After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 41 Dare to Fight Dare to Fight
Although Li Chengming played well in the last four games of the preseason except when he played against the Spurs, but this was the first game of the regular season, and it was still at home. stable.

Naturally, there is no suspense in the starting lineup of the Magic, except for the newly joined Lewis who has recuperated, that is, the second position is relatively unstable.

Keith Bogans, a 196cm swingman and a rookie in 03, started his career with the Magic, but went to the Hornets and Houston in the middle, and returned to the Magic last season. The task is to open the space and shoot three-pointers.

In this lineup of the Magic, everyone except Howard has a three-pointer. The worst is Nelson, who made 33.5% of his three-pointers last season, and the other three are above 38%. This is already above the league level. efficiency.

As soon as the first quarter came up, Lewis, Bogans and Turkoglu all scored three-pointers. Howard's containment effect on the inside was too great, making it easy for the outside to open up three-pointers.

Fortunately, Lewis was not seriously injured after the preseason. After more than half a month of recuperation, he has recovered. Even the first game felt very hot, as if announcing his arrival to the Magic fans. The fans on the side were very excited to see it.

The Bucks were able to rely on Reed and Bobby Simmons' outbursts to stalemate the Magic in the first half, but in the second half, the Magic quickly used three-pointers to open up the point difference, but the Bucks couldn't respond.

The outside line is inaccurate, and the inside line is afraid of Howard's deterrence.

In this game, the Magic defeated the Bucks in only three quarters, and Howard probably didn't sweat.

Lewis showed his role in the first game, scored 13 points on 9 of 26 shots, and cooperated very comfortably with Howard.

If it weren't for Nelson's poor state, they should have led by 10 points in the first half.

The lineup of the Bucks seems to be pretty good, the center is Bogou, the point guard is Mo Williams, the space is easy to play at the fourth guard, and the shooting guard Michael Reid-when he was training with the US team I have met, I know, and Desmond Mason at the small forward position.

As the number one pick, Bogou's talent is of course not bad, but unfortunately there is also a gap between the top picks. Compared with Howard, Bogou can't understand how to eat cakes.

On the offensive end, he has no restraint in the interior. Howard can limit him alone. On the defensive end, he can't do anything to Howard. This time, under Howard's defense, he only took 9 shots, hit 2 goals, and barely got 4 points and 11 rebounds. Statistics, the only bright spot is that there are 4 assists.

Kong Tianyi didn’t take many shots, or the Bucks are just a team playing around with the ball in the backcourt. Obviously, the efficiency of the Arab League was good, scoring 5 points in 4 of 9, but they didn’t give the ball very much. In the end, they let him 6 fouls, the first game of his career clearly exposed his weakness in confrontation.

Li Chengming also did not get the chance to match up with Space as expected by the domestic media and fans. He only got the chance to play during garbage time.

There is no way, he is in this position in the team now, a rookie has no human rights.

It doesn't matter if he played well in the preseason, and his defensive weakness is not the key. It is because Van Gundy put him behind in his psychological expectations.

Sometimes the coach does not directly arrange troops based on strength, but depends on the suitability of the lineup. Li Chengming has not yet reached the time when the team must play around him, but his style of play must be as The core is more effective, so Van Gundy would rather use other functional players.

After all, the team's goal this season is to go further on the basis of last season, so at least until the second round of the playoffs.

The record in the regular season is also very important, which determines that they still have home court advantage in the playoffs.

So an inexperienced rookie like Li Chengming will definitely not get too many opportunities.

Unless he punches Lewis and kicks Howard, then... probably he will be arrested for intentionally hurting someone now...

After all, the Bucks are a bad team, even this season they must be training mainly, the team's record is not important, training rookies is the top priority.

What's more, the United Arab Emirates is still a lottery pick and deserves more opportunities.

Fortunately, there was a lot of garbage time today. Basically, the victory was confirmed in the third quarter. After the main players played for a while in the fourth quarter, they all went off and replaced the team's third team. Ariza played together.

Even if it weren't for the fact that there were only 12 players on the roster, Van Gundy estimated that he planned to replace Gortat and others to try.

He also has considerations for Howard's substitute. After all, Garrity is still "soft". If Howard is off the court, the Magic's inside defense will have some problems.

Li Chengming is obviously not the answer, otherwise he may be the most suitable candidate.

It is an unwritten rule in the NBA to play the main force early during the garbage time. Everyone looks up and down to save face for each other. After all, the opponent also plays the main force, which is equivalent to a shot. The suspicion of points and abuse of food is not good for the reputation of the players or the team.

But in this way, it is naturally impossible for Li Chengming to get a chance to face Ah Lian, because Ah Lian has also gone down, and the two have never played together.

Naturally, this will inevitably disappoint the domestic fans and media who are paying attention to this game. You must know that the hype has been fueled for a long time before, but now it is anticlimactic and feels like being cheated. Okay, Li Chengming also dared to fight during the garbage time.

Especially after watching the Lakers-Texas Xiaoqiang game yesterday, this completely one-sided game is not very interesting to watch, and the only thing to watch is gone, so naturally they will be scolded.

Li Chengming didn't know this, and he didn't care at all. For him, if he had a chance to play, he would not give up lightly, and he would not just play casually just because it was garbage time.

He still needs his performance at this time to impress the coach, increase his trust, and let him play more later.

Of course, this is not something he wants to think about. It also depends on the team's arrangement and the cooperation of his teammates. Fortunately, Redick has more confidence in him now because of his cooperation with Li Chengming during the Summer League, so he has to be in his position as soon as he comes up. After that, without even thinking about it, just hang the ball over.

Van Gundy had obviously heard the assistant coach's report, coupled with Li Chengming's size advantage in training, so he was assigned the fourth position when he came up.

Opposite the Bucks against him is forward Michael Ruffin, who happens to be 30 years old this year.

However, facing Li Chengming, Lu Fen was completely under pressure. He didn't have many offensive opportunities, and Li Chengming was always deliberately stuck in his position on the offensive end, making it difficult for him to connect the ball.

The Bucks didn't plan to open from him either, with Charlie Bell and Villanueva holding the ball unless Ruffin emptied directly at the basket.

On the defensive end, because the Magic almost regarded Li Chengming as the axis of offense, which was the style of play during the summer league, but the Bucks did not arrange corresponding defensive tactics at all. He didn't care about his duties and allowed Li Chengming to trample on Lufen's small body time and time again.

Well, Lufen, who is 206cm tall and weighs 112kg, cannot be said to be small, but even if he loses weight now, Li Chengming can still easily press him.

Moreover, he could feel that although his weight had decreased, his strength had not weakened, on the contrary, he had strengthened a bit, especially the exertion of strength in the waist and abdomen, which seemed easier than before—after all, every time he lost weight, he seemed to be It is the fat in this position.

This may be the difference between systematic "weight loss" and normal weight loss, and it is also the biggest advantage. While retaining the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages, it is not just because it is faster to lose weight.

Playing until the end of the game, Li Chengming only took 4 shots, but hit 3 goals, and there was a ball thrown into the sky that was about to be fouled. The referee who should cooperate with his performance turned a blind eye.

After that, Li Chengming also knew that as a rookie, he hoped that the referee would give him face, it would be better to hope that the opponent would be stupid enough to hug him.

In addition, he also attracted Redick's defensive points twice. Unfortunately, Redick only made 1 of two shots, wasting one of his assists.

In the first game, Li Chengming played just over 8 minutes, scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, made no turnovers or fouls, and only missed one shot. This efficiency performance will undoubtedly be the focus of domestic reports after the game.

Anyway, as long as it is blurred, it will become Li Chengming and Kong Kongyi who scored 9 points and the other scored 7 points, and their shooting efficiency is very good - Kong Kongyi almost made free throws, four missed three, and fouled more , as in the preseason.

People who haven't watched the game will naturally not explore, and then the fans on both sides may quarrel, and there will be traffic and heat when they quarrel, which is what the media likes to see.

But in the United States, apart from Orlando, no one knows who Li Chengming is. Even Kong Tianyi only knows that he is from China like Dayao. He has a good body and talent, but the Bucks are a team with a very low exposure rate.

So after the game, not many people cared about the victory of the Magic except for the fans of the two teams. The US media paid more attention to the performance of the new Mr. Billionaire.

Good performance?then it's all right...

He went back to the locker room and took a shower. After changing his clothes, Li Chengming heard that Reddick and the others said they were going out to celebrate. After thinking about it, he still apologized to the striptease girls in his heart. He watched them leave but returned to the ball The gym continues to practice.

It's just a waste of time, which is not enough for Li Chengming, but after all, it is the first official NBA game, and there are still many things worthy of his aftertaste.

Of course, this definitely does not include the players' body odor...

(End of this chapter)