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Chapter 146 Bulls vs. Lakers, Wang Chong and Kobe Bryant’s first game showdown

Facts have proved that when the opponent is not strong enough, Wang Chong can still lead the team to victory with his super personal ability.

Moreover, although the Bulls' offense is disorganized, their defensive ability is not weak, and is even somewhat unexpectedly strong.

On the outside, Laga Bell and Luol Deng are both players with outstanding defensive abilities. Even when facing the opponent's arrow figures on the outside, they can also play a very good role in containing them.

On the inside, Tyson Chandler shot up the sky with one pillar and was very effective in protecting the basket.

Chandler is not a heavy center in the traditional sense. Although he is 2 meters tall and is also very tall among inside players, his weight is less than 16 kilograms, compared to 110 kilograms in the league. The above heavy centers are obviously on the lighter side.

This weight gives him good footwork ability. Not only can he protect the basket, but his ability to help defend and defend pick-and-rolls is also outstanding.

Of course, when Chandler faces arrogant heavy centers like O'Neal and Dayao, the weight gap makes it impossible for him to defeat O'Neal and Dayao. However, the league has begun to enter the era of center decline, and O'Neal is gradually getting older. , Dayao was limited by his body and injuries and never had a truly complete peak period.

When Chandler faces inside players such as Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki and Stoudemire, the defensive effect will be very good, because he is not inferior in speed, strength, explosive power and other aspects. these players.

Wang Chong even feels that Chandler has many similarities with Rudy Gobert, a top defensive player who has won the best defensive player award many times in the future league. For example, they are similar in height and wingspan, and both are good at defense. The offense was a mess.

The only difference between the two may be that Gobert is heavier, which makes him better at protecting the basket, while Chandler's advantage lies in mobility, which allows him to assist in defense and defend against small and large players. More capable than Gobert.

Taken together, Wang Chong really doesn’t think Chandler was any worse than Gobert at his peak. Although Chandler only had one best defensive player and Gobert had three, this really does not represent the latter’s defensive ability. It is stronger than the former. It can only be said that the competition in that era was much weaker than that in Chandler's peak period.

In the 2011-12 season, Chandler won the best defensive player.

Before that, the league's best defensive players were basically monopolized by Howard, Garnett and Ben Wallace.

Even if Gobert at his peak was placed in this era, his performance would not be any better than Chandler.

Of course, there are still a few years before Tyson Chandler's true defensive ability is fully developed, but even Chandler, who has not yet reached his peak, is still in the T1 echelon of defense in the league, and he has no ability to guard the Bulls' basket. question.

In fact, Wang Chong's defense is not bad now. Not only is his basic ability value not low, he also has two defensive badges, a death coil for outside defense and an elite rim protection for inside defense.

However, Wang Chong did not focus on the defensive end, but went all out on the offensive end, using scoring to help the team win the game and overcome the team's early difficulties of insufficient running-in.

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2005 11 Month 18 Day.

The Bulls travel to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers.

This is the Bulls' third consecutive away game. The previous two away teams won all of them with Wang Chong's efficient performance.

But consecutive back-to-back battles are a test for the physical fitness of the Bulls players, and the strength of the Lakers cannot be underestimated. Although the Lakers' start to the new season is not particularly smooth, the Bulls currently have 3 wins and 4 losses, while the Lakers have 4 wins and 4 losses. The same Lost a lot of games at the beginning of the new season.

The two teams made a big deal in the summer, and the result was that the Bulls got Wang Chong, and the main lineup was in pieces, while the Lakers got Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Eddie Curry, and the team The starting lineup is also undergoing a major change, and more importantly, Kobe is missing Wang Chong, his strongest right-hand man on the offensive end.

The result is that both teams, both of which met their needs in trades, are not as good as last season in the new season.

This is really unexpected.

However, Wang Chong's return to the Staples Center still attracted widespread attention.

On the one hand, Wang Chong returns to his old club. On the other hand, this is also the first time that Wang Chong competes with Kobe as an opponent. Many Lakers fans have always been very concerned about the question. Who has the better scoring ability, Wang Chong or Kobe? , now there is finally a result!

On the night of the 18th, the Staples Center was brightly lit, the stadium stands were packed, and fans poured into the arena one after another just to witness this soaring scoring battle between the league's strongest scorers.

The Lakers' starting five.

Point guard: Kirk Hinrich.

Shooting guard: Kobe Bryant.

Small Forward: Caron Butler.

Power Forward: Lamar Odom.

Center: Eddie Curry.

Judging from the lineup alone, the Lakers' lineup is already quite good.

Due to the acquisition of Eddie Curry, the Lakers did not choose to trade Butler to the Wizards in exchange for Kwame Brown to supplement the inside line.

Caron Butler, who was left behind, also secured his position as the team's starting small forward.

It's just that this lineup, which looked very good, did not show the dominance it should have after the start of the regular season, at least it did not meet the expectations of Lakers fans.

The four players on the field all have certain scoring abilities, including Ben Gordon on the bench, whose ability to score points during substitute time is also quite outstanding.

However, fans always feel that the Lakers in the new season seem to be missing something. They are always lacking in scoring. Kobe must play efficiently and score 30+ or ​​even 40+ points to win.

<divclass="contentadv">This situation did not happen last season.

If you think about it carefully, Wang Chong's importance to the Lakers is still strong. Even several players combined cannot compare.

The Bulls' starting lineup is the same as in previous games.

Point guard: Monta Ellis.

Shooting guard: Laga Bell.

Small forward: Luol Deng.

Power forward: Wang Chong.

Center: Tyson Chandler.

A jump ball in the midfield, and the centers of the two teams stood face to face.

Chandler and Eddie Curry are old teammates. They were both drafted in 2001. Tyson Chandler was the second pick in the first round and Curry was the fifth pick in the first round.

The former had a higher draft pick and was traded to the Bulls after the draft, where he became teammates with Curry.

Since the beginning of the 01-02 season, the two have basically been in open and covert fights within the team.

There is no way, there is only one starting center position. Which of the two will serve as the main center depends on who performs better.

In the past four years, the two can be regarded as deadlocked, and they are extremely close in terms of number of starts, playing time and statistics.

Chandler suffered a loss and was reimbursed for the season in 03-04, giving Eddie Curry the opportunity to be a long-term starter.

This resulted in Chandler being able to only become Curry's substitute in the subsequent 04-05 season, that is, after returning from injury last season. He played in 80 games and started only 10 games.

But Curry, who is known as the little shark, is not up to par, averaging 16+5 per game, not to mention his poor rebounding performance, and his attendance rate during injuries is not high.

Even if Wang Chong hadn't happened, the Bulls would have chosen to keep Chandler, who played more consistently, and package Curry to the New York Knicks.

But now, the two are standing on the same stage competing on the same stage. Both sides are eager to defeat each other head-on on the field and put an end to the overt and covert competition in the past four years.

The competition begins at the jump ball stage.

Eddie Curry, who is 2 meters tall, vs. Chandler, who is 13 meters tall.

When the referee threw the basketball into the sky, the first person who jumped up and turned the basketball behind him was Tyson Chandler.

In terms of jumping and explosive power, Chandler is obviously better than Eddie Curry, who weighs 134 kilograms. Coupled with his height and wingspan advantage, he has an absolute advantage in air superiority.

Ellis got the ball and quickly advanced through the half. Then he passed the ball to Wang Chong very simply and ran to the corner to stand.

It has been more than half a month since the start of the regular season. Although Ellis is still adapting to the NBA competition environment, he has learned a very simple thing on the court, that is, when Wang Chong is on the court, give the ball to Wang Chong first. Wang Chong passed the ball back to him, which meant that he could break through and attack with the ball.

Wang Chong, who was standing at the top of the three-point arc with the ball, faced Odom's defense.

It is true that in the Lakers, the most suitable person to defend Wang Chong is Odom.

Not to mention Odom's defensive level, he is the only player who can match Wang Chong in terms of size and athletic ability. This applies even to players across the league.

And after being a teammate for a season, Odom also knows Wang Chong's playing style very well. Even if he can't guard Wang Chong, he also knows what kind of defense will make Wang Chong's offense uncomfortable, and he will try his best to reduce his offensive efficiency. .

Of course, knowing is one thing, being able to prevent it is another.

It is precisely because Wang Chong and Odom have been teammates that Odom has a clear psychological understanding of how strong Wang Chong is.

When Wang Chong, who was standing outside the three-point line, raised his hand to shoot, Odom's heart suddenly jumped and he quickly stepped forward to interfere with the shot.

He knows the firepower of Wang Chong's pull-up three-pointers from the outside, and he must not give the opponent a chance to take it easily.

But just as he took his first step, Wang Chong had already retracted his shooting action, accelerated past him with the ball, and headed straight for the basket.