Zhao Chen felt that he could learn from Harden's way of defeating the Warriors, so he started a one-on-one game.
Crazy superstar singles, forcing one-on-one on the court to make up for the missing link in the superstar's top combat power.
Hearing Zhao Chen's words, Brooks looked at Zhao Chen speechlessly.
This rookie is really rude now and starts to compete with Russell for the ball.
Brooks didn't say yes or no, and waved his hand for Zhao Chen to leave.
This rookie's request was a bit excessive. The whole court opened up and allowed him to play singles. The Warriors are a strong team in the Western Conference, not an ordinary weak team. How could they do this?
What a joke!
In Brooks' understanding, although Zhao Chen's singles ability is good, it is not comparable to Durant. Zhao Chen does not have that level.
So Brooks hesitated.
But after hesitating, Brooks felt that Zhao Chen's singles ability was indeed very strong.
A step back three-pointer combined with a breakthrough is very unsolvable.
When laying out the final tactics, Brooks said: "Create singles opportunities for Zhao in the first quarter, and look at the success rate. If Zhao cannot win in singles, pass the ball in time."
Brooks's choice is to maintain a certain degree of trust in Zhao Chen.
Everyone nodded.
Westbrook doesn't have any objections. Zhao Chen has been in great shape recently, and he has just returned from injury, so he can create more opportunities for his friend Zhao Chen.
Westbrook is different from the impression created by the media. He is actually very popular with his teammates and is not a domineering player who dominates the ball.
As long as he calms down, he is also a very good point guard.
Of course, the premise is to be calm. When he is not calm, Master Wei is a double-edged sword, and he will hurt his team if he is not careful.
Zhao Chen nodded very happily, and he was ready to continue to prove his strength.
The efforts during this period are still effective, and Brooks is willing to use Westbrook as his core even after he returns.
the other side.
Warriors locker room.
Driven by Green and Iguodala, emotions are rising at a high speed.
The current Warriors are very united. They all want to win and prove themselves.
Everyone is working hard for the team's first championship.
The Warriors had won 9 consecutive victories before tonight, and tonight they will strive for 10 consecutive victories. This winning streak is a very powerful supplement to the team's self-confidence.
The Thunder are number one in the league, and such a powerful opponent is enough to completely excite them!
"Stephen, Klay, hold the ball more and look for opportunities outside the three-point line... On the defensive end, focus on restricting Westbrook and Zhao Chen, and follow our rhythm. This way we can win." Mark Jackson shouted .
The Warriors under Mark Jackson are still a team whose offense is prone to sticking to the ball and stagnating, and likes to play alone.
This is different from Stephen Kerr's style of play that requires the ball to be conducted.
"It will be no problem for Stephen and Klay on the outside. Leave the defense to me and Andre." Draymond Green shouted carelessly.
Draymond Green likes to guard defenders, and he likes to see defenders helpless in front of him.
Iguodala also nodded.
Both of them had studied Zhao Chen and felt that Zhao Chen played well only because the teams he encountered did not have top defensive players.
Every time those teams did not give Zhao Chen enough confrontation, which resulted in Zhao Chen's statistics being very good.
The two of them are going to confront Zhao Chen tonight.
Curry looked at the two people. He wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
Curry felt that Zhao Chen was not that easy to deal with and needed a more detailed defensive strategy to deal with him.
Just seeing how active his teammates were, Curry did not dampen their defensive enthusiasm.
There is not much pressure on the Warriors in this game because the Thunder lack a Durant.
In a confrontation of this level, there is no number one star, which is enough to affect the outcome.
On the field.
Warm up time.
Curry continues to perform midfield three-pointers. Curry is thinking about a special three-point shot.
After getting rid of injuries, Curry became more and more confident in his shooting.
Curry feels that he should be completely free of injuries.
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
On the other side, Zhao Chen is also constantly training his super long three-pointers.
Zhao Chen's three-point shooting posture is not similar to Curry's, but is in the same vein as Thompson's.
Due to posture issues, he is not as good as Curry in terms of shooting range, and his three-point shooting is not as abnormal as Curry's.
This is also where Zhao Chen needs to continue to improve his three-point shooting.
However, after using the fiery touch, Zhao Chen believes that there should be improvement.
For this game, CCTV's Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng also came to the center of the Oracle Arena to prepare for on-site commentary.
It is the weekend in China and there are many fans waiting to watch this game.
The commentary didn't start that early, so the two commentators came as reporters, preparing to conduct interviews after Zhao Chen finished warming up.
Zhao Chen's three consecutive triple-doubles brought such a shocking feeling to the media and fans. Domestic fans never thought that there would be a domestic defender who played like Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen is too comfortable playing in the NBA.
This has also led to a sharp increase in Zhao Chen's domestic attention, and many fans want to watch Zhao Chen's games.
Seeing that Zhao Chen hadn't finished warming up, the two commentators started chatting.
"This game is not easy for the Thunder. Durant is not here and they lack a forward offensive point. The outside defense is also a huge challenge." Xu Jicheng said.
"I think we can see what level Zhao Chen can perform in such a high-intensity competition. I feel that Zhao Chen did not give his best in the previous games. The opponent was too weak and did not challenge him enough." Zhang Weiping said.
Zhang Weiping is now Zhao Mi through and through, and Zhao Chen's style of play seems to be very elegant, so it always feels like he is not giving his best.
"Well, I hope that as Director Zhang said, we can see a stronger Zhao Chen tonight." Xu Jicheng said.
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While the commentator was chatting, Zhao Chen also finished his warm-up and walked towards the locker room.
The two commentators quickly stopped chatting and walked towards Zhao Chen.
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Domestic, School of Media.
Winter has just passed and the weather is still a little cool.
Enna wore thin long sleeves and opened the CCTV channel on the computer website, waiting to watch Zhao Chen's game.
"Hey, Enna, are you skipping class to watch the football game again?" asked my roommate.
"Yeah, hee hee."
"Who are you looking at?"
"Zhao Chen, he is so handsome."
"Wow, really handsome."
At this time, an interview with Zhao Chen was playing on the screen.
Seeing that her dorm mate was interested, Enna enthusiastically introduced it to her dorm mate.
"Zhao Chen now firmly occupies the top spot on the rookie list. You must know that he is the 58th overall pick. For rookies with this pick, very few can achieve this step. We also wish Zhao Chen good luck in the NBA. The performance is getting better and better." Zhang Weiping said at the end of the interview.
Under Enna's persuasion, the dorm mates also chose to skip class and watch the game together.
Enna felt very happy to have company.
She must tell Zhao Chen that she helped Zhao Chen attract a fan.
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Oracle Arena.
Warm up, return to the locker room, put on the equipment, and enter the ceremony!
Both starting players remained on the court.
Thunder starting lineup: Westbrook, Zhao Chen, Sefolosha, Ibaka, Perkins.
After Brooks carefully considered it, he also moved Zhao Chen to the starting lineup and entrusted him with important tasks.
Warriors starting lineup: Curry, Thompson, Barnes, David Lee, Bogut.
Iguodala and Draymond Green did not directly face Zhao Chen as expected, but sat on the bench.
Mark Jackson obviously didn't expect Coach Brooks to move Zhao Chen to the starting lineup in this game, which somewhat disrupted his personnel deployment.
Standing on the court, Zhao Chen closed his eyes and said silently: "Use the fiery touch (advanced)"
"Dang, successful use, time limit: single game!"
Zhao Chen opened his eyes again, and he looked at Curry and Thompson with eyes full of fighting intent!
