You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 855 Who is Worse than Who (561)

Wesha took the Spurs and Spurs fans back to the 2014 finals, reminding them how the finals failed that year.

It's cruel, but necessary.

The Spurs are currently ranked second in the league and are one of the few strong enemies. If they can defeat them, it will be a big boost to the morale of the 76ers.

They're like the experience babies everyone wants.

Indeed, they are difficult to deal with, but as long as they can be defeated, everyone will be very happy.

After all, when they were rising, Jordan was about to complete the second three-peat, OK dominated the league, Kobe led the team for two consecutive championships and it has been 19 years, they are still so strong, Duncan is still a player full of value.

In 19 years, the Celtics ruled from the 50s to the 60s, and that was just such a period of time. Russell's retirement made them miss the playoffs for several consecutive years.The situation of the Spurs is completely different. Duncan is also about to retire, but the competitiveness of the Spurs has not been affected.

In order to completely defeat them tonight, Wei Xia staged a one-on-five positional battle in the fourth quarter.

That round, the Spurs put up a zone defense.

This is the defense that Popovich has hated the most. The zone defense is simply the joint defense of the whole team.People with poor defense are affected by the zone defense. When defending the opponent's breakthrough, they can get twice the result with half the effort with the help of teammates.

American coaches believe that the zone defense will reduce the player's sense of responsibility.

It sounds like zone defense is poison, and if it is used too much, it will make players irresponsible when defending.

In fact, it is just a defensive option. In order to weaken the influence of traditional centers, the NBA introduced three seconds of defense to make the squatting center disappear from the league.

Anyone who pays attention to FIBA ​​games knows that the reason why FIBA's zone defense has the power to give James Wade and others a headache is because they can play one-on-four.

A center with the ability to protect the basket can stay in the basket for a long time, and all breakthrough players have to pass the inside pass after passing their opponents.

Therefore, players who like to break through and have not yet shot will have a bad nose when they play FIBA ​​games.

In the NBA, because of the three-second defense, the center cannot stand under the basket, so they can only count on the five players participating in the zone defense to make up for the shortfall.If there is a forward block king like Kirilenko, the NBA's zone defense can still have the effect of FIBA's zone defense.

But Kirilenko is unpredictable.

Even if Duncan's defensive pace is fast, it is difficult to exert the maximum power of the league under the three-second limit of defense.

This created a natural convenience for Weixia's one-on-five in the restricted area.

He broke through Leonard with explosive power, jumped, and got up again. He made two pull-up moves in the air, leaving Duncan and Aldridge nowhere to start. Then he looked for tricky angles and hooked the ball steadily.

His offense is full of tricks, and the Spurs are amazed.

They really don't know how else to stop Wei Xia.

Popovich was still very irritable at first, blaming the players for not being able to guard Wei Xia, but now, he looks away.

He began to believe that this was someone who couldn't be guarded.

This kind of "epiphany" is symbolic. The Spurs are 15 points behind. Facing Wei Xia in this state, if he has the idea of ​​​​"unable to guard him", it is tantamount to giving up the game.

The unreasonable one-on-five, the headache-inducing one-on-five, finally achieved the desired effect.

The Spurs collapsed.

Wei Xia almost used his own power to blow up the Spurs in the second half. The AT&T Center lost his voice throughout the whole process. Occasionally, some people cheered for the Spurs' scoring, but most of the time, they watched Wei Xia slaughter their beloved team in silence.

"It's a mixed feeling."

"You know our players can't stop that guy no matter what they do, but in the back of your mind, you're just praying for something to happen."

韦夏出场36分钟，得到46分9篮板4助攻3抢断2盖帽。

Of his 46 points, 30 came in the second half.

The hope of the Spurs also gradually disappeared from the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter when Wei Xia played a one-on-five round, the Spurs completely lost their confidence in winning.

This battle is no small matter, Wei Xia used the way of the 2014 final to get the Spurs.

Although a regular season can't explain the problem, it will give people a feeling.

Even if the Spurs make it out of the West, if they meet the 76ers, will Weixia, who is fully fired, play a more exaggerated performance than in 2014?
It can happen.

It seems that Wei Xia not only learned all the techniques that can be used from Kobe, but also stole from him the muscle memory that exploded when playing the Spurs.

"I heard people say that Wish exploded when he met the Celtics? For these people, I can only advise them to see how Wish treats the Spurs. What is the pain of the Celtics?"

The remarks came from the Spurs' Australian Patrick Mills.

The Australian's remarks sparked fury in Boston.

If you want to talk about other things, such as the background of various famous scenes since the new century, and the damage suffered by various hero ball lore, they are absolutely inferior to the Spurs.

But who do you want to say was hurt deeply by Wei Xia?
Damn, is there still suspense?
Wei Xia set a career high in his rookie season against the Celtics;
The Celtics in the opening game of the second grade coincided with the death of the Cardinal. Wesha heard that the Celtics immediately decided to introduce the cheerleading anger after the death of the Cardinal, and set a new career scoring high again;

In the finals between the Lakers and Celtics in 2008, Game6's "Wish Steals the Ball" and Game7's "Return of the King" re-enactment of Willis Reed are all famous scenes recorded in NBA history;

In 2013, the audience scored 72 points and set a new career high;
2014 points in 3 quarters in 70, re-enacting Kobe’s myth of scoring more than his opponent’s team in 3 quarters, another career highest score in a single game
Do you want to compare?

Is there any comparison?

Who is worse?

No matter what the Spurs said, Wei Xia averaged 2014 points per game in the 40 finals, but "this level of" suffering, everything the Celtics suffered in the 2008 finals was more than offset by more than enough.

As for tonight's 46 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in a single game, the performance of the Spurs in the second half is not worth mentioning in Wesha's game against the Celtics.
In the end, all the Spurs who wanted to turn the Spurs into a tragic image and were restrained by Wei Xiasheng had to admit that Bostonians were more experienced in being abused by Wei Xia.

Later, when Wei Xia heard that they were arguing about this kind of thing, he just felt inexplicable.

It's not something glorious, what are you fighting for?

"You seem to get better every time you play against the Spurs, any secrets?"

The reporter who asked this question is from Dallas.

They are both Texas teams, but there is no family relationship.

The Dallas media is eager for the Spurs to make a fool of themselves. It would be even better if Wei Xia could pass on the secret of defeating the Spurs to the entire league.

"I don't want to pass the buck, it might have something to do with Kobe."

If something unexplainable happened to him, as long as he was still playing, he could blame Kobe.

Anyway, he is about to retire.There are countless blames in his career, is it still short of this?

"Oh why?"

"I have worked with Kobe for several years. He always brought wonderful performances against the Spurs. He inspired me, so every time I play against the Spurs, I hope to perform better than him."

Wei Xia's explanation is reasonable. The story of his rookie season's training camp and Kobe's competition has become a story that has been passed down after being rendered by sports writers.

Next, Wei Xia was asked about his season outlook and his plans for the All-Star Weekend.

Speaking of the All-Star Weekend, Hayward was also the key person interviewed by reporters.

From 2014 to 2015, the 76ers had three All-Stars, but this year, there are only two.

Hayward lost.

Because in the past few months, his performance has not been good, averaging only 16 points per game, shooting 45% from the field, and the bonus of the defending champion is not enough to allow him to enter.

It is precisely because of the decline in personal performance that Hayward has been questioned.

Losing the All-Star selection was a major blow to his reputation.

Therefore, facing the reporter's question, he seemed unhappy: "No matter who it is, there will be ups and downs."

It's just that for him, the ups and downs lasted too long.

The reporters understood and did not continue to ask the bottom line.

Defeating the Spurs is a good thing for the 76ers. They can finally gradually relax the string in their minds and maintain a winning state before the All-Star weekend.

By defeating a strong enemy, you can deal with other teams with a more relaxed mood.

The Spurs rank second in the league. They have only lost 8 games before tonight. Except for the Warriors who have only lost 3 games so far, they are the best on the record list.

That night, the mental state of the 76ers team was very relaxed.

Odom posted yellow pictures in the chat group to enliven the atmosphere, encouraging the players to go to nearby nightclubs to release their energy.

Wei Xia rarely agreed.

If even Wei Xia is willing to go out, others have no reason to refuse.

In the end, only Hayward, who was in a bad mood, chose to stay in the hotel to play games, and everyone else went to the nightclub to gather.

Wei Xia has not changed his gender, he still doesn't like nightclubs, but he is too hungry tonight, he doesn't like the hotel's special supper, so he has to go out for food.

(End of this chapter)