On January 20th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continues. To say that the most watched game today is undoubtedly the showdown between the Green Army and the Nuggets. The two teams are considered to have the best chance of breaking out of the division. team, so this game is also considered a preview of the finals. In the end, relying on the core to perform better at critical moments, the Nuggets narrowly defeated their opponents 102-100. Although the Green Army only lost two points, they were exposed Lots of questions.
The performance of the double pick in this campaign was not good. If Boshen and White did not perform well enough, it is estimated that the Celtics would have collapsed in this game. In this campaign, Tatum made 9 of 24 shots and 1 of 8 three-pointers. With 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Brown made 6 of 19 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers and scored 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. At the last moment, the Greens fell behind by 1 point, and Tatum attacked twice. Ironically, Brown missed two free throws and missed the chance to comeback.
I guess everyone has seen the problems of the Green Army from the past few seasons. The two top picks always like to make bizarre mistakes or make mistakes at critical moments. There is still a big gap between the stability of the top stars. Tatum was obvious in the final quarter. It's just that his physical fitness is not good, he can't keep up with the rotation, and he can't shoot. In this situation, Mazzula did not choose to trust other players. If this opportunity was given to Porzingis or White, would the result be different?
Both White and Porzingis performed very well in this campaign. White made 9 of 18 shots and 5 of 12 three-pointers. He scored 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He made 6 of 11 shots from the field, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. Porzingis scored 19 points in the first half. He and Jokic fought against each other, but they lost the ball in the second half. , White also played very well and no longer had the ball in the final quarter.
However, Mazzula did not think this was his problem. In an interview after the game, he talked about the team's defeat. Mazzula said: "We missed some good scoring opportunities and did not come up with enough at critical moments. Performance, when the opponent was not on the court, their Murray stood up. Murray played very well. Some of their players got open opportunities and shot the ball. We need to improve our offensive execution. "It's better."
Although he didn't name his name, Mazzula was obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the two top teams at the last moment, but was the loss just the reason for the two top teams? Malone made good adjustments in the second half, and he only had two stars in hand. However, the two stars took turns leading the team, but they withstood the performance of their four stars. Did Mazzula not let the four cores perform as they should? Have some strength? I think so. First of all, Holiday was used as a blue-collar player.
Holiday was still a player who averaged 19+ per game last season. Although he did not have enough possession of the ball, Holiday has almost no offensive tactical position, which also makes Holiday less interested in playing on both ends of the offense and defense. He only scored 7 points in the game and took only 7 shots in the game. At the last moment, Holiday passed Jokic and had a chance to shoot. Mazzula called a timeout, which was also speechless. Just watch, this season is over. , as long as the Green Army does not win the championship, Holiday will definitely leave the team.
In this campaign, the Nuggets' dual-core performance was amazing. Jokic made 14 of 22 shots and 2 of 4 three-pointers, scoring 34 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. Murray made 15 of 21 shots and three They scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists on 3-of-7 points. The two relied on individual scores and assists to help the team score 89 points, while the team totaled only 102 points. This shows the excellence of the dual-core, but it also It revealed the lack of firepower of the Nuggets' role players.
In this campaign, the Nuggets had a total of 4 substitute players and scored 13 points. Porter scored 13 points in the starting lineup, Gordon had 2 points, and Pope had 5 points. Although the offense was not good, they were the best defensively. After the game, Porzingis talked about the Nuggets in an interview. He praised his opponent. He said: "The Nuggets are a truly capable team. If we meet them in the playoffs, it will be a good one." It’s a big matchup, they were the champions last season, and that’s the identity we want."
He later talked about Jokic, saying: "As I said, he is the best player in the world, he has pure basketball talent, he is a pure basketball master. "White also talked about the Nuggets and Jokic after the game. He said: "There is a reason why the Nuggets can become the championship. They are an excellent team. Until someone defeats them, they are still the championship. We didn't play enough offensive possessions to win tonight and we have to learn to grow. "
Afterwards he talked about Jokic. Like Porzingis, he was impressed by Jokic's skills. He said: "Jokic's touch looks unreal. He is in the 8-foot area every time. You can score 2 points with just one shot." Jokic's offense is indeed very accurate. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the two teams in this game? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.
