NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 293 New York Reporter: "The Nets only win because the opponent is too weak!"

At the beginning of October 2015, the NBA10-2015 season preseason began one after another.

The Nets' first preseason game was an exhibition game going overseas. On October 10, they played against Fenerbahce in the Turkish League.

This kind of exhibition game is nothing worth mentioning. After Wang Chao and other main players of the Nets came on the stage and played symbolically for a few minutes, they left the field to let the substitute bench players compete with the opponent's main players. The game process was exciting and the score was very close until the last moment , In the end, relying on a key three-pointer, Fenerbahce narrowly beat the Nets 101:99.

No one took the outcome of this game seriously. The NBA team lost to the Turkish League team, and the water was almost thrown into the sea.

But the fans in Turkey are enjoying it, and the NBA team is also making a lot of money. Everyone is happy, so what's wrong?
Make money, not shabby.

After playing the overseas game, the Nets set off to return to the United States, and three days later, on October 3, they played at home against the Detroit Pistons.

As in previous years, for Wang Chao's team, the preseason game is an occasion to hone the skills of rookies. Therefore, in this game, the player who played the most minutes was No. 11 rookie No. Wen Booker.

Booker did show an impressive scoring ability, scoring a game-high 24 points.

With Booker's performance, the Nets defeated the Pistons 93:83 and won their first preseason victory.

The Nets had 8 games in the preseason. In addition to the games against Fenerbahce and the Detroit Pistons, they also played against the 76ers, Celtics, Spurs, Rockets and other teams in turn. In the 8 games, they finally scored 3 points. With a record of 5 wins and [-] losses, the performance is mediocre.

It is worth mentioning that the game against the Rockets was held at the Rockets' home court, the Toyota Center Arena in Houston. When Wang Chao was on the field, the Rockets' home fans gave him the most sincere applause and cheers without hesitation. There is no verbal criticism and abuse when other stars in the league leave the team.

For Wang Chao, Houston fans can only be grateful.

Wang Chao said when he first came here that he came to the Rockets for only one purpose, which was to help Dayao win the championship. In four years, he kept his promise and won three NBA championships for the Rockets. retreat.

Although Wang Chao announced in the summer that he would leave the Rockets, the fans felt deeply reluctant. After all, with Wang Chao's strength and the Rockets' existing lineup, they can continue to compete for the championship and imitate the Bulls to hit the second three. It's not that there is no chance of winning the championship, but since this is Wang Chao's choice, they can only show respect.

Of course, there are irrational and brainless troll fans everywhere, but today these trolls must behave, because anyone who yells words such as "traitor" at Wang Chao in the stands, or verbs starting with F, The other fans around would stare at him, that kind of hostility that seemed to come from all over the world, even the most experienced trolls could only shut up obediently to avoid being beaten to death when they left the stadium.

The result is that the atmosphere at the Rockets' home court is very warm and friendly, almost like welcoming a general who has returned from victory.

Before the start of the game, Wang Chao hugged several old teammates of the Rockets one by one, and the scenes of waving to the audience stands were also captured, which became classic pictures one after another.

Before the start of the game, the general manager of the Rockets delivered a speech on stage, solemnly thanking Wang Chao for his contributions to the team in the past four years on behalf of the Rockets, and said that he would retire Wang Chao's No. 1 jersey in the future.

Retiring jerseys is the highest way for a team to show respect to a player. If it goes further, it is to build statues for players.

The Rockets have only built a jersey statue for one player so far, and that is the big dream Olajuwon.

The team owner has promised to build a jersey statue for Dayao, but it is not certain whether he will build one for Wang Chao. After all, Wang Chao played for the Rockets for a short period of time. He has made great achievements, but in the end, he is almost nothing to Dayao and Dameng, the veterans who have played for the Rockets throughout their careers.

But Wang Chao is not interested in building a statue for himself either.

After some pleasantries, the preseason match between the two teams began.

The Rockets' lineup for the new season has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to last season.

In terms of the starting lineup, the Rockets only retained Leonard and Whiteside. After the free market opened in the summer offseason, the general manager of the Rockets was very active in operations, and successively signed Jeremy Lin who was swept out by the Lakers. A few more players were robbed from other teams.

The result is that the Rockets cobbled together a starting lineup of Jeremy Lin, Belinelli, Leonard, Al Jefferson and Whiteside.

How should I put it, if Wang Chao is to evaluate it, with this lineup, it should not be a big problem for the Rockets to enter the playoffs in the new season, but it will be more difficult to go further.

Even when Wang Chao travels in the future, Leonard's ability to personally lead the team has not been fully proved how strong it is.

Some people may mention that when Leonard won the championship with the Raptors, the Raptors were the second in the Eastern Conference and the second in the league. The Warriors won the championship, which can be regarded as Leonard's credit.

Indeed, it must be admitted that Leonard's performance played a vital role in the Raptors' victory in the playoffs, but more importantly, the Warriors were full of injuries. Durant and Thompson were all injured. As a result, Curry no longer has a reliable helper around him.

As for the Raptors' regular season record, does it really have something to do with Leonard?

In the 19-20 season, Leonard left the Raptors to join the Clippers. Without Leonard, the Raptors, who retained other championship-winning lineups, are still the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 53 wins and 19 losses in the regular season. It is still the second-best team in the Eastern Conference and the entire league. After entering the playoffs, it also successfully entered the second round. It took seven bloody battles with the Celtics to lose to the opponent.

It can be seen that the Raptors have always been a very strong team. The existence of Leonard ensures the upper limit of the team, but even without Leonard, the lower limit of the team is also very high.

And Leonard, who joined the Clippers, started the pension mode. He was injured and injured, and he never played a full season in a serious way. The Clippers broke into the playoffs every year because of other role players. hard work.

In just a few years, Leonard's reputation for winning the championship with the Raptors has been wiped out, from being expected to replace James and Durant as the new king of the league to what it is now.

However, Leonard at this stage still has great development prospects. The Rockets management is also very optimistic about Leonard's future, so they chose to keep Leonard as the cornerstone of the team.

Wang Chao is also very curious about how Leonard, who has different career experiences, will grow in the future.
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The preseason match between the Rockets and the Nets ended in the Rockets' victory.

As usual, Wang Chao and other main players of the Nets only played for a few minutes before handing over the game to the substitute players.

Wang Chao didn't care that the preseason record was already well-known in the league. It didn't matter even if the preseason game ended in a total loss. Anyway, it wouldn't be included in the regular season record.

But the team's record has made the fans of the Nets feel worried.

After all, the team's current lineup seems too cheap to the Nets fans who are used to paying high luxury tax luxury lineups. Except for Wang Chao and Lopez, those who can take a look are very old. It's just Deron and Joe Johnson, but the Nets still don't let these two veterans start, and instead reuse rookies, so can they really perform well in the new season?
Whether it is the fans or the outside media, they are not optimistic about the prospects of the Nets in the new season.

After all the preseason games are over, ESPN announced the team strength rankings for the new season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers top the power list.

The 31-year-old James is at the peak of his career. Irving and Embiid, two young players who have experienced the baptism of the playoffs and finals in the past, will inevitably grow further. With the renewal of the Eight Sages King Tristan Thompson and the guard with a knife Iman Shumpert, the strength of the Cavaliers can be called the best in the league.

The only one that can be compared with the Cavaliers' lineup is the Golden State Warriors in the West, who rank second in the strength rankings.

There is no need to go into too much detail about the power of the combination of Curry + Thompson + Green + Cousins ​​+ Iguodala.

Under the Cavaliers and Warriors is the San Antonio Spurs who successfully dug Jimmy Butler from the Rockets.

The old and strong GDP combination, plus Howard and Butler, also has a strong ability to win the championship.

Wang Chao and the Nets only ranked seventh in the strength rankings, not only lower than the Cavaliers, Warriors and Spurs, but even lower than the Thunder and Clippers.

The reason given by ESPN is that the new Nets basically belong to Wang Chao’s single-core leader. Brook Lopez’s strength is not a helper worth relying on in the playoffs. Wang Chao wants to help the Nets win the championship. , at least the team has to sign another All-Star player in his prime to have that possibility.

In contrast, the Thunder's Durant and Westbrook double stars shine, and the Clippers also have the Big Three combination of Paul + Griffin + Jr. Jordan. Their competitiveness is obviously stronger than that of the Nets.

The entire league is looking down on Wang Chao and the Nets, just like when Wang Chao just joined the Rockets, no, even worse than that time, after all, Lopez and Dayao are not at the same level of stars.

But it doesn't matter, when the regular season starts, Wang Chao can use his performance on the field to slap these people in the face.

The current lineup of the Nets has satisfied him very much, and even the chemical reaction shown has greatly exceeded his expectations.

This is mainly due to the fact that almost all the main players came to participate in the private training camp. The players of the Nets have been training together for nearly two months in the training camp, and they are very familiar with each other. With the blessing of the potion, the training effect is excellent and the state is very good.

During the preseason, Wang Chao tried a few sets of tactics that the Nets are going to use in the new season, and the effect is excellent, especially the cooperation between Jokic and Lopez's two inside twin towers is very tacit.

This is also normal, unlike the blue-collar center who has no long-range shooting ability at all and can only eat cakes under the basket, Jokic and Lopez are both space-based centers with mid-to-long-range shooting ability, and Jokic also has a skill With the ability to organize passes and support, the two can form a good cooperation.

And Booker and Bogdanovic can also adapt well to being off-ball spot-up shooters. They can open up space for Wang Chao and be ready to shoot when he catches the ball at any time. good.

With the addition of Deron and Joe Johnson on the bench, the strength of this lineup is really not to be underestimated. Perhaps it really has the capital to wrestle with the Cavaliers and Warriors.

Before the start of the regular season, Wang Chao also took out two random talent skills that were rewarded by the season evaluation after winning the championship last season.

For the two talent skills this time, Wang Chao chose a quality-type talent and an organization-type talent.

Today's Wang Chao has 7 offensive talents, 6 defensive talents, 5 organizational talents, and the least talent is quality. So far, there are only 2 talents, one long-distance runner, and one steel and iron.

Nowadays, Wang Chao's dependence on talent is not as strong as before. From the perspective of cost performance, it must be better to develop comprehensively, so he chose this way.

Then Wang Chao, the organization talent, won the talent called "Outnumbered Enemies", and among the quality talents, Wang Chao picked the talent called "Ruthless Iron Elbow".

Outnumbered: When encountering two or more opponents double-teaming, improve the ability to break through the double-team alone, and there is a certain probability that the double-teamer will cause a defensive foul.

Ruthless Iron Elbow: Increase the strength of elbow strikes, and reduce the probability of being called a foul for elbow strikes on the field by 25%.

Wang Chao: "..."

The names of the system's talents are really getting weirder and weirder, but the effects of these two talents are indeed exaggerated.

With the talent of being outnumbered, it can be said that to a large extent, it has solved the problem that Wang Chao has been facing before, that is, the ability to break double teams.

In fact, Wang Chao's ability to break double-teams is not weak. His strong confrontation ability combined with agile movements and superb dribbling skills allow him to quickly respond even when facing double-teams.

But the problem is that the double-teams that Wang Chao usually encounters are not ordinary double-teams. Usually, he is flanked by the top defensive players, who not only have rich defensive experience but also know how to cooperate with each other. When double-teaming, you can only choose to pass the ball. Once your teammates are not strong enough to attack and score, they will indeed be very passive.

But now that he has the talent of being outnumbered, Wang Chao has the means to double-team, even if it only has a certain probability of success, he still has one more choice than before.

As for the ruthless iron elbow... Wang Chao is really powerless to complain, what kind of talent is this?

It's normal to hit someone with a ball, right?

This talent was basically designed to give people a hard time on the field, and because Wang Chao was afraid that Wang Chao would not have enough strength, he added a buff that strengthened the strength of his elbow strikes. Isn't it possible that one elbow could kill a person?

In fact, things like elbow strikes have already formed a culture in the league. Using elbows to gain an advantage on the field, protecting the basketball and even defending will have a miraculous effect, but this kind of action itself is a dangerous foul action. After using it, you must bear the consequences.

Karl Malone, a famous Jazz player and known as a postman, knows this well. He was also nicknamed "Iron Elbow". Just by looking at that guy's thick biceps, ordinary people can't die with one elbow. You have to lose half your life too.

In the past, Wang Chao didn't use similar fouls when he played basketball, but it is not a bad thing to have such a skill. In the next few seasons, the strongest enemy on his way to winning the championship will not be good men and women.

The name of the Golden State Martial Arts Team is by no means in vain. Wang Chao learned a lot when he was with the Rockets last season.

Although Wang Chao has the talent of steel and iron, he is not afraid of the small moves of the Warriors, but he is also disgusted by Green and Bogut.

Now that Wang Chao has learned the ruthless iron elbow, he will be able to fight back reasonably if he encounters him in the future.

Anyway, the ruthless iron elbow talent has a 25% effect of avoiding fouls and blowing the whistle. If Wang Chao's movements are more subtle, it may be difficult for the referee to notice.

Although the two new talents can't improve Wang Chao's strength, which has almost reached its peak, they can provide him with more convenience on the field and help him perform better.
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2015年10月28日，经历了近一个月的季前赛后，NBA2015-16赛季常规赛正式开启。

The Nets' first game opener is at home against the Chicago Bulls.

Today's Bulls have changed greatly from the original history. First of all, there is no Jimmy Butler who should have risen to become the core of the team, and there is no Paul Gasol who has rejuvenated his career after switching from the Lakers to the Bulls. , and the original future of the Bulls, the youngest regular season MVP, Derrick Rose not only failed to win the regular season MVP because of Wang Chao, but also suffered a serious injury of torn ligament just like the original history and quickly fell.

There is no way around this. Rose's style of play and his not-so-strong body are destined to make him easily injured in high-intensity confrontation in the NBA.

Without the blessing of the youngest regular season MVP halo in history, although many fans feel sorry for Rose's fall, the repercussions caused are far less than the original history.

The Bulls managed to improve their record, but soon fell into a trough as Rose's state declined rapidly.

Last season, the Bulls only ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs.

The Bulls' signings in the summer were not ideal. As a result, the starting roster for the new season only included Rose, Mike Dunleavy, E'Twaun Moore, Taj Gibson, and Joakim Noah. It looked very shabby.

Such a lineup, of course, has no fighting power.

In the opening game of the Nets, Wang Chao's scheduled starting lineup was directly sent, Wang Chao, Booker, Bogdanovic, Lopez, Jokic.

During the preseason, the starting lineup of the Nets has been changing all the time. Although this lineup has also appeared, but due to too many changes, no one pays attention to it. Even because the Nets have done a good job of keeping secrets, there is no The media obtained the starting lineup of the Nets.

Before the start of the regular season, many basketball experts and commentators judged that the Nets' starting lineup for the new season should be Deron, Joe Johnson, Booker, Wang Chao and Brook Lopez.

This lineup is relatively reasonable. Deron and Joe Johnson are two veterans who definitely have the strength to start. As a young star, Booker can exist as a spot-up shooter, and at the same time he can learn and grow quickly in the game.

Wang Chao is no stranger to the position of power forward. In his more than ten years of professional career, he has tried almost all positions on the field. He can play both center forward and point guard, let alone power forward?
Lopez and Jokic have similar styles. Although they also appeared on the stage at the same time and cooperated with the twin towers, most fans still think that Jokic is more like a substitute for Lopez. effect.

No one expected that the Nets would deploy such a lineup in the opening game of the regular season. Wang Chao continued to act as a point guard, Booker and Bogdanovic partnered outside, and Lopez and Jokic appeared on the field at the same time. superior.

Although these two big centers both have the ability to shoot mid-to-long distance and can play as power forwards, they feel awkward after all.

It has been many years since the league has had a combination of two white men inside and two towers. Can they play effectively?
This doubt has just emerged in the minds of most fans and basketball commentators, and it is quickly forgotten.

The opponent of the Nets in this game is the Bulls. Isn't it boring to think about this issue?
At the beginning of the game, Wang Chao relied on his super personal ability to control the audience. He scored 11 points in a row and sent 3 assists. He directly led the Nets to play a wave of 18:4 attacks. Widen the point difference with the Bulls.

Since then, Wang Chao has no offensive nature.

You fell down before I exerted my strength. What's the fun in that?

Just in time, facing such a weak team, Wang Chao can calmly further adjust the tacit understanding of the game between the two towers inside.

So in the second half of the first quarter, the ball began to be heavily concentrated in the hands of Jokic.

The concept of organizing a center has existed in the league a long time ago.

Back then, the Princeton tactics of the Kings set off a frenzy in the league. The gorgeous and wonderful style of play successfully gained a large number of fans. At that time, the core of the Kings lineup was center Brad Miller. He was the most classic organization center. .

In addition, during the triangle tactics period of the Lakers, Paul Gasol, as the core axis of the tactics, also undertook a certain amount of organizational work.

Nikola Jokic will be the strongest organizational center in the league in the future. During the two consecutive regular season MVP periods, he averaged 27+10+8 quasi-triple-double data per game, and is the most important tactical core of the Nuggets .

Due to the existence of Wang Chao, the Nets will definitely not be able to hand over the ball to Jokic, but even without the ball, Jokic's offense is equally terrifying after he grows up. In a game where Wang Chao's offense is not needed to win the game, it is natural to give Jokic some opportunities to hold the ball to show his ability.

Jokic stood at the free throw line with the ball, faced the defense of Bulls center Joakim Noah, and shot directly from the spot, and the basketball hit the net.

As a secondary player last season, Noah had no impression of Jokic at all, so he subconsciously stood back when defending, leaving Jokic with plenty of shooting space.

Jokic's shooting is not a joke. When he first entered the league, his three-point shooting rate can be maintained at 33%. Although it is not high for outside players, it is quite good as an inside big man.

In the next round, Noah, who has gained a lot of wisdom, knows to step forward to defend Jokic, but Jokic suddenly passes the ball while attacking with the ball, and Booker, who cuts without the ball, receives the contract. Keech passed the ball and took off directly to score with two-handed dunks.

Facts have proved that even if Wang Chao does not play, the Bulls still cannot stop the fierce offensive of the Nets.

At the end of the half, the score between the two teams was 72:54, and the Bulls had fallen behind by more than 18 points.

Then the Nets came off the bench, and the Bulls were even more dumbfounded.

The Nets' bench lineup is Deron, Joe Johnson, Powell, Harrell and third center Plumlee.

The Bulls desperately found that their main lineup and the Nets' bench lineup were inextricably linked back and forth, and they were even faintly at a disadvantage.

That's all for Deron and Joe Johnson. Powell and Harrell, two rookies, are also very active in the game. Both of them have good athletic ability. Playing a pick-and-roll pass with Deron, although limited by the game experience and personal ability, the efficiency of the two rushing to the frame is not high, even given several hot pots by Gibson, but they still messed up the Bulls.

118:103, the Nets defeated the Bulls with a big victory at home, ushering in the first victory of the regular season.

The process of this game surprised many people.

It is within everyone's expectation that the Nets can win the game. After all, even if they are not expected to win the championship, the Nets are still ranked seventh in the strength list by ESPN before the regular season. How can they be weak with Wang Chao?
It's just that the vast majority of people think that if the Nets win this game, Wang Chao will definitely have a strong personal performance and defeat the opponent with his own strength.

But it turned out that Wang Chao only scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game. His statistical performance was mediocre, and he even played in just over 30 minutes. The Nets won the game, and the winning process was so easy and freehand.

At this time, people didn't realize what,
After the game, the local media in New York didn't care, and even spoke out.

"The Nets won this victory only because their opponents were too weak. Not all of their opponents are so weak. There are always teams that can beat them. For example, their opponents in the next game will definitely use A victory to tell Wang Chao that you and your team are no longer the strongest in the league!"

Indeed, the Nets' opponent in the second game is a formidable opponent-the San Antonio Spurs who have just added Jimmy Butler.

The starting combination of GDP+Howard+Butler is quite luxurious just by looking at it, and Howard and Butler were Wang Chao's teammates in the Magic and Rockets' three consecutive championships respectively, but now they are on the same team. Super confrontation, this duel is full of highlights.

On October 10, the Spurs ushered in a challenge from the Nets at home.

Before the game, Wang Chao went to the Spurs bench to greet Howard and Butler.

Although they are no longer teammates, the relationship between Howard, Butler and Wang Chao is still very good.

The Warcraft who left Wang Chao finally understood the truth that it is better to be his predecessor. After being puaed by Kobe and severely criticized by the media, Howard finally realized that the alliance is so difficult to mix. The individual teamed up to win ten and eight championships.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and even if Howard was willing to continue to partner with Wang Chao, Wang Chao was actually unwilling to stay in the Magic at that time.

After all, Howard's peak period is only a few years, and he wants to help Dayao win several championships before he retires. More importantly, the general manager of the Magic is not as obedient as the general managers of the Rockets and the Nets. It was because he wanted to make trouble, and Wang Chao was too lazy to ink with the other party at that time.

Now, as the Rockets won three consecutive championships, the general manager of the Magic at the time has long since disappeared, probably swept out by the angry team owner.

As for Butler, it is pure gratitude and respect to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao can be regarded as Butler's Bole and half of his master. In his opinion, it is entirely due to Wang Chao that he can play at his current level and performance.

When Wang Chao announced that he was leaving the Rockets, Butler, who was puzzled, called to ask and tried to keep Wang Chao.

After that, Butler was dissatisfied with the Rockets building a team with Leonard as the core of the team. When he chose to leave the Rockets, he also called Wang Chao for advice, and the answer he got from Wang Chao was yes.

"If you want to become a real top star in the league, you must learn to be alone."

It was Wang Chao's words that strengthened Butler's determination to leave the Rockets.

"You two, are you ready to be beaten by me?"

Although it was a small talk, Wang Chao was not forgiving.

Butler was introverted and not good at speaking, but Howard laughed.

"On our territory, which round will you get arrogant? Today's game we will make you laugh and start crying and end! Come on Jimmy, let's work together to beat this guy!"

There is one thing to say, the current lineup of the Spurs is indeed strong. The starting lineup is Parker, Danny Green, Butler, Duncan and Howard. There are Ginobili, David West, Diaw, etc. on the bench. people.

The combination of Duncan and Howard, the black twin towers, has an absolute upper hand in physical fitness when facing the white twin towers of Jokic and Lopez.

Not to mention Howard, even the 39-year-old Duncan, with his tonnage and experience, completely suppressed Lopez, who was severely lacking in confrontation ability.

As for Jokic vs. Howard, if the historical status is judged in the future, Jokic, who has two consecutive regular season MVPs, will completely blow Howard.

However, at this stall at the end of 2015, Howard was still in a state where a dead camel was bigger than a horse. The data of 18.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks last season were almost the same as those of the Magic at their peak.

Of course, if you really compare the current Howard with the previous Warcraft that flew into the sky and escaped from the ground with an exaggerated defense radius, the two are completely incomparable.

Injuries and age have left Howard without the speed comparable to a guard and the superhuman bounce, which are the skills he relied on on the defensive end before.

But Howard made the right choice this time. Joining the Spurs is definitely his wisest decision. Popovich is really not a cover. He can build a defensive system around Howard's current characteristics, so that Howard can play without speed and bounce. Under the circumstances, he can still have a good ability to protect the frame, so Howard, who averaged 18+12+2 per game last season, was born.

Now that the Spurs have another Butler, there is no need to consider the offensive problem. Without injuries, it is indeed the strongest team outside the Cavaliers and Warriors.

As soon as the game started, the Spurs' inside twin towers suppressed the Nets' twin towers.

On the perimeter, Butler is in charge of defending Wang Chao. As one of the players who was singled out by Wang Chao in the private training camp, Butler's understanding of Wang Chao is one of the deepest in the league, even Leonard Not as good as him, the talented Leonard is also inferior to Butler in terms of hard work and dedication.

Because of this, Butler knows very well that Wang Chao cannot be defended by defense alone. While he is the main defense, someone must be on the side to help defend at any time.

Fortunately, the Spurs have such a player, and that is Danny Green.

Although Danny Green is a role player, he is currently the most sought-after 3D player in the league. In the next 16-17 season, he was selected to the best defensive second team for his defense. With him nearby to help defend at any time, there are still With Howard and Duncan's two defensive insiders, Butler feels that he can slightly limit Wang Chao's offense no matter what.

But Butler still underestimated Wang Chao, or he overestimated himself.

Wang Chao did not let all the players pull away from him 1v1 as he imagined, but chose to call for a pick-and-roll cover, and let one of Jokic or Lopez come out to cover him for the pick-and-roll.

Just a simple pick-and-roll move immediately tore the Spurs' seemingly indestructible defense to pieces.

When Lopez came out for the pick-and-roll, Duncan had to come out with Jokic, because this guy has the ability to shoot in the middle and long range, and if there is no one to help defend Wang Chao after the pick-and-roll, the opponent can directly pull up and shoot a three-pointer.

Looking at the entire league, no team dared to allow Wang Chao to let go of the three-pointer, which is really capable of shooting people to death!

Already 39 years old, the aging Duncan’s footsteps are already quite slow, and Lopez, who is also not very fast in defense, is barely enough. Let him switch to Wang Chao, and the latter’s desire to pass him is not much different from passing a tree stump. .

With the help of Lopez's pick-and-roll, Wang Chao directly passed Duncan, who stepped forward to help defend, and went straight to the inside. Howard, who was guarding the basket, immediately rushed up to stop Wang Chao.

After Wang Chao approached Howard, he hit the ground and passed the basketball to Jokic, who was in the middle distance from the bottom line on the right.

Jokic, who was 18 feet away from the basket, shot directly without any defense, and the basketball hit steadily.

This is the advantage of having two space-based insiders. Their range advantage can maximize the space, and the offensive end is unsolvable.

The only fly in the ointment for the Nets at present is that Lopez has not developed a three-pointer for the time being. His range is limited to the two-point line, within 20 feet to be exact.

In the original history, Lopez developed the three-point shooting ability in the 16-17 season, which is next year. In that season, his three-point shooting percentage could reach 34.6%, and he averaged 5.2 shots per game and hit 1.8 goals. As a big inside player Already at a qualified level, the accuracy is not inferior to Jokic in the same period.

At the request of Wang Chao, Lopez has already started to practice three-pointers, but it will take a while, there is no way, Lopez is one of the few players in the Nets whose relationship with Wang Chao has not reached more than 60, enjoy Less than the bonus effect of the sparring potion, the training depends entirely on your own efforts.

Wang Chao also doesn't know when the relationship with Lopez will reach the standard of using sparring potions, so he can only prepare for Lopez to develop a three-pointer next season.

But until the day when Lopez really develops the three-pointer, the Nets lineup will usher in a truly strong period. All five players on the court can shoot three-pointers. There are Booker and Bogdanovic's off-ball running, inside and the twin towers that will not fall into the disadvantage against most of the league's inside.

The only fly in the ointment of the Nets' lineup is the slightly poor defensive performance.

Whether it is Jokic, Lopez or Booker, they are not good defensive players, and they can even be described as strong offensive and weak defensively.

Jokic's defensive ability improved slightly in the two seasons when he became the MVP and in the subsequent 22-23 seasons, but his slow pace as an insider made it difficult for him to do anything when he had a big defense on the defensive end.

Needless to say, Brook Lopez, as a 2-meter big insider, averaged only 13 rebounds per game in his career. From this, we can see the level of Lopez's ability to protect the frame.

The defensive ability of the Nets' inside twin towers can only be said to be at a low-to-medium level, at best it can only be considered to be the level of defending black holes.

The situation on the outside of the team is also not very good.

Devin Booker is similar to Jokic. The defense at the beginning of his career is a minus item. Although the back defense has improved slightly, he is often evaluated by the media as an underestimated defender. But with Leonard and Butler, these top perimeter defenses Compared to players, his defense is indeed poor.

As an off-ball player, Bojan Bogdanovic's defensive ability is limited by his physical fitness, and he is also in the lower middle of the league.

The entire Nets team can be called a defensive champion, only Wang Chao himself, which is far from when he had Leonard, Butler, Whiteside, Gobert and others in the Rockets.

Of course, the weak defensive ability is only compared to Wang Chao's time in the Magic and Rockets. Although the Nets' lineup is not strong enough defensively, their offensive ability is only strong.

After all, the core essence of the game of basketball is to score more points than the opponent.

The purpose of defense is to limit the opponent's scoring. If one's own score is always higher than that of the opponent, then it is completely acceptable to perform slightly worse on the defensive end.

What's more, the Nets still have Wang Chao. When they really have to use defense to win the game, Wang Chao can completely guard the basket and act as a peak Garnett or a peak Howard.

With his current strength, it is entirely possible to devote all his energy to defense.

(End of this chapter)