Healing Basketball

Chapter 1027 1027. There is only one rose!
Obviously playing against a 'new' team, but the opponent gave the Trail Blazers players the feeling that nothing changed except that the jerseys changed from green to white and the team name changed from Sonics to Thunder.

"The Oklahoma City Thunder...the team was established in 2008...one championship..."

Liu Xiu looked at the team information on the opposite side and didn't know where to complain for a while.

Judging by the way the Thunder look, this season will continue to be poor.

Ibaka has not entered the NBA yet, and he still has a one-year contract with the La Liga Manresa team. The liquidated damages are $1 million, which is not so much in his rookie contract before tax.

Except for Rose and Durant, Liu Xiu glanced at the opposite side, and only Krstic, Nick Collison, and Desmond Mason are good. people.

Desmond Mason was acquired by the Thunder in exchange for Ridnour, who was unwilling to move to Oklahoma City with the team.

As for Mason, he really became a painter, and his state collapsed when he turned 30 last season.

But it wasn't because of injuries, he was so healthy that he played more than 7 games in each of the first 75 years of his career.

He spent a lot of time last year painting and participating in art exhibitions.

Mason participated in the Rose Charity Art Exhibition in Portland. His painting "Lovers and Fire" was sold at a high price of 55 US dollars and donated to the Children's Welfare Fund.

Last season's slam dunk contest, Beast's "Superman Slam Dunk" and Liu Xiu's "Slam Dunk King" were all drawn by Mason. They were bought by the NBA at the auction and are now hung in the NBA headquarters.

Liu Xiu wanted to buy back the latter pair, but was rejected by the NBA...

This is not the first time the NBA has acquired Mason's paintings. In the past eight years, the NBA headquarters has acquired 8 of his paintings, with a total value of more than 11 million dollars.

Mason, who is obsessed with art, has gone from being an outstanding player with first-class offense and excellent defense to a garbage contract, and now he has been sold to the Thunder.

The reason why the Thunder traded Ridnor for him was simply because he was in his contract year and could clear up space or be traded to a team that wanted to clear up space in the middle of the season. A late first-round pick.

After a while, when the game was about to start, Liu Xiu received a system prompt to copy the talent.

"...

Teammate: Goran Dragic, match rate 65%, characteristic conversion talent: long drive, bonus effect: when the host maintains a fast speed and enters the inside attack frame, strength +1, layup +1, when encountering inside confrontation , the resistance ability is slightly improved.

Opponent: Derek Rose, match rate 75%, characteristic conversion talent: Shuttle, bonus effect: When the host obtains the opportunity to continue to break through by changing direction during the breakthrough process, start again and start at the fastest speed. "

Rose's... Relatively speaking, Liu Xiu prefers Dragic's characteristics.

Rose's features look like they don't want knees and ankles anymore.

The talent of 'Shuttle' is very powerful, but sometimes he can't use such a powerful talent, because it doesn't fit well with his warden's style of play.

Because of his poor early starts, he didn't develop skills in the direction of damaging his knees and ankles.

At 8:[-] p.m., the first preseason game in Thunder team history begins!
Thunder starting: Rose, Durant, Mason, Krstic, Nick Collison.

Trail Blazers starters: Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Hill, Randolph, Kwame Brown.

Kwame-Brown leaps high and flicks the ball away from Kostic's head, and the Trail Blazers go first!The whole team is pressing!
Liu Xiu advanced quickly, reached the fastest speed after passing the middle circle, and rushed to the three-point line.

Seeing Liu Xiu's speed, the rest of the Thunder gave up immediately. They couldn't defend against this... But there was one person who didn't!

Ross bravely pushed towards Liu Xiu. With his extreme lateral movement ability, he successfully blocked Liu Xiu..."Pa"..."Pa"...

First the sound of muscles fighting, then the sound of Rose falling to the floor...

Liu Xiu was hindered a little, but not too much. He rushed into the inside and leaped high, the 'flying man' was triggered, and the dunk bounced +5. He took off with all his strength and his head surpassed the basket, and he dunked the ball with a tomahawk style Hit the hoop!
The whole place is boiling!

Ross, who got up from the floor, ignored the pain, looked at Liu Xiu who had landed, and swallowed his saliva.

This is too horizontal!

When he was hit, he thought it was hit by a car!
After such a confrontation, this guy can still dunk over the frame!

Wait, he's coming!
He came towards me!
What is he going to do? !!!∑(Дノ)ノ

A gentle voice came—"Rookie, you are blocking my way."

Ross looked at the smiling warden, and quickly got out of the way. It turned out that he was going to retreat...

and many more!

With such a wide court, do you have to retreat from the small area where he is standing?
bully!
ヾ(｀Д)≤
The offensive and defensive transition, the angry Rose received the serve and quickly advanced halfway...then stopped at a position two meters away from the three-point line.

Sexy Rose Online Grumpy - the speed of the twin towers is a bit too slow!

Liu Xiu, who was one step inside the top arc, stood straight on her hips and read the player detection reports of Krstic and Nick Collison... two centers with a speed of more than 70, the speed of the little giant is faster than these two.

But the most genius thing about the little giant is that he is more than ten centimeters taller than ordinary center forwards, but has a speed that exceeds the average center forward.

The speed of these two people is obviously below the average line.

But this pair of towers also has advantages-both can shoot and pass.

When the two were close to the three-point line, Liu Xiu lowered his focus again and devoted himself to defense.

It's the first game of the new season. Let's see how much my single defense has improved.

Ross has been paying attention to Liu Xiu's actions, and is extremely angry!

When the twin towers entered the three-point line and pulled away to both sides, Ross immediately started to change direction and break through... The warden came up!

Rose took a step back and pulled to change direction. Liu Xiu predicted it and stuck to Rose. Rose fought and retreated, changed direction continuously, and finally seized the opportunity to get a breakthrough space by dribbling under the crotch.

But just as Rose slapped the ball hard to start a breakthrough, Liu Xiu, who was about to be passed, turned around and reached for the ball... First, he slapped Rose hard and took away the fast bouncing ball!
Under Liu Xiu's strong confrontation, Ross changed directions continuously. This wave of offensive energy wasted too much, and his force was a beat slower. Liu Xiu seized the opportunity to steal it!

Liu Xiuqi counterattacked, and Rose quickly turned around to chase, but Liu Xiu, who relied on his strong body and predictive defense, consumed much less energy than Rose. They were also separated by Liu Xiu's arms.

Originally just wanted to counterattack for a layup, but Rose stuck to the defense... Liu Xiu slowed down after entering the three-point line.

Rose, who was exhausted for a short time and couldn't keep up, followed Liu Xiu's footsteps. He was ready to give up his defense, and he became excited again, and actively pressed towards Liu Xiu, interfering with Liu Xiu's attack.

The two confronted each other and came to the basket. Just when Rose was ready to interfere with Liu Xiu's layup, a completely irresistible force came...

Liu Xiu stepped on the arc of the reasonable collision zone and overturned Rose, who was pressing against him, plucked the green onion from the dry land, jumped high, and smashed the ball into the basket heavily!

The referee blew his whistle, Ross blocked the foul, Liu Xiu's goal was valid, and he got an extra penalty!
Rose, who fell down again, looked at Liu Xiu who fell, and woke up suddenly.

He was stunned just now, and he actually felt that he restrained the warden's counterattack!He actually felt that he stuck to and held the warden's attack frame!
And the reason why he had such an illusion was because this man did it on purpose!
It's obvious that I want to bully him!

But why?He never messed with this guy!

At this time, the fans near the baseline shouted at Rose in unison: "Rookie, there is only one Rose in the NBA!"

...

In the first round of the opening round, Xinke's No. [-] pick was hanged three times on both offense and defense.

Durant is fortunate that he is not a small guard. After the warden participated in the Olympics and won the world championship, he has made considerable improvement on the defensive end.

As an offensive genius, Durant saw that Liu Xiu added Kobe's outside pressing skills and dog-skin-like defensive attitude to Liu Xiu's defense.

He felt that his new teammate was really miserable. He was bullied so badly just because his surname was 'Rose'...

After bullying Rose in the first round, Liu Xiu stopped focusing on the rookie No. [-] pick.

Rose, who has never played a real 'adult game', is too weak and has too little experience in the game. She has not even started to attack in singles, and she can be consumed to that extent. The key is that she hasn't noticed... ...The main reason is that the team is busy now, the team's affairs are important, and there will be opportunities to bully in the future.

As the game progressed, the Thunder found that the Trail Blazers were not quite what they expected.

After the agreed Trail Blazers introduced D'Antoni, what about running and bombing?
Did the promised Trail Blazers go astray?

Indeed, the pace of the Trail Blazers has improved a lot. Compared with last season, the offensive speed has improved significantly. The flank penetration + top arc three-point opportunity creation + sideline response movement... are all better, so good that Durant straightened his heart. Can't beat it.

But it is not running and bombing, but a fast-paced offensive and defensive battle.

There are not many fast breaks, and they only start fast breaks when there is a counterattack opportunity. If there is no counterattack opportunity, the Blazers will choose to fall into positional warfare and play brisk positional warfare to cooperate.

There are more things that the Thunder players can't feel.

The Trail Blazers' "organized and disciplined" style of play, although it was only the first actual game, was not something the Thunder could handle. They were pulled away after only two or three points and entered a game of "everyone bully Little Rose together" middle.

The coaching staff of the Trail Blazers can't emphasize the need to play well. The opponent is a bit weaker, and the opponent has no offensive and defensive system at all in order to play badly + cultivate two talents. ; The defensive end is even better, a posture of letting you ask for it.

Anyway, judging from the cooperation in the first half of the first quarter, they played well, which proved that they can play in actual combat, and more will be left to the later games for inspection.

This game should let the players get familiar with the game again. Seeing that the players are so happy to bully the new champion, the coaches are also very happy. The team atmosphere is very good.

At 9:55 in the evening, the abuse time was over, and the Trail Blazers beat the Thunder 116 to 95 and won their first preseason victory.

Durant played 39 minutes, made 22 of 9 shots, and scored 27 points. His performance was not bad.

Ross is miserable...

打了31分钟，8投1中，外加6中4的罚球，拿到6分3板5助攻1抢断4失误。

7 times hit the iron, 3 times were blocked.

Those who didn't know, thought that Ross was the apprentice of the leader of the mine bandit and the warden.

But the commentator of Fox Sports, which broadcast the preseason game live, spoke highly of Rose-good physical talent, strong ability to withstand pressure, and tough personality.

Rose retired early due to injuries in the Las Vegas Summer League and Orlando Summer League, and his performance was average. He was regarded as an "upset champion" and was looked down upon by the major media.

Tonight he showed very strong resilience, he was bullied like that, and he didn't give up, which reminded the commentator of Durant last season.

Durant was also targeted when he played against the Trail Blazers, but he just couldn't beat him. He threw more than 30 times in a single game and scored more than 20 points.

...

On the second day, the Trail Blazers continued to practice.

This morning's training is mainly defensive, and what is going on is positional movement training integrating defense switching, flanking, and supplementary defense.

Bu Shuai directed the training, while the vice president and other members of the coaching staff watched from the sidelines.

Seeing the skillful movement of some players, the coach said: "In last night's game, we did a good job defending."

The vice president replied: "Well, the offense still doesn't show anything, but our fast-paced retreat, positioning, and pressing defense are much better than last year. The progress of the defensive system is faster than the offense...Mike, no I blame you, you are now building an offense that has never been done, starting from scratch, it is naturally more difficult, it does not matter, we have time."

Hearing this, the red face with a mustache began to fade.

I also know that it is difficult for him!

He is really difficult!
If it is just to build an offensive system, even if he is required to come up with a complete running and bombing tactic, it will not take that long.

The key is that the team must not only guarantee defense, but also want to play offense. The requirements for the lineup are too high!
But even if they spend money like water, the lineup does not mean that all of them can attack and defend well. Therefore, under the premise that the team is based on defense, he can only create fast offensive tactics based on the existing lineup.

It's more difficult... But it's good to have money, even if it's difficult, it's still feasible, and there are several bargaining chips that can be used for trading, as long as there are not enough people to trade.

Only, a precious experimental game wasted last night.

Mustache felt that the Thunder team was too annoying, how could it be so weak!

They don't need to play any tactics, and they can push the Thunder evenly by relying solely on the lineup. The test effect of the offensive system last night was basically zero.

Colleagues just mentioned last night's game in passing, and didn't think as much as Moustache, the vice president continued: "Grant is really surprising, the antique record player in my house seems to be moved by our congressmen. "

The coach laughed: "Haha, did you really agree to bet with him? Boss, he is not a gambler. He must be sure to bet with you on this kind of thing... No, you have been cheated by him again." Collection."

"He tempted me with Elvis Presley's first edition disc..." The vice president's expression was desperate for a moment, but he immediately adjusted back, "Let's not talk about this, maybe Grant will really be the one in our frontcourt who adapts to the new system the fastest, In the backcourt, it’s still Jess, we don’t need to worry about him both offensively and defensively...Mike, don’t be so anxious, our progress is already much faster than expected. At first, we thought that the current progress would not come until the end of the preseason .”

The mustache had begun to swell again, and the face faded again.

What can he do?Every time he adjusts, the warden 'adapts in seconds', he is under a lot of pressure, okay!
However, what hurts him more is 2003... If the Suns traded Marbury to the Knicks for the No.

After getting in touch with him during this period of time, Moustache found that the warden's wife is suitable for beating away!

After the system is established, start a small fire for the warden?

Mustache's eyes lit up at the thought.

However, he quickly suppressed his excitement. If he let his colleagues know that he wanted to 'lead' the warden, he might be beaten to death.

(End of this chapter)