Chapter 804 You are better than the Knicks
The 76ers' ten-game winning streak did not attract much attention.
Because there are teams in the West doing the same thing - the Golden State Warriors, their unexpected rise adds a new look to the league.
When Mark Jackson was dismissed last season, the Warriors team was depressed. Because Jackson and the management were not in the way, they were quite popular among the players, similar to Rivers, and everyone wanted to play for him.
Then Steve Cole came, and as soon as he came, he left a few points behind. For example, he wanted the Warriors to play a little triangular offense and pass the ball like the Spurs last season.
He is qualified to say that because he took three rings under the triangular offensive system and two rings under the Spurs system.
At the same time, he also gave a briefing with two super backcourt players of the Warriors.
Especially Stephen Curry, he hopes Curry can reduce the difficulty of taking action.
There is no need to shoot so difficult every time - or to reduce the "dribble and flash out of the first line of gaps" and forcefully shots.
He hopes to give Curry more opportunities to shoot easily.
Everyone will say, how to implement it specifically?
Although the Warriors made many mistakes in the first week of the new season, they averaged 74 more passes than last season. They made fewer ball breakthroughs and had more pick-and-roll passes.
Klay Thompson averaged 29 points per game in the first week of the game: the Warriors were trying to play more blocking and cutting transfers. Therefore, Thompson averaged nearly 24 points per game, which is one of the witnesses of the Warriors system.
The same is true for Curry. Last season, 55% of Curry's three-pointers were single-only strong shots, but this season has decreased to 35%. With more off-ball moves and off-ball jump shots, his opponents can no longer implement the defensive strategy of "kill Curry, empty Wall, the Warriors' offense is over", because the Warriors' firepower points have been dispersed.
In addition to these clever changes, Cole also boldly let All-Star inside David Lee sit on the bench, and promotes the all-around short inside player Drummond Green into the starting lineup. With Drummond, Curry, Wall, and Thompson, an amazing chemical reaction broke out.
What's more, the Warriors also had two All-Stars, Iguodala and Bogut.
Cole took the initiative to make Iguodala's substitute. He was the starting third position before, squeezing Thompson's development space. Cole took the initiative to let him go to the substitute, and he had no complaints, just like David Lee.
The Warriors are very similar to the 76ers, a young core player, with a depth of explosive lineup and selfless chemical reactions.
Although he hasn't fought head-on with the 76ers, countless experts say that if the Cavaliers' Big Three cannot get into the state as soon as possible, then the biggest obstacle to the 76ers' defense is the Warriors.
Although the 76ers have not met the Warriors yet, they have encountered some interesting opponents.
These include the Timberwolves and the Bucks.
The Timberwolves have the No. 1 pick. After fighting Andrew Wiggins, Weisha feels more and more like Rudy Guy. However, his body is one level stronger than Guy.
Indeed, this is a super talent.
However, his technical reserves were a problem, but he still left an impressive dunk against the 76ers.
Wiggins jumped up like helicopter, extremely terrifying.
The little Greek monster of the Bucks left a deeper impression on Wei Xia.
The Greeks looked like players created by fans playing 2k tricks. Their height and size actually played number one position.
Against the 76ers, the Greeks played 36 minutes, scoring 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
As a point guard, although he failed to use his physical advantages to play no matter who he was misplaced, he had already shown the potential to play in five positions.
He still lacks many things. He always does not do enough movements every time he attacks the basket in a collision. He is prone to drop balls in dense areas. Although his dribble is good, his directional change is not large. Every time he takes a step and layup, people worry that he is injured, but... Wei Xia is shocked. He really has the possibility of playing five positions in the future.
Odom said that the Greeks were like young self. But when Odom was young, his team and himself did not have the conditions to develop their full potential. The Greeks were different. The Bucks had discovered that they dug out gems with a first-round pick that was not even a lottery draw.
So when the Greeks completed an exaggerated counterattack dunk across the game, Wei Xia ignited himself like all the challenged superstars. He scored only 11 points in the first half and scored 42 points in the second half, with 53 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in the game.
It was away, at the Bucks' home court, causing fans to shout MVP.
At the end of the game, the Greeks came to show their goodwill.
Wei Xia also gave the other party a very high evaluation in the post-match interview: "The Bucks fans who have Giannis are happy, cherish this time. Many years later, you will know that the happiest thing is not the moment he becomes a superstar, but every flashing moment during his growth, and your infinite imagination."
As long as there are young people who fight well, Wei Xia will not be stingy with his praise.
He is 30 years old and is about to be 31 years old. He doesn't want to be as annoying as before. Although that is interesting, he can't win more for him. If you want something annoying, you can save it for the playoffs. At least the regular season, you must have the demeanor of a senior.
Wei Xia is both expectant and vigilant about the development of these young people.
He knew that the younger wave was going to push the older wave, but he never wanted to be the one to be pushed.
So he had to pay attention to the growth of these people and regard them as future enemies. Now he knew how many defects Wiggins had in his skills and knew that the Greeks were being put in various positions by the coaching staff.
However, apart from these few people, there are not many players in the league that can really be called promising in the future.
Two days later, the Eastern Focus Battle.
76ers vs. Cavaliers.
Before the Warriors rose, the Cavaliers were recognized as the biggest opponent on the 76ers' road to defending their titles.
All fans were expecting the Cavaliers to bring something, but the answer they gave was embarrassing.
James seems to be back when he first went to the Heat;
Irving is still the same;
Lof could not play the power of the second team players, but instead shook the problem of tens of thousands of people on the defensive end.
The 76ers already knew before the game that although the Cavaliers' new coach David Blatt has been teaching in Europe for a long time, his coaching philosophy is not new to NBA players.
Then Princeton.
Since you want to play Princeton, the support of the inside is very important. Love seems to be very suitable, and Irving can also play the role of Mike Bibby back then.
What about James? Where is he standing?
This is a problem.
Although you have enough personnel to operate the system, if the most important players in the team cannot find their own position under the system, how should they handle themselves?
In the first ten games of the season, the Cavaliers won 6 and lost 4.
In the focus game against the 76ers, James stood in the bottom corner of the ball.
Gordon Hayward never found it so easy to play against James.
In the first half, the 76ers' fierce attack hammered the Cavaliers' heads.
Leading the Cavaliers by 18 points in halftime.
Brad had to change the formation and replaced West, one of the two major backcourts, but James still may not be alive.
Wei Xia discovered the problem with this team.
The new three giants have not found how to adapt to each other's existence. They can only keep allowing Lof to pick and roll at a high position, but when there is no ball, they are not sure what each other should do.
When James first arrived in Miami, it took him a year to find a balance between holding the ball with Wade - Wade sacrificed himself as a player without the ball.
The focus battle that fans are looking forward to is still the team's tactical position balance battle.
Everyone has to find their place and recognize who is the eldest father, who is the younger brother, and who is the tool man.
James is a decent person. He knows where he should be, but some people don’t know. He can’t say it directly, right? Is that what a decent person should do? He can’t say it, nor does he want to get upset, so he shows a team heart, stand still, and relax like “the stage is for you”.
But without James' cooperation, both Loeff and Irving could not get the ending thing in the playoffs, so how could they work together?
This is the emperor's mind.
Although some fans will use this to criticize James' enthusiasm and the Cavaliers do lose because of this, all this is just a pain period that the Cavaliers must go through before they go from straitors to become a complete team.
Those who support James called this process "LeBron's habit of letting his teammates sum up their experience in failure."
Although the media beautified James' moves to the point where he gave him goosebumps, fans still saw the problem.
Therefore, recently, there are many fans who criticize James for not working hard.
The fans and broadcasters who were originally looking forward to a big battle only saw a unilateral massacre.
"LeBron said he was eager to bring back a championship for his hometown, but he had no fighting spirit against the defending champion tonight, only scored 11 points, and then the Cavaliers lost a crushing defeat."
"Does he really want to win?"
The complaints from the Philadelphia Investigator are the most direct: "The 76ers beat the Knicks in the opening game. In that game, wish played 29 minutes. Last night's game against the Cavaliers, wish played only 26 minutes."
The official Twitter account of the New York Times slandered it: "Everyone, let me translate what this passage means for you. It's actually very simple - the Cavaliers, you are even better than the Knicks!"
Then the tweet was flooded by James' famous crying emoticon.
The 76ers maintained a winning streak, while the Warriors lost to the Lakers in the West.
Kobe scored 30 points, Parker played his best game since the start of his rookie season, and Gasol Jr. dominated the penalty area - these are objective factors, the main factor is that the Warriors have a game every season and don’t know how to throw the basketball into Staples’ basket.
Chapter completed!