NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 165: Using Jordan’s Law to target Wang Chong?

"Wang Chong scored 43 points and led the Bulls to an upset victory over the Pistons."

"How strong are the Bulls? Can't they even compete with the Pistons, who are number one in the Eastern Conference?"

"In the next home game, can the Pistons seize the opportunity to complete their revenge..."

With Wang Chong's efficient scoring of 43 points in a single game, the Bulls vs. Pistons game once again became the most watched event in the league's four-group series.

The 24vs23 matchup between Wang Chong and James in the first round was full of highlights. Now the topic of Wang Chong's one-on-one challenge to the Pistons' Five Tigers has once again become a hot topic, making the other three sets of matchups seem a bit lackluster.

In fact, by the second round of the playoffs, the intensity of the matchup was already very high.

The game between the Heat and the Nets in the East was okay, but the two sets of matchups in the West were not simple at all.

The Spurs, number one in the Western Conference, faced off against the Dallas Mavericks, fourth in the Western Conference. The two teams ranked top two in the Western Conference in regular season record. It was only because the Mavericks and Spurs were in the same division that they were the same as the Bulls. Ranked fourth in the West.

When the two teams met, it was like Mars collided with the earth. In the first game, they played a super high-level duel. In the end, the Spurs narrowly defeated the Mavericks by two points, 87:85, and won their first victory.

The other matchup in the Western Conference is the Suns vs. the Lakers.

Although the Lakers had a poor record and were only ranked sixth in the Western Conference due to Kobe Bryant's troubles in the second half of the schedule and competing with Wang Chong for the scoring title, they were also a blessing in disguise. They encountered the only soft persimmon in the first half of the division, with only 43 wins. The Denver Nuggets are ranked third in the Western Conference.

During the regular season, Anthony has shown the potential of a superstar. He was selected to the All-NBA Third Team with averages of 26.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3 assists per game. He finally managed to keep up with Wang Chong, James and Wade.

But this does not mean that Anthony can really keep pace with these three outstanding players from the 03 class.

In the first round of the playoffs against the Lakers, Anthony was knocked back to his original form again.

During the game, Anthony was repeatedly beat up by Kobe Bryant in one-on-one training. The Nuggets also lost to the Lakers 1:4, becoming the only team in the league to be eliminated by a team in the second half of the league in the first round.

In 5 games, although Anthony averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, his shooting percentage was only 33.3%, and his performance was seriously unsatisfactory.

On the other hand, when Kobe faced off against Anthony, he averaged 5 points, 31 rebounds and 6 assists in 5 games, fully demonstrating the dominance of the league's number one shooting guard.

After entering the second round, the Lakers faced the Suns, and the two teams were also inseparable.

Originally, according to the strength of the Suns, they could beat the Lakers. However, this season, the Suns' main scorer Stoudemire was injured for the season. This is equivalent to the injury of one of the Lakers' OK combination, which has an impact on the strength of the Suns. great.

On the other hand, the Lakers, because of Wang Chong, were far better than the original Lakers in the 05-06 season. With both sides ebbing and flowing, the Suns lost to the Lakers in the first game.

However, Nash's lower limit for leading the team is definitely one of the strongest in the league today. What awaits the two teams will be a fierce battle.

But whether it is the Texas game between the Spurs and the Mavericks or the stalemate game between the Suns and the Lakers, they cannot compare with the Bulls vs. Pistons game in terms of attention. Everyone wants to know whether the new Bulls team led by Wang Chong can Overturning the traditional powerful piston.

If the Bulls really become the final winner of the series, I'm afraid the Pistons will completely fall apart after this season.

After all, after Larry Brown left, new head coach Flip Saunders was unable to convince the public on the team, and he had some conflicts with star player Ben Wallace due to their on-field philosophy.

If the Pistons, who had the highest record in the league during the regular season, were defeated by a new team like the Bulls, it would not be impossible for the team management to choose to rebuild the team.

Of course the Pistons didn't want this to happen, so in the second game on May 5, the Pistons showed their dominance as the No. 9 team in the Eastern Conference and defeated the Bulls 97:91 at their home court to regain one victory.

In this game, Wang Chong made 21 of 10 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, and 12 of 11 free throws. He scored 33 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Although it was still a very good game, it was not as good as the 43 in the first game. The points were still slightly inferior, which was one of the reasons why the Bulls lost the game.

There is no way, Wang Chong is not Kobe after all, and James, who is a physical monster, cannot maintain ultra-high frequency output in every game.

And in this game, the Pistons changed their defensive strategy against Wang Chong.

They abandoned the strategy of double-teaming Wang Chong and switched to one-on-one defense. However, every quarter they would change a defensive player who mainly defended Wang Chong. Even Ben Wallace once gave up on defense in the penalty area. Specially run to the outside to defend Wang Chong one-on-one.

This familiar scene made Wang Chong immediately realize what the Pistons were planning.

Jordan's Law.

This is a set of defensive tactics created by the Pistons in the 80s to target Michael Jordan. There are nearly a hundred details in it, all of which are tactics used to defend Jordan.

This includes not double-teaming Jordan, but locking the connection between Jordan and other players. Even if Jordan scores 50 points in a whole game, as long as his teammates perform poorly, they will still lose the game.

And on this basis, the Pistons will not really let Jordan score. They will arrange for the player with the strongest individual defense ability to follow Jordan throughout the process, using various methods to limit and consume Jordan's physical fitness, and will replace defensive players every once in a while. , ensuring the physical strength and foul count of defensive players in a relay manner.

The whole set of Jordan rules was really frustrating for the old gangsters in their youth. They were eliminated by the Pistons in the playoffs in three years. It was not until the arrival of strong reinforcements Pippen, coupled with the aging lineup of the Pistons at that time and the decline in strength, that they finally finally Coming out of the shadow of the Bad Boy Legion's reign of terror, it's officially at its peak.

This set of tactics came from the original Pistons, and it's not surprising that the current Pistons can implement them.

Although the two teams are completely different, their playing styles are very similar. They are both teams that are good at defense. The difference may be the difference in style of play between the two teams. Although the Pistons' five tigers are not good at each other, they are not as good as each other. Compared with the notorious bad boy army, they are obviously much kinder.

<divclass="contentadv">But this is only relative.

Apart from anything else, Roaring God Rasheed Wallace is not a good man. As the player with the most technical fouls among active players, Rasheed Wallace's style of play has always been controversial. In this game During the game, Wang Chong experienced firsthand the malicious intent of the opponent.

After a game, Wang Chong felt pain all over his body, and his body was covered in bruises and bruises, all of which were the results of the opponent's victory.

However, the opponent also paid the price for this. Not long after the game started in the fourth quarter, Rashid left the game with 6 fouls, and he also received a technical foul during the game.

But the problem is that the Pistons did win the game with such a strategy, chasing the score to a 1:1 tie, and the effect against Wang Chong was obviously more significant than the double double team in the first game.

Winning a home court is very important for the Pistons, at least it will greatly improve the team's morale. The Pistons currently have many minor problems, including disagreements between generals, etc., but these can be covered up with victory, as long as If they can win, the Pistons can continue to maintain their status quo and show their dominance as the league's top team on the court.

Fortunately, the next game will be played at the Bulls' home court. The home and away games are different, and the team's combat effectiveness is also different. Especially in a well-known devil's home court like the Pistons' Auburn Hills Palace, the intensity of the game is naturally completely different.

Moreover, the Pistons' victory in this game was actually not glorious, especially the defense against Wang Chong. Many of them were beyond the intensity of ordinary games. Although Wang Chong knew that the road to superstardom was inevitable in the face of such attacks. , and won’t keep complaining just because of this kind of thing.

But he is not a submissive person. Since you can play tricks on us, when you return to our territory, you will naturally not be disrespectful in return!

The Bulls also have relatively capable players on the team.

Tyson Chandler's future nickname in the league is Boxing Champion. Although part of the reason is that Chandler's name Tyson has the same name as the well-known heavyweight champion Tyson in the boxing world, part of the reason is because of Chandler himself. He is also a fierce and fierce master.

This is normal, but any center who is positioned as a blue-collar insider will do dirty work on the court, and he will not be able to survive without some means.

Chandler's ability to reach the DPOY level of the best defensive player in the future is naturally not that simple.

On May 5, in the third game of the series, the venue returned to Chicago, the Bulls' home court.

On their own territory, the Bulls players were much more confident, especially Tyson Chandler. With the coach's approval, Chandler cleared the way with his iron elbows and elbowed several players during the game. The Pistons players, including Ben Wallace, who seemed not to be trifled with, were caught off guard and received an elbow.

Although it was at his home court and there was a certain amount of whistle support, Chandler's behavior of fighting and taking the ball still resulted in six fouls and he left the field.

Chandler fouled out early and left the game, but the Bulls still successfully won the third game.

It wasn't that Chandler was stunned by the opponent's elbow and couldn't play, but that the referee's efforts on the field made the Pistons timid and did not dare to over-defend Wang Chong like they did in the last game.

In fact, as soon as the game started, Wang Chong had already felt the change in the intensity of the referee's whistle.

In the last game, the Pistons players committed various major fouls against themselves. The referee basically called half of them and half of them didn't. But this game is different. Although it has not reached the level of body hair whistle, whenever the opponent moves, If the amplitude is slightly larger, the referee will blow the whistle immediately without hesitation.

Wang Chong just thought about it for a moment and understood the clues.

Clearly, the alliance is taking action.

David Stern has always wanted to build the NBA into a highly commercialized league. How important is making money in games?

So the question is, how can we make money? Of course, it was the topic off the court that heated up the conversation and the anticipation, and the game on the court was exciting and suspenseful.

As far as these two conditions are concerned, the Pistons are not qualified in any way, and naturally they cannot be judged by Stern.

What Pistons Five? How many people are willing to watch a team composed of civilian players play a game? It is undeniable that there are some hard-core fans who like iron-blooded defense, but commercialization has always been open to the public.

The poor ratings of last year's finals have already made Stern very annoyed with the Pistons, but there is nothing he can do about it. After all, the Pistons' games are ugly, but they are really good on the court.

But after the game between the Bulls and the Pistons started, Stern was surprised to find that the Bulls led by Wang Chong could actually compete with the Pistons twice, and even had a slight advantage.

Imagine if the Bulls defeated the Pistons and reached the Eastern Conference Finals, what would happen next?

In another set of matchups, the Nets are definitely no match for the Heat, so Bulls vs. Heat will be the highlight of the Eastern Conference finals!

Wang Chong vs. Wade + O'Neal.

Wade is Wang Chong's teammate on the college team, and O'Neal is Wang Chong's big brother when he first entered the league. This can be said to be a showdown between former colleagues, full of topic and entertainment at the same time!

Moreover, the Pistons' defense against Wang Chong was indeed a bit out of line. This is not the 80s, and the tough style has long been out of fashion. Besides, does the so-called toughness and off-board moves really conform to the spirit of sports competition?

For example, in a track and field competition, because you are not as fast as your opponent and can't outrun him, you deliberately interfere with your opponent after starting, or even secretly stretch your leg to trip him.

In ball games such as tennis, badminton, and table tennis, if you can't beat your opponent, just rush over and beat them up, beat them with a racket, and then win the game. Is this feasible?

The reason why there are a lot of flagrant fouls and foot stepping injuries in basketball is because in a game with a lot of physical confrontation, similar situations will inevitably happen. However, if you are not ashamed, you will be proud of it, and you will maliciously hurt other players. His behavior is labeled as tough and tough. This kind of value is somewhat distorted.

Of course, even if the league develops into the future and has reached the level of almost body hair whistles, it still cannot avoid the existence of malicious fouls. Malicious fouls to players will still be injured, and the Golden State Martial Arts Team is still notorious in the league.

This kind of thing can only be avoided as carefully as possible, just like Wang Chong, who pays special attention to the position of the opponent's feet when he lands after shooting.

Durant is a famously fragile player among top superstars. He has suffered many injuries in his career, including a torn Achilles tendon, a major injury that affected his career. Although Durant recovered well from each injury, Until Wang Chong crossed over, he was still the top scorer in the league.

But if Durant had not suffered these injuries, his achievements would have been even higher than now, especially in the field of scoring where he is best, entering the top five in the history of scoring and even surpassing Jordan Kobe, third only to James Kareem Malone. A great god is also very possible.

Wang Chong is currently using Durant’s growth template card, which includes the ability value that affects injury prevention and comprehensive durability. The current ability value is 88, which is still far away from the full value of 99, so be careful. This makes the Wannian Ship without any problems.