Chapter 650 The future that I once expected is the present

Halfway through the third quarter, Wei Xia held the ball from the outside, and John Wall originally wanted to defend alone.

As soon as his thoughts came out, he felt absurd.

The scoring champion of the NBA league for three consecutive years? Is that something he can do?

Wall had only one advantage in front of Weisha, that is, his speed was fast.

This advantage does not bring some rewards every time. If it is not as good as in all aspects except speed, then the advantage of running fast may only allow him to stay by the defensive man and increase his chance of fouling.

Letting go is also an option.

Wall didn't understand this, just like he didn't understand why the 76ers dared to despise his attack.

Wei Xia made a basketball goal, 77 to 70.

The 76ers led by 7 points.

Before the opening, the 76ers and the Warriors were both teams with promising futures. However, the Warriors were still struggling in the lottery last season, while the 76ers were a team that fought with the Heat in a real six-game battle with the Big Three.

Tonight, the Warriors showed some unusual traits, but it was still a little short of turning around.

The biggest problem lies with Wall.

As the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft, as a Magician, Rose, and later another genius who was elected No. 1 pick as a point guard, has also entered the third year of his career.

Moreover, even if the Wizards have poor record in the past two seasons, it can still be seen that Walter is better than his two Kentucky senior brothers (Evans, Ross) who have made breakthroughs and find open teammates. His ability to push counterattacks is the first-class in the league. He still has the qualifications to become a great defender, and may explode within one or two years.

What he wants to solve is the details. Last season, he only made 3 of 42 three-pointers, scoring 3 goals in a season.

In an era where the shooting is increasingly pursuing and the penalty area is becoming more and more empty, it is an outrageous number. You should know that even Rajon Rondo, who was worried outside the three-point line, also scored 6 of 26 shots in his rookie season. Wall played for two seasons and was in an era where he was more pursuing three-point shooting. Compared with his college years, he was still standing still, which made people worry about him.

During the first half of the game, his long shot still didn't look much better. Perhaps he felt bad tonight and did not reflect his special training results, or perhaps he had never practiced three-pointers seriously.

Due to injury issues, Curry signed a four-year contract extension with the Warriors for over 40 million. As long as he stays healthy, he will be the darling of the Warriors and the Bay Area. His current style of playing is completely tailored to Wall, who is not good at shooting. If the ball is handed to him, his performance will be even more exciting.

In the most half of the game against the 76ers, all the Warriors' highlights came from Curry who was holding the ball.

Everyone hopes that Curry will become the norm in that state. To achieve this goal, you need to snatch the ball from Wall's hands.

Wall's contract has a player option in 2013, and he will usher in third grade. His senior brother Derek Ross, also a third grade breakout, becoming the youngest regular season MVP in history; his senior brother Evans had a very unpleasant life in third grade and had almost lost the qualification to be the Kings' chief character.

These two are good references.

Even if they are unquestionable genius guards like them, heaven and hell, they are separated by a line.

Wall no longer possesses the ball, the 76ers bullied him without shooting threats, and the outside space was very wide.

And Wei Xia was like a tangled evil ghost that kept forcing Curry.

At that moment, Curry felt that he was not only being blocked, but also being cursed violently.

He wished Wei Xia good luck at the beginning. Now, maybe he should wish him good luck.

How can he survive this defense?

Hold the ball!

Holding the ball is the only way. If he doesn't hold the ball, he will be tortured to death by Wei Xia.

Espn launched an anonymous vote in 2006 on "Who is the most annoying and difficult counterpart you meet".

Wei Xia can enter the top five in the rookie season.

In his second season, he was elected "the most annoying counterattack".

In the 2007-08 season, Wei Xia was elected first in the two anonymous votes that were "the most annoying and difficult" for the first time. If it were not for the 2008-09 season's reimbursement, he might have been ranked until the suspension season vote was cancelled.

Curry has deeply understood why Wei Xia is called the most difficult counterattack.

His off-ball defense is not the hardest, the most confrontational, the dirtiest, the one with the most small moves, the one with the most powerful, the one with the most skillful, and probably the one with the most experienced. However, he is at a level of 90 or above.

That is to say, his defense is top-notch, and he likes to use these techniques to torture his opponents.

No one who has been the scoring champion for three consecutive years is willing to consume this energy on the defensive end.

He is willing.

He enjoys torture his opponent and mocking him - he doesn't think it's irony -.

The moment Curry touched the ball, the Warriors were finally reborn.

However, rebirth on the offensive end does not mean that there is a chance to score.

Curry called Drummond's pick-and-roll, and the latter caught Wei Xia for the front foot, and Cousins ​​behind him stepped forward to lead the defense.

Curry today already has the threat of an outside offensive at the Steve Nash level.

He is more willing to suddenly pull up and shoot cold arrows than Nash, so as long as he calls pick-and-roll, as long as he goes in the pick-and-roll direction, the inside line must go forward to prevent delays, and his opponents must also double-team the first time to force him to pass the ball.

Drummond's projection is not threatening, so it only has incision.

The Warriors' reaction was in control of the 76ers.

Curry gave the ball in, his ideas were beautiful, but the rookie was prone to the opponent's words.

The moment Curry took the ball, Wei Xia looked back and knew it.

His next reaction was to make a fast attack.

Someone saw his intention and wanted to stop him, but he had already left everyone two or three meters away.

Curry's pass was destroyed by Chuck Hayes, and he is now partnering with Cousins.

With his precise prediction of the pass, Hayes made the Warriors' pass and then passed it to Wei Xia for a long pass.

Wei Xia received a ball from her teammates and released her talent to the fullest. She made a one-handed toaxe buckle from a long distance with a small step in the free throw line and landed in the Oracle Arena.

The Warriors responded to the 76ers with air-connecting cooperation.

However, Cousins ​​took the ball weakly and turned to face Drummond.

Cousins ​​has been playing NBA for several years, but it is only in the third grade. Drummond may take his life to learn the offensive skills he mastered in the third grade.

He was playing with a fool and pretended to shake it a few times. Drummond had almost no reaction and suddenly jumped up and attacked.

Play cricket.

The Warriors' aerial connection was broken by Cousins' warm response, and now it has entered a stalemate again.

The Warriors need to score continuously, but they are behind. If they don't score, the 76ers will seize several counterattack opportunities and go to double-digit points.

The pressure fell on Curry. This time, Wei Xia's defense made him have no chance to connect the ball.

Each of him was shrouded by Wei Xia, and Wall was put two meters away. His unparalleled speed advantage was not important at this moment.

Curry was prevented from death, Wall was awkward on the outside, and the Warriors' attack was like an unlucky guy who was stuck in the throat by a fishbone but was not sent to the hospital for treatment in time, choking himself to death.

"The Warriors have a good lineup on paper."

Oracle announcers repeated this sentence, but the difference became bigger.

They saw Wei Xia showing dominance on both ends of the offense and defense, Cousins ​​beat Drummond, Wall was inaccurate, and Thompson was invisible because he could not receive the ball.

The 76ers outperformed them from their strength to their performance, and they only had one sentence: "The Warriors' lineup looks better."

Undeniably, it's really good.

Compared to last season, the Warriors have two more Drummonds, Green and O'Neal Jr., plus Curry and Wall who are running in every day.

With the stronger starting lineup and more depth rotation lineup, the Warriors are obviously stronger.

But compared to the changes in the Warriors themselves, this is a trivial matter. Last season, the Warriors All-Stars won 6 wins and 27 losses in the first quarter, while the All-Stars lost 13 wins and 20 losses in the end, and finally ended the season with 6 consecutive victories.

If you look at their last six consecutive wins, you will be surprised to find that they play like a college team: defense, frantically pushing fast breaks, and seriously blocking the passing line. Previously, when Sanders was in office, the Warriors played lazyly and had no room to pull away, and they were not in the ball and moved without the ball.

Sending off some unwanted role players and finding new coach Mark Jackson is a semi-rebuild for the Warriors.

There have been too many young teams with no shortage of talent, who have been in the long run of rotation and lineup adjustment, and adapted to each other, and then they become lazy because of their resentment towards the coach. For the Warriors, the past two and a half years have been abandoned. But at least, when Curry and Wall both return healthy, they should be on the right track.

As for tonight, their opponent, the Philadelphia 76ers, is to teach them not to excuse themselves with youth and experience. From the first game of the new season, the future people expect from them has come to the front.

Any performance that fails this expectation is unforgivable.
Chapter completed!