Wang Chao's brutal and violent collision directly knocked Jokic to the ground.

The white fat man only felt a sudden surge of power, stood unsteadily, sat on the ground, and then looked at Wang Chao with a shocked face.

has been a teammate for several years, and this is the first time Jokic has been hit by Wang Chao head-on, he has always known how strong Wang Chao's confrontation and strength are, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.

You know, although Jokic is not known for his strength, he weighs nearly 130 kilograms, and there are very few players in the league who weigh more than him in the main center, which also makes him able to dominate any opponent in the game with tonnage.

He finally understood why other teams would be scored by Wang Chao with all kinds of ease no matter how they were targeted.

Wang Chao rode Jokic, and the home court of the Brooklyn Nets actually caused a cheer from the fans, and many fans really didn't care who won or lost this game, even if their own team lost, it didn't matter, after all, there were not many opportunities for them to see Wang Chao's performance at home in the future.

If the two teams meet in the Finals in the playoffs, they will definitely support their own team, the Nets, to win, but in this non-critical regular season game, fans still want to cheer and applaud Wang Chao, who brought them the championship.

It's just that this kind of cheer sounds extremely harsh to Durant.

The Nets attacked, Paul dribbled past half the court, and immediately saw Durant who actively raised his hand to take the initiative to ask for the ball.

Paul didn't dwell too much on it and passed the ball to the opponent decisively.

The newcomer Paul knows very well that although he is also a top star, when he comes to the Nets, he is the second oldest player on the team, and he is here to assist Durant in the championship competition.

Now Durant is dissatisfied with Wang Chao's knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and if he wants to fight back, he must hand over the ball to him.

It's just that after Durant received the pass, he found that it was not Wang Chao who stood in front of him, but a player he had no impression of.

P. J. Tucker.

A player who was previously unknown.

Tucker, who entered the league in the second round in '06, only played one season in the league and then moved overseas to several national leagues in Israel, Ukraine, Italy, and Germany, and finally returned to the NBA in the 12-13 season.

But his performance in the NBA is still tepid, and last season's average of 7 points and 6 rebounds per game was just a role player's performance.

Even now, the Nuggets have won 5 consecutive wins in the regular season, but many people still don't understand why the Nuggets management, or Wang Chao, gave Tucker a 4-year, 32 million contract, although now that the salary cap is skyrocketing, a contract with an annual salary of 8 million can only be regarded as a full middle-class contract.

You must know that Tucker is no longer young, by 2018, he will be 33 years old, and this four-year contract will directly keep Tucker at 37 years old.

In the previous games, Tucker's performance was the worst among the starters, not only averaging less than 5 points per game, but also shooting just over 40% from the field.

And now, when the Nuggets and Nets face each other, it is Tucker who defends Durant instead of Wang Chao, which is really surprising.

After all, Wang Chao is recognized as the strongest player in the league today for outside defense and one of the best players for defending Durant.

Don't let him defend Durant, Wang Chao is also big enough.

As for Wang Chao, of course, he dared to let Tucker defend Durant, because whether it was the Rockets' resistance to the Warriors or the Bucks against the Nets later, Tucker was the main force in defending Durant.

Admittedly, judging from the final result, neither the Rockets nor the Bucks have been able to limit Durant, and the opponent has always been the best player on the team.

But Tucker's consumption of Durant is real, in fact, a player of Durant's level cannot be limited by one-on-one single defense, even if Wang Chao personally defends, it is impossible to completely prevent Durant from scoring.

Tucker, as one of the best defensive experts who will be recognized as defending Durant in the future, is completely correct in using his strength to suppress Durant and forcing the opponent to expend more physical strength.

Wouldn't it be nice to let Tucker go shopping with Durant, and Wang Chaoda can put all his energy into the offensive end?

At this time, in the face of Tucker's defense, Durant chose to hold the ball to break through the emergency stop jump shot, but Tucker's defense was extremely aggressive, and he constantly hit Durant with his chest when he made physical contact, destroying the opponent's center of gravity.

Durant, who was only 108 kilograms, was squeezed by Tucker, who was 118 kilograms, and barely shot but missed, and Gobert steadily protected the defensive rebound.

Of course, Tucker can't always defend Durant, when he found that Tucker was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and couldn't use his speed to quickly get rid of the opponent, Durant decisively changed his style of play, from outside offense to interior offense, and didn't even need to dribble after receiving the ball on the inside, and shot directly from mid-range jumpers.

Durant's move is used to replace it with anyone who defends him, with a height of more than 2.11 meters and an arm span of 2.28 meters, it is extremely difficult to defend the frontal jumper, and even if some taller players can cause some defensive interference to it, it is not enough to affect Durant, who is at the top of the mid-range shooting ability.

This trick Durant is often used in the face of Wang Chao, Leonard, these top defenders on the outside, after all, his dribbling level is average, and in the face of some ordinary players, he can also use the skills of breaking through the outside, against Wang Chao and Leonard, too much dribbling will only lead to mistakes and be broken.

Durant, who only used a mid-range jumper to score successfully, did not have much sense of accomplishment in his heart.

A little-known Tucker, who was actually forced to use the advantage of height and arm span to bet on the quality of his hand, how could he be happy? There is still a Wang Chao on the Nuggets' side!

Durant's consecutive singles managed to score, but the Nets became the side behind them, and the offensive firepower on the Nuggets' side greatly exceeded the Nets' expectations, to be precise, the Nets' level of performance on the defensive end has dropped too much compared to last season.

Last season's Nets, on the defensive end, there was Wang Chao, the god of the sea, and any player who broke into the interior with the ball basically had to face Wang Chao's supplementary defense, and the offensive efficiency was naturally greatly reduced.

But now it's different, after Wang Chao left the team, the Nets instantly didn't have players who could take the lead on the defensive end, Jokic could attack, not to mention the defense, heavy and slow, he couldn't defend against outside players at all, Durant due to the advantage of physical condition, his defensive ability was still good when he got serious, but his physical limitations made him unable to take care of both offensive and defensive ends at the same time.

The Nets' defensive problems have actually been exposed at the beginning of the season, and the opponents they faced in the first few games have scored very high points, and it is also thanks to the Nets' higher offensive firepower than them that they have maintained their current winning rate.

But when the Nets faced the Nuggets, the problem was immediately exposed.

As the brains of the team, Paul found for the first time that the offensive firepower of the two teams is almost comparable, although the Nets have Durant, Booker and Jokic, the three main scoring points, but the offensive firepower of the Nuggets side of Wang Chao plus Mitchell and Murray is not bad at all, and the Nets may be able to have a slight upper hand, but compared with the defensive performance of the two teams, it is completely different.

The Nuggets' defense is too strong!

With Tucker single-handedly defending Durant, Wang Chao was able to liberate himself and join forces with Gobert to build an interior defense, making the entire Nuggets' interior defense impregnable!

Paul, who is good at breaking through with the ball, feels like his eyelids are jumping just by looking at it.

He also immediately realized that the Nets, who seemed to have a stronger lineup, were not only at an advantage over the Nuggets, who had a balanced offense and defense, but were at a disadvantage.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that no one alone can limit Wang Chao's score is the most fatal loophole.

Durant, who has to bother to confront Tucker on the offensive end, has to keep an eye on Wang Chao on the defensive end, where can he be busy?

is also the main point of attack in the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao scored more easily and efficiently than Durant.

As a result, in the first quarter of the game, Durant shot 4 of 8 and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points, and the efficiency was decent, while Wang Chao shot 6 of 7, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

The difference between the scores of the two core main players is directly reflected in the overall score of the two teams, so in the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets led the Nets by 7 points at 36:29.

What's worse is that in the first quarter of the game, Durant was both offensive and defensive, and Durant, who was seriously physically exhausted, could only rest in the second quarter of the game, while on the Nuggets' side, Wang Chao continued to stay on the court.

The Nuggets fired on firepower, tearing apart the Nets' already broken defense, scoring 40 points in a single quarter.

The Nets collapsed in the middle of the game and had to replace Durant to try to stabilize the situation, but even so, the Nets only scored 27 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, the score was 76-56, and the Nuggets had a 20-point lead.

This game process was a bit blindsided for the Nets' home fans.

They wanted to see Wang Chao's wonderful performance again, and they also thought that the Nets might lose this game, but they really didn't think that their team would lose so badly.

This is a combination of Paul + Durant + Booker + Jokic! Although Booker and Jokic are still very immature, they can already reach the All-Star level in terms of individual performance, and such a luxurious lineup was unilaterally beaten by the Nuggets of the civilian lineup?

In particular, Paul, as the league's top point guard, played a disappointing first half, scoring only 4 points on 1-of-6 shooting, only 3 assists in the half, and 2 turnovers.

Not to mention comparing with Wang Chao, even compared with Mitchell, who is opposite him on the Nuggets' side, it is slightly inferior.

Mitchell, who is not afraid of tigers, was unusually positive against Paul in this game, scoring six points on 3-of-5 shooting in the first half.

The two are of similar height, but Mitchell has an absolute advantage in terms of arm span and physical fitness, and Paul, who was known for his speed, couldn't keep up with the opponent's speed when defending Mitchell.

It's not surprising that Paul, who was born in 1985, is now almost 33 years old.

As the so-called boxing is afraid of being less strong, although Paul's age can still be regarded as the peak state of an athlete, it is definitely not comparable to that of the twenties, especially a player like Paul who has suffered a lot of injuries after a long season, and his explosiveness and speed have been slightly affected, he certainly can't compare with the energetic Mitchell who has just entered the league.

As for Booker and Jokic......

Booker's strength lies in mid-to-long-range shooting, and before he really became the core of the team, his scoring ability and explosiveness on the court were limited by the ball and could not be fully played.

Jokic was even worse, as he met Gobert on the inside.

In a few years, Jokic could have done it to the extent of hanging Gobert on the inside.

However, the current Jokic's strength has not grown to the level of the future interior core, and he is still facing Gobert, who is known for his ability to protect the rim under the basket, and the results speak for themselves.

What's more, in the Nets, the ball has always been highly concentrated in the hands of Durant and Paul, and Jokic, who needs the ball to play effectively, has not raised his head at all.

Last season, when Wang Chao was on the court, he occasionally gave Jokic some balls and let him play freely.

When it was Paul's turn to join the Nets, Jokic basically rarely got the ball in the high post, and made organizational strategies and offense.

There is no way, with Paul, the master of controlling the court, when the ball is in the hands of others, Paul's usefulness will be greatly reduced.

Originally, when he joined the Rockets in history, because the core of the Rockets was Harden, Paul could sacrifice part of the ball and hand it over to Harden to deal with, but in the Nets, Durant took up a lot of the ball, so what are you Jokic? Do you want to run to the top arc position and hold the ball? Let you hold the ball, so what am I doing on the field?

Paul himself is a more controlling player with a strong personality, even in the Rockets partner Harden and other MVP-level top stars, two seasons later, the two have irreconcilable conflicts because of the concept of play, and they can naturally feel the threat that Jokic brings to him.

According to Jokic's future technical characteristics, he is not suitable for partnering with a ball-handling core, because he himself is a ball-handling core player, and the most suitable teammates around him are players like Murray and Booker who do not need to hold the ball and can play without the ball.

Therefore, when Paul and Jokic are on the same team, the role they play is basically equivalent to 1+1 less than 2, either Paul can't play his due strength, or Jokic can't play.

It is also thanks to the support of Wang Chao last season that Jokic has played a certain value, otherwise he will definitely be pressed by Paul and can't raise his head at all.

Even so, Jokic got few opportunities in this game, and more often than not, he received the ball inside and singled Gobert with his back.

Jokic is strong in the face of the frame, and although he can play with his back on the inside, he is not particularly efficient, especially against the top basket protector Gobert.

Durant, Paul, and Jokic were all suppressed in the game, and only one Booker was left, and naturally it didn't have much effect.

As a result, in the second half of the game, the Nets tried to set off a counterattack several times, but they were easily suppressed by the Nuggets, and the final score of the two teams was 126:104, and the Nuggets beat their opponents by 22 points at the Nets' home court, defeating their rivals while winning six consecutive victories! (End of chapter)