Chapter 291: Stephen Curry, the three-point king
The Warriors' new player Jarrett Jack is a backcourt jack-of-all-trades, he is 1.91 meters tall, and his father is a football player, and his father's athletic genes are completely inherited from Jack.
As soon as Jack came on the court, he stuck to the tall and strong according to the coach's intention, and put on a posture of defending with all his might.
Jarrett Jack's desperate stance also played a role, with Jack's physical defense forcing Delon to switch passes on several occasions.
In the next few offensive and defensive transitions, the tall and strong never touched the basketball.
After Curry made a half-volley, the Warriors had managed to level the score.
"No, I'm no longer a role player in the stage, I'm the team's starter now, and I have to make a change" Gao Dazhuang looked around at the situation on the court, and secretly cheered himself up.
At this time, Delon controlled the basketball at the top of the three-point arc, but just when Delon was about to divide the ball.
There was a roar from the field, and Delon followed the sound to see the tall and strong man on the flank, holding Jack behind him with both hands and forcing the ball.
"Slap", Delong didn't hesitate, and a ground-hitting pass directly stuffed the ball into Gao Dazhuang's hand.
After receiving the ball, Gao Dazhuang immediately squeezed the opponent with his back, with a breath of breath, Gao Dazhuang exploded with all his strength, and every time he took a step, the Warriors defender Jack was forced to take a step back, and soon Gao Dazhuang squeezed into the restricted area.
But just now the tall and strong took the initiative to ask for the ball, which inspired his teammates and also stimulated the Warriors players, and the moment the tall and strong entered the restricted area, the Warriors players pounced on the front and back.
But Gao Dazhuang didn't seem to see the opponent's bag, and forced a turn to hit the inside, but to everyone's surprise, when Gao Dazhuang turned around and entered the Warriors' restricted area, the basketball in his hand flew straight into the hands of Delong, who was in the empty space on the outside.
"Oh" The fans on the sidelines suddenly let out a burst of exclamation.
Attracting firepower, decisively dividing the ball, and being tall and strong under Jack's crazy rush did not blindly attack, all of which fully demonstrated the excellent overall situation of tall and strong.
Delon was slightly stunned after receiving the basketball, but then immediately pulled up and shot without making any adjustments.
"When", but Delon's shooting power was still a little shorter, and the ball bounced out of the basket. /
The four Warriors players, including Warriors center Boggart and power forward David Lee, were concentrated in the restricted area, just when everyone thought the Warriors were going to grab the rebound and launch a counterattack.
With a "snap", the tall and strong man under the basket suddenly broke out of the encirclement, and with his super on-the-spot explosion and bounce power, he knocked the Warriors' upcoming rebound ball away in a mess.
The basketball that was knocked away was grabbed by Delon on the outside again, and Delon immediately made a shooting action after receiving the ball, at which time Warriors guard Curry pounced on him to block it.
But Delong suddenly retracted, feint!
Delon dribbled a shot and then went to the basket, and the basket was in chaos, and Delon used his strong body and excellent ball handling skills to attract the attention of several Warriors players before passing the ball to Gao Da Zhuang in the chaos.
"Good" At this time, only the Warriors power forward David Lee stood between the tall and strong and the basket, and the tall and strong roared angrily, jumped high in the air again, and smashed the ball to the basket with both hands in his hands, and the Warriors big forward David Lee, who had just been robbed of the defensive rebound, was not to be outdone and jumped to meet the game.
With a loud bang, the tall and strong man in the air bowed his waist, turned sideways, rotated 90 degrees, and after avoiding David Lee's block, he smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.
"Ah" after the goal, the tall man roared excitedly, and slammed his chest with a fist with one hand, and pointed at the Nets spectators on the sidelines with the other.
"Oh", at this time, all the basketball fans on the sidelines stood up, waving all kinds of posters and flags in their hands in the screams......
"Good play," the other players on the court immediately gathered around to celebrate.
After a strong dunk under the tall and strong basket, the Nets' morale was like a rainbow, and in the subsequent game, China Ras scored a fast break, Humphries hit a hook shot under the basket, Delon hit a step-back jumper, and even Evans found a great opportunity under the basket to dunk with both hands and score 2 points.
In the second quarter of the game, 9 minutes and 50 seconds, Gao Dazhuang received Wallace's pass on the wing, and Gao Dazhuang, who had already played confident, faced Warriors backup guard Jack, and made Jack jump up with only a simple probe + shooting feint, and Gao Dazhuang easily cut into the inside line and shot a step-back jumper and then the next shot.
44:56
After hitting a tall jumper, the Nets at home had a 12-point lead over the Warriors, less than two minutes before halftime.
At this time, the Nets began to make personnel adjustments, tall and strong went off the court, and backup guard Stackhouse came on, and the Nets fans on the sidelines did not skimp on their applause at all.
In order to ensure the physical strength of the tall and strong, Nets coach Johnson chose to rest the main quarterback Gao Dazhuang at the end of the second quarter, at this time Gao Dazhuang played nearly 22 minutes, 7 of 9 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the half.
"Good play" Gao Dazhuang just sat on the bench, and immediately a staff member handed over towels and water, and Coach Johnson also walked to Gao Dazhuang and encouraged.
After the tall and strong left the court, the game continued, and the Warriors attacked.
Warriors guard Curry controlled the ball and advanced to near the three-point line, facing Dellon's defense, Curry bowed forward violently after continuous dumping, but just as Delon retreated and was about to follow, Curry suddenly made a sharp stop, and then stepped back to the three-point line, and made a decisive shot before Delon pounced.
With a "brush", the very crisp sound of the basketball passing through the net, Curry hit a three-pointer.
47:56
Then the Nets Humphries forced a strong attack on the basket and failed, and the Warriors attacked again.
The Warriors' first choice for offense is still Curry, and its power forward David Lee even pulled near the three-point line to cover Curry.
Curry's pile-around break broke away from Deron's defense, but at this moment, Curry made a surprising move, choosing to make a three-point jump shot behind David Lee!
The "brush" ball crossed the air in a beautiful arc and hit the nets again.
At 50:56, Curry made two consecutive three-pointers to chase the score to just six points.
The entire Barclays Center seemed to be quiet, and the Nets fans on the court were feeling a little pressure, and Delon kept shouting to remind his teammates to move.
"Toot" But at this time, the referee's whistle sounded, and Nets center Evans was blown for three seconds at this critical moment.
The Nets fans on the sidelines burst into boos, and the Warriors took advantage of the situation to quickly serve and counterattack.
At this time, Delon began to stick to Curry from the backcourt, and Curry simply passed the ball directly to Thompson, who was back on the court, and Thompson controlled the ball and advanced.
However, as soon as Curry fell to the bottom line of the Nets, he suddenly made a switchback run, during which the Warriors' David Lee even made an off-ball cover for Curry.
Curry, who ran outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, immediately received a pass from his teammate and "Drink", but at this moment Delon also slammed in and tried to interfere with his shot.
Curry dribbled the ball very calmly and stepped towards the left side of his body, his feet were delicate and fast, and he quickly reached where he wanted to go.
Unlike most pitchers who like to keep their center of gravity down and then jump hard to complete the shot, Curry's jump shot is more concise, strictly speaking, it is not a jump shot at all, Curry's toes will just leave the ground, and while his body is still rising, he will use the flick of his index and middle fingers to complete the shot.
Curry's body leans back slightly, which not only makes his shot more difficult to block, but also adds an extra 10 degrees of angle between the ball and the floor.
With a "brush", the basketball went straight through the center of the net again, and Curry once again showed everyone in the court a perfect art of long-range shooting.
53:56
With 22 seconds left at halftime, Curry's three consecutive 3-pointers brought the gap back to within one point.
In the exclamations of the fans in the audience, Gao Dazhuang also ripped off the towel covering his head and stared carefully at this childish player.
For Stephen Curry, the tall and strong also knows a little about it, knowing that he is behind the gatekeeper, and his father Dell Curry is also an NBA star.
Curry was picked by the Warriors with the 7th pick in the first round in 2009, and after several years of baptism in the NBA, Curry has gradually become a model for the new generation of point guards.
The 93.4% free throw shooting rate is currently the first in the league, and the three-point shooting rate is second only to the Heat's "sharpshooter" Ray Allen, but the number of shots he has made is much higher than that of Ray Allen.
Curry's three-point shooting ability is outstanding, fast on the move, shooting rhythm is unique, difficult to defend, his career three-point shooting rate is 44.6%, the second highest in NBA history, and this season Curry's three-point shooting rate has gone further, reaching an astonishing 45%, and his average of 3.5 three-pointers per game also leads the league, and Curry's three-point shooting rate is even higher than the two-point shooting rate, which is the real three-point king of the league.
Although many people are still questioning his height and slender size, Warriors core point guard Stephen Curry has made the list for the first time on the NBA's official MVP list.
Kevin Durant, Carmelo Antonri and LeBron James are still in the top three, but Warriors point guard Curry is also in the top 10 with an average of 22.3 points, 3 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game, in other words, the skinny Curry is already one of the best 10 players in the league right now.
Since the introduction of the three-point line in the NBA, only three players have been able to average 22 points per game, six assists and 40% three-point shooting in a single season, Curry is one of them, the other two being LeBron James and Larry Bird.
Sitting on the sidelines, Gao Dazhuang also couldn't help but applaud this opponent, Curry's ** quasi-shocked Gao Dazhuang, but what shocked Gao Dazhuang even more was his shooting speed.
According to the survey, the average NBA player takes 0.6 seconds to shoot, but according to the observation of the tall and strong, Curry does not exceed 0.4 seconds at most from the preparation action to the plucking shot.
His quick shooting makes up for the lack of height, which is also an important reason why the skinny Curry can play a sky in the NBA.
"When" Deron's stop-and-go jump bounced off the basket again, it also announced that the Nets' last attack of the half was missed.
At this time, there were 3 seconds left before the end of the half, and the moment David Lee grabbed the rebound, Curry was already starting to go fast.
Two seconds later, when David Lee made a strong pass, Curry was already near the midfield, and one of them turned, took the ball with his right hand, and used gravity to guide the ball to the floor.
1 second, at this time, Curry was still one meter and a half away from the Nets' three-point line, and Curry couldn't care so much at this time, stopped and retreated, and made a decisive shot at the last moment of the countdown.
Curry's shot was so fast that it slowed Delon by half a beat, and his shot escaped Delon's block and flew to the basket.
Curry's eyes were always on the basketball he was throwing, his arms still in the same position as he shot them, and his teammates on the sidelines were already making three-pointer gestures in celebration.
With a "brush", a crisp sound sounded in the stadium again.
"God," accompanied by the huge exclamation of the Barclays Center, the tall and strong couldn't help but stand up and shouted incredulously.