72. Curry is the key
Randolph, who came over, saw that Sun Ce's face was full of loss after the tactical meeting, and came up to comfort: "Noah, don't be discouraged, you played so well in the last game, the team has seen your strength, and it will definitely let other point guards of the team except Stephen play more and compare with you." ”
Sun Ce understands this truth, but understanding and being able to accept it easily are two different things.
But what else can be done, the arm can't twist the thigh, Smart is the head coach of the summer league, and he has the final say in everything.
Sun Ce said unwillingly: "I really want to help the team win!" ”
These are words from the heart, whether it is for the event or for the pursuit of his heart, he wants to help the Warriors win! At this stage, this summer league, he sees himself as part of the team.
"Haha, Noah, don't worry, we will definitely win against the Timberwolves!" Randolph laughed: "We won them three times last season!" ”
Sun Ce thought about what he said in the tactical meeting just now, the Warriors won the Timberwolves three times in the regular season last season and swept the Timberwolves in the regular season.
Can be swept by the Warriors last season...... The Timberwolves are also a marvel.
The road ahead is not easy to walk, and Sun Ce can only accept it calmly.
Life is always so difficult......
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It's really easy to win!
Watson can score on this Timberwolves team at will!
With 31 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 11-of-19 shooting, Watson gave the Warriors a 96-82 win over the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves are full of talent on the outside, so much talent that their summer league head coach didn't know how to allocate playing time, and at one point sent a company commander to play center......
Randolph grabbed the rebound and flew up, scoring 25 points and 17 rebounds.
Love was helpless, how could he lose to Randolph when he grabbed the rebound, but he was forced to play center, and he went to play with Hunter and Toliver, and was robbed by Randolph.
Watson can break through if he wants to break through, and he can throw three points if he wants to, and the defense of several point guards on the other side is too poor, resulting in no way to meet a player like Watson who wants to brush up on data.
Sun Ce only got 11 minutes of playing time, with 4 points and 2 assists, after all, Watson played too well.
It's just that Curry's performance today is also very average, although he didn't shoot much in the last game, Curry had a lot of balls, and Sun Ce's first passing target was Curry.
Watson cares about scoring on his own and basically doesn't communicate with Curry on the court.
But if people can shoot, Curry can't help it, scoring 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting and barely scoring a double-double.
Merely...... It's not that the scoring numbers are high that will surely satisfy Smart, the summer league manager, and he will not only look at whether the player is playing well or not.
Watson has the ball, and the opponent's Channy Flynn, Sessions, Ellington and other outside defenses are very poor, and with Watson's experience in the NBA for two years, it is too normal to blow up the opponent in this kind of one-on-one heads-up.
Smart thinks about more things, such as compatibility with Curry, a first-round pick who has just been drafted, which is very important!
Curry is the future of the Warriors' guard position......
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It's 2-0 after all! Sun Ce didn't contribute much in the second game, but it was good to win two games in a row.
On the Knicks and Bucks' side, they both played 1-1, with the Bucks losing to the Warriors and winning against the Knicks; The Knicks lost to the Bucks and won against the Timberwolves, who went 0-2.
The Warriors are currently in first place, but they are inferior to the Knicks in terms of goal difference, and the Knicks won by 31 points against the Timberwolves by too many points.
Game 3 must be a win over the Knicks to ensure a place in the quarterfinals.
Luck is very important, some groups have 5 teams, and the second place may also ensure that they will advance to the quarterfinals, but in the group of 4 teams, only the first team can safely enter the quarterfinals.
But...... At the tactical meeting on the afternoon of the 13th, Smart announced that Sun Ce would return to the starting position and partner with Curry!
Yesterday, Sun Ce's bewildered expression shifted to Watson.
Yesterday, he scored a game-high 31 points on 11-of-19 shooting, and Watson felt like he had left Sun Ce behind, and he didn't know how he was beaten back to the bench!
Sun Ce was also a little surprised, why did he suddenly return to the starting lineup?
But I didn't dare to ask more.
Before playing in the summer league, Bill Duffy told Sun Ce that a second-round pick like him, or even some base-salary players with contracts, could not compare to the status of a coach in the team, even if he was an assistant coach.
Smart is now in control of the summer league, this group of players, except for Curry, the first-round pick, Randolph may also be counted as one, and whether the others leave or stay is a matter of Smart's words.
Anyway, it's either a base-paid player, a second-round pick to be reviewed, a draft loss, and the rest is a free agent who comes to Summer League trying to find a job.
Yesterday was inexplicably knocked back to the bench, Sun Ce couldn't help but didn't ask, now it's him who takes advantage, of course he can't ask questions.
However, if you get cheap, you naturally have to sell well!
Sun Ce looked at Watson with smug eyes, and pulled Curry, Curry glanced at Sun Ce speechlessly, Sun Ce is pouting his ass now, Curry can guess whether this guy is ready to have diarrhea or fart.
However, Curry was also very upset about Watson's failure to pass the ball to him yesterday, adjusted his expression, and looked at Watson with disdain.
Watson is going to blow up!
When Smart announced that the meeting was over for a pre-game warm-up, Watson was the first to run out of the room.
The others also left one after another.
Sun Ce, Curry, Randolph, Morrow, and Hunter formed a small group that advanced and retreated together, and they also left together when they left.
"Stephen, do you see the look on the barking dog's face? It's so cool! Sun Ce said excitedly to Curry.
This adjective is used to describe Watson, Curry is very happy, but the key is that Sun Ce used a barking dog to describe him in the code language before, and Curry was speechless.
However, Watson was unhappy, and Curry was also happy, and responded: "It's really unlucky to partner with him, although it's also unlucky to meet you, but it's still good to partner with you." ”
"Brother, you're really not good, do you want to partner with your brother and talk straight ......"
"Oh God, take this guy away......"
"Be quiet, don't let him hear you......" Randolph looked, but fortunately Watson was walking fast and was long gone.
"It's okay, it's a big deal, I've wanted to fight him for a long time...... Stephen, we should be able to beat him combined! ”
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Just when the group of five was having a good time saying bad things behind the back, Smart, who was walking behind the players, took out his notebook and wrote: Curry doesn't like Watson......