On the night of January 29, the Clippers challenged the Nuggets away from home at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
For this short trip, Min Congda followed the whole team to the Denver Plateau.
The Nuggets entered a rebuilding period after undergoing a major trade last season.
Carmelo Anthony's departure brings a lot of chips to the Nuggets.
Chandler, Gallinari, Mozgov, send away Anthony, and make up half of the team's rotation.
In the eyes of most fans, especially New York fans, this deal is definitely worth it.
Based on past experience, superstars like Anthony are hard to come by.
Once a trade opportunity arises, it must be done, even if the team is hollowed out, it must get such a superstar.
Previously, the Celtics acquired Kevin Garnett and the Heat acquired O'Neal, both of which gave the team enough competitiveness and a championship.
This is the so-called exchange of dimes for whole coins, five yuan for five yuan.
However, there is a big question mark as to whether Anthony can reach the heights of Garnett and O'Neal in terms of strength and influence.
At least in the 2011 playoffs, the combination of Anthony + Stoudemire Jr. did not show enough competitiveness.
They were easily defeated by the aging Celtics in the playoffs without any resistance.
In the new season, the New Yorkers signed championship center Chandler to strengthen the team's interior basket protection.
Whether they can regain their glory in New York remains to be seen.
There is no doubt that the Nuggets are entering reconstruction again. The No. 1 pick in 2003 brought Anthony to Denver, bringing hope.
In 8 years, the two sides parted on bad terms. Anthony left some good memories for the Nuggets, but the mark he left seemed not deep enough.
After all, they still lack a championship trophy and a championship ring.
The overthrown and rebuilt Nuggets did not suddenly become the losers of the Western Conference and began to compete for the next No. 1 pick.
On the contrary, under the leadership of George Karl, the Nuggets became a front guard again and followed the team basketball route.
Since the SuperSonics in the 1990s, George Karl has loved building multi-forward, flexible offensive teams.
His team never lacks beast-level forwards, a large number of versatile forwards, and a solid traditional point guard as an adjuster.
From Payton, to Cassell, to Billups, and then to Andre Miller, this is George Karl's old bottle.
This time there is new wine in old bottles, and the Nuggets performed quite well at the beginning of the season.
Before this game against the Clippers, the Nuggets had won 6 consecutive victories!
The record has climbed all the way to fifth place in the Western Conference.
This includes a five-game winning streak, which shows the strength of the Nuggets.
It feels like the Denver Nuggets will be a dark horse this season.
Among them, the Nuggets will challenge the New York Knicks away from home on January 21st.
The meeting between the new couple and the old master was extremely jealous, and they experienced a double overtime battle!
Carmelo Anthony performed poorly against the Nuggets, scoring 25 points on 10 of 30 shots.
Gallinari, who was sent away by the Knicks in exchange for Anthony, scored a game-high 37 points.
He slapped the Knicks management and fans in the face with his stunning performance.
The Nuggets' morale also increased greatly, and they won successive victories and were in the limelight.
Therefore, before the game, Min Congda boldly predicted that the Clippers would lose this game!
"According to the law of conservation of character of Tyronn Lue, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies in the last game. They will definitely lose this game. There is no chance!"
As the saying goes, the end of science is metaphysics. When you cannot use science and reason to explain some things, it is better to believe in character, merit, and luck.
Min Congda discovered that since Tyronn Lue coached the Clippers, the team has not had a winning streak or a losing streak. It has always lost one game, won one, lost another, and won again.
They won the Grizzlies in the last game, so isn't it too much to lose to the Nuggets this time?
The Nuggets are so strong, their forwards are so powerful, and they have so many talents at the third position, the Clippers should have lost a game.
Since the beginning of the 2009-10 season, the Clippers have been weak at the third position, and Min Congda knew this but did not strengthen it.
He also knows that the third position will become more and more important in the league in the future, but the more this happens, the less likely he will strengthen the small forward.
He rejected LeBron James, and even traded Iguodala and so on. If the real deal comes, the Clippers still won’t take off?
In the past two years, although three No. 3 players were selected in the draft, in Min Congda's opinion, none of them were good.
George is too soft, Leonard is too stiff, and Butler is too short, it is difficult for him to become a great player!
George has performed quite well this season and has become a stable rotation.
While Leonard and Butler occasionally showed their talents, they still sat on the bench studying most of the time.
The team's starting small forward has always been Ricky Davis, Min Congda's good brother.
Davis has changed his mind, improved his strength and shooting, and has become a solid 3D player for the team.
However, this season he is one year older, his condition has declined significantly, and his defensive efficiency is much worse than last season.
Facing the younger and more talented No. 3 players in the league, Davis is somewhat powerless.
Like the last game against the Grizzlies, Butler scored 21 points on Ricky Davis' head.
The greater significance of Ricky Davis lies in his versatility, SG attributes, and ability to attack with the ball.
His offensive significance and connection significance are greater than his role in the starting lineup.
Tyronn Lue is also aware of this, but he still doesn't have the courage to put Davis on the bench.
After all, Ricky Davis' starting position was promoted by Min Congda. How could he move it casually?
The biggest problem with Ricky Davis playing the third position is his height.
Although his registered height is 201, he is actually only about 198, otherwise he wouldn't be able to play shooting guard.
Nowadays, strikers are developing in the direction of becoming taller. Gallinari and Chandler are both tall strikers.
This caused Ricky Davis to obviously suffer a disadvantage on defense.
After the game started, both sides conducted tentative offense and defense.
At the beginning, the Nuggets succeeded in attacking the interior after two consecutive pick-and-rolls.
On the contrary, the Clippers' shooting touch is not good.
Curry, as the team's shooting vane, missed his first two three-point attempts.
As soon as he saw that Curry couldn't make a three-pointer, Min Congda was happy and thought, "I'm sure tonight!"
As a third-year player, Curry's three-point stability needs to be further improved.
Compared with when he first entered the league, Curry has become a lot stronger, but he is still not strong enough.
Strength is the foundation of stability. In comparison, Harden is much stronger.
But Harden didn't know if he went to a party in some villa yesterday.
Today's first mid-range jump shot from the outside didn't even touch, allowing the Nuggets to get backcourt rebounds to counterattack.
Andre Miller made a long pass to the frontcourt, and Chandler squeezed Ricky Davis in at a not-so-fast pace.
He hit a layup and caused a foul on Davis!
With a three-pointer, the Nuggets beat the Clippers 7-0 in the opening game.
Plateau home court, poor touch, has been cursing their general manager.
Tonight is another challenge for them.
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