am i proud?

Chapter 45 Continuing to add points (today's second update)

Kenyon Martin is in a very good mood, because he has scored 13 points in the first half, and he is currently the highest scorer among rookie teams.

Once today's game is won, according to NBA practice, usually the player with the highest score wins the MVP of the game.

However, he didn't notice that Wang Dalin, who is widely recognized as the "most selfless" player... had quietly scored 9 points in the first half, plus 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and even a block.

"The second half will definitely be very difficult, so let's use the points first?"

In the locker room, Wang Dalin only hesitated for a moment, and then added all the 2000 points rewarded for completing tasks two and three to the perimeter defense, and his perimeter defense quickly increased from 42 to 52.

In his view, no matter what, he must win the game first, otherwise, no matter how good his statistics are, it is impossible to win the MVP.

In order to win this game, the rookie team had to withstand the crazy counterattack of the second-year team in the second half.

Wang Dalin felt that the situation was fine. After all, Elton Brand, the most powerful second-year player, withdrew from this All-Star Weekend due to injury. If this guy is here, the rookie team may really be in trouble.

As for the others, although they are very strong, it is only their second season after all, and these future All-Stars haven't had time to practice their big moves of continuous critical strikes.

That's right, there is still the concept of "three-point expert" in this era.

Compared to Martin, a guy who won't attack when he leaves the three-second zone, Wang Dalin naturally prefers to pass the ball to people with "range", such as Mike Miller and Maurice Peterson.

I have to say that the three-pointers of the second-year team are really unreliable...

Wang Dalin was a little upset. He "fed" Martin several times, and was "eaten" by a foul?
Since "feeding cake" to Martin doesn't work, let's pass it to Miller. In the first half, Mike Miller made 4 of 2 three-pointers, and he felt hot.

I have to say one more thing, the Heat's current second-in-chief Tim Hardaway had already joined the Mavericks that season.In that game, he came off the bench for 25 minutes and scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. He performed very well.

This season, Jason Terry's three-point shooting percentage is 29.3%, and Andre Miller is only 20.4%.

Coach Cheeks didn't dictate the rookie team's second-half tactics. Anyway, this game was just a formality for him.And he can't do anything else except defense, he should tell the players, he already said it during the joint training yesterday.

The second-year team has stopped releasing water. Isn't it boring to force the inside line?Really Marion and Odom in the basket is a display?

It's not that the second-year team wants to learn the rookie team's style of play, but that their head coach Elston Turner is quite good at this tactic.

Even though their defense has been strengthened, the players of the rookie team still have a good offensive efficiency, especially Kenyon Martin, a guy who can almost be regarded as a "parallel importer" in their opinion, frequently storms the inside and causes damage.

The scene became very strange for a while, and the audience did not expect that the two sides in this rookie match actually played the same offensive tactics.

Even Quentin Richardson, who is known for his three-point ability in his career, only made 33.1% of his three-pointers this season.

Although the Eagles lost to the Mavericks 107:116 in that game, Terry's explosive performance still scared the young "old driver" into a cold sweat.

Familiar fans know that the real core of the Kings offense was not the point guard but the center.Even though they had "White Chocolate" Jason Williams and "White Devil" Mike Bibby back then, it was center Verati Divac who really dominated the offense.

在原时空的历史里，这架“喷气机”2002年1月15日这天在老鹰主场迎战小牛的比赛中就曾爆发过一回。那场比赛他全场23投15中，其中三分球5投3中，罚球17罚13中，狂砍46分3篮板5助攻。

Odom, Szczerbiak and Hamilton's three-point shooting percentages this season are not low, respectively 36%, 35.9% and 36.4%, but their average number of three-point shots per game is very small. If they are really asked to open their shots, they really dare not play such a wave.

However, the players of the second-year team probably didn't expect that their play in the first half actually made the rookies of the rookie team play confidently.

The second-year team also learned from the rookie team and began to shrink their defensive formation, but they found that the rookie team's three-pointer... seemed a bit accurate?
Mike Miller averaged 4.4 three-pointers per game in the Magic this season, and his shooting percentage was as high as 40.7%.

"Hacker" Marion made 18.2% of his three-pointers this season, and averaged only 0.4 shots per game.

All in all, in this era, NBA teams don't pay much attention to three-pointers, and the coaching staff of each team generally believe that...three-pointers should be shot by the "three-pointers" in the team.

If there are two or three more seasons, it will be hard to say. Just one Jason Terry is probably enough for the rookie team to drink a pot.

For example, Quentin Richardson and Wally Szczerbiak, these two guys later became well-known "three-point experts" in the league, but unfortunately they are not yet.

The essence of "Princeton's style of play" is "people move, ball move, and coordination", with special emphasis on inside players mentioning high positions for support.

"Big Beard" Davis has not yet developed the three-point shooting ability during this period. He averaged only 1.4 three-point shots per game, and only hit 0.3 of them, and his shooting percentage was only 22.5%.

Lamar Odom was known as the "left-handed magician" when he first entered the league. At that time, he could be regarded as one of the best passing big men in the league, so it was no problem to play high post support.

Whether it is a rookie team or a second-year team, most of the players are playing together for the first time. Is it possible that they can play well in defense?
Isn't it just one-on-one man-to-man defense?
After the start of the second half, the second-year team really got serious. Not only did they stop putting water on the defensive end, but Lamar Odom also frequently raised the high position to support them when attacking.

On the offensive end, the rookie team still maintained their firepower. When defending, they actively shrunk their formation and mainly defended the opponent's inside offense.As for outside shooting, if you can defend it, you can defend it, if you can't let it go, just let him shoot it!

There is also Maurice Peterson, who has a 38.2% three-point shooting percentage, and Wang Dalin, whose three-point shooting percentage has increased to 35.8%.

Even Eddie House, whose long-range shooting ability is "a bit too hip" this season, has a 34.5% three-point shooting percentage.

And after Wang Dalin scored in double figures and sent out the second block of the game, he got another 2000 points reward.

This time he added perimeter defense to 60 and defensive rebounds to 67.

(End of this chapter)