Until the morning of May 18, the Nuggets began to resume training, mainly tactical training, used to target the Trail Blazers.

The focus is on offensive drills. After McDays was injured, the Nuggets' positional battle was undoubtedly weakened, and someone must take on the heavy responsibility of scoring.

There was not much training this day and the confrontation was not intense, so I conducted a simple training class.

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In the afternoon, the Nuggets team began to watch the Trail Blazers game video, especially the regular season video of the Nuggets and Trail Blazers.

In the playoffs, players must be familiar with their opponent's style in order to better increase their winning rate.

Although coaches are important, they are players who play after all. Many times the plan cannot keep up with changes, so players must understand the general style and tactical changes of their opponents. Even if they encounter an accident, they can respond temporarily.

Due to insufficient rest time, D'Antoni disbanded the team before 3 pm so that the players could regain their strength for the evening game.

At the same time, he also declined interviews from many reporters and did not allow them to disturb the players.

At 7 p.m., Moda Center!

The Trail Blazers were founded and joined the NBA in 1970, and achieved 49 wins and 33 losses in the 1976-77 season. Under the leadership of Bill Walton, they entered the playoffs for the first time and won the only championship trophy in the team's history.

Since then, the Trail Blazers have maintained their status as a strong team in the Western Conference, especially in the two seasons of 1989-90 and 1991-92. The Trail Blazers reached the finals twice, but unfortunately they all lost.

From 1990 to the present, the Trail Blazers have entered the playoffs every year and are also one of the best teams in the league.

After coming to the visiting team's locker room, Van Exel was amazed: "The visiting team's locker room is so luxurious, but the Trail Blazers are generous. Unlike the Jazz and Celtics, they can't even open the heating!"

"There's no way, they have a rich boss!" Fordson pursed his lips, actually envious of the Trail Blazers.

The owner of the Trail Blazers is nothing but Paul Allen, who started Microsoft with Bill Gates, is also the world's top rich man.

After Paul Allen moved to the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers had to pay luxury tax every year. For example, this year's salary cap is exactly 30 million yuan, and the luxury tax is 35 million US dollars. This year's Trail Blazers players' total salary is 54.44 million, which is also the second most salary expenditure this year.

The first place is the New York Knicks, with the total salary of players this year approaching 60 million.

With the support of Paul Allen, the Trail Blazers can form such a luxurious All-Star lineup.

Compared with Paul Allen, the Nuggets are very poor and don’t even exceed their salary cap, let alone luxury tax.

Not long after, the Nuggets were preparing to enter the court, and the Moda Center was instantly filled with boos, which was also the routine of playing away games.

Soon, DJ's passionate voice was scared, and the Trail Blazers players began to play one by one, and the stadium began to be filled with cheers from fans.

After preparing pre-match warm-up and other preparations, the Trail Blazers' home game against the Nuggets is about to begin!

Nuggets starters: Chi Liang, Fordson, Williams, Billups and Van Exel.

After McDace was injured, this naturally became the Nuggets' strongest lineup. However, in this way, the replacement lineup will inevitably be weakened.

Trail Blazers starters: Sabonis, Rahim Wallace, Brian Grant, Isia Laidel and Damon Stadamire.

The Trail Blazers' lineup is very strong, and both the player configurations of the front line and back line are the top players in the league.

In addition, the height difference between the two sides is very big. Except for the "Flying Squirrel", the Trail Blazers all have more positions than the Nuggets.

Sabonis 221 cm, Rahim Wallace 211 cm, Grant 206 cm, and Leidel 196 cm.

The gap in height makes the Nuggets very unfavorable.

Under the referee's organization, he began to enter the jumping ball. Looking at Sabonis in front of him, Chi Liang felt a lot of pressure.

Among the NBA's foreign players, Sabonis is undoubtedly one of the best players.

This guy is one of the best centers in the world in the 1980s and 1990s. Even if he joined the NBA at the age of 31, he is still a real top center.

After both sides were ready, the referee threw the basketball vertically into the sky. When the basketball began to fall, the two jumped one after another.

Sabonis was not as bounced as Chi Liang, but with his height and wingspan, he pulled the ball to Stadamier first.

After halftime, Stadameer tried to break through, and he was very fast and extremely flexible.

In terms of type, Stadameer and Van Exel are similar, both of them are short players and are both good at speed.

In terms of speed, Van Exel is not as fast as Stadamier, but it is not much inferior. For a moment, Stadamier could not get rid of it, so he had to pass the ball to Wallace.

Compared with Stadamier, Wallace is much easier. There is no way. Fordson is too short. Wallace gently lifted the basketball and then flew Fordson.

Before Fordson landed, Wallace took a step forward and scored two points with one hand.

Roar ~

After scoring a slam dunk, Wallace pulled the jersey and let out a signature roar.

"Rahim, go back to defense!"

At this moment, Sabonis's voice sounded, and it turned out that the Nuggets served quickly and wanted to launch a fast break.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets are indeed much worse in height, but their speed and flexibility are more advantageous.

After a quick serve, Van Exel and Billups flew together, and Chi Liang's pass quickly crossed the half and was received by Van Exel.

However, the Trail Blazers were obviously prepared for a long time. Stardameier and Ledel returned to defense quickly. Under their interference, the Nuggets' offense ended in an ironclad manner.

Ledel took the defensive rebound and handed it to Stardameier casually. The Trail Blazers continued to attack with a rhythm.

This time, Sabonis caught the basketball with his back, and the rest of the Trail Blazers players dispersed, giving him room to play singles.

Bang~

The first collision, Chi Liang felt a tightness in his chest, and he felt a strong force surge, and he did not retreat after doing his best.

Sabonis was a little surprised at Chi Liang's strength. His weight was 132 kilograms, which was not the same as Chi Liang at all.

The next moment, Sabonis began to activate his full strength.

Bang~

In the second collision, Chi Liang could no longer bear it and couldn't help but take a step back.

It was also at this time that Sabonis completed the turn, pressed Chi Liang with his left hand, and gently hooked his right hand to easily hook the ball into the basket.

Regarding this ball, Chi Liang said that he was weak, and his height, weight, wingspan and strength were all at a disadvantage. It was extremely difficult to limit Sabonis.
Chapter completed!