This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 156 A Bit Miserable Debut (Subscribe)

In the Charlotte Arena, there were at least a hundred Chinese people, and in distant China, there were even more fans watching Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin's performance in the World Championships has attracted the attention of many domestic fans.

In addition to broadcasting Rockets games, CCTV-5 is also working hard to broadcast more Charlotte Bobcats games.

The Bobcats opening game was also broadcast live on CCTV5.

Bernie Bickerstaff also arranged for Zhou Lin and Brandon Roy to appear at the same time in the first regular season. Zhou Lin had always played the role of the No. 3 substitute in the previous preseason games, and this game , Zhou Lin was assigned to start at the fourth position.

The starting lineup is Redmond Felton, Brandon Roy, Gerald Wallace, Zhou Lin, Emeka Okafor.

The Pacers sent Jamal Tinsley, Stephen Jackson, Danny Granger, Al Harrington, and Jermaine O'Neal.

After Sean May was traded away, Zhou Lin would take the position of power forward most of the time.

Of course, Zhou Lin can't complain either. It's rare for a rookie to get playing time and even a chance to start.

This time, he's going to face Al Harrington, a high school player who has been in the NBA for the ninth year.

This time the Pacers brought Harrington back and paid a price of 4 million in four years. However, the historical Al Harrington failed to stay in the Pacers, but was sent by the Pacers in the next trading cycle. To the Golden State Warriors.

Also going with him is another starter for the Pacers now.

'Wu Sheng' Stephen Jackson.

Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson became an important member of the Golden State gang that won the 67 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Black Eight that year.

It is also because of this transaction that changed the fate of Dallas and delayed the Dallas people's summit day for several years.

At this stage, Al Harrington, who has returned to the Pacers, has similar attributes to Zhou Lin. Al Harrington, who was in the Eagles last season, shot more than 35% of the three-pointers and averaged 18.6 points per game. +6.9 rebounds +3.1 assists.

The current Al Harrington is indeed worthy of a high middle-class contract, a player with the standard fourth position data of the team.

Al Harrington returns to the Pacers, and he is bound to show off in front of the club.

It proves that I have gone out and turned around, and it is not without any progress.

After the game started, Okafor lost to Jermaine O'Neal on the jump ball. As a member of the 96 golden generation, Jermaine O'Neal is already the absolute core of the Pacers at this moment.

In the Pacers' half, O'Neal opened the scoring with a signature jumper directly over Okafor's head.

Raymond Felton took the ball across the half and gave it to Brandon Roy. In this year's summer league and preseason games, Brandon Roy still showed On the side of a high-quality scorer, he averaged 19.4 points per game, ranking first in the team, while Zhou Lin only had 11.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in total.

It is also true that the data of the two will drop a part after entering the regular season.

To a certain extent, Bernie Bickerstaff prefers Brandon Roy, who is mature and seasoned, and who is suitable for the team's most scarce shooting guard position, rather than Zhou Lin, who was chosen by accident. .

Well, no matter whether it is the summer league or the preseason, Zhou Lin has not shot more than 1 times, while Brandon Roy has only 10 games with less than 5 shots.

And Brandon Roy faced the defense of 'Martial Saint' Stephen Jackson, and also used Emeka Okafor's pick-and-roll to get a mid-range jumper.

Take the first two points of the game.

The scores of the two teams were also increasing in a staggered manner, and Zhou Lin had been fighting with Al Harrington all the time, and on the offensive end, he didn't get a good chance.

It was not until the third minute of the game that Zhou Lin had a chance to touch the ball and shoot, but Zhou Lin still chose to hit the ball and gave it to Okafor.

"In the more competitive NBA games, rookie players will definitely not have too many shots. In the first few games, don't pay too much attention to scoring. For example, Yao Ming scored 0 in his first game in the NBA. Points and 2 rebounds."

Yu Jia explained while explaining: "The NBA is a long season, and rookies also have a cumulative process. All of these require the players to think about their own improvement. Zhou Lin is obviously in the process of adapting."

"Harrington faced Zhou Lin, hit Zhou Lin twice in a row, turned around, Zhou Lin wanted to block, but fouled, and the ball was scored... Hey, Zhou Lin's physical fitness is at the power forward position in the NBA It's still a bit too thin, you know Zhou Lin plays the third position whether he is in college or in the national team, and he is obviously not used to the fourth position."

12-9.

The Pacers led by 3 points, and the game went to 8'23 in the first quarter.

Zhou Lin, who was directly knocked down by Harrington, was replaced. Bernie Bickerstaff patted Zhou Lin on the shoulder to let Zhou Lin take a rest.

Although it was a starter, it only played for less than 4 minutes.

Zhou Lin touched his chest, and it hurt a little bit when he was hard pressed by Al Harrington, and the NBA's penalty scale was a little wider than Zhou Lin thought.

In fact, in the NBA in the early 21st century, there were still relatively few body whistles, and the army of touching porcelain was not particularly strong.

Many body whistles have been changed since Xiao Hua took over to encourage offense.

This has also led to a sharp increase in the NBA's scoring average and the reason why many monsters who are good at interpreting NBA rules have been sublimated.

Now the NBA's offense and physical confrontation are still relatively fierce, not to mention that most of the NBA don't like to use zone defense most of the time, and they are all one-on-one.

Compared with Zhou Lin, Brandon Roy played a full quarter, scored 7 points and 2 assists, and also helped the team lead the Pacers by 24 point 23-1.

"Also as a rookie, Zhou Lin's pick is two spots higher than Brandon Roy's, but Bernie Bickerstaff put Zhou Lin on the bench, letting fellow new aid Walter ... Hermann got nine minutes."

Yu Jiazai is dissatisfied with Zhou Lin's false first appearance!

Walter Herman is a member of the Argentine national team. He joined the Bobcats with a one-year contract of 200 million during the offseason, and in many games in the preseason, he was more influenced by Bernie Bickerstaff. favorite.

But the strength is not as good as Zhou Lin.

Of course, Walter Herman with beard and ponytail looked much more fierce than the gentle and quiet Zhou Lin.

In the few fights with Al Harrington, he also performed very fiercely. Of course, he can also be used as a high-level artillery platform.

Even from the point of view of head coach Bernie Bickerstaff, he seems to be much easier to use than Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin is the kind of player who must have the ball and time to feed the data.

And Walter Herman also contributed 3 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, which seemed to be much better than Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin didn't return to the court until two and a half minutes into the second quarter, but this time he replaced the core of the team, Gerald Wallace, and went up to play the third position.

During the period, Zhou Lin used a layup to score the first two points of his personal game.

And also assisted Redmond Felton once.

But just when Zhou Lin felt better, Zhou Lin was replaced again.

Gerald Wallace rested for 2 minutes, and Zhou Lin only got 2 minutes in the first half.

However, Zhou Lin didn't rest for too long, and was replaced again, playing the fourth position.

Facing Harrington again, Zhou Lin got shot.

Harrington obviously wants to make a name for himself with the new owner of the second entry palace.

Zhou Lin also began to compete with Harrington more fiercely, and at the end of the second quarter, he also grabbed the first offensive rebound of his career and scored strongly. Zhou Lin, who came back and played for another 3 minutes, felt that I adapted to the matchup with Harrington, and was replaced by Bickerstaff.

In the first half, Zhou Lin played 9 and a half minutes and scored 4 points and 2 rebounds.

And Brandon Roy had a strong performance of 11 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, 3 points more than team boss Gerald Wallace.

Walter Herman also scored 4 points and 4 rebounds.

The Charlotte Bobcats also ended the first half with a 50-48 lead of two points.

"Zhou Lin's playing time was cut too fragmented, and the position was switched back and forth. It is indeed a little difficult to compete with Harrington at the position of power forward."

At halftime, Yu Jia was a little bit aggrieved for Zhou Lin: "Zhou Lin, after all, it's a talent show, but the game time is basically the same as that of Argentina's Walter Herman."

Zhou Lin sat on the sidelines and looked at Bernie Bickerstaff. It seemed that Thomas Jackson had once again made his words come true. He was very unhappy about the sudden selection of the domineering Michael Jordan.

This pick should have belonged to Adam Morrison. Although Brandon Roy, who was selected later in the same position, was also very good, it cost the team a starting veteran, Brevin Knight, and a potential power forward. Sean May.

Bernie Bickerstaff can't shake Jordan in the team's decision-making, but Jordan can't shake Bernie Bickerstaff in terms of on-the-spot coaching.

Zhou Lin was worried that Bernie Bickerstaff would be prejudiced against him.

And when a person has a grudge against you, no matter what you do, he thinks it is wrong.

In the second half of the game, Zhou Lin got another chance to play, but his touch suffered from Waterloo, and he missed two outside three-pointers, so the head coach Bernie Bickerstaff replaced Zhou Lin again.

Indeed, the NBA's three-point line is longer than that of the NCAA and FIBA, so Zhou Lin also needs to adapt and adjust.

In the third quarter, the Pacers played an offensive wave. The core insider O'Neal began to show off. He played against Okafor, a third-year student, with ease. In this quarter, O'Neal scored 9 points and led the Pacers to a single Quarter 32-23, leading by 7 points.

In the third quarter of the game, Zhou Lin's experience was similar to that of the second quarter. He came on as a substitute in the third and fourth positions, and all three periods were cut.

In the third quarter, Zhou Lin did not make many achievements, but got 1 rebound and 1 assist.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhou Lin appeared on the stage again. On the screen, he also played 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls. He took 5 shots, hit 2 goals, and missed all [-] three-pointers, which are good at the NCAA. .

And it is very interesting to play the data of the other two rookies of the team.

Brandon Roy had 19 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in three quarters.

Walter Herman from Argentina had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

The home scene also switched to three potential rookies of the Bobcats.

As the highest-ranked Zhou Lin, the stats he scored were indeed poor in the game, and one of the local commentators in Charlotte also directly pointed out: Maybe the Bobcats traded away Brevin Knight, and Sean May is not a good match. Zhou Lin is not suitable for the current Bobcats team.

And said with a little irony, maybe the boss, Jordan, used Zhou Lin to sell tickets.

Of course, another commentary retorted: Have you never seen Zhou Lin's crazy performance in the NCAA?If I were the general manager of the Bobcats, I would choose Zhou Lin with the third overall pick.

As the game progressed, the Pacers began to shoot wildly from the outside under the restraint of O'Neal and new aid Al Harrington inside.

The three-pointer in three consecutive games in the middle of the game once opened the score to 15 points.

However, Brandon Roy and Gerald Wallace made several beautiful offensive and defensive transitions, and Emeka Okafor also scored wildly during O'Neal's absence, and the score was once close to only 3 points. .

During the period, Zhou Lin also succeeded in a layup, raising his personal score to 6 points.

But that's about it.

The Pacers' guard, Jamal Tinsley scored two breakthroughs, which tilted the game's victory towards the Pacers.

92-97, the Bobcats trailed by 5 points.

Two minutes into the countdown, Zhou Lin was put off the court.

Gerald Wallace succeeded in a dunk after a beautiful steal, closing the score to only 3 points, but Danny Granger's three-pointer opened the score to 6 points, with Okafor He missed a strong attack at the basket and fouled O'Neal when grabbing the second rebound and sent O'Neal to the free throw line.

O'Neal made two free throws and Raymond Felton made a three-pointer to pull the score back to 4 points.

101-97.

And in the next round, the Bobcats played another beautiful defense. With 35 seconds left, the Bobcats had a chance to make another foul, but Redmond Felton made a dribble error, which ruined the Bobcats' comeback. Opportunity.

In the end, the Bobcats lost the opening game 100-104 to the visiting Indiana Pacers.

山猫队这边，布兰登.罗伊25分6助攻5篮板，成为了山猫队史上第一个揭幕战砍下25+5+5的球员。

杰拉德.华莱士19分8篮板3抢断，埃梅卡.奥卡福16分9篮板，雷蒙德.菲尔顿11分6助攻，沃尔特.赫尔曼12分7篮板。

周林登场21分钟，7投3中得到6分4篮板，在NBA的首秀表现不佳……

(End of this chapter)