Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 176

The current Warriors are caught in a vicious circle. They rarely lose consecutive games, but they rarely break out winning streaks.

The standard for judging whether a strong or weak NBA team is often whether it can play a sustained small climax, so that all fans and opponents will firmly remember them.

The top teams often have a winning streak, seven or eight consecutive victories, more than ten consecutive victories, etc., declaring the birth of a dynasty and a super powerhouse.

And super weak teams will often contribute more than ten consecutive losses, and clearly tell everyone and all opponents, don't compete with me for the vice squad leader, don't compete with me, I will be the number one pick next year.

The Warriors will next play at home against the Eastern powerhouse Heat. Heat star Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with severe kidney disease the month before and will definitely miss all games this season.

Verus looked at the Heat's lineup and felt a bit miserable. The only center Mourning was injured, and the highest height in the team became 2 meters power forward Brian Grant.

Just such a lineup that was completely underestimated by other NBA teams, the Heat, led by the magician Pat Riley, finished third in the Eastern Conference this season.

Does a small lineup have to run away?Hall of Fame coach Riley told us that small people can also play hard-blooded basketball, not only 7-footers can dominate the basket.

He averaged only 86.6 points per game for the opponent throughout the season. This is still the dazzling record of the tough Heat with such small and tenacious players.

The lack of major generals in the heat explained the truth that the soldiers are good but not many. They defeated the Warriors at home with 93:85, and gave a profound lesson to these favored men carefully selected by Verus.

Coach Riley really has no one to play, Mourning is injured for the season, and other substitute players also have many problems. He only brought 7 people to the away game in San Francisco.

Verus sat on the top of the Warriors' Oracle Arena and smiled wryly. He was the only person who didn't have enough sesame sauce for two tables, but he defeated the Warriors who were full of talents and stars. Who could make sense of this.

The famous iron man AC Green who came to the Heat for retirement, has played 1192 consecutive games in the NBA and set an NBA record. Like Chris Mullin of the Warriors, he is in the last season of health balls, so he still insists on playing for a whole day Two and a half quarters.

1米83的蒂姆·哈达威、2米01的小安东尼·梅森、1米98的埃迪·琼斯、再加上改打中锋的2米06布莱恩·格兰特，这就是热火主要打球的几个人了。

The problem for the Warriors lies in the 3rd and 4th positions in the interior. When the opponent is not tall enough, they will not be able to play. Marshall, O’Neal, McGrady and others are not afraid to deal with tall and strong interiors. They are confident when playing against clumsy old tanks full.

Like the Heat's Mason Jones and Grant, players who are not tall but agile, quick-moving, and fast-moving players restrain the Warriors' newcomers inside. They don't have many ways to break the close press.

Verus knows that, in the final analysis, it is still the lack of basic skills and game experience, which has led to the current Warriors who have nothing but good cards, but often feel aggrieved and helpless when they lose.

Only Warriors center Mark Jackson played comfortably. He relied on his height and strength to overwhelm the Heat inside. He made 14 of 12 shots at the basket and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored a double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds, shining the audience.

勇士当家花旦特雷西·麦克格雷迪今天发挥失常，17投6中勉强依靠罚篮拿下18分9个篮板2助攻，完全没有尽到组织小前锋的职责。

Eddie Jones, who was facing McGrady, was Kobe's big brother in the Lakers. He was a three-time All-Star, three-time All-Defensive Team and the steal king. He scored 12 points, 7 rebounds and 17 assists on 8 of 3 shots. In addition, he also completed the task of marking McGrady to score and organizing the offense very well, showing off his demeanor.

Verus has to admit that this short Heat team is really good defensively. Even if they lost the most important Iron Gate Mourning, they are still the Heat that is a headache and difficult to deal with.

Once the style of a team is formed, especially the head coach has been in charge of the team for many years with great authority, then losing one or two important stars will not change the style of play and record of the entire team. Riley and his Heat gave the Warriors The whole team took a good lesson.

After the game, only the head coach Lenny smiled and didn't care. He praised the Heat players at the post-game press conference, but he didn't mention any mistakes made by any player on his team.

The young players haven't played with confidence yet, they are the most sensitive, fragile and insecure. Even a slight reprimand and doubt may bring irretrievable blows and switch to other teams.

Larry Hughes made 15 of 6 shots, Billups made 12 of 3 shots, and Jermaine O'Neal made 12 of 4 shots.

To break the Heat's tough close-fitting and oppressive defense, you have to nail their inside line and slash through. Mark Jackson has tried his best, but unfortunately he is not the kind of dominant center and cannot decide the outcome of a game .

Shaquille O'Neal knew that in his entire life, he would not be able to win the title of the best player in the history of the NBA. That would always belong to the old hooligans, so he had a big brain and called himself the most dominant player in the history of the NBA. The sentence is actually not wrong.

If a center's offensive and defensive capabilities are extremely strong, he can decide the outcome of a game alone, such as Dameng Hajim Olajuwon, such as Shaquille O'Neal, such as Zhang Shuai with [-] people.

Verus thought to himself, if the peak Yao Ming was on the court today, the Heat would definitely not be able to bring back the victory. The deterrent power of the center is not only in scoring and rebounding, but the despair of dominating the front and back courts will make the opponent give up resistance early.

(End of this chapter)