NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 203 Media: The Rockets rely too much on Wang Chao
The result of strictly restricting Dayao's playing time and number of games is that so far this season, Dayao has not suffered any injuries and has always maintained a relatively healthy competitive state.

For Dayao, this is already a very good result.

After all, since the 05-06 season, Dayao's attendance rate has been below 70%, and injuries and stoppages are very common.

Therefore, although Dayao feels a little sorry for his frequent truce and absence from games, his body knows that this style of play really makes him very relaxed, without fatigue accumulation, and he will have more energy for the playoffs in the future.

Dayao really admires Wang Chao now. He doesn't understand how terrifying Wang Chao's eyes are. He said before that Jeremy Lin would shock the whole world, but Jeremy Lin really did it.

Wang Chao asked him to lose weight, reduce the regular season out of the battlefield and reduce the burden appropriately, and the current effect is also very good.

The most important thing is that in the case of Dayao's reduced share for the team, Wang Chao actually took over the responsibility that should have been shouldered by Dayao. He acted like a tireless perpetual motion machine on the field, and staged a solo savior many times.

In his many years of professional career, Dayao really saw for the first time that a basketball player could be as strong as Wang Chao.
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In January and February, Wang Chao was the best player of the month in the Western Conference, and in March, the Western Conference... To be exact, no one in the entire league can compete with Wang Chao for the honor of the best player of the month.

Throughout March, the Rockets had a total of 3 games and achieved a record of 16 wins and 12 losses. In these 4 games, Wang Chao scored 16+ in one game and 50+ points in eight games. In the remaining seven games, Wang Chao The score is at least 40 points or more.

Relying on Wang Chao's strong performance, the Rockets won most of the games, and the 4 games they lost were to the Thunder, Clippers, Lakers and Grizzlies, and three of the four games were due to consecutive games In the case of Dayao's truce, the Rockets are not complete.

The league is now accustomed to Wang Chao's open-ended performance, without the shocking feeling at the beginning, and even many teams are quite happy to see Wang Chao play like this, such as the Miami Heat, the favorite to win the championship.

By the end of March, nearly 3% of the league's schedule had been played. The intensive schedule of the shortened season made everyone feel physically and mentally exhausted. This is really a difficult season.

This situation applies to every team, and the Rockets are no exception.

Dayao has been on a truce for more than 15 games, and all the games he chooses to truce are two consecutive days of games, which shows the intensity of the schedule.

Since the start of the regular season, Wang Chao has not missed a single game, and has averaged 43 minutes per game. He is the only player in the league with an average playing time of more than 40 minutes per game.

Looking at the history of the league, there are many players with outstanding physical fitness. The more well-known players include Kobe, James, Iverson and the earlier basketball god Jordan. They all have the experience of averaging 40+ minutes per game in a single season. Sen even played 43 minutes in two seasons.

But there is still a big difference between them and Wang Chao. First of all, there is the issue of the schedule.

Although the total number of games in the shortened season is less than that in the normal season, the games are more intensive, leaving little time for players to rest.

After playing 6 games in 82 months or 4 games in 66 months, it is self-evident which one is more difficult.

Wang Chao can also average 43 minutes per game in the shrinking season, and concentrate a lot of ball power on himself. The physical consumption of a game can be imagined.

Although Wang Chao played what can be called the most exaggerated personal performance in the NBA since ancient times, the Rockets have the highest record in the league, and even the Bulls and Spurs have been suppressed, but in the eyes of other teams, this is undoubtedly a consumption. And overdraw Wang Chao's physical fitness.

Going all out in the regular season so hard, how much physical strength will Wang Chao have after going through the entire intensive and high-intensity regular season schedule in the playoffs?

You must know that the playoffs are the stage for the real confrontation. The defensive pressure will increase sharply, and the confrontation will become stronger.

The decades-long history of the NBA has proven countless times the consequences of this situation.

Physical exhaustion in the playoffs, under the huge defensive pressure and the opponent's targeted defense, it is good to lose the state and be swept and eliminated. If it is more serious, it is not surprising that injuries occur directly in the game.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the happier Wang Chao is now, the worse he will be in the playoffs.

Fans of many other stars also commented on this on many websites and platforms, with yin and yang.

"Who doesn't know how to score in the regular season? If our stars are willing, they can easily score 40 points per game. What's the point of this cancerous style of play?"

"The current Rockets have been completely reduced to a team that only serves Wang Chao alone. Anyone who has watched the game knows that Wang Chao is basically holding the ball alone during the game, and the others pull away and hang up to watch. With him playing alone, can this also be called a team, a team?"

"It's not enough to rely heavily on the personal abilities of the stars. It's okay to say in the regular season. When it enters the playoffs, once Wang Chao's performance is abnormal or he is accidentally injured, the team will be ruined."

Such doubts are understandable. After all, no one knows that Wang Chao is cheating. The existence of steel and iron bones keeps him basically uninjured on the field, and the buff of training potion and stamina potion that passively restores stamina can make He continued to relieve fatigue after the game.

So don't look at Wang Chao playing every game for so long, almost exhausted every game, but in fact his own state has not changed from the beginning of the regular season.

The coaching staff of the Rockets is still clear about this point. After all, Wang Chao will still train as usual every time on the rest day after the game, and the amount of training is still scary.

No matter what the outside world thinks, the Rockets are still firmly playing around Wang Chao.

April is the last month of the regular season of the 4-11 season.

The Rockets have 14 remaining games, all of which will be completed within this month.

The intensity of these 14 games is really not small. At the beginning of the month, the Rockets will rush to Chicago to play against the No. [-] Bulls in the East, and they played a game at home the day before.

In this game, as usual, Yao Gao was exempt from the game. Wang Chao single-core leader faced the well-organized Chicago Bulls. Although he scored 44 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, he was still defeated by his opponent.

In this game, the Bulls star Rose played extremely well, scoring 36 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

No way, who made the Rockets' point guard position scarce?

Brooks is not good at defense, and Thomas Jr. defends black holes, which is useless in front of Rose.

Although because of Wang Chao, he failed to become the youngest regular season MVP in the history of the league, Rose's strength will not be affected by the lack of an honor, and when Dayao is on a truce, the only insider for the Rockets is Jordan. Both Hill and Asik have serious lack of ability to protect the frame, which naturally gave Rose more opportunities to play.

After losing away in Chicago, the Rockets then rushed to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers without stopping.

The away game against the Lakers was held three days after the first game against the Bulls. Although it was a consecutive away game, there were at least a few days of rest in the middle, so Dayao played in this game and educated himself during the game Take a look at what a good center looks like in Bynum.

出场32分钟的大姚15投9中，罚球4中4，得到22分12篮板3封盖。

On the other hand, Bynum only had 10 of 3, 10 points and 6 rebounds.

Another member of the Lakers Twin Towers, Paul Gasol, has not been in a particularly good state since the trade deadline. It is not because of his physical condition, but because of his mentality.

Before the trade deadline, the Lakers tried to trade him to the Nets point guard Deron Williams, but the Nets flatly refused.

This is the second time Gasol has been used as a bargaining chip by the Lakers management this season. The last time the Lakers wanted to use him to trade for Chris Paul, the deal was almost completed, but the league president Stern called stop.

Being put on the shelves again and again made Gasol feel a little bad, which in turn affected his performance on the field.

With Dayao as a strong support, Wang Chao was also merciless, scoring a triple-double of 37 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and once again won the scoring battle with Kobe.

20投8中罚球11中11得到28分的科比只能眼睁睁看着球队输掉比赛。

Subsequent Rockets played against the Kings, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Suns, Nuggets and other teams one after another. The Jazz and Suns are both teams hitting the playoffs, and the two teams are still direct competitors. They want to advance to the season. In the playoffs, both teams must overtake each other.

This kind of team on the fringes of the playoffs is very difficult to play, and even the full-line Rockets almost capsized in the gutter.

In the end, the games against these two teams were won without any risk, but in the last two consecutive home and away games against the Nuggets, the Rockets still capsized in the gutter and lost a game to the Denver Nuggets .

The Denver Nuggets' home court can be regarded as the league's well-known Devil's home court, not because of how scary the home fans are. Compared with Boston fans, Denver's home fans can be described as gentle.

But Denver itself is located in a plateau area, and playing here will more or less cause altitude sickness, and the physical energy will be exhausted very quickly, especially in this shrinking season. Everyone has accumulated a lot of fatigue and went to play on the plateau. What's more terrible is that today's Nuggets already have the shadow of the track and field team.

The Rockets were exhausted by the Nuggets' fast break throughout the game, and they lost 89:101 to their opponents.

Wang Chao scored 41 points, which is not much different for him who has reached 99 full physical fitness and has physical potions to passively restore fatigue.

But Dayao was in trouble. His physical fitness has always been his shortcoming, and he played against the Denver Athletics on the plateau. As a result, Dayao was exhausted throughout the game and kept running back and forth. In the end, he only scored 6 of 4 shots. 11 points.

However, the revenge of the away game, the Rockets immediately reported back after returning to the home court.

Without the highland home court, the Nuggets immediately couldn't get up, and were beaten by the Rockets at home. After all, the Nuggets were still in their infancy at this time. The real rise of the Denver Athletics was the 12-13 season, which is the next season. After Andre Iguodala, known as the little AI in the season, joined.

Not surprisingly, the Nuggets in the 12-13 season will achieve a record of 57 wins and 25 losses in the regular season, and will enter the playoffs as the third in the Western Conference.

It's just that even for the full body of the Denver Athletics in the 12-13 season, their combat effectiveness is actually the same.

In the first round, he was eliminated 4:2 by the Warriors, who had not yet fully emerged at the time. Immediately afterwards, Iguodala joined the Warriors and sold his old club, the Nuggets, without hesitation.

Durant often said that he was inspired by James when he joined the Warriors, but in fact, Iguodala may be the main object of his reference.

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

After two battles with the Nuggets, the Rockets have only 5 games left in the regular season.

Three guests and two hosts, against the Dallas Mavericks, the New Orleans Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, the Miami Heat and the rematch with the Hornets in the final battle.

Among several opponents, the strongest opponent is obviously the Heat, and the only thing the Rockets lost in five games was the away game against the Heat.

Even though the schedule is nearing the end, the Rockets still strictly implement Dayao's targeted use policy.

On April 4, the Rockets played against the Golden State Warriors at home, and on April 21 they rushed to Miami to play against the Heat.

With continuous games and away games, the Rockets chose to rest Dayao. Even if the Heat are the favorites to win the championship, they are very likely to break out from the East.

Wang Chao single-core led and was in the Heat's territory. In the end, he lost to the Heat 93:99 and lost the game.

Although the game was lost, the whole process of the game was extremely exciting. Wang Chao fought against the Big Three, James scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Wade 23 points and 4 assists, Bosh 16 points and 8 rebounds!

The Big Three scored 70 points and fought against Wang Chao, who had a large triple-double with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

During the game, the Heat double-teamed Wang Chao for almost the entire game, and it was also a joint effort between James and Sean Battier, two top forward defensive players.

Such a top defensive combination did successfully limit Wang Chao's scoring, and even forced Wang Chao to switch to playing off the ball to break the double-team.

Double-teaming Wang Chao has been tried by countless teams during the regular season, but the Heat are obviously the best.

Sean Battier has one of the best defensive IQs in the league, and James, who is at his peak, has unmatched hardware conditions in the entire league. The combination of the two can be called the strongest perimeter defense.

Of course, it is an unavoidable fact that the Rockets lack a general in Dayao's truce. Even if the Heat's double-teaming tactics against Wang Chao have an effect, once Dayao plays, it is hard to say which of the two teams will win.

(End of this chapter)