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Wang Lang sat on the sidelines, drinking Coke while recovering his strength.

He knew that there was still a tough battle ahead, but the Nuggets had a lot of consumption and couldn't support it for long.

The Warriors and Nuggets also fielded bench lineups at the start of the fourth quarter and didn't let the main lineup play.

The Warriors' bench is still dominated by big players, and the three tall players of Looney, Bogut, and Speights are guarding the interior while reducing the offensive tempo and focusing on positional battles.

There's also Barnes on the perimeter, playing a similar role to Andre Iguodala.

The Nuggets' bench players, although playing at home, struggled to score in the face of such defensive intensity.

The Warriors' offense isn't easy either, as they have too many defensive players and fewer offensive players.

The game also became dull, the offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides was very slow, they were all playing ball by ball, there was nothing to watch, but Wang Lang didn't care, after all, what he wanted was to win.

With eight minutes left on the game time, the main line-ups of both sides came back on.

The Warriors led the Nuggets by seven points 100-93, and the margin didn't change much, just a slight increase.

Wang Lang also played at this time, and he was joined by the lineup in the third quarter.

Jokic, for his part, is still using the starting lineup.

The Nuggets attacked, Moodier dribbled to the outside and handed it to Jokic on the inside, Jokic turned his back to Wang Lang's defensive pass and handed it to Gary Harris on the right side of the box.

Immediately after, Jokic blocked Livingston's defense on the spot.

Jokic's tall frame made it difficult for Livingston to squeeze past the cover to defend the opposition, and Gary Harris also took advantage of the opportunity to shoot from mid-range.

However, this time the ball was not thrown, smashed on the left side of the basket and popped up, Wang Lang took the opportunity to get stuck in the position, jumped high, took off the rebound with both hands, turned around and dribbled, and directly broke through Jokic's defense and rushed to the frontcourt.

Gallinari hurriedly followed, but because Wang Lang's desperate defense in the first three quarters consumed a lot of physical energy and his speed was slow, he couldn't fully keep up, and he was still thrown away by Wang Lang's full-level dribbling speed.

Wang Lang was unguarded on the outside, and with an easy chance to shoot, the remaining defenders couldn't limit him.

Wang Lang immediately stopped at the three-point line, shot extremely fast, and hit it easily.

Although Farid let go of Iguodala and desperately made up for it, because of the height gap and the slower pace, it did not prevent Wang Lang from scoring.

The Warriors led the Nuggets by 10 points at 103-93, and the margin began to widen again, to the detriment of the Nuggets.

Jokic sighed and bent down to take a deep breath to regain his strength, while Gallinari wiped his sweat tiredly and crouched down to rest for a while.

The Nuggets attacked, and Gallinari gave Gary Harris a pick-and-roll, just outside the three-point line.

The pick-and-roll forced the Warriors to switch defenses, with Livingston defending Gallinari and Green defending Gary Harris.

Green's defense was very strong, preventing Gallinari from passing to Gary Harris.

In desperation, Gallinari passed directly to Jokic on the inside.

There were only 12 seconds left in the offensive time, and Jokic had no choice but to face Wang Lang's defense, forcibly turn around and make a layup, and made a move to throw and hit the board.

Wang Lang had already predicted the opponent's offensive style, jumped high, and used his full-level bounce to interfere with Jokic's layup.

The ball smashed on the outside of the basket and popped up to prevent waves, and Wang Lang took the opportunity to jump high and use the quick second jump to grab the rebound.

Wang Lang turned around and broke through Jokic's defense when he landed, and once again rushed to the front court with a full-level dribble speed, Gallinari couldn't keep up at all this time, his feet were heavy, and he could only stay behind to catch up.

Wang Lang rushed to the outside of the three-point line, adjusted slightly, and went straight to the basket.

Farid made up for it again, but Wang Lang ignored the opponent's defense, directly chose to pull the lever with one hand, and dunked Farid with his right hand.

Wang Lang scored 48 points and 19 rebounds, and the Warriors led by 12 points at 105-93, and the difference continued to widen, and the Nuggets were exhausted and could no longer compete with the Warriors.

There are five minutes left in the game, but it's hard to turn around.

Coach Malone of the Nuggets lowered his head and eventually called a timeout.

Wang Lang happily raised his arms in celebration of the score, turned around and returned to the bench with his teammates, Curry and Thompson ran over to hug Wang Lang, they both knew that the outcome of this game was decided.

O'Neal and Payton are also analyzing the game.

O'Neal said slowly with admiration: "Jokic's performance is good enough, he successfully helped the Nuggets solve a series of offensive problems, but his defensive problems are still big, and the Nuggets' overall defense also has obvious flaws, and they still failed to block the Warriors' offense in the end and were completely defeated."

Payton nodded: "Under the fast offensive and defensive rhythm of the Warriors, the big man of the Nuggets consumed too much physical energy, and finally couldn't keep up with the rhythm and was completely thrown away." The Nuggets should absorb more good perimeter defenders, especially against big players like Wang Lang, who need tall and fast players to defend.

O'Neal shook his head: "There aren't many such players, and the Nuggets don't have any good draft opportunities to select these people at the moment, they can only take it step by step to see if they can bring in All-Star players or pick better rookies in the future."

Payton said slowly: "Defending is an art, and it takes all aspects of effort to build a good defensive system. The Nuggets don't need to rush, after all, Jokic is young and has a long way to go. After

the timeout, the Nuggets did not continue to play with the main players, but instead replaced the water cooler players.

The same is true for the Warriors, with Wang Lang sitting on the sidelines, relaxing while chatting with Curry and Thompson.

Curry said: "With a win over the Nuggets, the rest of the road games will be a lot easier.

Wang Lang nodded and responded: "The next game will depend on you and Thompson, and I don't think you have any problem."

Thompson analyzed: "After all, we are playing away from home, and if we don't feel good, we will encounter some trouble, but it's really not good, you have to play to help us."

Wang Lang agreed: "No problem, who called me a player of the Warriors." The

system prompt sounded: "Led the team alone to defeat the Nuggets in the fourth quarter of the game, complete the special achievement, and obtain the special skill [Drift Shot] of the [God of Basketball] Michael Jordan can jump high in the middle distance." Drift to the right and left to avoid defensive shots.

Seeing this new skill, Wang Lang was surprised and delighted, after all, this kind of mid-range shooting method is difficult to defend.

He's ready to use it in the next away games.