Puas yog Denver Nuggets muaj teeb meem tiv thaiv?

UA TSAUG, Denver Nuggets tsis muaj alibi rau qhov phem npaum li cas lawv tau saib kev tiv thaiv los ntawm ntau ntawm lawv thawj lub lim tiam ntawm lub caij.

Txawm hais tias muaj qee qhov zoo ntawm kev ua si ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hauv lawv txoj kev yeej tawm tsam Golden State Warriors, rau feem ntau Denver txoj kev tiv thaiv tau, zoo, dab tuag.

Cov lus nug tam sim no yog seb qhov no yog qhov pib ntawm qhov kev txhawj xeeb uas yuav nyob mus ib txhis los ntawm lub caij nyoog, lossis tsuas yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, pib tsis txaus ntseeg uas Nuggets tuaj yeem tso tom qab lawv ua ntej nws hloov los ntawm tus chij liab rau hauv qhov teeb meem tsis tu ncua.

"Peb tau txaj muag hmo no," tus thawj coj tus kws qhia Michael Malone tau hais tom qab Nuggets qhov kev tawm tsam tsis ntev los no 135-110 poob ntawm Portland Trail Blazers. "Nws yog kev siv zog tsis zoo tom qab thawj peb lub hlis twg, tsis tiv thaiv txhua. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tiv thaiv ib leeg tam sim no. "

Guards Damian Lillard thiab Anfernee Simons ua ke kom tau 60 cov ntsiab lus rau Portland, sib sau ua ke tua 21 ntawm 33 (.636) los ntawm lub tshav pob thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj 11 ntawm 19 (.579) ntawm peb-pointers.

Malone kuj hais txog Denver muab 18 "blow-bys" (thaum tus neeg tuav lub pob tsav dhau nws tus neeg tiv thaiv ntawm ntug) rau 22 cov ntsiab lus tawm tsam Portland, thiab 16 lub tshuab ntaus rau 31 ntsiab lus tawm tsam Oklahoma City Thunder hauv lawv qhov kev ua si dhau los.

Thiab cov tshuab-bys tsuas yog lub ntsis ntawm lub iceberg.

"Peb tau muab 60-ntxiv cov ntsiab lus hauv cov xim, peb muab 48 cov ntsiab lus ntawm peb, peb muab lawv rau ntawm kab foul 31 zaug, lawv muaj 20-ntxiv rau kev hloov pauv," Malone yws, kos tawm lub thawv tom qab lub thawv ntawm qhov ncaj ncees. Tag nrho cov npe ntawm kev tiv thaiv kev ua txhaum cai Nuggets tau cog lus tawm tsam Portland.

"Peb tau ua tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv hmo no."

Thiab cov txheeb cais los ntawm Denver thawj plaub qhov kev ua si, thaum lees paub tias yuav tsum tau noj nrog cov nplej loj ntawm ntsev vim nws yog cov qauv me me, yuav qhia tau tias lawv tau ua me ntsis ntawm kev tiv thaiv tag nrho.

Cov Nuggets tau tso cai rau tus neeg sib tw feem ntau cov ntsiab lus hauv ib qho kev ua si hauv NBA ntawm 124.5, thiab raws li Kev Kho Cov iav, 123.1 cov ntsiab lus lawv tau muab rau 100 yam khoom (qhov ntsuas raug ntau dua li ib tus lej game txij li nws tau hloov kho) ua rau lawv qhov kev tiv thaiv tsis zoo tom ntej hauv pab pawg kom deb li deb lub caij no. Kev ua haujlwm tsis zoo ntawm kev tiv thaiv yog qhov ua txhaum loj hauv Denver tam sim no muaj qhov thib rau-qis tshaj plaws hauv kev ntaus nqi hauv pab koomtes, tau txais outscored los ntawm lawv cov neeg sib tw los ntawm 7.5 cov ntsiab lus ntawm 100 yam khoom, txawm hais tias muab 115.6 ntawm lawv tus kheej, rau qhov kev ua txhaum thib kaum zoo tshaj plaws.

Rau pab pawg Nuggets uas tau tsom mus rau kev tiv thaiv thaum lub caij offseason los ntawm kev tau txais kev tiv thaiv kev hloov kho dua tshiab ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas thiab tis txoj haujlwm hauv Kentavious Caldwell-Pope thiab Bruce Brown, thiab tom qab ntawd ua kev tiv thaiv lub hauv paus ntawm kev cob qhia camp thiab lub caij ua ntej, qhov no tsis yog qhov tshwm sim uas lawv xav tau. Thiab qhov ua tiav ntawm ntau lub ntsej muag uas lawv tau pom kev tiv thaiv tsis ua tiav txog tam sim no, thiab qhov twg Malone tau sau meej meej, taw qhia rau qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm qhov kev vam meej - tsawg kawg kom deb li deb - kom ua tiav nws lub hom phiaj ntawm Denver los ua tus thib tsib. tiv thaiv.

Txawm hais tias tsis muaj kev siv zog Malone raug suav hais tias yog qhov kev poob siab tiag tiag los ntawm kev xav ntawm Nuggets ua tsis tau raws li cov qauv siab uas lawv tau teeb tsa rau lawv tus kheej raws li kev cia siab rau lub caij no, nws tuaj yeem muaj peev xwm ua tau nyiaj hauv ob sab phlu. Kev cog lus thiab kev mob siab rau yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev tiv thaiv NBA zoo, thiab tsuas yog sim ua kom nyuaj dua yog ib qho kev kho tau zoo tshaj plaws rau Denver txoj kev tiv thaiv kev tawm tsam, piv nrog kev rov kho cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv lossis kev sib tw juggling lineup ua ke.

Rau Malone, qhov no txhais tau hais tias coj kev siv zog thaum ntxov, thiab ntawm qhov kev tawm tsam. "Nrog ib tug txiv neej zoo li Simons, koj tsis tuaj yeem cia nws mus," nws hais. “Qhov ntawd yog ib qho hluav taws kub uas yuav tua tau. Peb tsis yog neeg tua hluav taws. Peb tsis xav tua hluav taws. "

"Thiab peb kaw luv rau nws," Malone ntxiv. “Peb kaw nrog peb txhais tes rau nws. Nws yog tus tua neeg, thiab qhov ntawd tsis yog lub hom phiaj kev ua si. Yog li peb tau ua haujlwm tsis zoo nrog peb cov phiaj xwm kev ua si hmo no. "

Nrog rau kev ua kom pom tseeb, kev siv zog thiab kev paub, kev txhim kho cov phiaj xwm kev ua si yuav tsum tau yooj yim nyob rau hauv ncav cuag rau Nuggets, tsuav yog qhov txaus siab nyob ntawd.

Thiab nws tsis zoo li yog tias qee qhov pob hauv txoj kev tsis xav tau. Nrog ob ntawm lawv peb lub hnub qub saum toj kawg nkaus hauv Jamal Murray thiab Michael Porter Jr. rov qab los ntawm kev raug mob ntev, Cov Nuggets tsis yog cia siab xwb tab sis npaj kev qeeb qeeb rau ob qho tib si thaum lawv ua haujlwm rov qab mus rau qhov kev ua si zoo thiab kev noj qab haus huv tag nrho.

Lawv rov qab los, nrog rau qhov tau txais tsawg kawg yog plaub tus neeg ua haujlwm hloov tshiab tsis tu ncua (yog tias tus neeg tshiab Christian Braun suav nrog, raws li nws zoo nkaus li nws yuav tsum yog), kuj ua rau Cov Nuggets muaj cov npe hloov pauv ntau lub caij no Txawm hais tias qee qhov ntawm cov kab txuas txuas ntxiv, nrog rau, piv txwv li, tus neeg saib xyuas xyoo thib ob Bones Hyland ua si nrog Murray thawj zaug. Yog lawm, Caldwell-Pope, Brown thiab Braun yog qhov kev tiv thaiv kev xav ntxiv, tab sis nrog ntau tus neeg ua si tshiab hauv kev sib xyaw, nws zoo li tsis muaj sijhawm uas yuav tsum muaj qee lub sijhawm rau txhua tus los hloov kho rau ib leeg kev ua si thiab rau pab pawg tag nrho. gel thiab txhim kho chemistry zoo.

Tej zaum Denver qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws tsis tu ncua, txawm tias nws yog ib qho uas tau pom tseeb dhau los ntawm lub sijhawm, tab tom tsim kev tiv thaiv zoo nyob ib puag ncig-rov qab MVP Nikola Jokic. Thaum Jokic txoj kev tiv thaiv tau zoo dua qub rau lub caij dhau los, thiab feem ntau zoo dua hauv chav haujlwm ntawd dua li qhov kev phem phem uas nws tau txais los ntawm qee qhov chaw ntawm NBA mediasphere, nws tsis yog lub chaw ib txwm ua raws li kev tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv, tua-thaiv rov qab kab tiv thaiv. Thiab tsis muaj qhov ua tsis tau zoo, Cov Nuggets yuav tsum ntiav qee qhov kev muaj tswv yim uas feem ntau yuav cia siab rau Jokic cov phooj ywg pem hauv ntej Porter thiab Aaron Gordon ua kom muaj kev sib hloov raws sij hawm ntawm kev pab tiv thaiv kom tsis txhob muaj cov neeg tawm tsam mus txog ntawm ntug ntawm cov lus hais saum toj no.

Tab sis nws tseem yog lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm Denver tus neeg saib xyuas thiab tis kom batten down lub hatches ntawm ib puag ncig thiab tiv thaiv cov tshuab los ntawm thawj qhov chaw, ib txoj haujlwm uas, raws li Malone tau taw qhia, lawv tseem tsis tau mus txog rau lub caij ntuj no. .

Nrog rau ob qhov yeej thiab ob qhov kev poob, Nuggets nyob deb ntawm qhov xav tau kom ntshai txog kev poob qis dhau ntawm qhov sawv, thiab tseem muaj 78 qhov kev ua si tsis tu ncua rau lawv los txheeb xyuas cov teeb meem no.

Ib feem loj ntawm lub luag haujlwm ntawd poob rau ntawm lub xub pwg ntawm tus pab qhia tshiab Ryan Saunders, yav tas los tus thawj coj ntawm Minnesota Timberwolves, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm Denver "tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv." Txij li qhov no, nrog rau lawv cov neeg ua si tshiab ntxiv, sawv cev rau lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm hloov tshiab rau Nuggets, nws tsim nyog xav tias cov neeg ua haujlwm hloov pauv thiab kev hloov kho yuav siv sijhawm me ntsis kom tau txais ironed thiab.

Tab sis yog hais tias tam sim no trajectory tsis txhim kho ntawm Denver txoj kev tiv thaiv tsis tsuas yog underperforming, tab sis ua li ntawd nyob rau hauv yuav luag tag nrho cov swath ntawm peb-pointers, xim ntsiab lus, fouling thiab kev hloov, thiab cov Nuggets txuas ntxiv tau tawg tawm los ntawm cov neeg sib tw uas saib zoo tag nrho cov qhab nia. ntawm qhov xav tau, tom qab ntawd lub siab ntawm Malone thiab Saunders yuav luag pib ua kom sov.