Chapter 226: Wind Criticism Reverses, Strongest Support (5.8K Chapter Late but Arrives, Kneel and Beg for a Monthly Pass!) )
Curry and Paul, who both carved their names into the NBA's milestone on the night, finally set the NBA's new single-game three-point shooting record at 14 and the NBA's new single-game assists record to 34, respectively.
At the center of the spectrum, when the timer of the final quarter was towards zero, the finishing score of the two teams was fixed at 128-143.
In this game, the hot-handed Curry shot 19 of 29, including 14 of 20 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, totaling 58 points, 9 rebounds plus 1 assist and 2 steals for the Hornets.
It is worth mentioning that Curry's scoring and three-point shooting in this game are both new highs in his personal career.
No doubt.
On the court, Curry's shooting feast for Charlotte fans has definitely shocked fans of this era.
In the second half of the game, when Curry hit one incredible shot after another on the court, even Wang Shuo, who had long been accustomed to seeing big scenes, seemed to have regained his youth running under the sunset.
That's Stephen Curry.
Perhaps in terms of comprehensive strength, Jordan is the eternal number one in Wang Shuo's mind.
But compared to the sense of expectation that can be brought to people on the court, in Wang Shuo's view, Curry has a magic that even Jordan does not have.
Paul, who has been at a low point since entering the league and has never had his peak, contributed a total of 8 points, 6 rebounds, 34 assists and 3 steals for the Hornets in this game.
On this night, Paul, who made history with Curry, is very likely to inadvertently set a record that is destined to be difficult for anyone to break in the NBA in the future.
Because compared to Curry, who still has room for improvement in the single-game three-point record......
Wang Shuo knows very well that 34 assists in a single game is basically the limit of this record.
After all......
Excluding the possibility of overtime, trying to deliver 34 assists alone in a game with only 48 minutes of regulation time basically means that your teammates will be able to convert every pass you pass into an assist.
In Wang Shuo's eyes, this night, even though Paul himself has strong organizational talent and passing skills, he also created a new NBA single-game assist record under the superposition of various coincidences.
To put it simply......
Generally speaking, a big opportunity like this that can make history, even if you have the ability, you probably won't bump into it even once in your life.
After the game, in an interview, Paul, who was already so excited that he was incoherent, choked up and said: "This game is too fantastic...... I felt like I was in a dream until now.
I love passing the ball to my teammates on the court, and as a traditional point guard, I've always enjoyed what assists can give me.
Needless to say, Wang saved my career because he showed me that I didn't play basketball at all.
To be honest, I didn't think I did anything incredible on this night because I was just playing as my coach told me to do.
I would like to thank every one of my teammates, especially Stephen......
Oh my God, do you know how many incredible goals he scored in this game? ”
In the interview, although Paul's mood was beyond words, he still gave Wang Shuo the main credit for making history on this night, and highlighted Curry's performance in this game.
In this regard, after the game, when talking about Paul's performance, Wang Shuo also smiled: "Chris is definitely the most talented player in passing I have coached.
I want him to stay in his current form and stay with the team for a long time. ”
Facts have proved that Wang Shuo is indeed an out-and-out scumbag.
Because when he praised Paul's passing talent......
He had apparently forgotten about Iverson, Rondo and Kobe Bryant, who he had coached before.
Curry, on the other hand, said in an interview: "I don't know why I can shoot those threes on the court......
If you have to ask me why I'm always so confident when shooting threes......
All I can tell you is because when I was first selected for the U.S. men's basketball team, King said to me that I would definitely be the best shooter in NBA history. ”
On this day, it is not known if Arenas was watching the live broadcast.
Anyway, at this moment......
A certain scumbag has definitely forgotten the sentence he wrote to Arenas in the palm of his hand.
With the end of the opening game between the Hornets and the Heat, the other games that were played at the same time on the opening day suddenly became boring in the eyes of fans.
After all......
No one expected that Curry and Paul would be able to set a new NBA history in one game at the same time.
At this moment, it was as if the fans had already eaten a delicious meal.
No matter how delicious the food in the back of the NBA is, fans who have already eaten it have no interest in it.
In addition, on the Internet, Curry and Paul also rushed to the hot search of the Internet in China and the United States after the game.
Everyone was talking about Curry and Paul's excellent performance in the opening game.
"2K should really review it, because those threes that Curry made on the court, I couldn't shoot in the game!"
In Wang Shuo's previous life, Curry was definitely the biggest nemesis of 2K game companies during this period.
Because in the future, even 2K itself has said in an interview that Curry's presence has greatly disrupted the balance of the NBA2K series.
"Paul has finally made a name for himself with this game! Do you know how hard it has been for us as fans of him over the years? ”
Well, this guy isn't a true fan of Paul at first glance.
Because for the real guns, torturing Paul is the most enjoyable thing for them.
Rather, it was Paul's brilliant performance on the night......
I can't fix how many cannons I can't fix it.
Because of this, I can't ......
How else do you have a meeting with him?
Shortly after the game between the Hornets and the Heat, the NBA official also changed the pictures of Curry and Paul on its official website, and captioned them:
- "Welcome to the Land of Miracles!" ”
In the NBA, a league that has always adhered to the winner-takes-all philosophy, at this moment, no matter how much praise Curry and Paul receive, they both deserve it.
On the opening day, after learning about Curry and Paul's amazing performance on the other court, Bryant said in an interview: "I know they stole the limelight from all of us, but I still want to say something to them......
You've done a beautiful job! ”
In addition, on the opening day, James also managed to escape the catastrophe after using his all-out mode to slash 37 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Celtics, but unfortunately lost to the Knicks 99-129 on the road.
With all the talk about Curry and Paul right now, few people cared about the Celtics' heavy loss to the Knicks on the road on the opening day.
However, James does not need to be lonely about this.
Because even if people in this world no longer care about him, as the president of his global fan support club, Barkley will definitely pull out his sword to help.
The next day, when reviewing the game between the Celtics and the Knicks, Barkley asked the director to carefully cut a few game footage and said: "I know that many of you think that in recent years, I have been too demanding of LeBron.
Can...... I still can't help but wonder, when will LeBron understand that assists are not a statistic that proves that you can pass the ball on the court and sort out the team's offense? ”
Whether in his past life or in this life, James has played luxurious statistics on the court, but there are many games in which his team has suffered heavy defeats.
It is true that in some games, James did suffer heavy defeats because of the involvement of his teammates.
But after changing batch after batch of teammates......
Why are James' teammates always at the CBA level, and they are definitely an eternal fan of the NBA.
This game between the Celtics and the Knicks is a classic case.
If you only look at the post-game stats, you would think that the Celtics lost and James didn't.
But in fact, if you watch the whole game carefully, then you must feel that Mike Brown has set a trap for the Celtics from the beginning of this game.
In this game, the Knicks didn't even think about targeting James in the game.
Because Brown, who didn't choose to bring James to London this summer, knows better than anyone that a lot of James' offense on the court simply won't kill anyone.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, in the 17/18 season, in the Finals that was swept 4-0 by the Warriors, Mike Brown, who knew James well, also gave the same advice to then-Warriors coach Kerr.
That is, no matter how bluffing Zhan and Thanos Zhan are, it depends on whether he can beat you to death if you let him play a series.
As we all know, there is also a difference between an average of "30+" per game and an average of "30+" per game.
Because of James' style of play, his physical groove is unlikely to support him to be on the court all the time, so even if he has a lower limit of stability, his ceiling is not destined to be comparable to other all-time scorers.
And this is also the main reason why in Wang Shuo's memory, in most tailwind games, James tends to play more and more smoothly, but in headwind games, he has a certain probability of being invisible.
On the 28th, after a day of rest, with the expectations of Charlotte's hometown fathers, Wang Shuo led the Hornets to easily defeat the Celtics in the hazy Boston with a score of 131-102 on the road.
In this game, Wang Shuo almost applied Brown's thinking against James in the last game.
On the court, as long as James wants to find Leonard, Butler, Klay and others to fight alone, Wang Shuo will never stop him.
As a result, although James shot 12 of 25 from the field, including 1 of 9 three-pointers and 5 of 8 free throws, he contributed a total of 30 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists to the Celtics.
But similar to the previous one......
In the face of James's "unparalleled" dominance, the Hornets' young forward line failed to effectively limit James' rushing efficiency on the court.
James also failed to use his Thanos mode to help the Celtics win.
On this night, Kerr, who was able to lead the Suns to an average of more than 110 points per game by copying Wang Shuo's homework when he was coaching the Suns, was a little confused.
Because at this moment, he is also experiencing similar problems as Stevens.
That's what he doesn't understand......
Why the Celtics' offense on the court isn't silky at all.
You must know that compared to the teams that Wang Shuo has coached in the past, the current way for this Hornets to win on the court is not defense-oriented.
But many times, Celtic's offense on the court can only be described as constipated.
As Wang Shuo had predicted, after Kerr focused the ball on James for a long time, Delon and Pierce were both uncomfortable in the game.
In fact, if it weren't for Horford and Boozer teaming up to score 45 points and add 21 rebounds......
In Wang Shuo's opinion, the Celtics may only lose worse on this night.
It is true that after years of precipitation, James is ...... at the moment Ahh
But James' style of play is dictated, and you have to be around him with a group of teammates who have excellent off-ball ability.
In Wang Shuo's eyes, if Kerr really wants to guide James in the direction of Green's PLSU version, then he must next convince Angie to find a way to trade next.
Otherwise, with the current roster of the Celtics, Kerr's system is simply impossible to play.
Fortunately, despite suffering two consecutive heavy defeats at the beginning of the new season, James does not have to worry about people criticizing him.
Because right now, people are clearly more concerned about what kind of excel his good brother Paul, who has started to live a happy life, can hand over at the end of the season.
and how many three-pointers Curry, who was born in the same hospital as him, could make at the end of the season.
In this match against Celtic, Paul successfully handed over a "20+10" report card.
Of course, what is different from the traditional sense of "20+10" is ......
In this game, the "20+10" I played is somewhat non-mainstream.
Paul shot 2-of-5 from the field, including 1-of-3 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, to score nine points, 11 rebounds and 20 assists for the Hornets.
Curry, who just set a new single-game single-game three-point assist record in the NBA in the last game, shot 10 of 19, including 4 of 9 three-pointers and 14 of 14 free throws, contributing a total of 38 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists to the Hornets.
In addition, Leonard and Butler, who were opposite James in the game, also scored 19 points, 5 rebounds, 14 points, and 4 rebounds respectively.
It is worth mentioning that in this game, Leonard made a total of 9 shots in the whole game, and successfully hit 8 of them, with an overall shooting rate of 88.9%.
Butler, on the other hand, shot 6-of-8 and shot 75 percent overall.
Wang Shuo knows very well that for Leonard and Butler, who are still nobodies at the moment, James is destined to be uninterested in the game.
After all, as a hardcore Jammy, Wang Shuo would never believe that James failed to guard against Leonard and Butler because of his ability.
On the 31st, after bidding farewell to the longing James, Wang Shuo led the Hornets to another city in Detroit.
In this game, Curry's hand has declined, and he only made 4 of 12 shots from beyond the three-point line in the game.
However, as his arms grew thicker, Curry still scored 31 points for the Hornets with his breakaway and free throws.
Paul combined for 24 points and 14 assists.
In the previous two games, because Paul has not been on the court much, this night, the Pistons obviously deliberately focused on how to cut off Paul's passing routes to teammates.
Can......
Let's just say if there is a possibility......
Paul didn't attack much in the first two games of the regular season because this Hornets didn't need him to attack, not because he really couldn't attack?
In Wang Shuo's previous life, Paul at the peak of his career has always had a considerable mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage.
Historically, Paul has shot 50 percent from mid-range two-point range and 47.7 percent from long range this season.
Except that due to his height limitations, it was decided that Paul couldn't shoot all the time on the court like those dry monsters......
Wang Shuo really doesn't know where the Pistons got the courage to put Paul in the game.
This season, after the first three games of the regular season, the reputation of our cannon has skyrocketed.
In fact, whether in his past life or in this life, Paul is the kind of player who is more suitable to play the auxiliary core of a team in Wang Shuo's eyes.
This can also be seen from his historical record with Harden and Booker.
In Wang Shuo's view, as long as Paul is not the only backcourt core of your team, in addition to the probability of injury at critical moments, Paul is definitely a perfect auxiliary point guard.
Because Paul at his peak can not only sort out the team's offense on the field and control the pace of the game......
At the same time, he also has a certain pseudo-hard solution ability on the field, and he can also help his own outside core to undertake some tough tasks.
In this life, Paul should be thankful for the lows he had experienced.
Because if he is still the arrogant Chris in the same period of history in Wang Shuo's memory, no one is convinced, then even Wang Shuo can't save him.
At the moment, Paul's mentality dictates that he is willing to assist Curry.
Therefore, Wang Shuo can guide him to the most suitable evolutionary route for him.
In the NBA, in fact, as long as many players can recognize themselves, then they can play a greater role on the court.
After the first three games of the regular season, more and more people have begun to think that Paul will become a super point guard under Wang Shuo.
Turning back to November, after a day of rest, the Hornets traveled to Oklahoma to challenge the Thunder.
This season, Stevens, who led the Thunder to a three-game winning streak, seemed to have regained his coaching confidence overnight.
So far, the Thunder have scored 127, 133 and 120 points in their first three games of the new season.
In addition, under Stevens' tutelage, Durant is also destined to become Curry's main opponent on the road to the scoring title this season.
It turns out that even if the physical groove is not as good as Jordan and Kobe, Durant is fully capable of averaging more than 20 shots per game in the regular season.
Previously, when studying the game video of the Thunder with Schneider and others, Wang Shuo noticed the difference between the shooting distribution of this Thunder team and the previous Brooks era.
To put it simply, in addition to designing more off-ball tactics and single-game tactics for Durant, Stevens is also obviously more reasonable than Brooks in the use of Rose.
Especially this summer, after trading Harden for Dragic, Stevens will use a two-point guard strategy for a long time in the game.
Compared to Harden, Dragic, who has a more experienced style, can not only assist Rose well in completing the task of combing the team's offense on the court......
And Dragic's always stable long-range shooting ability also determines that his presence is bound to make this Thunder more difficult to defend.
As for the problem of the Thunder's defensive hardness due to the abandonment of Sefrosa in the starting lineup, Stevens also brought in Wang Shuo's former love apprentice Brandon Haywood to partner with Ibaka on the inside to solve the problem.
In the new season, Stevens is clearly more inclined to let the UAE be the sixth man of this Thunder team.
In this life, with the help of Presti's seedlings in the early years, the UAE's mid-range and long-range shooting ability is much stronger than Wang Shuo's memory.
Therefore, in Stevens' view, it would be a waste for him to put Yi Jianlian in the starting lineup when Durant was in the Thunder's starting lineup.
Because on the court, no matter how you arrange your tactics, there is only one basketball.
So since the Thunder can design more tactics for him based on the characteristics of the UAE, why not find a way to stagger his playing time with Durant?
On the court, after the warm-up, the big screen on the scene gave the starting list of the two teams tonight.
Hornets: Garnett, Millsap, Leonard, Curry, Paul.
Thunder: Haywood, Ibaka, Durant, Dragic, Rose.
In this game, there were five MVP-level stars in the starting lineups of both teams alone.
In Wang Shuo's view, for the current Hornets, this is definitely a test full of gold.
Because as Stevens found his coaching confidence in the city, the already talented young coach ...... It is destined to allow this Thunder team to further unleash their talent and energy in the new season.
In the center of the field, after the jump ball, the game officially began.
On the court, the Thunder have the ball.