Chapter 902
902. Super Cannon Brother
Xiaopao has such misunderstanding because he has made great progress this summer!
During the training camp, he was slightly inferior to these two at first, but by the time the America's Cup started, his performance in the team's training matches was no less than that of Janeway.
In the America's Cup, his performance was far better than James and Wade!
However, Liu Xiu now really looks at Paul differently.
What's going on with this little cannon!
"Chris Paul, 22 years old, 183 cm, 79 kg, PG, ability evaluation 94, offense 90, defense 92, passing 98... In the 7 preseason games, he averaged 23.7 points, 4 rebounds, 13.6 assists and 3 steals per game...
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Liu Xiu patted his chest, be careful tonight.
If you're not careful, you might get a beating tonight!
The Jazz lineup is also much stronger than last season.
Relying on Paul's rookie bonus, the Jazz made highly targeted improvements to the center position at the expense of Szczerbiak's junk contract.
Boozer has an ability rating of 89, a superstar-level 93 on offense, and a hellish 62 on defense. However, his rebounding ability is as high as 98, and he has strong defense against low posts. He can carry a weight of 117 kilograms.
Chandler's progress is still very slow. His ability evaluation of 77 is only 1 point higher than the first time they met last season. In terms of strength, Okur, who is at the quasi-All-Star level, is definitely stronger at this time, but Chandler is super strong.
His athletic ability is more suitable for Paul, so the center position should be improved rather than strengthened.
Although Kirilenko's athletic ability has declined due to consecutive injuries, his comprehensive defense has still reached 91, which is top-notch and can reach the level of the best defensive team.
The combination of Chandler and Kirilenko's complementary defense gave Liu Xiu a headache.
Ronnie Brewer, 201 centimeters tall, was a top-level college student at the time. After his rookie season, he performed outstandingly in the preseason as a sophomore, averaging 10+ points per game and possessing good defensive talent. He was praised by the greats in the preseason.
Give it an elbow's worth of stickiness.
Paired with Paul... despite Randolph's poor start, the Jazz's starting lineup really didn't lose to the Trail Blazers!
In terms of substitutes, the Jazz team is also impressive... Seeing Master Jack, Liu Xiu was inexplicably worried about Xiao Pao, and his fear became much lighter.
On Randolph's side, he and Boozer were exchanging insults. Boozer called Randolph a fat man, and Randolph called Boozer a weakling.
Kwame Brown and Chandler are also scolding each other for parallel imports.
The relationship between the insiders of the two teams is not much better than that of other players.
After a while, the game was about to start, and Liu Xiu copied his talent.
He had copied the newcomer Hill's talent of "returning to nature" before, and the bonus effect was that he could switch role players to play styles, and he could more quickly accept the changes in the team's role and status.
It cannot be said that this talent is not good. For a super giant who has become old and weakened, this mentality is very important, but it is really useless for him as the warden.
He has to win tonight's game to get a good start in the new season. What he copied is Ray Allen's 'quick throw'.
The opponent, of course, copied Paul, but the talent he copied has changed!
"...Opponent: Chris Paul, characteristic transformation talent: Fireworks (full health), bonus effect: absolute leader, synonymous with talent. When the host is on the court, teammates will always feel more at ease, and the pitcher who partners with the host will have increased shooting confidence.
, the inside teammates who partner with the host have clearer ideas for passing and receiving, and the tacit understanding of teammates who perform pick-and-rolls with the host is greatly improved."
It's a very powerful talent, but Liu Xiu thinks it's better to 'break food'... He can do many of these bonuses himself!
For example, the tacit understanding of pick-and-rolls, the tacit understanding between him and Kwame Brown and McDyess, two pick-and-roll enforcers, has been fully developed since they won three consecutive championships.
However, with the talent name of "Fireworks", Liu Xiu's eyes unconsciously moved to the round-headed substitute point guard on the opposite bench, and he noticed that the latter was hairy.
First Killer: I didn’t provoke this guy, did I?
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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers played against the Jazz at home.
The Trail Blazers' starting lineup remains the same, while the Jazz's starting lineup is: Paul, Ronnie Brewer, Kirilenko, Boozer, and Chandler.
Kwame Brown narrowly beat Chandler to win the jump ball. Liu Xiu received the ball and came to the frontcourt. Facing Paul's defense, he passed the ball to the outlaw who pulled out, and then went to eat Paul in the low post!
Kirilenko came quickly to assist in defense, but Liu Xiu used his better footwork fakes to trick Kirilenko into making up the upper limit, then turned around to squeeze Paul away, and entered the three-second zone from the bottom line to hit the board for a layup...hit!
The butcher saw that the warden's footsteps had new tricks after a year, and there was no trace of Poland in his heart.
Anyway, I can't compete with my talent, so I won't try anymore. When I have time, I'll ask the warden how to do the steps and see if I can learn them.
When the Jazz attacked, Paul advanced to the frontcourt and saw Liu Xiu guarding the top arc. His eyes instantly lit up.
Seeing Chandler pull out the pick-and-roll, Paul shouted: "Go away, I want to fight the warden one-on-one!"
Chandler stepped away aggrievedly. Liu Xiu blinked. These words sounded so familiar!
Seeing Chandler running out and away, and seeing Paul bending over to hit the ball with both hands, the fans at the scene began to boo, and the players on both sides of the bench also stood up and shouted.
Liu Xiu immediately went into single defense, ignoring the commotion at the scene, observing Paul's movements, and guarding against anyone coming to block him on both sides.
Although the other party said they wanted to challenge each other, the lack of guarantees was a lie.
Because he often yells to fool the other person.
But Xiaopao is not that mean yet. When his teammates are in position, he starts to break through!
Speed, explosive acceleration, and explosive power are Paul's specialty when it comes to breakthroughs. He continuously changes direction with fake moves...Liu Xiu judged the direction of Paul's change of direction and pressed directly on him. With both speed and power, he did not give Paul a chance to change direction again.
Sticky!
Paul could only break through the flank line that was inevitably exposed by Liu Xiu's defense, and entered the circle cut off by Randolph, Kwame Brown's inside line and the passing line in the three-second zone, with Liu Xiu chasing after him.
...Paul took advantage of the encirclement to throw the ball...missed!
Randolph retreated to hold on to the rushing Boozer, and Liu Xiu caught up with him from close range and grabbed the rebound before Paul.
Defense successful!
Paul didn't get the rebound and immediately turned around and rushed to the backcourt.
He is not calm now. He doesn't think Liu Xiu was lucky to prevent his breakthrough.
He always thought that Liu Xiu's defensive type was assist defense, and he recognized that Liu Xiu was the top assist defense point guard, but individual defense was good to excellent level, and individual defense type was specialty type, such as defending James.
Artest.
Especially now the single defense has also been improved!
Everyone on the team is praising him for his great progress this summer and that he will surpass Liu Xiu, Nash, and Kidd to become the strongest point guard.
But the warden in front of me seems to have made great progress!
The post play just now has been significantly improved compared to last season, especially on the defensive end!
Chapter completed!