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Chapter 124 The Competitive West
As the most frugal team in the league, the Clippers' approach is to use rookies for the main force and rookies for the backup. The rookies will send them away if they want to renew their contracts.

Therefore, their record is generally cruising in the latter few, but this season they are not the worst, because they still have some young players who can play, and it will embarrass other teams if they explode.

Like the second-year rookie Lamar Odom has become the core of the team, the second-year Corey Maggette is also the mainstay of the team, today's rookies Darius Miles, Quentin Richard Sen, Kenyon - Dooling, also played very well.

Like Jamison, Odom is also a typical representative of nonsense on the front line. He also grasped offense, organization, and rebounds in the Clippers. However, unlike Jamison, he has stronger organizational skills and offensive A little bit worse.

The Clippers' current style of play, as long as Jamison can restrain Odom, their offense will cost half. The disadvantage of too many rookies is that they are easy to mess up, but they also need to prevent the opponent from going crazy. The rhythm is suppressed. Anyway, the opponent's inside line is the parallel import champion Olowokandi who is playing worse and worse. If he goes up to a stronger inside line and squeezes him, the Warriors' inside line will not suffer.

Although the head coach has repeatedly emphasized that no opponent should be underestimated, the Warriors still did not do a good job at the beginning. Because of their good results, many players feel good about themselves even if they are disabled.

The key is that Jamison didn't adapt to Odom's style of play at the beginning. As the Clippers' 23th position, he played a bit like a tall guard. In a small climax for the Clippers, the Warriors fell behind by 33 points at 10:[-] in the first quarter.

In this case, Zhang Chen didn't need to speak, the head coach Dave Cowens would grab the defensive player and reprimand him for a while.

"Defensive aggressiveness, Antoine, you don't want to switch with me to defend, and offensively, you should have an advantage over him. You have to position your opponents as the top players now. , Duncan, Garnett, Webber, Wallace, kill him hard."

Jamison often behaves too well, so Zhang Chen has to remind him at any time that a stronger Jamison is necessary for the goals of the new season.

He can defend an all-around power forward like Odom, because he is the representative of all-around power, but he hopes that Jamison can crush the opponent.

"It's up to you to hit the ball, whether to go outside or inside."

"Inside." Jamison gritted his teeth, showing a firm look in his eyes.

One thing that is good about Jamison is that he is able to accept other people's opinions. In other words, his character just needs someone to remind him to be more ruthless and more ruthless.

Zhang Chen received the ball from the side. At this time, Jamison had already put Odom behind him in the low post. Zhang Chen lobbed the ball in. Jamison hardly made any adjustments, just a side hook and scored the ball.

His inside skills, generally as long as he leans on his opponent, even a power forward who is stronger than Odom will not have much to do, let alone an opponent whose strength is not an advantage.

Zhang Chen and Jamison waved their arms at the same time. If they want to win against any team, they must show enough toughness in front of the opponent's core. A game is a battle.

With Jamison's speed, it is no problem to defend against Odom. He will not be afraid of being broken by the opponent, so he must stick up. Since he has an advantage in strength, he must make the opponent feel uncomfortable.

Facing Jamison, who had become fierce in his breakthrough, Odom hesitated a bit. He was not that kind of decisive player. The ship's attack also became unsmooth.

"Antoine, you did a good job. I knew you were better than that hesitant kid. Let's turn the score over together. We can't lose to an opponent who hesitates at the core."

"Zhang, you always like to force me... But it still feels good, haha."

After Jamison became tougher on both ends of the offense and defense, the situation on the court was instantly different.

Zhang Chen also changed his defensive target, and personally marked another point guard for the Clippers, which is also their No. [-] key, Jeff McGinnis.

The changes of the Warriors have messed up the Clippers' offense. When the offense is chaotic, the defense is also chaotic.

At the end of the first half, the Warriors went ahead by 51 point at 50:1.

"Be more active on your defense, so that Zhang and Antoine can focus more on offense. Remember, what the team needs is players who can contribute to the team in different ways. Try to play your best Make a difference." At halftime, Dave Cowens was also sounding the alarm for role players.

A team does not need all star players to find out their own positioning and play their due role in order to get a chance. This is why some players seem to have poor statistics, but they can always find jobs, while some players, It seems that the statistics are very beautiful, but they can't get along in the NBA.

With players like Zhang Chen and Jamison, the Warriors also need players who can defend well in other positions and players who can hit open shots, so that the team can play a stronger combat effectiveness.

By the second half, the Warriors had taken the initiative.

For a team like the Clippers, there is still some hope for an offense. If the offense cannot be played, it will make people feel useless.

Generally speaking, the biggest weakness of teams with poor performance must be their defense. Not to mention the team's defense, they don't even have excellent single-defense players in all positions.

As long as Zhang Chen and Jamison are connected on the offensive end, the opponent's defense will be useless.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors had led by 13 points, and the Clippers themselves were a little upset.

Olowokandi and his teammates began to complain to each other. This No. [-] pick with Zhang Chen was really not doing well. Seeing the players in the same class start calling the wind and rain one by one, he became the laughing stock of the Clippers draft. , the bad mood is conceivable.

The Clippers were defeated like a mountain, and the Warriors beat their opponents 106:83.

Zhang Chen scored another 45 points in this campaign, which still raised his scoring average by more than 1 point, and rose to No.3 in the scoring list. He also contributed 9 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Very comprehensive.

And Jamison also scored 29 points, averaging nearly 24 points per game, and also entered the top ten scoring list.

In this way, the Warriors became the second team with two players ranked in the top ten scoring list. The first team was of course the Lakers. Kobe and O'Neal were both in the limelight.

As soon as the news came out, it didn't matter whether the Warriors were disabled or not.

A team has two such scoring machines, whichever team encounters must be careful.

It is worth mentioning that in November, except for the Jazz, which had a perfect start, the Warriors, like the Spurs, Lakers, Suns, and Kings, all belong to the first group in the Western Conference.

It is worth mentioning that the Jazz also won one more game, while the Mavericks just lost one more game. The fierce competition in the Western Conference has also been reflected from the first month of the game.

The opponent in the first game in December was the Pacers. Facing the Warriors with an uneven lineup, they finally vented their grievances against Zhang Chen. The Warriors also lost the game 12:95.

The next step is to go to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks. The Mavericks' record this season has finally improved. First of all, Nowitzki has improved again and has become the Mavericks' first scorer. His growth every year is really impressive. click tongue.

He and Michael Finley are also scoring weapons that make other teams fearful. If you look down the scoring list, you can see the two Mavericks. Both are averaging 22 points per game.

Furthermore, Steve Nash has finally grown up, the data has doubled from last season, and the Mavericks' three musketeers have officially taken shape.

In this game, Zhang Chen missed Larry Hughes very much. Each of the Mavericks' three musketeers has the ability to block alone, and their defense has been greatly challenged.

Even if Zhang Chen and Jamison both scored high points, the Warriors still lost 90:97 to their opponents.

The next day, they flew to Seattle for back-to-back away games.

In this game, their inside line was overwhelmed by the old Patrick Ewing and the greatly weakened Vin Baker. Even if the Warriors have a neat lineup, the inside defense is still a hole. No. bit.

The Sonics can also be regarded as a team with internal and external lines. Gary Payton is a sharp weapon on both ends of the offense and defense, and Rashad Lewis has now grown into the No. [-] of the Sonics.

Zhang Chen and Payton entangled for the whole game, and almost did everything he could, but still couldn't stop the team's losing streak. 100:106, the Warriors swallowed a three-game losing streak.

After this game, the Warriors have dropped to seventh place in the Western Conference record rankings. If they lose any more, they may drop out of the top eight. The records of the Nuggets, Rockets and Supersonics are not bad either. They and the eighth-ranked Timberwolves are not sure about their positions.

In the next period of time, they will take turns to play against the top four teams in the West.

It seems that the Warriors have come to an end here. Most of the media, as the most unscrupulous existence, have long forgotten that they were optimistic about the Warriors a few days ago. If they have a poor record, they will be suspected. This is the NBA, and no one will care about what you do What, they will only pay attention to your record, this is the most direct report card.

When facing the reporters, Zhang Chen showed determination as always, even though the next battle was to face the mighty Lakers.

No matter what opponent you encounter, you must not lose your pursuit of victory.

The match took place on the 7th, the home court of the Warriors, three days after the previous match. During daily training, Zhang Chen encouraged his teammates over and over again. Strong enemies are not scary, but being intimidated by difficulties is scary.

The day before the Lakers came, Zhang Chen came to the system.

During this period of time, I was worried about the team's performance, and I had less communication with Xiao Ye, but this time, besides the habitual chat, there was another important thing.

(End of this chapter)