Chapter 17: The first start of his career
This rare starting opportunity is really a very valuable opportunity for Wang Chao.
Not only will the starters have more exposure and playing time, but also because this time the Suns' opponent happens to be the Saramento Kings.
The Kings at this time are no longer the classic Princeton Kings of a few years ago, and the only members of the old Kings team on the team are Mike. Bibby and Brad. Miller, although the Kings have relied on decent squad depth and have never missed the playoffs in previous years, their record has begun to decline year by year with the departure of Webb, Peja and others.
This season, the Kings can barely maintain a winning rate of more than 50%, hovering around the eighth and ninth positions in the West, far from the Suns, who are second in the West.
Not only that, Wang Chao served as Bale's original scoring guard position in this game.
And the current player on the Kings shooting guard is Kevin. Martin, a typical player who is strong in attack and weak in defense.
Kevin. Martin has a good scoring ability, averaging 24.6 points per game at his peak.
Wang Chao doesn't have to think about it, it is definitely impossible to prevent the opponent from scoring.
But luckily Martin's defense is quite poor, not only is his physical ability poor, but his defensive awareness is also not good, and he often misses people in the game.
Perhaps for this reason, although Martin averaged 20+ points per game for six or seven consecutive seasons in his prime, he was never selected as an All-Star and did not have the All-Defensive Team.
Wang Chao doesn't care how many points Martin can score in the game against the Kings, the only thing he cares about is how many points he can score in the course of the game.
According to the conditions of the system mission, he must score 25.5 points in the next two games to achieve the 15-point average in eight games.
In the next game, the Suns' opponent will be the Denver Nuggets, and there is no way to think about it yet, so Wang Chao wants to score as high as possible in this game with the Kings, so that the pressure on the next game will be reduced accordingly.
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That night, the Suns' home court was lit up, and a large number of Phoenix fans gathered in the arena to watch the team win seven in a row.
The fans didn't have to wait long for the lights in the stadium to dim and at the same time, the passionate commentary of the live DJ sounded.
It's a welcome starter debut ceremony.
However, as soon as it opened, many fans were a little stunned.
Because the DJ is not reading the information they are familiar with.
"Let's welcome the king of 6 feet 9 inches, weighing 216 pounds, from the distant country of China - Super !!"
Wang Chao, who was standing in the players' tunnel, trotted out and waved to the fans in the stands.
Some strange fans did not hesitate to applaud and cheer, but many people were a little confused.
Why did Wang Chao suddenly start the game? Who is he replacement?
At this time, most fans did not know the news that Bale would not be able to play because of the flu, but everyone knew the rules for starters, and the first one to play was definitely the youngest of the starting five.
With the follow-up Tim. Thomas, Dior, Marion and others appeared one after another, and people also guessed that Wang Chao should replace Laga in this game. Bel.
"Wang Chao's three-point shooting is more accurate than Bale's, but his defense is ...... This game is going to be against Kevin of the Kings. Martin, is this guy okay? ”
In the end, with the passionate roar of the live DJ, Nash, who appeared in the finale, cheered loudly from the fans in the audience, and completely left Wang Chao's concerns about starting the game behind.
In the final analysis, whether it is Wang Chao or the original team's starting Bell, the positioning of the team is only a role player, and it will not be a decisive factor in the outcome of the game, as long as the Suns have Nash on the court, they will always have enough competitiveness.
After a brief warm-up, the game officially began, with the Suns winning possession of the ball in the center circle.
The starting five on the Kings' side are point guard Mike Brown. Bibby, scoring guard Kevin. Martin, small forward Ron. Artest, power forward Kenny. Thomas, center Brad. Miller.
After the game started, Wang Chao immediately ran towards the position he was most familiar with, the bottom corner three-point line.
Martin of the Kings followed Wang Chao's pace to the three-point line together, although he followed him closely, Wang Chao could see from Martin's absent-minded eyes that the other party did not take himself to heart at all.
This is not surprising.
Although Wang Chao's performance in recent games has been remarkable, in the final analysis, he is just a role player who has played less than 20 minutes.
Martin, as the first scoring point for the Kings, although he has not been selected as an All-Star, is a real star player.
He didn't even know who Wang Chao was, and he didn't know much about Wang Chao's technical characteristics and style of play.
Isn't this the opportunity?
Martin, who was already very bad at defense, also ignored his own existence, in this case, if Wang Chao still can't get a high score in the game, then he deserves to be unable to complete the system task!
Nash dribbled past half court, and Bibby followed close behind him, guarding tightly.
One thing to say, Bibby is the type of point guard that Nash is not very good at dealing with.
Physically strong, not afraid of confrontation, solid defensively, and excellent in the big picture......
If I have to say, Bibby is a long-range shooting ability strengthened, and it is not an exaggeration to deal with the weakened version of Kidd with assist ability.
Nash, who is emaciated, feels a headache when he sees a defender who does not lose his strength to the front.
Of course, not being good at dealing with it doesn't mean that you can't deal with it, Nash just hates having too much physical confrontation with the other person.
Nash and Kidd have matched the numbers in their careers, and even Kidd at his peak failed to fully suppress Nash.
Kidd can't do it, and Beeby certainly can't do it.
Nash's continuous dribbling tempo changes forced Bibi to retreat and maintain a safe defensive distance.
But even so, he was still found by Nash, and used his speed to pass in one step and go straight to the basket.
The direction of Nash's breakthrough was just close to the three-point position in the bottom left corner where Wang Chao was.
Although Martin's defense is extremely poor, as an NBA player, he still has the awareness of helping defense, especially when he doesn't know the power of Wang Chao's shooting outside the three-point line, Martin almost subconsciously leaned in the direction of Nash's breakthrough, wanting to assist his teammates in defense.
How could Nash, who is a master of passing assists, let this opportunity go?
The basketball was passed to Wang Chao outside the three-point line in the bottom corner in the next second.
Nash's just right pass allowed Wang Chao to jump out immediately after receiving the ball.
It was too late for Martin to turn around and go back to defend Wang Chao.
The basketball leaps through the sky, crosses an elegant parabola in the air, and then sinks into the net with precision.
"Huh!"