against the front

Chapter 76
On January 2009, 1, at 11 o'clock in the evening, Sacramento's Arco Stadium, the king's home game against the Trail Blazers was about to start, so the Arco Stadium is now full of seats, and the attendance rate itself has always been very high The Arco Arena, after the Kings have made an outstanding improvement in their record, is now even more full.

Due to the extremely poor record of the Kings last season, the two cores of the team were sent away during the offseason. Therefore, on the national live broadcast list of the new season, the Kings are very pitiful. It was arranged to be broadcast live across the United States, but as the King's record recovered this season and returned to the ranks of the playoffs, TNT and ESPN two TV stations also began to select some strong dialogue games to broadcast live across the United States, and tonight The game against the Trail Blazers was temporarily arranged by ESPN to be broadcast live across the United States. ESPN even invited two Kings legends, Mickey Richmond and Oscar Robertson, to explain the game live.

Just when the visiting Trail Blazers players began to walk out of the player channel one after another, as the special guest commentators for this game, the famous kings Mickey Richmond and Oscar Robertson were chatting happily in the commentary booth on the sidelines , it can be seen that the two people who returned to the Arco Arena are very excited today.

"The Blazers are very strong inside, so in today's game, the Kings should reduce the number of aggressive attacks at the basket and increase some mid-range shots."

After the Kings players walked out of the player channel amidst the cheers of the audience, Richmond in the commentary also began to discuss tonight's game with his senior and tonight's partner Oscar Robertson, although The two of them were invited by ESPN to explain the game, but as the king's legends, their buttocks were sitting upright, and there was absolutely no intention of remaining neutral or biased towards the Blazers between the lines.

"Mitch, I think you have overestimated the strength of the Blazers. Although the Blazers' inside combination is very good, they have not yet reached the level of O'Neal and Tim Duncan, and the King's inside line is not easy. It’s broken, I think Reggie Toyes should focus on the inside today, but the outside attack can’t be put down either, the combination of inside and outside is the kingly way.” After Mitch Richmond finished speaking, Oscar Robertson said haha With a smile, he expressed a point of view that was not the same as his, but one thing Robertson did not say was that Yan Hua's mid-range shooting was not very good. If he gave up the basket, Yan Hua's role would be It will be greatly reduced. Let Yan Hua leave the basket when the interior is not as good as the Blazers, it is tantamount to cutting off his own arm.

"You mean head-to-head at the basket?" After listening to Robertson's point of view, Mitch Richmond shook his head directly. Although Richmond has retired a long time ago, Richmond has not left the NBA In this circle, Richmond is very familiar with the two insiders of the Blazers, Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge.

Greg Oden is a player with excellent talent and strength. Once in the NCAA finals, under the condition of injury, he used one hand to blow up the inside combination composed of Joakim Noah and Al Horford , although after being selected by the Trail Blazers, Oden missed the entire season due to injuries, but after his comeback this season, Oden still showed very strong physical fitness and technical skills in the limited playing time Ability, there are many professionals who are very optimistic that Oden can become the next dominant center.

And LaMarcus Aldridge is also a very powerful inside player. As a third-year rookie, Aldridge averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game this season. He can become the next Tim Duncan. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it can also understand the strength and talent of LaMarcus Aldridge.

An O'Neal called the future, a Tim Duncan called the future, and a "Yellow Mamba" Brandon Roy called the future Kobe, it's no wonder there are so many Bricks and Beasts stand for the Blazers, thinking that they will dominate the NBA in a few years. O'Neal, Duncan, and Kobe, three of them on one team, it's scary to think about it.

While Robertson was still discussing with Richmond how far Oden and Aldridge were from O'Neal and Duncan, the starting players of the two teams had already started to warm up, and the king was still the center. Yan Hua, power forward Drew Gooden, small forward John Salmons, shooting guard Kevin Martin, but at the position of point guard, Reggie Troyce made a big difference in today's game Change, Tony Allen, who has been playing as a substitute since joining the Kings, replaced the Kings' main point guard Benno Udrih in today's game, and completed his first starting game after joining the Kings.

On the Blazers side, starting center Greg Oden, power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, small forward Nicholas Batum, shooting guard Brandon Roy, point guard Steve Blake.

After a brief warm-up, Yan Hua and Greg Oden, who represented the two teams jumping the ball, walked into the center circle under the call of the referee. Yan Hua was very interested in this very legendary No. [-] pick , before entering the middle circle, he was already looking at Greg Oden up and down, but what surprised Yan Hua was that when Yan Hua was looking at Oden, Oden was also staring at Yan Hua However, judging from Auden's eyes, the reason why Auden looked at Yan Hua was not because he was interested in Yan Hua, but because he regarded Yan Hua as an opponent and enemy that must be defeated.

The referee on duty with the basketball in his hand briefly introduced the jump ball rules to Yan Hua and Greg Oden, and then put the whistle in his mouth. As the whistle sounded, the basketball in the referee's hand also was thrown into the air.

"Damn, this guy is so perverted."

Almost at the moment when the whistle blew, Yan Hua jumped up from the spot. Before he reached his maximum take-off height, the basketball above his head was moved to the Trail Blazers half by Greg Oden. Yep, just from this jump ball, Yan Hua could feel that he and Oden's bullet speed and reaction speed were not at the same level at all.

(End of this chapter)