NBA: Crazy Little Giant

In the end, the Thunder lost to the Spurs.

Chen Cheng only scored 28 points, 27 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists.

In addition to Chen Cheng, the highest scorers on the team were Oladipo with 15 points and Aquaman with 12 points and 9 rebounds. Apart from that, no one else on the Thunder scored in double digits.

On the Spurs side, Wushuang Ka scored 36 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, including 10 of 14 two-point shots, 3 of 5 three-point shots, and 7 of 8 free throws.

Aldridge also scored 28 points and 2 rebounds in the face of the defense of Aquaman and P.J. Tucker.

Aldridge's shooting was also very accurate, 10 of 12 shots, plus 4 free throws.......

This is the second defeat of the Thunder this season, also in the absence of Westbrook.

But unlike the first time, the Spurs' restriction on Chen Cheng tonight was particularly effective.

On the offensive end of the Thunder, the Spurs effectively strangled Chen Cheng's connection with others and prevented Chen Cheng from taking a strong shot.

Of course, this is not easy to defend.

First, you have to have a tall tower to support Chen Cheng.

Secondly, your assist defense must be fast.

Finally, you have to use the rotation game to consume Chen Cheng's physical strength.

In addition to letting the old sister-in-law support Chen Cheng, the Spurs also have the substitute center"Dwayne Dedmon", who has been blocking and wrestling with Chen Cheng under the basket, constantly consuming Chen Cheng's physical strength.

Otherwise, to reduce Chen Cheng's finishing efficiency.

Tonight, the Spurs' defense against the Thunder, or more accurately, against Chen Cheng, is a textbook answer.

But there are not many teams with defensive resources like the Spurs.

In addition, in the third quarter, Chen Cheng's exaggerated rebounding dominance, successively grabbing offensive rebounds over the heads of the old sister-in-law and Aldridge, won a glimmer of hope for the team, but just when the team was ready to start, Wushuang Ka suddenly broke out and blew up Robertson, the defensive leader of the Thunder........

After losing to the Thunder.

Spurs coach Popovich said in an interview with the media:"Chen is a very good inside player, but today we are obviously the better team."

In addition to Zhuge Cunfu, Duncan, who played at the Spurs' home court tonight, also came.

Duncan, whose hair and beard were a little gray, smiled appreciatively when he mentioned Chen Cheng, saying:"This kid is very smart and cunning. In the second half, he almost jumped out of the trap set by our team."

"But his offensive skills are a bit immature. In many offensive links, he did not grasp the starting point and the end point of the attack well."

"Tim, many media have compared Chen to you when you first entered the league. Do you have anything to say about this?"A reporter asked again

"It's my honor." Duncan smiled.

Duncan admired Chen Cheng very much. He liked this big man with a high basketball IQ.

In addition, he also liked the"in-situ windmill" he showed during the pre-match warm-up.’......

After losing to the Spurs, the Thunder flew to Memphis the next day to challenge the Memphis Grizzlies back to back.

The Grizzlies, who have black and white bears, have not been able to reach the top, but have always been the most tenacious in the West. At the same time, they are also the victims of the city of alley-oops. Griffin, who can jump and fly, was pressed to the floor by Randolph, the black bear who flows on the floor. By the way, Griffin's fighting spirit in the late stage of his career was very similar to Randolph.

The Grizzlies also copied the Spurs' defensive strategy, putting Chen Cheng in a one-on-one situation.

Marc Gasol's defense is much tougher than his brother and sister-in-law. He is Embiid's biggest nemesis in the early stage, and he was repeatedly defended to single digits.

Facing Chen Cheng, Gasol showed his excellent inside defense, but Chen Cheng is not Embiid. With full lower limb strength, he can push Gasol.

In addition, the Grizzlies' front line defense resources are far inferior to the Spurs.

In short, they lack a Kawhi Leonard.

But the players were physically exhausted from the back-to-back games. They were beaten by the Spurs in the last game, and they had not recovered yet. Then they met the Grizzlies with tenacious defense.

Although this Grizzlies team is already showing its age.

But even so, all the starting players except Chen Cheng were in poor form.

Anthony Morrow, a substitute player, played well against the Grizzlies bench under the control of Chen Cheng.

As for the Grizzlies, Mike Conley's consecutive hits at critical moments prevented the tyrant Chen from chasing points.

This was the first time this season that the Thunder suffered two consecutive losses, and it was also the Thunder's third loss........

After the game, at the team's press conference,

Chen Cheng, who had lost consecutive games, looked livid.

This also gave the media a lot of traffic.

That night, various media outlets' doubts about Chen Cheng spread online.

《Rookie Wall! Chen's Rookie Wall is here!》

《The Thunder lost to the Grizzlies, suffering two consecutive losses!》

《Chen, he can't be the leader of the team!》

《Chen, how he broke through the rookie wall!》.......

Throughout the history of the NBA, even the strongest super rookies who enter the league will struggle as time goes by as their playing style is studied and analyzed by the league, and their shortcomings are infinitely magnified.

This is also called the 'rookie wall'.

Chen Cheng's rookie wall.

It seems to be here!

But it's not here!

After all, Chen Cheng's personal data is still very exaggerated.

Although he lost to the Grizzlies, he scored 40 points, 21 rebounds, 5 blocks and 7 assists. The only flaw is that he had 8 turnovers.

If this data still hits the rookie wall, then other players in the league, even All-Star players, will have to collectively hit the wall.......

In addition to the media questioning Chen Cheng, there are also those who defended Chen Cheng.

Many media have objectively analyzed that the overall strength of the Thunder has declined due to Westbrook's absence.

But the Thunder's bench is very poor, and it is reasonable that they lost in a back-to-back game.

It's just that the media has too high a standard for Chen Cheng.

Almost no one regards him as a real rookie.

Instead, they treat him at the level of James, Curry, and the big and small kings in the league.......

After two consecutive defeats, Chen Cheng did not rush to contact the seller of the villa after returning to Oklahoma. Instead, he locked himself at home and watched serious basketball videos for a day.

It was not a rebounding tutorial, but a video tutorial of Tony Allen and Gary Payton's perimeter defense.

Chen Cheng wanted to improve his perimeter switching flexibility.

In addition, in these two games, Chen Cheng obtained a total of 600 [Giant Points].

He drew 3 [Free Attribute Intermediate Gift Boxes].

Adding up, a total of 10 points.

This time, Chen Cheng directly strengthened his [Upper Body Strength].

Chen Cheng's [Upper Body Strength] was [81]. After strengthening, it came to [91].】

【91】The upper body strength is enough to push a 190kg barbell......

There are also 3 [Low-level gift boxes with random attributes], adding up to a total of 8 points of [random attributes], which the system has strengthened to [bullet speed].

Logically, [bullet speed] should be increased from [40] to [48], but the cheating system told Chen Cheng that [45] is already the MAX value, and if he wants to increase it, he needs the corresponding [Limit Breakthrough Card]. The remaining 3 points of [random attributes] were strengthened by the system to [lateral movement].

Chen Cheng's [lateral movement] was increased from [50] to [53].

The improvement of lateral movement will allow Chen Cheng to keep up with the ball handler when defending outside, as well as enhance his ability to assist in defense and sweep.......

After three consecutive away games, Chen Cheng can rest for two days and wait for the next opponent, Brooklyn Nets.

But Chen Cheng is not idle.

After two consecutive losses, he plans to practice hard.

However, Chen Cheng's way of practicing is different from that of Jordan and Kobe.

Well!

He went to the street court to upgrade his badge.

During this period.

Chen Cheng saw a piece of news.

This made Chen Cheng laugh.

Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 pick in the NBA in 2013, who is currently working as a water dispenser guard in the Nets, actually hit him

"I envy Chen"

"He just came to the team and had a good playing time."

"If he was in the same situation as I was, I don't think he could make it in the NBA."

Although Bennett looks pitiful, he has bullied Xia Guo players with his physique in international competitions.

A typical bully!

Chen Cheng was too lazy to respond.

Just wait until the game and smash him.

In addition, Chen Cheng glanced at his badge panel

【Giant Slaughterhouse (Gold)】(20/8000), 7980 rebounds are needed to upgrade to the next level.

That's right, after Chen Cheng's hard training in the past two days, Giant Slaughterhouse has been promoted to [Gold], and only 7980 rebounds are needed to get the highest [Purple] badge.

【Giant Lord (Gold)】(0/2000), 2000 blocks away from reaching the next level

【Giant Lord] was also awarded gold by Chen Cheng in the past two days

【Giant's Magic (Silver)】(600/800), 200 assists away from upgrading to the next level.

It is not difficult to get assists on the field, but Chen Cheng's pass is too sexy, and it is difficult for street players to catch it.

【Anti-Giant Buster (Silver)】(700/1000), 300 goals in confrontation are needed to upgrade to the next level

【Giant Wall (Bronze)】(400/500), 100 effective pick-and-rolls are needed to advance to the next level

【Giant Burst (Bronze)】(460/500), 40 valid turns are needed to advance to the next level......