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Chapter 283 Four consecutive victories

If Paul gave Curry a good lesson on the experience gap between NBA veterans and rookies in the first half, then the unbearable Totoro gave Jackson a lesson on the huge gap in talent. Although they are all teaching people, there are still subtle differences in them. The content of Paul's class is what Curry learned. It will be much better after paying the tuition for the first time and paying the tuition for the second time. Totoro gave Jackson The lessons the other party will never learn, even if he pays the tuition and pays him bankruptcy, Jackson will still be ravaged by Totoro.

Chinchilla leaned on Jackson with his body, and he stood on the baseline. Paul gave the ball to Chinchilla very sensibly.

The Warriors dare not step up to double-team easily, especially when Totoro and Queen Bee are on the court at the same time and Totoro does not enter the three-second zone, the easy double-teaming by themselves will only give the opponent an open shot. A point guard with vision and a small forward with long arms and passing ability has that kind of power.

Jackson, who has been in the league for an unknown number of years, knows that Totoro will definitely single him out. He has seen too many young and energetic new star players, and he knows the temper of these little guys, so Jackson is the same this time. Concentrated, he stared at Totoro from behind, and prepared to embarrass the Asian with a tough defense without giving up an inch.

But Jackson also really overestimated his ability.
Although he dared to swear to God that he had already used his body to block Totoro very hard, but Totoro still used his hard training for a summer to gain weight to easily squeeze Jackson away, and the Warriors players wanted to rush forward to help defend , but was snatched by the Totoro who had a long-term insight before they were in place and turned around to complete a jumper. Facing the Totoro who was a power forward and a center with wingspan, Jackson had no choice but to stretch out his hand symbolically below and sighed.

"Shh!"

This post-up singles is the only result of his back-up technique this summer. After all, he spent all his time in the summer on shooting and dribbling, but don't look at Totoro. , His turnaround jumper near the bottom corner is a big killer that can kill the game one after another at critical moments.

In the summer, he has cultivated a strong body comparable to that of a humanoid tank, all of which are attributes of question marks, so Totoro himself does not know what level his current body is, but he instinctively feels that even if he can't beat a gorilla now, but In terms of strength, there is not much difference. If he can improve after training this summer, it is estimated that the little emperor will not be his opponent in this aspect next year.

He also has sufficient height and wingspan at the small forward position, and because he is at the bottom line, the opponent's people are not easy to double-team at all. Totoro is confident that if the opponent is a small forward to engage him, he can attack like this It's the same as putting a few butts of others to a place one step away from the penalty area to turn over and shoot a jump shot, and if the opponent sends a power forward to attack him, Totoro said that he is right, he can use his speed and explosive power to get from the bottom line Turning around and passing the opponent into the penalty area, no matter who it is, it is the same to him.

However, since this is one of his trump cards, he will not use it unless it is a critical moment. This time, he was beaten and played a few times to teach Jackson a lesson. Usually, Totoro prefers to use dry pulling He also understands the importance of playing healthy basketball now. Before there is no champion, he would be willing to tear the emperor down, but now since he became the emperor once After that, he thought that he didn't need to work so hard. Instead of playing a little bit more vigorously now, he might as well restrain himself and make his peak period longer. Maybe he can sign another sky-high price at the age of 30 like James did. If you think about it this way, there is a gap of hundreds of millions of dollars inside and outside.

The Warriors lost their temper again because of Totoro's back-up goals. Donnell felt a headache when he saw such a Totoro. You must know that Yao Ming, another back-up master of the Rockets, is still feigning injury and truce. The little giant returned with full health after recovering in the water spring. Who can beat the Rockets in this stalemate that reached the fourth quarter?Two back-up singles masters stood at the two bottom corners, one on the left and the other on the right. If they want to defend themselves, at least four troops must be invested in their side. There can only be a total of five players in a game. Does he have any left? Is it okay for the next person to stare at the three three-point shooters who are ambushing in different positions outside?
Halfway through the fourth quarter, the two teams still had a point difference of more than 15+. Donnell also sent a combination of Alice and Curry to let them compete with the Rockets' Totoro, but Curry was still a rookie after all. The strength of the NBA But it is much bigger than NCAA. The primary school student who hit the fourth quarter was already out of breath. Naturally, he didn't have the magical three-pointer in the first quarter when his physical strength bottomed out. Although Monta Alice's scoring ability is very good, but Breaking through to the penalty area and scoring two points is just a drop in the bucket. At most, the score can only be kept from being opened again, but how can we narrow the point difference?

Donnell is also decisive. Tomorrow, the Warriors will have to fight the Grizzlies back-to-back. Seeing that there is little hope of a comeback on their side, Donnell also replaced all the main players of the Warriors with a wave of his hand and declared surrender. The Rockets' opening season Three consecutive victories are so easy to catch.

It's just that these three consecutive victories did not arouse much impression from the outside world. After all, the Rockets are the defending team this year, and their strength on the books has improved compared to last year. A strong team with a three-game winning streak is within the expectations of outside experts, and besides the Rockets, the Lakers, Spurs, Magic, and Cavaliers have all won undefeated records this year. If the Rockets fall behind now On the contrary, it seems abnormal.

On November 11rd, the Rockets finally returned home to face the Utah Jazz who came to challenge them. The Jazz have always felt very unconvinced about last year's champion, because they feel that they are the real sufferer of the Rockets. -In the 3 season, they double-killed the Rockets in two years. Although in the 06-07 season, they were beaten by the Rockets led by the newly emerged Totoro in the regular season. The Jazz did not take this to heart. The playoffs and the regular season are obviously two game modes. Some fouls in the regular season will not be called out in the fierce playoffs. In other words, the playoffs It is the performance stage of their team known for their toughness. They don't think that if the Rockets meet themselves in the playoffs, they can easily pass the test like they did in the regular season.

It's a pity that they were kicked out by the Spurs before hitting the Rockets last year. If they can become the winners and meet the Rockets in the second round, maybe they will be last year's championship?After all, people always need some dreams, don't they?
It's just that unlike other strong teams who have been constantly strengthening themselves this summer, the Jazz this summer not only didn't do anything, but there were voices of disagreement between the generals and the conflict between the head star and the legendary Jazz coach Sloan. Intensified, Deron believed that Sloan was the culprit for the Jazz's failure to achieve good results every year while reaching the playoffs every year, while Sloan believed that Deron did not have the core temperament of the team at all. It has not yet developed to the point where it is incompatible even in the outside world, but Chinchilla knows that the Jazz must be finished this year, Sloan's dismissal becomes inevitable, and Deron will also end his peak period here, and he will be packed by the Jazz to The little fat guy in Brooklyn will no longer regain the prestige of the Utah Shuangsha period, and his greatness will stop at this time next year
The Jazz, who has a broken heart, is naturally not an opponent of the Rockets who are united. Although the three members of the Jazz really want to avenge last year, but more than a year has passed, and after trying Totoro's old boxing, The three of them were also a bit unable to find fault with Totoro. From the outside world, the game where Mars hit the earth was spent in an unremarkable shooting exhibition game. The Jazz felt a little worse. , They didn’t have the bloody defense of last year. The Rockets saw that the Jazz didn’t mean to play seriously and they didn’t take defense seriously. In the end, the Rockets defeated their opponents at home by 102 to 90 by 12 points and won their fourth place in the opening season. winning streak.

(End of this chapter)