Coach Lee

Chapter 777 Xu Yong vs. Durant (thanks to Little Four for the reward!)

"Viewers friends, viewers friends, hello everyone, I'm TNT commentator Charles Barkley, today I will explain the Nuggets away game against Seattle SuperSonics, oh no, it's the Oklahoma City Thunder team game."

In front of the camera, Barkley grinned brightly.

Without Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith around, Barkley feels the air here is sweet.

"For today's game, I think the Nuggets will definitely focus on training new players. Judging from the Nuggets' preseason games in recent years, it is very likely that Li will only play the first half or even not play today. It won't take too much effort to play. The Nuggets pay special attention to the cultivation of new players. Although there are no star players joining the Nuggets this summer, no one will underestimate this Nuggets team. Just like 5 years ago Like the reorganized Nuggets team, no one dares to underestimate it!"

Barkley was talking, and the game on the court was about to start.

Thunder starters:
Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nenad Kostic
Nuggets starters:
Andre Miller, Aaron Afflalo, Xu Yong, Linas Kleiza, DeAndre Jordan
Seeing the starters on both sides, Barkley also laughed again,
"Look, let me just say, Lee won't be playing today. This is giving the young Nuggets a chance."

The TNT TV camera is aimed at Li Nan.

Seeing Li Nan whispering something to Xu Yong at the end, Barkley also said:
"This summer, the Nuggets selected Chinese player Xu Yong from Syracuse University in the draft. Xu is a very good Chinese player with outstanding jumping and an Olympic champion. He"

When it came to the Olympic champion, Barkley heard a reminder from the backstage director in his earphones, "Don't talk about the Olympic champion, thank you."

Buckley paused, then changed the subject,

"Uh, Xu's self-reported height is 203, but we saw that he is a bit taller than the 203-height power forward Kleiza."

When talking about Xu Yong, the TNT lens suddenly split into two, with Xu Yong on the left and Durant on the right.

"Hahaha, uncle director still understands my intentions. Xu and Kevin are definitely hiding something from us. For the position of small forward, they also have good intentions. Just like me back then, uh, cough Cough cough."

Barkley brought himself in for a moment.However, it is not known whether it was intentional or unintentional.

At this time, the referee just blew the whistle to start the game.

beep!
Game start!
The big man Jordan's bounce is really strong, and he jumped up and dialed back the ball.

The ball goes to Andre Miller.

As a former champion member of the Nuggets, Miller has also become an absolute commander on the court.

"Pull away, pull away, all away!"

After dribbling halfway, Miller began to direct everyone how to fix it.

In the first game of this preseason, the coach has ordered that all the balls be given to Xu Yong!The team's No. 6 pick this year is from China's talented small forward Xu Yong.

On the flank, Xu Yong got stuck.

The opponent is the big man Durant who is also a small forward!
Everyone saw a surprising picture.

Xu Yong and Durant turned out to be very, very similar in shape.

Tall and thin, with long arms and slender legs full of Achilles tendons.

What kind of sparks will these two explode?

The ball was sent in quickly.

Xu Yong held the ball steadily, and even glanced at Li Nan who was looking at him off the court.

"Brother Li, just look at it. Although I can't beat you, I still have no problem beating the guy behind me!"

Without turning around, Xu Yong leaned against Durant first.

Obviously, Xu Yong felt Durant's left arm supporting his lower back.

This is an opportunity.

Leaning hard, Xu Yong started in an instant, turned to the left, and blocked Durant with his left hand.Take a step to the right and bounce off the ground directly.

Shot!

Although Durant worked very hard, he couldn't touch the ball.

Xu Yong is tall and has long arms, plus he shoots with a straight arm, the shot point is too high.

Durant can only look at the ball and sigh.

Whoosh!
The ball is in!
"yeah!"

Xu Yong raised his arms excitedly, not only because the goal was scored, but also because he saw Li Ge's thumbs up off the court.

Seeing Xu Yong smiling at him, Durant was also not very happy.

"Damn boy! Isn't it just scoring a goal?"

The Thunder's offense came quickly.

Westbrook dribbles across half court.

"Give me the ball!"

Durant stood against Xu Yong and reached out for the ball.

The boss asked for the ball, and this year's No. 4 pick Westbrook must give it.

Pulled away, the other four of the Thunder team pulled away tacitly, creating space for Durant to play singles.

Durant dribbled the ball sideways, bumped into Xu Yong twice, and then quickly turned to the right, unexpectedly passing Xu Yong from near the baseline, and went directly to the basket.

boom!
A slam dunk.

"yeah!!!"

The Thunder fans at the scene celebrated the goal excitedly.

After scoring the goal, Durant deliberately turned around and walked towards Xu Yong, and Xu Yong also moved forward not to be outdone.

Then, as if they were celebrating a goal, they bumped their chests!
The two people who were obviously at odds with each other unexpectedly had a chest bump!

It was also from this chest bump, from this little friction that the fight between the two kicked off.

"Andre gave the ball to Xu again! It's Xu against Kevin again. Bless Buddha! Wow, Xu's dribble was done very coherently. He passed Kevin directly. Stop and start, rhythm! Xu He played a very good rhythm and shot a jumper with an emergency stop. Hey, unfortunately, it missed. It should be interfered by the physical confrontation given by Kevin behind him. This may be a foul that violates the cylinder, but the referee does not seem to what idea."

"Russell gave the ball to Kevin in the low post, still Kevin against Xu. Left turn, right turn, oh, it's a right back turn, fadeaway jumper! The arc seems to be good. Yes! The ball goes in! This Nice shot. Kevin seems to have come to Jordan's training camp this summer to learn. His shooting is more consistent than last season."

"Xu! Xu's sudden pull-up jumper! This jumper has a good height, and it came suddenly. Kevin didn't have any defenses at all. He could only watch Xu throw the ball. Not bad. However, the goal was not scored. It's a pity."

"Kevin again. Does it start directly outside the three-point line this time? Crotch, crotch, continuous crotch dribble, is Kevin going to do Iverson's butterfly step? Whoa! Change direction! Kevin passed Xu directly, the change of direction was too fast. It's hard to imagine that a big man like Kevin can make such a move."

"Xu came again. He also launched an offensive on Kevin from outside the three-point line. Wow, a beautiful spinning top, this speed is not slow at all. Xu killed a few inside, facing Kostic's Defense. Xu hit it. In the air, Xu lost his balance and threw the ball. The basketball passed Krstic's ten fingers. But, the basketball didn't go in! It's a pity again. Xu's offense was beautiful, but , every time it’s just one miss, just one last miss.”

"Durant passed Xu Yong again and went to the inside of the Nuggets. Rookie DeAndre blocked. Kevin stopped in front of DeAndre and raised his hand. Wow, DeAndre flew directly .Kevin smiled slightly and made a light hook. Great shot! Kevin is really good."

……

After several rounds, the Nuggets trailed by 10 points.

On the field, Durant attacked from behind and blocked Xu Yong's layup.

Fight back!

The fast break of the third thunderbolt!
All the Thunder fans in the audience were excited.

Westbrook advanced quickly from the left, Durant and Jeff Green advanced rapidly from the center and right.

Big Brother or Second Brother?

Westbrook chose Big Brother!
Westbrook pushed the ball high far, and Durant bounced off the ground.

boom!
Dunk dunks!

"Ooooooooo!!!"

There was a sensation in the audience.We are rejoicing for the wonderful cooperation played by the Thunder's three young masters!
"Wow, it's so beautiful. Talent! I see a lot of talent in these three boys, talent visible to the naked eye!" Barkley in the commentary was also very excited.Like many, many fans, he actually likes to see the Nuggets being abused in his heart.

On the field, Durant, who had just scored a goal, winked at Xu Yong who was not far away: You can't do it, you'd better go down and change the player.

Xu Yong stared at Durant with a stern face, with some hatred: wait and see!I will definitely call you Papa!

At this time, the referee blew his whistle.

"Oh, the Nuggets called a timeout. We see, Lee took off his practice clothes, and he's going to play."

However, Durant frowned when he saw Li Nan taking off his training uniform off the field.

And Xu Yong also frowned.He knew that his game was really bad.Except for the first goal in the game, he only scored 1 point with free throws!It really sucks.

Reluctantly walked off the stage, sure enough, Brother Li came forward, wouldn't he be scolded?It's okay to be scolded in normal training, but if you are scolded in such a public, it will be really embarrassing.

At this time, Li Nan grabbed Xu Yong's shoulder and looked at Xu Yong seriously,

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of being scolded in public and losing face? Huh?"

Xu Yong lowered his head lower and lower.

However, Li Nan did not scold him, but patted Xu Yong on the shoulder heavily.

"Look up. Look over there!"

Xu Yong was obedient and looked towards the Thunder team's rest area.

"see it?"

what did you see?
Xu Yong didn't know what Brother Li was talking about, but he didn't dare to say it.He could only nod his head pretending to understand.

"Does Durant have three heads and six arms? Or is he darker and more vicious? Are you afraid of him? Huh?"

"We are all human beings, NBA players, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Besides, Durant is not fierce. If you change his outfit, he will be no different from our migrant workers."

"Study hard later and see how I beat him."

"Ok!"

Xu Yong nodded again and again.But I want to say in my heart, I am actually afraid of being scolded by you, not the migrant worker you mentioned.

beep!
The game soon started again.

"Wow!"

Seeing Li Nan face Durant, there were also exclamations at the scene.

"Kevin, come on! Stay on guard!"

"Kevin, you can do it."

"Kevin, Li has nothing to be afraid of, you are taller and younger than him, you, hiss~"

Before the audience finished speaking, Durant on the field was passed.

step!
That's it!
A sudden step from left to right!
Li Nan directly made Durant live a clean life.

Li Nan didn't choose to stop for a jumper, nor did he choose to go to the basket, but chose to wait.

Everyone on the field heard that Li Nan was talking to Xu Yong.

Although they didn't know what they were talking about, everyone felt that they were really teaching Xu Yong.

"Don't have so many complicated ghost moves, just such a simple and practical dribble move. We don't dribble to show off our skills, we dribble to score better points."

Xu Yong nodded, but he didn't listen in his heart.If you don't play handsome, what's the point of playing?He didn't want to be an old man like Brother Li so soon.

Without waiting for Xu Yong's answer, Li Nan started the next tutorial.

Durant blocked the front again.

Li Nan slowly turned sideways.

Push it up, push it up again, take a step to the right, and shoot a jumper that bounces off the ground.

Durant was sealed fast and high.

However, Li Nan shot with a straight arm jumper this time, and Durant's height and arm length are beyond his reach.

Whoosh!
The ball is in!
"Ah~~"

Not only Durant sighed, but also the audience at the scene.

"Sure enough, I can't prevent it."

"No one can guard against Li, no one!"

"Kevin's defense is not good, let's focus on offense."

On the other side, Li Nan and Xu Yong were talking while running back.

"Did you see? Why can his defense interfere with your scoring? It's because your body is not strong enough! Your core strength is not enough! So when you shoot, you are not stable enough. So, after this game, you give me a good practice .”

Xu Yong nodded again, but complained in his heart: Do you still need to practice?I get up so early every day.

In the next round, Li Nan took the ball again.

This time it is a low position, and Li Nan will show up to explain the back movement.

A left turn, a right turn, a shoulder twist, a right shoulder twist...

Suddenly, he turned his back and leaned against Durant, then turned around and took a step, raising his hand.

Durant flew!
At this time, Li Nan turned sharply to the right, directly blocking Durant behind him, bounced off the ground, and made another mid-range shot!

Hit the board.

Li Nan didn't even look at Durant's expression, but just patted Xu Yong,
"What dreamy footsteps, just turn around. Whoever is better at acting will win."

"You have to remember that the attacker is always one step ahead of the defender. The attacker has an absolute advantage."

In the next round, what Li Nan wants to teach is to fight against the inside big center.

Li Nan directly passed Durant's defense, went directly to the inside, and faced Krstic.

Kostic spread his arms and fixed his eyes on Li Nan who rushed in.

Lost step?Or a pull-up jumper?

Kostic was careful.

However, when Li Nan directly rushed up, Kostic realized that there was nothing, and it was aimed at him!

Raise your hands quickly.

Kostic wants to block the ball.

So what if you are No.1 in the league?
However, at this moment, Li Nan suddenly slowed down, and instead of colliding with him, he leaned sideways.

Li Nan stopped the ball.

When Krstic was worried about Li Nan passing the ball, Li Nan bumped into Krstic, and then raised his hand to jump up and shoot?

Kostic didn't even think about it, and jumped up directly.If you let a 2-meter guy throw the ball in front of you, Diffraction, that would be really embarrassing.

However, Krstic jumped up and realized that he had been cheated.

Li Nan didn't jump up at all.

It turned out to be a fake move.

"No!"

And just when Krstic jumped to his highest point, Li Nan began to bounce off the ground.

With a small hook on the side, although Krstic is tall and burly, he couldn't reach it at all.

"Wow! Li actually used the offensive methods of an inside player. My God, Li is so powerful. He has more offensive weapons than me back then."

If Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith heard it, they would say, "Charles, you have a thick skin. What else do you do besides back and forth?"

On the court, Li Nan was talking to Xu Yong.

"When you hit a big man, you can lie to his center of gravity. Breakthroughs, footsteps, and offensive moves with small hooks. These are all adaptable."

However, when Xu Yongzheng nodded, the scene became excited.

Thunder Three Young Masters attack again!

The left, middle and right three lines killed the past.

Xu Yong suddenly panicked, who should he defend?
At this time, he saw Li Nan making a decisive choice.Go straight to the zero-egg player who has the ball.

However, the three opponents rushed too fast, and the Nuggets couldn't retreat in time, so they couldn't defend.

"Even Brother Li can't help it? After all, there are many people on the other side."

Then, at this moment, Xu Yong's pupils became bigger.

"Wow!"

Li Nan not only caught up with Westbrook, but also forced him to stop.Li Nan was obviously alone, but Westbrook couldn't pass the ball as if they were double-teaming.

bang!
Li Nan slapped the basketball quickly and ruthlessly.

With another slap, Li Nan directly passed the racket to Xu Yong near the center line.

"rush!"

Xu Yong was stunned when he got the ball, but he still quickly took the ball, a big step, and the speed suddenly rose.

There is no one in the frontcourt, this is Xu Yong's stage.

Go inside, bounce off the ground, 360 degrees, dunk!

boom!
"Wow!"

Xu Yong ran back proudly, and bumped into Durant, who was back in the backcourt, with a shoulder: 360-degree dunk, can you do it?
There was contempt in Durant's eyes: Isn't it just relying on Li?I can do it too.

Li Nan hurriedly signaled Xu Yong to come over, and taught a few more words,

"The next thing to talk about is defense."

"Attack requires decisiveness, but defense also requires stability and aggressiveness."

"The one who was not decisive enough to play the ball just now was caught by me."

Soon, the Thunder's offense came again.

Watching the opponent's No. 0 dribble over, Li Nan said to Xu Yong again.

"Defense is not just about relying on your eyes. First of all, your momentum is very important. You have to make your opponent feel scared. This is the aggressiveness of defense."

With that said, Li Nan headed towards Westbrook, who was about to pass halftime.

Westbrook looked at Li Nan standing in front of him, trembling, and he quickly handed the ball to Durant on the other side.

Seeing Li Nan heading towards Durant, Westbrook also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Whoo~~~"

Over there, Durant who got the ball turned into a bitter face.

Durant was quite happy when he met Li Nan with the ball at first.However, he didn't want to continue to make a fool of himself when he was terribly defended the first few times and his offense was not going well.

Although it is glorious to score on the No. 1 in the league, and it is not shameful to be defended by the No. 1 in the league. , then it's meaningless.

"Go away!"

He quickly gave the ball to Jeff Green.

After taking the ball, Green "honestly" followed coach Carlesimo's tactical arrangement, and said to Durant kindly: "Kevin, go to the low post. We are also here to practice tactics today!"

We are also here to practice tactics today!
The Thunder team had the same idea with the Nuggets today, and they were all training tactics for this game.

The "tactics" of the Nuggets is Lian Xuyong, while the "tactics" of the Thunder is to practice Durant.

Jeff Green actually said it in public!
Everyone heard it, and Durant could only reluctantly go to the low position.

Li Nan also followed Durant.

Durant really doesn't want to be the subject of someone else's instructional video.

However, his brothers love him too much, there is nothing they can do.

"Just die!"

Low post singles.

Durant thought about what Li Nan did just now, so he did the same.

Turn left, turn right, shoulder left, shoulder right...

With a sudden back lean, Durant turned to the left and raised his hand.

This is a feint!
Li Nan was not deceived.

Li Nan raised his hands like that, and pressed his body close together, which was a clean defensive move.

Durant makes another quick turn, this time to the right.

It was exactly the same as Li Nan's action just now.

Turning around, he pulled Li Nanpa to his side with his right hand.

This is an opportunity to make a move.

Durant immediately raised his hand!

This is another feint!
To Durant's heartache, Li Nan was still not deceived.

Moreover, Li Nan made a small effort suddenly, and Durant took a step back without standing still.

beep!
The referee frantically swung his hands.

walk!

Durant's entire face crumpled together.

Beside him, Li Nan was teaching Xu Yong in Mandarin again.

"Defend Durant's back, don't jump. Use your body to lean on and use your lower body. The strength of your lower body is very important for a player. You see, I step forward like this and step on his feet In the middle. It looks like he didn’t exert much strength, but he would touch my leg a little bit when he jumped like this, so it’s hard for him to exert strength, and the jump is not high, so it’s much easier for me to block the block and interfere.”

Seeing Xu Yong seeming to understand, Li Nan also concluded:
"Anyway, you try your best to increase physical contact. Don't give the referee a chance to slap your tongue. These are things you have to experience and experience yourself in your future career."

"Oh!"

Xu Yong nodded obediently again.

Durant next to him is envious and jealous.

"If only I had such a senior to teach me."

Treat the game as training, and teach the younger brother on the court, that is, the Nuggets!

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Beep beep beep!
The game is over.

85-95
The Thunder beat the defending champion Nuggets by 10 points.

Everyone in the Nuggets was very relaxed, talking and laughing and leaving the arena, as if they had won.

Especially Xu Yong.

The guy didn't do much in the first quarter today.However, after Li Nan "appeared to speak out", Xu Yong's performance was much better.Know how to use your own speed, know how to use your height and arm length, and know that your steps are flexible.

Perhaps it was Li Nan who deterred the opponent, but Xu Yong's performance was even better.

23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, which is still a good answer.

Xu Yong left the arena with a smile.

However, the Thunder's audience and players were not happy at all.

Especially Durant.

His score today is indeed quite a lot, 25 points, 20 points more than last season's average of 5 points.

However, it took him 25 shots to get these 30 points.

This kind of scoring efficiency is really lower than that of the new kid from Zero Egg.

However, to Durant's relief, Li Nan approached him after the game.

"Kevin, what you did today is for your own good. You go back and watch this game more, and pay attention to your shortcomings. Practice it, and I believe you will definitely improve this season."

"Thank you, senior."

Durant walked into the player tunnel with a smile.

Brother Li is indeed a good man!The best guy in the league!

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The Nuggets lost their first preseason game, lost their second preseason game ... lost their sixth preseason game.

It was 0-6 again, no matter the process or the result, the game was very bad.

However, no one will underestimate the Nuggets.

Even, in this preseason, many teams learned from the Nuggets and practiced.

Everyone has learned well, and every game focuses on training a player and a tactic.However, it is unknown whether it will be successful in the future...

　Completed on August 8!
　　Thank you all for always

　　
　
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