NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 35 Victory in the first battle, 18 points

Wang Chao didn't wait long on the field, just waiting for an opportunity.

In one round, Nash temporarily stopped because he failed to make a fast break, and temporarily changed from running and bombing to positional warfare.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao immediately started to run. Wharton followed closely behind Wang Chao and slipped the bottom line all the way, but when he chased to the inside penalty area, Marion suddenly turned sideways and did a good job for Wang Chao. Set an off-ball pick-and-roll screen.

Wharton was immediately separated, and Wang Chao took this opportunity to run directly outside the three-point line in the bottom corner on the other side.

When Wharton bypassed Marion and caught up, Wang Chao had already received the pass from Nash, adjusted his shooting posture and shot.

"Shh!"

The basketball is accurately hollowed into the net.

Off the court, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson frowned slightly.

Wang Chao's three-pointer is really difficult to deal with.

Wharton got rid of Marion’s pick-and-roll very quickly, and Wang Chao’s opening opportunities were only 2 seconds before and after. However, Nash’s just-right pass and Wang Chao’s shooting speed made these 2 seconds enough for him to calm down. Score.

When Marion was in the pick-and-roll, the Lakers center couldn't keep up with Wang Chao.

Kwame Brown's footsteps are slow, and he has poor defensive awareness. When Marion picks and rolls, he can't react to change defenses and chase Wang Chao, and his heavy footsteps can't keep up with Wang Chao.

The most troublesome problem is Wang Chao's extremely precise three-pointer.

In the normal offense and defense of the game, there are often opportunities for openings. It can even be said that more than 50% of the scores in an NBA game are scored by players in open positions, especially three-pointers.

Including Ray Allen and other three-point shooting masters, unless the three-point lore is absolutely necessary, the three-pointers are basically shot when they are completely open.

Under this premise, including Ray Allen, the three-point shooting percentage of excellent three-point shooters is only in the early 40s.

Only Wang Chao is an exception. His three-pointers are too accurate. Even in the face of defense, he can still maintain a very high shooting rate, and he hardly misses many shots when he is open.

The accurate three-point shooting rate and the outstanding height of 2 meters as a small forward make Wang Chao's three-pointers very difficult to defend.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao got a total of 3 opportunities from beyond the three-point line, 3 of 2 three-pointers and 6 points.

This score is not high and quite satisfactory, but Wang Chao's role is far more than just scoring. His three-pointer deterrence makes the Lakers defensive players have to focus on him all the time.

The space is stretched, which makes it easy for the Suns, who mainly play fast-paced running and bombing tactics, to get more opportunities during the fast break.

In the first quarter of the game, the Suns' offensive was extremely fierce. Marion scored 8 points, Nash scored 10 points and 3 assists, Chao Wang scored 6 points, Bell scored 5 points, Diaw scored 7 points...

The team scored 39 points in a single quarter, but the Lakers only scored 29 points.

It can be seen that Kobe did not exert his strength in the first quarter of the game. He only took 3 shots and hit 2 goals, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 6 points.

Even Kobe, who the team relies too much on himself, hopes that in the first quarter of the game, his teammates can find their form as much as possible, and he will make a shot at a critical moment.

But his expectations were in vain.

Only Odom and Smush Parker can score stably on the Lakers side. Among them, Parker can score because he is facing Nash who is not good at defense.

Kobe knew that it would be too late if he didn't take another shot, so he began to increase the number of shots in the second quarter.

However, it seems that he was influenced by his teammates, and Kobe couldn't find his own touch. In the second quarter, he made 6 of 1 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, only scoring 4 points.

The Lakers therefore only scored 21 points in the second quarter.

The Suns took advantage of the victory to pursue and scored another 27 points in a single quarter, widening the point difference to 16 points.

Wang Chao didn't play much in the second quarter. He only played for about 3 minutes. He made 2 of 1 three-pointers and scored 3 points. By the end of the halftime, his personal score had reached 9 points, which is definitely not low among the starting players.

And in the third quarter of the second half, Wang Chao, who was back in the game, began to get a lot of shots.

At the end of the half, the Lakers, who were already behind by a large score, seemed to have no intention of fighting again, and their defense became worse and worse. Wang Chao got many chances from beyond the three-point line, and finally scored 5 in a single quarter with 3 of 9 three-pointers. point.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides only sent the main force to play symbolically at the beginning, and then the Lakers surrendered and replaced them with a full bench lineup.

115：102，太阳队在主场以13分优势取得季后赛首胜，总比分1:0领先。

The Lakers did not lose this game unjustly. Kobe, the only team that the team can rely on, played poorly throughout the game. He made 21 of 7 shots, 33.3% shooting from the field, 8 of 7 free throws, and scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

From the data point of view, in fact, Kobe's performance is quite satisfactory except that his shooting percentage is slightly lower.

But if the Lakers only scored 22 points in a game, it would not be surprising to lose.

In addition to Kobe, the Lakers only Odom scored 21 points, Smush. Parker 19 points, Kwame. Brown 11 points, no one else scored in double figures.

On the Suns side, Marion scored a team-high 22 points, Nash scored 20 points and 10 assists, Diaw scored 15 points, Barbosa scored 15 points, and Bell scored 8 points.

As for Wang Chao, he made 10 of 6 three-pointers in the whole game, scored 18 points, and made 60% of his three-pointers.

Obviously, D'Antoni's judgment of arranging Wang Chao to start is correct. When facing Luke Walton, who is not very good on both offensive and defensive ends, Wang Chao can maximize his three-pointer advantage.

"Wang Chao's three-pointer is really accurate, and now it has become one of the sharpest weapons of the Suns." Kenny Smith couldn't help sighing.

As a player, Smith was a role player who was positioned as a three-point shooter, so he could more clearly understand Wang Chao's power in three-point shooting.

"Really? I didn't see it." Barkley sneered at this. "That guy can shoot three-pointers so easily, isn't it because the Lakers' defense is not strong enough? It didn't cause too much defensive pressure on him. Who else can't make a three-pointer?"

"Wang Chao's ability to score so easily is entirely because Luke Walton's defense is not in place. If Kobe is defending him, try to see how many three-pointers he can shoot."

Kenny Smith's eyes lit up when he heard Barkley say this.

"Charles, should we make a bet on how many three-pointers Wang Chao can make in front of Kobe? If the two of them don't match up in the entire series, it doesn't count. How about it?"

(End of this chapter)