The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Jordan was overwhelmed by Howard in the playoffs last season, so he was naturally unwilling, and as Haywood did not renew his contract with the team, and then announced that he had signed a five-year contract with the Mavericks, Jordan began to realize , his chance may be coming!

In the Wizards team last season, Haywood was the well-deserved No. 1 center. Most of the time, he was the first to go inside and fight against other teams' inside players.

Jordan is the second center, and McGee is the third choice for the center.

Now, Haywood has left the team, and the team has no intention of signing inside players, so as the second center, Jordan realizes that he is likely to be pushed to the starting position.

This is actually not difficult to guess.

Although he also has excellent physical fitness, McGee seems to have not been very optimistic about the coach, and the playing time and opportunities given to him last season are far inferior to himself.

As for the Whiteside big man that the team selected in the second round of the draft, Jordan didn't even think about it.

A first-year rookie, if he is in the first round of the lottery, he may be a big threat to him, but a second-round pick like him, how can he be compared with himself who has played in the league for three years?

Thinking that he might become the starter, Jordan worked really hard this summer, spending every day in the arena to improve his strength. Although there is no auxiliary bonus from Wang Xiao's system, Jordan's performance this summer Progress is also visible to the naked eye.

Jordan has made a lot of progress, and Wang Xiao still used the tactical skill of being a block master in order to target Howard in this game, so naturally he won't lose too much on rebounds.

Easily defeated the Magic in the first show away, the performance of the Wizards made people a little surprised, but in the next few games, people had to admit that compared to last season, the Wizards seemed to be stronger!

On October 30, the Wizards beat the Eagles 117:99 away.

On October 31, the Wizards beat the Nets 109:92 at home.

On November 3, the Wizards defeated the Cavaliers 121:97 away.

On November 4, the Wizards beat the Pacers 106:87 at home.

In a blink of an eye, the Wizards won five consecutive victories, leading the league in record, and leading the league in scoring average of 115.2 points per game as last season.

But compared to last season, people found that something was not quite right.

In five games, the Wizards conceded only 95.5 points per game!

This average loss per game is not an exaggeration in the league. In the regular season last season, there were 7 teams with an average loss per game lower than this score.

But if the score is also counted together, it will be a bit dumbfounded.

In five games, the Wizards averaged 19.7 points per game! Close to 20 points!

Even the 72-win Bulls back then averaged only 12.3 points per game.

Of course, this is only the data of five games, and it does not mean that the Wizards can achieve this level in 82 games throughout the season.

But even so, some people have begun to find that the Wizards' defense seems to be much better than last season.

Last season's Wizards scored extremely high, but the average conceded points per game was also very high, almost ranked at the bottom of the league, just like the Suns in 2005 and 2006, they completely gave up defense and relied on super high scores to win .

But the Wizards' defensive efficiency in the new season has improved a lot.

Could it be that Wang Xiao has already started to improve the team's defense? If the Wizards can really improve the quality of defense while maintaining the existing offensive firepower, it is really quite an exaggeration...

People's guesses like this have yet to be verified in the next game, but they are indeed right.

Cole is not responsible for the improvement of the Wizards' defensive quality in these five games.

Although Cole has started to improve the Wizards' defensive tactics, it is far from such a fast progress.

The reason why the team's defensive efficiency has improved in these few games is actually the effect of Wang Xiao's system skills.

In the tactical skills module, there is a skill called "Blocking Defense". This skill is limited to perimeter defense, which can speed up perimeter players' defensive breakthroughs and response speeds during pick-and-rolls.

In these few games, Wang Xiao has been using this skill. Although he has to pay 100 victory points every time, it is definitely not a loss.

With the shortage of centers and outside three-point shooting not yet popular, the current general trend of the league is still to attack with the ball.

Although there are also teams that arrange a large number of running positions and then catch and shoot tactics, they are a minority after all, so the effect of the "blocking defense" skill is quite good.

Facing teams that rely on running positions to gain shooting space, Wang Xiao also has a set of countermeasures.

Can't you fucking run? Then I will run with you.

Anyone's physical ability is limited, and it is impossible to squander it unrestrainedly.

When you run desperately to get an open shot opportunity, and finally throw the basketball in, before you have time to celebrate, you turn your head and see that your opponent has already served the ball and is running towards the backcourt. Are you chasing or not?

After several consecutive rounds like this, can you still hold on to the running position?

Of course, this way of coping is a bit weird, it's just a purely offensive rather than defensive, but Wang Xiao believes that as the game progresses, the Wizards' defense will gradually improve, and gradually reach the level that can cope with any offensive tactics.

Wang Xiao's self-confidence, on the one hand, comes from his own system and tactical skills, on the other hand, it comes from the future Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, and on the other hand, it comes from the Wizards' new player this year, a first-year rookie Paul George.

George's debut with the Wizards wasn't particularly ideal.

In the game against the Magic, George came off the bench and played 24 minutes. He only scored 4 points and 3 rebounds on 1 of 5 shots.

In the five games of the team's five-game winning streak, George averaged 26 minutes per game and only 6 points and 3 rebounds per game.

As a substitute, although averaging 6 points and 3 rebounds per game is not outstanding, it can be seen anyway.

But as a rookie selected with the fourth overall pick, as a player selected by Wang Xiao, such statistics are not enough.

Among the players selected by Wang Xiao in the first round, which one is mediocre?

Durant averaged 20 points per game in his rookie season, Curry averaged 26.5 points per game in his rookie season last season, and Harden averaged 18 points and 8.5 assists in his rookie season.

In the new season, Durant currently leads the scoring list with an average of 32 points per game after five games.

Curry followed with an average of 28 points per game. As for Harden, who is still on the bench for the Wizards, his average of 18 points per game last season rose to 22 points without knowing it.

Why did it suddenly drop to 6 points and 3 rebounds when it came to George?

Although only 5 games were played, George's statistics made many people start to doubt, did Wang Xiao capsize in the gutter this time?

This is really an unprecedented first time!