plumnovel Chapter 129 129. Personal Strengths
Chapter 129 129. Personal Strengths
Chapter 129 129. Personal Strengths
Mike James is a typical point guard of the last era, most of his shots, no!To be precise, all his shots come from the mid-range position.
This also led to Mike James being once known as the little prince of mid-range shooting on point guards at the time.
However, as he grows older, Mike James' efficiency on the offensive end has gradually declined, and he has been targeted by people on the defensive end, and he has completely failed to keep up with the times.
There are also scenes of being ruthlessly beaten by young rookies many times.
It is really helpless that Byron Scott will send Mike James on the court, because Paul needs to rest, and after Paul is off the court, the entire Hornets' bench lineup is really bad.
So during this period of time, someone must stand up and organize.
Looking around, except for Mike James who can be regarded as an individual on the entire bench, the organizational skills of other people are basically zero...
Because the Hornets have a very interesting statistic this season, that is, although the Hornets' assists per game are currently ranked in the upper reaches of the league, this is entirely due to the existence of the starting lineup.
Paul alone averaged nearly 11 assists per game.
In fact, there are only two players in the entire bench with more than 1 assists per game, namely Mike James and James Posey.
What I have to sigh is that this is more or less related to James...
Facing Mike James, Su Jiu's physical strength has also been greatly restored after getting a full rest off the court.
Su Jiu knew very well that he would have a great personal advantage when facing Mike James.
Whether in terms of speed or strength, he can have the upper hand without any suspense.
After all, not every player can survive the decline in his body at the age of 33.
So in the second quarter, Su Jiu also played very tough against Mike James. He didn't even use Dwight to pick and roll with him in the high position, but he directly fell in the low position and turned his back to ask for the ball for singles.
With a height of 1.9 meters [-] and a weight of [-] kilograms, Su Jiu can be said to be very strong at the point guard position.
At least in the current league, except for a few players, it is rare to see Su Jiu compete with his back.
It's just a pity that although Su Jiu's personal physical fitness is fairly good, his aerial confrontation after take-off still needs to be improved.
Once Su Jiu can polish his comprehensive quality to the extreme, then I believe that in the near future there will be a real yellow trapeze in the NBA! !
Seeing Su Jiu's insistence on the ball on the offensive end, the teammates also hit the ball to the low post tacitly. Even Howard pulled to the other side, leaving the right side for Su Jiu.
Facing Mike James with his back, Su Jiu's offensive style is also relatively simple. He uses his body to back up twice, and then chooses a close-range turnaround jumper.
It was such a seemingly unremarkable style of play, but it became Mike James in two consecutive offensive rounds.
This scene also completely made Byron Scott, the head coach of the Hornets, unable to sit still, and his already dark face became even blacker and blacker.
Just over three minutes after the opening of the second quarter, the Hornets were already lagging behind in points, but there was a tendency for the Magic to increase it further. This also caused Byron Scott to call a timeout directly and decisively.
During the timeout, Su Jiu also jumped up and collided with his friend Courtney Lee sideways in the air, using this to express the celebration on the court.
Even after thinking for a while, Su Jiu smiled and said to Courtney Lee:
"Zuzu, you may not believe me when I tell you, I beat James up just now without any pressure..."
With the return from this timeout, Scott also decisively brought Paul back to the court, so sometimes Paul's personal playing time is relatively high, which is really helpless.
Because once Paul is off the entire Hornets team, the team during this period is completely different from when Paul was on the court.
If other players are like the kites flying in the sky, each different and colorful, then Paul is the thread under these kites.
How high a kite can fly depends entirely on how long the string can be stretched...
After Paul came back, Su Jiu gradually put away his contempt and focused his attention on the court to 120%.
Chris Paul is not only one of the best point guards in the league, he is also the toughest opponent Su Jiu has encountered since he came to the NBA.
So for Paul, Su Jiu seems to take it seriously enough.
After going through the entire first quarter, Su Jiu also gradually began to master some of Paul's personal habits, at least he was no longer completely passive like the first quarter.
After Paul came back in the second quarter, the appearance of the Hornets on the offensive end has indeed undergone a qualitative change. The team's conduction and offensive finishing have obviously improved a lot.
However, under Su Jiu's defense like a dog's skin plaster, Paul also obviously felt a little uncomfortable on the offensive end in the second quarter.
If it is said that when facing Su Jiu in the first quarter, Paul could still use his personal experience to complete some playful passes, but after returning from the second quarter, Su Jiu, who is learning and selling, is obviously much smarter, and he is no longer being played around by Paul like in the first quarter.
Even that kind of defense like a mad dog has restricted Paul a lot on the offensive end.
As the game continued, the score on the court has been in a relatively stalemate state, but for the Magic, the bad news is that Peja's touch in the second quarter also gradually became hot.
The sudden opening of Peja's outside line also caught the Magic by surprise. After all, Peja's shooting percentage hit a career low before this.
After the end of the first quarter, Peja also failed to fire from the outside, but no one thought that after returning from the second quarter, Peja started his solo performance. The three-point shooting from the outside has a trend of getting more and more accurate.
It wasn't until this time that Su Jiu realized more clearly why in the NBA there are often classic allusions in which a weak team upsets a strong team.
Because you don't know who will become the unstable factor that suddenly stands out in such a game, and who will suddenly play a high-energy performance that far exceeds the average level of the season.
However, just as the two sides were playing fiercely on the court, four and a half minutes before the end of the second quarter, an unexpected incident suddenly occurred on the court...
Ask for a recommendation ticket! ! !
(End of this chapter)