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Chapter 19 Winter is Coming

Chapter 19 Winter is coming

Two days later, the Timberwolves moved to the American Airlines Center in Phoenix to play against the Suns. This game received great attention. Everyone wanted to know the result between the rookie point guard and the league's two-time MVP Nash!
Li Shihao's strength shown in the first two regular season games attracted the attention of many teams and the media. He defeated famous point guards in the league consecutively, including Devin Harris and Mo Williams. Everyone wanted to know, he where is the limit?

As a rookie, Li Shihao led the western Timberwolves to two consecutive regular season victories, defeating the New Jersey Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers one after another. Compared with Stephen Curry, who entered the league at the same time as him, many media experts keenly discovered a question.

Originally blind on the offensive end last season, the disorganized Timberwolves have gradually transformed this season.

In the two regular season games that kicked off the new season, the Timberwolves played extremely smoothly on offense overall, especially their defensive counterattacks were extremely fast and excellent.

This is closely related to the fact that the Timberwolves controlled most of the rebounds in the game. Kevin Love, the rebound monster in the Timberwolves, performed brilliantly in these two games, with 33 rebounds in two games, including 11 offensive rebounds.

Under such circumstances, the cooperation between Kevin Love and Li Shihao is extremely surprising.

One of the two players is a player from the 08 class, and the other just entered the league this year. The damage done to the brand-new combination of inside and outside line is very huge, and even the Cleveland Cavaliers cannot be spared.

After grabbing the rebound, Love accurately passed the long throw pass across the half court to Li Shihao. Under Li Shihao's organization and attack, he can often play a wave of mercury-like counterattack and fast break in a flash. .

Compared with last season, the Timberwolves of this season can be said to have changed greatly.

Since the selection of this Chinese rookie, the Timberwolves' offense is no longer limited to individual singles in the interior, and the offense has become smoother, even though some offensive and defensive transitions are still somewhat obscure. In this regard, what Bruce Lee has done is not as good as those of the league. The top point guards in the NBA are generally mature.

But the data shown in these two games alone show that this ordinary defender with a height of only 1 meters has an extraordinary view of the overall situation and excellent passing awareness!
Look at Al Jefferson, the power forward who was hit by injuries last season and missed the second half of the schedule. In the game against the Cavaliers, he performed brilliantly, scoring 22 points and 7 rebounds!
On the offensive end, the Chinese boy often feeds him the ball. When the Chinese boy encounters double-teaming and attracts most of the Cavaliers' attention, the Chinese boy can always insert the basketball straight into the inside like a scalpel, making a comfortable pass. In the hands of Al Jefferson, so that the latter can easily shoot.

This is also the reason why Al Jefferson's performance in that game did not decrease when he was at his peak!

This Chinese rookie can be said to have faintly shown the potential of a top point guard, which many people did not expect! .

More importantly, there seems to be a trait in him, he can make his teammates better, just like what Jason Kidd, Stephen Nash and other basketball predecessors have done!

This point cannot be shown by the data, and can only be faintly observed by visiting the game in person.

It is a great honor that many authoritative experts in the basketball world have personally experienced the "wolf pack tactics" constructed by the Chinese boy because of the little emperor LeBron James!
As a result, countless authoritative experts were shocked!
In this year's draft predictions, Li Shihao and Stephen Curry, two star point guards with extraordinary performances in the NCAA, are not favored.They all have a fatal weakness, and their physical confrontation is not good, which is very likely to become the biggest factor restricting their achievements in their future NBA careers.

Among the five positions on the basketball court, outside players have a wider shooting space than inside players, but the shooting rate is a problem that every outside player needs to consider.

In the college game videos of Li Shihao and Stephen Curry, most of their scoring methods are shown as jump shots. This scoring method may work in the college league, but once they reach the NBA arena with higher competition intensity, their scoring may be difficult. It won't be so easy anymore!

In the NBA arena, a series of problems such as defense, offense, and running positions will consume players' physical strength little by little.Coupled with the season-long 82 regular season games, many of which are consecutive back-to-back games, this will be a great challenge to the players' physical strength and willpower.

Under such circumstances, whether the outside line can maintain a good touch will be a huge problem!

When faced with this problem, many outside players in the league often choose to break into the basket and score through layups or throws. The closer to the basket, the higher the offensive efficiency will be. Such players can often be used as the core of the outside line. If they have the ability to divide the ball, then their threat on the offensive end will be much greater.

Another way to improve efficiency is to deeply carve the shooting touch into the bones through day-to-day practice, so that players can cooperate with teammates' pick-and-rolls and their own running positions to open up the shooting space. Able to make quick shots with ease.

But such a running shooter can often only become a supplementary firepower when the game is weak, and obviously cannot become the core of the team's team building. Therefore, in this summer, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors chose Li Shihao and Stephen Curry respectively. Building the core of the team, such a rebuilding idea, has been criticized by many media and fans, and even many local fans have put up signs that refuse to be bad!

Let me ask, the team selected such a rookie with such a stupid and sluggish vision, isn't it to be a bad player, is it possible to compete for the championship?
Under such circumstances, the NBA careers of Li Shihao and Stephen Curry have encountered a lot of doubts. Many people think that their achievements in the future will be limited, and maybe they will be eliminated by the league after playing for a few seasons!

The idea of ​​relying on them to rebuild is far away, and many authoritative experts even wrote comments on the draft list of the two of them that their potential rise is limited.

In fact, this evaluation undoubtedly represents the mainstream view in the field of American basketball!

在这赛季10月29日勇士与火箭的比赛中，斯蒂芬库里首发出场，36分钟12投7中拿到14分2篮板7次助攻和4次抢断，这样的表现可以说不再有大学时期那样光彩夺目了。

Curry was completely blocked in terms of shooting and running positions, and his shooting space became extremely narrow. Under such a premise, it is not surprising that Curry scored 14 points.

This undoubtedly confirms the views of those authoritative experts!
But before those experts had time to catch their breath and have a cup of tea, they got the news that Li Shihao beat the Nets in the first game, completed his debut, and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers led by the little emperor by a big score in the second game!
This resounding slap in the face undoubtedly crackled the faces of experts in the field of American basketball.

What about an average of ten points per game?
What about comprehensive suppression?

How many mistakes did you say?

Everything changed quietly after the 09 rookie entered the league. Everyone knows that there are turbulent undercurrents hidden in the calm league, and the pattern of the league may be about to change!

In the early morning two days later, Li Shihao looked at the schedule behind the Timberwolves, his eyes were unexpectedly calm.

He understands that winter is coming!
　Severe cold attack, this chapter is a bit late tonight~
　　
　
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