Chapter 143: The Wizards' ceiling

After a relaxing three-day break, the Wizards faced another challenge on their home court, the Pistons.

The current Pistons have defensive holes, and at that time, the little fresh meat Prince had not yet been on the top, and was still actively practicing hard, and it was Michael who served as the main small forward? Curry.

Don't think of Who's Daddy with the word Curry, and don't think it's a shooter, in Rick? In Carlisle's system, the three-nil player is just such a blue-collar player who defends up front.

Power forward Robinson, a simple introduction is that he was in 02, a 35-year-old veteran, a weakened version of Rashid? Wallace, under Chauncey, is a tall, high-range shooter who can bring good defense to the team.

When he sees the current lineup of the Pistons and who the Pistons team has now, the author admires Coach Carlisle very much, the future champion coach, a stern coach who is a player-type coach but does not lack tactical literacy, and a coach who can decide the team's lower limit by himself, will definitely be the next Sloan, of course, if time permits, the evaluation he will get after the coaching career will definitely be much higher than Sloan.

The Wizards' starters in this game were Kwame, Bow Peak, Jerry, Jordan and Haywood. When Kwame wants to do something in the high post, this is another lineup with very strong offensive ability for the Wizards, and it is also a lineup with strong passing ability, which can be a lineup that Collins keeps trying.

In this game, facing Robinson's defense, Kwame Brown once again played his potential and played a game that should be his future self. It can be projected suddenly. Although in all offensive techniques. All of this is still a little immature, but this kind of Kwame is enough to make the other twenty-eight teams fall in the curtain.

And Gong Feng's performance in this game was decent, although the game won the final victory, but Gong Feng only got 10 points and 6 assists, as a large number of balls, the only shooter in the team, this result can only be regarded as unsatisfactory for Gong Feng and the team. Jerry's performance, however, was outstanding. After the full-time, he scored 24 points again with the help of Kwame.

Against the Pistons team that has not yet been finalized, it is not the iron-blooded version of the set, the Wizards once again got a victory from the home court, but Gong Feng was a little stunned when he looked at Chauncey's performance, Chauncy after the game once again only scored 5 points and 5 assists, it seems that he has not played the value it should have, but Gong Feng checked his average points per game before the game is about 14 points!

It should be the result of Jerry's full defense, it seems that for the Pistons who abandoned him, Jerry's resentment in his heart is very big and very sufficient, facing Chauncy who replaced him. It's really ruthless to defend! ”

After the victory over the Pistons, the Wizards defeated the Hawks, the underdogs in the East. After two straight defeats, they won two in a row and then lost again on the road to the Orlando Magic led by Maddy.

There is a very tacit understanding between Maddie and Houston's partner now, and Houston no longer needs to charge on his own like he did in the Knicks, and he is under tremendous pressure, so he can maintain his current state very well.

Now the two of them can average 46 points per game, and their assists account for more than two-thirds of the team, which can be said to be another team in the league with a tacit cooperation.

But these two combinations can't beat the current Wizards, after Kwamei is in a high position, the Wizards' outside attack power has increased to a certain extent, coupled with the combination of internal and external play, Kwamei's current interior offensive ability can not be ranked in the top five in the league, but can also be ranked in the top ten in the league, and now it is difficult to defend Kwamei who has succeeded in the position of Kwame by relying on Cotter alone.

But the Wizards caught up with Maddie's outbreak again, and after recording a triple-double, Maddie once again cut down 39+8+8 data, don't deny anything, anyway, after this game, Maddie's loyal fans have increased a little, extremely gorgeous ball style, elegant shooting, plus the face of a handsome guy in the league, and a very lazy personality that looks like a superstar every day, Maddie does have the potential to be a superstar.

As for restricting Houston from scoring or something, Gong Feng has long stopped doing it, and he doesn't want to do it, although the shooters who have been restricted by Gong Feng don't know what Gong Feng's specific methods are, but it is still possible to pay attention to some things, just like Gong Feng said at that time, this kind of defensive tactics cannot work forever.

Then the Wizards, who immediately returned to their home court, played against the Spurs, who were also back-to-back, and it was a very fierce battle.

The Wizards scored 20 points from four to narrowly beat the current Spurs, while Duncan still maintained a crushing posture against Kwame, scoring 35 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, and Robinson also cut a double-double of 17+12.

But the Spurs bench or the outside line collectively don't give up, what can the Spurs do to win the game, in this game, it is not the bow peak that defends Parker, but Jerry, and the victory must be won in this game, which is what Collins wants now.

After Parker's failure against Arenas, he was once again teased by Jerry, and he met two nemesis-level players, and the Spurs lost against the Wizards, which is already two consecutive defeats.

No. 30, that is, in the game against the Knicks the day before, the Spurs lost to the energetic Knicks, Yao Ming vs. Robinson broke out, and the whole game scored 30+10, and Xiao Si is constantly interfering with Duncan's offense, in Van Gundy Jr.'s team, even if you have no defensive quality, you can give you exercise, not to mention that Xiao Si's own physical condition is extremely good.

Of course, even if there is Yao Ming's big explosion, it needs the support of the outside line, and Arenas's 20+ score in this game is also the ultimate reason why the Knicks can win the final victory.

In the past two days, when the Spurs were unlucky, they also let the Wizards catch them, which really put some fans who were worried about the Wizards at ease, and made Popovich angry......

The Wizards, who started the battle in January '03, began to chase quickly, defeating the Bulls, Pacers, Celtics, Bulls, Warriors, Knicks, Raptors and Magic in succession, starting the road to a nine-game winning streak in the season.

Every battle in this is not the kind of hearty victory for the Wizards, the highest victory score is about 10 points, and the variables and heroes who affect the victory the most are actually Jordan...... Jordan seems to have begun to find his proper form at this time, and began to exert his strength around Christmas, and even cut 40+ against the strong rival Pacers.

Gong Feng's performance in this section is very sluggish, and the continuous attempts to go up and down the individual attack have also begun to enter a predicament, the speed is not fast, the change of pace is not obvious, there is no outstanding physical fitness, and the physical confrontation ability is poor, without the help of teammates, Gong Feng's single offensive ability is completely unplayable.

Of course, Gong Feng is heads-up is also a heads-up within the scope of the team, and it has not become a cancer in the team...... Gong Feng has paid a lot of effort and a huge price for this self-right, and the initiative to talk to Jerry in the team and understand each other is one of them, and the reduction in the distribution of the ball is also another major item that Gong Feng has paid.

Gong Feng knows that even if the current team hands over the ball to him, it is impossible for him to make more progress, and his lack of heads-up ability will very limit his future development, although Gong Feng's own projection ability has not declined, and his running ability in the vacant position is also constantly strengthening.

This time, the nine-game winning streak was not easy to come by, it was Jordan's sudden strong addition, it was the compromise between Jerry and Gong Feng to a certain extent, it was Collins' continuous adjustment of his lineup because of his opponents, and it was the efforts of all members of the Wizards.

But this nine-game winning streak also makes people feel that the Wizards are now a kind of limit, and it can also be said to be a kind of team's ceiling.

Without Jordan's 15+ scoring support per game, the Wizards will not be able to go far, which is already a consensus among many media people, and this year's Jordan has been confirmed to be in his last season in the league.

Gong Feng's weakness in the Wizards team has also begun to be really known by all teams, that is, from the lack of scoring ability, you can say that Gong Feng is still very young now, but in a team that is interested in a certain status, Gong Feng's weakness will be infinitely magnified...... (To be continued.) )