188 Facing the Mavericks
In the next few days, Zhang Chen occasionally took care of Sean and their training, the white coach really had two brushes, and he had his own set of competitive arrangements for the disabled, and his arrangements made the formation of these children decent, Sean has become the most dazzling shooter in their team, and has become one of the strongest firepower points.
Since Sean had teammates, he had more smiles on his face, and he had completely become a happy teenager, and Zhang Chen also felt very relieved to see Sean being able to grow up healthily day by day.
The time quickly arrived on March 15th, time passed quickly, and it was only 50w words, and the regular season of this season was nearing the end, with only one month left.
Today they will face a difficult opponent, the Dallas Mavericks.
The Dallas Mavericks, one of the top three in Texas, have not had a great record this season, but they have always been a team that cannot be overlooked, and now their record is not too good, and they have been hovering at the bottom of the West. However, even so, no one will ignore this team, because they have always been a traditional powerhouse, and no one can predict what they can do.
This game was broadcast live by the five sets of Tianchao Sports before the game. Recently, Yi Jianlian has completely fallen silent after scoring a career-high 29 points, and the average points and shooting percentage per game have been decreasing, and Yao Ming has been injured for a long time, so the Suns still have a lot of broadcast games in China now.
The game also attracted a lot of attention in the United States, with many fans watching the two teams face off in front of the TV, with the Suns challenging on the road today, and Dallas at home with an overwhelming crowd of Mavericks fans booing wildly at the Suns' players.
However, in a corner on the edge of the audience, there is a group of fans wearing yellow Suns jerseys, sitting in their seats cheering for the Suns. There are also many such fans, just like Kobe, when he goes to any home court in the league, there will be a lot of his fans coming to cheer him on. And, in many places, Kobe Bryant's fan base is no slouch for avid fans in that city.
So, it's not a big deal for the Suns to have their own fans on the road.
The Mavericks fielded their aces Nowitzki and Kidd today, and another big attraction of the game was the Nash vs. Kidd matchup. As usual, this matchup has attracted a lot of attention, the first reason is that it is a gorgeous matchup between two veteran point guards, who were once the league's No. 1 point guards. The second is that this is a duel between the old and new point guard styles, if Kidd represents a more traditional point guard style, an unpretentious passing and dribbling style, the point guards represented by Nash are whimsical and fluid, which is the representative of the league's new point guard style.
The duel between these two people naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Before the game, the players on both sides were friendly, Nash was originally a player from the Mavericks, and now back in Dallas, the crowd just applauded him good-naturedly, and some people were cheering him on. Nowitzki also knew Zhang Chen at the three-point shooting competition, and he also came over to talk to Zhang Chen for a while.
Nash and Kidd have also been friends for many years, and the two have talked for a while, and by all accounts, it was a relatively harmonious match, at least from the pre-game.
After the whistle blows, the race begins!
The two elders were already spreading their hands and feet on the halfway line, and the moment the basketball flew up into the sky, they were already jumping high and aiming for the orange-red basketball.
"Bang!" The basketball finally had its own belonging, and under the gaze of more than 10,000 people, the basketball played a whirl naughtily, and finally came to Zhang Chendi's hands. Today's defender of Zhang Chen is the 198cm swingman Eddie? Jones.
In recent seasons, Jones, who was once a pretty good player, has gradually started to regress a little, not only in terms of his scoring, but also in terms of all aspects.
Today's defensive task is Zhang Chen, so he saw Zhang Chen receive the ball and quickly catch up and start defending Zhang Chen. The Suns have already run past half court and are starting to settle into their respective positions.
"Give me the ball!" Nash said loudly in front of Zhang Chendi, and Zhang Chen heard this sentence without hesitation and immediately passed the basketball in his hand to Nash.
These days, Zhang Chen's speed has improved more, and he has taken a big step in the direction of eight-level speed, and now he shoots accurately and his speed is barely excellent, so many coaches in the league who have played against the Suns are starting to feel that this guy is becoming more and more difficult to defend.
Zhang Chen heard Nash's call and hurriedly passed the basketball to Nash, Eddie? Jones pounced, but without any discouragement or slackness, he still followed Zhang Chendi's side, conscientious.
Now most of the scoring guards or forward swing people in the league know that if there is no excellent peak defensive skills, then the defense Zhang Chen must use all his strength, and he can't relax all the time by his side.
Jones did the same, and he followed Zhang Chen's side step by step, stretching out his hands to try to cut off his defensive line.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Nash didn't choose to pass the ball on the first ball, it turned out to be a heads-up with Kidd! The two top point guards confronted each other near the three-point line, and suddenly, Nash began two quick and vigorous consecutive hip dribbles. Kidd defended Nash without saying a word, like a cheetah staring at its prey.
Nash's eyes and face were also quite composed, and he calmly made another crotch dribble, after which his basketball changed direction through the crotch and suddenly appeared on his left hand, and then Nash quickly slashed inside.
Kidd hurriedly followed Nash's side, and at this time, the people next to him may also realize that these two guys were preparing to fight alone, so no one went up to interfere with the duel between the two of them, and Nash came to the bottom corner.
In the corner, Nash quickly jumped up and shot, and the basketball flew through a beautiful arc and into the net.
"Bang Bang!" Some of the surrounding crowds began to cheer and applaud Nash as he walked out of the arena, and Nash's goal was a beautiful one, even if it was just his goal, it was a dashing pull-up jumper.
After all, Nash has the nickname of the Son of the Wind, and when he breaks through, he is also quite beautiful and elegant, like a fallen leaf dancing with the wind, and in a moment it goes straight to the deepest depth of the inner line.
Zhang Chen also felt that this breakthrough was really pleasing to the eye, and he secretly cheered for Nash on the side.
After halftime, Kidd even gave Nash one back, and suddenly, the crowd in the audience cheered, and some people were directly shocked: Are these two guys going to put on a show of the old man?
Besides, these should have been two selfless point guards!
When they came back at halftime, Nash began to change their strategy and started to give assists.
Nash approached Zhang Chen's side when he was in possession of the ball, and then secretly told Zhang Chen to quickly run out of a position. Zhang Chen soon began to prepare for the run, since Nash said that he wanted to pass the ball to himself, why did he also give him face Eddie? Jones saw that Zhang Chen wanted to slip away, so he naturally started the process of chasing, but after all, he is also a veteran, he has entered the alliance since 94, and now, his physical strength can even be compared with Zhang Chen, as for speed, although Zhang Chen's speed stays at level 7, but this level of Eddie? Jones for him...... He really doesn't pay attention to it!
Sure enough, at the top of the three-point arc, Zhang Chen began to use a beautiful running position to quickly shake off the opponent's chase. Shake off Eddie in whole? In Jones's process, Zhang Chen didn't even use too many running feints.
Jones was not reconciled, but quickly chased up, and at this time, Nowitzki, who was inside, saw Zhang Chen receive a pass from Nash, and pounced fiercely towards Zhang Chen as if he was facing a big enemy. Nowitzki has seen Zhang Chendi shoot with his own eyes, and he knows how tough this guy is in the three-point shooting contest. So, he didn't stop catching up.
It's just that Zhang Chen is still one step faster than him in terms of rhythm after all, and in the moment when Nowitzki is about to reach the effective defensive distance, Zhang Chen has jumped high, and at the same time, his body is constantly retreating.
Another move that caused many players a headache and delayed the backward jumper, Zhang Chendi's backfall deviated from the spot quite a lot, and it was difficult for the opponent to block.
Therefore, the moment when Nowitzki's right hand was about to block Zhang Chen's basketball, Zhang Chen's hand slashed back a few centimeters with his body, Kankan dodged the cover, and then pushed hard with both hands, and the basketball flew towards the air in front of him with the sound of the wind.
Nowitzki could only be helpless when he stopped, he was also a player with a very amazing shooting percentage, and he knew that Zhang Chen's perfect shooting posture just now was a ghost if he didn't score.
"Huh!"
Sure enough, a crisp basketball shabu-shabu soon confirmed Nowitzki's affirmation. Then, Nowitzki looked at Zhang Chen in front of him and said helplessly: "Chen...... Your shots are as accurate as ever......"
Zhang Chen smiled and did not speak.
"Hey, old man...... I have to say that you are slippery, and the ball just now is mainly due to your teammates' better running! Kidd was in possession of the ball as he began to speak to Nash, and the two old friends were beginning to exchange words.
Nash thought about it, he really didn't contribute much to the ball just now, and Zhang Chen's kid was really not picky about his position. Thinking of this, he said, "How is it...... Can you make a nice pass? ”
Kidd smiled, "That's nature!" ”
Hearing Kidd's cruel words, Nash followed suit and defended Kidd's side, although Nash himself knew that he didn't have much defense left, but he still tried his best to defend, he couldn't let Kidd shoot easily.
Kidd began to break through the inside line against Nash, and Nash has been guarding next to him, although Nash's defense is not very good, but he has been interfering in front of Kidd, which has also caused a lot of trouble for Kidd.
At this moment, Kidd suddenly passed through the defense of several big men under the basket, instantly appeared on the left side of the basket, and then, before Nash caught up, his basketball passed to Nowitzki under the basket.
"Bang!"
A dull dunk sounded, and Nowitzki used a slam dunk that he didn't use very often to end the offense, and then the cheers in the audience next to the basketball court became overwhelming in a moment.
On the home court, every dunk of the home team can receive a lot of encouragement and cheers, which can be seen from Zhang Chendi's kind of dunk that can also make many people scream.
Nowitzki hammered his chest with a basketball hit, and the crowd erupted in eardrum-shaking cheers again. Then, Nowitzki caught up and gave Kidd a hard high-five.
"How's that...... I do what I say! Kidd started coming back and teasing Nash.
Nash didn't say a word, slowly passed the halfway with possession, and then after a dazzling breakaway, he actually passed a good ball! He drew the opposing defense's main force on the left side of the basket and threw the basketball around his back into the air!
"Bang!" This slam dunk was the ace of the Suns, Xiao Si, and the players next to him were immediately taken aback, what kind of person is this...... Nash's pass just now was so amazing that he actually used a back-pass in the actual battle, which made the players next to him linger for a long time.
Zhang Chen is also one of the people who can't let go for a long time, looking at Nash's miraculous pass, Zhang Chen also unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief! This goal is expected to be in the top 10 of the week. Maybe it will be higher in the rankings, but Nash, who made a horrible pass, doesn't show too much excitement on his face now, he just asks Kidd lightly: "How...... It's a good pass! ”
Kidd also had the heart to return one, but after returning to his own half, he found that he had no chance, because the players were blocked inside, and he had no chance for a while.
"Pull away!" Despite Kidd's roaring, it didn't have much effect, but Kidd began to break through. This time he used a breakthrough pass, still just sending the basketball into the hands of the most suitable person in the most concise way possible. Unfortunately, this time, his teammates finally let him down, and the basketball slammed into the basket.
"Phew!" The crowd could tell they were disappointed, but at this moment, Kidd suddenly ran inside and grabbed the basketball.
In fact, Kidd is known not only for his passing, but also for his triple-doubles, the league's triple-double maniac, and his triple-double tally is heading toward the legendary 100. He grabbed the rebound and made a save.
The Suns' defense was not very good, especially seeing that Kidd was holding the ball now, so they focused their defensive attention on Kidd while also weakening the importance of those next to them. So, in a split second, Kidd made another good pass to Nowitzki, who was near the 45-degree free throw line, and Nowitzki threw a ball with a very high arc and the basketball flew into the basket.
The Mavericks are one point behind!
Just after the start of the game, the shooting rates of both sides were quite good, and the game was also very intense, especially the peak duel between the two point guards, which made the audience and the players on the court addicted. However, just when they were expecting Nash to start using his skills to challenge Kidd again, Nash began to cultivate his glory and passed the basketball to Zhang Chendi.
Eddie, who has just experienced being thrown away by Zhang Chen once? Jones has now hurriedly followed, and through the study of some recent game videos, the coach of the Mavericks has told him that Zhang Chen's ball-handling offense also has a certain ability, and it can be considered stable. Thinking of this, Jones quickly followed Zhang Chendi's side.
Zhang Chen lifted the basketball, and the moment he received the pass, he made a shooting feint.
In the past few months, Zhang Chen has often used the trick of shooting feints to deceive opponents, whether he is shooting or breaking through, so he is already familiar with using it again.
Jones could only try to step forward to defend, and he couldn't tell whether Zhang Chen wanted to break through or shoot, Zhang Chen took advantage of the moment when he was so suspicious and hesitant to put away the basketball.
"Bang!" "Bang!" The basketball slapped twice on the ground, and then Zhang Chendi's speed started instantly, and his right leg kicked the ground, and his body rushed forward. Jones reacted quickly, and then shook his body to defend, but it was a little too late.
As soon as Zhang Chen started dribbling, his speed was already full of firepower, and he quickly left Jones behind, and it was okay for him to bully the veteran at his current speed. Although Eddie House quickly caught up, Zhang Chen was no longer under pressure.
On the one hand, they can closely follow Zhang Chendi's movement route, and on the other hand, they also pay attention to their original defensive players have not relaxed, and this defensive method has also reached a certain time.
It's just that Zhang Chen didn't pay too much attention to it, the moment he came to the inside free throw line, his body had already jumped high, and at the same time, his body began to retreat while leaning back and rising.
“**! Another step-back jumper?! The defenders suddenly felt annoyed, but Zhang Chen completely ignored their annoyance, his body had risen to the highest point, and then the basketball left his hands and flew into the basket in a graceful arc.
The Suns lead by three points!
There were cheers coming from the side of the basketball court, and it seemed that there were also some Zhang Chen fans in this arena, cheering for their favorite stars.
D'Antoni hugged his chest and smiled next to the basketball court, Zhang Chen is getting better and better, his offense is becoming more and more orderly, and the offense with the ball is gradually getting a little hot. Zhang Chen is developing in a direction of continuous progress, especially when D'Antoni remembers Zhang Chen's speed of change in more than ten days, and he has more relief and pride in his heart: this guy entered the Suns because of his relationship!
The game continued.
(To be continued)