NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 58 Head-to-head confrontation, Wang Chong vs. James!

The Lakers' first ball is handed over to the team's boss, and the Cavaliers are no exception. The first attack, as it should be, is executed by the team's boss, Ricky Davis.

You read that right, the boss of the Cavaliers is Ricky Davis, who averaged 20+5+5 per game last season and led the Cavaliers all the way down to win the No. pick.

As for James, he is just a first-year rookie. Didn't he come to the team just to assist Ricky Davis?

No matter what others think, at least that’s what Davis thinks in his own mind.

From the first day James came to the team, he has regarded James as his little brother. Not only does he ask the opponent to carry his bag, but he also requires the opponent to pass the ball to him on the field.

"I'm going to teach you how to play in the NBA, rookie."

Wang Chong wasn't sure what James was thinking.

But he is very sure that the Cavaliers management is probably already looking for a new home for Ricky Davis, who has no pressing power.

You are so bold. You actually dare to treat me, Emperor Zhan, as your younger brother. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Nine Clans?

In the first few rounds, Wang Chong and James were completely in the soy sauce stage, and they basically had no chance to touch the ball.

James did receive two passes, but the defensive player in front of him was Kobe, and there was O'Neal guarding the inside. The opportunity to attack was not good. With James's character, he naturally chose to pass the blame... No, it was a pass. To teammates.

The result was that after five minutes of the game, neither James nor Wang Chong scored a single point, both with zero points.

But neither of them was in a hurry.

This is a preseason game after all, and the main players won't play for too long and will take a break soon. At that time, it will be their chance to shine.

Sure enough, as the Cavaliers' pass was broken out of bounds when attacking, both sides took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to make lineup adjustments.

The Cavaliers were eager to replace Ricky Davis.

The Lakers were even more thorough, replacing four of their five starters, leaving only Wang Chong on the court.

Seeing this scene, the already sleepy Lakers fans suddenly became energetic.

To be honest, the game between the two teams in the first few minutes was not interesting at all.

The Cavaliers were basically suppressed unilaterally by the Lakers. Whether it was O'Neal or Kobe's offense, the Cavaliers were unable to organize an effective defense.

In just 5 minutes, the point difference between the two teams has exceeded double digits, which shows the huge gap in strength.

Now, the Lakers have replaced their main players, leaving only Wang Chong on the court. The purpose is simple and direct.

Wang Chong and James are finally facing each other head-on!

"Come on! King! Defeat that guy, what a bullshit champion, it's not worth mentioning at all!"

Although it is a preseason game, the home atmosphere in Los Angeles is still quite enthusiastic.

James was in a bad mood at this time.

Ricky Davis basically didn't pass the ball to him. What does it mean that the Lakers will replace Kobe?

He hadn't even had time to seriously compare himself with Ke.

What made him most angry was that the Lakers replaced all the main players, leaving only Wang Chong on the court. This clearly meant that he would play against Wang Chong.

"You will pay the price for your arrogance!" James' eyes were cold. "In this case, I will completely defeat Wang Chong on the court and let you see clearly who is the strongest player in the 03 class!"

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The Cavaliers serve from the sideline.

This time the basketball was finally in James' hands.

James, who was standing in the top arc with the ball, glanced at the Lakers substitute forward Devin George standing in front of him, frowned slightly, looked to the side, and raised his hand to signal his teammates to pick and roll.

After his teammates set a pick-and-roll screen, the defense was misplaced. The one standing in front of James was changed from Devin George to Wang Chong.

Two rookies from 03 officially faced off against each other for the first time.

Seeing that James actually chose him, Wang Chong was not surprised, nor was he nervous at all.

The James in front of him is not the superstar he will be in a few years. In his rookie season, James still lacks a lot of strength, and his overall ability rating is at most the same as him.

Wang Chong's outside defensive ability is not low, and he also has a copper-colored death coil badge. His defense is definitely not bad, at least it is much better than substitute role players like Devin George.

More importantly, Wang Chong has a clear understanding of James' playing style.

At the beginning of his career, James' offense relied entirely on ball-handling breakthroughs. Both mid-range and three-point shooting were a mess. In the 03-04 season, his three-point shooting percentage was only 29%.

Therefore, Wang Chong had no intention of guarding James' shots. He positioned himself very far back, trying to prevent breakthroughs but not shots.

Seeing this situation, James paused slightly in his dribbling movements and frowned.

"Is this guy looking down on me?"

Without thinking, James immediately pulled up and shot a three-pointer.

Although his three-point shooting percentage has never been very good, James has always taken a lot of three-pointers, including in the first season of his career, averaging 2.7 three-pointers per game, more than Anthony.

But there is no way. James is different from Anthony. His technical characteristics are single. Compared with three-pointers, mid-range shooting accuracy is worse. When he cannot break through with the ball, the only offensive method he can choose is a pull-up three-pointer. .

This was the same even for James at the end of his peak. Once the game progressed and his physical exertion could not support him to continue to break through with the ball, he could only perform that devilish fake move from outside the three-point line. point.

As for moves such as behind-the-back shots when attacking tough situations, it’s not that James doesn’t know how to do it, but his success rate is worrying, and the number of times he uses it is negligible, let alone efficiency. His ugly movements alone don’t seem like he can do it. The look of investment.

Seeing James' pull-up three-pointer, Wang Chong just raised his hands in a symbolic defensive posture.

Then the basketball hit the basket hard as he expected, making a crisp "bang" sound.

<divclass="contentadv">As expected, it was a three-pointer as Wang Chong expected.

The Lakers protected the defensive rebounds and switched offense and defense.

Fisher, who came on as a substitute, dribbled the ball past halftime and decisively passed the ball to Wang Chong.

Although Fisher, who has a high IQ and EQ, is average in strength and has only one 0.4-second buzzer-beater against the Spurs in his career highlight, and has no other classic performances, his ability to adapt to the situation and adapt to the situation is unparalleled.

The most classic case of this big brother is that after the 04 Finals, the Lakers fell apart, the Sharks traveled east, and only Kobe was left in the Lakers.

Seeing that the Lakers were finished, Fisher decisively chose to run away and switch to the Golden State Warriors.

After that, he moved between the Warriors and the Jazz, and his career never improved. Fisher reached a buyout agreement with the Jazz on the pretext of seeing a doctor for his daughter.

But as soon as the front foot bought out with the Jazz, Fisher immediately signed a contract with the Lakers.

This kind of behavior of using his daughter's illness to defraud the opportunity to buy out and return to the Lakers can be described as very cunning.

Of course, Jazz fans are not someone to be trifled with.

After that, whenever the Lakers played at the Jazz's home court, Jazz fans would cover Fisher's eyes and shout "cancer" because Fisher's daughter had retinoblastoma in her eyes.

The so-called harm does not harm the family. Jazz fans attacking a father with such behavior is really a low-quality performance with no bottom line, but what is being discussed now is not the issue of who is right or wrong on both sides.

Fisher is very smart and knows how to adapt to the situation, so he knows exactly what the fans on the court, including coach Phil Jackson on the bench, really want to see, so he immediately passes the ball to Wang worship.

After receiving the ball, Wang Chong faced James directly as the fans expected.

Although James missed the three-pointer, he did not intend to let Wang Chong score easily.

"Come on! I heard that your mid-range shot is pretty accurate? Let me see it."

James said to Wang Chong.

"Okay, you have to watch it carefully!"

Wang Chong raised the corners of his mouth slightly and started to accelerate instantly.

"Ok?"

James was shocked.

Wang Chong's speed was much faster than he expected, especially the speed of the first step, the explosive power was quite good!

This is not surprising. Wang Chong's speed, agility and explosive power are all close to 80. Although he is not at the top level, he is definitely not slow, coupled with his long legs.

In just one step, Wang Chong passed half of James.

"It's so naive to think that you can get away with me like this!"

James reacted very quickly and immediately adjusted his steps to catch up.

In terms of speed and explosive power, although Wang Chong is not bad, there is obviously a huge gap compared with James.

James, who immediately adjusted his steps, did not lose his position. Instead, he caught up with Wang Chong and used his strength to push him away from the basket.

But Wang Chong had no intention of moving towards the basket.

With one step into the three-point line, he was already within the zone effect of the hot zone hunter.

The basketball hit the ground and his hands changed hands. Wang Chong stopped suddenly and immediately took off to shoot.

After the breakthrough, he connected with an emergency stop jump shot!

James also stopped in a hurry and jumped up immediately to try to block the shot.

I have to admit that James followed very closely, almost never missing a step, and his defense was very good, even including the block on the take-off. The height of the vertical jump allowed James' palm to completely cover the entire field of vision in front of Wang Chong.

only……

"Shh-!"

The basketball swipes the net into the basket and makes a steady hit!

"hateful……"

Turning his head to look in the direction of the basket, James frowned.

He obviously defended very well, but Wang Chong's height was still far beyond his expectation.

Originally, he wanted to give Wang Chong a head-on volleyball smash.

But after he actually jumped, he realized that he couldn't reach the basketball at all, so he turned to cover his eyes to defend Wang Chong.

But even so, it still failed to prevent Wang Chong from hitting the ball.

What James didn't know was that the position where Wang Chong shot just now directly triggered the effect of three shooting badges.

The three badges of CIC Expert, Hot Zone Hunter, and Entering the Rhythm are all in effect. With Wang Chong's 94 CIC, is there any reason not to advance?