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Chapter 1125 It turns out you are like this Curry (Part 1)

Author: Pea of ​​Justice

Chapter 1125 It turns out you are like this Curry (Part 1)

In the early morning of November 27, the Knicks returned to New York, but their destination was not Madison, but the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

It's back-to-back again. The Knicks' schedule this month is still relatively tight, but everyone is used to it. After all, it's much better than last season's shortened season when the schedule was often back-to-back.

Their opponent is New Jersey, oh no, it should be the Brooklyn Nets.

Just this summer, the Nets officially moved to Brooklyn, New York, officially ending their 35-year history in New Jersey.

The New Jersey Nets exit the stage, and the Brooklyn Nets make a new appearance.

The new team is naturally ambitious and has invested heavily in the summer. According to their boss, Russian tycoon Prokhorov, they will use five years to build the Nets into New York's new giants.

That's what they said, and that's what they did.

The first is the arena. The Barclays Center cost $1 billion. This should be one of the most luxurious arenas currently.

Then, they directly invested US$300 million in the transfer market, which was absolutely generous. During the summer transfer period, they first acquired the former Eagle King Joe Johnson from the Eagles, and then acquired the former Elvis Presley Gerald Wallais.

At the same time, he renewed the contract of star player Deron Williams with a high salary.

In this way, they barely formed a civilian version of the Big Three team. The joining of the bosses of the three teams and the return of main center Luo from injury made the Brooklyn Nets become a very competitive team in the Eastern Conference.

A team.

In the first 11 games of this season, the Nets got off to a 6-5 start. Even though the winning rate was just over half, this was the Nets' best start in the past seven years since Kidd left the team.

In the last life, they successfully entered the playoffs, which was the first time in seven seasons. In short, the Nets this season are no longer the weaklings that everyone bullies.

In the previous generation, the Nets started to attract some fans at this time. After all, the New York sports market is really big, and the big brother next door really didn't live up to expectations.

However, in this life, moving to New York does not seem to be a good idea, especially at this time, the Knicks are at their peak, and almost 100% of the people watching football in New York are Knicks fans. At this time, the Nets can only say that they are in trouble.

At the right time, even though they had their first positive start in eight years, the embarrassing attendance and ratings told everyone that New York was still the Knicks' territory.

So even though this game is an away game, there are still familiar faces from the Knicks sitting there.

Spike Lee even replicated his position in Madison Square Garden one-to-one. After entering the venue, he pointed to the words "This is New York" on his clothes, which made people laugh.

The old friends from the Nets also felt very uncomfortable after entering the court. The Knicks and Nets fans in the court were probably 9-1. At a glance, they were all Knicks fans. They even heard boos at home.

For a moment, they understood why the Clippers dreamed of moving away from Staples.

It's really uncomfortable to feel like you're living under someone else's roof.

However, this seems to have stimulated the fighting will of the Nets players. Generally speaking, any player who is booed at his home court will feel very angry.

So the Nets played very well in this game. Although there were boos everywhere, both Deron and Joe Johnson's shooting percentages were very impressive.

In comparison, Curry's comparison is a bit harsh. Although Zuolifen gave him a lot of ball rights, he also took 10 three-pointers, but only hit 2 in the whole process, with a 20% three-point shooting rate and 28% shooting.

The shooting percentage and even free throws seemed to be affected, with only 70% in the game, which is very rare for Curry who has maintained a free throw shooting rate of more than 85% for several seasons.

Although the Knicks still won, in this game, Zuo Li made 14 of 14 shots, 4 of 4 three-pointers, and 10 of 10 free throws. He scored 32 points, 17 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 5 shots with a 100% shooting rate for the second time in his career.

Assists and 2 steals.

Of course, Zuo Li alone is not enough to win. After all, Joe Johnson scored 27 points in a single game, Deron also scored 26 points and 12 assists, and Da Luo's 14 points and 7 rebounds are ordinary, but they are also important supplements.

The Nets were only 2 points behind at one point, and even had a chance to win in the end.

Fortunately, David Lee also scored a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and contributed key blocks at the last moment and protected the rebounds. This also allowed the Knicks to pass the test 102-100 and win back-to-back victories.

After the game, Curry was naturally in the spotlight. He only made 5 of 24 three-pointers in two consecutive games. His sinkhole-like performance and various unreasonable three-point shots made him criticized wildly.

“The Knicks sinkhole was found!”

"Please, give the ball to Zuo Li!"

"You forcefully increase the difficulty, right? You can win easily, but you have to let Curry play for 40 minutes."

"Undercover, undercover!"

…

The fans' mood is understandable. After all, Curry's performance in these two games was really disappointing, and the audience will not understand the situation and hidden secrets behind each game. They just simply hope that their home team will play well in every game.

, and win.

Not only that, Zuo Li found that Curry was very worried after the game, and his usual "elementary schoolboy" smile was no longer visible.

When returning from the game, Curry went to Zuo Li and said some frustrating words: "Zuo Li, am I not suitable for this style of play? I may not be at your level. I can't do it. I can't talk to the coach."

Tell me, you don’t need to give me so much ball rights.”

The pressure on Curry was too great. From the moment he knew that Zuo Li was going to make him the second player in the team and the second guy with unlimited firing rights, he felt like there was a heavy mountain on his back.

To be honest, Curry has no such ambition. He hopes that the team will win. It doesn't matter how many statistics he puts up, as long as he can help the team.

But since Zuo Li and the coach have said so, and they are indeed very, very optimistic about themselves, then Curry is also willing to try.

But these two setbacks made him have self-doubt... Did he not have that level?

"Don't worry, don't look at what the fans and black people say, you are great."

Zuo Li patted Curry on the shoulder. He realized that he might be a little radical.

Yes, Curry in later generations was indeed brave and tenacious, and his mental attributes were completely different from his appearance.

But, this doesn’t happen overnight!

Curry broke out when he won his first championship. That season, in a place that many people didn't pay attention to, Curry had grown into the league's top three-point shooter and the absolute leader of the young Warriors.

The subsequent story is more clear to ordinary fans, and the 15-16 season can be called one of the most popular seasons in history.

In the past, when Curry was unknown and few people knew about him, he also went through a lot of training and complicated experiences before he finally became what everyone knows.

In this life, Curry has grown very fast, but that does not mean that he is ready to become the peak Curry.

This may also be the reason for his poor performance.

(End of chapter)