readytorunbook Chapter 149 The Winning Streak Ends
Chapter 149 The Winning Streak Ends
Chapter 149 The Winning Streak Ends
Chapter 1 Seventy-six: The Winning Streak Ends
The Timberwolves beat the Chicago Bulls in the home target center, and once again improved the victory by one place.
Being able to beat the Chicago Bulls so easily was beyond Li Shihao's imagination.
Compared with the previous match between the two teams, this time the match seemed to be easier. Facing Derrick Rose, Li Shihao was already able to control the rhythm freely.
For the rhythm, every player can feel it. For some most players, they can often perceive the existence of the rhythm of the game, but they cannot control him.
Many nba players performed well in the regular season, but in the playoffs stage where the defensive intensity was greatly improved, they seemed to be quite restricted, and their original outstanding strength was greatly reduced. When it comes to the difficult playoffs, it is as if a layer of buff has been applied, and the state is very good. Such players are often an important puzzle for teams competing for the championship.
Rhythm can affect the game. There are many players in the league. Although they don't know how to control the rhythm, they can use their outstanding strength to interrupt the opponent's rhythm, thus establishing their own offensive rhythm. Such players have a reading of the game Ability is very high.
However, after talking with Steve Nash and Jason Kidd, Li Shihao understood that the realm of the two of them will be higher, and their peak period is to reach the realm of controlling the rhythm.
The former is still able to remain motionless and maintain his own rhythm of the game regardless of the turbulence of the torrent, flying sand and rocks.
For Li Shihao, the game experience given by Steve Nash and Jason Kidd, two passing masters, is too important.
The two of them took different paths, and the way to control the rhythm of the game is also different, but the path they have traveled is worth learning for yourself.
The first few careers of Steve Nash were not optimistic. He was accompanied by problems such as groin and stomach pain. In the first four careers of his career, he averaged no more than 5 assists per game, and he never scored in double figures. Tiff Nash's career was bleak.
However, although Nash has gradually retreated from his peak period today, he can still see his two-time MVP demeanor, sharp passing, and master-level passing ability, allowing him to make use of stitches at any time on the court and deliver amazing assists .
Especially the pick-and-roll between him and the center is a nightmare for many teams in the league. It is too lethal to defend at all.
What makes Li Shihao speechless is that he desperately wants to improve his scoring this season so that the Timberwolves' record can be better.But for Nash, scoring doesn't seem to matter much.
Nash's offensive skills are much better than his. He has breakthrough layups, three-pointers, mid-range shots, and the offensive methods that a good scorer should have.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Nash wants to compete for the scoring title of the season, I am afraid that few players in the league can compete with him.
Nash's offensive efficiency is very high, and he puts too much pressure on the offensive end.
This made Li Shihao extremely ashamed. Although his scoring this season looks quite high, with an average of around 24 points per game, his offensive efficiency is a bit low. one of the factors of failure.
Nash's physical fitness is not outstanding, but he was able to develop such amazing offensive skills. Nash's shooting, Nash's breakthrough, and Nash's passing are all admired by Li Shihao. In these places, Steve Nash When I was in Phoenix, I gave more or less advice.
Maybe it's because of Yao Ming's relationship, or maybe it's because Li Shihao's life trajectory has too many similarities with himself, which makes Nash pay more attention when passing on Li Shihao's game experience.
This point, perhaps Steve Nash himself does not know.
Jason Kidd is also a master in controlling the rhythm. His game style that can be retracted and released is actually the most suitable for Li Shihao. Unfortunately, Jason Kidd did not give much advice, but it was enough for Li Shihao to figure out for a long time.
After the All-Star Game, although the record of the Timberwolves has not changed significantly, Li Shihao can clearly feel that his ability to control the game has improved a little bit.
Sometimes, you don't need to pay too much attention to the position of Love and the others, and you can still send the ball to them. This kind of organizational ability is something he couldn't do before.
However, this is only in a good state, and this ability is immature. Li Shihao understands that this ability is more or less due to the long-term joint training between his teammates, but I am afraid that his ability to read the game is not enough. It has risen quite a bit.
It can be seen from the battle with the Bulls. In the past, when I held the ball, the opponent would often choose to double-team, but the Chicago Bulls did not dare to use too many double-teams. It will come in an instant, cut off the opponent's life line of defense, and directly give it to the open teammates.
Such a pass is fatal, and these are things that I have never been able to do before.
However, this kind of high-level game reading ability is not very likely to appear. When fighting the Chicago Bulls, when I was highly concentrated, I showed such extraordinary performance.
But against the Wizards and the Pistons, there was no such state, which made Li Shihao secretly wonder if it had something to do with his mental state during the game.
The next home game is against the Oklahoma City Thunder. This time, the Oklahoma City Youth Army, which is coming with endless vengeance, is obviously not so easy to deal with.
The Timberwolves finally failed miserably at their home court and were severely defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder who came from afar.
Kevin Durant and Westbrook jointly contributed 50 points from the outside. At the same time, James Harden is also in a good state. He scored 20 points and 15 assists in 3 minutes of playing, which is very efficient.
Facing the Oklahoma City Thunder in such a state, the Timberwolves were no match at all. Li Shihao was also disrupted by the violent offensive rhythm of the Thunder Twins. He was lost on both offense and defense and could not find a way to win.
The Timberwolves lost with a score of 98:109, and lost to the same young Thunder team by 11 points. The gap between the two teams was narrowed by one.
This made the American media jump out again, especially the reporters in Dallas, who jumped the most. They declared in the media that Li Shihao is a cancer of the team. He made a good stat, but stole the hard work of his teammates. .
Dallas also cited a lot of data, and praised other Timberwolves players, praising them for making great progress, and their role on the court is far beyond what the data can reflect.
(End of this chapter)