NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 244 Requirement to achieve open three-point ability value 100!
Before this game, Wang Chao was only 100 three-pointers short of the condition for advancing to 9 ability points with open three-pointers. 7 three-pointers were left for later games to resolve.

Whiteside as the starting center will make the Rockets lose one three-point shooting point on the field, and because he also lacks the ability to attack independently, Cousins ​​​​doesn't need to bother to mark at all, and can free up more energy.

But letting Whiteside start is also good. For example, the Rockets don't need Wang Chao to worry about the defense of the restricted area and rebounding. He can devote more energy to the offense.

Within half a minute after Curry hit the first three-pointer, Wang Chao followed suit and played a pick-and-roll with Whiteside.

Whiteside's mobility is much faster than that of Cousins. After the pick-and-roll, he ran towards the basket immediately, and then received a pass from Wang Chao, who was double-teamed by the Warriors without hesitation, and dunked the basket Score.

As soon as the game started, the offensive rhythm of the two teams was very fast. Perhaps it was a coincidence. The Warriors also had a very high shooting rate from the outside. Curry and Thompson both made three-pointers, and the efficiency was not low. Gao, the most important thing is Wang Chao, who made 4 of 3 shots from outside the three-point line in the first quarter, plus the score of breakthrough with the ball, 15 points have been scored in a single quarter.

During this period, the Rockets' insiders were replaced by Whiteside, Garnett and Gobert in turn. As a result, they were not as unbearable as they imagined when facing Cousins, whether it was Whiteside or Gobert. , The defensive performance against Cousins ​​​​was very good, which is also a bit surprising.

With his performance in the past two seasons, Cousins ​​has gradually been recognized by fans in the league, and he is regarded as the player who has the best chance to become the top center after Howard.

After all, there are really not many players in the league who want to find an offensive ability at the basket like Cousins.

Brook Lopez of the Nets may be one, but he does not have the physical fitness of Cousins, and his defense and rebounding are shortcomings that cannot be ignored.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Chao hit two more three-pointers. At the end of the halftime, he had already scored five three-pointers. He was only four goals away from completing the promotion goal. At this time, relying on his stable outside scoring output and defensive efficiency, The Rockets have built a 2-point lead without knowing it.

But the Splash Brothers, who have already shown their talents, will not sit back and watch the team lose so easily.

After the start of the second half of the game, Thompson suddenly began to convulse without warning. After running off the ball, which he is best at, Thompson first used his teammates to cover the bottom corner to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer. The basket caused the Rockets to make 2 free throws for a defensive foul. Coupled with Curry's ultra-long-range three-pointer from the outside, the Warriors played a wave of 2:8 and instantly narrowed the score to only 0 points.

During this process, Wang Chao has been resting off the court, watching the fierce counterattack of the Warriors under the leadership of Curry and Thompson. He has to sigh that the partner combination of the Splash Brothers is really the most tacit understanding in the league. partner.

Although compared with Jordan Pippen, the OK combination, and the super magic combination of Wang Chao's three consecutive championships, even the Splash Brothers at their peak are far inferior in terms of strength and status, but if you talk about the suitability of the style of play, the two top players Three-point shooter, and can play off the ball offense, even the Splash Brothers, who are selfless and gentle, are definitely incomparable to other combinations.

Among them, Thompson's sacrifice is still greater.

As a super scorer with explosive scoring ability, he will score 60 points in three quarters in the future, and also has a record of 37 points in a single quarter. The highest scoring average of Thompson's career is 16 points per game in the 17-22.3 season. point.

At the beginning, Wang Chao wanted to get Thompson, but because Thompson's draft pick was too high, he would have to pay more if he wanted to get him. There was even no way to get Leonard and Butler at the same time. From the bottom of my heart, I didn't want to destroy the classic pair of Splash Brothers, so I finally chose to give up.

Curry Thompson teamed up with a wave of 8:0, and the Rockets called a timeout. After the timeout, Wang Chao reappeared and scored another three-pointer from the outside in the first offensive round after his appearance.

Wang Chao made this three-pointer abruptly against Iguodala's defense.

Iguodala, who just joined the Warriors this season, is slightly different from the original history. He did not directly steal Barnes' starting position, but served as Barnes' substitute, but the playing time did not change much. Barnes are all around 30 minutes.

This is also due to the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chao.

Originally, Iguodala should have started the first season when he first came to the Warriors, but Barnes was his substitute.

However, the arrival of Wang Chao drove the small ball lineup and the tactical application of three-pointers in advance, so that Barnes's priority in the Warriors was higher than that of Iguodala, who was generally capable of three-pointers.

It's just that although he was squeezed into the bench lineup, Iguodala's performance has not shrunk. Originally, his brightest period in the Warriors was the period when he played as a substitute next season. All his energy is devoted to defense. Based on his explosive physical fitness and the powerful strength of those unicorn arms, Iguodala's defensive ability is extremely outstanding, and he is completely at the level of being selected for the best defensive team.

But against Wang Chao, Iguodala is also not easy to use. Among other things, his height of 1 meters is doomed to his passive situation when defending Wang Chao. It is a rare existence in the Warriors who can wrestle with James a little bit, but after all, it is not as good as James. Compared with Wang Chao, who has a strength of 98 and now has a fighting madman, he naturally has no advantage.

After pulling out Iguodala from outside the three-point line, Wang Chao broke through with the ball and went to the basket to cause damage. He made 2 of 2 free throws and scored 5 points in a row to help the Rockets regain control of the game.

At the same time, Wang Chao also kept in mind that he was only three three-pointers away from meeting the conditions.

At 8 minutes and 15 seconds into the third quarter, Wang Chao used his teammates' double pick-and-roll elevator door to cover and hit a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

The Warriors knew very well that to beat the Rockets, they had to limit Wang Chao's scoring, but even with Iguodala and Barnes double-teaming, they still couldn't stop Wang Chao's scoring.

It is too simple for Wang Chao to shoot a three-pointer. He only needs to call a pick-and-roll to cover, and then he can shoot at the moment when the pick-and-roll is formed. This kind of difficult three-pointer can still maintain a very high hit rate.

For the last two three-pointers, Wang Chao used the pick-and-roll tactics to make them. This is Curry's best move. Far less than Wang Chao.

"brush."

As the last three-pointer hit the net hollowly, Wang Chao suddenly heard a crisp and pleasant bell ringing in his mind.

"Ding--!"

This is the system's notification sound, reminding him that he has reached the promotion condition for the ability value to break through the critical value.

Without thinking, Wang Chao immediately closed his eyes and entered the space of consciousness.

In his conscious space, the outside time is completely stopped, so there is no need to worry about affecting the real game.

Then he saw that among all the offensive ability values ​​above 90 on the data panel, the open three-point ability value that was originally 99 has now become 100, and the color has also changed into a distinctive bronzing character, which looks very impressive. dick.

Compared with the changes in appearance, Wang Chao is more concerned about what kind of benefits can be brought to him when the ability value breaks through the critical value from 99 to 100. This is the key.

It's just that the system didn't directly tell him what effect it will have after the ability value reaches 100.

"In this case, we can only try it in the game."

Thinking this way in Wang Chao's heart, he withdrew from the space of consciousness.

The game continues.

At this time, the Warriors had already scored 9 three-pointers and scored 27 points in three-pointers alone. The Warriors were completely guarded against Wang Chao. Wang Chao, who has already made up his mind to try the effect of 100 open three-pointers, will naturally not give up easily.

Because the ability to test the open three-pointer was to be tested, Wang Chao passed the ball to Leonard after halftime and played off the ball himself, which made it easier for him to find open shots by running.

Running without the ball was Wang Chao's housekeeping skill when he started. The league once compared Wang Chao and Hamilton's off-ball style of play, but after Wang Chao joined the Magic, he gradually shifted from off-ball to on-ball offense , until now has successfully evolved into a big core player with the ball to attack.

Although many years have passed, when Wang Chao occasionally performs off-ball running, his movements are still very smooth and silky. Even Thompson, who is also proficient in off-ball running on the Warriors, admires it.

Relying on his superb off-ball running skills and his teammates' off-ball coverage, Wang Chao easily got rid of Iguodala for a while, and received a pass from Leonard at the bottom corner.

The moment he caught the ball and faced the basket, Wang Chao was stunned for a moment. In his line of sight, a percentage value appeared, which was currently showing 98%.

"What is this?" Wang Chao was a little confused, so the number was not large and would not affect his line of sight at all. While he was in a daze, Iguodala had already chased him, and as the opponent approached him, Wang Chao Chao noticed that the value of this percentage was dropping at an alarming rate.

90%...80%...75%...70%.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao probably had a judgment in his mind, and threw the basketball towards the basket before Iguodala stopped him.

By the time he takes the shot, that percentage has dropped to 65 percent, and the ball goes straight to the rim.

"Is this the effect after the ability value of the open three-pointer reaches 100?"

Wang Chao guessed that the percentage figures that appeared in his line of sight should be the shooting percentage. In the case of being completely open at the beginning, the shooting percentage can reach 98%, but as Iguodala approaches, the defensive pressure will increase. Let the hit rate drop rapidly.

This is reasonable. After all, even with a full three-pointer of 99 and the blessing of various talents and skills, there is no way to maintain a 100% shooting rate against the opponent's defense.

In the peak season of Stephen Curry's career, his average three-point shooting percentage was only about 45% per game, and his career three-point shooting percentage was 43.5%.

Wang Chao is on the same level as Curry in terms of three-point shooting ability, all three items are full of 99, but because he also has the blessing of natural skills such as marksman, fast gunner, and sniper, and he is better than Curry Due to the superior height and wingspan, the shooting space and the environment are more advantageous, Wang Chao's three-point shooting percentage can always be maintained at around 48%.

Although this value is not much higher than that of Curry, but looking at the history of the entire league, there are no players with a career three-point shooting rate of more than 44%, let alone 48%.

As a three-point shooter, Wang Chao’s shooting percentage is completely unique in the league. No one can match him. At least no one in the current league thinks so. When Curry reaches his peak two years later, maybe someone Curry will be regarded as the only player who can threaten Wang Chao's status in the three-point field.

And now, Wang Chao has raised the ability value of the open three-pointer to 100, and gained the ability to check the shooting percentage in the open state, although this ability is actually just an icing on the cake. , Wang Chao definitely wants to shoot, even if he doesn't feel good, and only has a 40% shooting rate when he is completely open, he still needs to shoot.

After all, even if the three-point shooting percentage is only 33%, the efficiency can be the same as the shooting percentage of 50%.

If it is a 40% three-point shooting percentage, the target is a 60% two-point shooting percentage.

众所周知联盟历史上最具统治力的中锋沙克.奥尼尔获得常规赛MVP的最巅峰赛季，场均可以获得29.7分13.6篮板3.8助攻3封盖，投篮命中率57.4%。

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be directly compared blindly. After all, there is still a big difference between three-pointers and two-pointers. If you fail to make a shot at all times, it will have a serious blow to morale. Of course, if you make a hit, the benefits will be higher, and the nature of the gamble is greater. Therefore, in the playoffs, the defensive strength is improved, and it is more difficult to shoot three-pointers. In games that cannot bear huge risks, the effect of the basket or mid-range shots is obviously more significant.

This point cannot be applied to Wang Chao. After all, his three-point shooting percentage is close to 50%, and the shooting percentage of many players is far behind. It is completely worth entrusting him with a heavy responsibility!

After making the open three-pointer, Wang Chao tried again with the ball in the top arc. As a result, when Iguodala stood in front of him, the shooting percentage was no longer in his sight. It also means that only when holding the ball in an open space can he activate this special effect that is exclusive to the open three-pointer with 100 ability points.

(End of this chapter)