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Chapter 331 Golden State Martial Arts Team, Ruthless and Iron Elbow
The Spurs will be at a disadvantage against the Nuggets and cannot beat the Nuggets, which itself is expected by many fans.

After all, there is one thing to say, the current lineup structure of the Spurs is definitely not luxurious. The combination of Butler + Howard can only be regarded as a T1-level partner combination in the league. There is no way. One is often underestimated by the league. Due to injuries and age, the biggest support is missing, and the partner of the two is naturally not considered a top combination in the league.

What's more, in the current league, the trend of grouping has become more and more intense. In the east, there are Cavaliers led by James, Embiid, Thomas Jr., and the Nets led by Durant, Paul, Booker and Jokic. There are the Warriors of Curry, Thompson, Greena Cousins ​​and the Thunder Big Three of Westbrook, George, and Anthony.

Compared with these teams, the Spurs' lineup is indeed not very luxurious. Although they still rank third in the Western Conference record list, they are much better than the Thunder, which has a very disappointing record in the regular season so far, but even now If the fans really want to vote to guess the outcome of the playoffs between the Spurs and the Thunder, many people will choose the Thunder, which has the upper hand in terms of both the number and quality of stars.

this is the truth.

Although the Nuggets lineup is more awkward than the Spurs, Wang Chao alone can be worth thousands of troops.

In the first quarter of the game, under the siege of the three Spurs, Wang Chao still calmly scored 50 points in a single quarter with a shooting rate of more than 14%, and then scored another 11 points in the second quarter. Get 25 points.

In order to limit Wang Chao's offense, the Spurs have already used the ace three-man encirclement tactic of Gay + Butler + Howard, but they still cannot contain even a little bit of Wang Chao's offensive firepower. This kind of frustration is hard to describe in words .

And those fans who have some ability to read the game see more things during the game.

To put it simply, even if Wang Chao's offense is taken out, the defense alone is not inferior to the existence of the Spurs.

Gobert's internal data performance seems to be inconspicuous, but in fact, his ability to protect the frame inside is still better than Howard. After all, Howard does not have Gobert's exaggerated wingspan.

Tucker and Mitchell's defense on the outside are also at the league's first echelon level, and they can be used as the core defensive force of the team to be responsible for single-handedly defending the existence of other teams' ace star players.

On the Nuggets' bench, Rose, who scored 50 points in a single game not long ago, and first-year rookie Kyle Kuzma can both play at the level of starters.

With such a lineup combination, coupled with the advantage of the Nuggets' home court, even if there is no Wang Chao, they are still fully capable of entering the Western Conference playoffs, but they lack a top attacking star. It won't do much.

In Wang Chao's view, the Nuggets without him would not be much weaker than the Jazz at the same time.

Since the rise of Gobert and Mitchell, the Jazz have always been regulars in the playoffs. With the defensive system established by Gobert, the Jazz have never missed a playoff.

However, after entering the playoffs, the flaws of the Jazz will inevitably be revealed. Apart from Mitchell, there are no other players who can attack. Although Mitchell's scoring ability is very explosive, his height of 1 meters ultimately limits his growth ceiling. .

This also makes it difficult for the Jazz to make further progress in the playoffs, although they can steadily reach the playoffs for several consecutive seasons.

Now this Nuggets team also has the basic set of Gobert's inside defense, Mitchell and even Murray's offense, and a 3D player like Tucker on the front line. The lineup structure is not worse than that of the Jazz team. And on this basis, the team also has a No. 1 in league history, a monster who has been targeted in various ways on the field but still scores like cutting melons and vegetables. Winning is naturally easy and freehand.

Especially after last month, Mitchell and Murray encountered the rookie wall one after another, were analyzed and targeted by other teams in the league, and their performance was struggling. After finally recovering recently, the Nuggets are even stronger up.

In Wang Chao's plan, as long as the two young players, Mitchell Murray, perform abnormally due to excessive tension in the playoffs and even the Western Conference Finals and Finals, the Nuggets will have the capital to win the championship this season. The team's immediate combat power is completely incomparable to when he first joined the Nets in 15.

In the second half of the game against the Spurs, Wang Chao had no intention of stopping at all, and continued to fire with full firepower. In the third quarter, his scoring exploded. Under the double-teaming of Butler and Gay, he scored 19 points strongly, including Half of the points are scored from fast counterattacks, which is also the most powerless way of scoring in double-team tactics.

Facing Wang Chao who was rushing all the way to the frontcourt right after the defense ended, Butler and Gay could only be exhausted and desperately keep up with Wang Chao's footsteps.

But in the face of Wang Chao, who has the talent of a long-distance runner, it is obviously the most unwise move to compete with him in running faster and longer.

In the Nuggets, Wang Chao, relying on the Nuggets' super defensive system, has become more and more in love with the scoring method of fast break and counterattack.

No wonder this move is James' favorite offensive method. This way of scoring is really simple and efficient.

He still can't figure out why the fast-break counterattack score is belittled and looked down upon later, and it is considered to be a steal. Isn't this also a score established by players relying on their own speed advantages on the field?
The advantages that the players clearly have are not allowed to be used, and it has to be considered a gold content if they have to use a more difficult way to attack and score?What kind of bullshit is this?
Even in war, it is all about using one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses, let alone on the field?
As long as it is a defense that conforms to the rules of the basketball game and can easily score, Wang Chao will definitely choose it without hesitation.

What's more, the Spurs are almost using three-man double-teams to defend him. Why can't he use countermeasures?

The Nuggets only scored 24 points in the third quarter. Wang Chao's 19 points in a single quarter accounted for nearly [-]% of the team's scoring, and also successfully helped the Nuggets withstand the most ferocious wave of the Spurs in the third quarter. counterattack.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two teams reached 15 points. This point difference also allowed Wang Chao to paddle a little in the fourth quarter. He only made shots at some critical moments and scored 7 points symbolically. The game is over.

105: 93.

The Nuggets beat the Spurs by 12 points at home to win the game.

And Wang Chao played lightly throughout the game, and scored a large triple-double of 51+12+10 while talking and laughing, almost completely breaking through the impenetrable defense of the Spurs by himself.

The Spurs actually played very well here. Butler, who played poorly in the first half, regained his form and scored frequently in the second half, especially in the third quarter. He scored 21 points in the entire second half. A total of 11 points were scored in the first quarter, and 32 points were scored in the game.

But this game is ultimately a top-notch defensive battle. Except for Wang Chao and Butler, the two teams have no second stable scoring points.

Whether it is the Nuggets' Mitchell, Murray, or the Spurs' Green, Gay, Ginobili Parker and others, in the face of super high-pressure defense, the offensive efficiency is greatly reduced.

To use media comments to describe this regular season matchup between the Nuggets and the Spurs, it is completely a battle under the extreme defense. The key to winning this kind of matchup between super defensive teams is the upper limit of the main offensive arrows.

Butler, who scored 32 points in the game, played impressively, but compared with Wang Chao, who scored 51 points, he could only suffer defeat.

It's a pity that not many people paid attention to the extreme defense shown by the Nuggets and Spurs in the game after the game.

Whether it is the fans or the media, the most discussed is Wang Chao's 51 points and the battle between Wang Chao and Harden's scoring list.

Wang Chao's 51 points in a single game can be regarded as a declaration of war with Harden, and the other side seems to have the meaning of taking up the challenge, because on the same day, only one hour later, Harden immediately played against the Timberwolves at home. In response, he scored 56 points in the game.

In the battle between the two top scorers in the league, the contest between defenses seems irrelevant, even if defense is the top priority that determines the lower limit of the team's strength.

There is no way, how many fans would like to watch that kind of slow-paced defensive battle?
With the painful lesson of the Spurs vs. Pistons defensive battle in the 03-04 season finals, the league knows this truth well, which is one of the reasons why the league's offensive rhythm is getting faster and faster.

Wang Chao was also a little surprised to learn that Harden scored 56 points to respond.

"It seems that Harden really wants to put on a crazy scoring performance a year in advance..."

Wang Chao was already ready to respond.

If he scores, he won't lose to anyone!

The home game against the Spurs on January 1 was only the first battle of the Nuggets in January, and the next day, January 5, the Nuggets flew to the home court of the Warriors to compete with the Warriors. Fierce battle.

They had just defeated the No. [-] team in the Western Conference, and before they even had time to take a break, they were about to continue playing against the No. [-] team in the Western Conference. This schedule is really not friendly to the Nuggets at all.

However, the exhaustion of traveling and traveling did not have any impact on Wang Chao. The existence of the physical potion allowed him to maintain sufficient physical and energy at any time.

Therefore, following the three-person siege against the Spurs, the game against the Warriors has directly evolved into a happy story of the four famous catchers Wang Chao.

In order to limit Wang Chao, the Warriors successively dispatched Green, Iguodala, Thompson and even Zaza Pachulia to try to limit Wang Chao in turn, but the effect was minimal, and even the defensive effect was not as good as that of the Spurs. .

No way, although the Warriors' defense is also very good, based on the fact that Green is the defensive base, the Warriors have one of the best perimeter defenses in the league, but their interior defense is relatively weak, especially when the death five When the lineup came on the field, although Green could temporarily top the center position, he couldn't achieve the effect of guarding the basket like Gobert and Howard.

Wang Chao, who scored 16 points in the first quarter, scored another 18 points in the second quarter, scoring an astonishing 34 points at the end of the half, especially from beyond the three-point line. Thompson compared the two.

Although the Warriors' offensive efficiency is not low, it is not as good as the Nuggets is the biggest problem. Therefore, the Warriors, like the Spurs in the last game, also fell behind by more than double digits at halftime.

However, the Warriors are different from the Spurs after all. Like the Spurs' offensive ability, it takes a lot of effort to catch up with the double-digit point difference. The reversal of the difference can be completed within a few minutes.

More importantly, when the game is behind and still at home, the Golden State Wushu team can unscrupulously display their traditional arts.

There is one thing to say, the Warriors are indeed very strong. With the Splash Brothers and Green’s Iron Triangle, any All-Star player is the biggest favorite to win the championship. Whether it is the original Durant or the current Cousins, perhaps the playing style and The positioning and contribution in the team are different, but the functions are the same.

But the Warriors' dirtyness is undoubtedly at a well-known level in the league.

Everyone knows the name of Green Chasing Eggs, not to mention Zaza Pachulia. Unlike Green, who plays dirty, this guy often goes to useless people.

Faced with the Warriors' suddenly very rough defensive action, the Nuggets were caught off guard and suffered a big loss immediately. The Warriors seized the opportunity to play a wave of 12:4 attacks and chase the point difference back.

The Warriors are also very thieves, and the time they chose happened to be the time when Wang Chao was resting off the court.

After all, the Nuggets' game experience is somewhat lacking, and they are too young, especially at this time, the two main scoring points on the field, Mitchell and Murray, were directly stunned by the Warriors' rough defense. The fiery Mitchell almost started fighting again.

When Mitchell was slapped down by Warriors backup center Pachulia for a layup, and after getting up, he rushed over angrily and wanted to make a move. Rose, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

His brightest game this season was Mitchell's 50 points in a single game after he was blown off because of a criminal.

Teammate Jitian has boundless mana. If Mitchell is sent off for some reason in this game, will he have another chance?
Unfortunately, to Rose's disappointment, Mitchell was stopped by his teammates and the referee, the conflict did not expand further, and the referee only gave Mitchell a warning, and did not sound the whistle. After all, the Warriors' home whistle in this game It is indeed a bit biased, and the referee is also a bit short-sighted.

"It's almost time."

Seeing the Nuggets generals who were constantly falling into passiveness on the field, Wang Chao stood up from the bench.

"Martial arts team? Let me meet you!"

To deal with dirty moves, Wang Chao also has a way to deal with them.

Among his diverse talent skills, there are also some relatively unpopular talents that have no chance to be used in most games, including the ruthless iron elbow talent that is purely used to beat people.

The effect of this talent is ruthless enough. Not only can it increase the power of the elbow, it even has a certain probability of avoiding the effect of being whistled for a foul after the elbow.

Since obtaining this talent, Wang Chao has not had many opportunities to use this trick on the field. Almost half of the few times he used it on the Warriors, especially Green, who has been elbowed more than once. The method, the villain still needs to be grinded by the villain.

Since you guys play dirty, it's not too much for me to be dirty.

(End of this chapter)