NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 82 James lost to Wang Chong for the second time in the regular season

"This temporary mission... is so difficult."

When Wang Chong was thinking about the sudden temporary mission, a figure flashed past in front of him.

He was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked around, and saw that James had already rushed toward his own basket with the ball, and succeeded in an incredible dunk. Then he landed on the ground and roared to the sky, looking domineering.

"Fuck, you actually attacked when I was distracted."

Wang Chong rolled his eyes in displeasure, especially James' look, as if the Cavaliers were in the lead now.

Obviously, Kobe's accidental injury allowed him and the Cavaliers players to see some hope of turning defeat into victory, and they became much more active on the court.

"Hey, Wang, cheer up. The game isn't over yet. Don't get distracted by Kobe's incident."

Payton patted Wang Chong on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Wang Chong couldn't help but shake his head slightly. He didn't bother to explain that he wasn't distracted just now because of Kobe's injury.

The Lakers attacked. After halftime, Wang Chong took the initiative to raise his hand from outside the three-point line, signaling for the ball.

Payton was stunned when he saw Wang Chong taking the initiative to ask for the ball.

Wang Chong rarely takes the initiative to ask for the ball on the court. He directly asks for the ball without running without the ball or picking and rolling screens. Wang Chong obviously wants to hold the ball and work alone.

After taking a look at James in front of Wang Chong, Payton slightly doubted whether Wang Chong could do it.

He knows how good this kid's mid-range shot is, and he admires it very much, but Wang Chong's ability to handle the ball and attack on his own has never been demonstrated at least in the NBA.

At the moment, the Lakers are still in an advantage, and Payton doesn't want the advantage to be easily destroyed and lose this game that should be won.

The Lakers have lost two of the past three games, and the Lakers, who are missing three generals, may lose more games in the future, so winning this game is very important to him.

but……

After hesitating, Payton chose to pass the ball to Wang Chong.

There are almost no trustworthy teammates in the team now. Since Wang Chong takes the initiative to ask for the ball, let's give him a chance to try.

Wang Chong, who received Payton's pass as he wished, stood outside the three-point line with the ball. The defensive player in front of him was James.

Wang Chong glanced at James lightly, and then without any pause, he made a clean and direct shot from outside the three-point line.

"It's too urgent, please wait a moment, the game time has only passed less than 10 seconds!"

Seeing Wang Chong act so hastily, Peyton's heart sank and he couldn't help but cursed secretly.

"So a rookie is always a rookie, and it's really unreliable..."

"Shh-!"

The crisp sound of brushing the Internet made Payton's inner complaints come to an abrupt end.

<divclass="contentadv">Facing James' defense, Wang Chong actually hit the three-pointer.

Wang Chong's current three-point shooting has reached the level of 87, which is already quite high. Especially in the league at the beginning of the st century, the role of three-pointers has not been paid attention to, and the three-point shooting ability of league players is generally not good. Strong, that is, a few shooters such as Ray Allen have good three-pointers.

In this environment, a three-point shooting ability value of 87 is enough to rank Wang Chong among the top fifteen or even top ten three-point shooters in the league.

When James was defending Wang Chong, he was obviously more afraid of his mid-range shot, so he stood slightly back. Seeing that he had such an opening and could take shots at will, how could Wang Chong miss it so easily? Decisively take action to teach James how to behave.

Wang Chong, who made this pull-up three-pointer, then cooperated with Payton in the pick-and-roll to make a mid-range shot. He caught the ball inside and hit a fadeaway jumper, scoring 7 points in a row!

As a result, after Kobe Bryant was injured and left the game, the Cavaliers not only failed to take the opportunity to catch up with the score difference, but further widened the score difference and had to call a timeout to adjust.

But after the pause, the situation didn't get any better.

At this time, the Cavaliers had already traded Ricky Davis, who thought James was here to assist him, away from the team, and directly made James the team's starting point guard. Therefore, James was always at the guard position during the All-Star voting window. .

But Ricky Davis' departure from the team, apart from allowing James' data to pick up and start to develop towards an average of 20+5+5 per game, has not changed anything in terms of the strength of the Cavaliers. Although the Cavaliers are better than last season. Won more games, but the record is always outside the eighth place in the Eastern Conference. The entire team is weak. At the same time, except for James, only Boozer has some ability to attack tough problems. The rest, such as Big Z and other players, Neither has the ability to attack independently.

Therefore, when James' touch was not good in this game, even though the Lakers were unprecedentedly weak, they still failed to seize the opportunity to win the game.

The Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead. In the fourth quarter, James tried to lead the Cavaliers to counterattack several times, but was stifled in the cradle every time by Wang Chong's score.

Wang Chong's mid-range scoring is too stable to limit Wang Chong's scoring, so chasing points is naturally out of the question.

In the end, the Lakers successfully defended their home court with a score of 95:88 and won the game.

When Kobe was accidentally injured midway, Wang Chong supported the Lakers' offense in the second half. He made 21 of 12 shots in the entire game, including 7 of 3 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 31 points and 8 rebounds.

Payton's touch was not very good in this game. He only scored 13 points on 4 of 11 shots. Including Kobe, who shot just over 40% from the field before his injury and scored 10 points. Therefore, at least % of the credit for the victory in the game was attributed to him. Belongs to Wang Chong.

James, who faced off against Wang Chong, lost to the Lakers for the second time in the regular season and also to Wang Chong.

Unlike the first game where James lost to the Lakers with a super F4 lineup, this time he lost to Wang Chong and he couldn't find any excuse.

O'Neal and Malone were both absent. Kobe Bryant performed average in the first half and retired from injury in the second half. The Lakers' lineup was not much different from the Cavaliers. In addition, the players were injured and the morale of the military was shaken. James should have taken this opportunity to lead the Cavaliers to launch a counterattack to reverse the game. Winner.

But he failed to do it.

On the one hand, on the defensive end, he was completely unable to limit Wang Chong's scoring, resulting in the team's score difference being unable to catch up.

On the other hand, James' own performance in this game can be described as a complete mess.

全场比赛20投6中，只有16分5篮板7助攻入账，同时还有6次失误，表现甚至不如19分8篮板的大Z好。

If it were normal, it would not be surprising to occasionally perform abnormally in one or two games. After all, no matter how powerful James is, he is still only a first-year rookie with insufficient game experience, as well as his own skills.

But losing in a direct comparison with Wang Chong is the most unacceptable thing.

Especially Wang Chong scored 31+8, but he only had 16+5+7 data. How can this make James, the No. pick and the son of the chosen one, feel embarrassed?