basketball court controller

Chapter 180
The Warriors won a big victory, and Zhang Chen scored 41 points, showing the courage of the king.

This season, his expectations are very high. The regular season MVP is the plan he set for himself. As for other honors, he will work hard to win on the basis of leading the team to win.

Arenas, who replaced Blaylock in the starting lineup, scored 15 points. At least in terms of scoring, he has won the team's affirmation. As long as he maintains this state, the Warriors' offensive power will be stronger than last season.

In the first stop of the season, the performance of the Warriors can be described as perfect, but another team that has attracted much attention, the Wizards, suffered a defeat. Jordan, who has not appeared in the NBA for three years, showed that he can still be on the court. Galloping state, but the important task of leading the Wizards to go very far is estimated to be difficult.

By the way, Jordan's three-pointers are still terrible. He had a chance to kill his opponent, but unfortunately he missed the shot. It can be seen from the game that his physical fitness has declined, and most of his offense ends with jump shots. He can still score high points, but in terms of dominance, it is obviously completely different from the time of the Bulls. Time is really not forgiving.

Without too much time to sigh, the No. 2 Warriors will play back-to-back and face the Suns at home.

The Suns have changed a lot this season. They cannot show greater competitiveness in the playoffs every year. The management of the Suns has sought a change. Here comes the more aggressive and younger Marbury.

They expect Marbury to lead the team to take off. Marbury, who has left the Nets, is also very high-spirited. Facing media interviews, he excitedly expressed his desire to win the championship.

It is a pity that in fact, the Suns were blocked from the playoffs, while the Nets reached the finals in one fell swoop. Since then, the status of the two All-Stars in the league has begun to gap.

With a consistent team reaching the finals, if Zhang Chen did not do better, Kidd would feel even more amazing.

Compared with last season, the Suns have not only changed at the No. [-] position. Clifford Robinson also left the team because of some overlapping positions with Marion. Returned from injury.

The Suns at this time have very good ideas. They have Marbury and Marion, two young players who can score 20+10, and an all-around master like Anfernee Hardaway, although they will definitely not be able to recover. To the state before the injury, but now the Suns care more about his versatility.

In addition to the main players, Rodney Rodgers and Tony Delk, who can score in double figures, are also on the bench.

Except for Marbury, the Suns' backcourt is all taller than 2 meters. Zhang Chen's opponent Tom Gugliota is also the tallest among them. Because of his height, Arenas must face Mabu I was abused here, but this kid should be the kind who grows faster the more he is abused, so there is nothing to worry about.

For this game, Marbury, who has come to Phoenix, which has attracted more media attention, is extremely excited. They lost the first game, but he doesn't think it's because of his strength. It's just that he just came here a little uncomfortable. That's all, this game kills the defending champion Warriors and takes advantage of the trend to enter the ranks of the hottest stars in the league. Marbury can't wait.

Amid the cheers of the home audience, the Warriors got the chance to take the lead.

After Zhang Chen got the ball, he passed Tom Gugliotta with a sudden acceleration. No one in the Suns lineup could guard against him. Except for Marbury, he couldn't keep up with him. Marbury will never be able to guard against him regardless of his height and strength.

The key point is that the Suns lineup is more vulnerable to the protection of the basket. Their center Jack Chakalidis is completely ineffective in rebounding and defense. The Suns' idea may be to carry the offense to the end, but this kind of The possibility of failure of the idea of ​​taking a slanted sword is not low.

After Zhang Chen passed Tom Gugliota, there was almost a flat landscape in front of him. Before Marion made up, he scored an easy layup.

I don't know why the Suns like to build such a basketball system, if he would never accept it.

However, the Suns did not have any problem with such a conceded goal. Marbury quickly advanced after receiving the serve from his teammate. Facing the oncoming Arenas, he made a beautiful cross step that shook the center of gravity of Arenas' defense. Without a good grasp, Marbury, who gained the offensive space, pulled up and shot into the mid-range shot.

Looking at Arenas who was easily thrown away by him, Marbury smiled contemptuously, "Rookie..."

Arenas was furious, took the ball and dribbled towards Marbury.

"You kid, don't mess around." Looking at Arenas, Zhang Chen was also a little speechless, as a newcomer, it really made people worry.

It's not that Arenas can't beat Marbury, it's just that he acts with a clear purpose, so how can he easily deal with Marbury who has been in the NBA for several years.

Marbury used his rich experience to keep up with Arenas' footsteps and caused physical contact. Arenas' dribbling was not so comfortable. In the NBA, physical contact is much more than college basketball, but Arenas was not the one to admit cowardice, so he immediately chose to make a move.

Zhang Chen saw Arenas forcibly hit the iron, and wanted to run over to be afraid of him. It was this unreasonable shooting choice that lowered his shooting percentage and made the team a little worried.

"Boy, didn't I tell you not to mess around?" Zhang Chen hurried past Arenas and reminded.

Arenas refused: "That bastard provoked him first, I can kill him."

"Am I the boss or you are the boss? Think about the one-on-one situation, you bastard with a big tone." Zhang Chen couldn't help cursing, but he was still afraid of dispelling this guy's enthusiasm, and added, "I will give you a chance to take revenge." , but you can’t mess around, everything has to be premised on the team’s victory, you know?”

Arenas nodded, although this kid is very arrogant, in fact he still admires Zhang Chen, no matter Zhang Chen's experience and the strength of the heads-up, he deserves his respect.

Although the Suns planned to use offense against offense, if Zhang Chen played too easily, they would have no way to match up, so they quickly changed their defensive strategy.

Tom Gugliotta blocked in the front and Marion made up in the back. In fact, it was a copy of the way the Warriors defended Iverson in the finals. This move was regarded as a defensive classic after the game.

It's just that if you want to achieve that level, you need at least one outside player who is good at single defense and one inside player who is good at assisting defense. Marion can barely do a good job at assisting defense, but the Suns don't have a strong single defense player on the outside. Anfernee-Hardaway should be able to do it before he was injured, but now he can't. The new core Marbury doesn't have Kidd's defensive skills.

So although Zhang Chen is not as fast as Iverson, it is not easy for the opponent to defend him like this.

Moreover, Zhang Chen's physical fitness is better, and his passing ability is better. Even if someone has the same ability as Larry Hughes and Zhang Chen, it may not be able to limit him.

"Zhang Chen was surrounded by players from the Suns. He passed the ball calmly. After two turnovers on the outside, the opportunity came out. Arenas hit an open shot."

"Other players of the Warriors are also very strong in attack. Whether to flank Zhang Chen or not to flank, this will be a difficult problem for all teams."

After Arenas scored a goal, Zhang Chen hurried over to pass on his experience.

"Hey, you've scored a goal now, why don't you hurry up and spout some trash talk, despise the opponent's defense against high school students, and then make two more fake moves with the ball, and the opponent will foul even if they don't lose their position. You can laugh at each other even more, you know."

Arenas nodded while listening, his eyes began to light up, and Larry Hughes, who was closer to them, heard this kind of unscrupulous and spoiled children's conversation, and his head was covered with sweat.

Marbury's temper also belongs to the type that can be said at one point, not to mention being despised by a rookie, even if Zhang Chen used to despise a few words, he couldn't bear it.

After watching Arenas say something to Marbury, Zhang Chen couldn't help nodding his head in satisfaction, a child can be taught.

After being stimulated, Marbury tortured Arenas to death. Arenas, who had just entered the NBA, had not yet fully tapped his strength. How could he be Marbury's opponent, but Marbury himself was happy, and the Suns But not cool.

Because Marbury played too much alone, the success rate of the Suns' offense was not high. Arenas of the Warriors was not the team's first organizer, and he couldn't mess up even if he wanted to. Zhang Chen and Larry Hugh Adams adjusted the team's offense very well, and the half-time lead reached double digits.

When Marbury and the Suns reacted, chasing points was no longer easy.

Any team that encounters a team with both offense and defense like the Warriors will have a hard time chasing points, let alone the Suns who are still in the running-in.

Throughout the second half, the situation was tightly controlled by the Warriors.

If Marbury goes crazy alone, there may be a small chance. If he plans to organize the team to catch up bravely, there is no hope at all. It's not that playing a team is not good. The current Suns have no such situation. Team conditions.

At the last moment, Marbury finally turned on the solo mode. He is a bit unorthodox as a point guard, but his desire to win is still very strong, but victory is not something you can get if you want it.

Whether it is defense or offense, the Warriors did not give the opponent too many opportunities.

In the case of strict defense against Marbury, they can continue to score. If the Suns want to catch up with the score, at least they have to wait for the next game.

At 107:93, the Warriors won two consecutive victories easily. In these two games, no matter from which aspect, it can be seen that the defending champion should not be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)