The Thunder's strength improvement in the new season is obviously visible to the naked eye. At least in the next period of time, the Nuggets will be at a disadvantage without any suspense.

A large part of this is that Graham's point was well targeted by Yang Fan.

Graham was not threatening outside the three-point line, and his three-point shooting percentage, which was only 20%, was not taken seriously by Yang Fan.

This also leads to the fact that although the Thunder is weak on the defensive end, when there are obvious flaws in the Nuggets' offensive end, the Thunder can plan the defensive focus well.

If a player loses his position, the player who faces Graham can make up for defense as soon as possible.

Don't worry about Graham's sudden arrow outside the three-point line.

As the game continued on the court, the Thunder played more and more smoothly on the offensive end. Since everyone on the Thunder could become the final ending point, this made the Nuggets a little distressed.

In addition, the Thunder has never been a team that likes to play individually. On the offensive end, the entire Thunder has continuously unballed pick-and-roll and cover to create better offensive opportunities.

So this situation obviously made the Nuggets unable to resist, and the entire first quarter was suppressed by the Thunder.

Faced with this situation, although Nuggets head coach George Carl was a little dissatisfied off the court, he obviously did not have a good solution.

Because George Carl's Nuggets are a traditional offensive and defensive team. On the offensive end, they do not have the sharp bombardment of the Suns, and they cannot reach the iron-blooded defense of the Celtics and Lakers.

This has led to the fact that the Nuggets' status has always been very embarrassing. It can be said that they cannot be called a weak team or a strong team.

It can only be said that the playoffs are more than enough, but it is still far from the championship.

Finally, after the end of the first quarter, with excellent offensive firepower, the Thunder took:

29:20

He led the Nuggets by 9 points and ended the first quarter between the two sides.

Although there was only one quarter of this game, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Nuggets were always at a disadvantage in the fight with the Thunder.

While not being able to defend against the Thunder attack on the defensive end, it cannot get much advantage on the offensive end.

In fact, the Thunder team's lineup is not particularly outstanding on the defensive end, and even when facing players with particularly strong offensive capabilities, it is very likely that it will become a target.

But the key is that the Nuggets' offensive focus is too obvious. Except for Billups and Anthony, the other three players have very limited offensive abilities in the entire starting lineup.

Graham can be regarded as an air. As long as he does not cut to the basket, his threat can be said to be very low.

This situation naturally gives the Thunder more ways to deal with it, and can switch freely on the defensive end.

After returning from the second quarter, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to compete.

The Nuggets' substitute lineup has not changed much compared to last season. The inside is still dominated by "Birdman" Anderson, and the outside is still JR Smith.

Looking around, there is a rookie Ty Lawson.

However, strictly speaking, the Nuggets' substitute lineup has also been weakened, that is, Lithuanian forward Kreza, who played for the Nuggets last season, left the Nuggets.

Kreza averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds per game last season, and his loss was definitely a big loss for the Nuggets.

However, Kreza is not satisfied with his role in the Nuggets, so Kreza chose to go to the European League this summer to play.

He became one of the few players in the NBA who took the initiative to play in Europe during his peak period.

It is worth mentioning that the contract for Creza at that time was $12.2 million for two years, even richer than the NBA.

Although the Nuggets' substitute lineup has not improved much compared to last season, it has even suffered some minor weaknesses.

But this season's Thunder is no longer the Thunder of last season. With the starting lineup of the Thunder team being strengthened, the Thunder's substitute lineup has also improved for a period of time.

Since the team held a big lead, Yang Fan adopted the five-up and five-down method in the second quarter.

As soon as the second quarter came, the Thunder team's lineups on the court were:

Westbrook, Hamilton, Danny Green, Jeff Green, and Ibaka.

It can be said that using this lineup to play as a substitute can be said to be a very luxurious one.

Even this substitute lineup is much stronger than the starters of many weak teams in the league.

When Yang Fan personally sent this lineup, he felt a little vague because this was so lively!!

In the second quarter, the Nuggets were at a disadvantage without any suspense in the competition between the substitutes of both sides.

Even if the Nuggets have the league's No. 1 "Neuro Knife" JR Smith, as the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. No matter how strong JR Smith is, he cannot be stronger than so many people.

What's more, when Hamilton had to play as a substitute, the Nuggets' second team was really not good enough.

Finally, after the half, with the overall excellent lineup depth, the Thunder took:

59:44

Leading the Nuggets by 15 points, ending the first half of the competition between the two sides.

The game just ended halftime, but the situation on the court was about to enter garbage time.

I have to say that this scene was definitely something that fans never expected before the game. Although the Thunder's lineup in the new season is very luxurious, it is Yang Fan viewed it from the perspective of God in the future.

In the eyes of fans, although the Thunder's lineup in the new season is good, it is obviously too young and old, and it is far from being so scary.

As a result, with the two sides fighting, the Nuggets had no ability to resist on the field.

Whether Anthony is present or not, the Nuggets are always being pressed to rub against each other.

This situation obviously made the Nuggets feel a little frustrated.

Because after being eliminated by the Thunder as second in the West last season, the Nuggets in the new season originally planned to teach the Thunder a good lesson in the opening game.

In the end, Thunder Ting was educated in reverse, and he was the kind of person who was not stressed by adults to beat children.

What's even more excessive is that Stephen Jackson always adds fuel to the fire on the court and squirts at the Nuggets, which makes the Nuggets more and more frustrated and become more and more furious.

For Stephen Jackson, he doesn't care about his character, because in the eyes of outside fans and media, "Martial Saint" is already his character.

He is not a good player at all, and this is a recognized thorn in the league, so Jackson can be said to be unscrupulous when doing things.

In the playoffs last year, Jackson has always been tolerant of the Nuggets for the overall overall situation, but Jackson has no such concerns in the new season.

Since the Nuggets are very disliked in Jackson's opinion, Jackson's mouth is also very sarcastic while winning.

Every sentence seemed to hit the Nuggets' heart, and even Martin was so excited that he almost couldn't help but attack Jackson.

But Jackson was not afraid of Martin's behavior at all. He directly posted it with Martin face to face and started spraying, and the expression on his face seemed to be looking forward to Martin taking the lead.

If it weren't for George Carl's situation and he took Martin off the court in time to see that it was wrong, then the friction between the two on the court would probably start sooner or later.

In addition, the referee who called for this game was also under a lot of pressure. Although the score on the court is already big enough, the gunpowder smell of both sides is full of gunpowder.

The referee also knew some of the grudges and grudges between the two teams in the playoffs last year, so the referee was afraid that the two teams would not be able to help but fight.

After all, neither Jackson nor Martin, these two are easy-to-talk masters.

What's more, there are more than one Thunder who is hard to talk to this year, so the referee really wants to tell Martin:

"Young man, I advise you rat tail juice!"
Chapter completed!