Chapter 317: The first challenge of the regular season, against the Nets

After beating the Hornets, the Nuggets beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-100 on the road.

A few seasons ago, the Hawks, who had four players named to All-Stars at the same time, are now gone.

Millsap defected to the Jazz, Horford joined the Celtics, Korver joined the Cavaliers, and Jeff. Teague also went to the Timberwolves.

The departure of the main stars has made this Eastern powerhouse fall at the speed of light, and if nothing else, the Hawks' record this season will be at the bottom of the East, the second-to-last in the league, and as a result, they got the third pick in the first round in 2018, and selected Luka. Doncic later traded with the Dallas Mavericks, whose name was changed to the Mavericks, to get a new team centerpiece, Tray. Poplar.

With such a team at the bottom of the league and aiming to compete for the NBA's top pick, the Nuggets naturally play with ease.

It's just that in this way, the Nuggets directly won a wave of 5 consecutive wins in the opening game, which is a big surprise.

"Facts have proved that Wang Chao's ability to lead the team should not be underestimated at any time, even if he leads such a team without an All-Star main team, he can still bring great surprises, and the five consecutive wins in the regular season are the best proof."

There are people who hold it, and naturally there are people who step on it.

Many people expressed disdain for the Nuggets' five-game winning streak in the opening game.

"Isn't it just winning against a few of the league's bottom teams? What is there to boast about? We have never denied that Wang Chao is powerful, with him, the Nuggets must be one of the top strong teams in the league, and it is natural to win against those weak teams, but in the face of those strong teams in the league, it is difficult to win with Wang Chao's single-core leader. ”

The words are not rough, the Nuggets at the beginning of the game several opponents are really not strong, and they can't explain the problem.

However, on October 29, the Nuggets will go to Brooklyn in the sixth game to challenge the biggest favorite to win the championship in the new season, and the Brooklyn Nets, the former club of Wang Chao.

On the one hand, the Nuggets will face the biggest challenge since the start of the new season, and on the other hand, Wang Chao will return to Brooklyn to challenge his old club and face off directly with his old teammate Durant who had conflicts in the Finals due to FMVP, which greatly satisfies the curiosity of fans to eat melons and gossip.

On the day of the game, the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, was packed, and all the Nets fans came to watch the game.

Before the start of the game, the general manager of the Nets first presented Wang Chao with the championship ring of last season on the spot, and it can be seen from the thunderous applause and cheers of the audience that the Nets fans welcomed Wang Chao.

There was no one on the scene to slander or abuse Wang Chao, even if he left the Nets this summer without any nostalgia, and he walked very decisively.

Wang Chao's departure is not at all wrong in the eyes of any reasonable person, because when Wang Chao joined the Nets, he clearly said that he came to the Nets to help the poor, and when he won the championship, he would leave.

At that time, many people thought that Wang Chao was pretending to be forced, as far as the Nets' lineup at that time, I was afraid that Wang Chao would be difficult to win a championship in seven or eight years, who would have thought that in just the second year, Durant would run over and run, and then the team would have a record-breaking record of 73 wins in the regular season, and the playoffs were crushed all the way to the championship.

The Nets' first championship in decades of NBA history felt like a dream, and even now, many Nets fans feel like a dream.

And even if Wang Chao left, he still left the Nets with an extremely strong basic plate, Durant, Jokic, and Booker are still on the team, and the team has exchanged a group of bench players for All-Star point guard Chris. Paul has made the Nets the biggest favorites to win the championship again in the new season, and several outstanding players of the Nets as trade chips were all selected by Wang Chao in the draft that year.

Wang Chao is gone, but he has left them a valuable asset, so that the Nets will be the top team in the league and have the ability to compete for championships for at least the next three to five years.

If this is not worthy of their warmest applause for Wang Chao, what else is worth it?

Moreover, even the owner of the Nets promised when Wang Chao left that he would retire Wang Chao's No. 1 jersey with the Nets and build a statue for him to express his gratitude.

When Wang Chao accepted the championship ring, the players of the Nets also applauded and congratulated, but Durant, who was mixed in the crowd, had a stiff smile on his face.

The scene in front of him was not quite what he imagined.

During the finals, the two almost completely tore their faces, how could Durant, who was not big-hearted, easily pass this stubble?

Looking at Wang Chao, who calmly accepted the applause and cheers of the audience, the fire of revenge in Durant's eyes burned brightly.

"I'm going to use this win to let you know who's the boss of the Nets right now!"

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The game between the Nuggets and the Nets is the most noteworthy battle in recent times, and it is naturally broadcast live and broadcast by most TV media.

Including the domestic Huaguo Sports Channel and the United States TNT, SEPN TV stations are vying to broadcast the commentary live.

And what the audience is most willing to watch is the commentary of TNT, after all, the current TNT has a luxurious commentary group, Charles. Barkley, Shaq. O'Neill, Kenny. Smith and other well-known TV commentators commented on the game on the same stage.

As we all know, at the beginning of the regular season, Barkley once made an evaluation of the Nuggets' lineup.

"If the Nuggets can break through from the West to the Finals this season, they don't need to win the championship, as long as they can enter the Finals, I will eat a big bowl of horse manure live!"

It's not once or twice that Barkley cheated on food and drink in the live broadcast room, but it's really the first time that he has played so big.

Whether or not he actually delivers on his promise, the audience is very much looking forward to seeing it.

Now that the Nuggets are facing the Nets, the biggest favorites to win the championship, if the Nuggets can win this game, what will Barkley's expression be?

At this moment in the studio, O'Neill looked at Barkley with a wicked smile.

"Charles, before I came to work today, many people texted me, please I must ask you, what exactly does horse manure taste like, please be sure to share a new experience after you taste it."

Barkley grimaced and glanced at O'Neill unpleasantly. "Dude, I'm talking about if the Nuggets can make it to the Finals, and now it's not even December, if you want to ask this question, let's wait until June, if the Nuggets can really break into the Finals by then."

"Hehe, coincidentally, I really think the Nuggets can enter the finals, after all, they have Wang Chao." O'Neal smiled and said shyly: "I'm a super fan of Tiegen King now, he is so powerful, looking at the entire league and even the entire NBA history, I can't find a second player like this, and Michael is nothing compared to him." ”

"Yes, Wang Chao is stronger than Michael, I also recognize this, but just like Michael needs Pippen to win the championship, no matter how strong Wang Chao is, there must be at least a Pippen-like character by his side, just like Durant last season." Barkley said unconvinced: "The current Nuggets, who do you think can be Pippen?" Derek on the bench. Rose? ”

"So do you think the Nuggets are definitely not the Nets' opponent in today's game?" O'Neill asked.

"It's not that I can't win for sure, but I think in terms of lineup, the Nets have an absolute advantage in all four positions, and the Nuggets only have one advantage point for Wang Chao, the probability of the Nets winning is at least eighty percent, and the remaining two percent I am willing to leave Wang Chao, which is my recognition and respect for his strength." "But like I said, I don't think anybody can really do anything like that in the NBA. ”

"Then let's wait and see." Smith on the side took over the topic and said: "Now that the players on both sides have warmed up, the game is ready to start. ”

"The Nets' starting five are Chris. Paul, German. Booker, Demarley. Carol, Kevin. Durant and Nikola. Jokic. ”

"The Nuggets' starting five are Mitchell, Murray, Tucker, Wang Chao and Gobert."

"From a lineup point of view, the Nets do have an absolute advantage, although they lost the Super League this summer and sent Harrell, Powell and Brogdon and other high-quality potential players to the Los Angeles Clippers, but they also got top point guard Chris. Paul, retaining the overall strength of the lineup. ”

"Since the beginning of the new season, the Nets have achieved a 5-1 record, although they have lost one more game than the Nuggets, but in the process, they have defeated the Eastern rival Cleveland Cavaliers 112-107, and their dominance in the East has been fully revealed.

On the court, the starters of both teams were all in place, and Gobert and Jokic jumped the ball in the middle circle.

Jokic, known as the essence of human pork belly, has a mess of athleticism, even Gobert, who is also not good at bouncing, can easily win the jump ball, after all, although Gobert is not strong in jumping, his height of 2.16 meters and his arm span of 2.35 meters make him naturally have a great advantage in scrums.

Speaking of which, the Nets actually have a player who competes with Gobert's static talent, that is, Zhou Qi, the big demon king of China.

Because of Wang Chao, Zhou Qi was selected to the Nets last season, and under the supervision of Wang Chao, he seriously experienced a whole season of systematic intensive training.

With the blessing of Wang Chao's sparring potion, the effect of training is also much stronger than that of training under normal circumstances.

After a season, Zhou Qi has indeed grown a lot.

But even so, he still can't make it into the Nets' main rotation.

No way, although the height and arm span are the same as Gobert's, and their athletic ability is even better, even if Zhou Qi gains weight and does a lot of strength training, there is still a big gap between him and Gobert in terms of strength.

You must know that even Gobert is not known for his strength in the league, and Zhou Qi can't play the role of protecting the basket when facing a group of muscle clubs in the NBA league.

Moreover, Jokic, the Nets' main center, has improved more and more, and has become the mainstay of the team's interior, and there is very little playing time for Zhou Qi.

Now Zhou Qi can continue to stay in the Nets, he is completely the owner of the team, and the management has sold Wang Chao face, so he did not choose to trade or lay off Zhou Qi.

As for Wang Chao, everything he can do has been done, and the current Zhou Qi must be stronger than him in the Rockets in the 17-18 season, but whether he can survive in the league depends on his own efforts.

Wang Chao is not Zhou Qi's parents, even if he contributes to the Huaguo men's basketball team, he has done enough.

At this moment, Zhou Qi, who was sitting on the bench, could only watch Gobert compete for the jump ball on the court, and then silently thought in his heart that if he came to jump the ball, he would definitely be able to win Gobert.

The Nuggets possessed the ball, Mitchell dribbled across the half court, and immediately passed the ball to Wang Chao without thinking.

Although he is a point guard, as a first-year rookie, whether it is him or Murray, the tactical position of the Nuggets is biased towards fixed-point shooters, although there are also opportunities to attack with the ball, but not particularly much, and the ball is still concentrated in the hands of Wang Chao most of the time.

Seeing Wang Chao receiving the ball, all the members of the Nets were nervous, including Durant standing in front of Wang Chao.

In fact, Durant doesn't want to target Wang Chao, compared to defense, he is better at offense, and Wang Chao has completely destroyed him a few streets in terms of speed and strength, and there are 10,000 ways to get past him.

But now the Nets, he is the only one who can compete with Wang Chao, and Durant wants to win this game to prove himself, so even if he can't prevent Wang Chao, he still has to block in front of Wang Chao, even if it is just a little defensive interference to him.

Wang Chao held the ball in the top arc position, his expression was light and light, and he looked at Durant who was staring at him intently and couldn't help but smile.

"Is that how you want to win me?"

Since Wang Chao tore Durant in the finals and said the classic sentence "I am the champion before you come", the two have not spoken a word.

Wang Chao knew that Durant must hate him to the bone, but he couldn't help it, who let Durant want to grab FMVP at that time?

And now the opponent is standing in front of him, and it is clear that he wants to win this game.

Coincidentally, what does Durant want to do, he still doesn't want the other party to get his wish, since the other party wants to win this game so much, then Wang Chao will give Durant another heavy blow in this game.

Don't think that the Nets' current roster has a chance to win the championship, I haven't completed the closed loop of the Green formula yet, you better save a rest.

As he spoke, Wang Chao accelerated violently with the ball, and his super explosive power allowed him to pass Durant in the first step, rushing to the restricted area like a thunderbolt.

When Jokic under the basket saw this scene, he didn't have time to think about it at all, and immediately caught up to help defend.

This is exactly what Wang Chao wants.

The fans at the home of the Nets saw Wang Chao jumping in the restricted area, and the whole person jumped high, instantly higher than Jokic's half of his body, and Jokic, who jumped and wanted to defend, had extremely limited jumping height, which could not cause effective defensive interference to Wang Chao at all.

Under the absolute height advantage, Wang Chao directly rode Jokic with the impact and poured the basketball violence into the basket! (End of chapter)