Chapter 51: Imaginary Enemy
"Ding, release regular missions, defeat opponents, mission requirements: help the team win, task reward: 500 points, 1 attribute point."
"Ding, release random tasks, imaginary enemies; Mission Description: Due to trade rumors, José Calderón sees the host as an imaginary enemy. Mission requirements: Outperform opponents in terms of assists and scores. Reward: 2000 points, 4 attribute points. ”
"Huh? Come true, why is the reward halved for this regular mission? ”
"I forgot to tell the host that since the host had just entered the NBA, the mission rewards released by the system were very high, so that the host could gain a foothold as soon as possible. Now that the goal has been achieved, from now on, the rewards for regular quests will be lowered, and a random quest will be added, and the rewards for the quest will be proportional to the difficulty of the quest. In other words, from now on, the hosts have to work harder."
"Huh? Well, you're the system, you have the final say. Although Chen Shu said so, he was actually very satisfied with the system in his heart.
When it comes to regular tasks, it shouldn't be a big problem. But this random task is a bit more difficult. Jose Calderon joined the Raptors in '05 and quickly established himself as the main point guard after TJ Ford's injury, until now.
In other words, Calderón is not an ordinary small character, because he is low-key, so the degree of attention is relatively low. In the '07 European Basketball of the Year selection, he ranked higher than the Finals MVP Parker, behind Kirilenko and Nowitzki, which is a portrayal of Calderon's true strength.
Jose Calderón is a typical shooter with excellent mental qualities, good hand feel, steady free throws, and a focus on mid-range shots and breakaway layups. As a traditional point guard, he has a selfless and cautious passing, an overall defensive level of mid-range, good at blocking and pick-and-roll, accurate outside shooting, and rarely makes mistakes.
Due to his selfless style of play, his scoring has not been high, but his assist statistics have always been among the best. Last season, he averaged 10.0 points and 8.9 assists per game.
If Chen Shu wants to score more points than Calderón, it shouldn't be a big problem. But it's a bit difficult to surpass Calderón in terms of assists, and of course the most critical limitation is the playing time.
Fortunately, after the game began, the offense of the two sides has not been opened, and the two sides have started an iron game, "Duang, Duang", watching the audience who were originally in high spirits, some yawned, some dozed off, and some complained that today's air conditioning seemed to be not powerful, and so on.
The first quarter of the game ended quickly in a dull iron.
The score of the two sides was 14:18, and the two teams combined to score 32 points. The Raptors shot 33 percent from the field overall, 5-of-15 from the field and 0-of-4 from beyond the arc.
Barbossa, who is fast and good at breaking, is a fast starter and is good at breaking, and he is given special care by Noah under the basket. 0 of 3 in the basket, also ate 2 of Noah's hot pot, and scored 2 points on 1 of 2 mid-range shots. Aamir Johnson, who started the lineup, was 1-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to score four points. And Jamal Magloyle is just a blue-collar center who grabbed just 2 rebounds in the restricted area.
The only consistent output was the Raptors' potential guard swingman DeMar DeRozan, who relied on a decent mid-range, scored 2-of-4 shooting, 2-of-2 free throws, and scored 6 points, still relying on singles.
Calderon's clever woman is embarrassed to cook without rice, and her teammates are iron, and they are really afraid of the basket. He had only 2 points and 1 assist in the entire first quarter. Calderon looked at his black-handed teammates and thought to himself that if the second quarter was so iron, I would have to carry it myself.
In fact, Calderon has been used to it, and in the Raptors, he has always been on the way to rotten or rotten. There are no strong players on the team, look at these techniques, at the level of the Bulls, that is, the bench, and DeRozan can still show his hand.
Chen Shu almost laughed when he saw it, and he was still thinking hard about how to defeat Calderón in the limited playing time. Now in this scene, God really helped Chen Shu complete the task, and he deserves to be a man with the halo of the protagonist.
After talking about the Raptors, the Bulls scored 18 points in the whole quarter, which is also a failing level. In addition to Noah and Boozer in the starters, the three outside players are also the masters who can't get past the basket, and the three occupy most of the shots, and only score a total of 8 points.
Noah picked up a missed layup under the basket and scored 2 points, and the most consistent is our No. 2 scorer, mid-range Boozer. This guy's scoring explosiveness can only be said to be okay, the most powerful thing is stability, no matter whether it was back-to-back the day before, or high in a nightclub, the next day the game will not drop the chain.
Chen Shu pinched his chin and stared at Boozer, wondering if Boozer had any secrets? Thinking about it, there is only 1 possibility, that is, this guy never works the field to defend, and he is not active in running, all his energy is on offense, plus on offense, he never runs or jumps, and he is completely downstream.
Such an inside line is fortunately partnered with a defensive titan like Noah, otherwise the Bulls' inside line would have been chiseled through.
Unsurprisingly in the second quarter, Chen Shu was substituted, and to everyone's surprise, Thibodeau also brought on Butler, Gibson, Korver and Ruhr Deng.
This is very exciting for Butler, Gibson has about 20 minutes of playing time per game, but as a rookie, Butler usually only plays in garbage time, and this is the first time he has played in the second quarter.
Looking at Butler, who was both excited and nervous, Chen Shu walked over and patted him on the shoulder,
"Man, don't be nervous, I'm here, don't worry about playing boldly"
"Well" Butler rubbed the sweat from his palms and nodded gratefully.
I have long watched Chen Shu, who is also a rookie, kill all sides on the field, and I have long thought about when it will be his turn.
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls' offense, Chen Shu intentionally wanted to brush up the assist and direct Butler to run. And Butler is also very obedient like a little brother, pointing wherever he hits.
Opposite Butler is Brazilian lightning Barbosa, who has a good offense but a poor defense, thin and unfocused. If it weren't for these shortcomings, Barbossa, who has played so many seasons, would not have achieved so little.
Under the command of Chen Shu, Butler quickly got rid of Barbossa's chase, the person was in place, the ball was in place, and the one-handed straight plug was made, Butler received Chen Shu's pass, and the comfortable feeling arose, and he decisively caught the ball and threw it, and hit the mid-distance hit with the bonus of Chen Shu's skill 20% shooting rate.
15:20 minutes. Chen Shu also received the first assist.
Butler, who scored the goal, was very happy and ran over to give Chen Shu a high-five.
"Good job," Chen Shu said with a smile.
"Hehe, it's better to pass it well, brother, it's up to you next, brother, pass me more, I'll treat you to a big meal"
"Haha, no problem"
Calderon, who was opposite Chen Shu, just watched quietly and did not speak, but the hostility in his eyes had already expressed his inner thoughts. The NBA is full of competition, and although he is low-key, if he can enter the NBA, there must be a heart that does not admit defeat.