NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 254 Curry's Rookie Wall

Many NBA teams have their own culture.There is an old saying in China: "The one who stays close to ink is black, and the one who stays close to vermilion is red." Team culture has a profound impact on a team.The team culture that Li Zhi believes is often produced because of one person, who is either a coach or a player.

The Rockets, who are most familiar to Chinese people, before Scola and Battier came, the whole team didn't know what flopping was, but after these two players came, even the honest Hayes, Lowry, Martin, etc. performed flopping to the peak.

Barkley said: "If you play with the Rockets, you may have the urge to fight at any time." He said that the fight is not because of dirt, but because of too many flops.Although Barkley is well-known as a black man, what he said is quite reasonable. It is okay to flop once or twice. People who often flop and get offensive fouls will be very angry, and it is normal to want to fight.

Just like when Jackson and Barnes played Kobe Bryant in the Western Conference finals last year, many fans thought the Warriors were dirty, but in fact it was not the Warriors that were dirty, but a certain player, such as Jackson...

After Battier's transfer, the Rockets' flops are much less than before, while the Heat basically everyone flops, and it's more frequent.The funniest thing is that during the game, Wade went out of bounds and pretended to be pushed by a Pacers player with a dribble. Since he did not graduate, the referee ignored him.

The other is Gentleman Lei, what a "gentleman" is, this no longer needs to be explained.But after Ray Allen joined the Heat, he actually learned to elbow... The object of the elbow was Stevenson, but the latter avoided it.

In the battle of bravery in later generations, James angered Green after the fifth game of the finals, but if the fans have the heart, look back at the time of the Big Three of the Heat, and you will find... Norris Cole and Sean Battier are the originators of the egg. It is no wonder that James is so sensitive to the egg.

Of course, most of the team culture is good. For example, James learned Ray Allen's free throw posture. This is the subtle influence.

The team that Li Zhi admired the most was the Spurs. The culture of this team was a bit arrogant. For more than ten years, it had been... boring.

The Spurs were a relatively clean team before Bowen came. Horry learned from the legendary Dameng mostly positively, but it changed after Bowen came.Horry is most famous for his masterpieces against Nash and West, and Bowen has injured many people so I won’t list them one by one. The most important thing is that many of them were premeditated.

Many fans have not played in an orthodox team, so their understanding of the team's culture is limited to positive and positive.But the communication between teammates of professional players is often about skills, trash talk, and small moves.Otherwise, Jackson wouldn't be so popular in the Warriors.Now it is because Jackson has taught many people small moves, and many people admire him. Small moves are not seen by fans, which is also a kind of strength.

However, team culture cannot be accomplished overnight. Li Zhi can only use his own actions to influence his teammates. The Lakers have Kobe, the Cavaliers have LeBron, the Celtics have Pierce, and the Mavericks have Nowitzki. When people mention the Warriors in the future, they will think of Li Zhi.

Warriors host Paul's Hornets.The Hornets are a team without culture. Even though this team has MVP-level player Chris Paul, it still has no team culture.Paul is a capable player, but he is too comprehensive and too impersonal, which limits his impact on the team to a certain extent.

This season, the Hornets sent away Tyson Chandler in exchange for Okafor, but they mainly relied on Paul and West.Originally, the Hornets introduced Marcus Thornton in the previous life, but now Thornton has been cut off by the Rockets, and the Hornets' swingman Butler last season has also left, and the position of the swingman is extremely weak.

Last season, it was not so easy for the Warriors to play against the Hornets, and they played anxiously when they met their opponents, but this game was one-sided.Yesterday, the Hornets also lost to the Lakers, and now they are playing the Warriors back to back. The players don't have much energy.

In order to consume the Hornets to the greatest extent, Nelson dispatched the "Five Defenses of Death" lineup at the beginning of the game. Beverly, Jackson, Lee Zhi, Barnes, and Jordan started a war of attrition with the opponent in the first quarter. The Hornets' offense was extremely difficult.

On the offensive end, the Warriors used bombardment with an extremely fast pace, and Li Zhi misplaced the main attack on Paul.The Hornets were able to consume the Warriors in the first half, but Paul consumed too much in the second half and collapsed in the third quarter.In the end, the Warriors won the game 120-89 and achieved eight consecutive victories. Li Zhi scored 33 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

On November 11, the Warriors defeated the Thunder in an away game.Durant has improved significantly this season, ranking second behind Li Zhi in the scoring list. Westbrook has grown a lot in offense, and his cooperation with Durant has become more and more tacit.James Harden, the No. 13 pick selected this year, played the role of the sixth man perfectly. The combination of the Thunder's three young players has begun to take shape. Now the Thunder ranks fourth in the Western Conference with 9 wins and 4 losses. Durant's wish to enter the playoffs is finally coming true.

But the Thunder still can't beat the Warriors. Their defense is too bad. Center Krstic was tortured to death by Jordan. Ibaka is still a blue-collar jumper. Jeff Green was forcibly mentioned as the starting power forward.

The Warriors used bombardment and the Thunder to play until the fourth quarter, and then maintained a death defense for a quarter, and the Thunder immediately couldn't stand it.

Jordan scored a career-high 26 points, and Li Zhi scored 29 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.Under Li Zhi's defense, Durant, who averaged 29 points per game, only scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.He wanted to attack Li Zhi when he saw Li Zhi, but he didn't perform well, but Durant still shook hands with Li Zhi very kindly after the game. Since entering the league, he has never defeated Li Zhi, and he is almost used to it.

Curry was sanctioned again. Facing Westbrook, he lost the game. He made 8 of 1 three-pointers and scored 6 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Many experts analyzed that Curry encountered a rookie wall. His main method was shooting. When he encountered a defensive point guard, his shooting efficiency was extremely poor. Some people suggested that Curry change his shooting posture.Fans sprayed him, saying that his shooting posture is like a sissy, and it is normal to have low shooting efficiency.

Curry himself had doubts about himself, did he really need to change his shooting posture?Looking at the data, he seems to be really inferior to Beverly. Beverly scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Harden was 15 of 4 defended by him and scored 10 points with free throws.

Li Zhi patted Curry on the shoulder from the sidelines and gave him affirmation. "Drop it, don't be afraid!"

Curry nodded fiercely, he still has a long way to go.

(End of this chapter)