Facing James for the first time, George was not the slightest nervous, but looked extremely excited.

As a striker, being a top-tier striker like James is the dream of most players.

But there are a small number of people who don't want to be James, and what they want to do more than become the next James is to beat James and surpass each other.

There has never been a shortage of such challengers in history, even Kobe Bryant and James, when they won countless honors and stood at the peak of the players, they were also constantly attacking Jordan's historical status.

George is one of those players as well.

Wang Xiao didn't need to confirm this at all, because in another time and space, George had already proved it.

In the 12-13 season, that is, the third year that George joined the league and the Heat Big Three, the Pacers and the Heat met in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Facing James, who won the regular season MVP for the fourth time in his career and the second year in a row, George refused to back down at all, and almost had a five-to-five fight with James.

It is precisely because of the two consecutive playoff encounters with James that Paul. George quickly rose to become one of the league's top stars, and if it weren't for the 14-year injury season, George's career could have been even more brilliant.

However, even though injuries affected George, in 2019, George still played the best season of his career with the Thunder.

……

Now, George is just a rookie and his career is just beginning.

After the timeout, seeing Butler being substituted, James couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"What, rookie, your eldest brother can't stand it, hide from the field and let you face me?"

"My eldest brother said it." In the face of James, George was a little nervous, but he was not convinced at all. "You play so softly, he doesn't feel good at all, and I'm not interested in playing with you, so let me come up."

James sneered, "I'm playing soft? Very good, rookie, you will know in a moment whether I am soft or not. ”

James' style of play has always been described as rude, furious, and so on, and it is the first time that he has been described as soft.

The Wizards' offense was scored by Harden breaking through to the basket, and Bosh, who served from the baseline, immediately passed the basketball to James.

Seeing James holding the ball, George immediately greeted him.

Although Wang Xiao did not assign him a hard task, from the moment he came on the court, what George wanted to do was to prevent James.

Looking at George, who was engrossed, James smiled, "Boy, be careful not to be knocked out by me!" ”

As he spoke, James stopped the ball slightly, and the next moment it started.

George immediately caught up with him, but as soon as the two sides made physical contact, George felt as if he had been hit by a tank at full speed, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and he stumbled and gave way to a road.

James' strength is immense, and his speed is not slow at all, just for this moment, he suddenly accelerated into the interior line, and scored on a dunk before Jordan Jr. stepped forward to make up for it.

"LeBron – James !!"

The on-site commentator shouted James's name passionately, causing bursts of cheers on the court.

James dropped from the basket like a king and turned his head to look at George behind him.

"Rookie, how's it going? Is it soft? ”

George rubbed his chest, the pain was still faint, but there was a disdainful smile on his face.

"That's it, come back if you have the ability!"

This guy ......

James couldn't help but squint his eyes.

After replacing Harden and George one after another, the Wizards are still switching offense and defense at a very fast pace.

Big Z soon couldn't hold on and was substituted for Joel. Anthony is also having a hard time keeping up with that rhythm.

Therefore, in terms of rebounding, the Wizards have an absolute advantage, and although Jordan Jr.'s offensive ability is very average, he is unique in rebounding among the ten players currently on the court.

But there are pros and cons to everything, and although it is difficult for the rest of the Heat players to keep up with the fast-paced transition between offense and defense, it is not difficult for the Big Three to deal with.

Whether it's James, Wade or Bosh, they are all among those players who are extremely mobile.

Even playing fast offensive and defensive transitions has always been something they are used to being good at.

And it's only the first quarter of the game, and the physical fitness of the three people has been greatly retained, they can run back and forth on the court, and the offensive efficiency is even slightly better than that of the Wizards.

It is also thanks to the Wizards that Jordan Jr. grabbed rebounds to check and fill in the gaps, coupled with the hit bonus of the "fixed-point shooter" skill, so that the point difference did not further expand.

And the extremely fast-paced transition between offense and defense also put George under tremendous pressure.

In the past few minutes, it has been George who has been defending James alone, and then being eaten by James in various ways.

The vast majority of forwards in the league will encounter such problems when facing James, and only a few forwards such as Artest and Pierce who are not inferior to James can carry the opponent hard.

And even if they can compete with James in strength, Artest and Pierce can't completely stop James' offense.

On the sidelines, the assistant coaches of the Wizards were a little worried.

"Wang, Paul is facing James after all, and he is just a rookie who has just entered the league and played more than a dozen games, will this be too much of a blow to his confidence?"

Even Cole, who is loyal to tapping the potential of rookies on the bench in the future, couldn't help but ask Wang Xiao like this.

"It's okay, I trust him."

Wang Xiao said lightly.

Cole and the others are understandably worried, after all, they are not prophets, and they are not psychological experts, and their knowledge of George is limited to daily training and performance on the field.

They don't know what kind of brutal battle George had with James, who has just been promoted to the third grade to get rid of the rookie name, so they don't know how much energy George contains.

Even if George is only a first-year rookie now, and there is a big gap between his level and two years later, in the face of the powerful James, he will definitely not be hit by the opponent and lose his fighting spirit, but may grow up more rapidly.

A good sword inevitably needs a high-quality whetstone to open.

James was George's whetstone.

Wang Xiao thought it through.

Anyway, whether it is Butler or George on the court, they can't stop James, so they simply let George play against James, once George grows up rapidly under James's high-pressure pressure, then in the playoffs, he will become the most powerful weapon against the Heat!

If one game doesn't work, then two, two games can't, then three, anyway, the Wizards and the Heat belong to the same division, and there are four regular season games to play in a season.