In retrospect, that was more than half a month ago.

Since that time, Wang Chao has to exchange for a bottle of stamina potion and a bottle of concentration potion every training day to maximize the efficiency of his training dribbling, and the effect is naturally outstanding.

Previously, he only had 58 dribbling ability, but he began to grow rapidly with his investment at any cost, and now it has reached 79, only close to breaking 80.

An 80 dribble may not be much in front of the league's top superstars, but at least it's barely passable at the league average, and this dribbling ability value can ensure that he is not so easy to steal when dribbling.

For Wang Chao, he himself doesn't need to be very amazing in dribbling, it is enough to be able to dribble, and then show the power of 99 ability points after dribbling.

It is important to know that the three points after dribbling can be used in conjunction with the other two three-point ability values, namely the open three-point and the interference three-point.

When the two abilities are combined, even if the defenders in front of Wang Chao are very good at defending, he can maintain a good three-point shooting rate, just like Curry, who shoots against the defenders and shoots more than many players in the open position.

"When I reach 80 on the dribble, I'll be able to tell the manager about it......"

Wang Chao thought secretly in his heart.

Of course, the reason why he practiced dribbling ability was not just because it could bring out the power of the three-point after dribbling, but in fact it was just a side benefit of his plan.

……

On November 29, the Suns traveled to Houston to take on the Rockets.

It was another easy game.

The Rockets are a traditional positional team in the league, mainly around the heavy center Da Yao for tactical arrangements.

After gaining weight, Da Yao can indeed play an amazing lethality under the basket, and his average points per game will increase to a career-high 25 points this season, which is truly a top center with super lethality inside.

But where there are pros and cons, too much weight, for Da Yao, who is 2.26 meters tall, the burden on his ankles is too great.

Da Yao's many injuries in his career are basically in the ankle, and the physical fitness of Asian players is slightly worse than the average of blacks themselves, and in the NBA, which is very strong, dragging a heavy body for a lot of high-intensity confrontations all year round, it is strange not to be injured, after all, there are only a few bug-type players like James who have the same physical fitness.

This hidden danger actually exists at present.

If nothing else, although he averaged 25 points and 9.4 rebounds per game this season, he was only able to play 48 games in the regular season due to injury, and only played about 55 games in the regular season next season.

In this way, from 05 to 08, Da Yao can only play an average of about 53 games per season in the regular season for three seasons, which is a proper glass man attribute.

If the regular season is still like this, can you imagine a more intense playoffs?

The topic is a little far, back to the game, in this game, Da Yao is still an unsolvable killer under the basket, after all, the highest player on the inside line of the Suns' starting main force is the 2.08 meter Stoudemire, when he stands in front of Da Yao, he looks particularly petite.

Therefore, when Da Yao received a pass from a teammate under the basket, the offensive end was basically incomprehensible, and the high-flying style of play could not be defended at all.

It's just that the Suns don't plan to fight the Rockets on the inside at all.

Da Yao is very strong under the basket, but what is this traditional heavy center most afraid of? Of course, it's an endless switchback run.

That's exactly what the Suns do best.

In the face of the Rockets' steady and steady attack on the basket, the Suns decisively played the start-and-shoot tactics to increase the speed to the extreme.

This made Da Yao miserable.

Many times he has just landed under the basket, and the opponent's offense has already ended, and then he can only continue to run to the front court with a hum.

After a few rounds, Da Yao's physical consumption was greater than when he attacked under the basket, after all, he dragged his weight of 140 kilograms back and forth on the court.

The final result was that Da Yao only played 29 minutes in this game, and his physical strength was already overdrawn and he could not fight again.

In these 29 minutes, Da Yao shot 8 of 11 and 6 of 8 free throws, scored 22 points and 8 rebounds, and the shooting rate was as high as 72.7%, with an extremely high shooting rate.

Maddy, another key player of the Rockets, did not play well in this game, after all, he faced Marion and Raja on the Suns' side. Bell's two top defenders on the perimeter chased and blocked, so they didn't play very well, shooting 9-of-26 from the field, shooting 34.6%, but 4-of-9 from three-point range, shooting well, with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

It's just that the Rockets have only Alston and Luthor in addition to Da Yao and Maddie. Hyde scored in double figures.

On the other hand, on the Suns' side, all six players scored in double figures, Stoudemire scored a team-high 25 points and 15 rebounds, Nash had 20 points and 8 assists, Marion had 13 points, Barbosa had 14 points, and Bell had 11 points.

Wang Chao's performance in this game was relatively average, 4 of 10 three-pointers in the game, plus 2 of 5 two-point shots, and finally got 16 points and 2 rebounds.

The 40% three-point shooting rate is definitely not low for other players, but for Wang Chao, who has a three-point shooting rate of 49% so far in the regular season, it can be regarded as an abnormal performance.

No way, who made him meet today is another top defender in the league, Sean. What about Battier?

Unlike those top defenders in the league that Wang Chao encountered before, Battier's defense is very distinctive, his IQ is very high, and he can often gain insight into the opponent's intentions in advance before the opponent starts to act, and Wang Chao's off-ball running is no exception.

Although it is slightly slower than Wang Chao in terms of speed, it is not difficult for Battier to rely on the judgment of Wang Chao's running destination and choose a "shortcut" in advance to catch Wang Chao at the fastest speed.

And Battier's signature blind-eyed defense will also have a slight impact on Wang Chao.

The most important thing is that Battier is not Bowen, he is currently 28 years old, he is in the prime of his body, he is full of energy, and he has no problem running all over the field with Wang Chao.

Thanks to the fact that the Rockets are a team that mainly plays positional battles, the overall speed is slow, and they are very uncomfortable when facing a run-and-bomb team like the Suns, and they often leak people when they are beaten against the fast attack.

Battier often had to wipe his teammates' butts and run to help defend, and Wang Chao could take advantage of this time to shoot a three-pointer outside the three-point line, otherwise his performance in this game might be worse.

After Kirilenko, Wang Chao discovered the second nemesis.