Chapter 76: Outbreak
The information given by the scout pointed out that Calderon was the Raptors' defensive weakness, and he often had to misplace to defend the shooter so as not to be blown up, and his defensive ability was not as good as Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan can prevent breakthroughs, but he lacks methods for opponents who are powerful, tall, and able to shoot. Calderon is the opposite, his height of 191CM allows him to interfere with the opponent's misplaced shots, but the lateral speed is slow, and it is common to be passed by people in one step, so he belongs to the kind of super bad defender who does not defend both the guard and other players, and can only rely on the joint defense system and teammates to fill the position. In this respect, he is far inferior to TJ Ford. The Raptors were first in the division that year, which also had a lot to do with Ford, but now there is less super-fast attackers on the offensive end and more obvious holes on the defensive end.
The Raptors attacked, Calderon dribbled just past halftime, and Zhou Xuan began to press.
Calderon also looked for blocking and dismantling in the front court, which was the time to test Zhou Xuan. Because the old Nelson arranges a mixed defense, not a simple regional joint defense, when Calderon and his teammates block and dismantle, Zhou Xuan has to bypass people to chase the defense, and the big man continues to hand over to the interior players to deal with. This is a strategy against Calderón, who has never been able to dominate the game with points, and has average attacking ability with the ball, and if he takes more than 20 shots in a game, the opponent will only be happy.
As soon as he saw little O'Neill blocking over, Zhou Xuan immediately retreated and bypassed. Calderon had a chance to shoot, but he didn't shoot, holding the ball and suddenly three points is not his style, and it is difficult to guarantee the shooting rate with O'Neal Jr. in front of him. He chose to pass the ball to Anthony by covering? Parker.
Parker shot 43 from three-point range last season. 8% is an important firepower point for the team, and Jackson takes care of it. Parker passes the ball on the side and lobs to Bosh in the low post.
Bosh had a chance to single-handedly beat Harrington. He plays a lot at the free-throw line, rarely plays in the low post, is lanky and looks like Garnett, and has offensive similarities with Garnett. The only difference is that his style is known as soft, while Garnett is known by fans as the "Iron Jumper". He leaned on Harrington to lead the middle, shook the ball with both hands, and then turned in the opposite direction and jumped and shot the ball in! 2 to 2.
Harrington is shorter than Bosh and has a worse reach, so there's nothing he can do about this jumper.
The Warriors attacked, Zhou Xuan and Calderon faced each other again, did not find a block, and still played by themselves. He dribbled the ball under his crotch to his right hand, attracting Calder's heart to move to the right, then pulling the ball up, dribbling behind his back and handing it to his left hand to change direction, and in the same position at the top of the arc, he successfully walked to the right in one step.
This time, Bosh made up for Zhou Xuan's breakthrough on the side, and Zhou Xuan immediately distributed the ball to Harrington and assisted Harrington to score an easy jump shot in a high position. 4 to 2.
The Raptors attacked, Calderon passed the ball to O'Neal Jr. in the halftime, who took the ball in the low post on the right side and stood still, and suddenly sent it to the middle, Bosh covered Moon, who cut in and flew up to catch the ball and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. 4 to 4.
Moon is an amazing guy, he joined the NBA out of draft, and he used to play Harlem basketball, which is an exhibition game. Dunks are one of his specialties, and he also participated in the dunk contest last season, and gave a rather elegant, ecstatic dunk, but he didn't make it to the finals.
The two sides had a fierce confrontation at the beginning, and Calderon defended Zhou Xuan in the next round, which was the only arrangement the Raptors could make. Changing Calderon to defend Jackson and Margeti will only expose greater weaknesses, which is what the old Nelson said The victory or defeat mainly depends on Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan opens, and the Raptors will lose. At the point guard position, the Raptors also don't have a good bench.
The reason why the Warriors were looked down on before the start of the season was because of the point guard. Zhou Xuan's mind became smarter, when the rocket was not reused to the Warriors, everything was a coincidence, the weakness turned into a strong point, and he was not afraid of Calderon at all.
In the third round, Zhou Xuan finally found cover, and Jackson helped him block on the perimeter, allowing him to face Moon. Zhou Xuan passed the ball to the perimeter, Jackson played Calderon in the wrong position, and he pulled it up and threw it after shaking it, dodging the block, but the basketball bounced out of the frame.
Jackson made five three-pointers in the game and is now a bit fanatical about dry pulling, but he is a little worse in terms of offensive options, and the play is too simple. The Raptors grabbed the rebound or a positional battle, handed over to Bosh to get the ball in the high post, and Bosh didn't score a jumper under Harrington's interference.
The Warriors quickly counterattacked, Margeti couldn't continue the feel of the last game, and in the face of Anthony Parker's defense, the pullup jump shot was also missed. Calderon continued to play unhurriedly, going up front to the low post for O'Neal Jr.
Zhou Xuan understands why Calderon has few mistakes, he is not greedy, he does not stick to the ball, and he does not pass the ball fancy, that is, he is stable, and he does not pass the ball that is difficult and has the potential to make mistakes, nor does he force the shot. However, this is much less of a threat, and it is difficult for him to break through to the inside and cause damage.
O'Neal Jr. singled Biedlings with his back and missed two jumpers.
The two sides did not cooperate much, and they both played very simply, mainly working alone, and the efficiency was not high. Only Margeti scored two points from a free throw in two minutes. After a stalemate for a while, the Warriors took the lead, and Harrington hit two three-pointers in a row from the perimeter through a pick-and-roll misalignment.
Harrington's offense found its senses, but it couldn't defend against Bosh. The "Dragon King" launched an attack in the high post, scored a jump shot, broke through and recorded a beautiful one-handed split, and also caused Biedrins to foul and play 2+1.
Halfway through the first quarter, the Warriors led 13-9. The Raptors made adjustments, and Calderon also began to chase Zhou Xuan, changing from joint defense to mixed defense, otherwise as long as it was misplaced, Harrington would have a way to score in front of him.
After Jackson missed another shot, the Raptors fought back, and Calderon made an accurate pass to Anthony Parker in the backcourt, who didn't wait for his teammates to plug in and hit a three-point shot to make it 13-12.
When the Warriors attacked again, Zhou Xuan didn't pass to Jackson. The captain of the Warriors already had some problems with the selection of shots when he played, and today he was mainly a dry pull-out jumper, which is not allowed, so it is not a good thing for the team to play like this. At the same time, he also noticed a change in the Raptors' defensive strategy.
If Calderón is still chasing this time, I will follow the familiar style of play in the past and let you see how good I am. Zhou Xuan thought to himself. He has been practicing shooting all summer, improving his three-point range and consolidating his mid-range shooting ability. After opposing Paul, he found it much easier.
He beckoned for Harrington to cover on the perimeter and then broke through from the left. Bosh did not change his defense, and kept up with Harrington, who was moving sideways to the right, and Zhou Xuan relied on his speed to distance himself from Calderon. His eyes were on the side of Moon, still with Jackson, as long as Moon didn't come up, he would be empty on the perimeter, and it would take time for Calderon to catch up.
In the previous rounds, Zhou Xuan had already figured out Calderon's speed, and the bounce was not outstanding, and the side was difficult to block. Thinking about these clearly, Zhou Xuan made a quick stop jump shot in the left three-point line, his mood was very relaxed, his movements were also very stretched, and the moment when he plucked the ball with his fingers was also very gentle.
Calderon jumped a little slower, and when his hand reached Zhou Xuan's body, the ball had already been thrown, spinning and flying towards the basket. Swipe and hollow into the net! 15 to 12.
The Raptors attacked, O'Neal Jr. received the ball after blocking and dismantling, missed the jumper, and the rebound was won by Harrington. Jackson received the ball in the backcourt and launched a counterattack, and Zhou Xuan and Margeti went down together. The ball was passed to Zhou Xuan first, and Margeti was followed by Parker, both of whom were about the same height and weight.
Zhou Xuan glanced at Margeti, took the ball with both hands and poked it to the right, but it didn't pass, attracting Calderon's attention, breaking through from the left side in a flash, jumping up in two steps, and making a layup with his left hand. He didn't shake Calderon away, but doubled up the block with his left hand, took a little space to throw the ball out of the basket, and lightly hit the board and landed in the basket. 17 to 12.
In the next round, Bosh couldn't shoot, and the rebound was obtained by the Warriors, and then fell into the position after the counterattack failed, Zhou Xuan took the ball through the half court, and Harrington blocked and dismantled, Bosh still did not change the defense, Zhou Xuan broke through from the right side this time, and it was another step to stop the shot. Calderon jumped up the block around Harrington's back, his fingers almost touching the basketball, maybe a 0. 01 seconds, the result is diametrically opposed. Zhou Xuan threw the ball out of the way, and hit it again! 19 to 12.
Zhou Xuan suddenly broke out and scored six points in a row, and with an expressionless face, Raptors head coach Mitchell hurriedly asked for a timeout. If you don't make adjustments to the defense, the score will be pulled apart.
Calderon's face was ugly when he came off the court, because Zhou Xuan was only a first-year rookie, and his three defenses were all a fraction of a second. Perhaps only one person named Seiya can best understand Calderón's current mood. Fast 0. In 01 seconds, he was able to knock out the long-haired naked man with a black tiger punch. Slow up to 0. 01 seconds, the jaw is about to be slapped by Lushan Shenglongba, and the next week can only drink porridge......
"Zhou, you did a beautiful job, keep fighting like this. Stephen (Jackson), you have to cut down on the pull-up jumper, cut inside and get closer to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage. Moon is very thin, not very good at confrontation, but very good bounce, you will only be happy if you pull him out, Corey (Margetty), you have to play to your strengths, rush to the basket, make fouls if you can't score, we need to score inside. ”
When the players left the field, Old Nelson personally stood up and clapped his hands with Zhou Xuan. He wasn't happy with Jackson's play, and he left a Davis who liked to pull up, and Jackson wanted to go in that direction again, which was not a good sign.
What the Warriors lack the most is inside scoring, Biedrins can only pick up leaks, Harrington likes to shoot from the outside, he can shoot accurately from the outside, and he can't force him to get into the basket. Margeti has a clear weight advantage in the swingman position, and playing low is a good fit.
The Warriors' tactics are clear, and the Raptors are different. Mitchell called a timeout and found that there was no one to replace, and the defense couldn't think of any tricks.
Calderon has two substitutes, and Mitchell prefers Croatian player Roko? Wukic. This is a very talented person, playing very elegantly, 196CM tall also has very good dribbling skills, has a good offensive perception and good ball distribution ability. Unfortunately, he moves slower than Calderon and can't shoot threes.
The other is the 185CM defender Will? Solomon, he can play in the NBA purely because there is no one on the Raptors guard line, nothing but breakthrough, the Warriors can put him two steps to defend, and this game will not be playable.