NBA: The God of Basketball Begins with Precise Scoring

Chapter 42 Li Xingchen's Death Coil, Mitchell's Touch Completely Gone!

In the following rounds, the Warriors' offense flowed smoothly.

Because Curry was on fire today, he has once again regained his terrifying offensive influence, making opponents have to choose one of several poisons to drink.

If the Jazz apply strong delays or double-teams against him, he will pass the ball to his teammates, which can easily create opportunities for a power play. This will cause the Jazz's defense to have gaping holes from the inside to the outside, and they can only rob Peter to pay Paul. In the end, the Warriors' other players can either cut to the basket to steal points or have wide-open three-point opportunities on the outside.

However, if Curry isn't double-teamed and the defense doesn't switch, he'll have opportunities to take some open shots, just like before, and given his shooting touch today, he'll likely make them nine times out of ten. If the defense switches, he can find his matchup against players like Gobert or Bogdanovic who aren't particularly good at perimeter defense. Then he can either take a three-pointer or drive to the basket, which are all Curry's specialties...

It's almost an unsolvable situation.

So for the next four or five possessions, apart from Bazemore missing an open three-pointer, the Warriors scored on almost every offensive possession. Wiggins cut to the basket for two points, Li Xingchen hit a half-open three-pointer, and even Green dunked when Gobert moved up to help defend. Curry added another three-pointer and a layup, and so far, he has taken five shots without missing a single one...

In just half a quarter, Curry had already scored thirteen points, while the Warriors as a whole had scored twenty.

On the other hand, although the Jazz did not make any more offensive mistakes after the first two possessions, their offense remained incredibly sluggish because Mitchell had lost the offensive threat that had broken down the defense in the previous games. It was only thanks to Conley hitting a three-pointer under the defense and Gobert managing to score one in the paint that the Jazz avoided the embarrassing situation of scoring zero points in half a quarter.

With 5 minutes and 8 seconds remaining in the first quarter, Snyder called another timeout.

If they keep playing like this, the Warriors might blow the game out before halftime!

On the internet, an app that claims to have the fastest basketball news updates across the entire network and whose name contains the character "扑" (pu, meaning "pounce") also released news at this time, with a strangely eye-catching headline:

Curry went 5-for-5, scoring 13 points and giving the Warriors a 20-5 lead in just five minutes!

As soon as it was posted, comments and replies poured in.

"Today is Kuriba!"

"Thirteen points in half a quarter, that's a total of 104 points for the whole game, right?"

"Stop posting about Curry! Doesn't my Star Bro's defense deserve a tweet?"

"The Jazz scored five points in just half a quarter, and Ah Chen definitely deserves the most credit!"

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The scene of the game.

The timeout ended, and the players returned to the court.

The Warriors have made personnel adjustments. Curry, Li Xingchen, and Bazemore are still on the court. Looney will fill in for Green at center for a while, and Anderson will fill in for Wiggins for a while. After they rest for a bit, they will have to come back in to lead the substitutes and fill in the gaps when Curry is not on the court.

The Jazz, on the other hand, are behind and dare not rest their starters for the time being, so they can only let them hold on for a while longer.

Looking at the lineup on the field, Li Xingchen scratched his head, feeling somewhat incredulous himself.

In a daze, he had actually become a core starting player who could lead the bench through the transition period with Curry. It really felt like a dream.

After the substitution, the Warriors' overall defensive intensity dropped significantly. Although Anderson was aggressive in his play, his physical limitations meant that his defensive quality was definitely inferior to Wiggins'. In addition, Looney's help defense was not as good as Green's, so the Jazz scored some points in the paint and mid-range.

However, not a single penny of this money was taken from Li Xingchen.

After the second timeout, Snyder actually prepared an ATO (Average Tottenham) play for Mitchell, hoping that Mitchell's scoring account would open. After all, he is the offensive core of the whole team, and only when he opens up can the offense of others flow smoothly.

But Li Xingchen still didn't give him any chance.

In terms of height and wingspan, Li Xingchen can easily dominate Mitchell, who is in the same position, leaving him with no possibility of a pull-up jumper.

In terms of speed, Li Xingchen's lateral movement speed on the defensive end is simply exaggerated after this training. It remains to be seen how he will fare against those small guards known for their speed, but he is more than capable of dealing with Mitchell.

Coupled with his already solid defensive awareness, he was not easily fooled or deceived. No matter what breakthrough techniques Mitchell used, he never successfully broke through Li Xingchen's first line of defense on the perimeter.

Finally, forced into a corner, Mitchell tried backing down his opponent again, attempting to force his way into the paint with his physical strength, only to find that Li Xingchen's core was equally solid, and he couldn't gain any advantage in the confrontation.

In short, Li Xingchen has completely locked her down from all angles!

Later on, Li Xingchen even became a little addicted to defending. He enjoyed the feeling of locking down the opponent's offensive core, so he started marking Mitchell closely from the time he was off the ball, making him almost no chance to receive the ball.

Mitchell kept running around the court, looking for opportunities, but Li Xingchen could keep up with his speed even while maintaining a defensive posture, which made him almost desperate.

When did this guy's defense become so terrifying?

Even the legendary "The Glove" Gary Payton's suffocating defense in the Finals was nothing compared to this!

At least that's how Mitchell perceives it.

If he's this strong from the start, what was Li Xingchen doing in the first two matches?

Surely it couldn't have been that they really improved between G3 and G4 in just two days!

The idea had crossed Mitchell's mind more than once, and he himself found it absurd.

But if he didn't think of it that way, he simply couldn't accept that he had been defended so poorly by an Eastern player who hadn't even been able to play ten days ago...

Finally, Mitchell couldn't take it anymore and started calling for pick-and-rolls from the moment he was off the ball. Gobert and Bojan screened for him, and from off-ball to in-ball, his four teammates screened for him one by one, finally allowing him to successfully switch and shake off Li Xingchen, who was like a leech.

Facing Bazemore, Mitchell finally regained some confidence, dribbling past several defenders before pulling up for a mid-range jumper, and then...

With a loud "bang," the blacksmith struck the iron.

Now, it's no longer a question of whether he can get rid of Li Xingchen's defense.

Rather, his confidence had been shattered by Li Xingchen's defense, and he had completely lost his touch!