Basketball striker

Chapter 597 It won’t be...

Among all the teams in the league, the Warriors' start was obviously the most difficult, not because of how dense their schedule was, but because they had to face too many strong teams.

Ten games into the new season, the Warriors have already faced powerful teams such as the Lakers, Magic, Trail Blazers, Nuggets, Spurs, and Thunder, and they must immediately play the Hawks and Heat back-to-back.

Of course, such a schedule is indeed in line with their status as defending champions. In the NBA schedule, most strong teams have a difficult beginning and ending, while the mid-term is relatively easy. The weak teams are exactly the opposite. The beginning and ending are easier, and the mid-term is easier.

The schedule will be very difficult to play.

Facts have proved that the Warriors are indeed superior. Even facing such opponents, they still maintain an undefeated record and occupy the first place in the league. This is more in line with their status as defending champions.

However, after the news broke that Chandler was injured, the outside world no longer has enough trust in the Warriors to maintain such a good momentum. What a strong defensive player standing under the basket can bring to a team is really great.

Too many, and the loss of such a person is also a huge loss to the team.

Chandler needs to rest for too long, three and a half months is more than half a season, and this kind of time is enough to change a team's overall ranking at the end of the season.

Chandler's injury is definitely good news for the rest of the league, and the same is true for the Hawks, because they are the opponents the Warriors need to face next.

Ending the ten-game winning streak of the defending champion, such an awe-inspiring thing, just thinking about it is enough to make the Eagles players excited. The Warriors are like a beautiful woman, usually wrapped in thick cotton clothes, but now she suddenly changed out of the cotton clothes and put on

Wearing autumn clothes exposes some things that would not otherwise be exposed, which can naturally stimulate people's androgen.

The Hawks' starting lineup is actually quite well-equipped, with an extremely balanced interior lineup, starting center Al Horford, power forward Marvin Williams, small forward Josh Smith, shooting guard Joe Johnson, and point guard.

Mike Bibby also has a monster like Jamal Crawford on the bench.

The Warriors' starting lineup was forced to change due to Tyson Chandler's injury. Nelson used Channing Frye as the starting center.

Although Frye has height, his defensive ability is obviously incomparable with Chandler. However, he also has a huge advantage over Chandler, which is his offensive ability, especially his mid-to-long-range shooting ability.

When he was with the Knicks, Frye's mid-to-long-range shooting ability was only so-so, but after training with the Suns for a season, his outside shooting ability has become quite good.

The Warriors' starting power forward is still Antawn Jamison, and the remaining three positions are also unchanged, small forward Yang Shuai, shooting guard Tyreke Evans, and point guard Kirk Hinrich.

Frye and Horford jumped the ball, and Horford touched the basketball first, giving the Hawks the right to attack.

Knowing that the Warriors' interior defense would be even weaker after Chandler was injured, the Hawks' first offense was not handed over to Johnson, but to Horford inside.

Facing Frye's defense, Horford played very confidently and turned around slightly with his back to make a jump shot.

Chandler's departure brought some changes to the Warriors' defense, but the impact on the offensive end was not great. The ball was still in Yang Shuai's hands. Yang Shuai broke through to attract the attention of the defense and then handed the ball to the running team.

Evans, who then passed the ball to the open Jamison, the Warriors' first offense was also completed easily.

In several consecutive attacks, both teams played very well offensively, but the situation on the field was also tepid, and the point difference did not widen.

Halfway through the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 12:13, and the away Warriors were 1 point behind. During the Warriors' offense, Yang Shuai's pass to the inside was touched by Josh Smith, and the ball fell to Joe...

In Johnson's hands, Evans' physical fitness was no worse than Johnson's, but he was unable to stop Johnson's fast break.

At 12:15, the point difference between the two teams widened to 3 points. At this time, the Warriors' offense once again had problems. Channing Frye was fouled on a screen outside the three-point line.

The ball changed hands, and at the other end, the Hawks did not miss the opportunity to widen the point difference. Johnson's breakthrough attracted the Warriors' defensive pressure, and then the ball was distributed to Marvin Williams on the outside. As a power forward,

Marvin Williams also has a very good outside shooting ability and can steadily hit open three-pointers.

After the point difference was widened to 6 points, Yang Shuai and Evans took over the team's offensive focus, while the Hawks took advantage of the Warriors' relatively weak interior defense and kept attacking in the interior.

Launching an attack also allowed them to maintain their lead.

At 24:28, after the first quarter, the Warriors trailed their opponent by 4 points.

Trailing by 4 points, Nelson did not change the team's rotation because of falling behind. After the start of the second quarter, Yang Shuai still sat off the court to rest, leaving only Evans as a starter on the court.

Nelson not only sent Evans as a starting player on the court, but also only deployed one post player on the court.

Landry is the only inside player. With Jackson, Evans, Morrow, and Collison, the Warriors use a truly small lineup. The tallest Warriors player on the court is only Landry who is 2.03 meters tall.

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The Warriors are a team that is very good at using a small lineup. If there is any team in the league that can match the Warriors in terms of small speed, perhaps the only one is the Suns.

Facts have proved that small lineups can often achieve miraculous results, especially in the regular season, such as the Warriors at this time.

Evans and Landry were responsible for attacking the basket, while Jackson, Morrow and Collison looked for shooting opportunities from the outside. The Warriors' offense did not stall because of the absence of Yang Shuai and Hinrich, but because of the unconventional

This style of play made it difficult for the Eagles' defense to adapt.

Evans once again rushed inside, and after attracting double-teams, passed the ball to Jackson on the outside. Jackson made a gesture from outside the three-point line, and then dumped the ball to Collison, who was completely open.

At this time, no one had time to defend. He shot from outside the three-point line, and Collison's shot fell steadily into the basket.

At 35:35, after Collison's shot, the Warriors tied the score.

When the Eagles launched their attack, the ball was handed over to their sixth player, Jamal Crawford. Although Crawford is not a first-rate star, his scoring ability is very good, especially when it comes to shooting.

At that time, he could even outscore many first-class players.

Anthony Morrow's defensive ability is really not very good. It is precisely because of this that Crawford seems more and more confident at this time. He dribbles forward and takes a step forward. When Morrow hurriedly retreats, he has just stepped into the three-point line.

Crawford made a pull-up jumper inside.

The Warriors' possession of the ball was still handed over to Evans after it fell into the half court. With the ball in hand, Evans immediately dribbled towards the basket. Breaking through the first line of defense, Evans jumped and took off.

Towards the basket, at this moment, a figure suddenly jumped up from the side and rushed toward him.

Evans noticed the figure appearing next to him, but didn't take it seriously. Although his physical fitness was not as good as that pervert Yang Shuai's, he was definitely strong.

What Evans didn't notice was that the physical fitness of the guy rushing towards him was also synonymous with perversion. At this time, the Eagles fans at the scene were already preparing to cheer.

"Bang!" Josh Smith jumped up from the side, and then accurately put his hand on the basketball.

Evans' expression finally changed slightly, but at this time, the situation was out of control, and the ball was falling completely out of his control.

Amidst the cheers at the scene, a figure rushed into the basket and picked up the basketball that had just fallen. It was Collison.

Dribbling slowly at the three-point line, Collison was no longer in a hurry. After all his teammates were ready to attack again, he signaled Landry to raise a high pick-and-roll.

Landry screened, and Collison immediately rushed to the basket from the side, but after only two steps, he threw the ball away and handed it to Stephen Jackson, who cut towards the basket from the left three-point line.

Jackson's position is power forward, and his opponent is Marvin Williams. The Hawks' starting power forward does have the offensive methods of an average outside player and the flexibility of an average outside player, but he is not a outside player after all.

He can be used as an outside player on the defensive end, but this is not the case on the defensive end. Stephen Jackson from outside the three-point line just used a sudden stop to run back and left him behind, and then rushed to the basket.

Jackson's speed is indeed not fast, but it is enough to get rid of Marvin Williams. A step away also means that Williams almost loses the chance to defend Jackson. After receiving Collison's pass, Jackson quickly rushed towards

Under the basket, the Hawks' inside line was unguarded at this time, so he naturally would not let go of such an opportunity.

Rushing to the outside of the three-second zone, Jackson jumped up with the ball in his arms. At this time, he also saw Josh Smith.

Pulling the ball back, Jackson did not choose to hit hard like Evans, but instead moved his hand towards Smith.

"Pa!" A clear voice sounded, and Jackson soon felt a heavy slap on the back of his hand, and a smile was about to appear on his face, but soon, the smile that just appeared disappeared and turned into pain.

expression.

"Beep!" the referee at the bottom line blew his whistle, and the court quickly became chaotic.

"It can't be..." On the sidelines, Yang Shuai jumped up with his eyes wide open, staring closely at the court, suddenly having a bad feeling in his heart.