NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 157 New training direction, rebounding and defense
On November 11, the Magic played away against the Boston Celtics.

This is the biggest rival of the Magic in the East except the Cavaliers. The Magic and the Celtics have met in the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years, and every time the Magic has the last laugh.

Because of this, every time the Magic visit the Celtics' home court, they will receive the most "kind" greetings from Boston fans.

Having received the baptism of the Devil's home court many times, the Magic players have gradually begun to adapt to this feeling.

No way, the Celtics can be regarded as the team that the Magic are most familiar with. They play against each other four times in the regular season every season. In addition to the playoffs, they play more than ten times a year so that each other knows each other quite well. for thoroughness.

This season, the Celtics have had a small upgrade in their lineup, signing former All-Star player Rasheed Wallace with a mid-level contract. Although this is also an aging veteran, the rich Experience allows him to add to the Celtics on both ends of the floor.

Before playing against the Magic, the Celtics had 9 wins and 3 losses, second only to the Celtics with 11 wins and 1 loss in the Eastern Conference.

And this game, the Celtics really want to win. For the Celtics who have lost many games against the Magic, especially the Celtics who lost all the two Eastern Conference finals, even one of the regular season The victory of the game is also very precious.

However, in the end, the Magic had the last laugh.

83: 78.

This was an extremely low-scoring game. The offensive efficiency of both sides was greatly reduced under the high-intensity defense. The game was very intense, just like the Eastern Conference finals.

Both teams had more than 25 fouls, and the game was shattered by frequent whistles.

Garnett fouled 4 times on the Celtics side, Perkins made 5 fouls, Wallace made 5 fouls, Pierce Ray Allen and Rondo also had 3 fouls each.

For the Magic, Howard directly committed 6 fouls and left the field early. Players such as Wang Chao, Ariza, and Afflalo also committed more than 3 fouls.

The ferocious fouls and the friction of the big moves on the field caused the two teams to almost have a conflict. Even Howard, who has always advertised happy basketball, frowned and had a hot temper throughout the game.

It must be admitted that the Celtics are really a hard bone, and the Magic can be said to have exhausted all their skills to win this game in Boston with great difficulty.

After the game, the Magic players felt like their bones were falling apart.

"Damn it! These old guys are really desperate to play ball."

"The referees in this game are also a bunch of black whistle! The opponent's foul action is so obvious that they didn't blow the whistle, obviously favoring the home team! When they go to Orlando next time, they must report this revenge!"

Howard complained non-stop, but there was a smile on his face.

Although the game process was very difficult, the result was good. When the whole game was over, it was so refreshing to see the unwilling expressions of the guys from the Green Army!
"The best opponent in the Eastern Conference finals this season is the Cavaliers. I really don't want to fight with these old guys."

Although the only game the Celtics have lost so far is thanks to the Cavaliers, the Magic still feel that the Celtics are more difficult to deal with.

The reason why the game against the Cavaliers was lost was mainly because of Carter's sudden outburst and the Magic's own outside touch. If it was a playoff series, the Magic would have a high probability of beating the Cavaliers.

What's more, after defeating the Magic, Carter's state immediately became sluggish again, fully proving that he is no longer the top scorer in the league at the peak of the year, the half-human, half-god Vince Carter.

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In the remaining five games in November, the Magic achieved a record of 11 wins and 5 loss. The only game they lost was a home loss to the Miami Heat.

In this game, Wade broke out strongly, as if returning to the peak moment in 06, scoring 42 points with sudden shots, and hit the buzzer lore, helping the Heat narrowly beat the Magic 99:98.

No one can stop this fairy ball change, and this loss is only the second game the Magic lost after the start of the new season.

After the November schedule was over, the Magic's record came to 11 wins and 16 losses, leading the league, leaving the Cavaliers, Celtics, Lakers in the West, Suns and other first-tier teams in the league far behind.

王超11月份场均32.2分4.4篮板8.4助攻击败詹姆斯的29.2分6.7篮板8助攻，当选11月月最佳球员。

Wang Chao, who scored and assisted with both hands, surprised everyone who was waiting to see the jokes of the Magic without Turkoglu.

Wang Chao's progress is really too fast. How many seasons has it been?He has gone from being useless at the beginning to having the league's top scoring ability, and now he has become so outstanding in passing support ability, this guy is simply a monster!Give him a few more seasons, is there anything he can't do on the field?
They really guessed right, not to mention giving a few more seasons, even at the end of this season, Wang Chao will still have a small improvement.

As November passed, Wang Chao decided to suspend his other training.

During the two months from October to November, Wang Chao's pass and assist training had little effect. Even a lot of training under the blessing of training potions failed to further improve his passing ability, which had reached 10.

This shows that at least in terms of passing, he has reached a bottleneck period, and no matter how hard he trains his passing, there will be no significant improvement.

Instead of wasting a lot of time improving one or two points of passing ability, it is better to start from other aspects.

The same goes for physical fitness and shooting drills.

Unknowingly, Wang Chao's basic ability value has reached a relatively high level in terms of shooting and physical fitness. To go further requires a lot of training, which cannot be achieved overnight.

Therefore, Wang Chao has begun to change his training strategy.

Now that both offense and passing have reached a good level, it is natural to strengthen some of his relatively weak abilities.

And now Wang Chao's weakest on the court is defense and rebounding.

As a player with a height of 2 meters and excellent bounce and strength, Wang Chao has only averaged about 06 rebounds per game so far, which is definitely a serious failure level. Among the system's ability values, Wang Chao's defensive rebounds The ball ability value is 4, the offensive rebound ability value is 84, and the blocking ability is 50. The above three rebound-related ability values ​​have an average of 68, which belongs to the lower middle level among forwards.

In terms of defense, blocks are 64, steals are 54, outside defense is 66, inside defense is 65, defensive awareness is 56, and defense awareness is 69. They are basically at the pass line. They can defend some role players. Opponents are a bit underwhelming.

Even though Wang Chao has top-level static talent and athletic ability, this is the reason why the defensive end still does not get too high evaluation from the outside world.

Next, his training direction will begin to shift towards rebounding and defense. He has already mentioned this idea to the coach. Head coach Stan Van Gundy will soon arrange for an assistant coach who specializes in defense to develop a set of measures for Wang Chao. Tailor-made defensive drills.

It is now the beginning of December, and there are still nearly 12 months before the playoffs. Even if the game day is removed, there are more than 5 days, and the training time is at least 80 days, which is enough for Wang Chao to raise a certain ability to a higher level. , In the playoffs, it can catch opponents off guard and suffer a big loss.

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The time has entered December, and the Magic has a total of 12 games in December. Among them, the stronger and more difficult teams include the Jazz, the Suns, the Trail Blazers, the Rockets, and the Christmas game on December 12th at home against the Boston Celtics. the match of.

The Magic continued to dominate the field, winning 13 of the 11 games and achieving 11 wins and 2 losses, including a loss in two home and away games against the Jazz and a loss in the other. It was an upset loss against the Indiana Pacers.

Among these matchups, it is worth mentioning the game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Last season, the center Oden, who the Blazers had always placed high hopes on, finally returned to health and contributed 61 points and 8.9 rebounds in 7 games. After the start of the new season, the entire Portland is looking forward to the complete rise of Oden, but they waited. It was the news that Oden was injured again.

Wang Chao was not surprised by this. In the 09-10 season, Oden played only 21 games, averaging 11.1 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and then was reimbursed for the season due to injury. On December 2009, 12, Oden played against the Rockets. The last game he played for the Portland Trail Blazers. In the following three years, Oden has not played a professional game. It is not that he has no ball to play, but that he is constantly repeating the process of recovering from injuries. No chance to play at all.

In 2012, the unbearable Blazers announced that Oden was officially laid off. The super center who was once highly anticipated by the entire league and was considered to be able to dominate the league for a period of time was finally laid off, which is embarrassing.

In the Blazers' five seasons, Oden played a total of 5 games, averaging 82 points, 9.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 0.6 blocks per game.

After being waived by the Trail Blazers, Oden joined the Heat and the Jiangsu team of the CBA, but he failed to perform well.

Oden may really have the ability of a super center, but injuries ruined his career.

However, in Wang Chao's view, a talent that cannot be fulfilled is not considered a talent at all. Physical resistance is also a manifestation of a player's talent, and Oden really feels a little overblown.

Just as what is not available is the best, some stars who failed to meet people's expectations due to the impact of injuries will always become unsatisfactory in retrospect.

Just like Derrick Rose, the youngest regular season MVP in history, there are still countless people in the future who think that if Rose hadn't experienced that serious injury, he would have ruled the league long ago, and there is no such thing as Curry and Westbrook.

But does Ross really have that ability?

In the season when Rose won the MVP, his efficiency value was 23.5, ranking ninth in the league. Above him were James, Howard, Wade, Kobe, Durant, Paul and other players. Even Westbrook had an efficiency of 23.6. Slightly better than Ross.

The reason why Rose was elected MVP was that the Bulls had the league's first record of 62 wins and 20 losses under Thibodeau's defensive system at that time. James turned to support other players. Rose was young and played with passion and vitality. Therefore, driven by the league, Rose won the 1-year MVP.

If you make an assumption that Rose is not injured in the next few seasons, what level can he achieve with his style of play and technical characteristics?Is it like Curry who used three-pointers to completely change the way the entire league is played, or can he do what Westbrook did and average a triple-double for several seasons?
There is no doubt that Rose's personal ability is very strong. If he stays healthy, he will have a place in the league. However, it is a bit difficult for him to say that Rose can beat Curry and Westbrook to become the league's number one point guard.

The topic is too far away, let's get down to business.

After the Blazers, the Magic ushered in a challenge from the Rockets at home.

The situation of the Blazers is not very good, and the Rockets are not much better, or even worse.

The first is McGrady. McGrady, who returned from injury in the new season, played extremely poorly in the first few games of the new season. At the same time, he also had conflicts with the Rockets management. Only 6 points and 3.2 assist.

The Rockets have now begun to publicly sell McGrady, hoping to trade McGrady away from the team before the All-Star Weekend. After all, this guy's $2324 million burden is too great.

The house leak coincided with the continuous night rain, and Dayao was also injured in the subsequent game. Fortunately, Dayao's injury was not serious, but he sprained his ankle, and he can recover after four to six weeks of recuperation.

When Wang Chao heard the news that Dayao was injured, he was also frightened into a cold sweat.

As a time traveler, Wang Chao certainly knew that Dayao's last glory was the 08-09 season. Originally, in the 09-10 season, Dayao was reimbursed for the season due to an injury in the playoffs against the Lakers. In the 10-11 season, the comeback Dayao only played 5 games before being reimbursed for the season due to serious injuries, and then officially announced his retirement to bid farewell to the NBA.

Dayao is still healthy now, which is a miracle in itself, an opportunity for the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chao.

In the 08-09 season, because the Rockets were equipped with the Big Three, the presence of Lewis prevented Dayao from being overly fatigued as in the original history, and he did not get injured in the semifinals with the Lakers.

Therefore, after the start of the new season, Dayao played the regular season in a fully healthy state, and averaged 17.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game for the Rockets.

Although Dayao is injured and Tracy McGrady is frozen, the Rockets still have a certain combat effectiveness. After all, there is only one Rashad Lewis left in the Big Three.

If it is the status of Mr. Billion, Lewis' ability obviously cannot match the high salary.

But when the Rockets didn't get such a big contract, Lewis was very good and cheap.

This is his third season with the Rockets. The Rockets without Tracy McGrady have successfully pushed him to the main scoring point on the perimeter. Lewis did not disappoint the Rockets. He averaged 13.2 shots per game. Aaron Brooks, who can contribute 18.1 points per game, and Aaron Brooks, who can contribute 19.6 points and 5 assists per game, as well as Scola, Landry and other high-quality role players, are still dragging their feet in the absence of Yao The Rockets keep going.

Of course, in the battle against the Magic, the Rockets still lost the game by a big margin. Without Yao, Howard was like a dragon in the sea, overwhelming the Rockets inside, without a single enemy.

Although Dayao did not play in this match, he also came to watch the match with the team. This was a rare opportunity. After the match, Wang Chao and Dayao had a short reunion at his home, and took this opportunity to repeatedly warn Dayao that he must be right. He takes his own injuries seriously, and don't rush to play with injuries for the team's record.

The butterfly effect may have changed Dayao's entire career trajectory. If Dayao can maintain his health and gradually lose weight to a reasonable state, it is not impossible to continue his career for a few more years.

Wang Chao is still counting on the future 2012 Olympic Games, Dayao can still continue to appear in the men's basketball roster to fight side by side with him, and find a way to make another fucking shot.

Dayao, who was born in 1980, was only 2012 years old even in 32. As a player, he should still be at the end of his peak, but the original Dayao had retired in 12, which also made the majority of Huaguo fans feel uncomfortable .

"Wang Chao, you are really doing well now, especially"

After talking about Dayao's problem, the topic shifted to Wang Chao.

While talking, Dayao couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

"Many people say that I am very talented and I was born to play basketball, but now it seems that you are the most talented player in Huaguo."

"I'm sorry, I'm just lucky." Wang Chao said honestly. Indeed, he was really lucky. Not only did he travel back to the present, but he also carried a bug-like system with him.

Because of this, Wang Chao cherishes this opportunity given to him by God even more. He never slacks off in training, and strives to win every game seriously, without any neglect.

Since God gave him this opportunity, he must be the best and the strongest so that he can be worthy of the powerful functions of the system.

Wang Chao and Dayao talked a lot about things, including the situation of the league, the trend of this season, and after the end of the season, the upcoming 2010 Men's Basketball World Championships.

Winning gold in the Beijing Olympic Games has made fans in China and even the Basketball Association ambitious, and the slogan of winning the World Championships has already been shouted in China.

Dayao is quite worried about this. He is very aware of the true strength of the Huaguo men's basketball team. The Olympic Games can beat the US men's basketball team to win the gold. The momentum bonus and luck of the home game play a very important role.

The 2010 World Championships was held in Turkey. It is hard to say whether the Huaguo men's basketball team can reach the semi-finals in the case of non-local competitions.

However, Wang Chao's performance in the NBA is getting better and better, which makes Dayao feel a lot more at ease.

As long as Wang Chao can continue to maintain the efficient scoring and passing assists in the NBA in the national team, the Huaguo men's basketball team may not be invincible in the World Championships. After all, the strongest opponent, the US team, has never valued the World Championships A global star lineup will be sent to play. Since 1994, the American men's basketball team has never won the World Championships, and this time I am afraid it will be no exception.

(End of this chapter)