Pick Westbrook

Chapter 29

The Bucks won.

106: 92.

At the end of the game, O'Neal walked over to the Bucks bench and gave Li a big hug.

"Dude, you've got me covered tonight in this game."

Li Lai, who was like a quail in O'Neill's arms, said seriously, "If you were at your peak, even four people wouldn't be able to stop you."

Hearing this, O'Neal couldn't help but think of the failed big shark turn-around dunk just now.

Since he entered the NBA, this indestructible dunk has been his exclusive weapon on the court.

He relied on this trick to dunk Stone Buddha Duncan, Admiral Robinson, Gorilla Ewing, African Mountain Mutombo, Big Dream Olajuwon, and Little Giant Yao Ming.
He has dunked almost all the insiders who can be called in the league.

But now, he can't even dunk a few fledgling young players.

This also reminded O'Neal of the words that have been ringing in his ears for several years, "Shaq, sorry, we decided to keep Kobe because you are old."

O'Neill smiled wryly.

In order to prove to the Lakers that he is not old, he tried his best to help the Heat win the first championship trophy in team history. Even at this age, he is still active on the court and has not chosen to retire.

He is almost 37 years old, and he still plays the center position in most of his short careers on the court. It is not easy to play at this age.

"So it's not good to be old, maybe I really should retire."

At the post-match press conference.

Maurice Williams came uninvited and sat in the middle C position early.

Li Lai did not stop the other party, but was happy to see what he saw.

The reporters who interviewed were surprised by the five-man shooting tactic that Li Lai arranged in the middle of the game, and asked whether the Bucks would continue to use this tactic in the future regular season.

"of course."

Li Lai said without hesitation: "As long as the Bucks meet the next outstanding center like O'Neal, we will continue to use this tactic."

The reporters immediately boasted about the outstanding performance of the Bucks players in this game. Westbrook ushered in his preseason debut, and his state is still as surprisingly good as in the summer league.

15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Whether it is attacking by himself or connecting teams, Westbrook is a well-deserved offensive engine on the Bucks court, especially in this game he only played the first half.

"God knows what Westbrook will do with a normal rotation in the opener."

Morris Williams couldn't help frowning secretly when he saw that the reporters still didn't talk about his performance tonight.

"I'm the biggest contributor to the team's win."

There is no doubt that Xiao Mo said so.

In the second half of the game, he showed his offense alone and completely cut the Suns' defense to pieces, and his efficient scoring also proved that he does have the potential to become an All-Star player.

It's just that those reporters were very dissatisfied with Xiao Mo's mood.

You, a player who has played in the league for several years, and even a player who is considered to be a promising All-Star in the future, how can others praise you for scoring points in the preseason?

The corner of Li Lai's mouth turned up and he smiled slightly, but he didn't explain how comfortable his attacking space was given to Xiao Mo by his lineup in the second half.

When it really came to the regular season, he didn't have the ability to score such a high score.

Milwaukee.

Although unable to watch the game live, the Milwaukee fans who have always cared about the Bucks finally cheered happily after watching the live broadcast of the entire game.

In their view, everyone knows that the Bucks are bound to stretch their hips in the regular season, and the team's current strength is impossible to make it to the playoffs.

So instead of waiting until the start of the regular season and watching the team lose one game after another, secretly sad.

It's better to take advantage of a victory in the preseason now and cheer for it.

Milwaukee fans are used to losing.

"But Westbrook played really well, and I really like this rookie so much."

"Dragic also played well, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists."

"George Hill is still so stable and reassuring, with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and sent the team's most two steals."

"Of course, we also have a strong player in our team, Maurice Williams. I believe that under his leadership, the Bucks should not lose too badly this season."

The preseason continues.

The Bucks still have 10 games to play before October 25, against the Wizards, Knicks, Raptors, and Warriors.
For a full 7 games, this is enough for any player to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in advance.

The main goal of the preseason that Li Lai arranged for the team was to practice tactics, rather than try to let young players play as much as possible like other teams.

He has confidence in the players he has selected. He probably won't hit the rookie wall, and if he does hit it, he will hit it.

On the contrary, Li Lai gave Xiao Mo more playing time in the preseason, reaching an average of 32 minutes per game.

Under Li Lai's special arrangement, after the team's tactical drill in the first half, in the second half it was time for Xiao Mo to carry out various bombing attacks alone.

Coupled with Li Lai's specially arranged player mix and unlimited fire rights for Xiao Mo, he has achieved very impressive statistics in the preseason.

Averaged 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

"Because of the team's excellent performance in the summer league with 5 wins and 2 losses, Milwaukee fans are increasingly looking forward to the team's performance in the season opener.

We are currently sold out for all of our home games for the first week and are 70% sold for the first month. "

Holloway looked at Li Lai in amazement and continued: "This result is on par with our sales in the same period of previous years, but the ticket price is a little lower than in previous years.

If nothing else, we were able to get about 260 million in revenue from tickets in the first month. "

When the league just announced the regular season schedule, Holloway couldn't believe that Li Lai would increase the team's ticket sales to such an extent.

Even now, she doesn't quite understand why Milwaukee fans are so looking forward to the performance of the Bucks in the new season.

It's not that the Bucks have achieved such good results in summer league and preseason in the past, but they have never attracted fans as much as they do now.

Hammond grinned, clutching his stomach and explaining: "It's because the fans are looking forward to Westbrook's performance.

When the team opened the training camp, there were many fans who became his new fans.

In addition, the Bucks have been focusing on offensive tactics from the summer league to now, and their style of play is quite good, so they can attract batch after batch of fans. "

Hammond looked at Li Lai with admiration. He already knew this strategy when Li Lai chose to open the training camp to the preseason.

It's just that he didn't expect that the strategy that he thought was of little use or even useless would have such a big response after Li Lai implemented it, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Li Lai shook his head.

This income is not enough!

But I have to admit it's a good start.

At least it can prove that from the summer league to the preseason, Milwaukee fans have gradually begun to have a new feeling for the Bucks.

This team is indeed different from before, and it can win.

Holloway rolled her eyes and said, "Don't be smug. The fans just look forward to and recognize the team's performance, and the scolding of you has never diminished."

Hammond laughed and said: "I can testify to this matter, as long as you dare to leave the team and go outside, those fans will definitely scold you from head to toe.

They're still talking about you trading Michael Reed and Bogut. "

Li Lai took a deep breath.

It seems Milwaukee fans are not going to spare him.

But he didn't care at all. If the fans can re-accept the team and let the team gradually get on the right track, it's nothing for him to bear some infamy.

To put it bluntly, if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell will go to hell.

Next, the entire league will continue with a 4-day rest day until October 10 before the opening game of the new season will be ushered in.

(End of this chapter)