Where is Edwards' ceiling? The Nuggets are overrated this season! Jokic is gone
The Nuggets are actually overrated this season, many people put it in a dusty position, in fact, even if it is one of the championship contenders, the strength is not as good as last season, the bench has regressed compared to last season, Murray has been playing and stopping this season and the state is unstable, although the Lakers shot two quasi-kills in the first round, but the efficiency of the whole round can only be said to be average, the Lakers are now in this lineup, James is 3 years younger, and the Nuggets may not be able to do it
Jokic is not easy to play, he is still invincible in this offensive area, and Gobert Downs can't defend him. But Gobert is better defensively, but Downs has 3 points, and he is prone to running on both ends and consuming a lot of energy. No wonder the Timberwolves are a powerful team, a bunch of young people + an old fritter Conley, it's amazing, the Nuggets are hard to play. Although the Nuggets beat the Lakers had two lores to the point where I want to say that they still played very easily, and as soon as they made a force, the Lakers were gone.
If you want to beat the Nuggets, you must first understand what their routines are and where their weaknesses are, the Nuggets' biggest killer move is Jokic to pull out the strategy, mobilize your big one, and your interior line will be empty, he weakly tests a few single-gear covers to complete the air cut, and if it doesn't work, Jokic uses his height and weight to eat alone. So on the defensive end, there must be two interior lines targeted, one to play Jokic
A three-second ball comes in and is blocked, of course, the price of this is to empty a person, and it just so happens that Gordon on the opposite side can be empty. After defending, take advantage of the disadvantage of the Nuggets' slow speed to counterattack. The positional battle uses the Nuggets' outside line to not be tall enough (Murray Pop is short, Porter is thin) to beat him with his back alone, pull out the mid-range, or score the inside line to make kills, the Lakers lost last year is not to strengthen the inside, and if they lose, admit it
Wolves are a defensively based team, with more reliance on the duo and Reid for offensive firepower, but everyone knows exactly where they are, and players like Kyle who have no offensive ability will also use his excellent defense and high ball quotient to help the team. It's all about the Thunder being a talented team, but people seem to forget that the Timberwolves don't lack talent
The Timberwolves have formed a championship lineup, there is really a championship this year, the only team that can match the Nuggets in height and size in all positions, there are veterans and young people, and they have a balanced offense and defense, and the defense in all positions is not bad, with Huazi's hard solution ability, the twin towers have greatly reduced the role of Gordon and others, and the rebounding advantage of the Nuggets before playing the Lakers is also gone, and there are reed, Li Kaier and other strange soldiers on the bench, Huazi is only 23 years old, if he wins the championship + FMVP this year, it is really the sky that is his limit