Chapter 301: The Beginning of Transformation
"Chen was very excited from the beginning of this game against Spurs!"
Seeing that Chen Zhi scored one after another in the first quarter of the game, Penguin Sports commentator Wang Meng watched it very happily and couldn't help but sigh in the commentary.
"Today he was really strong on the offensive end! Of course, this is not to say that he did not have a sense of presence on the offensive end in the past, and the level of Chen is now known to fans. Normally, in the first quarter, Chen Zhi is mainly passing the ball to his teammates, and this is what I admire very much about him, as a point guard with super scoring ability, he has never left the playmaker behind. ”
But wherever it can be blown, Yang Yi is never ambiguous.
"In the first quarter of the game, he will naturally attack, but when he throws himself to death at the beginning of the game like today, I remember playing the Warriors." A pen in Yang Yi's right hand shook back and forth, shaking his head and pursing his lips, a look of endless admiration.
"What Mr. Yang said is very right, probably only the top teams in the league such as the Warriors and Spurs can completely stimulate Chen Zhi's passion for the game!" Wang Meng only called Yang Yi Mr. Yang in the commentary, I don't know what it means.
Yang Yizha said, "I think this is mainly due to the lineup of the Mavericks, when facing teams like the Warriors and Spurs, Chen Zhi has to strengthen the offense, only in this way can the other members of the Mavericks get better offensive opportunities." You see Matthews, Barnes, Finney Smith plus Jeffrey, except for Chen Zhi, no one can help his teammates create scoring opportunities, playing games with ordinary teams, Chen Zhi can slowly wait for them to find their form, against the Spurs, Chen Zhi does not dare to do this, he must strengthen his shots, the key is that other Mavericks players can't shoot now! ”
Before Yang Yi's words fell, he saw Chen Zhi once again standing up in front of Danny Green.
Tie Lin had already taken precautions against Chen's repeated pullouts today, and tried his best to jump and interfere, but in the end, he found that he couldn't interfere at all, and he couldn't even click the opponent's wrist with all his might.
Under Chen Zhi's successive pullouts, Green had to add some small actions when defending, such as tapping the opponent's wrist at the moment when Chen Zhi shot, betting on the referee's eyesight and penalty scale, but this situation that even the opponent's wrist could not reach made Green a little depressed.
The basketball left Chen's fingertips, crossed a graceful arc, and once again went into the net crisply, and the Mavericks led by three points at 27:24.
"Teacher Yang, do you feel this way, Chen's current game style seems to be more and more effortless, more and more dry pulls out, and the proportion of breakthroughs through various dribbling actions or forced breakthroughs is decreasing."
Chen had already pulled out many times in the last game against the Magic, but in this game against the Spurs, the frequency of dry pulls has soared a lot.
"This should be related to his height, everyone should have seen the report about Chen Zhi's height, his current height and the top bounce ability in history allow him to basically ignore the interference of the other party when facing opponents who are about the same height as him, at least Tie Lin does not interfere with him enough!"
"If he continues like this, I think Chen Zhi's dry pulling may become his signature skill, no matter who is in front of him, pull it up and throw it, it's a pleasure!"
Yang Yi hadn't finished boasting about Chen Zhi yet, when he saw Leonard receiving the ball in the low post on the left side and singled Barnes with his back, "Yo, beautiful turn and back, Leonard's turning action and shooting hand shape are like the shadow of Jordan!" ”
"Yes, Leonard is a really powerful player, in fact, Mr. Yang, you said that he is like Jordan, I think Leonard is actually more like Kobe, and among the successors of Kobe in the league, I think Leonard and Kobe are the most similar!"
"Leonard like Kobe?" Yang Yi was stunned when he heard this, "When you say that, it seems to be really interesting." ”
"Yes! In addition to the superficial personality contrast is a bit big, I think the two people are really very similar, the draft pick is not high, Kobe Bryant is the 13th pick, Leonard is the 15th pick, and they were selected by other teams and traded to another team when the draft was selected, and the team started from the defensive end, the defensive ability is very outstanding, and after the team boss left, they became the core players of their respective teams, and there is a point very similar, they all like to learn from Jordan and study Jordan's offensive skills, Of course, Leonard also studied Kobe's offensive skills. ”
Yang Yi nodded, "Sure enough, in addition to their personalities, these two players have a striking similarity, and Leonard is now more and more similar to Kobe, and the Spurs now need him to play some star begs, and now he has more and more rounds of attacking with the ball." ”
Wang Meng said with a smile, "In fact, there is not much difference in personality, although Leonard does not have Kobe's aggressive and cold-blooded killer characteristics, his desire to win is actually not low at all." ”
Yang Yi tilted his head and waited for the following.
"He seems to be cold and expressionless, but in fact there is a flame in his heart, and the external manifestation of this flame is the trench hairstyle on his head that has always been a sign of rebellion in the NBA, to put it bluntly, Leonard is a typical 'sullen', everything is hidden in his heart!"
"A player who is not motivated and eager to win can't do what Leonard does, step by step, and come back every offseason to surprise the fans, and last season's turn and back was a card frame version of Jordan, and now it's very smooth."
"Just like the very popular saying on the Internet, 'low-key is the most awesome show-off', Leonard's calmness is actually the same as Kobe's competitiveness!"
Wang Meng's words made Yang Yi on the side nod his head, and listened to Wang Meng's analysis, indeed Leonard is the one who is most like Kobe, DeRozan and Westbrook, two players who are known as Kobe's successors, and the current Leonard, it is indeed almost meaningful, Leonard has gradually combined Kobe's picturesque movements and dominance at both offensive and defensive ends.
Chen Zhi looked at Leonard, who rolled over in front of Barnes and hit him, although the latter did not stretch out his index finger as majestic as Kobe Bryant after the hit, but in his eyes at that moment, Chen Zhi clearly saw full of confidence.
In the first quarter of the game, Chen Zhi was also firepowered, but after Leonard responded with a goal again, the difference between the two teams was only one point, and it was Leonard who had been biting the score for the Spurs, and he was now very comprehensive and very efficient in this game.
Barnes, who was defending Leonard, was obviously a little angry after being scored by his opponent one after another, and he also turned his back against Leonard in the low post and asked for the ball with his hand towards Chen.
Chen Zhi passed the ball over when he saw this, at this time he must give Barnes a chance to respond to the opponent, and Chen Zhi is also looking forward to Barnes's response, facing a team like Spurs, it is difficult to win on his own, Barnes, as one of the new cores of the team, whether he can stand up is the key to winning or losing this game with Spurs.
Barnes received the ball and shook his shoulders and turned back, the movement was very good, a little similar to Pierce, but unfortunately the accuracy was a little worse, the basketball hit the front of the basket, and the Spurs received a defensive rebound.
Chen patted Barnes, who was obviously a little annoyed, in the process of retreating, "It's okay, I have a chance to come again!" ”
Barnes nodded silently.
His hard work is in his eyes, his self-discipline is very good, and the degree of hard work in training is no worse than Chen Zhi, but the role he has played in the Warriors for many years is different, and the finishing means are also different, and it is difficult to do it in a short period of time if he wants to go further.
The Spurs' offense is back again, and the French sports car Parker is no longer as dynamic as it used to be, but that doesn't mean he can't run anymore.
The entire first quarter of the game was basically just dribbling through the half, and Parker, who was given the ball to Leonard, faced Matthews and suddenly started.
The most obvious feature of a sports car is its super-fast starting speed!
Matthews is a good outside defender, even if the level has indeed declined now, it is still the same, facing Parker who suddenly started in the middle of the quarter, Matthews only felt that in front of him, Parker had already entered the interior.
Meijri made up for the basket and blocked Parker's forward path to block, but Parker spun wildly like a small spinning top, and made a quick turn around Meijery to pick up the basket, Meijerry's body just twisted to the left, and before he could turn around, Parker had already hit the basketball.
Meijerry was originally tall and strong, and his face looked stupid and big, but now he is completely dumbfounded, and the French sports car seems to be back to the top in an instant!
When Chen was extremely inferior in height before, he had also used Parker's trick, but he had witnessed Parker, who was not at his peak, used this trick, which seemed to be much sharper than himself, and the speed of turning was really as fast as a small spinning top.
After Chen Zhi scored a goal for the Mavericks again, the scores of the two teams entered a staggered state of leading each other.
However, in this stalemate of the game, it seems that the two famous coaches on the sidelines have already seen the strangeness, and they are still rotating the game in an orderly manner.
Although Chen Zhi wants to stay on the court, Carlisle has long been determined to limit Chen Zhi's playing time, in today's injury-prone Mavericks, nothing is more important than Chen Zhi's health, if it weren't for the fear of dampening the enthusiasm of the Mavericks' players, Carlisle would even have to interfere with the self-training that the young players have gradually formed a habit of.
Curry Jr. quickly replaced Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi returned to the bench and watched the Spurs players who walked onto the court, Manu Ginobili and David Lee, and immediately worried about the Mavericks' bench lineup.
Sure enough, as soon as Ginobili came on the field, he had a very bright performance.
In the face of Anderson's defense, after a shooting feint outside the three-point line, he directly twisted his body and sent the ball to Mills on the wing, who received the ball and made a three-point shot.
Although Curry Jr. is not far away, he is on the weak side, and he does shrink the defense appropriately, and it is said that Ben also returned to the defense in time, but Ginobili's false plan not only shook Anderson, Curry Jr.'s eyes have already turned to the basket, and when he found that the ball had somehow reached the hands of Mills on the weak side, it was too late to return to defense.
Seth Curlinu is sucking his mouth, this kind of passing is simply Chen Zhi's sense of déjà vu, or Chen Zhi's passing has always had the taste of Ginobili, in short, they are all liars!
When Ginobili's nickname has changed from a demon knife to a bald man, his weird passing skills are even more amazing, although Mills is the Spurs' backup point guard, but the organization of the second team is basically carried out by Ginobili.
The Mavericks' offense ended again with a three-pointer from Anderson.
The Spurs' fast-break Ginobili hit another long-hitting pass to David Lee, who suddenly cut into the basket, and the latter hit a light pick-and-roll.
After a few rounds, the Mavericks' bench lineup was almost overwhelmed, and the difference directly widened to 6 points.
"The Mavericks' bench lineup is really lacking in talent, and in the hands of the Spurs, they can't resist it at all."
"This Mavericks play the Spurs is probably hanging."
The commentators couldn't help but say when they saw this.
Even Chen Zhi, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, felt his heart sink, he had only been off the field for less than two minutes, and the situation was one-sided.
Carlisle immediately called a timeout to stabilize the situation, "Let go, don't be afraid, you have nothing to lose, I feel that I have the certainty of scoring a goal and make a decisive shot, increase the speed of the attack, they are a bunch of old guys, they will definitely not be able to outrun you." ”
"Also, Anderson, you go on the court first and defend well, and be cautious with your three-point shots!" When Carlisle encouraged others to shoot, he had to specifically tell Anderson to reduce his three-point shots, so that Anderson could only touch his withered yellow hair in embarrassment.
In the absence of a major general, Carlisle was unable to make any practical adjustments.
Before the pause began, Chen Zhi suddenly stood up and patted Curry Xiao, who was stuffing his braces into his mouth and preparing to play again, "Do you know what your brother is the most powerful?" ”
Little Curry was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what Chen Zhi was referring to.
"He can play in a reasonable way, and he can play in an unreasonable way, and with his three-point shooting speed, he doesn't have time to think about whether it is reasonable or reasonable."
Seth Curry nodded thoughtfully.
After getting along during this time, Chen Zhi found that Seth Curry's biggest problem is that he is not confident enough, or he is too cautious in his three-point shots, and he rarely shoots three-pointers without a big vacancy.
Now the team is enduring a serious lack of it, and although Curry Jr. has a lot of flaws, he is already a good player on the Mavericks.
After the timeout, the Mavericks did not make any personnel changes, but the Spurs took advantage of this exhibition hall to replace Bertans, a big man at the No. 4 position with a good three-point hand.
However, fans found that a Mavericks bench player who returned to the court after a timeout was a match for his previous performance.
Seth Curry held the ball to the three-point line, faced the same small Mills defense, and pretended to communicate tactics with teammates at the moment when he suddenly shot a three-point shot.
Mills pounced on it in a measured way to interfere, and if it wasn't for the fear of fouling, it wasn't impossible to complete the block.
However, Curry Jr. did not panic, shot as always, and hit the three-point shot.
Ginobili quickly made a twisted snake step for the Spurs to open up again.
After the Mavericks made several offensive attempts to be defended by the Spurs, in the last 5 seconds, the ball returned to Curry Jr. in the corner of the wing, Seth Curry made a gesture to his teammates to open up space, and immediately started to break through, took a step outside the three-point line, and made a direct emergency stop.
Mills, who has retreated to near the three-point line and is ready to break through, can only turn his head and send Curry Jr. a three-point shot into the basket!