NBA: I am the god of basketball

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

Fatty Bai only felt a sudden surge of force, he couldn't stand upright and sat down on the ground, then looked at Wang Chao in shock.

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

You must know that although Jokic is not good at strength, he weighs close to 130 kilograms. Among the main centers in the league, there are very few players who are heavier than him, which also makes him able to rely on any opponent in the game. The tonnage has the upper hand.

He finally understood why when other teams faced Wang Chao, no matter how they targeted them, they would be easily scored by Wang Chao.

Wang Chaoqi dunked Jokic, which actually aroused the cheers of fans at the home court of the Brooklyn Nets. Many fans really don't care who wins this game, even if their own team loses. There are not many opportunities to see Wang Chao's performance at home.

If the two teams will meet in the finals in the playoffs, they will definitely support their team, the Nets, to win, but in this non-critical regular season game, the fans still want to give them more hope. Champion Wang Chao gave cheers and applause.

It's just that this kind of cheering sounded extremely harsh to Durant.

The Nets attacked, Paul dribbled the ball halfway, and immediately saw Durant actively raising his hand to ask for the ball.

Paul didn't struggle too much, and passed the ball decisively to the opponent.

Paul, who has just arrived, knows very well that although he is also a top star, when he comes to the Nets, he is the team's second child, and he is here to assist Durant in competing for the championship.

Now Durant is dissatisfied with Wang Chaoyi's knock on the mountain, and if he wants to fight back, he must give him the ball.

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 didn't have much impression of.

PJ. Tucker.

A previously unknown player.

Tucker, who entered the league in the second round in 06, played in the league for only one season before moving overseas to leagues in Israel, Ukraine, Italy, and Germany, and finally returned to the NBA until the 12-13 season.

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

Even so far, the Nuggets have won 5 consecutive victories in the regular season, but many people still don't understand why the Nuggets management or Wang Chao gave Tucker a 4-year 3200 million contract, even though the salary Now that the cap is skyrocketing, a contract with an annual salary of 800 million can only be regarded as a full middle-class contract.

You must know that Tucker is not young anymore. By 2018, he will be 33 years old. This four-year contract will directly keep Tucker at 37 years old.

In the previous few games, Tucker's performance was considered the worst among the starting players. Not only did he average less than 5 points per game, but his shooting percentage was only in the early 40%. Apart from being eye-catching, there is basically nothing else that can be obtained.

And now, when the Nuggets and the Nets are facing each other, it is Tucker and not Wang Chao who is defending Durant, which is really surprising.

After all, Wang Chao is recognized as the strongest player in perimeter defense in today's league, and he is also one of the best players in defending Durant.

Wang Chao is also big enough not to let him defend Durant.

As for Wang Chao, of course he dared to ask Tucker to defend Durant, because Tucker was the main force to defend Durant whether it was during the Rockets' Anti-Yong period or later when the Bucks played against the Nets.

It is true that, judging from the final results, whether it was the Rockets period or the Bucks period, Tucker failed 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 at Durant's level cannot be limited by one-on-one defense at all, even Wang Chao himself Defensively, it is impossible to completely prevent Durant from scoring.

As Tucker is recognized as one of the best defensive experts to defend Durant in the future, the defensive strategy of using strength to suppress Durant and force the opponent to consume more energy is completely correct.

Letting Tucker go shopping with Durant, Wang Chaoda can devote all his energy to the offensive end leisurely, wouldn't it be beautiful?

At this time on the court, facing Tucker's defense, Durant chose to break through with the ball to connect with an emergency stop jumper, but Tucker's defense was extremely aggressive, and he kept hitting Durant with his chest force during physical contact, destroying the opponent center of gravity.

Durant, who was only 108 kilograms, was hobbled by Tucker, who was 118 kilograms. He barely made a shot and missed a shot. Gobert firmly protected the defensive rebound.

Of course, Tucker couldn’t always defend Durant to death. When he found that he was at a disadvantage against Tucker in terms of strength, and he couldn’t use his speed to get rid of his opponent quickly, Durant decisively changed his style of play, switching from an outside attack to an inside attack. After catching the ball inside, he doesn't even need to dribble, and directly shoots a mid-range jumper.

When Durant uses this trick, anyone who defends him will be caught blind. With a height of more than 2 meters and a wingspan of 11 meters, it is extremely difficult to defend the frontal jumper, and even some taller players can cause it. A little defensive interference is not enough to affect Durant, who has the top mid-range shooting ability.

This trick is often used by Durant when facing top defenders such as Wang Chao and Leonard. For Chao and Leonard, too many dribbles will only result in mistakes and interceptions.

Durant, who just used a mid-range jumper to score successfully, didn't have much sense of accomplishment in his heart.

A little-known Tucker actually forced him to take advantage of his height and wingspan to bet on the quality of his hands. How could he be happy?On the Nuggets side, there is still Wang Chao who has been eyeing him!

Durant's consecutive singles scored successfully, but the Nets became the one behind. The offensive firepower of the Nuggets greatly exceeded the expectations of the Nets. Last season dropped too much.

Last season, the Nets had Wang Chao on the defensive end. Any player who broke into the paint with the ball would basically have to face Wang Chao's supplementary defense, and the offensive efficiency would naturally be greatly reduced.

But it’s different now. After Wang Chao left the team, the Nets instantly had no players who could play a leading role on the defensive end. Jokic was good at attacking, but let alone defending. He was heavy and slow, and couldn’t defend outside players at all. Due to the advantages of his physical condition, his defensive ability is still good when he is serious, but his limited physical fitness prevents him from taking into account both offense and defense at the same time.

The defensive problems of the Nets have actually been exposed at the beginning of the season. In the first few games they faced opponents, they scored very high. It is also thanks to the Nets' offensive firepower that is higher than theirs. winning percentage.

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

As the brain of the team, Paul immediately discovered that the offensive firepower of the two teams was almost equal. Jamichel and Murray's offensive firepower is not bad at all, and the Nets may have a slight advantage, but compared with the defensive performance of the two teams, it is completely different.

The Nuggets' defense is too strong!

With Tucker defending Durant alone, Wang Chao was freed and teamed up with Gobert to build an inside line of defense, making the entire Nuggets' inside defense solid!
Paul, who is good at breaking through with the ball, feels his eyelids jumping just looking at it.

He also immediately realized that the Nets, which seem to have a stronger team lineup, not only have no advantage against the Nuggets with a balanced offensive and defensive lineup, but are still at a disadvantage.

Among other things, the fact that no one can limit Wang Chao's scoring is the most fatal loophole.

Durant, who has to worry about confronting Tucker on the offensive end, has to mark Wang Chao on the defensive end, how can he be busy?

Also the main attack point of the first quarter, Wang Chao scored more easily and more efficiently than Durant.

The result was the first quarter. Durant made 8 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 10 points. The efficiency was quite satisfactory, while Wang Chao made 7 of 6 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. , scored 18 points in a single quarter.

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

To make matters worse, in the first quarter, Durant was both offensive and defensive, and Durant, who was seriously exhausted, had to rest in the second quarter. On the Nuggets side, Wang Chao continued to stay on the court. Not only that, the Nuggets The lineup has also been adjusted slightly, replacing Tucker and replacing Kuzma with stronger offensive ability and impact.

Under the ebb and flow, the gap between the two teams became even bigger. The Nuggets fired all their firepower and tore the Nets' already dilapidated defense to pieces, 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 two teams scored 76:56, and the Nuggets already held a 20-point lead.

The course of the game was a bit confusing to the Nets home fans.

They hope to see Wang Chao's wonderful performance again, and they also thought that the Nets might lose this game. 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 have already reached the All-Star level in terms of personal performance. Such a luxurious lineup was actually unilaterally beaten by the civilian Nuggets?
Especially Paul, as the league's top point guard, his performance in the first half was disappointing. He only scored 6 points on 1 of 4 shots, only 3 assists in the half, and 2 turnovers.

Not to mention comparing with Wang Chao, even compared with Mitchell who is facing him on the Nuggets side.

Mitchell, who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, was extremely active in this game against Paul. In the first half, he made 5 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.

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

This is actually not surprising. Paul, who was born in 1985, is almost 33 years old now.

As the saying goes, boxing is afraid of being young. Although Paul's age is still considered to be in the peak state of athletes, he is definitely not comparable to when he was in his 20s, especially after Paul has suffered many injuries after a long season. Players whose speed has been slightly affected will certainly not be able to compare with the energetic Mitchell who has just entered the league.

As for Booker and Jokic...

Booker's advantage lies in mid-range and long-range shooting. Before he really became the core of the team, his scoring ability and explosive power on the field were limited by the possession of the ball, and he could not fully exert it.

Jokic was even worse. He met Gobert in the paint.

In a few more years, Jokic can completely hang Gobert up and play inside.

But the current Jokic has not yet grown to the level of the big insider in the future. He is still facing Gobert, who is good at protecting the frame at the basket. The result is self-evident.

More importantly, in the Nets, the ball has always been highly concentrated in the hands of Durant and Paul, and Jokic, who needs the ball to be effective, has never looked up.

When Wang Chao was on the court last season, he occasionally gave Jokic some ball rights to let him play freely.

It was the turn of the Nets after Paul joined, and Jokic basically seldom got the ball in the high position, organized support and added offense.

No way, with Paul, the field control master, when the ball is in the hands of others, Paul's usefulness will be greatly reduced.

When joining the Rockets in the original history, because the core of the Rockets is Harden, Paul can sacrifice part of the ball and hand it over to Harden, but in the Nets, Durant takes up a lot of balls. What is Jokic?Also want to learn how to run to the top arc and hold the ball to support?Let you hold the ball, so what else am I doing on the court?
Paul himself is a player with a relatively strong desire for control, and his personality is also relatively strong. Even with a top MVP-level star like Harden on the Rockets, after two seasons, the two had irreconcilable conflicts because of their playing philosophy. , can naturally feel the threat Jokic brings to him.

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

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

Thanks to the support of Wang Chao last season, Jokic has already achieved a certain value, otherwise he will definitely be overwhelmed by Paul.

Even so, Jokic got very few opportunities in this game, and more often he received the ball inside and played Gobert with his back.

Jokic's strength is face-to-frame offense. Although he can attack with his back in the interior with comprehensive skills, his efficiency is not particularly high, especially when facing the top rim protector Gobert.

Durant, Paul, and Jokic were all suppressed in the game, and there was only one Booker left, and naturally it would not be effective.

The result was the second half of the game. The Nets tried to launch a counterattack several times, but they were easily suppressed by the Nuggets. In the end, the two teams scored 126:104. The Nuggets beat their opponents by 22 points at home. Get six consecutive victories! (end of this chapter)