basketball pope

Chapter 658 [Scenery preseason, championship puzzle]

As the preseason continued, the Clippers were quickly robbed of the limelight, and Kobe and the Lakers survived in the saliva of fans.

Because the Cavaliers also lost, and it was a two-game losing streak, which surprised fans who had blown them a summer and were looking forward to a summer.

In the first game, the Cavaliers lost to the Spurs 73-90 on the road. Six people, including Wade, declared injuries. The Spurs did not do their best, and had the last laugh in this contest of substitute players.

In the second game, Bosh and James played for a longer time. Except for them, the role players barely scored, and they lost 78 to 90 to the rebuilt Hornets.

The preseason is dominated by warm-ups, and each team will have reservations, but people are not as optimistic about the Cavaliers as before.Everyone thinks that an invincible strong team should be like the Lakers during their three-peat championship, and they can win even if they play casually in the preseason. Obviously, the Cavaliers can't do it.

The loss of the game did not have much impact on the Cavaliers players.Even, in the view of coach Adelman, losing has a good side.

In an interview, Adelman said, "It's good to be able to handle losses, and it can make the players correct their mentality. In the summer, people gave the Cavaliers too much praise, which makes people lose themselves. We will go back and watch the game video carefully. Then try to play a better game next time.”

Also of concern are the Nets and the Thunder, who played two games in China.Yao Ming played on behalf of the Nets, and Yi Jianlian represented the Thunder. It was a derby game for Chinese players.

However, the protagonists of the game were the Thunder Three Young Masters, who relied on their outstanding personal ability to hang and beat the rebuilt Nets.

The Nets are not bad on the inside. Yao Ming, Favors, and Humphries can rank in the top ten in the league in depth, but the outside players are too shabby. Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Anthony Moro, Courtney Lee, Trenton Hassel and others are important rotations. If they are on other teams, these people can only play off the bench.

Hassell single-handedly defended Durant and Farmar against Westbrook, and the outcome can be imagined.

The Clippers played five more preseason games, and Chris Paul played about 30 minutes in each game, used his strengths in a limited time, and did everything Yang Rui asked for.

Paul is one of the league's best point guards at pick-and-rolls, and can run and fire fast breaks.

But the Clippers' offense is strong, not because of Paul, but because of the personal abilities of Griffin, Gay, and Curry. No matter who these three receive the ball, it is difficult for the opponent to defend with the ball alone.

Griffin's face frame is very similar to James, rushing up for layups and dunks, it is difficult for opponents to prevent.

Gay is like Tracy McGrady, he can break through big men's defenses with his speed, and he can pull up jumpers directly in the face of guards.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Gay was an underrated scorer. He averaged 12 points, 18 rebounds and 6 assists per game in 2 seasons in his career. He shot 45.2% from the field, 34.5% from three and 79.6% from the free throw line. It's just that there are fewer shots, and the key ball ability is strong. The opponent knows that he wants to pull and he can't block the shot.

Many people say that Guy has a personality problem, that he is not competitive enough, he is not paranoid enough, and he is not smart enough to play.Gay, the core of the team, is indeed unqualified. He is not good at combination of sudden points and shots, and he cannot drive the whole team.But Gay, who only has a full mid-level contract and can play singles like Kobe, is impeccable.

Curry's attack power was also liberated. In the second quarter, he had unlimited firing rights. When playing with Paul, the big man inside would give him off-ball cover on the side and catch the ball.

After the preseason, the Clippers looked like they had the "Big Four". The four averaged 72.2 points per game, and they all played about 30 minutes with reservations.

Not only the core of the team, but also the performance of the Clippers role players are impressive, the defense of Tony Allen, Jordan, Mahinmi and others, Dunleavy, Korver's three-pointers and so on.

The fringe Sheldon Williams, Gary Neal, Novak and others also got a lot of playing opportunities and showed their specialties.

Yang Rui spoke highly of the role players. "I think that not every player needs to be very comprehensive, understand their own talents, and achieve the ultimate in a single aspect, and it is easier to become a championship puzzle. For the team, this is a directional reinforcement. For example Rodman, Bruce Bowen, Boykins. No one is redundant with the Clippers."

The Clippers went 6-1, double-killing the Lakers, and the only loss was to the Magic.

Magic Batum, Redick, and Lewis performed well, and Howard blew up Jordan and Mahinmi inside.

Under the training of Hollins, the Magic team's defensive system is very stable, the speed of retreat is fast, the Clippers players are trapped in the defense, and the ability of the inside players to withdraw is their biggest flaw at present. The defense will be weaker.

Yang Rui plans to urge Griffin to practice shooting and increase his shooting range throughout the season. If he can shoot three-pointers, the Clippers' odds of winning the playoffs will greatly increase.Yang Rui can only hope that Griffin will improve his strength. In his previous life, he has indeed made great progress in shooting.

There is no hope for Jordan. He has been a rough brother who can defend but is slag in his own offense all his life. In addition to dunking and dunking on the offensive end, there is no way to score.

This man has muscles in his head, and Yang Rui can only arrange the simplest tactics for him. After covering, he cuts in a straight line, and whoever or where he stands when defending.

As long as there are more than two orders given to Jordan, he is absolutely confused and doesn't know what to do on the court.This kind of person also has advantages. He resolutely relies on his body to play, he is extremely brave, and his opponent's body is not as good as him, and he can play an amazing performance in a certain period of time.

季前赛小乔丹场均只打20分钟，在杨瑞安排的战术下能得到10.4分6.8篮板0.3助攻1.5盖帽，投篮命中率73.1%，几乎全是扣篮。

All teams rested for two days, watching the overwhelming news and praise about the Clippers, the Bucks owner was very depressed, he began to regret, Wesley Johnson's preseason offensive and defensive performance was average, there was no star appearance, two Round-robin swingman Darlington Hobson didn't do much.

At this moment, the Bucks fans stopped scolding Curry and scolding the Bucks management. They all realized that the team may let go of an All-Star in exchange for a young player with potential that is difficult to realize and needs to be cultivated for a long time.

The good news is that they can watch the league's second shooting guard Ellis score as much as possible next season.

What I regret more is the Celtics management. They renewed Marquis Daniels with an annual salary of 250 million, but they were unwilling to give Tony Allen a three-year contract with an annual salary of 300 million. The two are not on the same level at all. .

In the preseason, Tony Allen defended several stars who were deflated, and Daniels was just an ordinary role player.

Cavaliers fans didn't discuss Rudy Gay too much. They all knew that with James there, Gay's small forward position could not be reused, and it didn't matter if he left.

The NBA's first official strength list was announced. The Mavericks, who won 7 games in the preseason, ranked first. Although the Cavaliers had 4 wins and 3 losses, they still ranked second. Last season's defending champion Spurs ranked third and fourth. is magic.

The Clippers are ranked fifth, and experts are unanimously optimistic that the Clippers will enter the playoffs and gain home-court advantage in the first round.

The Lakers, with 2 wins and 5 losses in the preseason, only ranked No. 14. This is a very embarrassing result. The team in this position is predicted to barely make the playoffs, and [-]% of them will be eliminated in the first round.

Before the regular season started, basketball experts generally believed that the Clippers were stronger than the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)