lakers championship

Chapter 12
Tianyang's level really made Curry a little suspicious, why Clay's father praised him for being like Kobe.

The key point is not the kind of polite praise, but a special emphasis, as if Tianyang copied Kobe's shooting.

From Curry's point of view, Tianyang has everything from stopping the ball to shot selection and detail handling. Like Kobe, he only has to shoot the ball.

If there is another place that is similar to Kobe, it is that Tianyang was blocked by Bond 4 times in a row, which is exactly the same as Kobe was blocked by Kirilenko 4 times in a row.

Therefore, he asserted that Tianyang was just an ordinary fan, nothing more.But Coach Cole told him that Tianyang was a bit powerful.

"Don't look at me that way, just think about it and you'll understand. Which team do you think is stronger?" Cole asked with a smile on his hips.

Curry replied without hesitation: "Of course it is the Oakland Warriors. Their power forward has the NBDL level and played at UC Berkeley before."

"When we first came, the Oakland Warriors were behind..."

Before Cole finished speaking, Curry nodded as if realizing: "What do you mean? The visiting team took the lead before, and it was the Asian man's credit?"

To Curry's question, Cole shrugged and replied: "Otherwise? The visiting team failed to score for two consecutive rounds, and still gave the ball to the Asian in the third round. There is only one possibility..."

When Curry didn't respond, Klay interjected, "Only the visiting team can score with that Asian guy!"

"But why was he locked up for 3 consecutive rounds?" Curry was still confused.

Cole touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Because he just faced this power forward and has not yet adapted to high-intensity defense. As you said, that power forward has the strength of NBDL."

"How do you know he just faced this power forward?" Clay and Curry questioned at the same time.

"Look at the wall on the right, the scoreboard shows that the Oakland Warriors have already used up a timeout." Cole tilted his head to remind the two.

Clay and Curry looked at the scoreboard and seemed to have finally figured it out, but Curry asked again: "Then can you say now, why do you think he is a bit powerful?"

"Yes, tell me quickly." Clay was also very curious, eager to know the answer to the mystery.

Cole waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's very simple. Have you carefully observed his shooting posture for three consecutive rounds?"

"No, I just saw him being blocked consecutively." Curry pouted, and Clay shook his head.

Seeing this situation, Cole grinned and said: "He made the first shot, obviously he didn't expect the power forward to catch up and block the shot, but he deliberately opened the distance with the second shot, just thinking that the time was short, and the distance opened Not enough. But by the third time, the position where he took the ball was far enough away from the power forward, but he didn't realize that the opponent had super long wingspan. When he jumped into the air for the last shot, he had already set up his left hand It’s a pity that the confrontation was too bad, causing the technical movements to be completely deformed. The basketball was delayed and was blown away before it hit the ground.”

Cole made a series of explanations, Clay nodded silently after listening, and Curry asked back: "Are you emphasizing that he is constantly upgrading?"

"Yes" Cole nodded.

"Then I misunderstood him, but as you said just now, the confrontation is too poor. Even if he can upgrade to have more mature technical movements, the result waiting for him is only deformed movements!" Curry sighed, as if Some helpless.

Kerr saw Curry's reaction, and he understood why.

Because Curry has always been underestimated by fans because of his physical fitness. Even though he won the MVP last year, won the championship, and created 290+ three-pointers in a single season, fans still believe that Curry is not as good as Durant at critical moments. , LeBron.

I still remember that the scout’s report on Curry was written like this: “Stephen – Curry, 6 feet 3 inches, 185 pounds, position: point guard. Stephen’s athletic ability is below the NBA average. The finishing ability is not outstanding, he is improving his ball handling skills, but against a tough defense, he will struggle very much."

"Steph has to play point guard to survive in the league. He has no potential, it is difficult to reach a higher level, and don't expect him to be the offensive commander of the team."

Physical fitness is always a hurdle that athletes cannot avoid. In the entire NBA history, the only person with worse physical fitness than Curry is Steve Nash.

Although he, like Nash, has made outstanding achievements, only they understand how difficult it is.

Therefore, even Curry himself is not optimistic about Tianyang, who has poor physical fitness.

"Hehe, as a coach, I am very optimistic about him. Clay's father said that he shoots like Kobe. I haven't seen it yet, but I have already seen that he is as ruthless as Kobe."

"Huh? How to say?" Curry was even more curious.

"Do you still remember the game where Kobe tore his Achilles tendon? In 13, when you led the team against the Lakers, Kobe gritted his teeth and walked from the backcourt to the free throw line after being injured. He made 2 free throws with pain. Kobe's eyes are the same as those in front of our eyes. This Asian guy is exactly the same, so I firmly believe that after a timeout, he can find a way to deal with that power forward, after all, that power forward only has the strength of NBDL, so it is not unsolvable!"

"Then we'll wait and see!" Curry's tone was full of expectation.

On the field, the king's road has just completed a pause for discussion, and the main conclusion can be summed up in two words: more and farther.

What's more, the four people on King's Avenue went to help Tianyang do the pick-and-roll cover.

Farther away, it was King's Avenue that pulled the offensive center down two steps beyond the three-point line.

A very risky decision, but both must be used in combination to avoid Bond's oppressive defense against Tianyang.

Of course, Tianyang scored a super long three-pointer to revitalize the team; if he couldn't score a super long three-pointer, he went home directly.

The game continued, Cui Ren sprinted with the ball, and immediately handed it to Tianyang on the left sideline after halftime, and stepped forward to block Bond.

The Okla Warriors seemed to have expected that the moment Bond was blocked, Shelf immediately stuck to Tianyang.

But before Scherff got close, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar abruptly stopped him, forcing Oldman to go up and block Tianyang.

Similarly, Oldman was stopped by Plum, and the defender of Tianyang was replaced by Kaneba.

At the same time, Tianyang has rushed from the left sideline to the right sideline.

No matter how strong Bond is, he can't get away from a crowd of people and catch up. Kaneba doesn't have his speed and wingspan, so he can only watch Tianyang shoot.

Even so, Tianyang had to make a move before Kaneba approached.

In order to be quick, Tianyang changed the usual ultra-long 3-point shooting posture.

He bent his knees, raised his hips slightly, and hugged the ball with both hands the moment it bounced to his waist.

Immediately afterwards, his legs exerted force together, his body jumped into the air in a straight line, his arms were raised high, his forearm exerted force, and his wrist pressed the ball to make a shot.

In about a second, there was a 'swish' sound on the court, and the stadium fell into silence.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 11 to 8, King's Road overtook the score.

Looking back, the Oakland Warriors attacked, and Bond easily scored 2 points, but in the next round, Tianyang repeated his tricks and hit a super-long 3-pointer again on the right sideline.

For another 3 rounds in a row, both Kings Avenue and the Oakland Warriors made shots.However, Tianyang scored 3 points, Bond scored 2 points, and King's Road scored 3 points.

The 3-point gap was small, and the Oakland Warriors showed no signs of worry on their faces.

But in the fourth round, Tianyang hit a super long 3-pointer again, but Bond unexpectedly failed to score 2 points, and the difference between the two teams was immediately opened to 6 points.

Now, the Oakland Warriors are in a hurry, but they are still not worried about the point difference, but a little afraid of Tianyang's fiery touch.

After thinking for a while, Robert gave the referee a timeout gesture.

"Haha, did you see that? 4 consecutive three-pointers, stop the game, it's a bit interesting, this trip is not a loss." Cole put his hips on his hips and laughed loudly.

Curry nodded, turned his head to look at Clay, and said a little unconvinced: "This shot doesn't look like Kobe, it's clearly like me!"

(End of this chapter)