overlooking the pitch

Chapter 378 Paul's Transformation

During the period when Anson began to adjust his state, in addition to Chris Paul, Anthony Davis's performance was absolutely called the upper core. He scored 76 points and 36 rebounds against the 16ers. After Andre Iguodala is obviously just a belly, but this can also fully show that this No. [-] pick can take on a more important position.

So in this All-Star Game, his votes have also been rising all the way, but he is still not as good as the two very popular small forwards in the West, An Sheng and Kevin Durant, but their outstanding performances are not as good as Instead of making them the most popular vote kings, the real hottest vote kings are veteran superstars and Kobe Bryant from Los Angeles.

"Hey, hey, hey! Ann! It seems that the top MVP won't let you win the vote!" Chris Paul on the side was a little gloating. Although Kobe Bryant must have reserved a spot, but in the West , The only defender competing with him is Russell Westbrook.

"Still making fun of me? Dude, take a quick look, Russell has already started kicking your ass from behind." An Sheng had a slight smile on his face. He didn't have much pressure on the forward, and the competitive pressure on the defender was obvious. Much bigger than yourself.

"What does that matter? Isn't it them in the next game? If you win them, isn't this All-Star starter handy?"

Because of the Clippers' winning streak, the atmosphere of the team is also very good. They don't have too many thoughts about the upcoming battle. They don't think that the Thunder, a team that was eliminated by themselves last year, is losing Their sixth man, James Harden, was able to fight himself afterwards.

It's just that because of the upcoming game, the Thunder's preparations are definitely much more serious than that, from players to fans.The biggest change in Russell Westbrook's data this year compared to last year is that his average assists per game have risen from 5.5 to 7.4. In the Thunder team that lost James Harden, Kevin Martin did not play well. When adding back to this point of firepower, he chose to help his teammates more to help the team move forward.

This is the fundamental reason why some people are optimistic about the Thunder this year after feeling that the Thunder's overall lineup has declined, and even think that they will do better than the Clippers. Their confidence comes from the evolution of Russell Westbrook.

Not only the Thunder players attach great importance to this game, but the Thunder fans are equally crazy on the day of the game, with uniform uniforms, good slogans and slogans, the crowd who stayed in the square without buying tickets outside the arena, This all shows that the Thunder attaches great importance to this game.

31 wins and 6 losses and 28 wins and 7 losses. There is only one game difference between the losses. If they can win this game, the Thunder will be one step closer to the first place in the Western Conference.The Clippers aim to win the championship, and so does the Thunder. What they use to keep their two cores should not only be money and fans, but also achievements.

But this game has been in a strong confrontation, and the Clippers, who tended to be slow at the beginning, turned against the guest at the beginning, and the one who led them soaring at the beginning was the one who wanted to establish himself through this game. The All-Star starter Chris Paul.

Russell Westbrook has indeed made a lot of progress in the overall situation and organizational skills this year. His breakthrough and his body are increasingly advancing towards his peak, but compared with Chris Paul, his This progress seems a bit insignificant.

The Clippers continuously interspersed in front, and Chris Paul did not hold the ball in his hands to organize as before. Under Brad Stevens' new tactics, his little man is also in this position. The season began to change.

Anson's back run after the off-ball screen for him took away two defenders, and after Chris Paul received the ball, Anthony Davis continued with a single block that now directly in front of him. No one is there. This kind of unguarded three-pointer is like a basket as big as the sea to Chris Paul, who has solid basic skills, and it cannot be more stable.

A three-pointer, Chris Paul's 7th point in the first quarter, and compared to his more assists, now he only has 1 assist, which is completely insignificant for Chris Paul last season. unimaginable.

Time goes back to the beginning of the season. Although the Clippers were winning consecutive victories at that time and their data exploded, Chris Paul was fully in the throes of his transformation at that time. Whenever he had the ball in his hands When planning to hold the ball and slowly look for opportunities, Brad Stevens off the court would shout time, speed, and remind him not to keep the ball in his hands for too long.

After the first 10 games, Chris Paul only surrendered 14.4 points and 8.7 assists. For last year's best point guard, this data is obviously unqualified. The reason why the Clippers were able to win 9 wins The record of 1 loss is entirely due to An Sheng's extremely powerful personal performance, 4 games of 40+, averaging 32.7 points per game, which is the data An Sheng handed over at the beginning. For An Sheng, Brad Stevens' lineup There is no pain period at all for the change. After all, in college, even when he won the MOP, the basketball spent far more time in the hands of Gordon Hayward and Shelvin Mark than he did.

It just started slowly, and he found that there were more and more opportunities for him to be open. As the smallest player of the Clippers, naturally, the dirty, tiring, and hard work of the pick-and-roll was completely out of his turn. , And who is the object of this dirty work?Isn't that him?
The understanding of basketball since he was a child made Chris Paul have a relatively good chance to make a shot unless it was necessary, but now there are more and more such opportunities in front of him.

In the next game, Chris Paul's assist data did not change much. It even dropped to 7.7, but his scoring increased explosively, averaging 23.8 points per game. The highest moment of his career, while the shooting percentage reached a terrible 52.1% and 41.2%, and the data about scoring are all new highs of his career.

For such a Chris Paul, the Thunder were completely unprepared. When they put all their eyes on An Sheng, Chris Paul jumped out and gave them a hard blow.

(End of this chapter)