Before this game, Wang Chao was only 9 three-pointers away from the conditions for the vacant three-pointers to advance to 100 ability points, counting the two three-pointers he hit before, and there were still 7 shorts at the moment, and Wang Chao didn't plan to leave these 7 three-pointers for the later games to solve.

Whiteside's role as the starting center would give the Rockets one less three-point shooting point on the court, and because he also lacks the ability to attack independently, Cousins doesn't need to bother with marking at all, freeing up more energy.

But there are also advantages to starting Whiteside, for example, the Rockets don't need to bother with the defense and rebounding of the restricted area, and he can put more energy into the offense.

Within half a minute of Curry's first three-pointer, Wang Chao did the same, and Whiteside played a pick-and-roll cooperation.

Whiteside's mobility was much faster than Cousins's, running in the direction of the basket as soon as he blocked the pick-and-roll, and then received a pass from Wang Chao, who was resolutely wrapped up by the Warriors without hesitation, and scored an empty basket.

At the beginning of the game, the offensive rhythm of the two teams was very fast, perhaps it was also a coincidence, the Warriors' outside shooting rate was also very high, Curry, Thompson both hit three-point shots, and the efficiency was not low, but the efficiency of the Rockets was obviously higher, the most important thing was Wang Chao, who shot 3 of 4 outside the three-point line in the first quarter alone, plus the score of the breakthrough with the ball, 15 points were already scored in a single quarter.

During this period, the Rockets' interior line was replaced by Whiteside, Garnett and Gobert in turn, and the result was not as unbearable as imagined in the face of Cousins, whether it was Whiteside or Gobert, the defensive performance against Cousins was also a little surprising.

With his performances in the past two seasons, Cousins has gradually been recognized by fans around the league and is regarded as the player with the best chance of reaching the top of the first center after Howard.

After all, there aren't many players like Cousins in the league who want to figure out an offensive ability under the basket.

Nets' Brooke. Lopez may be one of them, but he doesn't have the physicality of Cousins, and defense and rebounding are shortcomings that can't be ignored.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Chao hit two more three-pointers, and at the end of the half, he had already made five three-pointers, only 4 shots away from completing the promotion goal, and at this time, with stable outside scoring output and defensive efficiency, the Rockets had unknowingly established a 12-point lead.

But the Splash Brothers, who have already shown their edge, will not sit back and watch the team lose so easily.

After the start of the second half of the game, Thompson suddenly began to convulsions without warning, after his best off-ball run, Thompson first used his teammates to block and cover the bottom corner to catch the ball and shoot a three-point shot, and then cut inside to the basket and layup to cause the Rockets to foul 2 free throws and 2 free throws, plus Curry hit an ultra-long-range three-point shot from the outside, the Warriors played a wave of 8:0, instantly narrowing the score to only 2 points.

In this process, Wang Chao has been resting off the court, watching the fierce counterattack of the Warriors under the leadership of Curry and Thompson, and I have to sigh that the partner combination of the Splash Brothers is really the partner with the highest tacit understanding in this league.

Although compared with the super magic combination of Jordan Pippen, OK combination and Wang Chao's three consecutive championships, even the splash brothers at their peak are far inferior in strength and coffee position, but if you talk about the adaptability of the playing style, the two top three-point shooters, and both can play off-ball offense, and even the selfless and gentle Splash Brothers are definitely incomparable to several other combinations.

Among them, Thompson's sacrifice is still greater.

As a superscorer with explosive scoring ability, who will score 60 points in three quarters and a single-quarter record of 37 points, Thompson's career-high season is 22.3 points per game in the 16-17 season.

Wang Chao really wanted to get Thompson at the beginning, but because Thompson's draft pick was too high, he needed to pay more if he wanted to get him, and there was no way to even get Leonard and Butler at the same time.

Curry Thompson's 8-0 run caused the Rockets to call a timeout, and then after the timeout, Wang Chao re-entered the court and made another three-pointer from the outside in the first offensive round after the game.

In this three-point shot, Wang Chao threw it against Iguodala's defense.

Iguodala, who just joined the Warriors this season, is a little different from the original history, and did not directly steal Barnes's starting position, but as a substitute for Barnes, but the playing time has not changed much, and it is about 30 minutes like Barnes.

This is also due to the butterfly effect brought about by Wang Chao.

Originally, Iguodala was supposed to start in his first season with the Warriors, but Barnes was his backup.

But the arrival of Wang Chao led to the tactical application of the small-ball lineup and three-point shooting in advance, so that Barnes's priority was higher than Iguodala, who had average three-point shooting ability, in the Warriors.

It's just that although he was squeezed into the bench lineup, Iguodala's performance has not shrunk, his peak period for the Warriors is the period of playing as a substitute next season, Iguodala can put all his energy on defense in the bench position, based on the explosive physical fitness and the strong strength of the unicorn arms, Iguodala's defensive ability is extremely outstanding, and he can be selected for the best defensive team.

But for Wang Chao, Iguodala is also not good, not to mention anything else, his height of 1.98 meters is destined to his passive situation when defending Wang Chao, and Iguodala's unicorn arm is very strong, it is one of the few existence in the Warriors team that can break his wrist a little with James, but after all, it can't compare to James, and the strength and ability value has reached 88, and now there is a fighting maniac Wang Chao is naturally not advantageous.

After pulling out Iguodala from outside the three-point line, Wang Chao broke through to the basket with the ball to make a kill, made 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 5 points in a row to help the Rockets regain the initiative in the game.

At the same time, Wang Chao also remembered in his heart that there were only 3 three-pointers left before the conditions were achieved.

When the game was 8 minutes and 15 seconds into the third quarter, Wang Chao took advantage of his teammates' double-block elevator door to cover, and hit another three points outside the three-point line.

The Warriors knew very well that if they wanted to beat the Rockets, they had to limit Wang Chao's scoring, but even if they sent Iguodala and Barnes to the double, they still couldn't stop Wang Chao's scoring.

Wang Chao wants to shoot three points is too simple, he only needs to call a pick-and-roll cover, and then in the moment when the block is formed, he can shoot the basketball, and this kind of difficult three-point shot can still maintain an extremely high shooting rate.

The last two three-pointers, Wang Chao used the tactics of blocking and dismantling to shoot, which is Curry's best move, but in today's game, Curry used this trick many times and hit far less than Wang Chao.

"Brush."

As the last three-point shot hollowed into the frame, Wang Chao suddenly heard a crisp and pleasant ringing in his head.

"Ding ——!"

This is the system's prompt, indicating that he has reached the promotion condition of breaking through the threshold of his ability value.

Wang Chao didn't think about it, and immediately closed his eyes and entered the consciousness space.

In his consciousness, time outside is completely stopped, so there is no need to worry about affecting the real game.

Then he saw that in the data panel, all of the offensive ability values above 90, the original 99 empty three-point ability value has now become 100, and the color has also become a distinctive bronzing letter, which looks very dick.

Compared with the change in appearance, Wang Chao is more concerned about what kind of benefits can be brought to him when the ability value breaks through the critical value from 99 to 100, which is the key.

It's just that the system doesn't directly tell him what effect will be after the ability value reaches 100.

"In that case, you can only try it in the game."

Wang Chao thought so in his heart and retreated from the consciousness space.

The game continues.

At this time, the Warriors had already made 9 three-pointers and scored 27 points on three-pointers alone, and Wang Chao was completely guarded against it, and Iguodala followed Wang Chao's pace throughout the whole process, not letting go of an inch, but Wang Chao, who was already determined to try what the effect of 100 empty three-pointers was, would naturally not give up easily.

Because the test was the ability to shoot three points in the open position, Wang Chao passed the ball to Leonard after dribbling over half the court, and played without the ball himself, which made it more convenient for him to find an opportunity to shoot in the open position through running.

The league once compared Wang Chao with Hamilton's off-ball play, but as Wang Chao later joined the Magic, he gradually shifted from off-ball to off-ball offense, until now he has successfully evolved into a ball-holding offensive player.

Although many years have passed, when Wang Chao occasionally plays off-ball running, his movements are still very smooth and silky, and even Thompson, who is also proficient in running without the ball on the Warriors' side, is admired when he sees it.

With superb off-ball running skills and off-ball coverage from teammates, Wang Chao easily shook off Iguodala for a while and received Leonard's pass in the bottom corner.

The moment he caught the ball and faced the basket, Wang Chao was suddenly stunned, and in his sight, a percentage value appeared, which was currently showing 98%.

"What is this?" Wang Chao was a little confused So, this number is not large, it will not affect his vision at all, and in the interval when he was stunned, Iguodala had already chased after him, and as the other party approached him, Wang Chao noticed that the value of this percentage was falling rapidly at an alarming speed.

90%…… 80%…… 75%…… 70%。

Wang Chao, who saw this scene, probably had a judgment in his heart, and threw the basketball in the direction of the basket before Iguodala stopped him.

By the time he took the shot, that percentage had dropped to 65 percent, and the basketball flew straight into the hoop.

"Is this the effect of reaching 100 three-point stats in the open position?"

Wang Chao guessed that the percentage number that appeared in his sight should be the shooting percentage of the shot, which could reach 98% when he was completely empty at the beginning, but as Iguodala approached, the defensive pressure would make the shooting rate drop rapidly.

This is very reasonable, after all, even if it is a full value of 99 three-pointers, plus the blessing of various natural skills, there is no way to maintain a 100% shooting rate against the opponent's defense.

Stephen. In the peak season of Curry's career, he averaged only about 45% three-point shooting per game and 43.5% career three-point shooting.

Wang Chao is on par with Curry in terms of three-point shooting ability, all of which are 99 full values in three categories, but because he also has the blessing of natural skills such as marksman, fast gunner, sniper, etc., coupled with his more outstanding height and arm span than Curry, and more advantageous shooting space and environment, Wang Chao's three-point shooting rate has always been maintained in the level range of about 48%.

Don't look at this number is not much higher than Curry, but looking at the history of the league, players who can reach a career three-point shooting percentage of more than 44% do not exist at all, let alone 48%?

Wang Chao's shooting rate as a three-point shooter is completely unique in the league, no one can compare with it, at least no one in the current league thinks so, and when Curry reaches his peak in two years, some people may regard Curry as the only player who can threaten Wang Chao's status in the three-point field.

And now, Wang Chao has promoted the vacant three-point ability value to 100, and has obtained the ability to check the shooting percentage in the vacant state, although this ability is actually just a icing on the cake ability, in the vacant state, no matter what the shooting percentage is, Wang Chao must shoot, even if it is not good, only 40% of the shooting rate in the completely vacant state, the shot is also to be shot.

After all, even if the three-point shooting rate is only 33%, the efficiency can be on par with the 50% shooting rate.

If it's a 40 percent three-point shooting, it's a 60 percent two-point shooting percentage.

It's no secret that the most dominant center in the history of the league, Shaq. O'Neal had the peak season of the regular season MVP, averaging 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3 blocks per game while shooting 57.4% from the field.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be blindly compared directly, after all, there is still a big difference between three points and two points, and the things that need to be considered are not the same, and the three-point shot with a lower shooting rate is not able to be thrown at the most critical moment of the team's stalemate, and the blow to morale is quite serious, of course, if you hit it, the income will be higher, and the gambling nature is greater, so in the playoffs, the defensive intensity is improved, the three-point shooting is more difficult and the huge risk is more unbearable. The effect of the basket or mid-range shot is obviously more significant.

This point cannot be applied to Wang Chao, after all, his three-point shooting rate is close to 50%, and the shooting percentage of many players is far behind, which can be fully worthy of the task!

After throwing this open three-pointer, Wang Chao tried to hold the ball in the top arc again, but when Iguodala stood in front of him, the shooting percentage was not displayed in his sight, which also means that only when he held the ball in the open position, he could activate this special effect exclusive to the 100 ability points of the empty three-pointer.

(End of chapter)