After resting for two days, the competition started again.
This time, the Los Angeles Clippers played at home and faced the challenge of the Sounders, led by Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis!
Last season, under the leadership of the team's meritorious head coach, one of the few black coaches in the league, the Sounders had made it to the second round of the playoffs as the Northwest Division champion and third place in the Western Conference in the regular season.
For a team that had been stuck in the playoffs ever since they moved to Seattle in 2000, and had only made it to the playoffs once and was eliminated in the first round, last season had undoubtedly made history.
However, because of a disagreement with the management's philosophy on the team's development, nate McMillan chose to go to portland.
As his successor, Bob Weiss failed to successfully implement his tactical system on the team. As a result, the Sounders fell into a quagmire of consecutive losses at the beginning of the new season. Even with Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, two players with an average of 20 per game, they still could not stop the team's decline.
With a record of five wins and six losses, the Sounders once again became the goalkeeper of the Western Conference playoffs.
Even the players were seriously lacking in fighting spirit on the field.
It didn't look like this was the team that could play back and forth with the championship Spurs of the same year in the Western Conference semifinals last season, and finally won two victories before regretfully losing.
At the start of the game, the Los Angeles Clippers were in control of the situation.
The only ones who could be of great use to the Sounders were Ray Allen and Lewis, who were known as the Twin Guns.
The former was closely marked by Chen Hao, and it took a lot of energy to catch the ball every time. Although his shooting efficiency was still good, he only shot 10 times in the game.
It was enough to show how tightly Chen Hao defended him.
This placed all the scoring pressure on the Sounders on Lewis 'shoulders.
He scored 13 out of 27 shots, 4 out of 9 three-pointers, and 4 out of 4 free throws. With Ray Allen unable to fully play his strength, Lewis scored 34 points, which was a good result.
However, it was only good and could not lead the team to victory.
Chen Hao, who had gradually found his rhythm and integrated into the team's tactical system, had Kobe and Odom, two powerful weapons for assisting. Chris Mihm's recent form was also very good, causing his assist count to rise sharply.
Seven points, 12 assists, four rebounding, three steals, and five fouls. This was the answer that Chen Hao had given in this game. The data did not seem particularly beautiful, but no one could deny the fact that he had played well in this game.
Ray Allen, who had only scored 13 points after playing 41 minutes in the game, was the best example.
Thanks to the average ability of the defenders, Kobe scored 45 points in this game and became the player with the highest score in the game.
The Los Angeles Clippers beat their opponents by 17 points and won five consecutive victories!
However, the schedule didn't give everyone a chance to rest. After a day of rest, their game against the Nets began as scheduled.
The Nets had made major changes to their lineup this season, but the " Three Musketeers " combination of Jason Kidd, Vincent Carter, and Richard Jefferson remained on the team.
No one dared to doubt the team's ability to score.
Last season, Vincent Carter had an average of 27 points per game, while Harrison had an average of 22 points per game and Kidd had an average of 14 points per game. The three Musketeers had contributed 63 points per game, which was undoubtedly a terrifying number.
This season, with the improvement of the Serbia center, Nenad Kosti?, the team's scoring points became richer and richer, especially when the team had a top-notch point guard like Kidd. The entire team's operation was extremely smooth.
However, what was extremely surprising was that the Nets, who had extremely luxurious statistics on paper, had a very average record.
At this point in the new season, they only had a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. They didn't even have a 50% win rate. It was really puzzling.
However, Chen Hao couldn't care less. All his attention was on the game. He was going to face Jason Kidd in this game, an opponent that everyone in the league had to be extremely cautious about.
The reason was simple. This guy was too strong!
As a superstar from the Jordan era to the present, Kidd was top-notch in almost every ability. Some people might doubt his shooting and scoring abilities.
However, as a transmigrator, Chen Hao knew very well that Kidd's inability to shoot was just a joke.
His three-point accuracy was ranked in the top ten in history when he retired, which was enough to explain everything.
Not only were his three-point hits, but Kidd's assists and steals were second in history. He was also the king of triple-doubles in active service. His ability was extremely comprehensive.
In this match against Kidd, Chen Hao expressed that the pressure was overwhelming.
But he was more excited.
As the new season continued, Chen Hao found that he liked running on the basketball court more and more, and the feeling of competing with his opponents.
Especially when he was paired up with those superstars. Every time, he would be so hot-blooded and memorable.
This might be the charm of basketball ~
It had nothing to do with winning or losing. He just liked to argue with others!
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From the start of the game, Kidd displayed his unparalleled control of rhythm as a top-notch point guard, as well as his solid ability to handle the ball.
These were not things that the current Chen Hao could compare to.
Taking advantage of the gap, Chen Hao silently looked at Ji De's exclusive skill, Rhythm Master, in the System Store.
As an SS-rank skill, its purchase price was as high as 12 million, and the high price of 60 million to upgrade it to the top level made Chen Hao narrow his eyes slightly. He did not feel that it was impossible.
With his current speed of earning money, he would only need less than a season and a half to buy it and upgrade it to the top.
Although it was possible to do so, it did not seem necessary.
Retracting his thoughts, Chen Hao felt that he still had to focus on the present. He couldn't be too ambitious, and wretched development was the way to go.
He immediately focused on defense.
Kidd could be said to be the most difficult opponent that Chen Hao had ever encountered since he entered the league. His control of the ball was too solid, his strength was extremely strong, and he was the kind of player who played very flexibly. He faced Chen Hao's weakness of insufficient resistance and used a fierce operation.
" People who grew up eating beef are indeed different, but do they have to be so good?"
Once again, Ji De staggered a few steps. Fortunately, his speed wasn't particularly abnormal, and Chen Hao could barely keep up.
"Kid, your fighting spirit is not bad ~"
He stopped abruptly and turned around to face Chen Hao. Kidd made a simple back-pass, and the basketball hit the floor at an extremely fast speed. After bouncing up, it accurately fell into Kostic's hands. Kostic easily scored with both hands.
Chris Meme, the defender, did not even react.
"This match is going to be difficult…" Chen Hao took a deep breath, his fighting spirit soaring.
On the offensive end, they did not use their own weaknesses to attack the other party's strengths. They used their individual ball control ability and flexible footsteps to find opportunities. They did not hesitate to actively run and involve the defense.
Kidd's defense was the type of defense that was like boiling a frog in warm water. It wasn't oppressive from the start.
However, if you dared to let your guard down, Ji De would immediately teach you a lesson.
Chen Hao, who understood this, focused his attention!
After halftime, Odom stepped forward to help with the pick-and-roll. Chen Hao was able to shake off Kidd's defense, but he did not attack on his own because he knew that he could not shake off his opponent. He turned around and passed the ball back to Odom. Taking advantage of the defender's delay, Odom took two steps forward and shot.
The basketball hit the edge of the basket and missed. Kate grabbed the rebound and the Nets got the ball ~
" Odom is starting to lose his sense of touch again in this game."
Chen Hao was helpless about Odom's fluctuating competitive state.
This guy had already missed four shots in this game.
He was not a player with strong willpower. Based on Chen Hao's understanding of Odom, he probably did not have the confidence to score.
It seemed like he could only rely on Kobe.
"In my previous life, it seems like the Laker team made it into the playoffs this season. My department is really amazing ~"
Without Chen Hao, the only person who could help Kobe in the entire team was Odom. The key was that his condition was too unstable.
In his previous life, Kobe was able to bring such a team into the playoffs. Now that he thought about it, it was really hard on the Black Mamba.
He had been forced to make 27 moves in the regular competition.
Thinking of this, Chen Hao roused his spirits. He didn't want to defend against Ji De, but at least he couldn't let him display his strength too easily.
Soon, Hao Chen, who was on the court, also noticed the Nets 'problem. The three Musketeers were strong, but the other players were average. Only Kostic was good. The others didn't even have a good role player.
Even Kostic, who was the core of the inside line, had obvious flaws. His style of play was obviously soft!
Although his offensive ability was good, his physical resistance was very poor.
It was very difficult to fight against Chris Mihm, who was already average among all the centers in the league, let alone Odom, who was rushing up. It was just that the latter was not in good condition today, otherwise he would definitely be able to beat this guy.
" It's a pity that Kuame Brown is injured. Otherwise, with his ability, he would definitely be able to lock Kostic down."
Chen Hao sighed and passed the ball to Kobe after half-court.
The latter is too strong ~
After a change of rhythm, the iconic fadeaway jump shot, the basketball was a little shorter, and it hit the front of the basket. Odom successfully rushed for the rebound and hit the rebound, getting his fourth point of the game. It was really miserable.
In the remaining time of the first quarter, Chen Hao began to consciously mobilize Odom to attack the Nets 'penalty area.
Phil Jackson nodded in admiration.
Seeing this, Hoffman, who had been boasting all this while, laughed." Hao will definitely be an excellent point guard in the future. With him and Bryant working together, the team's future is promising."
"Yes ~"
Without saying anything, Phil Jackson nodded calmly. His gaze kept wandering between Chen Hao and Odom, and finally settled on Chen Hao.
The first quarter of the game ended very quickly. The Los Angeles Clippers played at home and relied on Kobe's strong performance of 16 points in a single quarter to stabilize the situation in the second half of the game. 26, two points behind the Nets.
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