Breakthrough, throw, miss;
Breakthrough, throw, miss;
Breakthrough, floater, ball in;
Breakthrough, throw, missed, successfully committed a foul;
Breakthrough, throw, miss;
Breakthrough, floater, ball in...
If you don't count the foul, Wood's shooting percentage is just 33%. According to the standard of two-pointers, this is indeed low. Many shooters have a higher three-point shooting percentage than this.
Although Wood's knee has recovered, his touch has not yet recovered, and his feeling for the game has not recovered. Even though he made beautiful continuous changes of direction, he relied on speed and explosiveness to rush to the basket, and he could face the situation. He made a throw to the opponent's tall defender inside, but was unable to put the ball into the basket.
On the sidelines of the game, the Trail Blazers' assistant coach in charge of defensive training had embarrassment and depression written all over his face. Wood's breakthrough was too sharp, and the Trail Blazers are not a team that is good at defending. Their defense was in front of Wood's breakthrough. , turned into scum.
Next to him, Trail Blazers coach Terry looked at the ten-point lead with a sad look on his face. It didn't look like he was ahead by more than ten points, but like he was behind by more than ten points.
"Wood's knee has recovered!" Trail Blazers coach Terry finally said such a sentence.
The game has been played so far. From the perspective of an NBA coach, how could he not see that Wood's knee has fully recovered.
Wood has made too many continuous changes of direction, made too many sudden stops and starts, made too many jumps, and he has also used difficult moves to overwhelm defensive players. And if you want to do these movements, you must have a good pair of knees.
Every sudden stop and change of direction, every sudden start, puts huge pressure on the knees, which is why Wood's knees wear out like they are in their fifties or sixties. This is basically an irreversible injury that, once it occurs, will only get worse, not better.
At the beginning of the game, Wood began to use this offensive method, which is also his best offensive method. The Trail Blazers coach at the time didn't take it to heart. Wood spent a season recuperating and his knee recovered. At the beginning of the first quarter, he took advantage of the low pressure on his knee and used several difficult movements. It's also a normal thing.
Terrys concluded that Wood's style of play would not last long. He knew that Wood's knee had been seriously injured and that his knee was already in bad condition. At most, he could occasionally burst out and do a few difficult moves. If he let If he continues to play like this, his knees will definitely not be able to bear it.
But entering the game, Wood has been using difficult technical moves. He seems not to worry at all that his knees will not be able to bear it, and the speed, explosive power and control of his body he shows are also telling. Everybody, his knees are in great shape.
People who can become NBA team coaches must have two skills. They have been engaged in basketball work for a lifetime. The head coach can tell at a glance how the players perform on the court, their physical condition, and their concentration. As for Wood's performance, the Blazers' head coach naturally saw some clues.
"Wood's knee has recovered!" Trail Blazers coach Terry Rice showed a complicated expression on his face, as if he was constantly switching between doubt and shock.
"Coach, what did you say?" the assistant coach next to him asked.
"I said, Wood's knee is fully recovered!" This time, Terry added the word "completely."
The assistant coach thought for five or six seconds before he understood the true meaning of Wood's words. He subconsciously said: "Impossible!"
Then, he looked at Wood on the court again, recalling the difficult technical moves Wood made today, and his tone suddenly faltered: "Isn't it possible?"
From "impossible" to "impossible", the assistant coach's change of tone has shown that he agrees with the head coach's point of view.
Tris didn't answer. He just looked at Dai Li, who was sitting on the Clippers bench on the other side.
Dai Li has been the head coach of the Clippers for half a season, so the coaches of various NBA teams have already figured out the details of Dai Li. They know that Dai Li is very good at rehabilitation training, allowing players who have suffered serious injuries to regain their original form, and he is also very good at allowing some older athletes to exert their second spring.
It’s just that the Trail Blazers coach never expected that Dai Li’s rehabilitation training would allow Wood’s knee to fully recover!
Wood was once the youngest MVP and can be regarded as a superstar player. His injury will not be a secret. The extent of Wood's injury has not been announced, but each team is responsible for the intelligence. The personnel will definitely have an estimate, and this estimate is close to ten.
Even the team's physical trainer and team doctor will treat Wood's injury as a case to study specifically to prevent their players from suffering the same injury, or to study how players should recover after suffering similar injuries. .
So Trail Blazers coach Terry knows how serious Wood's knee injury is. He doesn't think Wood's knee can recover as before, nor does he think Wood can maintain his original speed and explosiveness. The media used "knees of 50 or 60 years old" to describe Wood, almost telling the world that the youngest MVP is dead!
But what happened in front of me today was beyond Tris's knowledge. Wood's knee had really fully recovered! If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Tris would never have believed it, or until now, he still had some doubts about everything he saw.
How can such a serious injury be cured
After a brief moment of surprise and confusion, Trail Blazers coach Terris suddenly realized that the guy whose knee was recovering was Wood. He was not a third-rate character like a cat or a dog, nor was he an ordinary star player, but the youngest regular season player in NBA history. MVP.
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Breakthrough, throw, score;
Breakthrough, throw, score;
Driving, shooting, going in, and drawing a foul;
Wood scored a rare three goals in a row.
"It feels so familiar!" Wood quickly ran back to his own half, but he was still thinking about the throw just now.
Wood used to use this way of scoring to kill everyone in the NBA, but since his knee injury, he can no longer use this way to score. He has gradually forgotten the kind of breakthrough and then throw away. It was not until just now that he realized that he had regained the pleasure of scoring a shot.
"My touch is back!" Wood felt joyful in his heart.
After his knee miraculously recovered, Wood entered high-intensity training. He was eager to get back his touch and feel for the game.
It's just that this kind of thing cannot be rushed. No matter how good the performance is on the training field, the player's touch will never be regained without actual training.
Basketball players are like this. They are as fierce as tigers on the training field, but they are beaten into dogs on the court.
On the training ground, many players can run fast, jump with high awareness, and shoot accurately. But in high-intensity games, if they can maintain good condition for ten minutes, they are already top professional athletes. For example, a certain NBA star player often posts some free throw training videos, and he makes 100 free throws in training. But in the game, if he makes two free throws, he will be considered a profit. If he can really make two free throws, the whole game The bench would wave the towel for him.
This is the difference between training and games. The simplest free throw can double the hit rate. Wood's technical action of continuously stopping and changing direction to break through, and then forcing the defensive player to throw for a layup has reached the official level. In the game, it takes too many attempts to get back the scoring touch.
Fortunately, Wood has regained his former touch, and he has also regained his confidence in scoring.
The next time he attacked, he became more determined.
Wood's continuous changes of direction caused Damid to lose his center of gravity and lose his position. Wood took this opportunity to rush from him to the basket, and then made a beautiful throw and sent the ball into the basket.
Damid looked at Wood unhappily. This missed goal was the fault of his defense.
Damid is not a very good defensive player, and his defense was even criticized by people. There was a time when the Blazers' double guns in the backcourt were also known as "double leaks in the backcourt." Various defensive leaks People are a common occurrence. However, in the past two seasons, Damid's defense has improved a lot, at least it is no longer a loophole on the field.
However, when facing the top breakthrough player in the league, Damid's defense is still full of loopholes.
"Isn't it just two points? I'll give you a three-pointer right away!" Damid thought as he motioned for his teammates to pick and roll for him, and directly shot a three-pointer.
Three-pointers are his best way to score. Damid, who made the three-pointer, looked at Wood with a provocative look, as if to say, a three-pointer is always one point more than a two-pointer.
In the next attack, Wood responded quickly. He easily put the ball into the basket with a high throw, and also caused a foul on the Trail Blazers, which also resulted in a three-pointer.
The game entered the mode of two defenders scoring points.
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Cassel looked at the scoreboard. The two sides had tied at 63-63. He couldn't help but said: "Wood's touch has really recovered. Coach Li, your tactical arrangement worked for once."
Dai Li smiled slightly and did not answer. "Give the ball to Wood" is just a pick, but it is the next best pick. Just like when you take an exam, even though you didn't get first place, it's nice to get second place.
After a timeout, Dai Li replaced starting center Gray on the court.
Gray is still troubled by fouls, so he doesn't play much time. However, as long as he is on the court, the Clippers have an inside advantage. A player with a super center background can be a success for any team. It's a big killer.
On the court, the Trail Blazers became increasingly tough on Wood's defense, and Wood also changed his style of play. He no longer insisted on breakthrough throws, but started a passing mode. The biggest beneficiary of this was naturally Gray.
Breaking through and passing the ball is the most common way of cooperation in basketball. Later, the Rockets' "cake feeding" tactic forced a blue-collar insider to become the "cake king". In terms of "feeding" skills, Wood may not be as good as the Rockets' strongest backcourt combination, but in terms of "eating", Gray is better than the Rockets' pie king. His existence shares Wood's burden on the offensive end. The pressure made the Blazers' insiders dare not easily double-team Wood.
At this point in the game, the value of the regular season MVP is finally reflected.
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"Poof!"
The sound of the basketball hitting the basket was extremely clear. Damid had missed three consecutive three-pointers.
Trail Blazers coach Terry Tris wanted to call a timeout to let Damid calm down, but the rebound was caught by the Clippers.
The ball came to Wood's hands. At this time, he seemed very focused. With his sharp and calm eyes, he was constantly observing the changes in the positions of his teammates on the court, and directing the positions of his teammates with his hands.
At this time, Wood was like a general on the battlefield, waving his flag and mobilizing thousands of troops.
"A natural leader!" Dai Li suddenly sighed. He remembered the scouts' evaluation of Wood when he participated in the NBA draft. One of the words was "He is a natural leader"!
There are not many rookie players in the NBA who deserve this evaluation.
The MVP of the regular season is indeed the leader of the team, and the leader's responsibility is to lead the team to victory!
On the court, Wood looked at his teammates around him. Gray, who had committed five fouls, Hall, who still had no sense of return, and Raymond, who was still adapting to the game, found that none of his teammates were good. This made Wood feel like he was back in the Bulls a few years ago, the season when he won the MVP.
That season was also like this. Two all-star interior teammates missed more than 30 games and played more than 30 games with injuries. The entire team relied on Wood alone to support him. He played 81 games and averaged 10 points per game. He scored 25 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists, and led the Bulls to the league's first 62 wins and 20 losses. This record fully proves the gold content of that MVP.
Today, he has the same feeling as that time. His teammates can only give him limited help, and he has to carry the team to victory alone.
Wood is convinced that he can do it, because he is the leader of this team, and all he has to do is play this role well!
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Trail Blazers head coach Terris felt exhausted. He slumped in his chair and looked helplessly at the scoreboard.
Originally, the scores of the two teams were rising alternately, but just after the game entered the last two minutes, the Trail Blazers players suddenly made consecutive mistakes, but the Clippers seized the opportunity to take the lead, and the score was instantly opened up. 6 points.
Six points is equivalent to two three-pointers to tie the score. This requires not only strength, but also the blessing of the goddess of luck.
"The youngest regular season MVP! The youngest leader!" Tris looked at Wood, with a hint of fear in his unwilling eyes.
The next second, he looked at Damid.
In terms of honor, there is only one regular season MVP between Damid and Wood, but this regular season MVP honor is separated by another title: leader!
In the eyes of Tris, Damid is indeed very strong and has the ability to lead the team to victory, but he is not a qualified leader, and he does not even have the word "leader".
But Wood is different. He is a true leader. There is no doubt about this. Wood proved this when he was with the Bulls. And there are not many such players even in the current NBA.
"How can such a serious injury be cured?" Tris muttered to himself again.
On the bench on the other side, Li Dai said in a commentator's tone: "Wood is different from other players. He is a born leader, so I feel more comfortable leaving the decision-making power on the court to his hands. He Able to make correct judgments, he knows what method to use to win, and he even knows what method to use to master the method of winning!”
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At the most critical moment of the game, someone needs to step up and take over the game.
The Blazers stepped up with All-Star player Damid.
The Clippers' leader Wood stood out.
The results speak for themselves.
In the first game of the new season, the Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 105-101 and won their first win of the season.