NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 287

When Barkley was a player, his relationship with Jordan was actually pretty good. Both of them are very good at gambling, and they can be regarded as like-minded.

But since he retired and started working as a commentator, Barkley's unscrupulous big mouth that dared to say anything has offended many people, including Joe.

After Jordan acquired the Bobcats and made a series of poor draft selections and team building work including the Wizards period, Barkley mercilessly criticized his old friend for not being able to run a team at all and being a bad team owner .

As a result, this sentence hurt Jordan, and even though he broke up with Barkley, the two hadn't had a direct intersection for more than ten years.

But even so, Barkley will not be restrained because of this, daring to love and hate, saying what you have, has always been synonymous with Barkley.

"The referee definitely took money. If he didn't take LeBron's money, he must have taken Michael's money. Otherwise, how could he whistle the game like this?"

Barkley's complexion was not good, and he was ready to roll out a Chinese quintessence with a very high mother content.

But he was hurriedly stopped by his old partner Kenny Smith.

The two had a tacit understanding. Smith was well aware of Barkley's temper. If he really wanted to talk about some sensitive issues, even TNT TV station would not be easy to handle.

It is almost everyone's potential consensus that the Rockets will be targeted in the finals, because except for the fans in Houston, almost no one in the whole country hopes that the Rockets will continue to win the championship.

"Charles, I think what is more worthy of discussion is that even so, the Rockets have not been widened. It can be seen that the strength of Wang Chao's team is really terrible."

After interrupting the reading of Barkley's big move first, Smith turned his head and said to O'Neal: "Shaq, Joel Embiid played well today. After three quarters, he has already scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. From your perspective as a top center, what do you think of his future development prospects? Is there a chance to dominate the league for a period like you? After all, among the new generation of centers in the league, only he has the most possibility.”

"Joel Embiid?"

O'Neal curled his lips when he heard the words, shook his head disdainfully and said: "He is far behind, just like today's game, 21 of his 9 points in the three quarters were free throws. I won't say anything else. I hit Wang Chao with the ball in the paint a few times, but I couldn’t stand up to the opponent. As a center, you can’t even compare to an outside player in terms of strength. Even if the outside player is Wang Chao, it is unforgivable.”

"When this season is over and Dayao officially announces his retirement, there will really be no traditional top inside centers in the league. This is really a kind of sadness."

Kenny Smith managed to change the topic by having a chat with O'Neill.

On the field, the whistle continues.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers attacked. James moved the ball in a wide range, but Wang Chao judged the path of the pass in advance. He made a three-pointer.

But the referee raised his hand to signal Wang Chao to step on the line. This is a two-pointer.

"Shh-!"

The boos of the fans in the audience could almost lift the ceiling.

Wang Chao endured the anger in his heart, and calmly said to the referee: "Brother, I'm sure I didn't step on the line just now."

For Wang Chao, the three-point shot is almost as familiar as eating and drinking. The moment he stopped the ball, he was sure that he must not have stepped on the line, and he could see it clearly when watching the video playback.

But such appeals had no effect, and the referee was unmoved.

Seeing the other party's reticent appearance, Wang Chao was also a little annoyed.

In the next round of offense, Wang Chao directly made a three-point shot at a distance of 1 meter away from the three-point line. James' defense was very good, but the basketball still accurately brushed the net into the frame.

Wang Chao hit a three-pointer and glanced at the referee provocatively.

"You said I stepped on the line with three points, right? If you have the ability, you can give me another step on the line and try?"

With the referee's help, the Cavaliers were unable to widen the point difference and secure the victory under Wang Chao's steady explosive output.

The game passed minute by minute, and soon there were less than 2 minutes left.

On the Rockets' side, Dayao and Whiteside have already been sent off for 6 fouls. At this time, the team's third substitute Rudy Gobert is serving as the inside center.

Gobert's current defensive ability is still slightly inferior to that of Whiteside. He really showed a strong defensive ability and was recognized by the league as a top defensive player inside. He was selected as the best defensive team for the first time in the 16-17 season At the beginning, Gobert has been elected as the best defensive player DPOY three times since then, becoming the core pillar of the Jazz's inside defense.

Gobert, who is only in the second season of his career, does not have such a wealth of game and defensive experience. Even with the blessing effect of Wang Chao's training potion, he still cannot reach Whiteside's current defensive level.

But the Rockets can only let Gobert go on the top at zero time at this time. The lineup of the dead five has limitations, especially when the Cavaliers have both Embiid and Gasol inside, there is not enough support. Even Wang Chao can only guard against one of them.

Pau Gasol still has good personal abilities in the 14-15 season, and he is an important combat power that must not be ignored.

At this moment, James hit the ground pass to pass the basketball to Gasol, who leaned against Gobert for a post-up single.

At this time, Wang Chao was led in another direction by Embiid. Because he was concerned about Embiid's shooting ability, he could only watch from a distance.

Gasol squeezed to the basket and hooked Gobert's defense.

Fortunately, in terms of static talent, Gobert is not inferior to Gasol.

加索尔身高2米13，臂展2米30，在NBA球员中亦属于顶级水准，而戈贝尔身高2米16，臂展达到惊人的2米35！这静态天赋便是戈贝尔未来能够用防守立足联盟的最大依仗。

Although Gobert's game experience is far less than that of Gasol, but with his amazing physical talent, he still successfully interfered with Gasol's shot, the basketball missed the basket, and the rebound was protected by Gobert himself.

"The opportunity is here!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao was overjoyed and immediately got the ball from Gobert.

With less than 1 minutes remaining in the game, the Rockets are still 2 points behind at this time. As long as the next goal is scored, whether it is a 2-point tie or a 3-point lead, the Rockets will regain the initiative. , Wang Chao will not hold back, and will do everything to ensure the success rate of all the Rockets' attacks in the future!
Holding the ball to advance halfway, facing James' defense, Wang Chao made a gesture to open the singles.

The remaining four players were all spread out on the field, providing Wang Chao with a wide enough heads-up environment.

At this moment, whether it was the fans at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, they all held their breaths and concentrated, with their hearts suspended.

Wang Chao vs. James, this kind of drama has been staged on the stage of the finals for the past three years. The duel between the two strongest players who can be regarded as the king of the league is always full of interest, although the results In other words, James is suppressed by Wang Chao in most cases, and he can't hold his head up at all, but looking at the entire league, he is the only one who has the qualifications to challenge Wang Chao!
Concentrating on James, the oppression is the same as before, but for Wang Chao, who has a variety of offensive options, there are still too many scoring methods to choose from.

Lowering the center of gravity and holding the ball to break through, Wang Chao took a step back and directly exited the three-point line at the moment of physical contact with James, and took advantage of the opportunity to take a three-point shot.

Harden's signature step-back three-pointer is just different from Harden, whose feet are always dirty. Wang Chao's movements are like textbooks. Although the retreat distance is not as far as Harden, but he is tall and long-armed Wang Chao also has a super jumping ability, and the lethality of the normal retreat step is also completely sufficient.

James was not deceived by Wang Chao's fake action. When Wang Chao slammed on the brakes and stepped back, he also slowed down almost simultaneously and stuck up. When Wang Chao made a shot, James' big hand almost completely covered Wang Chao's eyes.

only……

"Shh-!"

The crisp sound of brushing the net sounded again, causing the Rockets to roar like a tsunami of cheers at home.

"Strong! Wang Chao is so strong. He hit a key three-pointer against James' defense! The Rockets overtook the score, with 1 minute and 08 seconds left in the game! Next, let's see how James on the Cavaliers responds to Wang Chao's attack." ball!"

Offensive and defensive conversion.

After Owen dribbled the ball for halftime, he handed the ball to James, but James paused slightly after receiving the ball.

The voices of the fans outside the court also became more noisy, because Wang Chao was standing in front of James at this moment.

This is the first time Wang Chao took the initiative to mark James in addition to the pick-and-roll defense in this game.

During the previous game, Leonard was always responsible for defending James. The latter defended very well. Although he could not completely limit James' performance, it consumed James to a great extent. Anyone can see It can be concluded that Leonard has a headache for the opponent when he is marking James.

But everyone knows who has the strongest defense on the Rockets. There is no suspense about this question. Of course, it is the two-time DPOY winner of the best defensive player-Wang Chao!
From the well-known strong offense and weak defense at the beginning, to the balance of offense and defense, and now the top-level defender in history, Wang Chao's progress speed is visible to the naked eye, which is amazing.

Since Leonard's defensive ability has improved, Wang Chao has not defended James alone in the game. Instead, he has contributed all of his defensive ability to assist defense and supplementary defense to improve the team's overall defensive quality. At this moment, Wang Chao still chose to fight in person!

With the number of defensive talents approaching that of offensive talents, Wang Chao is also full of confidence in his defensive ability.

James: "..."

Looking at Wang Chao's almost perfect defensive position and posture while holding the ball, even the experienced James felt like a dog biting a hedgehog for a while.

Of course he can try directly with actions, but if he knows that the efficiency is not high and he goes straight up and chooses the least efficient offensive method, then it is not James but Kobe.

James' choice is to pass the ball to the inside Gasol again.

Although he failed to score the ball in the last round, Gasol was facing Gobert, who had a better height and wingspan than him, while Gasol was facing Renner, who switched defenses with Wang Chao. Germany.

When the size is dominant, Gasol singles Leonard has an absolute advantage.

Seeing that James chose to pass the ball, many fans were disappointed. What they wanted to see was the peak match between the two top superstars. Who would care about how many goals Gasol scored and whether they helped the team win?

James' behavior of handing the ball to his teammates at critical moments is no longer once or twice. From a rational point of view, this is what a player should do. Basketball is ultimately a game of five players. Personal heroism is of course It looks very cool, but it is easier to win the victory in the way of strong against weak, Tian Ji horse racing.

Facing the two-time best defensive player's man-marking and forcing himself to play singles, it is better to give the opportunity to teammates who have a small chance to play big. This is the optimal solution to victory.

The reason is the same, but Wang Chao would not be willing to put his fate in the hands of others.

Of course, James doesn't always "throw the pot" at critical moments. After all, he will be the player with the most lore in the future, and his data is still ahead of Jordan, Kobe, Bird and other well-known big hearts.

It's just that James has played too many games and is so well-known and exposed that every tiny move is magnified and criticized.

When you don't like a player, everything he does is wrong, any choice and judgment is bad, and when you like a player, no matter how unreasonable his behavior is, you will think Try to find excuses for him.

James passing the ball to teammates who are easier to score at a critical moment is called throwing the pot, and it is called not taking responsibility. Kobe often staged a game where he shot more shots than scored points. The mamba spirit of conceding defeat.

This kind of thing, in the final analysis, still needs to be treated rationally according to the actual situation.

When Wang Chao saw that James chose to pass the ball, the smile on his face became thicker, because in his opinion, James undoubtedly made the wrong choice.

Putting fate in the hands of others is a rational judgment but not an emotional one.

Can the 35-year-old Pau Gasol really afford James' trust?
The next moment, without hesitation, Wang Chao turned his head and rushed to the inside line Gasol.

Gasol, who had just received the ball, was about to take advantage of his size to back Leonard, but before he could make a move, he was double-teamed by Wang Chao who rushed over.

"Hey! Paul, pass the ball!"

James, who was standing outside, immediately shouted inside.

As long as Gasol can pass the ball, he will shoot immediately without hesitation. After all, James' choice is the best offensive opportunity from the beginning.

It's just a pity that Gasol, who has excellent accomplishments in passing the ball, has no way to pass the ball at this time.

(End of this chapter)