With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 154 Assisting with Nashbiao

(Sorry, Kavinka is very powerful today, and there is still only one update. I will adjust it as soon as possible.)
It is not surprising that Wang Chao scored 31 points in the game, and it can even be said that it should be taken for granted.

However, it was the first time that 11 assists were sent out in a single game. Wang Chao directly broke his personal record for assists in a single game, reaching double figures for the first time in his career.

In the three games, the Magic started with a three-game winning streak, and Wang Chao averaged 27.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 8.6 assists in the three games. His all-around performance was astonishing.

TNT broadcast one of the Magic's three games live, and Barkley, who had previously bet on Wang Chao's performance and suffered a big loss, highly praised Wang Chao's performance in the new season.

"Wang Chao in the new season not only maintains strong firepower on the offensive end, but also shocked me by his performance in passing assists. Is this really Wang Chao? The timing was perfect, and there were a few passes that were as good as some of the master passers who have been around the league for a long time."

Kenny Smith also echoed: "In this case, Turkoglu's departure will not have any impact on the Magic, because at least in these three games, Wang Chao's ability to pass and assist has been significantly higher than that of Turkoglu. Coglu, especially under the restraint of his strong offensive ability, Wang Chao's pass is more threatening than Koglu and easier to help his teammates score easily."

On November 11, the Magic played their third consecutive away game against the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons in the 09-10 season have completely lost their courage in the past. Billups has become the main core of the Nuggets. Rasheed Wallace joined the Celtics with a low salary. Ben Wallace finally returned to the Pistons after going around for a few years, but four years later, the best defensive player of the past is no longer the defensive gate that guarded the basket and gave everyone strong confidence.

There was no difficulty for the Magic to defeat the Pistons, and they easily won by a big score of 110:85.

In this game, Wang Chao scored 36 points and 8 assists, and continued his efficient performance. Prince, the main defensive player of the Pistons' front line, has no way to limit Wang Chao's performance.

The Magic, which defeated the Detroit Pistons, started the game with a 4-game winning streak, and their opponent in the next game was the Phoenix Suns, which finally got rid of O'Neal, the burden.

It must be admitted that this wave of strong men of the Suns broke their wrists, almost giving the Cavaliers an O'Neal for nothing, and in exchange for Ben Wallace, he was immediately waived. It is precisely because of this that the Suns in the new season finally regained their former running back. The feeling of bombing tactics.

After the start of the new season, the Suns showed a strong offensive ability and won a wave of 4 consecutive victories just like the Magic.

This can't help but make Phoenix fans feel extremely joyful. After two dark seasons, their Suns are finally back in the championship.

On November 11th, at the home court of the Magic, two teams with 4 wins and 4 losses in the regular season met. This was a strong duel, which also attracted the attention of many fans in the league.

Amway Arena in Orlando was filled with fans early on.

At the beginning of the game, the first to gain the upper hand was the Magic.

Howard has a strong desire to attack at the basket, especially against the Suns, a team that focuses on fast-paced running and bombing tactics and will not arrange a heavy center like O'Neal to throw stones at his feet. Howard's personal advantages are maximized. Play out to the limit.

In just the first quarter of the game, Howard made 7 of 5 shots at the basket and 8 of 7 free throws. He scored 17 points and 7 rebounds with extremely efficient efficiency, including 4 offensive rebounds.

The inside line of the Suns was torn to pieces by Howard, unable to resist at all, not even Stoudemire.

Both are brutalist insiders, Stoudemire and Howard's style is actually a bit similar, both have outstanding footwork, agility and bounce in the inside.

But there is still a difference between the two. After all, Stoudemire is still a player whose style is mainly a power forward. Even though the Suns often appear on the court as a center, there is still some difference from a true center like Howard. .

Stoudemire is at a disadvantage in terms of height, weight, strength, etc., and even Stoudemire is not as good as Howard in terms of speed and jumping.

Of course, looking at the entire league and even NBA history in these aspects, there are very few players who can compare with Howard, and Stoudemire is not ashamed.

Although Howard can't be guarded, Stoudemire is not useless, at least on the offensive end he can still cause some trouble for Howard.

Compared with his lack of offensive skills, he is more like a super blue-collar Howard with superb physical fitness. Stoudemire is a real offensive insider, proficient in various inside offensive skills, with flexible and changeable footwork. At his peak, even Duncan, who was also at his peak against the Spurs, showed no weakness.

Stoudemire has averaged more than 7 points per game in 20 seasons in his career, and his career average of 18.9 points and 7.8 rebounds after retirement is also relatively outstanding among interior players.

More importantly, after suffering a serious injury in the 05-06 season and being reimbursed for the season, Stoudemire, whose explosiveness was affected by the injury, practiced a relatively stable mid-range shot, and the offensive end became more variable and difficult to defend.

Howard also found it quite tricky to face Stoudemire on the defensive end, because the opponent would not take the initiative to rush to the inside to fight him, but chose to shoot in the middle and long distances, forcing Howard to defend.

With Howard's mobility, he can naturally keep up with Stoudemire, but as the absolute core of the Magic's defensive system, the Magic need Howard to guard the basket to ensure the quality of the defensive end.

Therefore, Howard will not follow Stoudemire to defend in most cases, even if the opponent frequently relies on medium and long-range shots to score.

Anyway, even when it comes to scoring, don’t look at the Suns’ running and bombing tactics. The Magic team with the prototype of the magic ball tactics is not false at all. As long as the outside shooters fire at the same time, no team in the league can match them in terms of scoring explosiveness. .

In the first quarter, the two teams scored 33:25, and the Magic led by 8 points at home.

Howard was the most eye-catching one in the game, but even so, many people still discovered Wang Chao.

Wang Chao only took 4 shots in the first quarter, all from outside the three-point line. He made 4 of 2 three-pointers and scored 6 points, but at the same time he also sent 5 assists in a single quarter.

Correspondingly, Steve Nash, the main point guard of the Suns, scored 4 points and 4 assists in the first quarter.

From the statistical point of view, Wang Chao seems to be a point guard, and he is competing with Nash in another field.

"I didn't expect that Wang Chao would compete with Nash in the field of assists in the game! Speaking of which, Nash averaged 12.2 assists per game in the first four games, leading the league in assists, and Wang Chao averaged 8.5 assists per game. The top ten in the assist list, the spectacle of this duel is no less than that of Howard vs Stoudemire, it is really exciting!"

Fans who bought tickets for this game only felt that today's ticket was really profitable.

The two teams started the offensive battle from the first quarter. The game was exciting and full of highlights. It was a perfect score!
The game entered the second quarter, and it was the turn of the substitute players to play.

The Suns' bench has always been recognized by the league as outstanding, led by the best sixth man Leonardo Barbosa, and a group of outstanding role players can often have an advantage in confrontations with other teams.

But this time they obviously hit the iron plate.

Although the Magic's bench is not widely known, Wang Chao knows that it is definitely the most luxurious bench lineup in the league.

Jamal Crawford leads, Dragic, Barnes, Ariza, Gortat and other players are all in the lineup rotation list. This lineup can even form a team that is at the bottom of the league. The main lineup to compete.

Moreover, Barbosa is no longer the Brazilian Lightning two or three years ago. Affected by injuries and age, Barbosa's offensive ability is getting worse every day, especially this season. In Wang Chao's memory, Barbosa's regular season Injuries continued during the period, and the average scoring dropped to 9.5 points. During the regular season, the team only played 44 games. In the playoffs, the Suns played all 16 games in the playoffs, but the average data dropped further. 7.2 points, so there is still a little glory of the best sixth man bench bandit?
Speaking of which, in the 09-10 season, the Suns, who had finally sent off O'Neal, finally returned to the top, and made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs. After 6 games with the Lakers, they lost 2:4 to the Lakers and were eliminated.

Considering the lineup of the Suns at the time, such results are already quite good, and being able to enter the East and West finals is one of the best four teams of the season.

But Wang Chao is not sure whether the current Suns can break into the Western Conference Finals like in the original history. Who made him a little ruthless?
Two of the important players of the Suns in the 09-10 season are now in the Magic lineup, namely Dragic and Channing Frye.

Originally, Channing Frye should be the main power forward in the Suns, averaging 11.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and started 82 of the 41 games he played.

As Nash's first substitute, Dragic also had 7.9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

But under Wang Chao's operation, these two players were all recruited to the Magic. Although the Suns also made some reinforcements through trades, in Wang Chao's view, the overall strength is the same as the original 09-10 Suns. There are still some gaps.

It's just that Wang Chao doesn't care how much the Suns will be affected. Anyway, even if they keep the original lineup, they will definitely not be able to beat the Lakers.

On the contrary, Wang Chao was quite interested in discussing the ability of passing assists with Nash.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Chao didn't play much time, but in 4 minutes of playing time, Wang Chao still sent 3 assists. By the end of the halftime, he had already scored 8 personal assists.

Nash on the other side was not to be outdone, sending out 4 assists in the second quarter and 8 assists in the half.

The game came to the third quarter of the second half, and the Suns had fallen behind by more than double digits. They couldn't limit Howard, and they couldn't stop the Magic from attacking from outside, especially when Wang Chao frequently relied on his own offensive ability. In the case of attracting defensive assists and teammates scoring.

"Wang, that guy has really changed a lot!"

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

As a master in passing assists, Nash's shock became stronger as the game progressed.

He could see that Wang Chao's pass assists really had something to do with the fact that many times he chose to pass the ball to players who should have been in his blind spot.

Of course Nash can do this kind of thing, but it is precisely because of this that he understands how difficult it is to do this.

Before taking action, everyone's position on the field must be kept in mind, and at the same time, each teammate's running habits and the most likely position must be kept in mind. This kind of thing is easy to say, but in the fierce confrontation In the NBA arena, everything happens in a blink of an eye. In many cases, there is no time for thinking and observation.

When Wang Chao was in the Suns before, he did show a strong three-point and offensive ability, but he never had this kind of passing talent, at least Nash never discovered it.

How many seasons has he been away from the Suns now?In just two years, can this guy develop such an outstanding passing ability while further improving his scoring ability?
At this moment, there is only one word in Nash's mind to describe Wang Chao.

"evildoer!"

In the third quarter, the assist battle was further escalated.

The Suns were in a backward state, and Nash had to stand up at a critical moment to help the team out of trouble.

The offensive end scored 8 points in a row and sent 6 assists at the same time, allowing the Suns to successfully reduce the score to less than 5 points in a certain period of time.

However, Nash's efforts still failed to save the Suns.

Because Wang Chao on the Magic team followed closely and fought back.

With 6 points and 5 assists, Wang Chao seems to have joined forces with Nash. He did not use his best scoring to help the team, but focused on passing the ball to support his teammates.

After the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams still fluctuated around 10 points, and the assists of Wang Chao and Nash also reached 13 and 14 unknowingly.

The fans on the court watched the two pass the ball in various ways to assist their teammates again and again. Nash's pass was chic and elegant, which was pleasing to the eye.

Wang Chao's passing is solid and stable. Most of them use the ball to attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity and then pass the ball to his teammates. Almost every time he can find an open teammate in the crowd and pass the ball to the opponent.

At 8 minutes and 11 seconds into the fourth quarter, Nash reached 20 assists first. Two minutes later, Wang Chao cooperated with Howard in a pick-and-roll, and then threw the basketball into the air. Howard took off for a dunk and helped Wang Chao also get the The 2th assist of the game.

Until the end, the Suns failed to catch up with the score. When the game ended, the two teams scored 121:115.

霍华德全场砍下36分18篮板4封盖，与他对位的斯塔德迈尔则拿下25分14篮板。

In another matchup, Wang Chao scored 24 points and 20 assists, and Nash scored 14 points and 21 assists.

(End of this chapter)