I really play basketball

Chapter 148 Difficult February

In the last game in November, the Warriors continued to sit at home and played against the Suns.

Compared with last season, this Sun has changed a lot.

Last season's main small forward Cedric Ceballos is gone, and last season's main center Oliver Miller is also gone.

The two main players were left in order to free up salary space and sign Danny Manning.

Compared with the two who left, Danny Manning is more famous, after all, he was an All-Star in the past two seasons.

But sometimes, being famous doesn't necessarily help.

The Sun's reinforcement this time is a typical example.

There are two main problems with Manning. One is not fatal. He and Barkley have similar styles and even positions, making it difficult for them to coexist on the same basketball court.

This is a bit like the current Lakers. Although the turtles often play very high, they still have the strength of an All-Star.

Although Zhan Zhan is getting older and has declined a little bit, he also has the strength of an All-Star.

Can these two cooperate to play together?Unless the state is so hot that it explodes, there will always be a hole between the two.

Barkley and Manning are also in a similar situation, that is, they are not compatible. If they play at the same time, the Suns will have one less player to fight.

But this problem is not the most fatal.

The most fatal problem is that Manning's injuries are very frequent.

Paul Westphal is still very witty. It took him half a month to try out the incompatibility between Manning and Barkley.

Then I was going to press Manning to the bench, staggering the playing time of Manning and Barkley.

In any case, with this signing, the Suns have added a top sixth man.

Even if it is a loss, there is nothing to lose.

Who would have thought that at this time, Manning was injured.

Knee contusion, to truce for more than a month.

Manning couldn't play, Ceballos was gone, and the third position was empty. Barkley had no choice but to play by himself.

A signing made Barkley switch to small forward, which is a loss, a loss...

In this game, the Warriors are facing a Sun without Manning.

In the playoffs of last season, Barkley played somewhat terrifyingly.

(Flying Pig: Nonsense, I'm a fearful forest? I'm afraid of being ripped off, it's only three things...)
But in this game, Barkley didn't have the problem of fearing Lin, because Lin Xing didn't play against him at all.

The old Nelson has fixed the starting lineup, the combination of Chris Gatlin + Tyrone Hill inside, and Mullin + Madman on the flanks.

Mullin's defense is not that good, so in this game, Barkley is a madman.

As for Lin Xing, he is now a point guard, and if he wants to match up, he can only match up with Kevin Johnson.

The Suns also dealt with point guard Lin. Kevin Johnson must not be able to stand up to Lin Xing. The difference in size is big enough.

So, the Suns switched defenses.

They didn't use Barkley to directly face Lin Xing. Paul Westphal has learned the lessons of last season's playoffs and knows the importance of liberating Barkley.

Without Cedric Ceballos, they can only let Dan Marley face Lin Xing.

Dan Marley's defense is not bad, after all, he has entered the second team of the All-Defensive Team.

But his defense relies on a lot of hard work.

For Lin Xing, who has a "huge" upper body, Marley still can't stand it.

Thus, the beginning of the game.

Lin Xing abused Dan Marley in various ways. Like the previous two games, he still passed the ball more than himself.

Moreover, it was Gatlin who mainly cooperated with Lin Xing.

Since the game against the Lakers broke out, Gatlin has performed well in three consecutive games.

He had 27 points and 8 rebounds against the Lakers and 23 points and 7 rebounds against the Jazz.

It was slightly worse against the Clippers, with only 18 points and 9 rebounds.

The reason why it's a little worse is--

One, the game was spent very early, and he didn't have much playing time;
Second, Lin Xing has unlocked more ways to pass the ball, not just looking for Gatlin.

Looking for a madman for a counterattack, looking for Mullin for a sudden point, or even looking for Langley at the basket are all extra choices.

Lin Xing had other options, and Gatlin's chances were reduced.

To put it bluntly, no matter how well Gatlin plays, he can only eat inside.

If you want to perform well, the prerequisite is that someone has to feed the cake to his mouth.

Of course, being able to eat the cake that is fed to the mouth is also a kind of skill.

Chris Gatling's ability to do this means that he is indeed Lin Xing's best pick-and-roll partner.

Just like this game, in the first quarter, Gatlin cooperated with Lin Xing.

一个单节9分1个篮板4个卡位1个盖帽，另一个8分5个篮板5个助攻2个抢断。

Although Xiao Chong was injured, the Warriors in the first quarter still played like a pair of stars.

On the other side, the sun also wants to combine the two stars, but...

Just like in the playoffs of the 92-93 season, Kevin Johnson encountered a strong single defense.

In the first quarter of the game, he took 6 shots and only made 2 hits, scoring 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Compared with Barkley, who scored 13 points in the first quarter, a double star?Barkley is afraid to say: Are you worthy of this performance?

Kevin Johnson was also helpless. On the one hand, he understood the reason why Barkley was always timid against Lin Xing last season.

On the other hand, he is also feeling: It is worthy of being mixed with Gary Payton.

This mad dog defends from the same line of master!

In the first quarter, the Warriors played a 29-25 game with the Suns, and the Warriors led by 4 points.

The score difference is not big, so overall, this game is still very anxious.

On one side, Lin Xing drove his teammates, and on the other side, Barkley went crazy alone.

The second and third quarters are also the same way, without any change.

At the end of the three quarters, the score had become 80 to 82, and the Warriors still led by 2 points.

But is the 2-point lead worth mentioning?Not worth mentioning!
Unlike the Jazz game, Nelson didn't let Lin Xing switch to Barkley in the final quarter.

Why, Kevin Johnson is different from Stockton.

You really want to let Kevin Johnson take over the game, he can really take over.

And Barkley is different from Malone. Barkley is very tough, and Lin Xing's defense may not be effective.

Therefore, the old Nelson made up his mind to block Kevin Johnson.

Watching Barkley wreak havoc, Nelson Sr. bet on offense.

But at the last moment of the game, the score was still anxious and difficult to score.

In the last 20 seconds, Barkley stood up to the madman, rushed to the basket and made a pick.

106 to 105, the Suns directly surpassed by 1 point.

Seeing 19.6 seconds on the timer, rounded up to 20 seconds, Lin Xing scratched his head.

"Is it time to kill again?"

Lin Xing also has a lot of lore. Last season when he played against the Jazz, he scored a goal after the red light came on. It was a real, uncontroversial lore.

Including playing against the Suns in the playoffs, Lin Xing also made a three-point foul at a critical moment and took away the game.

So for this final lore, who would vote if Lin Xing didn't vote?

Old Nelson quickly arranged a lore ball tactic in which Lin Xing catches the ball, consumes time, and then makes a double-block mid-range shot.

After the pause, everything went smoothly.

Lin Xing controlled the ball at the top of the arc, consuming only the last 6 seconds left.

Then start, pass the pick-and-roll, pass the screen, and after throwing off the opposing Dan Marley, he made an emergency stop in the middle distance.

However, Flying Pig flashed in front of Lin Xing at this critical second, and it was definitely a disturbance.

Bang!

"It's a pity that the lore is missed, and it's too surprising!"

"The Mamba has lost his former magic..."

Lin Xing was disappointed, but he knew that this is basketball, real basketball.

After the game, he greeted Barkley, stood in the center of the court, and bowed to the surroundings.

Then, amid applause at the Oakland Stadium, he walked into the player tunnel.

Lin Xing's lore failed, and the Warriors also ended their four-game winning streak since his comeback.

But in this game, whether he lost or lost, Lin Xing still scored a triple-double.

28分12个篮板11个助攻3个抢断1个盖帽，这是本赛季林星的第四次三双。

His road to the sewer went further and further...

……

After the sun is over, the timeline will enter December.

On the first day of December, when the Warriors did not have a game, Nelson called all the coaches and players together for a November summary meeting.

In fact, Lin Xing said that there is no need to hold this summary meeting at all.

This November, the Warriors played 11 games because of Lin Xing's suspension and the bug's injury.

The record of 9 wins and 5 losses is actually not bad.

But considering that the opponent has many tank teams like the Clippers and Timberwolves, this wave of games is actually very loose.

The really difficult schedule is yet to come.

This period of the schedule is 9 wins and 5 losses. Wouldn't the subsequent schedule be even worse?
Especially this defeat against the Suns made Nelson realize that bugs are still very important.

At least in this game, if Xiao Chong is there, the two stars will be involved with each other, the Warriors' offensive firepower will be more fierce, and the game will not be played to the last moment.

Or even if the game is still anxious, the old Nelson can have one more choice for the lore at the last moment.

For Lin Xing, the record of 9 wins and 5 losses in the first month, and his attendance rate of missing as many as 5 games, meant that he missed the competition for the best of the month.

Therefore, for him in November, there is really nothing to sum up.

Old Nelson didn't think so. He thought it was necessary to sum up the experience of failure.

So, after a while, I came to the conclusion——

"We must add a training of running without the ball, the purpose is to better carry out our offensive work around Comrade Stalin..."

In other words, whether it is Madman or Mullin, they have to further improve their off-ball skills.

In fact, everyone understands what old Nelson means.

The purpose of the so-called off-ball training is not really to improve the off-ball level of everyone here.

This off-ball level is really so easy to improve. With Azhan's genius level, can he learn it?

To put it bluntly, what Old Nelson meant was that everyone had to run.

As long as he runs, no matter how bad the off-ball player is, he will be a top off-ball player.

If you can't run, even the best off-ball player will become the worst off-ball player.

After a summary, Old Nelson set his sights on December——

In December, the Warriors' schedule was significantly more difficult.

In addition to the opening home and away games with the Mavericks and the Timberwolves.

From the fourth game onwards, the difficulty increased.

In the fourth game in December, the Warriors' opponent is the Sonics, which is still strong in the new season.

After the Supersonics, they will fight the Suns and Jazz again, interspersed with a Nuggets game.

After the Jazz, it was a rocket.

After playing the Rockets, the Warriors can usher in a simple game, playing a bullet at home.

After finishing the bullets, the next game is the much-anticipated Christmas game.

This year's Christmas War, the Warriors are still the protagonists.

The difference is that they have to cross half of the United States and go to the other side of the ocean to play a game of Knicks.

To be honest, when Lin Xing first saw the schedule, Lin Xing's first reaction was——

"Digging, is the old man so courageous? Are you afraid that I will give him a full-fledged martial arts in the Christmas war?"

To be honest, the old man is really not afraid.

He understands that the more dangerous the game, the safer it is.

In the old man's view, everyone thinks that the Warriors vs. Knicks game is full of gunpowder.

On the contrary, he can be sure that Lin Xing will not be able to fight the Knicks again.

On the one hand, Lin Xing is a good boy who keeps his promises. He will never take the initiative if he says he will not take the initiative.

For Lin Xing, the old man is at ease.

It was the gangsters in New York that made him a little worried.

But don't forget, Lin Xing has already beaten Charles Oakley twice.

And when he beat Oakley for the second time, that tough-looking Anthony Mason had already been persuaded.

This time, I believe that Oakley, who has suffered so much, will also be persuaded.

Oakley and Anthony Mason are both counseled, and the Knicks have no other troublemakers.

No, there are people who cause trouble, but there must be no one who dares to cause trouble in front of Lin Xing.

Therefore, the Warriors vs. Knicks game is very safe.

In the Christmas game, in addition to this game, the old man also arranged a Bulls vs Rockets game.

This game is called, the returning king vs the current king.

And Staples, Lakers vs Celtics, the classic yellow-green battle.

Of these three games, the least popular is probably this seemingly classic yellow-green battle.

It's really hard to say which of the other two games is the most popular.

After all, some people like to watch basketball, but there are also people who like to watch fighting without doing their jobs!
Especially, fighting on the basketball court...

In the last three games in December, the Warriors' opponents were also not weak.

A Hornets, which is also one of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The Eagles are also one of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The most important thing is that these two games are still away games, back-to-back battles, the physical condition is worrying.

Finally back at home, the Warriors will play another Supersonic game.

It can be said that in December, except for the Mavericks and Timberwolves at the beginning, and the bullets in the middle.

The other opponents are all strong teams at the playoff level.

The difficulty of this schedule, can it not be too big?
For the Warriors, for Lin Xing, the real test is already on the way.

(End of this chapter)