522. When the first point guard meets D'Antoni
Randolph and Battier with Sunzer, Guy, Gasol Jr., Conley, ...... Wait for people to go and greet the two bigwigs on the other side.
As a member of the banana boat, similar to Anthony, Paul, who met for the first time, was very enthusiastic about Sun Ce, leaning his neck and saying, "Noah, don't hit me with your arm when you hit me in the back." ”
Afraid of being elbowed? Sun Ce thought of Paul's small movements, and felt that he needed to pay attention, he elbowed Paul, at most elbowed to his shoulders and head, this guy elbowed him...... Sun Ce felt a slight chill in his crotch......
Sun Ce put aside the idea of egg pain, the camera was almost in front of him, and he said politely: "Okay, Chris, I'm glad to see you, I grew up watching and playing, I'm a fan, and I've been looking forward to the game for a long time." ”
Why is this so familiar? Paul smiled and said: "I'm also looking forward to playing against the best young players, we have similar stats and I want to know who is better of us. ”
Speaking of data, Sun Ce thought about it, and his own data was really similar to that of the other party.
The three measurements are all about 19+5+11 per game, and the opponent is temporarily ranked first on the steal list, and he is temporarily ranked first on the block list......
In addition to the fact that the stats are about the same, and Sun Ce is looking forward to playing against Paul, there is another thing that makes him more motivated for this match.
"Because of the host's excellent performance since the start of the new season, the league's No. 1 point guard Chris Paul is interested in the host, C-level event: the man standing at the apex triggers."
"Man at the apex (C): The host needs to score at least 10 points against the league's No. 1 point guard, Chris Paul, and if Chris Paul defends the host less, the completion of the event will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
Event Reward: A C-level raffle card.
Failure Penalty: Unused B-level raffle cards of the host are downgraded to C-level raffle cards. ”
In the past two days, Sun Ce has wanted to use this lottery card, but he has been randomly getting some scum, which is okay, and he has become the target of punishment for failure.
Opposite the first point guard...... There are also scoring requirements.
How difficult is this...... Sun Ce doesn't know whether to say high or low, in terms of defense, the Knicks are very scummy defensively, conceding an average of 106 points per game, but Paul still played the best defensive performance among point guards in the league.
Scoring 10 points against Paul disagrees, but there are many ways to distract Paul from defense because of the Knicks' other defensive scum.
The NBA is a very interesting place, for example, in the original time and space, Rose won the MVP in the 10-11 season, but no one thought he was the best player, and no one even thought he was the first point guard.
This is the amazing thing about the NBA, maybe not the best player, but with the hard work of his teammates, he can win the championship, the Finals MVP or even the regular season MVP, the highest individual award for a player.
Of course, top-notch strength is the foundation.
It was very polite to greet Paul, and after saying hello to Stoudemire and Randolph, he came over and hooked Sun Ce's shoulder: "Wow, rookie, it's getting better and better, hey, if it weren't for the stupid manager of the Suns, we might have been able to win the championship together last season!" ”
"I think so too......" Sun Ce didn't blush at all and agreed with the other party's statement......
Stoudemire is now in a good mood, averaging 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game so far this season, and since leaving the Suns, he has at least proved one thing that proves that the Suns are wrong to think that he can only play well with Nash.
"Amare Stoudemire, Ability S-, Offensive S, Defensive C+, Three-Point D+, Mid-range A, Layup S+, Speed A-, Strength A-, Endurance A+, Injury Hazards S......"
It's true that Stoudemire once again showed his S-level superstar edge this year, but the other party's departure from the Suns ...... Sun Ce felt that this matter itself was wrong, except for the Lakers, Celtics, and Mavericks, a few teams whose team doctors could barely get close to the Suns' medical team, and the other teams were at least two notches worse than the Suns' medical team.
At least the Knicks and Suns are at least two notches apart.
After a wave of pleasantries, the players of the two teams returned to their benches, and the coaches of the two teams had to make the final arrangements.
For the Grizzlies, although they had two days to prepare, the opponent still felt unfamiliar to them.
Like what...... Bill Walker, a player who averaged 1 point per game last season, averaged 1.9 three-pointers per game and averaged 12 points per game this season......
Sean Williams, the No. 17 pick in the first round of the Pacers in '06, just passed the new rules in '06, shortening the maximum length of a player's contract from 7 years to 6 years, and by the way, the contract of the first-round pick was changed from a 4-year guarantee to a two-year guarantee for the two-year team option, Sean Williams has a "historical record", he is the first first-round pick to be rejected by an NBA team to exercise the team option during the rookie contract period since the NBA had a first-round pick contract rule, and was cut by the Pacers in 08.
In the past two years, this two-meter-and-six-meter shooting forward has signed two short-term contracts with the Mavericks, and last season he didn't play directly, and went to the Australian league for half a year.
So far in the new season, D'Antoni has directly used this 206 cm tall forward who can't play well in the third or fourth position as a backup center, averaging 8 points and 3 rebounds per game, with a three-point shooting rate of up to 40 percent, and an average of 2.3 three-pointers per game, ranking first in the Knicks team, and becoming an artifact that opens up space!
This kind of operation makes it almost difficult for the Grizzlies to have an in-depth understanding of the Knicks, and many of the players on the other side are the kind of marginal people who have no impression at all before...... In addition, D'Antoni, the head coach, may be regarded as a three-core situation, and he has played well one by one.
Paul S-, Walker C, Fields C+, Stoudemire S-, Turyaf D+......"
Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of the opponent's starting lineup, and this lineup actually averaged 108 points per game, nearly 10 points higher than their Grizzlies, which was enough.
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At 8:28 p.m., the two teams started on the field.
The Knicks' starters, if it weren't for the two superstars, would have looked really ......
Center, the seventh pick in the second round in 2005 when the Los Angeles Blacksmiths were still a small blacksmith, Ronnie Turiaf, known as the butcher, started the center in the 2008 Finals......
Walker, a forward pitcher, thought he was Pierce's former star teammate.
The other forward pitcher was Landry Fields, the ninth pick in the second round this year.
On the Grizzlies' side, the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Conley, Gay, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. appeared.
Paul was jealous...... When Randolph and Battier greeted them with a group of young talents after entering the stadium, he looked up with envy.
As a top player, he knows very well that Sun Ce can play so well, his own hard work and strength are one thing, and the more important thing is that the team is stronger.
However, compared to leading the team alone with the Hornets before, the best teammate is David West...... Paul takes a look at his partner's new power forward......
In the past, there was a sentence that Paul didn't believe much, but now he believes, and that is: a point guard who can't play under D'Antoni is real rubbish.
Paul is feeling this very well now, and he is more efficient this season than he was in '07-08!
Now that Stoudemire is a teammate and a head coach like D'Antoni who can maximize the strength of the point guard, he feels that the sky is almost dawn, and when he and Stoudemire have a good season, he will naturally attract high-quality role players and veterans to join!
Gasol Jr. came to the center circle and faced Stoudemire, and at 8:30 a.m., the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game and threw the ball into the air......
Although only 208 centimeters tall, Stoudemire had no trouble winning the jump ball on Gasol Jr.'s head.
The Knicks strike first!
Out of trust in Gasol Jr., the other four began to retreat when the referee blew the whistle, and when Gasol Jr. turned around and ran out of the middle circle, he saw that several teammates had fallen into defensive positions, Sun Ce immediately moved from the free throw line to the right side of the top arc, blocked the jump ball and immediately rushed forward to Stoudemire Jr. who did not stop him.
Sun Ce intercepted Stoudemire, was hit painfully, gave Gasol Jr. time to reclaim the basket, and then immediately went to follow Fields, a rookie, in fact, it was only a matter of a second or two, Paul came from the middle circle, and Conley defended it.
Sun Ce didn't dare to despise Fields, although he was a rookie, Fields was almost 23 years old, two meters and one meters tall, good at shooting, cutting and grabbing rebounds, quite mature older rookies, as a second-round pick into the NBA to play as a starter, averaging 10 points and 6 boards per game in the first ten games, helping the Knicks get an excellent record of 6 wins and 4 losses.
In the first 10 games, Fields made 15 three-pointers and shot 38 percent from three-point range.
Although Paul and Stoudemire are out, many people in the Knicks team can't play when they change teams, but under D'Antoni, when Paul is close to the three-point line, Stoudemire takes Randolph to the net and is ready to block and dismantle Paul, and the three Knicks players began to run actively, blocking and dismantling without the ball, cutting and interspersing...... Very smooth!
Turyav got his chance! After Paul and Stoudemire blocked and attracted Gasol Jr.'s attention, Paul split the basket to the left, and Turiaf cut the air with both hands to hang the frame and dunk!
It's so fast!
Conley and Gasol Jr., who were both teams in the Southwest Division, had the impression of Paul as a positional center, although they knew that the opponent's style of play had changed a lot in the new season, just like Harden, who met D'Antoni in the future, suddenly became an MVP-level point guard.
But it only took two seconds for Paul to start the block and pass the ball! His passing and his team-mate's pre-started runs blended together!
In just 10 games, the core trio of Paul + D'Antoni + Stoudemire has formed a tacit understanding!
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