Chapter Ninety-Two: The Basket Is Like the Sea
In the previous game, although Curry had a large number of shots, he was also set by Wang Xiao to make 10 three-point shots per game.
But basically, every shot Curry made was in the open space or tactical running to block and get better shooting conditions.
Although such Curry has a high scoring efficiency, he lacks the domineering that Curry should have in the future.
In the future, how did Ku Ritian, who led the team to 73 wins and made the whole league tremble, play?
Even if you defend in front of me, even if you have two or three people around at the same time, even if you are a step or two away from the three-point line, I just dare to shoot, and I can shoot it.
The term unreasonable three-point was born for Curry's application.
The current Curry, although he is feared by many teams because of his super three-point ability, is far from that terrifying level.
What Wang Xiao expects is that Curry can grow up quickly, to the point where as long as he catches the ball, he will make the opponent scared, and he is afraid that Curry will shoot three points at any time.
In fact, Wang Xiao also knows that it is not appropriate to ask a first-year rookie with such a high standard, but there is still a feeling of being boosted by seedlings, but he has no way to face these strong teams, he can only find a breakthrough.
Although Curry is young, in the past few months, Wang Xiao has never stopped the system's training bonus effect on Curry, even when the victory value is tight.
He feels that although the current Curry is not as good as the future Curry, in terms of projection ability alone, it should not be much worse, and it is completely worth trying.
If it can be done, then the Wizards will have a chance to compete with the Cavaliers, Magic, Celtics, these Eastern powerhouses, if not, at most, there will be no big achievements in this year's playoffs, Wang Xiao and the team have made an agreement to reach the finals within 3 years, win the championship within 5 years, and as long as they can return to the playoffs in the first year, they will already complete the task.
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After the timeout, both teams returned to play.
The Wizards, for their part, immediately sent the ball to Curry.
With the ball in his hand, Curry looked at Nelson, who was defending him.
Jamil. Nelson is only 1.83 meters tall, and there is a certain gap in height with Curry who is 1.91 meters, and because of this, when he defends Curry, he sticks very close, for fear that Curry will immediately pull out a three-point shot if he is a little farther away.
Before playing against the Wizards, Van Gundy specifically analyzed the technical characteristics of the Wizards' players.
Curry's three-point shot is extremely fast and very threatening, and he is no less dangerous than Ray. Aaron's super shooter.
However, due to his thin body, although Curry can impact the basket, he can cause less damage, at least much less than he is from outside the three-point line.
Therefore, when Nelson defends Curry, he basically sticks to Curry and does not let the opponent shoot easily.
In the three quarters before this game, in the face of Nelson's defense, Curry rarely attacked with the ball, and basically relied on blocking or running to find gaps to shoot.
But now, Curry has actually changed his style of play.
After dribbling twice, Curry took a step back to open up a little distance, and then made a three-point shot without hesitation.
Nelson reacted extremely quickly and immediately followed the defense, and although he didn't block the shot, he interfered with Curry's vision.
"Box!" The basketball didn't hit, but slammed into the hoop and flew high.
Howard rose to his feet like a beast and snatched the basketball into his arms.
But before he could do anything, another pair of hands came up and grabbed him.
"Squeak!"
The whistle immediately blew and Howard's expression, which was slightly happy to grab the rebound, immediately darkened.
He turned his head to see Jamison looking at him with a harmless smile.
"Hey, I said you guys were going to give me 50 points today?" Howard said with some dissatisfaction.
While Howard's free-throw percentage was terrible, he couldn't hold up too many.
In the first three quarters, he has made 28 free throws, 15 of which he has shot, and he has shot 53 percent, and after the third quarter, Howard has a big double-double of 37 points and 16 rebounds.
At this pace, it is not impossible for Howard to score 50 points in a single game after the whole game.
"I don't think you're going to get 50 points." Jamison chuckled, the expression on his face full of mockery of Howard's free throws. "Dude, it's not that I'm laughing at you, even my grandma's free throws are more accurate than you."
Jamison's taunt made Howard even angrier, and the mood swings further affected Howard's feeling of free throws, and this time, he still missed two free throws.
"Look, yes, I said you don't get 50 points." Jamison continued to make up for Howard.
"Shut up! I'll show you how good I am! Howard cursed unluckily and turned to retreat.
On the other side, seeing that the two free throws missed, Curry secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this point, he was under considerable pressure.
Every time he misses a three-pointer from the outside, it means Howard will get a free throw for nothing.
Although it is the intention of head coach Wang Xiao to let him lead the offense as the main attacker, Curry feels that since the head coach trusts him so much, he must also show a performance that satisfies the coach.
"This time it's lucky, but next time it won't be possible! Every opportunity to attack must be seized! There must be no mistakes! ”
The offense and defense switched, and the basketball was in Curry's hands again.
"It's this kid again, what does that Wang Xiao want to do?"
Van Gundy was still thinking about it in his mind, and Curry attacked again.
This time, Curry directly stepped past Nelson outside the three-point line and rushed inside.
Nelson chased after a moment's stunned, while Curry made a sharp stop and stepped back to shoot from beyond the three-point line.
The rapid disguise transition made Nelson unable to react, and he could only symbolically raise his hand to interfere, but he could not block Curry's vision at all.
"Brush!"
Although the continuous rapid dribbling slightly affected the feel of the shot, because the vision was not disturbed, Curry still hollowed into the net to score three points.
"Coming back?" Van Gundy frowned and walked to the sideline and shouted to the players on the field: "Change the defense!" Vince, you go and stare that kid to death! ”
Carder nodded, looking at Curry.
Although he has not won any substantial defensive awards, Carter's defensive ability is definitely top-notch among defenders, thanks to his excellent physicality and excellent judgment.
Let Carter replace Curry, Van Gundy already attaches great importance to Curry, after all, with Nelson's height, he is only suitable for playing against Curry on the court, and players in other positions of the Wizards can use the height gap to play against Nelson in a misplaced single.
But what Van Gundy didn't expect was that after changing the defense, in the face of Carter's defense, Curry actually scored another three-pointer outside the three-point line!
"Stephen. Curry! Accurate three-pointers! He completely ignored the defense in front of him! It seems that today's basket is like the sea for this lad! ”