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Chapter 553 Chris Paul's Retransformation

Chapter 553 Chris Paul's Retransformation

This time the starting strikers of the Western All-Stars are Anson, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis. Starting, which is still a little hurt for Chris Paul.

In fact, just looking at efficiency, Chris Paul is a little bit higher than last season. Although the assists per game have dropped from 14.4 to 9.6, there are fewer turnovers, and the time the ball stays in his hands has begun to slow down. Slow became less.

Although the Clippers played very well last year, one thing to note is that during the period when Chris Paul was injured, the overall conduction of the Clippers was not a problem, but there was a gap between the control rhythm and before.Chris Paul has many common problems of top point guards in history. He likes to hold the ball and command slowly at the top of the arc. This is very different from Brad Stevens' coaching philosophy of rapid transmission.And Anson played off the ball many times last year in order to cooperate with Chris Paul like this.

This year's Chris Paul is completely different. His scoring has increased slightly, and when his scoring has increased, his shooting has also improved, which is a little difficult.Chris Paul's transition from the team commander Brad Stevens wanted last year to the second handler of the basketball he wanted this year hasn't been easy.

This was originally for Anson's positioning. Because of his height and ability to break through air cuts, it is not a problem for Anson to be the second handler of the ball, but this is for Anson's positioning before he has become the absolute core of the Clippers. In fact, As An Sheng gradually became stronger, he also began to change his position.And Evan Fournier would have been a better option for this position.

But Chris Paul volunteered to become the new choice. He started passing the ball quickly, no longer stopping the ball, no longer sticking the ball, and he did not use the air cut to receive the ball for the second quick transfer like Anson. Instead, stand at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, and the first time Anthony Davis singles or Anson breaks out the ball, he can separate the ball from the open spaces on both sides, and he can also give an empty catch.

This is Chris Paul's lowest basketball usage rate including his rookie season, but it is indeed the most efficient year of his career, even higher than his second MVP season.

Such a transformation became his most classic battle of the season in the penultimate game of the All-Star Game. This game was against the Knicks, a quasi-strong team from the Eastern Conference. It has also been hovering in the fourth and fifth positions.

It was a game where the Clippers experimented with small lineups, Brad Stevens once again laid out his new lineup, Chris Paul, Evan Fournier, Matt Barnes, Anson , Anthony Davis' small lineup.

Anthony Davis couldn't take advantage of the best defensive insider Tyson Chandler on the inside, and the Clippers' offensive center shifted to the outside, and Anson began to help Chris Paul make multiple The off-the-ball pick-and-roll, as the No.1 in the current NBA, may have done all kinds of dirty work on the offensive end, and there may only be a few people in history!But An Sheng had no complaints in making such a choice.

Chris Paul has the core treatment tonight. Among the players facing him is Raymond Felton. His single-defense ability is very good, but his body is considered huge among point guards .This makes it much easier for Ansheng to do the pick-and-roll.

He easily got the open position, and two consecutive three-pointers at the top of the arc started Chris Paul's scoring spree in this game, with 12 points in a single quarter, which may be the season Chris Paul scored. The funniest first quarter.In the second quarter, Chris Paul began to continue to hold the ball at the top of the arc to help the team take advantage of the score.

"Chris, shoot up and keep attacking. This is your home court tonight!" Anson said to Chris Paul with a smile. He never knew where his teammate's scoring limit was. At 20 and 30 points, he will consciously reduce his shots, and his shot selection is extremely perfect, unless he is forced to take on the tough task, but with An Sheng and this season's great progress Anthony Davis, who is required to take on such a task is rare.

This is the task that Brad Stevens gave to Anson before the game. Today, he needs to start actively scoring high scores for Chris Paul to play assists, and Chris Paul hit 4 goals Among them, two balls came from Anson's pass, and two balls came from Anson's pick-and-roll. Tonight's Anson is destined to be Chris Paul's best support.

shoot!Shooting again, Chris Paul felt that every chance he had was pretty good, and he seemed to be a little sorry for the tactics his teammates cooperated with if he didn't shoot.

A mid-range jumper, every time he runs to that position, Anthony Davis and Anson's passes are stuffed into his hands, and even Evan Fournier has developed a good tacit cooperation with him now.Continuously succeeded in the mid-range position on the edge of the penalty area.

The Knicks are a little confused. Carmelo Anthony didn’t see himself in ESPN’s best team prediction last time. He is very dissatisfied with this. They are also top small forwards. Why didn’t he have himself? Where is worse than them.

And ESPN gave their reasons very directly. Defense, whether it is in the Nuggets or the Knicks, there are always several good defensive people behind this super scorer to help him wipe his ass, such as the current Tyson Chandler.

So tonight, Carmelo Anthony tried his best to defend An Sheng, but he did not expect that the NBA No. 1 in front of him was helping his teammates to play the pick and roll almost the whole time. , An Sheng tonight has no desire to attack at all.

Anson's 8 points and 7 assists at halftime may seem a bit weird, but it's not bad. More importantly, Anson's game was entirely for Chris Paul's cooperation, and he didn't score many points. , but Chris Paul scored 26 points in the half of this game, only 43 points away from his career-high 17 points.

(End of this chapter)

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