Some people thought that the Nuggets might win the game, after all, Wang Chao's strength is there, even if the depth of the lineup is very different, but Wang Chao alone has the ability to create miracles.

But the difference is so big that it is still beyond everyone's imagination.

This is last year's defending champion Nets! Although the team's first core Wang Chao ran to the opposite side, the team still successfully obtained a super guard whose strength can be ranked in the top five of the league today, and the top five in the league still have to include Wang Chao, who was the main point guard last season.

This season, Wang Chao changed to power forward, and Paul's strength can be ranked in the top three among point guards in the league, second only to two-time unconventional MVP winner Curry and Westbrook, who averaged a triple-double per game last season.

Coupled with Durant, Jokic and Booker, how could such a Nets team be unilaterally beaten by the Nuggets who can't take it at all except Wang Chao?

As a result, the Nuggets' regular season record came straight to six consecutive wins.

But that's not all.

The day after the Nuggets beat the Nets, when the major media had just published and discussed various opinions on the game between the Nuggets and the Nets, the Nuggets continued to sit on the road in New York, beating the Knicks by 129-110 and 19 points, extending the winning streak to seven consecutive wins.

So far, all seven regular season games at the end of October have ended, and the Nuggets have not tasted defeat at 7-0, and the strength shown in the game has shocked the entire league.

Wang Chao is of course the biggest core contributor to the team's victory without suspense, leaving the Nets, a team that has strong scoring points in every position, his offensive firepower and forward are finally shown in the eyes of fans again.

In 7 games, Wang Chao averaged 34.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 10.6 assists per game, reaching a new high in points per game in the past four years, but at the same time, the average number of rebounds and assists per game has also declined significantly compared with previous seasons.

This is also due to the change in playing style.

The Nuggets have Gobert on their roster, and as a defensive specialist, Gobert is tasked with protecting the basket and protecting the rebound, and if he is not given the job, he will be even more useless on the court.

This is completely different from Wang Chao's previous time with the Nets and even the Rockets.

However, it is precisely because of Gobert and Tucker that Wang Chao can withdraw more energy from the defensive end and concentrate on the offensive end.

This is also the reason why his average points per game have returned to more than 30+, if it weren't for the fact that many of the previous game processes were too simple, and many times it was a standard three-quarter check-in game, Wang Chao's average score per game would only be higher.

Wang Chao is not the only one who has played an eye-catching role.

The Nuggets' starting lineup was not favored by anyone at the beginning of the season, but after seven games, the players played surprisingly well, even a little better than Wang Chao expected.

The first is Gobert, the defensive core of the interior.

Perhaps it was because he was suppressed too badly when he was with the Rockets, and during the four years of his rookie season, he always served as a substitute for other players, from being a bench substitute at the beginning, to later playing a bench for Whiteside, who successfully rose to the top, which made Gobert feel quite depressed.

Now that he has finally joined the Nuggets and become the team's starting main center, Gobert, who has a big contract that he is very satisfied with, plays very the court, and it can be said that every ball is worth fighting.

This is exactly what a good defensive player must have.

Gobert, who has an absolute static talent advantage, plays passionately and the court, and the effect is naturally very good.

The opponents of the past seven teams have all suffered the loss of Gobert's ability to protect the basket under the basket, and the body pestle, which is 2.16 meters tall and has an exaggerated arm span of 2.35 meters, is really like a monster under the basket.

Moreover, these players have to face not only Gobert, but also the Nuggets' two top mobile assistants, Wang Chao and Tucker.

The defensive system that the trio have built together has allowed the Nuggets to concede the league's highest points per game in seven games, with just 98.4 points.

In this small-ball era, there are only two teams in the league that were able to concede less than 100 points per game last season, namely the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies, and so far this season, there is only one team that has conceded less than 100 points per game.

Of course, the regular season has only been played in seven games now, which is not much for a long season of 82 games, but at least the Nuggets' defense at the beginning of the season can even limit a recognized strong team like the Nets, which is really strong.

And the Nuggets are not only strong defensively, but also not bad offensively.

Wang Chao, who averages 34.2 points per game, is currently second on the scoring list, second only to James Harden, who averages 35 points per game, and far exceeds Harden in terms of shooting percentage and efficiency.

But then again, Harden's performance at the beginning of the season also surprised Wang Chao a little.

In his memory, Harden played really well in the 17-18 season, after all, he led the Rockets to a 65-17 record in the regular season, and even the universe was suppressed for a time.

Harden's all-around balanced performance of 30.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game in the regular season also allowed him to win the regular season MVP award.

But the teams are different, the teammates are different, and Harden's situation seems to have changed slightly.

After the start of this season, Harden has a strong desire to attack, and his average number of shots per game has reached a career-high 24, and the ball possession rate is ridiculously high, but the relative personal data is also extremely luxurious, with an average of 35 points, 6.4 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game.

After all, counting the league in recent years, the players who can play such exaggerated data so easily are Wang Chao and Westbrook last season.

Judging from Harden's super dominance on the offensive end, Harden seems to be about to break out a season ahead of schedule and reproduce the classic average of 36+6+7 per game in the 18-19 season.

Of course, the protagonist is not Harden, so it's a bit off topic.

Back to the Nuggets.

In addition to Wang's efficient play, the Nuggets also have two main scoring points, namely Mitchell and Murray on the guard line.

Both players are recognized as explosive scorers in the league in the future, and both are growing rapidly.

Murray joined the league last season, has gone through a season of baptism, skills and experience have been exercised, the performance is naturally good, the past seven games average 17.8 points per game, more than a little bit better than last season's average of more than 10 points per game, especially in terms of shooting percentage, last season Murray's shooting rate was only in the early 40%, in this era of increasing efficiency is unqualified, and now, his shooting rate has reached 46%, whether it is the progress brought by the improvement of personal ability, It is also because of Wang Chao's presence that attracts all the attention and key defense of opponents, which is Murray's actual achievement.

As for Mitchell, the surprise was even greater.

Unlike Murray, who has a season's game experience, this rookie who has just landed in the league this year, has a kind of newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, as long as he has the ball in his hand and hits him, he dares to carry the explosive bag to the restricted area, and his explosive physical fitness and outstanding arm span make him lethal when hitting the basket.

Even the most experienced defensive players will have to scramble in the face of this kind of player who is not reasonable at all and is completely reckless with you.

The most typical example is when playing against the Nets, Mitchell played against Paul, and in the face of this top outside defender who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team in the past nine times, the ball is a mess, and Paul is a little bit of a mess, and the result is that he played very well in his debut in front of the god of point guard.

In this recklessness, Mitchell has also averaged 15 points per game in the past seven games, although the shooting percentage is slightly lower, only a little over 43%, but because of the full impact, he has also won a lot of free throw opportunities, and the low shooting rate is understandable.

In addition to the above three, there are several players who have also performed impressively, such as Tucker, who is quiet and not very impressive, averaging less than 6 points per game, but always brings positive feedback to the team with defense.

Another example is Kuzma, as a substitute player on the team, who has shown good vitality and development potential while sharing the playing time at the small forward position with Tucker, and has every chance to grow into a qualified main forward player or even an All-Star.

Of course, the most surprising thing is Derek, who switched to the bench after joining the Nuggets this season. Ross.

To be honest, although Rose still averaged 18+4+4 per game with the Knicks last season, no team is willing to risk a long-term contract with a high salary as his contract ends.

No way, Rose's injury is really terrifying, and many stars in the history of the league have buried their entire careers because of a torn meniscus, especially a breakthrough guard like Rose who relies heavily on speed and explosiveness to play, which is basically equivalent to a direct death sentence.

The Knicks themselves were at the bottom of the league last season, and the statistics they played were naturally not informative.

But who would have thought that Rose, who chose to join the Nuggets and play as the sixth man off the bench, would actually have the second spring of his career.

During the team's seven-game winning streak, Rose came off the bench and averaged 26 minutes per game, contributing 16 points and 4 assists, which is a slight increase in efficiency compared to last season, and the shooting rate can reach 48%, which is a new high in recent years.

The league was amazed by Rose's performance, and such a super sixth man on the bench was quite important for the team's bench to steal points.

And compared to this, Rose's change in the field is even more surprising.

Because of the knee injury, Rose has been unable to use the top ball-handling breakthrough ability he relies on on on the court to survive, and in order to maintain his offensive ability, Rose can only start to attack with pick-and-roll cover.

In fact, in the 18-19 season when the Timberwolves regained their highlight performance, Rose used the most move to play blocking and dismantling with Towns.

Regardless of Towns' soft style of play, the player's talent is real, with the most physical and mobility of any interior player, as well as accurate shooting from beyond the three-point line, with a shooting percentage of over 40 percent.

His pick-and-roll coordination with Rose worked very well, and it was because of this that he helped Rose rejuvenate the second spring of his short career.

In the Nuggets, Wang Chao's advice to Rose is also to practice more blocking and dismantling cooperation, and the one who plays the most with him on the court is Kuzma, who exists as the main substitute like him.

As a striker, Kuzma is completely incomparable to center forward Downs in terms of height and reach, but they appear most often in bench time, and the intensity of the opponents they face is limited, coupled with their own good strength, it is natural to play an excellent performance.

Now the league is really convinced, as if any kind of player can turn waste into treasure in the hands of Wang Chao.

Gobert was obviously useless when he was on the Rockets, especially compared with Whiteside, who was also positioned, except for a slightly stronger height and arm span, there was no comparison at all in other aspects, bounce, speed, strength, athleticism, Whiteside crushed Gobert in all aspects.

And even in terms of Gobert's most advantageous height and arm span, his height of 2.16 meters and an arm span of 2.35 meters are not so obvious in front of Whiteside's height of 2.13 meters and an arm span of 2.31 meters.

But now Gobert of the Nuggets, showing his ability to protect the frame, is obviously more outstanding than Whiteside.

In fact, Whiteside's performance this season is not bad, and he is currently averaging 14+11 double-doubles per game, as well as 2 blocks, which is definitely at the level of interior defense.

But the problem is that Gobert only needs 15 million, and Whiteside's annual salary is now close to 24 million.

When the roles of the two on the field are completely identical, the cost performance is really different.

And if you look closely at the game, you will find that Gobert is not the same defensive player as Whiteside, and his style is more like Duncan's, although he is not outstanding in defensive statistics, he can use his defensive ability to minimize the opponent's scoring efficiency.

Whiteside, on the other hand, is a completely out-of-the-box brutalist defensive player, and despite the number of blocks and the expressiveness of the picture, his defensive efficiency per 100 rounds is even lower than Gobert's.

Now the Rockets have begun to regret letting a blue-collar player like Whiteside with a maximum salary, completely locking up the team's salary space, and they can't do anything even if they want to find some suitable teammates for Leonard.

Knowing this, they might as well match Gobert's contract, keep him with an annual salary of 15 million or more, and then find a way to take the first-round pick and send away Whiteside, who still has a lot of trade value, in exchange for a top star of the year.

It's just that this kind of courage to trade their own core players is not available to the Rockets management, at least for now, which has been accustomed to Wang Chao, so they can only regret it, that's all. (End of chapter)