At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 52 Come back soon
On December 12, in the fourth game of Du Zhe's suspension, the Warriors went away to challenge the Orlando Magic.

As a powerhouse in the Eastern Conference that has emerged in recent seasons, the Magic can be said to be a faithful implementer of the one-star four-shot tactic.

On the inside of the team, "Warcraft" Howard is responsible for attracting firepower, while on the outside there are several long-range shooters waiting for opportunities outside the three-point line.

Relying on this tactic, the Magic have been very successful in the Eastern Conference in the past two seasons.

Last season, they even defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers led by "Little Emperor" James in the Eastern Conference finals, making the 23VS24 that the fans had been waiting for come to nothing.

After failing to compete for the championship last season, the Magic's lineup has also undergone some changes this season.

The brain of the team last season, point forward "Agent" Hedo Turkoglu chose to leave the team because his salary was not met.

Instead, the famous "Flying Man" Vince Carter.

Although Carter is now 32 years old, he played 80 times last season and still averaged 20+ points per game. There is undoubtedly plenty of gas in the tank, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a giant.

As for Rashard Lewis, one of the Sonics' twin stars that year, as an excellent space power forward, in addition to his slightly higher salary, he was also very comfortable partnering with Howard.

In addition, the team also has a number of three-pointers such as Michael Pietrus, JJ Redick, Ryan Anderson, etc. It can be said that the concept of one star and four shots is implemented around Howard.

Although "Polish Hammer" Marcin Gortat has not yet grown into a full body, there is no problem at all in the interior for more than ten minutes in each game, and it can also buy some time for "Warcraft" Howard to recover his physical fitness .

Although it turned out afterwards, not keeping Turkoglu in the offseason was a lose-lose option.

But for now, the team is making rapid progress with a record of 15 wins and 4 losses. Obviously, in the eyes of the Magic management at this time, the series of decisions made by the team during the offseason are not wrong and are extremely wise. .

Although there are some questionable points in the operation of the management, the current Magic team is undoubtedly still a strong team.

In the game, the Magic also showed a strong firepower that matched their record.

尽管勇士内线安东尼·兰多夫在与霍华德的内线对决中，很是有些初生牛犊不怕虎的气魄，他全场23投10中拿下28分13个篮板的两双数据，似乎比对手的17分8板要豪华的多。

But Howard obviously didn't show his true skills. He only took 11 shots in the game, leaving all the opportunities for performance to his teammates.

The Magic's shooters obviously did not disappoint. They took 26 three-pointers from the outside and hit 12 goals. Although it does not seem like too many, compared to the Warriors' 15-for-4 three-point shooting rate, I simply don’t know how high it is.

凭借着火热的手感，魔术队中文斯·卡特全场13中7砍下27分，迈克尔·皮特鲁斯12中6得到22分，拉沙德·刘易斯同样12中6拿下20分。

At 118:126 in the end, although the Warriors struggled throughout the game, they never saw hope of victory.

Often when they are about to catch up with the score, the opponent immediately strengthens their defense, and then uses precise shooting to extinguish the Warriors' hopes of overtaking.

It can be said that although the final score difference was not too big, the Warriors were like a mouse being played by a cat, and were always controlled by the Magic.

And after this game, not only Nelson, but also the generals of the Warriors finally discovered that Du Zhe's role was much greater than they imagined.

It can be said that the existence of Du Zhe gave the Warriors an illusion, that is, the team's overall defense seems to be much stronger than in previous seasons.

When Du Zhe was there, the team felt nothing, but since he was suspended, especially after three consecutive losses, everyone suddenly realized that it was not their defense that had become stronger, but that Du Zhe had his own problems. Defensive system!
Recalling carefully, the number of times Du Zhe played, especially in the games where he played a lot of time, the opponent's outside line really didn't have that kind of explosive point.

Even those famous big-name stars suffered a lot under this guy's defense, and their shooting percentages all plummeted!

What's more, Du Zhe is still one of the team's most stable outside three-pointers this season.

Although he hasn't shot many difficult and ultra-long-range three-pointers, what he focuses on is "steadiness". As long as there is an open space and the ball is handed over to him, it will always make people feel inexplicably at ease.

And this is actually the most obvious feeling for Ellis, who was originally at odds with Du Zhe.

As a player who mainly relies on speed and breakthroughs, with Du Zhe attracting defenses from the outside and performing pick-and-rolls, it can be said that it is much easier for him to break through.

More importantly, Du Zhe not only has to face the opponent's outside offensive core on the outside, but also provides double-team defense from time to time.

Although most of this contribution cannot be reflected in statistics, it has actually reduced a lot of defensive pressure for them and allowed them to devote more physical energy to the offensive end.

Ellis now finally realizes that his previous approach was so naive and ignorant. Although Du Zhe came on the court and took away some of his ball rights, it brought him more benefits.

Not only did it improve his efficiency and save his physical strength, it even brought a slight increase in his assist data.

Had Du Zhe been here, he wouldn't have fought so strenuously... This was the common thought of all the warriors, including Ellis.

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On December 12th, with the continuous efforts of the past few days, Du Zhe's strong three-point shooting skills finally improved again, reaching 7 points.

After several months of training, Du Zhe found that his body's potential was indeed average.

Obviously training so hard every day, but the improvement of strength is very slow.

Fortunately, he still has a system and can continue to become stronger by winning games, winning prizes, and even making money.

If you think about it this way, it doesn't matter if you lose a little bit to those talented players in terms of potential.

Today, Du Zhe is still left to train alone in the empty stadium, while the entire Warriors team goes to Oklahoma City to prepare for a competition with the young Thunder team.

Said that the Thunder team is young, one is because the team was born in a relatively short period of time.

Although the Thunder acquired the original team of the Seattle Supersonics and built the team on this basis.

But the new owner's move to change the team's name and even relocate to Lamar City, Oklahoma, still makes Seattleites grieve.

Today, although the league has admitted that the Thunder is the continuation of the Seattle Supersonics in terms of form and name, none of the team owners, celebrities, or fans of both sides believe that there is any inevitable relationship between the two teams. associated.

The Seattleites are still waiting for a team of their own to take over the mantle of the Sonics.

On the other hand, the reason why the Thunder team is young is that the players in the team are relatively young as a whole, especially the famous "Thunder Young Boys" in the team, whose potential is the envy of all heroes.

The eldest brother, Kevin Durant, was the second overall pick in 07. He was only one step behind Oden, known as the "Emperor" in the draft that year. He is tall, long-armed and has outstanding talent. After several seasons of training, he has already mastered the unique skills solution scoring ability.

The second brother Russell Westbrook, nicknamed "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", was the No. 08 pick in 4. Although his shooting ability is average, he can still break through the league with his extremely powerful hands.

The third brother, James Harden, is the No. [-] player in this year's rookie class. Although he is still a rookie and has not yet mastered the frightening free throw skills in the future, his weird snake-shaped breakthrough, gorgeous European layup and good passing The vision of the ball makes the majority of fans look forward to this rookie.

In addition, the team also has Jeff Green, the No. 07 pick in 5. Although he did not achieve the same results as the top three in the future, some fans called the four of them at this time as the Thunder's "top four." few".

Serge Ibaka, who was in the same class as Harden, is still not well-known at the moment, but the future shot-blocking king, after Jeff Green left, also conquered the fans with his personal strength and won the Thunder. The reputation of "the last four young masters".

Facing such a young Thunder team, the Warriors, who have experienced a three-game losing streak, obviously lost their game.

尽管埃利斯28中12砍下31分，库里14中9得到22分，但后场双枪的发挥，也不过是给球队整场的低迷表现提供了一点遮羞布。

In the end, 88:104, the offensive-based Warriors lost to Oklahoma City with less than 90 points in the game.

Among the Thunder's four young players, except for Westbrook's sluggish performance, he only scored 17 points in 4 of 12.

The other three, Durant, Green and Harden all scored 20+ points.

Four consecutive losses have wiped out the record advantage the Warriors have accumulated since the start of the season. Although the team is now 10 wins and 10 losses, it still has a 5% winning rate. However, in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, it only relies on a [-]% winning rate to enter the playoffs. It is undoubtedly a fantasy.

And the fans after the four-game losing streak gradually felt that something was wrong. They also didn't expect that after losing Du Zhe, it would be so difficult for the team to win.

If you ask local San Francisco fans what song they most want to sing at this time, they will definitely answer you - "Come Back Soon."

And on Huaguo's basketball forum, there are endless posts about comparing advanced data and analyzing Du Zhe's performance frame by frame.

Prime Minister Guda even wrote furiously and wrote - "Azhe is suspended, the Warriors quickly cut off the power, Black loses four consecutive games to Nishuai, do you understand?" 》This masterpiece.

But the most eye-catching ones are the previous posts that made comments such as "Du Zhe's style of play hurts the Warriors" and "the Warriors can show their true strength without Du Zhe."

Those who did not know why they deliberately sowed right and wrong either deleted their posts early and fled, or were dug out and whipped their corpses.

Although these people generally do not have the guts to come out and reply, watching netizens repeatedly torture them is obviously the best pastime for Du Zhe after training.

In the past few days, Du Zhe, in addition to practicing strong three-point shooting, just occasionally got used to the rhythm of the three-point contest.

However, after practicing a few times, he found that as long as he mastered the timing, it should not be difficult for him to win the competition.

So he doesn't need to spend too much effort on it in the future, he just needs to practice every few days to maintain a good state, and it shouldn't be a big problem.

And the next thing he mainly considers is how to win the slam dunk contest.

After all, since his debut in the NBA, due to various reasons and coincidences, he has been branded as a dunk.

Although he seldom dunks in the game now, it may be that the first impression left on the fans is too deep. His nickname of pornographic movie essence is getting louder and louder. The fans want him to participate in the slam dunk contest. The voices are getting louder and louder.

After all, in the NBA, black players and white players are the mainstream in the league, and the occasional one or two yellow players are often short-lived.

In the inherent impression of the NBA, people of the yellow race are indeed slightly inferior in physical fitness.

If you say that an Asian player can participate in the three-point contest, fans may not think your words are outrageous.

But if you say that a yellow-skinned player appeared in the NBA slam dunk contest, then others will definitely think you are talking in your sleep.

However, the appearance of Du Zhe gave the fans confidence.

They believe that with Du Zhe's actual dunking ability, if he participates in the slam dunk contest, not to mention winning the championship, he can at least perform well.

For Du Zhe, if he can become the NBA's first double three-point dunk champion, it will be a huge profit.

Needless to say, the rewards given by the system.

When the price skyrockets, those brand owners will be able to earn a lot of gold coins.

Relying on these rewards and endorsement fees, he can further improve his abilities.

At that time, with his strength, if the Warriors can reach the playoffs, they might not be able to do something.

Dry!This wave must be done!

Du Zhe's only worry now is that the league will not give him the opportunity to participate in two projects at the same time.

He is not worried about the three-point contest. After all, in terms of quantity and efficiency, he is also a high-quality three-pointer in the league so far.

And the slam dunk contest?It seems that in future games, if the timing is right, he will still take the opportunity to show his hands, lest the league forget that he is actually a dunker.

Du Zhe's jumping ability is now over 80, and there is definitely no pressure to complete some simple dunks without anyone defending him.

However, due to the low ability value of dunks and dunks, it would not work if he was asked to do any fancy things or perform difficult dunks.

He can solve this problem with his stealth glove skills in regular games, but what about the slam dunk contest?

The only solution Du Zhe could think of now was to buy some slam dunk experience packs from the system mall. Thinking of this, he decided to save the system points he would get from winning games in the future.

After all, the price of a slam dunk experience package for a master like Carter is not cheap.

Since it is necessary to accumulate more system points, in the subsequent games, the opponents who can be won must try their best to win, and the opponents who cannot be won must also create opportunities to find a way to win.

The next opponent, the New Jersey Nets, is undoubtedly Du Zhe, who has been holding back for 5 games, and is the best target to use as a flag sacrifice.

(End of this chapter)