NBA: James wants to team up with me

On December 12th, the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers, was packed with seats. Countless Los Angeles fans poured into the arena just to witness the first showdown of the Lakers' Super Big Three.

In the front row of the audience, newlywed Jessica Alba was wearing a white knitted sweater. Her perfect figure was perfectly framed by the tight sweater, and her exquisite makeup made anyone unable to stop.

"Made, Wang Chong is a dog thief, you must rob my beloved, you deserve to die!"

Wang Chong has now become a public enemy and is envied, jealous, and hated by millions of male compatriots.

Jessica Alba was the focus of attention before the game, but as the players from both teams came on stage to warm up, the fans' attention was immediately diverted.

After all, they spent money to come to the arena to watch the game, not to watch the beautiful women.

The appearance of NBA superstars can cause them to cheer even more.

"Kobe! Chris! Dwight!!!"

Lakers home fans chanted the names of the Big Three, especially Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, the two superstars who first came to Los Angeles. Fans kept chanting their names. When the two raised their hands to When the stands waved, it even caused waves of cheers.

The Bulls' starting lineup has not changed from last season. It is still Curry, Billups, Wang Chong, Garnett and Gasol. This winning lineup has repeatedly proven its strong dominance.

In comparison, the Lakers' starting lineup has changed drastically.

In order to acquire Paul and Howard, the Lakers' original lineup that made it to the Finals for three consecutive years was torn apart. The starting lineup has become: point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and small forward Ron Artest. , power forward Troy Murphy, center Dwight Howard.

Everyone else knows that power forward Murphy is not an outstanding player, but when he was with the Warriors in the past, he averaged a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds per game in the regular season, which is more than enough to serve as a starter. , but Murphy suffered from injuries last season and only played 35 games in total. His average data per game dropped sharply from 14.6+10 in the previous season to 3 points and 3 rebounds. Although he has returned from injury, he is obviously not what he used to be. Zhiyong, the Lakers only offered him a contract with an annual salary of 135 million in the free market.

Letting Murphy serve as the team's starting power forward is really a helpless move. In order to gather the Super Big Three, the Lakers paid a high price. There is a shortage of talents on the bench, especially among the inside players. Fortunately, the Lakers' current big man is the league's number one center, Howard. Even if the players at the power forward position are of poor quality, Howard can single-handedly support the Lakers' entire interior defensive system.

The game is about to begin, and players from both sides appear.

Howard and Gasol jump ball, there is basically no suspense.

At this time, Howard had not suffered from back injuries. In the original 11-12 season, Howard should have suffered a season-ending injury in April 2012. Now, in December 4, there were still more than 2011 days before he was injured. Considering the different lineup structures of the Lakers and Magic, it is still unknown whether Howard will suffer serious injuries.

Therefore, Howard was still at his peak at this time, and his jumping and explosive power were not affected in any way. Fighting for the jump ball with Gasol was just like an adult bullying a child. He just jumped and easily won the jump ball.

Paul caught the ball and dribbled the ball halfway, then stopped and waited for his teammates to get into position.

After Howard caught up from behind, he did not enter the inside immediately, but came to Paul to help him pick and roll.

Paul used the pick-and-roll screen to rush straight into the penalty area. Paul, who is a typical short and flexible defender, is very fast. Gasol obviously cannot keep up with Paul's speed. On the other side, Garnett had to give up his defensive goal and come to help assist. Defend.

But Paul, who rushed to the basket, didn't panic and threw the basketball in his hand into the air. Behind Garnett and Gasol, Howard's magic weapon descended from the sky, leaped high into the air, received the pass, and violently empty-handed his hands. Receive a dunk.

"boom--!"

The rim was rattled by Howard's powerful force. Lakers fans' eyes lit up and they stood up to applaud and cheer.

Such a beautiful alley-oop cooperation, how many years has it been for the Lakers?
To be precise, since Kobe has grown older and transformed from a dunker with outstanding athletic ability into a master of mid-range shooting, the Lakers, who mainly focus on positional warfare, have rarely had such a hearty dunk offense.

Wang Chong looked at this scene, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

This move is very similar to the most commonly used move by the Clippers after Paul joined the Clippers.

The Clippers, who have Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, often use these two to cover Paul in pick-and-rolls, and then immediately receive Paul's alley-oop pass to attack. Both players are top athletes. He is an inside player who is very fast among inside players. Coupled with his outstanding jumping and strength, the picture of alley-oop dunks is full of beauty, and Paul's passing skills, especially his passing skills for alley-oop dunks, are absolutely perfect. He is the top player in history among defenders.

Under his cannonball delivery, both Griffin and Jordan deducted super dunks that will go down in history.

Griffin's dunk of the century, Thunder center Perkins' dunk, and Jordan's alley-oop dunk over Pistons guard Knight were all brutal and bloody scenes that made people's blood boil.

Now Griffin and Paul have not been able to join the Clippers because of the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chong.

However, the current development prospects of the Los Angeles Clippers are not bad. After all, they did not get the No. 1 pick. Although they missed Griffin, they got James Harden.

Harden can definitely be called the strongest shooting guard in the league after Kobe Wade. Without the three years of dormancy while working for the Thunder, Harden, who was trained as the main core as soon as he was selected, lived up to expectations and grew rapidly.

Last season, the second year of his career, Harden was able to steadily contribute 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. His personal performance has surpassed that of Curry, Evans and other strong rivals in their rookie seasons in the same period, except for Griffin. The strongest rookie in the 09 class.

Wang Chong knows better that Harden will only get stronger and stronger in the future, and the price/performance ratio is definitely much better than Griffin.

It’s just that at this stage, the Clippers only have Harden, Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan, Kaman and other players. The team’s strength is limited, let alone competitive enough to make the playoffs in the Western Conference with so many strong players. They are all difficult to get into and they take time.

The topic has gone far, back to the Lakers.

Paul doesn't have the cooperation of Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, but he has a stronger Howard.

At his peak, Howard was incomparable even to Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. He not only had the same athletic ability and dunking skills as Griffin, but also had the height and wingspan to rival DeAndre Jordan. The two of them could do it on the court. Howard can do everything perfectly, and at the same time, on the defensive end, he can provide a defensive shock effect that far exceeds that of the two.

It is no exaggeration to say that Howard alone can allow the Lakers to take over the title of Alley-oop City from the Clippers.
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Paul and Howard's pick-and-roll alley-oop combination is pleasing to the eye and shocking.

But the Bulls were unmoved. In transition between offense and defense, Garnett serves from the baseline.

After Curry quickly dribbled the ball across half court, he immediately handed the ball to Wang Chong.

Blocking in front of Wang Chong was still his old rival Ron Artest.

At this time, Artest has changed his name to Charity. World. Peace, which is what Director Zhang calls Metta Shiping.

But changing the name cannot conceal the fact that Artest's own defensive ability has declined.

Although Artest is only 11 years old by the 12-32 season, his competitive status as an outside player should not have declined to such a serious extent.

But Artest's situation is special. He is too strong. He is almost the only one in the league who can challenge James head-on in terms of strength. After all, Artest is not James. As his age increases and his athletic ability decreases, his weight exceeds Although Artest's strength of 110 kilograms was not affected, his speed dropped sharply, especially his lateral speed, which was almost as slow as that of an inside player.

As an outside defender, lateral speed is equivalent to their lifeline. Without lateral speed, it means that he is powerless against most outside players with the ability to attack with the ball.

Wang Chong was very aware of Artest's changes, so after standing still with the ball, Wang Chong raised his hand to feint a shot and suddenly used his force to start.

Now Wang Chong has undergone qualitative changes compared to last season. Several attributes that affect breakthrough speed have reached 87 in speed, 85 in agility, and 82 in explosive power. Together with last season, Wang Chong has been upgraded to . The silver-level first-step master badge, although its breakthrough speed is not comparable to that of Rose, Wade, James, and peak McGrady, it is still faster than ordinary people can react.

Artest didn't expect Wang Chong's breakthrough to be so fast. He didn't even have time to react before he was already passed by Wang Chong.

"So fast!"

Artest was shocked and quickly turned around to follow Wang Chong, but it was already too late.

Wang Chong, who rushed straight into the penalty area, was greeted by Howard's supplementary defense.

When he was in the East, the Magic once became one of the Bulls' strong rivals, so Howard knew Wang Chong very well. Because of this, he truly understood how strong Wang Chong was.

Since the two are of similar height, Howard does not have any height advantage. If he wants to block Wang Chong's shot, he can only take off early and use his superior jumping ability to block the shot in advance.

But the question now is when Wang Chong will take action. His pull-up jump shot is textbook level, and even the experienced Howard cannot judge it.

All he could do was to get close to Wang Chong and follow Wang Chong's footsteps to retreat.

Withdrawing into the penalty area, Howard knew that he could no longer retreat. If he continued to retreat, let alone guarding Wang Chong, he might even be dunked by Wang Chong.

So he immediately stopped and took the initiative to meet Wang Chong, wanting to exert physical pressure on Wang Chong.

Wang Chong noticed Howard's movements, slowed down, bent his knees and stopped to shoot. His move was of course a fake move to worship Buddha. With the blessing of the emergency stop master badge that had reached the gold level, his movements were very realistic.

Howard was indeed fooled and immediately jumped up to block the shot.

But just as he jumped up, Wang Chong put the basketball down, bypassed Howard, and scored an easy layup.

2: 2.

The cheers from the Lakers home fans dimmed slightly.

Although they already have the Super Big Three, their opponent is Wang Chong, who is currently recognized as the number one player in the league with the strongest scoring ability. It is not easy to win.

The game continued. The Bulls and Lakers started off with full firepower. The Bulls continued to attack and score around Wang Chong as the main attack point, while for the Lakers, Paul and Howard were the absolute protagonists. The continuous pick-and-roll cooperation seemed to be in perfect harmony. , whether it's Howard's alley-oop dunk after picking up a pass after a pick-and-roll, or Paul's elegant layup using the pick-and-roll to rush into the penalty area, they are all very exciting.

But fans gradually forgot about Kobe Bryant, the core of the Lakers.

When Paul and Howard were playing pick-and-roll tactics and working together seamlessly, Kobe was at a loss on the court and was outside the tactics.

In fact, this is also to blame for the shortened season. Both team training and preseason time are too tight. Each team in the league does not have enough time to adjust. The Lakers dismantled the entire team to form a super three. The situation of the giants is even more chaotic. Until now, they don't even have a complete tactical system.

These three people are definitely not suitable for Phil Jackson's signature triangle tactics. Phil Jackson is not a mediocre person who only knows triangle tactics. This is why Paul and Howard's pick-and-roll tactics are used.

Paul and Howard's playing styles are very compatible and can produce good results, but Kobe's situation is a bit embarrassing. Neither Paul nor Howard can cooperate tactically with Kobe, at least not in the short preseason stage. It was found that among the new Big Three of the Lakers, Kobe is the one who is outside the tactical system.

Of course, this does not mean that Kobe is useless. Phil Jackson developed two main offensive tactics for the new Lakers. One is the pick-and-roll tactics of Paul and Howard, which has now proven to be effective.

The other set of tactics is based on Kobe. To put it simply, it is the Kobe-holding singles tactic.

After all, he is the strongest shooting guard in the league after Jordan. Even if Kobe does not cooperate with anyone, he still has a strong offensive and scoring ability.

In fact, most of the time, what Kobe is best at is fighting alone based on his personal ability.

As the game progresses, occasionally when the timing is bad, Paul will pass the ball to Kobe and let Kobe hold the ball in singles.

Although Kobe was able to score the ball efficiently in the face of Billups' defense, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

I always feel that this Lakers team is a little different from before. The feeling that he is the core of the team and the whole team revolves around him is gone. (End of chapter)