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After making an appointment with Engellander, knowing that offensive training will not happen overnight, Stephen is not in a hurry. He heard that training madmen like Kobe, Arenas, and James train for more than six hours a day. With their talent, they still work hard. In this way, if you don't have this talent, shouldn't you work harder, but hard work doesn't mean you have to practice until you die in a day, just like Rome wasn't built in a day, and offense can't be practiced in a day.

After the loss to the Suns, the Spurs returned home and, after a two-day break, faced the challenge of the New Jersey Nets, another top point guard Jason Kidd team in the league. After the combination of Martin and Richard Jefferson, although the "demigod" Vince Carter was signed, the Nets have changed from a championship-level player to an ordinary strong team.

Especially after Kidd underwent knee surgery, he will no longer be able to see the Kidd who drives the fast break like a wind and electric motor, but he is still the top point guard in the league, and his assistant Wen Skater is also known as the person closest to God after Jordan. Stephen also worshiped this guy crazily for a while, because this guy was also born at the University of North Carolina, and his dunk looks slightly better than Jordan, but Later, the aura of flying people slowly began to fade. On the court, it was obvious that he still had a long way to go from Jordan.

Regardless of whether he is still one of the top swingmen in the league, he may only have the slightest gap compared to Kobe and his cousin McGrady, so Popovich specially prepared a set of serial meals for him, Because Richard Jefferson didn't have access to the Internet, both Bruce Bowen and Stephen were assigned to him.

Under the full defense of the two, Carter was defended and only scored 34 points, including 26 points from free throws, [-] points from three points, and [-] Only [-] of [-] shots were blocked.

Bruce Bowen was fouled four times, and Stephen was fouled five times. The two took turns to barely restrain Vince Carter. Isn’t this guy not as strong as Kobe? Why is he more difficult to deal with than Kobe, Stephen After the game, he asked Engelland depressedly.

"Every player has his own pride and his own thinking. Although they are required to go all out in every game, in essence, everyone's performance is reserved, especially emotions affect players very much. State, for example, players at Carter’s level are more happy or depressed, and those who take on defensive tasks will be unlucky, this is what is usually called state.” Energeland patiently resolved with Stephen.

Stephen thought about it for a while, although he didn't keep his strength in every game, but there were always a few games where he performed well or poorly. Sometimes he couldn't explain why, it was just that he missed the shot, or he just didn't grasp it well. own strength.

After defeating the New Jersey Nets, the Spurs continued to stay in San Antonio and waited for their opponents to come to their door. At this time, Catherine received a call from Parker and left Stephen's house reluctantly. The renovation project of the house was only halfway through. She had to continue to come over to oversee the work, which was also the reason for her to come here.

A day later, the Spurs' opponent landed in San Antonio. This time, the opponent was extraordinary. It was the Detroit Pistons who had just been defeated by the Spurs in the Christmas game. The last time they lost in front of home fans and national audiences For the Spurs, let these guys lose face. This time I came to San Antonio with a strong sense of revenge. Right from the beginning of the game, I used super defense to suppress the Spurs' offense, but my own offense was very impressive. of.

The Spurs are a team that pays more attention to the balance of offense and defense, and the style of play of the Spurs is just like Duncan's character, which is as flat as waves. The Spurs really can't play well in defense and offense like the Pistons, but the Pistons If the team really maintains such an intensity of offense and defense every game, they don't have to play in the next games, and just give them this year's championship.

Sure enough, the Spurs, which trailed by [-] points in the first quarter, continued to have the main lineup on the field in the second quarter, and then slowly and slowly regained five points. In the third quarter, the Spurs replaced The Pistons didn't have so many substitute players, so they had to rotate each other off the court for a while, and then the entire main lineup returned to the court, and immediately it was like at the beginning of the game, perfect on both ends of the offense and defense. Blast the Spurs.

The score was stretched to 68 points again. When the Spurs' main lineup came on the field, they were determined to kill the enemy and were powerless in the face of such a situation. The Spurs were beaten by the Pistons 83 to [-]. This is really a season low score.

Stephen didn't perform very well in this game. He was at a low ebb these days, and the Pistons made a lot of arrangements specifically for him, so Stephen didn't have the glory of playing games. This is also when Stephen entered the team. Since the main lineup, it is the first time that they have not scored in double figures.

The Detroit Pistons were sent away, and the Memphis Grizzlies were ushered in again. The days were just passing by, and the game against the Grizzlies was quite uneventful. Although the Spurs were in a very average state, The whole game only scored [-] points, but the Grizzlies' counterattack was not very good. The Spurs were struggling to catch up from the first quarter, but they didn't catch up until the end of the game. In the end, they lost by only one point.

Then the two teams flew to Memphis together again, and fought again in Memphis. This time, it was still the same as last time. The Spurs did not give the Grizzlies any chance from the lead until the game It's over, but this time they won the game by a ten-point margin.

In these two games, Stephen did not perform well. In one game, he scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assist. In the other game, he scored [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists and [-] steal. On the defensive end, Stephen's ability There was no decline, but on the offensive end, Stephen's performance was a bit struggling. As a result, the firepower of the Spurs' bench lineup declined, and Ginobili had to step forward and replace Stephen's role.

Many experts use the rookie wall to explain Stephen's declining status. Domestic fans are also very worried. They are afraid that a basketball superstar who hasn't been seen in a hundred years will sink. They have put forward a lot of messy suggestions to Stephen on the Internet. Can see can not.

In fact, the main reason for Stephen's performance struggle is that in these two games, he met an opponent he had never met before, that is Sean Battier of the Grizzlies. Another type of defensive player who does not rely on the body to forcibly block the opponent, and does not stalk the opponent like Bruce Bowen. He always uses some vague movements to affect your offensive movements, and you do not It is impossible to guess what his next defensive move will be. Although the defensive strength is not strong, it is particularly uncomfortable.

The confrontation with him did not benefit Stephen's offense, but it was a great boost to Stephen's defense. It turns out that the defense can still be like this. Battier's defense has no statistics. At the same time, if you don't pay attention to his The defense seems to have no strength at all, and only the opposing players know how uncomfortable his defense is.

Stephen's struggle on the offensive end has aroused many people's doubts, especially those experts and media who attacked Stephen before the draft. Originally, Stephen was selected first in the second round by the Spurs, which made them feel very embarrassed, and then the Spurs gave him He was given a two-year contract, which doesn't mean that they didn't take their analysis seriously at all.

Although they couldn't criticize the Spurs, Stephen kept holding his breath. It's a pity that Stephen has been performing very well since entering the Spurs. While playing time gradually increased, his performance was getting better and better. The weakness in attack is also becoming more and more obvious, you must know that this is their biggest excuse to attack Stephen.

It’s okay to say that, but now Stephen is qualified to claim the crown of the best rookie. If Stephen is really allowed to win the best rookie, wouldn’t it be the greatest irony for them? You must know that on the eve of the draft every year, They have made a lot of money by analyzing the rookie rankings. It’s okay if the rankings are a bit misleading, but for someone like Stephen, falling to the second round is basically the same as losing the draft. Such mistakes are almost impossible. All the media have committed crimes, and it cannot be explained by a single sentence, which will make people doubt their professionalism.

There are many management teams in it. If Stephen gets the best rookie, the draft personnel of these teams in front of them may be blamed by the boss. Except for the Spurs, they are naturally not willing to let Stephen get the best rookie. rookie.

In addition, the team of agents who are qualified to get involved in the best rookie players, they have long been dissatisfied with Stephen's choice of a brokerage company in the entertainment industry as his agent, this is not for them to come over and join us Field, is it going to grab our jobs, plus your own players won the best rookie, and it is also a heavy bargaining chip when negotiating contracts. All of a sudden, Stephen seems to be pointed out by Wan Fu, and all the sports media are full of articles Big article questioning Stephen.

It is better to say that Stephen hit the rookie wall, and judging by Stephen’s performance, this rookie wall will be very difficult to break, especially the better the player’s performance in the early stage, the harder it will be to break the rookie wall in the later stage. This is Stephen's true strength. In the face of the real test, Stephen's offensive ability flaws have finally been completely exposed. He is just an ordinary basketball leader without any potential for development, even in the best low pick. In the hands of the rookie Spurs, it is impossible to be trained.

Fortunately, Chris Paul's performance has not been very good recently. Since the last time they lost to the Spurs, the Hornets first had a three-game losing streak, and then after winning a victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the weakest in the West, It was another three consecutive games. Although Chris Paul's scoring did not drop much, his average assists per game did drop.

In the latest rookie rankings, several other players, including Kupat, have caught up. Seeing that everyone has a chance to get the best rookie, this is the main reason why they attack Stephen with all their strength.