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Chapter 254 The Legend Has Been Opened

Chapter 281 The Legend Has Been Opened

What is the basis for judging a player's strength?
Some people believe in data, others believe in valuable human qualities such as fighting spirit and hard work. There are different opinions, but there has been no result.

But the data cannot show the true ability of a player. This sentence is absolutely correct. Behind a 20+10 data may be a strong and tenacious heart, or it may be a walking dead waiting to die.

Last season, the Chinese boy won the best rookie of the season with his outstanding team leadership record and personal data, defeating Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry, Brandon Jennings and many other strong enemies, becoming the season's best rookie. The best of the rookies.

Behind such brilliant achievements, some people disdain, some praise, and some are indifferent...

In the eyes of most fans in the United States, Li Shihao is just a new star with potential. It is still unknown whether he can become a superstar in the future, let alone attract the attention of the world like LeBron James this summer. up.

Unexpectedly, after only one summer, the Chinese boy has made faster and more astonishing progress, making the Minnesota Timberwolves once again a dark horse in everyone's eyes.

In just one summer, Li Shihao looked much stronger than last season. The biceps that were inadvertently bent during the game were strong and plump, with smooth and powerful lines, and they were as beautiful as a human figure carefully carved by a stone carving artist.

In the game, Li Shihao's style of play became bolder, his passing became more ghostly and spiritual, and the threat of his long and lob passes more than doubled.In the new season, the Timberwolves lineup has a top wing defensive player like Ariza, and the team's defense has naturally improved, which has improved by several percent compared to last season.

The remaining 29 teams in the league can clearly feel that the biggest change of the Timberwolves in the new season is the increase in the number of counterattacks!

The improvement on the defensive end is indeed obvious, and the Timberwolves themselves have felt it. The head coach Frank Vogel has been keenly aware of this as early as in the team's joint training. Brand new tactics, among which the most focused is the defensive counterattack tactics.

Frank Vogel is a rookie head coach. His tactical skills may not be as deep as old coaches like Popovich and Jerry Sloan, but Frank also has his own pride.

Tactics are ever-changing, and everyone involved will have their own views and opinions.

What Frank is most proud of in his heart is his understanding and cognition of defense, which even touches the essence of basketball.

The Timberwolves' current lineup has several "elders" labels. Even players like Li Shihao and Bledsoe who are not outstanding in height have excellent stealing ability.

The situation on the court is changing rapidly, and the effect of improving the defensive end is far more than simply preventing the opponent from scoring. What is even more terrifying is the subsequent fast-break counterattack.

There is no shortage of strong defensive teams in the NBA. They rely on their excellent defensive system or the personal defensive ability of pillar players to establish an advantage in the game. Even if there are exceptions among them who did not make it to the playoffs, their strength is still not to be underestimated. If they are translocated with the teams that made it to the playoffs, they still have a chance.

Today's Timberwolves have begun to move closer to the Spurs. They not only know how to rely on defense to hold their positions, but also know how to take advantage of the situation, seize the opportunity of the opponent's mistakes, and quickly launch a counterattack to form a counterattack.

Talking about the top defensive team in the league, fans who follow the NBA will favor the Orlando Magic. This team, which carries the Orlando Disney dream, has become the top team in the league after Warcraft Howard. Originated from Warcraft Howard's defensive ability to cover the sky with one hand in the penalty area, anyone who wants to go beyond the penalty area needs to find out the reality of Warcraft Howard.

This statement is not false at all. Warcraft Howard is gradually reaching the peak in recent years. Orlando Warcraft has become the most feared top center in the league, and it can even be said to be the number one center in the league.

The year before last, Warcraft Howard led the Orlando Magic to the Finals and started a final battle with the luxurious Los Angeles lineup. Last year, Howard once again led his Orlando Legion and won 59 wins, ranking second in the league. If it wasn’t for last year’s little emperor LeBron James The Cavaliers under his command have completed a record of 60+. I am afraid that Warcraft Howard will have a high probability of being elected as the MVP of the regular season.

However, old fans who have been immersed in the NBA game for many years will have a deeper understanding of the word defense. This experience comes from the peak matchup in 05, when the Detroit Pistons played against the San Antonio Spurs.

The two strongest teams in the east and the west, and two strong teams with excellent defensive skills fought fiercely at the top of the finals. In the end, the San Antonio Spurs had the last laugh and won the final championship. Successfully defended.

Iron blood, tenacity, tenacity, and desperate struggle became the main theme of the finals that year.

The collision of muscle sticks and muscle sticks is certainly not as picturesque as basketball in the new century, but fans who watched the finals of that year will never forget that the sense of heaviness brought by the defense is like a huge mountain.

Today, the five Detroit Pistons have disintegrated long ago. The members of the Autobots back then have gone away, old and old, and no longer have the glory of the past. Only the San Antonio Spurs have survived, still maintaining the basketball style of the old era. Thick and suffocating, like a giant stone mill, crushed to death silently.

It is no exaggeration to say that the San Antonio Spurs are the most defensive team in the league. Although their inside core Duncan is a bit old, he can still intimidate people on the defensive end and still support the sky of the Holy City.

Today's Spurs, the defensive end is not only tied to Shi Fu Duncan, but also inseparable from the Spurs.

Under Popovich's coaching, the Spurs are already a team armed to the teeth, and everyone's defensive strength has been blended together, just like the heavy armored cavalry in the Middle Ages. refer to.

The glory of the holy city was opened by Stone Buddha Duncan!
Ten years ago, this solid-looking power forward took his steps in the small town of San Antonio, and eventually became the greatest power forward in league history.

At the beginning of the new season, in the cold Minnesota, a new western powerhouse reappeared, and the road to legend seemed to have begun.

(End of this chapter)