NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 174: 19-point blood-crushing knight, confused Lao Zhan

Wang Chong doesn't know when Mike Brown will wake up and understand the correct method of using Ben Wallace. However, although his coaching ability is quite confusing, he can still be a head coach in the NBA, with an annual salary of several million. Even if the employees in this industry are slower in responding, they will not continue to make mistakes like this.

It would be better to say that the Cavaliers had no problem using Ben Wallace before. Ben has always been the main defender in the interior, but against the Bulls, to be more precise, against Wang Chong, who played last season. Averaged 35.6 points and was the top scorer in the playoffs averaging 36+ points per game. Brown just made a stupid move.

Wanting to rely on Ben Wallace's single defense to limit Wang Chong is wishful thinking in itself.

Mike Brown paid the price for his wild ideas.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chong scored under the defense of Ben. Whether it was a breakthrough with the ball or a pull-up jump shot from the outside, the defensive interference caused by Ben was extremely limited. As a result, Wang Chong suffered a single quarter. He scored 12 points on 8 of 2 shots and 2 of 18 free throws.

With Wang Chong's 18 points, the Bulls took an 30-point lead at 22:8 in the first quarter.

Cavaliers fans were dumbfounded. What the hell is this? Didn't Big Ben's arrival improve the team's defensive capabilities? Why is Wang Chong scoring more fiercely than last season?

The problem isn't just Wang Chong's scoring.

The Bulls have always been strong in defense rather than offense. On the offensive end, they can only rely on Wang Chong to charge into the battle. The Bulls' defensive system is one of the best in the league. Bell and Luol Deng are two top defensive players on the outside, plus inside protection. Chandler has full basket ability and good mobility. He is capable of assisting and making up for defense. Chandler has full defensive ability.

And unlike the Cavaliers' very hasty strategic layout for this game, the Bulls had already studied how to target the Cavaliers before the game.

James cannot be guarded, just like the opponent cannot guard Wang Chong. Therefore, the Bulls' defense against James is Luol Deng's one-on-one defense. If James wants to score frequently on strong attacks, let him score.

But Raja Bell kept a close eye on Larry Hughes and did not give the opponent any chance to score easily.

As the second scoring point of the Cavaliers, although Larry Hughes's personal data has been like diving since he came to the Cavaliers, from the Wizards' previous average of 22+6+5 per game to 15+4+4 level, after the first few games of the new season, Hughes' data has always been barely maintained at 15+4+3, and his shooting percentage is only over 40%.

But even so, he is still the only scoring point in the Cavaliers besides James. Compared with the insiders Big Z and Gooden who only average or points per game, his performance can be considered stable.

From this point of view, in the 06-07 season, it is really a bit exaggerated that James can lead such a Cavaliers team to the finals. Of course, I have said before that the Cavaliers' ability to enter the finals has a lot to do with the environment in the Eastern Conference. Relationship, and James' games are usually 8-on-5. The so-called superstar buzzer, six-step layup, etc. are all within the range of my immediate combat capabilities. It is normal for him to be difficult to deal with.

Facing the Bulls, the Cavaliers are actually a bit like facing the Spurs, their opponent in this season's finals, because the Bulls' defensive system is really similar to the Spurs. Please don't get me wrong, this is intentional.

Wang Chong is not a professional coach. He does not understand the so-called defensive tactics. Although he has selected a group of players with outstanding defensive abilities based on his own experience, a team cannot be successful by just cobbling together a group of players. Yes.

So since last season, Wang Chong has been constantly asking the team to learn from the Spurs' defense, asking professional video analysts to analyze it frame by frame, explain and train it.

To be reasonable, such behavior will make head coach Scott Scales feel very embarrassed. After all, he is the head coach of the team. His players do not follow the tactical training arranged by him, but instead go to learn the Spurs' wave. Povich's tactics, isn't this a naked slap in the face?

Therefore, Scott Skiles was quite disgusted at first, but due to Wang Chong's rising reputation, he could only pretend to give it a try.

But it doesn’t matter if you give it a try, it’s really fragrant!

Last season, the Bulls' defensive efficiency ranked among the top in the league. They relied on defense to get through all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals. Scott was also included in the discussion for the best coach. Although he lost to the head coach of the Mavericks in the end, this This is the first time he has received such high praise since coaching an NBA team.

How can Scott, who has tasted the sweetness, care whose tactics this is? Just bring it to you.

During the offseason this summer, he dug through a lot of past Spurs game videos and studied them carefully. Based on the Bulls' original defensive tactics, he added several training items in an effort to further improve the team's defensive capabilities. .

This has led to the fact that although the Bulls are completely different from the Spurs in terms of offensive tactics, their defense is very similar. Chandler plays Duncan's position, while Bell and Luol Deng are both qualified for jobs similar to Bowen.

After the start of the new season, the Bulls' improvement in strength is visible to the naked eye.

First, the Bulls players are becoming more and more comfortable with this defensive system that was born out of the Spurs.

Second, Luol Deng, the main defensive force on the outside, is also constantly growing. In particular, he has learned a lot of little tricks for single defense from the veteran Laga Bell of the same team. His experience value has skyrocketed, and his defensive level has become increasingly good. increase.

Third, and most importantly, Wang Chong has also begun to gradually integrate into the team's defensive system.

Although the Bulls' defense was strong last season, Wang Chong was independent. In most cases, he would be responsible for guarding the opponent's player with the worst defensive ability, as long as he did not easily lose his position and drag the team back.

This is mainly because Wang Chong invested too much energy on the offensive end, and his physical limitations left him no time to take care of the defensive end.

But this season, Wang Chong did not continue his stand-up singles style last season, but began to integrate into the team's overall tactics.

Ask a question, what does the defense that a peak Durant brings to the team mean?

People who don't pay much attention to this aspect may have no idea. Although Durant is not good at defense, he has never been selected for the All-Defensive Team in his career or other honors that intuitively reflect defensive ability.

But when Durant gets serious, his defense is not bad at all, and can even be described as strong.

While saying that he is not good at defense, he also said that defense can be described as strong. It sounds contradictory, but in fact there is no conflict at all.

Because as I said before, due to physical limitations, Durant is unable to take into account both offense and defense at the same time, but when he can spare some of his energy to focus on defense, it will be quite an exaggeration.

Durant doesn't need any so-called skills or experience in defense. With a height of over 2 meters, a wingspan of 11 meters, and speed and agility that are not inferior to defenders, he is destined to be good at defense. extreme dominance.

Defense itself is a task that extremely tests talent. Either you have to be full of static talents, like Garnett, Duncan, Gobert, etc., or you have to be full of dynamic talents, like Ben Wallace and Dwight Howard. Items always account for one item.

<divclass="contentadv"> Durant belongs to the former. He is full of static talents, so just by being there, his defensive deterrence is enough to deter most ordinary players.

What Durant can do, Wang Chong, who is bound to Durant's growth template card and has been strengthened to the peak of full value, can of course also do it.

Not only that, because the previous mission reward was to open the blind box and get two silver-level badges, Death Coil and Basket Protector Elite, Wang Chong's defensive ability is only better than Durant.

The Bulls, who were already very defensive, now have Wang Chong's ability to check and fill in the gaps on the defensive end, and the defensive intensity has increased by no means.

Of course, Wang Chong will still focus most of his energy on the offensive end, and the defensive end will only contribute at some critical moments, teaming up with Chandler to block the entire Bulls penalty area.

As for Wang Chong, because he devoted himself to the defensive end, the missing part on the offensive end was filled by Monta Ellis and Luol Deng.

In the second season of his career, Ellis already knew very well how to use his speed advantage on the court and played much smarter than in the first season. This made Ellis He averaged 19.4 points and 4.8 assists per game, and his shooting percentage soared from 41% last season to 48%. His strong breakthrough ability gave every team he encountered a headache.

Obviously playing next to Wang Chong, and receiving Wang Chong's training suggestions from the future that fit the player's own style, Ellis's growth rate is faster than the original time and space.

The same situation applies to Luol Deng, and unlike Ellis, who is in a different position, Luol Deng is 2 meters tall and plays the role of forward. Because he and Wang Chong are in the same position, they often have one-on-one time in private. One-on-one competition.

Of course, against Wang Chong, who has reached the top overall rating of ability, Luol Deng is basically being beaten, but as is often said in Kung Fu movies, if you want to learn to beat people, you must first learn to be beaten. .

After being abused again and again, Luol Deng's experience value also skyrocketed, and he made great progress in both offense and defense.

However, because the Bulls' current first choice for offense is Wang Chong and Ellis, Luol Deng's average data in the new season is not outstanding, averaging about 15+6 per game, which is worse than the original close to 19+7 at the same time. A lot.

However, although the data is not as good as that of the same period, Wang Chong's actual measurement in the two-person duel showed that Luol Deng's real strength is definitely better than his own in the original 06-07 season, and the overall ability score is almost above 80.

Don't think that just because Wang Chong's overall ability rating is 97, the league is full of strong men with abilities above 90.

The fact is that at least half of the 24 All-Star players every year have an ability value of only around 80.

包括分别在11-12和12-13两个赛季入选全明星的洛尔.邓，职业生涯最巅峰的时期，能力值综评也只有86。

Now there are still five years left before Luol Deng reaches his peak, and the overall ability score can reach above 80, which is already quite good.

With the grown-up Monta Ellis and Luol Deng sharing the pressure on the offensive end, Wang Chong no longer needs to score as crazy as he did last season, and has room to devote some energy to the defensive end.

Of course, scoring is still Wang Chong's main job. From the beginning of the new season to now, Wang Chong has averaged 30.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is 56%, which is slightly improved compared to last season. This is also due to the number of shots. reduce.

In this game of the Cavaliers, Wang Chong maximized his defensive contribution.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chong basically focused on offense. In the second quarter, he began to focus on blocking the Bulls' interior with Chandler. This move directly confused James.

Because as before, he relied on brute force to break through with the ball and crush Luol Deng into the penalty area. He faced Wang Chong and Chandler, who came up to him almost at the same time from the left to the right. They were 2 meters each. With a height of 11 meters, the two of them almost covered the sky, leaving James with no desire to take a shot at the basket and could only choose to pass the ball.

But at this stage, the only stable outside pitcher in the Cavaliers' main lineup is Larry Hughes. At this moment, he is still unable to escape from Bell's candy-style defensive entanglement.

The Bulls, whose defensive intensity was even stronger than in the first quarter, directly defeated the Cavaliers and only scored 17 points in the second quarter. Although the Bulls' offensive efficiency also dropped a lot due to the reduced frequency of Wang Chong's shots, they still managed to score 23 points in the second quarter. points were recorded.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 53:39, with the Bulls leading by 14 points away from home, a huge advantage.

When the second half of the game started, the Cavaliers still had no way to deal with the Bulls' iron rope. Only James could break through the blockade and score with his super personal ability.

After the entire game, James made 20 of 9 shots, 14 of 10 free throws, and scored a near-triple-double of 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. His personal data was as beautiful as ever.

But the Cavaliers lost to the Bulls by 84 points at home, 103:19.

Shame, shame and humiliation!

Before the game was over, many angry Cavaliers fans had already left the game early.

For this game, Cavaliers fans have high hopes. After all, the team has welcomed the defensive gatekeeper Ben Wallace, and its overall strength has made a qualitative leap. It finally has the opportunity to complete the revenge against the Bulls.

Unexpectedly, the revenge he imagined turned into ruthless humiliation and torture by his opponent.

The Cavaliers were simply no match for the Bulls. Six minutes into the game, the point difference between the two teams had never narrowed to less than 6 points.

Ben, who was given the important task, had no effect in limiting Wang Chong at all. On the contrary, because of his presence on the court, the Cavaliers' own poor offense became even worse. A man with no offensive ability at all could not even make free throws. If a center who can't make a shot can't even defend well, what's the point of being able to continue playing on the court?