Chapter 872: The Alliance's No. 1 Point Guard
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Since coming to the NBA, Paul's performance has been excellent, although the Lakers' fourth-quarter garbage time swiping data has been caused a storm recently, and his point guard, who can play 15+9 in his rookie season, has also been overlooked by many people.
But there is no doubt that even if many people ignore his ability, after two months of the Lakers point guard's own efforts and performances, he is still considered by many to have the player to enter the ranks of first-line point guards, and if it were not for the recent pressure of public opinion, he is estimated to have entered the ranks of the league's first-line point guards.
You know, in the current NBA, there are not many point guards whose statistics are better than Paul, the Lakers' young point guard is currently the 5th person on the assist list, of course, his opponent today is Nash, who is currently recognized by many as the league's second point guard, and the assist list is also the number one assist king, in fact, if Paul is personal, he has played against Kidd before, but compared to Kidd's style of play, there is no doubt that for the young Paul, Nash is more in line with his appetite.
"Interesting, but your defense is too bad" Paul just shook a little and then leaned on Nash and found himself leaning out of a gap, and at this time Paul himself was stunned, but after a little stunned, he quickly came to his senses and directly passed Nash one step, and at this time looking at Paul who passed by him, Nash also smiled bitterly in his heart and then followed again.
At this time, he also saw from behind Paul that Paul deceived Stoudemire and threw the basketball directly into the air for Josh Smith to complete the dunk. It's a beautiful air relay. So after this goal. The Lakers fans also swept away the frustration of being played by Nash with Magic's actions just now, because this ball Paul played the routine that Nash and Stoudemire liked to play the most, and in a sense this is a tooth for tat.
"Coach, Steve's defense is still as bad as ever" After watching Paul easily break through Nash to Stoudemire to complete the dunk, the team's assistant coach Stephen Green, who has been worried about the Lakers' performance in this game, also smiled a little, but in fact, Nash's defense is really bad, this is not that his defensive awareness, but his body is too single. Although Paul looks very thin, but Green is like a small tank after Paul, and his strength is not small at all.
"Well, but for Steve, defense is not so important" In the face of Green's ridicule of Nash, Zhuang Fei also smiled and said, Nash is very capable now, stronger than when he averaged more than 20 assists per game in the Finals, it should be that Nash has reached his peak this year, at least from Zhuang Fei's dynasty scouting report.
Steve Nash, 1.91m, 30 years old. Position: PG, Shot: 98. Defense: 63, Offense: 97, Physical Talent: 88, Ability Rating: 95 [Ability Overflow], Potential Evaluation: A Grade.
This is Nash's scouting report, currently the only playmaker in the NBA who has the ability to reach A+, of course, Nash's potential cannot reach A+, because of the Magic star card, his ability exceeds his inherent potential and eventually makes the ability overflow, but regardless of whether the ability is overflowing or not, there is no doubt that he is currently the strongest playmaker in terms of the rating of the dynasty system.
Especially in terms of offense, it is already historic, in this regard, he can even complete any organization guard in the league on the offensive end, of course, he may also be blown up by anyone in the league because of defensive reasons, but just like Zhuang Fei said, he lost 49 points but was able to score 50 points for the team, so his game mode has not changed.
This also makes the Wizards organization guard basically ignore his own defensive problems, and Zhuang Fei also ignores it, I am afraid that it is the only player in the league who can ignore the defense, but the head coach has to trust him, and he is also the only player in the league who can not look at the defense.
Paul and Nash had a strong smell of gunpowder from the very beginning of this game, after all, the first ball of the game was that Nash played a small sky hook in front of Paul with his height, and soon Paul played Nash's classic block in front of Nash, and it was precisely because of the gunpowder smell that the two collided fiercely at the beginning that the beginning of this game was full of passion.
Judging from the team's lineup, the Lakers who hide the three elders are not as good as the Wizards with four All-Stars, at least many basketball experts think so, and in the eyes of many people, the Lakers' temporary team is not systematic, and compared with the Wizards' offensive system that has been mature for several years, it is also invincible, and finally in terms of team strength, the team system is not as good as the opponent, and the only thing that can be done is probably only Zhuang Fei's advantage over D'Antoni, if it is not for the Lakers' bench sitting in front of Zhuang Fei, It is estimated that as soon as this game starts, those basketball experts will directly decide that the Lakers will lose.
It's just that to the disappointment of these people, this game did not develop as they expected, the Suns were not able to open the score at the beginning, but were dragged by the Lakers, and the scores of the two teams were very anxious, at least they were not able to see from the situation on the court who was more dominant between the two teams, even if they thought that the Lakers' system was inferior to the Wizards, they did not let them find out the shortcomings, especially when the game deepened over time, The Lakers can still maintain the balance of power with the Wizards, which makes these people a little jaw-dropping, this is the Lakers team without the three elders.
"Paul's blocking and pick-and-roll has improved a lot, and the actual passing is much better, and he doesn't stick to the ball like before," looked at the Lakers core player on the court, and Green on the side also said with some appreciation.
At this time, he really admired the transformation of Paul by the teacher next to him, although it seems that there is still room for improvement from the current situation, but there is no doubt that this is the same as when he first came to the Lakers. To know. Paul is the only player on the Lakers team this season to take on the first core of two systems. Whether it's a regular pick-and-roll or a special 1-4 tactic, he's the No. 1 core.
For a rookie. Let him take such a responsibility, I am afraid that Zhuang Fei dares to do this, and in fact, Paul has done a really good job this season. Although it seems that Nash's passing is better than him in terms of blocking and dismantling in this game, the timing is also better, and the vision is better, but Paul is not much worse, otherwise the two teams would not be so anxious. You know, Nash has always been in Green's heart and is the league's No. 1 point guard. And at this time, Paul actually looks close to the point of the league's No. 1 point guard, which is undoubtedly an extremely surprising thing.
"This kid is still far behind, if it weren't for Kobe and Wally, they are more alert and their strength is outstanding, this kid has at least five or more mistakes in this game" After hearing Green's words, Zhuang Fei also smiled and scolded, and Zhuang Fei said that playing Green was also a wry smile.
This is indeed the case, seeing that Nash's passing is becoming more and more freehand, the Lakers' young point guard has also learned in a good way, but how can he compare with Nash now, many passes are plausible, if it weren't for Kobe's personal ability. Many of the balls were definitely mistakes, but even Zhuang Fei seemed to be scolding Paul. But Green also knows that the Chinese next to him is indeed very happy, happy for Paul's performance today, although Paul at this time is still flawed and not as good as Nash, but there is no doubt that Nash can not cover up the shining light on Paul.
"I'm afraid that sooner or later, he will catch up with Nash, or even surpass Nash" In the end, Green also pinched his chin and looked at Paul, who on the court once again cut the Wizards' defense and threw the ball into the air and cut into the basket to complete the aerial relay with Kobe, and he also thought with some anticipation in his heart.
"What an unexpected result"
On the court, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Wizards are inseparable, and in the media commentary seat of the Staples Arena on the sidelines, the two commentators of TNT are a little embarrassed at this time, because before the game, although these two people did not say anything to death because of Zhuang Fei, but there is no doubt that they are really more curious, and even extremely curious, although the Wizards cannot say that they will lose this game, but the trend of the game is absolutely contrary to what they said and analyzed before the game. Something like this would be an awkward affair for any commentator, including the two now famous ace commentators.
"Yes, it looks like Coach Z has adjusted this team to a very deep level, and they don't look jerky at all, which is very surprising" After hearing his partner's emotion, Kenny Smith on the side also followed his partner's words, and at this time, the form of the game on the court is getting more and more tense, and even the Lakers, who have been looked down on by them, actually have some momentum.
"Nash's performance is still terrifying, watching him this season is like knowing before the game that he is going to score 20 points in a game and then throw 15 assists, and he gives me this feeling very subtle, because this feeling has only been felt before with Magic and Thomas, and Nash is the third person after those two, but this young rookie of the Lakers is not bad, he has the potential to become the third superstar from Wake Forest, he has this potential." In the end, Barkley was also a little surprised and said that the two core players of this game performed very well.
"Well, in addition to these two, Kobe's condition is also amazing, if you say why the Lakers can choke the Wizards in this game, in addition to Paul's surprising performance, Kobe's hot situation is also amazing, he scored 18 points in the first quarter, more than half of the team's scores, and there is no problem with scoring 30 points after halftime, because the Lakers' three veterans did not play, so his firepower was also turned on in advance" Just as Kenny Smith finished speaking, Kobe Bryant scored again, A pass from Jackson after receiving a pick-and-roll from Paul and Jackson allowed him to hit a mid-range two-point shot in front of Kevin Martin.
"Beautiful shot, Kevin Martin's defense has no deterrent" At this time, Barkley also laughed and said, in his opinion, Kobe, who was on fire in the first half of this game, basically scored 40 points in the third quarter.
In fact, at halftime in this game, Kobe Bryant scored 33 points, only 7 points away from 40 points. And at halftime, the Lakers were also surprising, temporarily leading by 4 points at 72-68. And the 140 points of these two teams in the half of the game also surprised many fans who stayed in front of the TV at this time and thought that the Lakers would usher in a defeat. This game is definitely enough of a surprise as a pre-Christmas appetizer.
"This is the most beautiful battle between the two sides this season, an amazing attack, Coach Z and D'Antoni really deserve to be masters and apprentices, both are well-deserved offensive masters" was Barkley's assessment after the half-time of this game.
It's just that at this time, Barkley's offensive master D'Antoni is not very calm in his heart, he can't win such a Laker, and he actually fell behind at halftime, at this time, the Wizards head coach's face is not very good-looking, but when he saw Zhuang Fei disappearing in the back of the locker room passage. He also shook his head helplessly.
"Anyway, we're going to win this game" In the end, the Wizards head coach also thought about the second half and secretly made up his mind, but he was a little surprised that the second half of the game was not as good as he thought.
At the end of the third quarter, with Kobe Bryant's amazing performance of 51 points in the third quarter, the Lakers led the Wizards by 8 points 109-101 after the third quarter, and when the fourth quarter began, as soon as the rotation players on both sides came up, the second team led by Blake and Crawford encountered an unprecedented challenge. Although the Lakers switched to an almost all-bench lineup, Mo Williams. Tony Allen, Ariza, Bobby Simmons, Dundee Jones's pure bench lineup, but the Wizards rotation players who performed very well at the beginning of the second quarter actually had a scoring drought after the Lakers' bench pressed all over the court, and with the continuous playing of Crawford's nerve knife, the Wizards who wanted to chase points finally trailed the Lakers by 12 points after four minutes.
"The Lakers' group of bench defenders is a nightmare for other teams" Looking at Crawford, who fell into singles mode and group robbery mode, Kenny Smith also said helplessly, the rhythm of the Lakers throughout the game was to follow the offensive rhythm of the Wizards, and suddenly this change made the Wizards extremely uncomfortable, and I have to say that the Lakers' group of forward swingmen are indeed strange and effective.
And in this game, when the starters of both sides came on the court again, Kobe Bryant sat on the court again, but in the face of a 12-point advantage, it was difficult for the Lakers to output again, even if the Wizards launched a big counterattack behind them, and the final result of this game was 139-133, and the Lakers won by 6 points at home.
"Kobe Bryant has 51 points alone, and after this game he will average 39.9 points per game, for him, it is not difficult to average 40 points per game before the Christmas game, and Nash's 36 points and 17 assists in this game are also excellent, of course, in addition to Kobe and Nash, Paul's 20 points and 18 assists are also impressive, he is underrated, he should be one of the best point guards in the league right now"
Looking at the young point guard who was celebrating with his teammates on the court, Kenny Smith also said with some emotion, this Chinese really dared to let him lead the team in this game, and also really dared to still not use Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter, if the Lakers lost this game, then this Chinese's use of troops will be criticized by all the people in the United States, which is inevitable, but in the end, to everyone's embarrassment, this Chinese finally won, although this game is very difficult to win, Even in the end, the Chinese put D'Antoni together to win the game, but in any case, the Chinese won, so there is nothing to blame for his decisions.
"Yes, there are still two games in the future, for the current Kobe, it is not difficult to score a total of 92 points in the next two games, but it is really surprising to see a player like Kobe in Coach Z's team" Barkley on the side also said with a smile, Zhuang Fei's style and Kobe's style, this can't be seen together, but this season it is really a piece, and the effect is excellent.
"Maybe it's really like Coach Z said, Phil Jackson won't use Kobe, but since Phil Jackson can't use Kobe Bryant, I think only Coach Z can use him well in the whole league" Kenny Smith also said with emotion at this time, and Barkley on the side also nodded.
"If this guy can really maintain an average of 40 points per game at the end of the season, I don't think anyone will doubt Coach Z, Kobe does have the qualifications to compare with Jordan, but I think in the future, other teams in the league will not allow Kobe to have so many one-on-one opportunities, Jordan will not face such a defense back then"
This game is very exciting, whether it is the fans on the scene or the fans in front of the TV, and even the players on the court are the same, for example, the Lakers players have been celebrating at this time, Paul's head has been ravaged by several pairs of big palms, but compared with the Lakers players are slightly different from the Wizards players, obviously they have the possibility of winning this game, but in the end they lost, it is a very uncomfortable thing to lose in such a wonderful game, Even an extremely indifferent player like Nash is a little uncomfortable.
"Coach, that kid is very promising" In the face of Zhuang Fei's comfort, the leading player of the Wizards was also very happy, but in the end, he did not hesitate to give the praise to Paul not far away, and it seemed that he admired Paul very much.
"Yes, you are the number one point guard in the league now, and he will be the number one point guard in the league in the future" At this time, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded, while Nash on the side was stunned. He didn't expect that his most respected coach would give him this hat, you know, now the league's No. 1 point guard is recognized as Kidd, but at this time, hearing his coach's words, he was also a little hot in his heart.
"Then I'm looking forward to this kid to challenge and take away the crown that the coach gave me on my head, but I hope he can be faster, I'm afraid I don't have so much time to wait for him"
Looking at Nash whose eyes were full of flames at this time, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded, and then continued: "I don't think I will let you wait too long, this kid is improving every day" Finally, Zhuang Fei also looked at Paul who was not far from the court with a victorious posture, and at this time, seeing Zhuang Fei with a proud expression on his face, Nash also sighed a little in his heart, or he was also a little jealous of Paul, if he could keep playing under Zhuang Fei, maybe it didn't matter if he was the first point guard.
He's also enjoying his time with the Timberwolves now, and the feeling of sweeping the league with his most trusted partner and most trusted head coach will always be remembered. However, this mood is only a flash in Nash's heart, at this time he is in a position that does not allow him to have the same days as before, at this time he is no longer a young player who hands over all the responsibilities to his head coach, he is now a leader, he has the dreams of many other teammates, just like Zhuang Fei shouldered the dreams of him and Garnett, Pierce and others. Although he didn't like the status and feeling that made his basketball look heavy, he had to continue this kind of basketball because he couldn't do anything to leave all the cold blood, and he wasn't a selfish person.
Nash is in a heavy mood now, Zhuang Fei also knows that after Jordan retires, he is the hope of the Wizards, for any leader player in the league, they have a heavy burden on their shoulders, D'Antoni is not Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei can let Hill, Hardaway, Webb, and Kobe Bryant and other people enjoy basketball, but D'Antoni can't do this, and this is the most different point between Zhuang Fei and other head coaches in the league, and it is also a point where Zhuang Fei's players are very different from other players in the league. They are more spiritual and more relaxed.
"This is the NBA, everyone gets some and loses others, I think Kevin and Paul can do it, you can do it, in my heart, you have always been no worse than them" The best Zhuang Fei also looked at Nash who was a little dazed at this time with a smile and said, and the new leader of the Wizards also slowly smiled after a stunned moment.
"Thank you, coach" these are Nash's heartfelt words, no matter at all times, he has always been Zhuang Fei is his coach. (To be continued.) )