Chapter 131: New season starts

Is Cole's defense strong?
In fact, it is not. Compared with the defensive masters such as Thibodeau, Popovich and Van Gundy, Cole's defensive coaching ability is much worse.
However, Cole can perfectly fit the defense in the small ball tactics of running and bombing style.
This is not simple.
The so-called defensive ability is only relative to the current Wizards.
The Warriors scored 73 wins and 9 losses that season, the team averaged 114.9 points per game, ranking first in the league, while averaging 104.1 points per game, in the league in the middle and lower reaches of the level.
To say that the defense is tough, in fact, the Warriors have not been able to do it. There are still many problems in the defense of this team. For example, the defensive ability of point guard Curry is relatively insufficient, the interior is seriously lacking in height, and the rebound protection is poor...
But the huge difference of 10.8 points per game is by no means a negligible credit.
Under the extremely fast offensive rhythm, the Warriors' defense can achieve this degree is already quite commendable, and breaking the 72 wins and 10 losses record set by Joe's invincible bull is not so simple.
Wang Xiao does not know whether Cole in the 11-year period can find a balance point to improve defensive efficiency in the fast-paced game of the team as in 14 years, but it is absolutely necessary to give it a try.
Moreover, in this process, Wang Xiao will also provide some suggestions from the future Warriors team.
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The preseason is over, and the nba 2010-2011 regular season is about to start.
As in previous years, this year is also 82 games per team, and the schedule is still dense and compact.
The Wizards' first regular season game began on October 28th. The opponent was the Orlando Magic who were eliminated by the Wizards in the playoffs last season.
This game is the home of the Magic, and the game has attracted a lot of attention.
After all, in the summer, the Wizards and the Magic fought six life-and-death battles. Although they did not reach the tie-break, the process was also quite fierce.
Many Magic football fans hope that the team will be ashamed before the new season and report the worry of being eliminated in the playoffs last season. The Wizards’ football fans have also rushed to Orlando to cheer for the Wizards. Cheer.
The opener of these two teams is therefore highly regarded, after the Heat and Big Three vs. Celtics Big Three, the new and old Big Three opener, and the Lakers vs Rockets two opener.
In the eyes of many people, this game is bound to be a fight for the tigers. Although the Wizards played off the Magic in the playoffs last season after Curry was injured, but ultimately it has a lot to do with luck. If the Magic Carter , Lewis and other outside "shoot" feel is not so bad, if Howard was not troubled by fouls in the third game, it may be another story.
In addition, the Wizards’ strength has not improved this season. Although Curry Harden and other rookies will inevitably grow, it is an indisputable fact that Butler and Jamieson are one year older. What's more, the team's inside pillar Heywood has also left the team. Only Jordan and McGee are left in the inside. Can they really fight Howard?
With such suspense, people have stepped into the Magic's home stadium, waiting for the battle to begin.
however……
"123:102, the Wizards easily defeated the Magic on the road. I have to say that this is a game without suspense. Compared with the performance of the Wizards' vitality of four shots, the Magic is like a soon to be scrapped. Carriage, the speed can't be compared with the other's Lamborghini..."
From the beginning, the game was completely one-sided.
auzw.com After the constant change of the starting lineup in the preseason, the regular season Wizards starting lineup has not changed much from last season, it is still the point guard Curry, the point guard Green , Small forward Butler, power forward Jamison, only the starting center position from Haywood to Jordan.
But this lineup, at the beginning, knocked the Magic team a sap.
Still a very fast offensive and defensive conversion, still frequent pick-and-roll and three-point tactics after the outside shot, the Wizards' scoring efficiency is surprisingly high.
Four offenses in the opening, actually hit three three-pointers!
And all three of these three points were cast by Curry alone!
Get 9 points in 3 minutes alone!
Last season's playoffs missed Curry because of a sprain. Curry felt quite sullen. He seemed to want to put all his brains in this game.
The point difference in the game quickly widened to more than 10 points, and with the passage of time, this situation even worsened even more!
The audience was a little surprised. Curry's offensive ability did seem to have been further improved than last season, but it did not make the Magic helpless!
However, people who know the ball better, including coaches on the court, understand what is going on.
Van Gundy sighed helplessly.
The beginning of the new season means that Carter, Lewis and others are one year older...
Carter is about to enter 34 years old, and Lewis is almost 32 years old.
Although there are many people who can still play the peak data at this age, for example, Jordan, at the age of 36, he can still score a super high score of 28.7 points per game.
But Carter and Lewis are obviously not Jordan. After 30 years of age, their physical fitness has dropped considerably due to injuries in their youth.
In the face of the Wizards' fast-paced offensive and defensive transition, they can still keep up with the rhythm at the beginning, but as the game goes on, it will gradually become difficult to keep up with the Wizards players who are running crazy.
In fact, the Wizards have such a situation. Jamison is one year older than Carter.
However, when Jamison was out of fitness, the Wizards could always replace it, putting Butler to the power forward position or directly to the top rookie rookie Paul George.
As a result, the Magic are in a passive position.
In this process, Howard was undoubtedly the most aggrieved.
In the storm of small that frequently switch between offense and defense, the most helpless is the traditional center like him.
Constantly running back and forth, running back and forth, many times there is no chance to touch the ball, just like a blue-collar rebounding defense.
In fact, the Wizards center Jordan Jr.'s work is also the same, but how can Howard, who already bears the name of the league's first center, can be compared with a rookie center who just took the team's starting lineup?
Howard originally wanted to use the ability of "colorful" rebounds to grab rebounds inside the Wizards for a second attack.
However, this little Jordan's ability to position and rebound was unexpectedly good, and he did not lose at all in the playoffs of last season. Heywood was even better.
Although Howard still has the upper hand most of the time, it can't be crushed on the rebound.