The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Of course, the focus of the NBA can never be on one team, not to mention that most of the Wizards players are rookies, and the fan base is far inferior to those superstars who have been in the league for many years.

Compared with the performance of the Wizards in the new season, more people are more concerned about whether the Big Three of the Heat can learn from the pain after the disastrous defeat of last season, overcome their own shortcomings and win the O'Brien Cup as they wish.

Or, what about the performance of the Knicks, who did not fully demonstrate the lethality of the Big Three last season due to insufficient running-in, in the new season.

Or, whether the Mavericks, which won the championship last season, can regain the glory of last season after the team's lineup has further aged.

There are also such things as after Jordan joined the Trail Blazers, does the Trail Blazers have the capital to compete with other traditional giants, and after Paul goes to the Clippers to partner with Griffin, how will the Clippers perform in the new season?

In comparison, the performance of the Wizards in the new season can only become a topic of curiosity for people to talk about after dinner, but it is not enough to become the focus.

But in any case, the new season finally started as scheduled under the much-anticipated.

On December 25, 2011, there were five games in the opening game of the regular season, namely Heat VS Celtics, Knicks VS Clippers, Bulls VS Trail Blazers and Wizards VS Lakers.

These five games are all strong duels that people love to see.

Among them, Wang Xiao's Wizards played against the Lakers away.

The Los Angeles Lakers can be regarded as the bitter master of the Wizards.

The twin-tower combination of Paul Gasol and Andrew Bynum can complete the small-ball lineup of the Wizards. Even if the Wizards have Jordan as the inside defensive gate, it is difficult to prevent the two towers from taking turns at the same time. Offense, not to mention now that Jordan has left the team?

So as soon as the opening game started, the Lakers' new head coach Mike Brown chose to attack the inside line without hesitation.

In the playoffs last season, the legendary head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, announced his resignation after the team was eliminated by the Mavericks 4:0. He officially stepped down as the head coach of the Lakers. Head coach Mike Brown won.

After coaching the Cavaliers for many years, Mike Brown also has some personal honors. For example, he won the best coach in the 08-09 season.

But when it comes to coaching ability, it is clear that there is still a big gap between Mike Brown and Phil Jackson.

Attacking the inside really gave the Lakers the advantage and the initiative at the start.

However, the Lakers did not widen the score gap because of this. The reason is very simple. The outside line of the Lakers has been unable to open up the situation for a long time...

The Wizards' perimeter defense is really strong, especially in order to defend against Kobe, Wang Xiao deliberately made Leonard at the small forward position and shooting guard Thompson switch defenses.

Leonard's offensive ability at the beginning of his career was far from being comparable to Thompson's, but in terms of defense, he was obviously stronger than Thompson.

In a little more than two weeks since reporting on the Wizards, Leonard has fully demonstrated that his defensive ability is second only to George among the Wizards.

Facing Kobe, with Leonard's first experience in the league, it is of course impossible to completely lock Kobe. Even the best defender in the entire league dare not pat his chest and say that he can completely lock Kobe.

However, Leonard, who is 2.01 meters tall and has an exaggerated 2.21 meters wingspan, raised his arms and kept interfering, but Kobe's hands still felt the impact.

In the first few minutes of the first quarter, Kobe made 1 of 5 shots and only made one mid-range shot.

This obviously angered Kobe a bit.

As the shooting guard second only to Jordan in history, Kobe started soaring, and no one in the world can stop him.

In the next few minutes, Kobe frequently asked for the ball inside, and then used his footsteps and body shaking in the low post to continuously shake Leonard's center of gravity, and then scored a layup.

Leonard's defensive ability is very good, but he is only a first-year rookie after all, and this game is his first time in the NBA.

In the face of Kobe's legend, even Leonard, who is known for his calmness, cannot be as stable as Mount Tai.

Kobe Bryant succeeded in one after another in singles, but Wang Xiao saw it but did not take any action.

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.

Any strong player must go through an indispensable training process.

This is especially true for defensive players in the NBA, because defense is much more difficult than offense.

Last season, Paul George faced James four times during the regular season, and he was blown up almost every time, but it was precisely because of this high pressure that George bottomed out and rebounded very early.

In the playoffs, George confronted Anthony, competed with Pierce, and slammed with James, showing the strength of a top small forward.

Of course, Wang Xiao's all-round training bonus care without stinging victory points also played a very important role, but the most important thing is the experience of being blown up by James several times.

Wang Xiao believes that if players like Leonard and Jimmy Butler want to grow into top players like in another time and space, they must pass this test.

As for why to join the alliance, the immature mind and ability, and the possibility of being hit with a psychological shadow and never recovering from a setback are not in Wang Xiao's consideration at all.

What a joke, but which one of the league's top stars has an indomitable will? Depressed just because one game and two games were blown up? Then why do they become top superstars?

Still a rookie Kobe, Iverson dared to challenge Jordan, the invincible basketball god at the time.

James carried the entire team forward in his rookie season.

In the third grade, Wade was unrivaled on the stage of the finals like a god descending from the earth.

Youth is definitely not a reason to admit weakness.

If Leonard can't withstand the high pressure brought by Kobe, then he doesn't deserve the honor of the next two FMVPs and the league's best defensive player!

Kobe kept eating Leonard alone, but the point difference between the two teams still couldn't widen the gap.

At this time, Mike Brown finally saw something wrong.

"Three-pointers! We need three-pointers! Use the lethality of the inside players to force the opponent to double-team the defense, and then pass the ball to the outside to shoot a three-pointer!"

Mike Brown couldn't help but walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly.

Whether it's Gasol and Bynum's twin towers attacking the inside, or Kobe's continuous singles on Leonard, without exception, all of them are done inside. Although the two-pointers are stable, they are not fatal, because the Wizards cannot While blocking the Lakers' offense, the Lakers also couldn't stop the Wizards from scoring!