When Xiang Chu returned to his home in Denver to enjoy the sun, the end of the first round of the All-Star shooting also came out.

He beat Durant and Kobe to become the voter in the West, with less than a thousand votes away from the Eastern Conference voter James. His fans were excited when they knew the result.

So, their goal officially became to help Xiang Chu compete for the vote king.

His opponents are James who defended his title successfully last season and Durant, the Western Conference new balloon star. Howard, who competed for the starting position last season, can only hide in the corner and draw circles. Now the most popular one in the entire league is the three.

In fact, real fans will vote for three people at the same time, and their votes do not conflict.

So the final winner will be a small number of fans, and only those more emotional fans will vote less fairly for their idols.

Xiang Chu himself doesn't care much, it's good to be able to start.

Compared to the victory of the voting, he hopes to win the championship more, which is a real result, and no one else can interfere.

However, it is also a good thing to compete for the vote king, such as his growing popularity value.

In fact, his popularity has now appeared to be a small bottleneck. Fans who like him have liked him have long been liked, and those who don’t like him cannot be so easily attracted for the time being.

The fastest growing popularity value was actually last season. This season led the team to a promising start, and the growth was relatively stable. He didn't know if the All-Star voting would help increase the speed.

If you think about it carefully, it is not that easy. Now the voting is full of positive fans, and these people have followed him before.

You must perform well in the playoffs. At that time, there will be many fans who are not very enthusiastic about it. A real superstar will only be born in the playoffs.

After a few days of adjustment in Denver, Xiang Chu's fatigue had dissipated.

The good foundation laid in summer prevents him from burnout like many players.

The game was four days later, and they played against the Jazz at home.

The Jazz are not good now and are trying to change. Facing the Nuggets again, they did not let Kanter start.

Kante was beaten up last time, and his status in his body also declined a little.

In this game, the Jazz played a small lineup and asked Fevers to play the No. 5 position.

Fevers defended much better than Kante, but his height poses little threat to Xiang Chu.

Hayward has now adapted to his core identity more and more. Before the game started, the Nuggets also made some arrangements for him. The key is to defend against the players.

Unexpectedly, the Jazz hit three-pointers in a row at the beginning of the game, which was somewhat inconsistent with their style.

The Nuggets still couldn't limit Hayward. The Jazz, a young forward, was in good health. Although they successfully forced the opponent to the outside, his three-pointer was also very accurate today.

Marvin Williams also hit the ball continuously, with the Jazz taking the lead.

Middleton did not limit Hayward, and the effect was not very good after being replaced by Jefferson. Hayward performed very well in this game. His outside line was not so accurate before.

However, Jefferson also hit a three-pointer, and Xiang Chu beat Fevers in the interior, not allowing the opponent to take the opportunity to widen the score.

In the past, the two teams always played defensive battles, but this time it turned out to be a match.

After adjustment for a few days, everyone's fatigue improved a lot, but the feel did not become very good. After entering the rotation lineup, the performance of several shooters was average, with only Belinelli and Chandler hitting three-pointers.

Fortunately, the Jazz's substitute lineup performed even worse, and the scores of the two teams were closer when the substitute matched.

In fact, this is the real Jazz. They are not very offensive, and their performances before are a bit exaggerated.

But after Hayward came up, he once again showed a hot touch. With his 20-point performance in the half, the Jazz led by 5 points and ended the first half.

"Continue to block." George Carl said during the break.

They actually have no problem with Hayward's defense. Hayward's three-pointer is not that strong at all. As long as he continues to solve the problem from the outside, the Nuggets will be able to wait for the opportunity.

As for the rest of the Jazz, Xiang Chu will take care of the inside, and there are almost no one who can play with the ball on the outside. The Nuggets' defense is as long as they are guaranteed not to lose their position.

After Xiang Chu became stronger in defense, their team defense became much easier.

Mozgov's assisted defense ability is enough time on the bench.

The Nuggets almost gave up their previous quick lineup, which looked a bit out of lineup, but they were stronger on the offensive end.

In the third quarter, the Nuggets continued to guard Hayward strictly, and the effect finally came.

Hayward reduced his personal attacks after missing the outside line twice. He is not the kind of player who ignores singles.

However, the attack power of the other Jazz was much worse. Hayward did not attack, and the Jazz's offensive efficiency plummeted, but the Nuggets did not have such a problem.

Xiang Chu played in the inside so that Fevers couldn't raise his head, and he also made several three-pointers from the outside. The Nuggets finished the overtake in the score just halfway through the third quarter.

After Fevers made four fouls, the Jazz tried to use Kanter, but Kanter's defense was too poor after he came on the court, so he had no restrictions on Xiang Chu and could not score in his own offense. They simply used a smaller lineup.

A purely small lineup is to fight seven-injury punches, which is very disadvantageous in defense, and it depends on whether the offensive end can be made up for it.

It is obvious that the Nuggets have Xiang Chu, and the opponent's pure small lineup did not perform any effect. It may be because the Jazz are not good at playing tricks on the offensive end, and their three-pointers in the second half did not have the first half hit rate.

Seeing the score gradually widening, the Jazz chose to attack when Xiang Chu was resting.

This has indeed played a certain role. The Nuggets' tactics are somewhat dependent on Chu. Mozgov can stand it for a while, but his efficiency is definitely much worse.

Unexpectedly, it would be so difficult to play the Jazz at home. George Carl was not pretentious and replaced Xiang Chu a little in advance.

After Xiang Chu came up, he blocked the opponent with a big hit and then completed a dunk in the inside.

But at this time, Hayward showed his strength again, and he completed 21 against Chandler's defense.

Three people took turns to dealing with Hayward today, but by this time his shooting percentage was still very high. He did not choose to attack in the third quarter, but there was no way out in the final quarter. The Nuggets' defense forced out his potential.

"Continue." Xiang Chu said to Chandler, "I won't lose to that guy on the offensive end, so don't let him take action comfortably."

Chandler grinned, "No problem."
Chapter completed!