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Chapter 75 Young Guards

Since the end of the Christmas game, the rankings of the East and West have changed dramatically. First, the Boston Celtics led the league with a record of 27 wins and 2 losses before the Christmas game. Ushered in a wave of losing streak, and gave up the top spot in the league. Not only that, after the Cavaliers won a wave of 5 consecutive victories, the Celtics fell directly to the second place in the Eastern Conference.

In the West, the Young Guards, composed of Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Greg Oden, also started to exert their strength after the end of the Christmas game. After a wave of 8 consecutive victories , they jumped from fifth in the West to second in the West, and they were only 3 wins away from the Lakers, who ranked first in the West. In this wave of 8 consecutive victories, they were defeated by the Trail Blazers There are also powerful teams such as the Spurs, Magic, and Celtics, so the reputation of the Blazers youth army spread throughout the league for a while, and some experts even asserted that in the next three to five years, this team The Trail Blazers will kick off the prelude to dominating the NBA.

Although he missed the stage of the Christmas War, the king and his descendants, who had received sufficient rest, also worked hard to complete a wave of sprints after the Christmas War. After achieving a good record of 5 wins and 3 losses, the King not only expanded and The Jazz, the gap between the Suns, even surpassed the Hornets by one game, and currently ranks seventh in the West with a record of 21 wins and 14 losses. There are only 1.5 wins left from the Mavericks, who are sixth in the West. gap.

Although the King's record is not as good as the Trail Blazers, they only won 38 games last season and sent away two leading players in the offseason. The current results are enough to make all the bricks call beasts They were stunned, after all, before the start of the new season, they labeled the Kings the number one pick.

Compared with the somewhat chaotic Kings team last season, the current Kings team has undergone qualitative changes both offensively and defensively. Kevin Martin, who has been righted this season, is currently averaging 25.2 points per game. Scoring, ranked seventh in the league scoring list, it can be said that it was the king who sent Ron Artest and Mike Bibby away, so that Kevin Martin could fully release his offensive power. Scoring ability, and in addition to Kevin Martin, the king's sixth man last season, John Salmons, who served as the starter this season, also performed very well after starting the game, averaging 32 minutes per game Here, he was able to score 18 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5 assists.

However, the biggest change in this Kings team is Yan Hua, the rookie selected by the Kings with the No. 12 pick. He also created a record of more than 8 rebounds in a single game in 15 consecutive games, and Yan Hua is currently averaging 17 points and 11 rebounds per game, ranking first in the rookie rankings. Regarding the record, almost everyone concluded that as long as Yan Hua can continue to maintain his current performance, then the best rookie will definitely be in his pocket.

On January 2009, 1, the Kings at home welcomed the Portland Trail Blazers, a young guard. Although the Trail Blazers just finished their game against the Warriors yesterday, they will play against the Kings back-to-back today, but the Kings are against the Portland Trail Blazers. The players did not have the slightest carelessness, because in the game against the Trail Blazers at the beginning of the game, the Kings lost to the Trail Blazers by as much as 11 points in the away game.

The current Trail Blazers can be said to be a team that lacks everything except experience. It needs strength, talent and talent. The inside line is Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge. The core is Brandon Roy, nicknamed the "Yellow Mamba". If the main center Greg Oden is not injured, a game can only play a dozen or 10 minutes. It will be even better, and what is even more terrifying is that the three core players of the Blazers are still rookies, Greg Oden in the second year, LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy in the third year, It's no wonder that so many players are optimistic that they will rule this alliance in the future.

Facing such a team with both strength and talent, no one or any opponent would dare to be careless. Therefore, after arranging the lineup, the head coach Reggie Troyes took the tactical board and looked at it again and again. The players who are about to play have repeatedly emphasized the matters that need to be paid attention to in the game.

"I don't think I need to emphasize how outstanding the Blazers are. You all must be very clear in your heart."

"So far in the new season, we have won many games. Similarly, we have also lost many games. Among the dozen games we have lost, the one that makes me feel the most shameful is in Porter. Lan's game, 21 points, we lost 21 points! Damn, I've never lost that much in one game in my career!"

"I don't know what you were thinking after the game. I will tell you what I was thinking after that game. Shame! Shame! That game is the shame of my life! It is also the biggest shame in my coaching career. Therefore, I hope that I, we, can return the shame that the Blazers imposed on us in this game to them!"

"Very good, that's it!" After Reggie Toyes finished speaking impassionedly, he scanned all the Kings players in the locker room. After seeing the serious expressions on the faces of these Kings players, Reggie -Toyes nodded, and said something in his heart by the way. Obviously, these Kings players have fully understood what he just said.

"Yan, the two insiders of the Blazers are very strong. You must be careful on the court and don't be careless."

After a pass of encouragement, Reggie Toyes walked to Yan Hua's side. When the Kings played against the Trail Blazers last time, Greg Oden did not play due to injury, and Oden was not able to play due to playing time. Because of the short length, the statistics are very mediocre. The average points and rebounds per game are not as good as Yan Hua’s substitute Spencer Hawes, so Reggie Troyes is a little worried that Yan Hua will despise Oden in his heart. , so Reggie Toyce repeatedly emphasized to Yan Hua that Greg Oden is not a persimmon.

"Coach, don't worry, I won't be careless." Without Reggie Toyce's reminder, Yan Hua would not look down on Oden. Oden, who was selected by the Blazers with the No. 10 pick, did not enter the NBA until this season, and because the coaching staff restricted his playing time, his statistical performance was not impressive, but Yan Hua, who has a system, will not Underestimated today's opponent, because in terms of talent evaluation in the super center system, Greg Oden's potential score and physical talent score are higher than Kwame Brown, and even among all the centers included in the system, Oden's Physical talent is among the top [-].

　I have to say that Oden is really a pity. How many talents have been ruined by the veterinarians of the Trail Blazers. Although Oden has not played because of injuries, and his time in the NBA is not even as good as Kwame Brown. But Oden is definitely not a parallel importer. In Oden’s second season playing for the Trail Blazers, in 23 minutes of playing time, Oden averaged 11 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. If Oden can stay healthy, it is true. It is unimaginable what kind of height Oden will grow to.

　　
　
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