You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 800 The eighth defeat

The game between the 76ers and the Warriors can be described as a focus battle. In the end, the Warriors failed, in exchange for the exclamation of countless commentators.

"The 76ers are invincible!"

"They have booked the O'Brien Cup this June!"

"The Warriors are the second-best team this year, it's a pity that they don't look like they can challenge the 76ers at all!"

To ask why, it is natural that the Warriors were beaten by Wei Xia and Cousins ​​and were unable to fight back.

"In fact, the gap is not as big as it looks on the scene." Warriors coach Steve Kerr believes, "The next time we play against each other, we will become better."

Jay Wright is very sure about the Warriors.

"It's very meaningful to play against the Warriors. They are a very different team. You can see the same characteristics in other teams."

"High-speed, swift, and aggressive."

Wei Xia faced the reporter and made a long prediction: "I believe we will meet at the end."

The victory over the Warriors seems to have given the 76ers some inspiration.

From here, the 76ers picked up speed across the board.

So, throughout January, the 76ers scored 117 points per game.

Miraculously, their efficiency has not declined, but the tempo of the game, the number of possessions and the frequency of three-point shots have all increased.

What followed was the data improvement of others.

2015年1月，拉简·隆多从原来的场均8分7助攻提升到11分9助攻，命中率50%。

德马库斯·考辛斯从原先的场均22分10.4篮板提升到24分11篮板，命中率是恐怖的63%。

Gordon Hayward maintained his original average of 20 points and 4 rebounds per game, but his three-point rate was a terrifying 49%, and his free throw rate was 94%.

奥多姆好似回到年轻时，场均24分钟内场均10分4篮板3助攻，命中率54%。

Wei Xia is the only one whose data has declined. He used to be the scoring leader per game, but now he only averages 24.4 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is 55%.Moreover, after maintaining a 100% free throw percentage for more than two months, there was finally a problem under the fast pace of the game.

His free throw percentage dropped to 92%, which is still high, but not as scary as 100%.

It can be said that, except for Wei Xia, the data of all 76ers has improved across the board-conversely, although Wei Xia's average scoring per game has declined, his average playing time per game has also decreased.

The speed-up and full blooming can be seen from the data.But speeding up on the basketball court is not as simple as stepping on the gas pedal in a car. The way for the 76ers to speed up starts with defense.

For the ball holder, aggressive oppression, local flanking;
Wei Xia can completely oppress any opponent according to his own mood, using his experience and on-the-spot judgment to suddenly pinch and steal the ball;
Sometimes, the 76ers emptied the penalty area, allowed the opponent to break through, and then counterattacked on the spot;
Anyone who catches a backcourt rebound starts to advance on the spot instead of handing it over to Rondo. Although Rondo's pass is as fast as the advance speed, no matter how fast he gets the ball, it is impossible to advance as quickly as the first time he gets the ball;
What are the benefits of doing this?The fluency of the game visible to the naked eye has improved, and every player has more opportunities to score easily.

The 76ers' insiders, like Cousins ​​and Odom, are fast among the big men. The team speeds up, and they can follow up the layup in the counterattack.

As for the back line and flanks, they are even more smiling.

It can be said that the entire 76ers team has entered into a wonderful chemical reaction that is overjoyed.

In January, they lost just two games.

When the time came to February, the 76ers had 42 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference. Although Wei Xia's statistics were not the best, his outstanding leadership greatly improved his chances of consecutive MVPs.

Everyone is kwavesha.

Praise him for his selflessness, his ease of lifting weights, his Magic Move, his imagination and creativity
This is what happens when you are the focus.

Everything you do is right.

Wei Xia thinks that he is not selfless at all. In terms of style of play, he may be the most selfish person in the league.

In the current 48 regular season games, Wei Xia has a total of 224 singles.

You know, he is currently averaging only 24 points per game.

In other words, at least 4 singles in a game.

The 76ers' selfless style of play is well known. One-on-one 4 times in a game seems to refresh the impression, but it doesn't feel disobedient at all to Wei Xia.

Because there really is no one who is more keen on crushing opponents one-on-one.

He really enjoys heads-up, enjoying the opponent's spontaneous challenge.

He even enjoys blowing up every opponent, forcing the opponent's coaching staff to change players, and then being blown up by him, in the end there is nothing to change, and he can only avoid the embarrassment of one-on-one.

One-on-one is a strong solution to the failure of all tactics.

If Wei Xia can beat all his opponents until he dare not fight him one-on-one, it will cut off the opponent's retreat.

That's exactly what Wei Xia thought, and then, in early February, the roster for the All-Star Weekend was announced.

Wesha, Cousins ​​and Hayward were once again selected as Eastern Conference All-Stars.

Before the All-Star weekend, the 76ers still need to play five games.

In one of them, the opponent was last season's runner-up, the San Antonio Spurs.

The San Antonio people may have played the last finals of the GDP era, but Duncan has not retired yet, Ginobili is still enchanting, Parker is still straight, and Leonard has a promising future.

They are a team to be reckoned with.

Leonard participated in Weixia's special training camp in the summer. He thought that the new season would usher in a big explosion. Unexpectedly, the internal rules of the Spurs were still more important than the priority of the stars.

The superstar in Wei Xia's eyes averaged less than 20 points per game in the Spurs. Moreover, Popovich seems to have a quirk of not being happy when his players score 30 points.

Unless, the game froze.

It's a pity that the Spurs won all of Leonard's explosive games.

The breakout season Leonard was looking for failed, not to mention being restricted by the coaching staff, and he also encountered eye problems, so he enjoyed the rotation package that can only be enjoyed by GDP.

However, for the 76ers, he will definitely play.

At the beginning, Leonard's defense attracted the attention of the audience. With his eagle claws, he knocked the ball out of Hayward's hands, picked up the ball from the floor almost without bending down, and then rushed forward to dunk.

Leonard's triumph lasted half a minute.

Wei Xia ran out of the top of the arc, caught the ball, shook one hand, and forced it up without a change of direction. His body stopped behind the dribble and stopped suddenly.

Leonard was swayed, and Wei Xia followed up with a step back and then made a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Wei Xia's attack was like a knife and sword piercing Leonard's heart, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Kehuai, let's fight." Wei Xia's verbal offensive is like Tang Sanzang who unlocked Wuzhishan's seal for Sun Houzi.

The desire and excitement for competition in Leonard was awakened.

Due to the characteristics of the team he is in, he has been hiding his edge. In last year's final, he was clearly able to take over the offensive woman with the ball, but he had to wait until he was cornered by Wei Xia to show his skills.

Rather than a one-on-one, the Spurs would rather see Leonard go straight to the basket after catching the ball around the screen.

At this time, Leonard relied on his familiar position to make a three-pointer from the bottom corner.Dare to play a three-pointer in front of Wei Xia, play a step-by-step mid-range shot; play chasing three-pointers like Green in the team.

When Leonard started playing singles, Wei Xia also did not forget his strengths.

One-on-one with Leonard.

The two competed for several minutes. Jay Wright called a timeout to ease the rhythm of the attack. Popovich even rudely put the ball on Parker, allowing Leonard to feel at ease as the weak-side attacker.

The Spurs are not preventing Leonard from playing singles, they are not letting Leonard play singles in the way Weixia likes.

Who doesn't know that Wei Xia who opened the singles is invincible?Even James in the previous two years had to say a word of convincing.

The Spurs coaching staff prefers Leonard to use his post-up ability to serve as the chief single player in the paint.

However, today, Parker's offensive threat is not as good as it was back then, and he has already relied heavily on screens and off-the-ball moves; on the contrary, Leonard has become the Spurs' chief one-on-one player by relying on the emergency stop mid-range shot that Xia Tian and Wei Xia honed together, and a back-to-back attack.

Although, the Spurs will still hide him, just like the Spurs have been hiding Duncan, Parker and Ginobili for many years, making the world forget how good they are, but once pushed, Popovich will ignore it and let the stars play.

Leonard played his best tonight, and the Spurs' role players are generally underestimated by fans.

With Leonard alone, the Spurs tied with the 76ers at most.

Everyone worked hard together, and the 76ers were appropriately cold on the periphery, and Wei Xia didn't mean to hold a lot of balls to start the domination mode to dominate the game.

The 76ers, who have not lost since mid-January, tasted the taste of failure.

伦纳德全场31分10篮板，对飙韦夏35分8篮板6助攻，马刺以7分的差距胜出。

The 76ers' seventh loss of the season came a little faster than expected.

(End of this chapter)