I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 186 Denver Bandits
After the Lakers captured the Knicks 100-94 at home, they won the Christmas game. Kobe participated in the Christmas game for the 15th time. In the end, he made 24 of 14 shots and scored 58.3 points with a shooting rate of 34%. It was the ninth consecutive game Score 9+ and be crowned the Christmas scoring champion.And "Gua Ge" Anthony, who played against the Black Mamba, also had a good shooting rate. He made 30 of 23 shots and scored 13 points on a 56.5% shooting rate. He really likes to run away when he meets Kobe.

As for Chu Xiao, the audience wanted to be an adult, but with his superb performance in the second quarter, he still scored 20 points, 11 assists, and 5 rebounds. Have a face.

But after the game, he didn't even have time to greet them, so he had to rush back to the locker room to pick up his luggage and set off. He needed to rush to the Denver plateau that night to face the "Denver Bandits" back to back.

The reputation of "Denver gangsters" is indeed the Nuggets in the 2009 playoffs, composed of ruthless characters such as Melo, Billups, Martin, Nene, Birdman, and JR, and even beat the Hornets and Mavericks, and finally won the Western Conference Finals. On the stage, he fought with the final champion Lakers in 6 consecutive games.

The Denver Nuggets are an NBA basketball team located in Denver, Colorado, USA. They belong to the Northwest Division of the West and their home court is Ball Arena.

球队在1967-76年加入ABA联盟，1976年起加入NBA。历史上曾在1975-76赛季打进ABA总决赛，1977-78、1984-85和2008-09赛季三度打进NBA西部决赛，队史五大球星有英格利什、大卫·汤普森、丹·伊赛尔、卡梅隆·安东尼和穆托姆博“穆大叔”。

Although the historical record and team history stars are not so brilliant and dazzling, this team has its own pride and resilience. In addition to cultivating some ruthless characters, its stadium is also the famous Devil's Stadium in the NBA.

In the 2010-2011 season, after the Nuggets traded core players Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter and Renardo Balkman to the Knicks .After this deal, the Nuggets ranked instead of falling, and finally won the fifth place in the Western Conference and entered the playoffs.

This season, the team formed a new "Denver Bandits" lineup of Lawson, Iguodala, Gallinari, Faried and McGee. Since the start of the game, they have achieved a record of 15 wins and 14 losses, ranking eighth in the West. If there is no accident, they will enter the playoffs for 10 consecutive years, so everyone thinks that the lack of superstar Nuggets, the reason why they are so tough is inseparable from their devil's home court, because everyone here, The feet are soft before the game.

In advance of the Devil's Stadium in the NBA, most people will think of the Salt Lake City Arena where the Utah Jazz is located, with an altitude of 1320 meters. This is the famous Devil's home stadium in the NBA.Due to the low air pressure on the plateau in Salt Lake City, the impact of the hypoxic environment on athletes is also very obvious.Yao Ming once said in an interview, "The air is relatively thin, and it feels very difficult to play for a while." Yao Ming's former partner McGrady also said, "Every time I come to Salt Lake City to compete, the first 5 minutes feel like I'm going to die." .

In fact, compared with Salt Lake City, the plateau home of the Denver Nuggets is also famous all over the world.The altitude of the arena is higher, reaching 1610 meters.This also makes the NBA players who come to Denver to play away games always have symptoms such as weakness and chest tightness to a certain extent, and their competitive status has declined a lot, which gives the Nuggets an opportunity to take advantage of.

On the plane flying to Denver, Chu Xiao made a satellite phone call to his senior Yi Jianlian who was far away in China, and asked him about the situation at the home court of the Denver Devils. It can be big or small, because everyone's altitude sickness is different, and some people may be very serious, leading to a serious decline in state, but I'm not too worried about you."

"Why?" Chu Xiao asked casually.

I only heard Yi Jianlian say, "You have played in LS. The super high altitude of the home court there is 3658 meters, which can instantly make these famous plateau home courts in the NBA into scum. I remember your game with the LS men's basketball team. How many points did you score in the game? 40 or 50?"

"It seems to be 50." Chu Xiao remembered that when he just joined the CBA, the XZLS men's basketball team was also established. Its home stadium is 3658 meters above sea level, making it the highest home stadium in the world.He once followed the team as a guest in the LS, but he did not experience the altitude sickness he imagined. Instead, he stood up when everyone was sluggish. He scored 50 points alone, led the team to victory, and became famous in the CBA.

At that time, a teammate asked him why he didn’t have altitude sickness, and he answered like this, “I’m from Chongqing, and I’ve often been in and out of western Sichuan and XZ with my parents since I was a child, and I’ve been used to altitude sickness for a long time.”

After the teammates heard about it, they showed their original expressions.

Located on a plain bordering the Rocky Mountains, Denver forms the core of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area, the capital and largest city of the state of Colorado.Its nickname is Mile High City, because the height measured at the 15th step on the west side of the State Capitol is 1 mile above sea level.Historically, it was also known as the Queen City of the Prairie, a reference to Denver's importance to agriculture on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains.The U.S. Navy has also named several warships the USS Denver.

And China also has a deep connection with Denver.

孙中山于辛亥革命爆发之日的1911年10月10日入住在丹佛市布朗宫殿酒店。1911年10月14日的《科罗拉多丹佛日报》刊登了孙中山为革命筹款的演讲广告，和从事革命演讲筹款活动的消息。

On the same page of the "Colorado Denver Daily" on Saturday, October 1911, 10, in addition to the Chinese advertisement of "Please listen to the speech" of the Zhigong General Hall, there were two English headline announcements and an English report.The title announcement was: The Qing government offered a reward of US$14 for the head of Sun Yat-sen; the English report predicted that if the revolutionaries won, Sun Yat-sen would become the first president of the Republic.

After hearing the news of the outbreak of the Revolution of [-], Sun Yat-sen took a car from Denver to New York, and took a boat from New York to Europe and back to China.The Chinese residents who lived in Denver back then were mainly Chinese laborers left behind from building railways and mining.

On April 1999, 4, the then Communist Party of China visited Denver.

Premier Zhu arrived in Denver by special plane that morning after concluding his visit to Washington, the capital of the United States, to continue his visit to the United States.When Premier Zhu arrived in Denver, Governor Owens and his wife and Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and his wife greeted him at the airport.A welcoming ceremony was held at the airport, and the band played the national anthems of China and the United States.More than 300 representatives of local overseas Chinese and Chinese students came to the airport to warmly welcome Premier Zhu.

Premier Zhu also said that as a Hunan native, he was very happy to see Colorado and HUN Province become sister states and provinces.

After Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and other players entered the NBA, they came to Denver to play one after another. This time, Chu Xiao also came.

The Lakers' starting lineup remains unchanged, with Chu Xiao, Kobe Bryant, Artest, Gasol and Warcraft.

Since Warcraft came back from injury and Chu Xiao returned from suspension, the Lakers have won six consecutive victories with this lineup without a loss.

Both Chu Xiao and Kobe have unparalleled singles ability and can shoot suddenly, but there are some subtle differences, that is, as Chu Xiao gradually develops the super long-range three-point ability, he can focus on releasing cold arrows from long distances in offense, otherwise Then break through the ball.And Kobe is a person with no offensive blind spots. He is familiar with breakthroughs, shots, free throws, and three-pointers. As long as the opponent dares to give him a chance, he will convert the opportunity into a score.

Artest is the defensive core of this lineup, the soul. As long as he is there, the defense is like a nail in the sea.

Finally, there are Gasol and World of Warcraft. Although Gasol is not young and his competitive state has declined to a certain extent, his championship experience, shooting ability and defensive attitude are all there.In addition, Gasol has the ability to open up space, can output from the outside, and can also perform high-level support under the arrangement of the Zen master, thus deriving more tactical changes.

Needless to say, World of Warcraft's ability, everyone can play with him and cooperate with him. As long as Howard gets the ball at the basket, he can ignore the defense and directly force the score.

Such a lineup, before Nash returns from injury, I believe he can continue to win many games.However, there is a new problem in front of the Lakers generals. Just today, the real master of the team, Chu Xiao's master Nash has officially started training with the team!

Due to a broken left leg in the game against the Kings not long after the new season, Nash missed the next 20 games. Fortunately, Chu Xiao was appointed as the team's main controller in the face of danger, and under the guidance of Nash and Kobe, he emerged and gradually became a superstar. The demeanor, the team's record has also improved significantly, and is currently maintained at fifth in the Western Conference.

But after nearly two months of recuperation, Nash recovered from his injury and everything went smoothly. Although he is still unable to complete some actual combat training with a large amount of exercise, he is still very optimistic about his current recovery and hopes that he can make his appearance as soon as possible. The team's state is icing on the cake.

"I hope I can play at the end of the month." Nash said when facing the media, "But we also have to base on this week's training situation, because we haven't had any 5-on-5 or other confrontations so far today. train."

Obviously, Nash did not give a clear answer to the prospect of recovery from injuries in the next week out of cautious consideration.But he also said that he has obviously felt the improvement of his injury recently.

"My legs are responding well now." Nash further explained, "I can already do jogging and a moderate amount of one-on-one training. But today is my first day of formal training with the team, and we did not conduct actual combat drills. There is no doubt that the injured area is still very painful, and I have not fully recovered, but I am gradually getting back to form now."

"Chu Xiao's current state is very good. Will your comeback affect his starting position?" A reporter from the "Denver Post" asked.

"I don't think there is this problem between us. He is my apprentice. I am very proud of his success, so I believe that I will not hinder his growth." Nash said.

"Then you mean you are willing to play for him?" The reporter continued to ask.

Nash obviously didn't want to give a clear answer, so he said, "Let's talk about this when I come back."

The reporter soon caught Chu Xiao and provoked him, "Are you worried that Nash's comeback will affect your starting position?"

"Don't worry at all!" Chu Xiao would not be fooled, he ended the topic directly, "I am willing to serve as a substitute for Master, and I am willing!"

At present, completing confrontation training will be Nash's next goal. It is certain that Nash will not be able to play in the next two games against the Denver Nuggets and Trail Blazers.If the recovery goes well, the first game against the 2013ers on January 1, 1 is expected to be Nash's first show after his comeback.

(End of this chapter)