Chapter 79: Take Him to a Urine Test
When Zhou Xuan raised his fist, many people were stunned. "The General" Arenas likes to clench his fists immediately after throwing three points, but Zhou Xuan is just a rookie, and he is still expressionless after shooting the ball.
When he played against the Hornets, Nelson Sr. noticed this problem, and Zhou Xuan also behaved very calmly in the face of Paul, as if everything was taken for granted, and only smiled after throwing in the stunner.
This guy's usual personality is not like this, so is it deliberate? Nelson Sr. felt that Zhou Xuan was already better than Calderon, and the Spaniards had never shown such confidence in attack.
Calderon also feels that this temperament is strange for a rookie. In his impression, the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of the newcomer are all expressed on the face, and they are not so stable.
Calderon didn't dare to despise Zhou Xuan, and even evoked bad memories. In the Olympics, he had the experience of being beaten by Liu Wei. Being suppressed by the Chinese defenders made him feel very uncomfortable. He compared the two and thought that Zhou Xuan was stronger than Liu Wei. Liu Wei plays by feeling and personal ability, but Zhou Xuan knows how to use his teammates and even the psychology of his opponents.
Of course, Calderon also knows how important it is for a point guard to be calm, and instead of rushing to return a ball, he went to the front court and passed the ball to Bosh. If you want to ensure efficiency, you still have to use Bosh as the number one point of attack. Bosh turned low on the right and missed a jumper, and the rebound was picked up by Biedlings.
The Warriors expanding their defense is like "giving back the game." Back-to-back offense is a great offensive weapon in the low post, both to attack the basket and to move the ball to the perimeter. However, there are not many such interior talents in the league, so Yao Ming and Duncan are very precious, and Brand, a 203CM tall power forward, can also get a big contract, although the injury may affect the state, the 76ers are willing to take risks.
Bosh is not good at his back, and his weight is not good enough to match his opponent, even if that person is Biderins. He can't compare to Gasol, Garnett and other big forwards in the high position, to be precise, Bosh is a person who plays by talent, and his face frame jumper is his characteristic, more like the big Maddie.
Zhou Xuan stepped back to get the ball, and then handed it to Jackson. After Jackson was scolded, he stopped pulling out from the outside, and singled Moon with the ball to bring it inside, forcing a layup to score. 64 to 51.
The Raptors attacked, Harrington went to defend against the fiery Bagnani, and Jackson, who was not easy to shake, was in the high post. The change also worked, as Bosh missed the high post shot with Jackson's interference, and the rebound was picked up by Biedrins, and the Warriors went on a three-line fast break.
Jackson and Bosh are misplaced in the middle, and Zhou Xuan and Margeti are one left and one right. Jackson received the ball and passed it to Zhou Xuan, Calderon chased it back with all his might, and when he was about to catch up, Zhou Xuan passed the ball and handed it to Margeti at close range, who took the ball on the right side and put the ball into the basket under Parker's defense. 66 to 51.
Zhou Xuan's assists are much easier than when he was with the defenders, his teammates have strong individual ability, and the fast break doesn't need a good chance to score.
The Raptors, who couldn't break quickly, began to increase their passes, constantly blocking and dismantling, Calderon sent the ball to the right side, and Parker ran out of the perimeter and hit a three-point shot. 66 to 54.
In the battle of the Warriors' position, Biedlins went to the perimeter to cover and help Zhou Xuan get rid of Biedrins. Now that O'Neal Jr. is not playing, the Raptors are also very mobile, but the defense under the basket is bound to become weaker. Bosh and Harrington, it was Bagnani who came out.
Since Bagnani joined the NBA as the third foreign champion in 2006, he has been under tremendous pressure, and in the first season of the Raptors, he did not play at the level of the champion, but was labeled as a "soft egg" and "parallel import". Now he desperately wants to express himself. As soon as Zhou Xuan broke through, Bagnani forgot that the coach had arranged not to change the defense, and quickly moved sideways to block Zhou Xuan's breakthrough route.
Zhou Xuan immediately retreated and hoisted the ball to Bidrins in the middle. He stretched out his long arm to win the ball, leaned on Calderon and turned to the basket, and easily hit the board to shoot the basket! 68 to 54.
Calderon was very helpless in this ball, it was impossible for him to defend against the basket, and Zhou Xuan grasped this kind of misplaced weakness.
The Raptors attacked, the two interior players pulled out together, and Bagnani received a pass and scored in the wrong face of Margeti. 68 to 56.
The Warriors attacked again, and Calderon began to panic when he saw Zhou Xuan taking the ball, and it was more difficult to prevent passing than to score. Zhou Xuan always seems to be able to pass the ball to a dangerous place, allowing his teammates to get shots, leaving him at a loss on the defensive end.
Zhou Xuan handed over to the left side, Margeti and Harrington on the side without the ball cover, received the ball and rushed to the inside line to the upper Bosh The opportunity was not good, and then passed the ball to the outside to Harrington, who received the ball and stepped with his left foot and made a dry pull-out jumper, Parker did not cover it, and the ball went in again. 69 to 56.
The Warriors' offense was fully opened, and Zhou Xuan played an important role, and when his teammates kept running, his excellent vision and big-picture advantage were brought into play. In the NBDL, teammates mostly like to play in a stumping style, at most one or two people are running, waiting for the pass, so that he can't see any openings because his teammates don't take the initiative to create. Now he's on the ball at the top of the arc and can see the situation clearly and react in a timely manner.
Zhou Xuan became more and more excited, and as soon as his teammates stopped, he immediately waved his hand to play the code, allowing them to run in the air and take command on the field.
In the dugout, Smart said to Nelson Sr.: "How do I feel like we've picked the top pick?" This kid is playing too confidently today. ”
"Well, I really didn't expect that after just two games, he would start to get used to the rhythm of the NBA." Old Nelson laughed. This time, the rocket gave himself a big gift in vain, and he actually exchanged it for cash with the minimum transaction amount. The Rockets only regard Zhou Xuan as a second-round rookie who does not enter the stream.
In the first game, Zhou Xuan broke through very little, more on the periphery and passed the ball when he had the ball, but today he dared to break through the ball, and Calderon couldn't prevent him.
After signing such a qualified starting guard for 5 million in 3 years, anyone will be very excited. Although Zhou Xuan still has a lot of weaknesses, such as poor confrontation ability. But point guards don't need a lot of confrontation, just like a quarterback on a football field isn't too physical.
Raptors coach Mitchell was even more surprised, and he didn't know what to say about it. Although the Warriors defeated the Hornets in the first game, more people believe that Margety, Harrington, and Jackson are the credit. Zhou Xuan is just a role player. He watched the game scene and it was true, Zhou Xuan didn't single out Paul, just a decent pass, and that lore was just a balloon, it was still a board.
Therefore, Mitchell didn't take Zhou Xuan seriously in this game, and thought that Calderon would easily help the team win, but he didn't expect Zhou Xuan's performance to be like a chicken blood. After the game, Mitchell wanted to declare to the league and have someone take him to a urine test......
Bosh scored a jumper in the middle, and it was up to him at the critical moment. 69 to 58.
Zhou Xuan faced Calderón again, he singled again, and his teammates now trust him very much. Fight well, why don't you continue? Calderon is not an inflexible fool either, putting it a little farther away to prevent breakouts and interfere with shots.
I'm not going to let you go anymore, shoot if you want, Calderon thought to himself. But Zhou Xuan didn't let him get his wish, and he moved sideways and Harrington to block and dismantle on the periphery.
With such a change, Calderón was depressed. Bagnani switched guards against Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Xuan took a sudden step and passed to Harrington, who was pulled to the middle. Harrington doesn't care how Calderon defends, he catches the ball and pulls it out. CALDERON, WHO IS ONLY 191CM TALL, CAN GET HIM?
Brush, three points hollow into the net. 72 to 58.
His teammates were always unstoppable, his defense was full of holes, and Bosh was a little anxious. Although he played in the playoffs for two years, was highly rated in the league, and was selected for the All-Star Game in a row, he wanted to make a breakthrough in his record, and after the team traded this year, his strength did not rise but decreased. It's so depressing.
After blocking Calderon in the middle, he received a return pass, resisted Zhou Xuan, and strode to break through the inside, which was another earth-shattering one-handed dunk. 72 to 60.
In the next round, Zhou Xuan passed to Margeti, he made a quick stop jump shot that missed, and the rebound was obtained by the Raptors. 72 to 62.
Zhou Xuan and Biedrins played blocking and dismantling, passing the ball to the middle, in the same way as Calderon, but Biedrins couldn't break through with the ball, and the opponent only needed to prevent the breakthrough and not prevent the shot. The interior line who can't shoot makes it difficult to effectively attract the defense, which is a major weakness.
Biedrins made a fixed pass to Margeti in the middle, and Margety, who was close to Parker, returned the ball to Zhou Xuan, who blocked it with Harrington and pulled out the open ball to Jackson.
Jackson relied on Biedrins to cover off-ball and ran away from Moon, and after receiving the ball, he hit a pull-up jumper on the right. 74 to 62.
The Warriors strengthened their defense against Bosh, did not change the defense inside after the block, Jackson blocked Calderon from breaking through, Zhou Xuan switched positions to interfere with Moon's shot, prevented an offense, and the rebound was obtained by Biedrins.
With half court, Zhou Xuan took the ball and shook a little space in the middle, Jackson and Harrington on the right side covered without the ball and cut to the inside, Zhou Xuan immediately passed the ball to Jackson, the timing was just right, Jackson accelerated past Bagnani to score a layup in the middle. 76 to 62.
The Raptors' cooperation played very simply, after the perimeter blocking, Bagnani received the ball and shot a three-point shot, but he still missed, and the rebound was obtained by Biedrins. Not only did the Raptors have problems defensively, but after O'Neal Jr. went off the court, he also fell behind in the rebounding game.
The Warriors quickly counterattacked, Zhou Xuan made a long pass to the frontcourt, Jackson received the ball on the right side and Moon single-handedly dribbled the ball to the low post, and suddenly turned to the baseline and threw the basketball into the basketball. 78 to 62.
After a wave of attacks, the Warriors were fully in full swing.