The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 53, Chris Paul
"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. Paul's offense and defense are much better than Felton and Augustine. And they must have studied Li Senlin's video yesterday. They won't give Li Senlin so many vacancies. Li Senlin is not used to it. In addition, the overall defense of the Hornets is more than one grade better than that of the Bobcats. Westbrook should not be able to adapt to the game without Durant's restraint."

"Last year, Paul's playoffs were full of regrets. This season he will make a comeback. Facing an underdog like the Thunder, the goal must be to win."

"Well, let's wait and see Li Senlin's performance today."

The Thunder's starting lineup is: Wilcox, Jeff Green, Wilkins, Westbrook, Collison.

The Hornets' starting lineup is: Tyson Chandler, David West, Peja Stojakovic, Russell Butler, Chris Paul.

Because last night's game was very exciting and won, there are obviously a lot more Thunder fans who came to the Ford Center today. The fans are looking forward to how the two rookies will perform.

Although most fans know that it is difficult for the Thunder to win, it does not prevent them from supporting their home team and enjoying a wonderful game.

With the end of the admission ceremony, Li Senlin sat back on the familiar bench, and Jack also told him that even if Durant was not there, he would not have a role in the starting lineup, and his current role is only suitable for playing on the bench.

Durant also sat on a seat not far from the bench wearing a shirt, helping the team cheer at any time.

"Li, do you think I have a chance to play in this game?" Lefort looked at Li Senlin expectantly.

"I don't know, let's see how Brooks arranges it."

Levre, a defender, has no offensive characteristics, and his defensive loopholes are bigger than Li Senlin. Li Senlin is not optimistic about his little partner's prospects in the Thunder.

"Ah."

Lefort also knew that it wasn't Li Senlin who had the final say, but he was just looking for some comfort from him. He didn't have much confidence himself, so he couldn't play, and he was really frustrated.

His agent has already begun to contact European teams. Although he really wants to stay in the NBA, there is no way. This is also very realistic. The team may lay off him at any time.

Now that the Thunder's two ace guards need playing time, it is impossible to allocate playing time to him.

Who told him to overlap with Westbrook and Li Senlin.

The NBA is so cruel, the unemployment rate of players here is very high.

Wilcox bounces the ball with Chandler.

Chandler passes the ball to Chris Paul.

Paul held the ball and advanced across the half court, very stable.

Westbrook clung tightly.

Paul observes from the top of the arc.

Make a play, call David West over to run the pick-and-roll.

West came over quickly, blocked Westbrook, and then ran down to the free throw line.

Collison followed the defense quickly and made up.

However, Paul found a gap and quickly passed the ball between Collison and Westbrook to West.

West is already ready, catches the ball, and hits the free-throw line.

"Swish".

Make a steady hit and get the first blood of the Hornets today.

0 is better than 2
Li Senlin sat on the bench and watched Paul and West's unsolvable pick-and-roll. He seemed to be unable to defend against the Thunder. Everyone knew that Paul and West were going to play a pick-and-roll, but there was no way.

Li Senlin is also thinking about Paul's strengths and weaknesses, and he will face this situation when he plays.

Advantages of Paul:
1. Excellent overall view;
2. Top control and passing skills;
3. The league's leading pick-and-roll expert;

4. Accurate mid-range jumper;
5. Defensive level of defensive level all the year round.

Paul's Weaknesses:
1. The quality and quantity of three-pointers are insufficient. Paul is good at finishing in the middle distance.

2. Too sticky ball.Like the later Clippers, except for Griffin and Ke 6, the rest of the Clippers basically played the role of receiving the ball.The ball handler basically has no way out in the Clippers because he is not compatible with Paul.

The most important thing is that among the point guards in the league, apart from Curry and Nash, no one has a better distribution of organization + personal offense than Paul.

The result is that Paul was exhausted because no one shared the ball. On the surface, it seems that Paul tried his best, but he couldn't move.
3. Poor awareness of running without the ball.This point is actually closely related to point 2, because Paul has been the absolute ball-handling core of the team since he entered the industry, coupled with his master-level ability to hold the ball and jump shots after the pick-and-roll, so he doesn't spend much time playing off the ball.Coupled with Paul's unstable three-pointers, coaches generally don't set up three-point tactics for him.So what we often see is Paul without the ball with his hands on his thighs, like a coach on the field, standing at the top of the arc and watching his teammates play.

4. Short.Because of his short stature, Paul couldn't ignore the defense at critical moments and pull up to shoot the opponent and end the game like Kobe and KD.He can only rely on various CROSS OVER to try to shake out the shooting/breakthrough space.

5. Paul had no weapons to kill.Without this weapon, it is impossible to lead the team to win the championship.

What's worse is that Paul has always been used as a tool to improve the lower limit of his teammates. The so-called murderous weapon is the ability to forcibly change the opponent's defensive strategy.

This ability has two meanings,
The first layer: "I'm sorry, he started to score crazy, call a timeout! Change defense!"

The second layer: "Damn it, he started scoring like crazy, call a timeout! Change the defense! Why is it useless! There's nothing to play..."

This is the ability to solve the game. When the game is stalemate, winning the game is not based on strategy or tactics, but on unreasonable ability to solve the problem.

For example, what can you do if a shark is about to dunk;
What can you do if the primary school student is about to score three points?
The German chariot is about to become independent as a golden rooster, what can you do?
The top is going to spin, the No. 21 rookie is going to defend, what can you do?
As for greats like Jordan Kobe Bryant-Jabbar Chamberlain, needless to say.

This is what Paul lacks. Paul’s best offense is to displace the inside line. Using various rhythm changes, the inside line cannot form defensive interference to him at all.

Of course, good teammates are also needed on offense.

When Kobe didn't have Sharks and Gasol, he could only score points desperately;

Iverson is against the sky, but in the end there is no sun;

Without Thompson and Green, Curry may only be regarded as an excellent three-pointer.

Or, it can be like the current Big Three in Boston. Everyone is very strong, but it seems to be a little bit worse.

If you have a weapon, you must be able to use it at any time.

If you can't do it, then find a few more people, and there must be someone who can come up with something tonight.

Does Paul have such a weapon?No.

Paul is very comprehensive, Paul has a strong scoring ability, and there are wonderful scenes of scoring consecutively, but there is no kind of "oh my god, what should I do if he has the ball? Double-team? Let him strangle everyone else? God, it doesn't work. !"a feeling of.

It doesn't matter if you don't have this kind of ability, it's good to have a teammate who is against the sky, just like Nowitzki next to Kidd, and the postman next to Stockton.It's a pity that the current Paul also lacks such a perfect teammate. Maybe the future Rockets' Deng brother is Paul's destination.

Although it seems that Paul has many weaknesses, his weakness is that for a championship-level team, it will be infinitely magnified, but for the underdog Thunder, his weakness is not a weakness. Westbrook is already very desperate Defense, is it still being played around? .

Li Senlin found that the current Thunder really can't restrain Paul.

　Ask for a recommendation ticket

　　


(End of this chapter)