The strongest basket king

Chapter 546 It's Playoffs Again

The media wanted the Nuggets to be more ruthless, but the Nuggets themselves did not have this awareness.

Not to mention Xiang Chu and others, even the team's role players have set their sights on the playoffs.

This is the influence of the atmosphere. The team discusses the playoffs every day, so naturally they don't care about other things.

On April 4th, the Nuggets played against the Jazz at home, and many eyes were paying attention.

However, the situation disappointed the outside world, and the Nuggets did not fight the opponent desperately.

The Jazz are now ninth in the Western Conference and still have a chance to overtake at the last moment. The emphasis on the game is completely different.

Now the Jazz have also adjusted their main lineup. They traded for Shelvin Mark in the middle of the season, which can be regarded as barely replacing the team's No. [-] position.

The Jazz actually have a lot of guards, but they are all offensive, and Hayward, who has suffered and organized scoring.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides played fairly well, and they all played by catching each other's weaknesses.

The Jazz's starter at the fourth position is Trey Lyles, and the effect of pulling out to play Jokic turned out to be very good.

The main reason is that the shooting feels good, but he can't help Jokic in defense first, which can be said to be a mutual explosion.

Xiang Chu can feel that the Jazz's center Gobert has improved again. If the opponent can hang some flesh and maintain the current defensive efficiency, he will also become a very good meat shield.

Facing the Jazz, the Nuggets' bench lineup has a slight advantage, which changed the unhappiness in the previous few games.

In the first half, the two teams were evenly matched, but in the second half, Hayward's explosion made the Jazz the dominant side.

In addition, their guard Shelvin Mark also exploded, and played a wave of smooth offense in the third quarter.

As usual, the Nuggets didn't work hard, and they didn't switch to the winning lineup until halfway through the final quarter.

This time they also took the opportunity to cover up their lagging style of chasing points. At the last moment, the Nuggets used foul tactics, and their consecutive successes and almost comebacks scared the Jazz into a cold sweat.

Unlike the Nuggets, they may lose hope of the playoffs if they lose.

At the last moment, Hayward withstood the pressure and made four free throws, leading the Jazz to a narrow victory over the Nuggets.

After the game, the media was outraged. The Nuggets obviously hoped to win the game, but let the main players sit down and watch the team gradually fall into a difficult situation.

Xiang Chu said that how the Nuggets choose has nothing to do with the media who are afraid of chaos.

Of course, he didn't speak so bluntly when interviewed by reporters. Although he was not afraid of fines, the money didn't come from the wind. He just asked irrelevant people to stop comparing on social media.

Although Xiang Chu's fans felt a little regretful, they must have been brainless in supporting Xiang Chu.

Everyone was fighting with each other on social media on a large scale, and Xiang Chu's popularity also rose gratifyingly.

It may not be close before the playoffs, but after the first round, it should be possible to upgrade another magic skill.

The stronger Xiang Chu is, the more stable the Nuggets will be, so although he is strong enough now, he will definitely not give up the opportunity to become stronger again. It feels great.

The time soon came to April 4, which was also the last game of the regular season for all teams.

The Nuggets are playing an away game against the Trail Blazers, because the outcome of the two teams does not affect the ranking, so everyone is relatively relaxed.

However, if the Nuggets win, they can equal the Bulls' record of 72 wins, so they are still one of the most concerned teams from the outside world.

The Nuggets will also allow the main players to play more time, not for the record of regular season wins, but for a further step into the playoffs.

Their current lineup is also complete, and Gallinari and Nurkic have no physical problems.

Three-peat, they're coming.

The Blazers are also testing the playoff lineup this time, and both sides played very well at the beginning.

There is no special target, that is, the Blazers double guns against the Nuggets twin towers.

After Gallinari became the starter again, the rhythm of the Nuggets' perimeter is still not fully up, but it doesn't matter. As the No. [-] in the Western Conference, their opponents in the first game will not be too strong, and they are just used for training.

The Trail Blazers can barely be regarded as a team with a relatively balanced lineup, but there are some problems in defense. The ability to defend inside is not strong, and the outside is a bit short.

If they can't continue to attack, the game will have problems.

But this time they performed a lot. During the rotation period, the Blazers' sixth man Allen Crabbe played better than the two shots in the backcourt, and the Blazers also took the lead.

It's just that after the main players came on the field, the efficiency of Lillard and McCrum dropped a bit.

This is also a problem for players whose main attack method is shooting. They are not afraid of anyone when they are accurate, but if they are unstable, they are easy to be hit by others.

The efficiency of the two guns dropped, and the Blazers were completely suppressed by the Nuggets.

The performances of the two teams in the first half, taken together, were evenly matched.

The two teams didn't plan to go all out, the main players didn't have so much playing time, and the Nuggets could take it easy and pay more attention to the team's tactical arrangement.

In the third quarter, the two sides still exploded each other. To be honest, the Blazers still have some means. At the beginning of this season, no one thought that they would have a chance to make the playoffs.

It's a bit of a miracle that the lineup can do so well after a big change.

During the rotation in the second half, the Blazers had another player go crazy, this time it was Brian Roberts.

The Nuggets immediately became vigilant. This buddy has also exploded before.

At the beginning of the last quarter, the Nuggets' defense suddenly improved, which was completely at the level of the playoffs.

In fact, the two teams in front had been playing relatively loosely, but suddenly became tighter, and the shooting percentages of both sides were affected.

Then Xiang Chu came on stage and immediately exploded.

Trail Blazers coach Stotts was a little tangled. He felt that the Nuggets might want to tie the record, but their previous performance was not like it. Should they be the main force?

When the opponent hesitated, the Nuggets had already taken the lead again, and the advantage gained by the Blazers' substitute players was gone.

Coach Stotts finally decided to play the last few minutes well, and changed to the winning lineup after a timeout.

However, at this time the Nuggets had already taken the initiative, and they directly flanked Lillard, leaving a lot of space for the Blazers.

But the Blazers are not used to going in, and Xiang Chu can also help prevent interference.

The main reason is that the Blazers are not prepared for a hard battle. With the Nuggets taking the lead, their lead has become more and more stable.

At the critical moment, Gallinari also hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the Nuggets completely controlled the game.

After McCrum missed two three-pointers in the last minute, the Nuggets successfully won the game.

72 wins in the season, achieved by the way, when everyone mentions the Bulls again in the future, they will also think of the Nuggets this season, which seems to be a good honor.

Many people in the outside world think that the Nuggets have duplicity, and they obviously want to get records but pretend not to care.

Xiang Chu didn't care about that voice at all, or he didn't pay much attention, and finally came to the stage of the playoffs again, he would not waste time on boring things.

(End of this chapter)