The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The Bucks' second regular-season opponent is the Washington Wizards.

On October 30, the Bucks will face the Wizards at home.

Although Thompson, Butler and Green are missing all of a sudden, the Wizards are still recognized as one of the strongest teams in the league.

Before the start of the new season, the Wizards still ranked first in the championship handicap given by the gaming company, but this time the Cavaliers ranked second is very close, unlike last year, there is still a huge gap.

Of course, this is the general view of the outside media.

As the former head coach of the Wizards, Wang Xiao felt that the current Wizards and the previous Wizards were two completely different teams, and the latter could not be compared with the former at all.

The Wizards during Wang Xiao's period focused on small ball tactics, and the core of their tactics was the three-point deterrence brought by Curry and Thompson's double guns.

As long as these two players are on the court, the opponents will not dare to double-team and assist defense casually, and can only implement one-on-one defense tactics in a regular manner. In this way, players such as George and Leonard can freely Use your abilities.

But there is no way around this, even if Wang Xiao is still in the Wizards, he will be in a dilemma.

The salary of a team is only so much. Curry and George both renew their contracts with a maximum salary. What can the team do when the player's rookie contract expires?

Leonard and Thompson can only choose one, and it is difficult to choose Wang Xiao.

Thompson is an all-round player, with both offense and defense, and can adapt to any system and any tactics.

Leonard is the future top superstar and the strongest defensive small forward in history. In the 2019 playoffs, he also showed a super scoring ability no less than James Durant.

Is it to keep Thompson who has contributed more to the team, or to keep Leonard, one of the best players in the league in the future? How should I choose this thing?

The Wizards chose the latter. Top superstars can bring more benefits to the team, but the result of this is to give up Thompson, who is more suitable for the team. overall strength declined further.

Facing such a Wizards team, Wang Xiao's strategy is very simple, press Curry to death!

As the only stable scoring point for the Wizards outside the three-point line, as long as Curry misfires, the Wizards will be equivalent to no three-point fire support.

Leonard's three-pointer is not a threat at all in Wang Xiao's view. As for George's three-pointer, although it is better than Leonard, it is only at an average level, and it is much worse than the lethality at the basket.

Wang Xiao would rather they shoot three-pointers from the outside than let them enter the inside to cause damage.

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When the game started, after Curry held the ball for halftime, he was shocked to find that it was Thompson standing in front of him.

"Why are you defending me?"

Curry and Thompson have the best relationship. Even if Thompson went to the Bucks, Curry didn't have any scruples and asked directly.

Thompson shrugged when he heard the words, "It's okay, the coach arranged it."

"Coach?" Curry couldn't help but roll his eyes.

How cruel, to target yourself like that!

Thompson is 2.01 meters tall. In addition to his speed, he has completely crushed Curry in terms of height, strength, wingspan, and jumping. More importantly, as a teammate, Thompson can be said to know Curry well. .

Facing Thompson, Curry may be able to use his speed to break through to the basket, but if he wants to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, it is basically impossible without the assistance of his teammates in the pick-and-roll!

Without hesitation, Curry passed the ball directly to George, who was facing Bucks forward Khris Middleton.

After catching the ball, George found that Middleton's position was a bit late, so he made a three-pointer without any hesitation.

In fact, Middleton strictly followed Wang Xiao's strategy of preventing breakthroughs and shooting, and only stepped forward to interfere after George took off.

The late position prevented Middleton from forming a successful interference, but George's pull-up three-pointer also failed to make a shot.

Offensive and defensive transitions, Oladipo, who played as a guest point guard in the new season, took possession of the ball for half the court, and then passed the ball directly to Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo, who has successfully gained weight, will become the main offensive point of the Bucks this season, even if Kawhi Leonard, the best defensive player, is standing in front of him at this time.

Holding the ball against Leonard, Antetokounmpo was not nervous at all, but only a little excited.

Last season, in four games in the regular season and five games in the playoffs, Antetokounmpo faced Leonard directly.

In 9 games, Leonard averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.7 steals per game.

Antetokounmpo had 14.5 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 turnovers, and his shooting percentage was just over 40%.

Facing the best defensive player in the league, who is known as the strongest defender on the front line, Antetokounmpo was severely educated and was almost psychologically shadowed.

But this season is different!

Antetokounmpo directly chose to force a breakthrough. His speed was very fast, but Leonard judged correctly and blocked his breakthrough route.

When the two confronted each other physically, Leonard was obviously taken aback, and looked at Brother Antetokounmpo in astonishment.

"This guy's strength has increased so much in just a few months?"

At the moment of contact with Antetokounmpo, Leonard had a feeling of confrontation with James in a trance.

That kind of domineering power seemed to run over him!

But this is clearly not James! But a rookie who was abused casually by him last season.

Taking advantage of the moment when Leonard was hit stiffly, Antetokounmpo passed him, and then immediately accelerated.

The advantage of long legs was brought into full play at this moment, and Antetokounmpo rushed to the basket in just two steps, so fast that Gobert couldn't even react.

Taking off with both legs, Antetokounmpo slammed the basketball into the basket with one arm.

"boom--!"

The huge force caused the entire basket to shake violently.

"Giannis - Antetokounmpo!"

The entire Bucks' home court instantly boiled!

The one-on-one Leonard plus hearty dunks made the audience mesmerized. Antetokounmpo in the new season looks extremely violent, and such purely violent aesthetics is the charm of the NBA!

"This guy!"

Leonard looked back at Antetokounmpo, and at the same time recalled the feeling in the brief confrontation just now.

Although it was only a short round of confrontation, Leonard understood that the danger level of the guy in front of him might have been raised to the level of James and Durant.

The coach really deserves to be a coach... He actually taught another monster!

As the saying goes, one trick is popular all over the world, Antetokounmpo is far from being able to compare with James, Durant and others in other aspects, but just breaking through with the ball, Antetokounmpo has reached the highest level in the league. The top level, relying on the unique physical talent, has even surpassed the current level of the league.