the Nuggets a lot of chips.

Chandler, Gallinari, Mozgov, send away an Anthony, and make up half of the team rotation.

In the eyes of most fans, especially New York fans, the deal is definitely worth it.

Historically, a superstar like Anthony is hard to come by.

Once a trade opportunity arises, you must stud, even if you hollow out the team, you have to get such a superstar.

Before the Celtics got Kevin Garnett and the Heat got O'Neal, they all came to the team enough competitiveness and championship.

The so-called gross ticket for whole money, five pieces for one piece for five yuan, is the truth.

It's just that whether Anthony can reach the heights of Garnett and O'Neal in terms of strength and influence is a big question mark.

At least in the 2011 playoffs, the Anthony + Stoudemire Jr. combination didn't show enough competitiveness.

They were easily beaten down by the aging Celtics in the playoffs, and they didn't put up much resistance.

In the new season, the New Yorkers have signed championship center Chandler to strengthen the team's interior basket protection.

It remains to be seen whether they will be able to revive New York.

And the Nuggets are undoubtedly rebuilding again, and the 2003 pick brought Anthony to Denver, bringing hope.

After eight years of unhappy separation, Anthony left some good memories for the Nuggets, but the imprint didn't seem deep enough.

After all, they are still missing a championship trophy and a championship ring.

The Nuggets, who overthrew the rebuild, didn't suddenly become the belly of the West, and began to fight for the next top pick.

Instead, under George Carr's leadership, the Nuggets re-emerged as a front-line Praetorian Guard, taking the team basketball route.

Since the '90s, George Carr has been fond of building multi-forward, flexible offensive teams.

There's never a shortage of beastly forwards on his team, plenty of all-rounders, and a solid traditional point guard as a moderator.

From Payton, to Kassel, to Billups, to Andre Miller, this is George Carr's old bottle.

This time the old bottle was filled with new wine, and the Nuggets had a pretty good start to the season.

Before this game against the Clippers, the Nuggets had won 6 in a row!

The record climbed all the way to fifth place in the West.

That included a five-game winning streak on the road, showing the strength of the Nuggets.

It feels like the Denver Nuggets are going to be a dark horse this season.

Among them, on January 21, the Nuggets challenged the New York Knicks on the road.

The meeting between the newcomer and the old master can be described as very eye-catching, and they have experienced a big battle of double overtime!

Carmelo Anthony didn't play well against the Nuggets, scoring 25 points on 10-of-30 shooting.

Gallinari, who was sent away by the Knicks in exchange for Anthony, scored a game-high 37 points.

slapped Knicks management and fans in the face with a stunning performance.

The morale of the Nuggets team also soared because of this, and they won one victory after another, and they were in the limelight.

Therefore, before the game, Min Congda boldly predicted that the Clippers would lose this game!

"According to Tyronn Lue's law of conservation of character, the last game the Clippers beat the Grizzlies, this one is definitely going to lose, there is no chance!"

As the so-called end of science is metaphysics, when it is impossible to explain some things with science and reason, it is better to believe in character, merit, and luck.

Min Congda found that since Tyronn Lue coached the Clippers, the team has not won or lost in a row, it is all one loss, one win, another loss, and another win.

Won against the Grizzlies in the last game, so isn't this loss to the Nuggets too much?

The Nuggets are so strong, the front line is so powerful, and there are so many talents at the No. 3 position, the Clippers deserve to lose.

Since the beginning of the 09-10 season, the No. 3 position is a shortcoming, and Min Congda knows that this is not strengthened.

He also knows that the importance of the No. 3 position in the league will become more prominent in the future, but the more he does this, the less he will strengthen the small forward.

LeBron James, he refused, and traded Iguodala or something, the real deal came and the Clippers didn't take off?

In the past two years, although the draft has selected three No. 3 players, in Min Congda's opinion, none of them is good.

George is too soft, Leonard is too stiff, Butler is too short, it's hard to make a big deal!

George has played well this season and has become a stable rotation.

And Leonard and Butler occasionally appeared, and most of the time they still sat on the bench to study.

The team's starting small forward has always been guest Ricky Davis, Min Congda's good brother.

Davis has changed his mind, increased his power and projection, and has become a solid 3-and-D player for the team.

However, this season he is a year older, his form has dropped significantly, and his defensive efficiency is much worse than last season.

Facing the younger, more talented No. 3 players in the league, Davis was a little overwhelmed.

Like in the last game against the Grizzlies, Butler scored 21 points on Ricky Davis' head.

Ricky Davis is more about his versatility, as well as his attributes and ability to attack with the ball.

His offensive significance, his connection significance, is greater than his role in the starter.

Tyronn Lue is aware of this, but he doesn't have the courage to put Davis on the bench yet.

After all, Ricky Davis's starting position was promoted by Min Congda, how could he move casually?

And the biggest problem with Ricky Davis playing the No. 3 position is his height.

Although his registered height is 201, he is actually only about 198, otherwise he would not be able to play shooting guard.

Now the forward line is developing in the direction of taller, and Gallinari and Chandler are both tall forwards.

This makes Ricky Davis a clear disadvantage when defending.

After the start of the game, the two sides engaged in tentative attack and defense.

At the beginning of the game, the Nuggets scored on the inside after two consecutive blocks and pick-and-rolls.

On the contrary, the Clippers don't have a good shooting touch.

Curry, as the team's shooting vane, missed two three-point shots in the opening game.

As soon as he saw that Curry couldn't shoot three-pointers, Min Congda was happy and thought to himself, "It's stable tonight!" ”

As a third-year player, Curry's three-point stability needs to be further improved.

Compared to when he first entered the league, Curry has become a lot stronger, but still not strong enough.

And being strong is the foundation of stability, and Harden is much stronger in comparison.

But Harden didn't know if he went to a villa to party yesterday.

Today's first mid-range jumper from the outside turned out to be three misses, allowing the Nuggets to get a backcourt rebound and counterattack.

Andre Miller made a long pass to the frontcourt, and Chandler squeezed Ricky Davis inside with not too fast speed.

The layup was hit, and it also caused Davis's foul!

Hitting a three-pointer, the Nuggets beat the Clippers 7-0 in the opening game.

The plateau home field, poor hand, has been cursing their general manager.

Tonight is another challenge for them.

Some people died, but not completely......