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

Chapter 7 Training and Pre-match Preparation

"Du! You came so early today!"

In the morning, other Warriors players who arrived one after another were surprised to see Du Zhe, who was already sweating profusely.

In fact, Du Zhe's training time today was no different from the previous days, except that no one would notice him, a small character quietly sweating in the corner.

After the warm-up training, the head coach Nelson brought the players together and started tactical training to strengthen their cooperation.

Of course, this is also to allow Du Zhe to integrate into the team system faster.

In the last game, Du Zhe's defensive skills and talents made Nelson's eyes shine.

Naturally, he has also earned more playing time in the Warriors team, which is currently short of major generals.

For head coach Nelson, he has focused on bombardment tactics in the Warriors in the past two seasons. Although he has also created the "Black Eight Miracle", the team's record has always been difficult to go further.

This season, due to various factors such as injuries and personnel changes, the team's performance has struggled even more.

Although the team averaged 108 points per game, the top two in the league, they conceded 112 points per game, ranking first in the league.

It can be said that the old Nelson is well aware of the crux of the current team, and the extreme admiration of offense under the bombardment tactics cannot conceal the weak performance on the defensive end.

In other words, a crazy offense may allow them to upset the giants in a series, but an unstable defense is also a black hole hidden behind the gorgeous offense.

The current Warriors need to make changes on the defensive end. He needs a tireless sweeping defender.

This player must have a larger defensive area, be good at dealing with frequent pick-and-rolls and defense changes, and also have a certain ability to fight inside, so that he can temporarily withstand the impact of the opponent's elders when the team needs it.

Of course, it would be better if this player had certain three-point shooting and organizational skills, which would make the team's offense more flexible.

From the old Nelson's point of view, Du Zhe obviously has this potential.

With a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 05 meters, he will not suffer too much in the interior confrontation.

At 20 years old, if true, there is a lot of room for growth and transformation.

And the performance of locking Kevin Martin in the last game proved his perimeter defensive ability.

It's just that the young man's defensive stability needs to be tested through more games, and he also has obvious shortcomings on the offensive end.

But these are not a problem for the so-called "mad scientist" old Nelson. As a coach like Shennong, is it not a pleasure to taste all kinds of herbs and turn stones into gold?
If he is compared to the Frankenstein in the novel, then Du Zhe might as well be transformed into a monster that shocked the league.

Of course, all this depends on Du Zhe's performance in the next few games.

After the tactical training, Nelson announced the lineup for the next game to the team.

A number of starters or substitutes, including Maggette, "Martial Saint" Johnson, Belinelli, Brandon White, and Biedrins, were excluded from the list due to unhealed injuries.

And Monta Ellis also hung up the free card due to the need for rotation.

It seems that after taking into account the actual situation of the team, the coaching staff plans to focus on training in the remaining seven rounds of games and give the substitutes a chance to perform.

The final starting lineup sent by the team is as follows:

Point guard - CJ Watson (undrafted, NBDL Vipers star)
Shooting guard - Kelana Azubuike (undrafted, future Warriors commentator)
Small forward-Anthony Morrow (record holder for points in first start for undrafted players)
Power Forward -- Ronnie Turiaf (noble second-round pick, friend of Kobe Bryant)
Center——Anthony Randolph (one-round talent, domineering name, Doncic national team teammate, European champion)

Du Zhe is ranked seventh on the list of players, behind Jamal Crawford.

After regular training, some players chose to stay for additional training, and more players chose to go back to rest.

Du Zhe stayed silently and began to practice his open three-pointers silently.

Although he is still a little uncomfortable with the NBA's three-point line distance, as a professional player, he still maintained a considerable shooting percentage during training.

However, under the high-intensity confrontation and defense in the game, Du Zhe was not sure how much he could still hit the target.

He could only tirelessly shoot again and again.

I don't know how many more three-pointers he made, but the emotionless voice of the system suddenly sounded in Du Zhe's mind.

"The current empty three-point experience value is full, and the proficiency will be increased by 1"

Open the panel to check, and sure enough, his open three-point ability has increased from 55 to 56 points.

It turns out that my system actually has the function of liver experience, but I don't know how long it takes to train for each attribute's ability value to increase by 1 point.

However, the intuitive feedback from the system still made Du Zhe excited. He knew that his efforts were not in vain. Excited, he tried to shoot three-pointers for a while.

It's a pity that the system's notification sound did not sound again. It seems that the accumulation of experience points did not happen overnight.

So Du Zhe chose to end today's training and go back to have a good rest.

After all, there is still a game to be played tomorrow, so it is not a clear choice to overdraw your physical strength now.

Back in the team's locker room, Du Zhe began to study the next opponent - the New Orleans Hornets.

At this time, the Hornets had not been renamed the Pelicans, and the head star was the famous "Queen Bee" Chris Paul.

It can be said that the current Hornets is almost a team of Paul alone. Although there is an all-star power forward named "The West" David West, the Hornets still find it difficult to get rid of the mode of "Success is Paul, defeat is Paul" .

It is precisely because of this that many teams adopt a strategy of letting Paul score rather than assisting the Hornets when they play against the Hornets.

Du Zhe closed his eyes and began to recall the memory of his previous life.

That's right, in the near future - that is, in the first round of this year's playoffs, the Nuggets will single-handedly create the famous "58 Massacre"

In that round of the series, Paul was pinched by the Nuggets' strong point guard Billups and Dengtai Jones with strength and height, and his performance declined significantly in five games.

It seems that in the next game, if I want to limit my opponent, I still have to cut off Paul's connection with other players.

After all, the Hornets have only averaged 19 assists per game this season, and Paul alone has accounted for 11 assists. It can be said that he is the brains of the team.

Glancing at the other players of the Hornets, most of them are nothing to be afraid of. The only two worth noting are David West and Peja.

Among them, although Peja had strong offensive firepower at his peak, he is now playing more of an outside three-point fortress in his twilight years, and he is more of a sixth man leading the bench in the Hornets.

As one of the heroes of the Warriors' championship in his previous life, David West is even more familiar to Du Zhe.

Now he is at his peak, and his scoring average this season has hit a career high. He is the most reliable helper around Paul and the second scoring point of the Hornets.

It seems that the key to the next game is to cut off the connection between Paul and West. Du Zhe is ready to take the initiative to defend West alone.

(End of this chapter)