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

The schedule in early November is actually not that difficult for the Clippers. Several teams, including the Magic, Timberwolves, and Kings, cannot cause the slightest difficulty to the current Clippers.

The Clippers also took advantage of this to go on a winning streak again, with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss.

However, starting from November 11, the Clippers will usher in a wave of extremely intense confrontation.

On November 11, they played away against the Milwaukee Bucks.

On November 11, they played away against the Golden State Warriors.

On November 11, they played away against the San Antonio Spurs.

After the three-game death streak, there was finally a home game on November 11, but the opponent was the Brooklyn Nets.

These four teams are all not easy to mess with. Needless to say, the last three are all teams that can be ranked in the top five in the league. Although the Bucks were not a well-known strong team before, the 18- The Bucks in the 19 season, with the rise of Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo, also began to show super dominance on the court.

Since the start of the regular season, the Bucks have achieved a record of 9 wins and 2 losses, and are in the same echelon as the Clippers, Warriors, Nets and other teams.

The team's core player Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo has also ushered in a real outbreak period. So far in the regular season, he has averaged 28.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is as high as 57%.

Antetokounmpo, who has completed a comprehensive evolution, is really terrifying on the offensive end. With long legs, he can enter the penalty area from the outside in two steps. His ability to attack the frame seems to make people see LeBron James back then.

Although the Bucks' lineup has been completely changed due to the butterfly effect, its strength is no less than that of the Bucks in the 18-19 season at the same time.

It doesn't matter if there are no Middleton, Brogdon and Lopez's three main players. The current offensive core of the Bucks is Antetokounmpo and Andrew Wiggins.

That's right, because of the butterfly effect, Wiggins was selected by the Bucks and became Antetokounmpo's right-hand man.

Although his playing style tends to lie flat, Wiggins' talent has been praised many times by many coaches and players in the league, which can fully prove his strength.

Wiggins, who is next to Antetokounmpo, does not have a lot of pressure on the offensive end. He has also played at a high level this season. He is currently averaging 24.1 points, 4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 45% from the field and maintaining a three-point shooting rate. On the passing line of around 34%.

Around the two talented potential stars of Brother Antetokounmpo and Wolfberry, the Bucks have built a good lineup team, which is not much different from the original Bucks with Middleton, Lopez and Brogdon. .

Antetokounmpo, as a newly rising star in the past two years, is naturally regarded as a strong contender to challenge Wang Chao's throne.

Young, strong, full of potential, at least compared to James, Durant, Curry and other players who are over [-] years old, his chances are greater, even if he is to survive for Wang Chao through working years, Antetokounmpo will There will be a great opportunity to become the new successor of the alliance after Wang Chao.

On November 11, the Clippers went to Milwaukee to start a fierce battle with the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo.

For this game, it is difficult even for the media to judge in advance who will win and who will lose.

From the perspective of the lineup, the Bucks have two All-Star players Antetokounmpo and Wiggins, as well as Eric Bledsoe, Jabari Parker and many other powerful players in the team. This season's combat performance is very strong , while the average score per game ranks among the top few in the league, the average conceded points per game is still very small. As of now, the average game margin is more than 10 points per game, ranking first in the league.

By the way, the Clippers have the second-best point difference, averaging 9.4 points per game. However, in terms of points per game, the Clippers are much higher than the Bucks, with 121 points per game ranking first in the league. .

There is no doubt that the game between the Clippers and the Bucks is a confrontation between the top three offensive teams in the league. The reason why it is the top three is because the average points per game of the Brooklyn Nets is also very high. Higher, second only to the Clippers.

Different from the Clippers' magic ball style of play with a large number of three-pointers, the Bucks' style of play is somewhat biased towards the peak Miami Heat in the 12-13 season. With oppressive defense on the field, they constantly force opponents to make mistakes. , and then take this opportunity to counterattack fast break.

The advantage of physical talent makes Antetokounmpo's counterattack and fast attack like thunder, even comparable to Wang Chao and James. At the same time, Wiggins' talent can completely keep up with Antetokounmpo's speed.

When the two started a fast-break counterattack at the same time and ran towards the opponent's frontcourt, they were basically unstoppable except for fouls.

In this regard, the Bucks' fast-break counterattack is even more ruthless than the Clippers with Wang Chao and the Lakers with James. After all, they have two players with excellent fast-break counterattacks.

From the point of view of play style, the Bucks, who are biased towards oppressive defense, are quite restrained by the Clippers. Therefore, in Wang Chao's view, this game can be regarded as a magic ball against the Clippers since the start of the regular season nearly a month ago. A small assessment of tactical play, if the Bucks can pass this hurdle, at least the Clippers will be able to respond more easily at the tactical level in future games.

Out of this consideration, Wang Chao does not intend to devote too much energy to take charge of the game in this game, he hopes to use the team's overall style of play to defeat the opponent.

Wang Chao had such a calculation, but Antetokounmpo, the Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, had a simpler and more direct idea.

The 18-19 season is already the sixth year that Antetokounmpo has entered the NBA.

After five full years of hard work, he finally gained his current reputation. This naturally made him ambitious, wanting to defeat Wang Chao in the arena, and announce to the world that his era is coming!
Although in the previous five years, he was ravaged by Wang Chao many times in the arena, and he had no power to fight back when he was beaten unilaterally.

After all, today is not the same as before. Antetokounmpo has completed another weight gain this summer, and his weight has reached 110 kg, which is 104 kg heavier than last season's 6 kg!

What Antetokounmpo has gained is not just weight, but all real muscles.

There was a picture that went viral on the Internet, that is, the comparison between Antetokounmpo who just entered the league and the photo in 2019. The two photos are simply two people, one is a thin bamboo pole similar to the early Durant, and the other is The devil's muscular man with strong muscles and even arm-wrestling standing with Howard shows how terrifying Antetokounmpo's strength has improved over the years.

Last season, Antetokounmpo, who already weighed 104 kilograms, has already shown the dominance brought by his strength on the field. The data of 27+10+5 in the regular season is the best embodiment.

With the further evolution of weight and muscles this season, Antetokounmpo's true strength was finally revealed, becoming an unrivaled Greek monster in the basket.

Even Wang Chao has to admit that if it is purely a confrontation in terms of strength, he may not be the opponent of Brother Antetokounmpo today, even if he has the talent of a fighting madman to strengthen his confrontation ability.

After all, in order to ensure his medium and long-range shooting touch, Wang Chao can't exercise his strength too high. The strength of 89 is the most suitable for Wang Chao's current state. This strength is enough for him to suppress 99% of the strikers on the field, but like James, Antetokounmpo, these strikers whose strength has reached an exaggerated level are obviously not included.

Of course, next summer, the league will usher in a wonderful NBA No. [-] pick, Zion Williams, who claims to have the strongest physical strength in NBA history.

Forget about Zion's style of play and potential injuries, but in the field of strength, there are really few players in the league who can wrestle with him. Even Antetokounmpo has fought for the ball with Zion in later games. There have been embarrassing scenes in which the basketball in his arms was taken away by the opponent, and he couldn't even stand still.

In other words, James can still use his rich experience and good strength to make two gestures with Zion, and it is only limited to a few rounds rather than a whole game.

After all, it is hard to imagine that a player with a height of only 1 meters can reach more than 98 kilograms at the heaviest period. He is the second-heaviest player in the league, second only to the Cavaliers' 140-meter-tall center Taco Fall.

For a little comparison, Shaq O'Neal, the league-recognized super center, hovered around 150 kilograms in the peak years of the Lakers, which is only 10 kilograms heavier than Zion.

What's even more exaggerated is that with a weight that many centers in the league can't match, Zion's explosive power and jumping are still at the top level in the league, and he often staged dunks with super bounces.

The reason why Zion will be injured in the future has a lot to do with him dragging such a huge weight and flying around the field. After all, even if his body can bear it, his ankle can't bear it.

The topic is a bit far away, and now it is against another beast Antetokounmpo, not Zion, who has not yet entered the league.

But compared with Zion, Antetokounmpo's sense of oppression seems to have weakened a lot immediately.
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Milwaukee, home of the Bucks.

This predictable offensive battle officially started with the whistle of the referee.

In the jump ball session, Antetokounmpo easily beat Lopez, who was supposed to be his teammate, and the Bucks had the ball.

Bledsoe dribbled the ball across the half, waited for his teammates to get in position, and then handed the ball to Antetokounmpo who came out to catch the ball.

Antetokounmpo, who got the basketball, immediately looked in front of him.

Sure enough, the Clippers were responsible for defending him in this game, or Wang Chao.

This is also as it should be.

With the speed and strength shown by Antetokounmpo this season alone, it is completely impossible for Gallinari or Harris to defend.

As the core of the Clippers' perimeter defense, it must be Wang Chao who defends Antetokounmpo.

But Antetokounmpo, who was standing at the top arc with the ball, looked at Wang Chao in front of him, but his expression on his face couldn't help but startled.

There is no other reason, Wang Chao's defensive position is too far back, almost standing at the free throw line, giving him a wide space of nearly two meters, with a faint smile on his face, as if to say . "Come on, vote if you have the ability."

"This guy……"

Antetokounmpo gritted his teeth.

The family knows their own affairs.

In order to further strengthen his muscles this summer, his outside touch has further degraded, not even as good as last season. Letting him shoot from the outside is not much different from giving the ball to the opponent for free.

Just such a trick makes Antetokounmpo a little difficult to choose.

After hesitating for a moment, Brother Antetokounmpo looked at Wang Chao's calm and slightly provocative gaze, and still made a decisive decision.

"Even if you take the initiative to retreat, I will break through forcibly! I will force you by force!"

Thinking of this, Brother Antetokounmpo directly held the ball to lower his center of gravity, and rushed forward bravely towards the penalty area!

"really……"

Seeing this scene, Wang Chao's mouth curled slightly, and he knew that Antetokounmpo would definitely not choose to shoot from the outside.

Wang Chao immediately raised his chest and greeted him.

The audience on the sidelines, especially the fans who are closer to the sidelines, can clearly see the fierce muscle collision between Wang Chao and Antetokounmpo.

The next moment, Wang Chao was knocked back several steps by Brother Antetokounmpo, obviously at an absolute disadvantage in the confrontation of strength.

However, Brother Antetokounmpo, who knocked Wang Chao away, could not continue to rush towards the basket, because the moment the two touched, Wang Chao's hand was like a poisonous snake, and it precisely poked on the basketball in Brother Antetokounmpo's hand. Caught off guard, the basketball in Antetokounmpo's hand was directly poked and flew out, losing control of the basketball.

"what?"

Antetokounmpo was taken aback, and quickly stopped and turned his head to regain the ball.

But the basketball was thrown quite a distance when it was poked, and it was confiscated directly by Harris not far away.

Brother Antetokounmpo was still in a daze, when he felt a figure rushing towards him, he made a smart move, seeing Wang Chao who was already running towards the backcourt of the Bucks, before he had time to think about it, he hurriedly ran after him. up.

The talent skills are good at empty hands, strengthening the probability of dribbling against the ball holder, layup and turning around. These are Wang Chao's new defensive talent skills after the rewards were issued last season. It is a great weapon against Antetokounmpo.

As we all know, although Antetokounmpo's dribbling ability is not weak, but due to his height of 2 meters and high center of gravity when dribbling, it is still easy to be intercepted, especially when facing a well-known player in the league like Wang Chao. When stealing a master.

In fact, Brother Antetokounmpo's protection of the ball has been quite good just now. With the center of gravity completely lowered, he leaned the basketball to the weak side as much as possible, and extended Wang Chao's stealing path with his wingspan.

But the momentary muscle collision just now gave Wang Chao an opportunity to steal the ball.

In fact, Wang Chao's defense just now was a little bit blocking the foul, and the referee immediately blew the whistle, which is no problem.

But this involves another function of the Miaoshoukongkong talent, which reduces the probability of being called a foul when pressing the basketball head-on.

It may be because the talent effect was triggered, but the referee did not whistle for this defense, so the current scene appeared.

Wang Chao ran towards the front court, while Antetokounmpo pursued persistently behind him.

While running, Brother Antetokounmpo was shocked, because he had tried his best to run wildly, but he couldn't catch up with Wang Chao at all.

Such a sprint for three quarters of the field, with long legs and big strides, he should have an advantage!
In fact, this should be the case, but this involves Wang Chao's other two talents, the offensive talent fast break master and the defensive talent interceptor. (end of this chapter)