The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Chapter 234: Curry's Explosion

The 11-12 season, for Curry in another time and space, can be said to be a nightmare season.

The ankle sprained frequently like a demon, so that he only played 26 games in this shrinking season, averaging only 14.7 points and 5.3 assists per game.

Frequent injuries caused the Warriors management to lose trust in Curry, and finally chose to offer Curry a four-year contract worth $44 million at the end of 2012.

44 million in 4 years is a very lucrative contract for most players in the league, but it is obviously not for Curry, because in the 12-13 season, Curry returned from injury He efficiently scored 22.9 points and 6.9 assists per game. In the following two seasons, Curry also scored 24+8 All-Star data and helped the team win the 14-15 season championship trophy.

In the 2016-17 season, Curry ushered in a real explosive period, averaging 30.1 points per game, making 402 three-pointers with a shooting rate of 45.4% in a single season, leading the team to an unprecedented 73 wins and 9 losses!

At that time, Curry had become a superstar who could shake James' status as the number one player in the league, but his salary was only just over 10 million due to injuries in the 11-12 season, and it was not even comparable to that of James. In the same year, he was the 18th pick in the first round of the 2009 Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson.

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But now, due to the appearance of Wang Xiao, Curry's career has undergone earth-shaking changes.

He made his debut in the 09-10 season, averaged 26.5 points and 6 assists per game, and was elected the best rookie.

In the 10-11 season, he averaged 27 points and 6.9 assists per game, becoming the youngest regular season MVP in history.

The 11-12 season has played a total of 5 games so far. Curry averaged 31 points and 7.8 assists per game, shooting 48.0% from the field and 44.3% from the three-point range, which seems to be the level of the league's top superstars.

The current Stephen Curry, in terms of strength, seems to be not inferior to the Curry who changed the development trajectory of the entire league in the 15-16 season.

Wang Xiao was not surprised by this at all.

In another time and space, Curry was a younger brother to others at the beginning of his career, and also encountered an injury crisis. Due to various factors, he was a late bloomer, and it took six seasons to accumulate and make a blockbuster.

In this time and space, Wang Xiao has trained Curry as the main core from the very beginning. The tactical system of the entire team is almost built around Curry. The effect of daily training is far better than that of ordinary people. Under such circumstances, if Curry's improvement speed is still like that in another time and space, Wang Xiao would be surprised.

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The five-game winning streak allowed the Wizards to occupy the top position in the league's record list, but there is still a team in the league that has achieved the same five-game winning streak as the Wizards.

That is the Miami Heat with the Big Three.

This summer, the biggest gain for the Heat, which suffered a disastrous defeat in the playoffs, was the addition of defensive champion Sean Battier.

The Heat have no shortage of scorers, and the scoring ability of the Big Three is at the top level in the league.

But in terms of role players, because the Big Three occupy most of the salary space, the Heat's rotation players look very shabby.

Battier, who joined with a basic salary, obviously eased this dilemma to a great extent.

Battier's defense is top-notch in the league, and his ability to shoot three-pointers from the corner is also very outstanding. He, together with Haslem and Mike Miller, who has returned from injury, can barely support the weak Heat. rotation lineup.

In addition, the Heat has another change that surprised many people... On the court, people can clearly find that the time and frequency of James holding the ball increased significantly, while Wade began to play more. Off the ball.

Although it was only five games, this is the Heat team that Wade has been with for eight years. How could the Heat fans who are very familiar with Wade's style of play not see it?

Wade finally made his choice. For him, he doesn't know whether this choice is right or wrong, but for the Heat team, it is obviously the most correct.

There cannot be two tigers in one mountain, and it is absolutely impossible for a team to have two leaders.

Wade is very strong and great, but obviously James is the one who is more suitable to be the core.

The completely liberated James immediately showed extremely powerful dominance.

The first five games of the opening game were not friendly to the Heat. The Celtics, Knicks, Spurs... faced several strong teams in the league in a row, but they all won.

In 5 games, James averaged 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game, second only to Curry's 31 points, Kobe's 33 points and Durant's 29 points in the scoring list.

Wang Xiao remembers very clearly that this season, because of Wade's resignation, James, who has fully utilized his strength, won the third regular season MVP trophy in his career, and also won the championship and FMVP honors for the first time in his career.

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Originally, it should be so, but now...

"hehe."

The Heat, which had won five consecutive victories, was in full swing, but at this moment, their winning streak came to an abrupt end, because they encountered Wang Xiao's Wizards in the sixth game of the regular season.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other. Enemy, who was eliminated by the Wizards in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, made all members of the Heat jealous. James is even more like a super Saiyan explosion, showing shocking and sturdy fighting power. With a triple-double of 38 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in one game, there will be no scum left in Leonard, who is facing him.

However, in the end it was the Wizards who won again.

the reason is simple.

In this game, Stephen Curry took 28 shots and hit 18 goals with a shooting percentage of 64%. Among them, he made 11 of 13 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 54 points in the game!

Throughout the game, Wade, Battier, and even James tried to switch on Curry, but it didn't help at all. Curry, who feels hot, is going to beat every day. As long as you can't block me, you can't stop him Hold my shot.

The Heat discovered to their horror that Curry had evolved into a very terrifying and unstoppable existence...

The Wizards, which defeated the Heat and won six consecutive victories, once again became the veritable number one in the league after last season. For the time being, no team in the entire league can match it in terms of record.

At this time, people gradually began to realize that something was wrong.

Wait, didn't it mean that if Harden is gone, the Wizards' offensive efficiency will drop?

In 6 games, he averaged 113 points per game. Although he was 5 points lower than last season, he still ranked first in the league, and he was 9 points higher than the second Nuggets in the league! This is also called a decline in offensive efficiency?

And what is even more frightening is that in 6 games, the Wizards averaged only 93 points per game, ranking fifth in the league, second only to the Bulls, Celtics, 76ers and Heat.

what's the situation? Didn't Jordan, the inside defensive pillar, leave the team? Why is the defensive efficiency higher than last season?

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