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Chapter 79 The Second Nemesis

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 79 The Second Nemesis

Looking back, that was already more than half a month ago.

Since then, Wang Chao has exchanged a bottle of stamina potion and a concentration potion every training day to maximize the efficiency of his training dribbling, and the effect is naturally outstanding.

His dribbling ability value, which was only 58 before, began to grow rapidly with his investment at all costs. It has now reached 79, just shy of breaking through 80.

A dribbling score of 80 may not be a big deal in front of the top superstars in the league, but at least it can be considered a pass under the average level of the league. Such a dribbling ability value can ensure that he is not so dribbling when dribbling.

Easily intercepted.

For Wang Chao, he does not need to have superb dribbling ability. It is enough to be able to dribble and then display the power of 99 three-point ability value after dribbling.

You must know that the three-pointer after dribbling can be used in combination with the other two three-point ability values, namely the open three-pointer and the interfered three-pointer.

When the two abilities are combined, even if the defensive players in front of Wang Chao are very good at defending, he can still maintain a good three-point shooting percentage. Just like Curry, it is better to shoot against the defender than many players who are open.

The three-point shooting percentage is higher.

"When the dribbling ability reaches 80, I can tell the head coach about it..."

Wang Chao thought secretly in his heart.

The reason why he practices his dribbling ability is of course not just because he can use the power of three-pointers after dribbling. In fact, this is just a side benefit of his plan.

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On November 29, the Suns went to Houston to challenge the Rockets away from home.

This is another easy game.

The Rockets are a traditional positional team in the league, and their tactics mainly revolve around heavy center Dayao.

After gaining weight, Dayao can indeed display amazing lethality at the basket. As expected, his scoring average this season will increase to a career-high 25 points. In a true sense, he has the super lethality of a top center inside.

But every advantage has its disadvantages. Excessive weight puts too much burden on the ankles of Yao, who is 2.26 meters tall.

Dayao's many injuries in his career were mostly caused by his ankles. Originally, the physical fitness of Asian players is slightly worse than the average of blacks. Against the extremely strong NBA, he has to drag his heavy body to perform a lot of high-level exercises all year round.

It would be strange not to get injured in an intense confrontation. After all, there are only a very small number of buggy players like James who cheat on his physical fitness.

This hidden danger actually already exists in Dayao.

Not surprisingly, although he averaged 25 points and 9.4 rebounds per game this season, he could only play 48 games in the regular season due to injuries, and he will only be able to play 55 games in the next season.

Field left and right.

In this case, from 2005 to 2008, Dayao Yao could only play an average of about 53 games in each regular season in the three seasons, which is a perfect attribute of a glass man.

If this is the case in the regular season, can you imagine the playoffs that will be even more intense?

The topic has gone a bit far. Let’s return to the game. In this game, Dayao is still an unstoppable killer at the basket. After all, the tallest inside player among the Suns’ starting lineup is the 2.08-meter Stade.

Meier, when he stood in front of Dayao, looked particularly petite.

Therefore, when Dayao received a pass from his teammate under the basket, the offensive end was basically unsolvable, and there was no way to defend with his high-flying style.

It's just that the Suns have no intention of competing with the Rockets in the paint.

Dayao is very strong at the basket, but what does this traditional heavy center fear most? Of course, the endless turning back and forth.

This is exactly what the Suns do best.

Faced with the Rockets' strategy of steadily attacking the basket, the Suns decisively adopted a starting and bombing strategy to increase their speed to the extreme.

This made Dayao miserable.

Many times, the opponent's offense is already over as soon as he is positioned under the basket, and then he can only continue running towards the frontcourt.

After a few rounds, Dayao's physical energy consumption was greater than when he attacked at the basket. After all, he was dragging 140 kilograms of weight back and forth on the court.

The final result was that Dayao only played 29 minutes in this game, and his physical fitness was exhausted and he could no longer fight.

In these 29 minutes, Dayao made 8 of 11 shots, 6 of 8 free throws, and scored 22 points and 8 rebounds. His shooting percentage was as high as 72.7%, which is extremely high. However, with so few shots, no matter how high the shooting percentage is, it is not enough to kill.

force.

Tracy McGrady, another core player of the Rockets, did not perform very well in this game. After all, he faced the pursuit and interception of the Suns' two top perimeter defenders, Marion and Laja Bell, so his performance was not very good.

, made 9 of 26 shots from the field, with a shooting percentage of 34.6%. On the other hand, he made 4 of 9 three-pointers, with a good shooting percentage, and scored 23 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

It's just that apart from Dayao and Tracy McGrady, only Alston and Luther Hyde scored in double figures for the Rockets.

On the other hand, for the Suns, 6 players on the team scored in double figures. Stoudemire scored a team-high 25 points and 15 rebounds, Nash had 20 points and 8 assists, Marion had 13 points, Barbosa had 14 points, and Bell had 11 points.

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Wang Chao's performance in this game was relatively average. He made 4 of 10 three-pointers and 2 of 5 two-pointers. He finally scored 16 points and 2 rebounds.

A 40% three-point shooting rate is definitely not low for other players, but for Wang Chao, whose three-point shooting rate is as high as 49% so far in the regular season, it can be considered an abnormal performance.

No way, who made him meet another top defender in the league, Sean Battier?

Different from the top defenders in the league that Wang Chao encountered before, Battier's defense is very unique. His IQ is very high, and he can often see and judge the opponent's intentions in advance before the opponent starts to act. Wang Chao's

Movement without the ball is no exception.

Although he is slightly slower than Wang Chao in terms of speed, it is not difficult for Battier to rely on his judgment of Wang Chao's running destination and choose a "shortcut" in advance to catch Wang Chao as quickly as possible.

And Battier's signature blind defense will also have some impact on Wang Chao.

The most important thing is that Battier is not Bowen. He is currently 28 years old. He is in the golden age of his body and has sufficient physical fitness. There will be no problem even if he follows Wang Chao all over the court.

Thanks to the fact that the Rockets are a team that focuses on positional warfare, the overall speed is relatively slow. They are very uncomfortable when facing a run-and-gun team like the Suns. They often miss people when being beaten on counterattacks and fast breaks.

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Battier often has to wipe his teammates' butts and run to help defend. Wang Chao can take advantage of this moment to shoot a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, otherwise his performance in this game may be even worse.

After Kirilenko, Wang Chao found his second nemesis.

(End of chapter)