On May 31, 2018, the NBA2017-18 Season Finals officially began its first match under the watchful eye of the public.

This finals showdown is also quite eye-catching, Wang Chao and his old club Nets completed the finals, and the grudge battle between Durant and Wang Chao is the focus of this finals.

Judging from the performance of the regular season and even the playoffs, the Nuggets are more dominant, and they have basically not encountered any opponents who can interfere with them along the way, even if they are as strong as the Warriors, the score in the Western Conference is only 4:2.

It's hard to imagine how a team with only one All-Star and the All-Star team on the team can be so strong.

But that's not surprising.

The future champion of the 2022-23 season is also the Denver Nuggets, and among the teams that have also shown dominance in the playoffs, only Nikola is the only team that has shown their dominance in the playoffs. Jokic is a star and other key players, including Jamal. Murray, Aron. Gordon and others have not been selected to the All-Star and All-Star teams.

It's that Jordan Jr. used to be a player and an All-Star bench, but that's all old, and Jordan Jr. during the Nuggets period was a player who didn't even have a chance to play, and he couldn't be counted into the ranks of combat power at all.

This is enough to prove that as long as the team is properly structured, tactically appropriate, and led by a superstar with outstanding individual ability, it is not impossible to win the championship alone.

Of course, the so-called single-core championship is also a false proposition, such as Jokic's Nuggets team, although Murray does not have any honors, but his own performance is strong enough, during the regular season, he steadily contributed 20+ points, and in the playoffs, he was able to average 26+5+7 per game, and the shooting rate could reach 47%, and there was a series of 50+ in the previous playoffs.

Including the current Wang Chao, leading the Nuggets to play such a brilliant record, it is inseparable from the assistance of Gobert, Mitchell and Murray, Gobert himself is a super defensive titan who should be elected the best defensive player this season, Mitchell and Murray are also extremely explosive in scoring in a short period of time, as well as PJ. Tucker, Rose and Kuzma and others, plus a Wang Chao whose combat power is stronger than the peak Jordan, the real combat power of the Nuggets is not weak at all.

On the other hand, there are a lot of fans who support the Nets in the Finals, after all, the Nets' lineup is much more luxurious than the Nuggets, with three current season All-Stars in the team, and a promising Jokic, and more importantly, the partner of Durant + Paul, two historical superstars, is a dream combination, which is slightly inferior to the combination of Wang Chao + Durant last year.

Even though the Nets have been poor on the defensive end this season, there are still many fans who believe that the performance of the stars in key moments can make up for this shortcoming.

Although the Nuggets have the strongest star in the league, Wang Chao, there is only one person after all, and although the quality is high, they are at a significant disadvantage in terms of quantity.

Of course, this is basically the opinion of some fans who don't know much about the game, or don't have time to understand the game in depth, and simply look at the star's fame and playing highlights.

For professionals, the Nuggets are still in the majority, which can be seen from the odds of the two teams winning the championship before the game, although the odds of the two sides are relatively close to the difference, but the Nuggets' odds to win the championship are still lower than those of the Nets, which means that the spinach company is also more optimistic about the Nuggets.

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At the Pepsi Center, Denver's home stadium, all Denver fans wore T-shirts representing the home colors, waved their vibe sticks, and cheered on their teams.

Denver's Devil's home stadium is not only an objective factor in the highland climate, but also the enthusiasm of the fans.

The on-site DJ began to introduce the players one after another, and when Wang Chao, the last finale, came on the field, the atmosphere of the stadium reached its climax.

The spotlight hit Wang Chao's body, which looked extremely dazzling.

On the other side of the Nets, as Wang Chao appeared on the court, Durant's eyes always stayed on him, and his eyes flickered.

"It's finally time for this day, Wang Chao! Come on, I'm going to beat you head-on in the arena! ”

After a few moments of warm-up, the game was about to begin, with both substitutes coming off the pitch and leaving only the starters ready to kick off.

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

On the Nets' side, it's Paul, Booker, and Bojan. Bogdanovic, Durant and Jokic.

Wang Chao and Durant both appeared in the position of power forward, and they looked like they were going to be opposed, which made many fans feel full of anticipation in an instant.

When Gobert jumped to win, the Nuggets took possession, and soon handed the basketball to Wang Chao, everyone saw Durant who was seriously blocking Wang Chao.

"Sure enough, Durant has to personally take charge of defending Wang Chao in this game, which is also a helpless move, after all, the Nets currently have no other players in the lineup who are suitable for defending Wang Chao, and Bogdanovic in the small forward position has a slight gap with Wang Chao in terms of height and weight, and his defense is not very good, so he can't pose a threat to Wang Chao at all."

One thing to say, although Durant has never been selected for the best defensive team in his career, when he is really serious, his defensive ability is still not bad, after all, his exaggerated height and arm span naturally have an excellent defensive advantage.

The reason why Durant has never been selected for the defensive lineup is mainly because his performance on the offensive end is more prominent, and his lack of physical fitness makes it impossible for him to take care of the defensive burden while being responsible for the offense.

But in the key rounds of many games, Durant's outburst of defensive pressure will not be inferior to those who have been selected for the defensive team all year round.

At this moment, Durant, who is staring at Wang Chao, wants to defend against Wang Chao's attack and make a good start to this game.

But don't say it's Durant, even Leonard, he can't prevent Wang Chao, the current Wang Chao is already an almost full-level big on the offensive end, and there are too many offensive means and methods.

In the face of Durant's defense, Wang Chao was not in a hurry, and waited until all his teammates were in place, then he slowly dribbled on the spot, using a slight swing of his body to force Durant to adjust his footwork.

"He wants to break through? Is it from the left or from the right......"

Durant, who knew Wang Chao's explosive power, felt the huge pressure and subconsciously took a small half step back, because he knew very well that with his lateral speed, Wang Chao could easily pass him in one step as long as he broke through at full speed.

But the moment he saw Durant retreating, Wang Chao also took a small half step back and jumped up quickly.

Wang Chao's speed was still too fast, and when Durant reacted and wanted to step forward to defend, the basketball had already left his hand and flew towards the basket.

This ultra-long step-back jumper one step away from the three-point line hit a solid shot without any suspense!

3:0。

In the first goal of the opening game, Wang Chao won the first place with a bukkake.

Durant waved his hand a little annoyed, just now as long as he is a little faster, he has a chance to cover Wang Chao, he has the advantage of height and reach, and it is easier to prevent shooting than to prevent breakthroughs.

The Nets possessed the ball, and Durant ran across the halfcourt, and before he could stand in his position, his expression was slightly stunned.

In this game, he was mentally prepared to fight with Wang Chao all over the court, while marking Wang Chao on the defensive end, he also had to face Wang Chao's defensive offensive score on the offensive end.

Only in this way will it be more meaningful to defeat Wang Chao in the finals.

But Durant, who was thinking like this, saw that the person standing in front of him was the unattractive black fat man PJ Tucker.

During the regular season, Durant and Tucker played each other.

To be honest, he didn't have a deep impression of this player, after all, this guy who is only 1.96 meters tall can't cause him much interference on the defensive end, and at most the kraft candy style defense and relatively strong strength make him a little annoyed, that's all.

At this moment, Durant only felt extremely disappointed, followed by a wave of anger.

"Wang Chao, do you think you can defend me with such a guy? Are you kidding? ”

Durant, who was angry and felt that his dignity had been desecrated, reached out to the ball urgently before the other players of the Nets were in place.

Paul, who had just dribbled past half court, frowned slightly when he saw this scene.

Originally, in his plan, he planned to use tactical running to score the ball safely in the first offense, after all, this is the home court of the Nuggets, if the Nets' offense is not smooth at the beginning of the game, and it will be difficult to win if they fall into the defensive rhythm of the Nuggets.

But the Nets are Durant's team after all, and he came at the beginning of this season, even if he is a coach on the court as a point guard, he can't directly ignore Durant on the court.

Moreover, although Durant is a little eager to ask for the ball, it is PJ Tucker standing in front of him after all, even Paul thinks that Durant is safe in single-handedly Tucker.

In fact, it is.

Durant, who received the ball, singled Tucker and hit a solid shot from mid-range, bringing the score to 3:2.

In the next few rounds, Durant continued to stare at Tucker's point and attack, scoring efficiently one after another.

"Tucker is too low, although he played extremely well on the defensive end during the regular season and was the mainstay of the Nuggets' defensive system, but the height gap made him unable to prevent Durant's mid-range shot, why would he be assigned to defend Durant? Obviously, there is Wang Chao, a player with stronger defensive ability in the front line, it is very dangerous to underestimate Durant's score like this! ”

Nuggets home fans are a little worried when they see this, after all, Durant is recognized as a super scorer in the league, and his scoring ability is second only to Wang Chao among active players, and it is not a wise move to let him score casually.

But the Nuggets seem to admit death, even if Durant keeps eating Tucker alone, he doesn't change the defense, at most, Gobert will come over to help defend when he is close to the basket.

This caused the scores of the two teams to alternate in the first quarter, and it was difficult to solve.

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 30:29, and the Nuggets at home only led by 1 point.

The battle between Wang Chao and Durant ended temporarily with Wang Chao scoring 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and Durant scoring 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

From the point of view of efficiency, the two fought equally, and at first glance, they were rushing to score 30+ or even 40+ points in the whole game, and they had a great tendency to score points against each other.

But during the break after the first quarter, the atmosphere on the Nets' bench was quite solemn.

Because it was just the first quarter of the game, Durant was already sweating profusely and his physical energy was consumed a lot.

As Wang Chao thought, Tucker really can't prevent Durant, but he can entangle people enough, Durant played 9 minutes and 42 seconds in the entire first quarter, as long as he is on the offensive end, it is inevitable to have close physical contact with Tucker, Tucker fully interprets what is called kraft candy defense, almost sticking to Durant throughout the whole process, using his body to force against Durant, constantly consuming the opponent's physical energy.

Of course, Tucker also paid the price for his defense, which was that he had already committed three fouls after the first quarter.

The problem is that even if Tucker leaves the court with six fouls at the halfway point of the game, it won't hurt for the Nuggets, after all, he's just an average role player, and the Nuggets can always find a replacement, such as Kuzma on the bench.

It's different on the Nets' side, and if Durant runs out of energy early, it can be a fatal problem for the Nets.

The Nets, who discovered this problem, had to put Durant on the bench for a while of rest in the second quarter.

But the problem is that Durant is resting, but Wang Chao on the other side has no idea of resting at all.

He continued to play in the second quarter and, as in the first quarter, had a strong desire to attack.

At this time, the Nets were responsible for defending Wang Chao, but he was just a bench forward player, and his defensive ability could not be compared with Durant.

As a result, when halfway through the second quarter, the Nets had to replace Durant on the court, because by this time the difference between the two teams had already appeared, and the difference went straight to double digits.

But as soon as Durant came up, the Nuggets immediately replaced Kuzma and made "Kraft Candy" re-appear.

Durant, who had just rested for less than six minutes and had recovered a little bit of fitness, could only continue to entangle with Tucker.

As a result, by the end of the half, the Nuggets and Nets had become 58-50, and the Nuggets' lead had expanded to eight points.

Wang Chao and Durant scored 14 and 6 points respectively in the second quarter, and the gap began to show.

Some people may wonder, obviously the Nets have so many stars, even if Durant is not on the court, relying on Paul, Booker and Jokic, it will not be too passive, right?

But that's not how it actually works.

On the Nets' side, Durant is gone, but the problem is that Wang Chao on the Nuggets' side is still playing on the court, and he is still the main attacker of the Nuggets.

Even when Durant is on the floor, the Nets are only on par with the Nuggets, and now with one less Durant, Paul, who only has limited offensive ability, and Booker and Jokic, who have not yet fully grown into a complete body model, how can they withstand Wang Chao's onslaught?

For the Nets, the situation in the first half is not the worst, because even if there is a halftime break to help Durant recover his physical strength, his physical exertion is still too great, and the Nets want to chase points in the second half It is inevitable that Durant will have to exert his strength on the court, in that case, Durant will inevitably have a physical exhaustion.

For a while, the Nets coaching staff was a little at a loss and didn't know how to respond.

What the hell is this? A mere PJ Tucker would put them in such an embarrassing situation?

(End of chapter)